Yan Shaozhe was eager to take Huo Yuhao to see Ma Xiaotao, so he directly brought Huo Yuhao and Bei Bei to Sea God Island, even skipping the customary step for newcomers to Shrek Academy of paying respects to some God King ancestor.
They flew there.
Theoretically, casual flight was not permitted within Shrek Academy.
But Yan Shaozhe was the dean of the Martial Soul Department. If he wanted to fly through the sky, who would dare stop him?
Crossing Sea God Lake and passing through the misty waters, the three arrived at Sea God Island.
Sea God Island.
It was where Shrek Academy's Inner Court was located, as well as the most important place in Shrek Academy.
The Inner Court, Sea God Pavilion, the Hall of Worship, the Secret Library... all were gathered here.
And, of course, the most important thing of all—the Golden Ancient Tree!
Everything on Sea God Island existed around the Golden Ancient Tree.
Looking down over Sea God Island from the air, Huo Yuhao's eyes immediately fell upon the towering ancient tree.
The ancient tree was lush and verdant, brimming with the aura of life.
Huo Yuhao could sense that the ancient tree was slowly absorbing Heaven and Earth Origin Power from the outside world and storing it within its trunk, then using it in turn to transform the environment around it.
As a result, cultivating around the Golden Ancient Tree would yield twice the result with half the effort.
This was also an important reason why Shrek Academy could produce generations upon generations of powerful experts, and why even some great clans were willing to send their heirs to study at Shrek Academy.
After landing on Sea God Island, Huo Yuhao finally saw clearly the scenery beneath the Golden Ancient Tree's canopy.
Seeing it with his own eyes was far more vivid than the sparse written descriptions in the original text.
There were many buildings on Sea God Island, some exquisite, some grand.
Yet only one was the tallest and most magnificent: Sea God Pavilion, located at the center of the island and built against the Golden Ancient Tree!
Sea God Pavilion had six floors above ground, each more than ten meters tall, making it exceptionally imposing. However, because Sea God Island was shrouded in mist year-round, it could not be seen clearly from Shrek Academy's Outer Academy.
In truth, a building over sixty meters tall did not particularly shock Huo Yuhao. He had seen plenty of skyscrapers; a sixty-meter building was roughly twenty stories tall, and it felt like nothing special.
It was only a head taller than Ultraman.
What truly drew Huo Yuhao's attention was the dense Fortune surrounding it!
It was as though all of Shrek's Fortune had gathered upon Sea God Pavilion!
As for the Fortune on the Golden Ancient Tree, it did not belong solely to Shrek, though only Shrek could benefit from it.
At the sight of so much Fortune, unworthy tears nearly flowed from the corner of Huo Yuhao's mouth.
It was hardly surprising.
Sea God Pavilion was the most important place in all of Shrek Academy. Shrek Academy's Hall of Worship was here, as was the classified library Wang Yan had longed to enter in the original story.
Beyond that, according to the original work, Sea God Pavilion was also a treasure vault. Many of Shrek Academy's greatest treasures, and even certain secrets, were stored within Sea God Pavilion.
Though Yan Shaozhe was anxious, when he noticed Huo Yuhao staring at Sea God Pavilion, he still stopped and did not urge him onward.
Bei Bei also noticed Huo Yuhao's gaze fixed on Sea God Pavilion and could not help smiling knowingly. He thought to himself, "Haha, Little Brother Huo must have been stunned by Sea God Pavilion's magnificence. But with Little Brother Huo's talent, there is a very good chance that he will live in Sea God Pavilion in the future."
The reason Bei Bei thought Huo Yuhao had a chance rather than treating it as a certainty
was because Huo Yuhao's Mutated Frost Centipede was a Detached Beast Martial Soul. Bei Bei could not be sure whether Huo Yuhao's martial soul had any other flaws.
But even if it did have flaws, even if he were like his ancestor Yu Xiao Gang and could never break through Rank 30 in his lifetime, with Ultimate Ice alone, Huo Yuhao could still secure a place in Shrek Academy. He might even be introduced to a few beautiful girlfriends with decent talent.
"With Little Brother Huo's looks, those ice-attribute senior sisters might not necessarily reject him." Bei Bei could not help letting his thoughts wander.
A person capable of improving the martial souls of his family's descendants, even elevating them to the Ultimate Ice attribute—even ordinary Titled Douluo would be unable to refuse such a person.
The atmosphere of great clans remained quite strong on Douluo Continent.
But as he continued thinking, Bei Bei suddenly shook his head.
"What am I thinking? Little Brother Huo is an Ultimate Ice attribute soul master. Maybe his martial soul doesn't have any other flaws at all!"
To say something disrespectful to one's master and ancestors, could a Detached Beast Martial Soul mutated into a pig possibly compare to a Detached Beast Martial Soul with the Ultimate Ice attribute?
It could not. It simply did not have that kind of strength, understand?
Bei Bei truly regarded Huo Yuhao as a brother. What he considered was not what benefits he himself could gain from Huo Yuhao's Ultimate Ice, but Huo Yuhao's future.
Yan Shaozhe also thought Huo Yuhao had been awed by Sea God Pavilion, but he did not mind giving Huo Yuhao time to take it in.
Yet Huo Yuhao was thinking about something entirely different.
"If I blew up Sea God Island right now, wouldn't Shrek Academy be close to destruction? I would definitely obtain a massive amount of Fortune that way. It might even let my bloodline complete its transformation directly," Huo Yuhao said to Sky Dream Ice Silkworm in his Spiritual Sea.
The target of Huo Yuhao's Fate Stealing Dragon Transformation Technique was his White Tiger Bloodline, so if the technique succeeded, it would be his bloodline that underwent transformation.
In fact, the name of this technique ought to be changed. Calling it the "White Tiger Fate Stealing Technique" would be more appropriate.
After all, Huo Yuhao truly possessed the White Tiger Bloodline.
He only needed to keep seizing Fortune until the White Tiger he visualized fully took shape and awakened his own bloodline.
Blowing up the Sea God Pavilion, however, would undoubtedly shake Shrek's Fortune—perhaps even shatter it.
Once a faction's Fortune shattered, its destruction would not be far off.
"Brother Hao, calm down! There's no need for that, no need!" Sky Dream Ice Silkworm hurriedly tried to dissuade Huo Yuhao.
Sky Dream Ice Silkworm did not say that Huo Yuhao was daydreaming, not because he feared Huo Yuhao, but because he knew Huo Yuhao really could do it!
All he had to do was detonate every bit of Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's spiritual origin within the Spiritual Sea at once!
Pudu Cihang's inheritance was never lacking in methods of mutual destruction.
If all of Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's spiritual origin were detonated through such a mutually destructive method, it would inevitably unleash a terrifying spiritual shockwave. Forget the tiny Sea God Island—even the entirety of Shrek City would be affected.
It might even trigger Electrolux's divine consciousness to explode as well, widening the affected area even further.
Within that range, no living being whose spiritual power did not surpass the combined total of Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's spiritual origin would survive.
But Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was a million-year spiritual-attribute soul beast!
In other words, everyone in Shrek City would be wiped out!
Unless Mu En fused with the Golden Ancient Tree as he had in the original work, awakening its power, he might be able to protect the small patch of land within the Golden Ancient Tree.
But everyone else would die!
As for Huo Yuhao after the explosion, his chances of surviving were practically nonexistent as well.
Once Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's spiritual origin detonated, Huo Yuhao's spirit would be the first to be annihilated.
After all, this was a method of mutual destruction. That was only to be expected.
Unless the world consciousness personally stepped in to save its precious son's life.
In response to Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's persuasion, Huo Yuhao merely smiled faintly. "Don't worry, Brother Sky Dream. I was just saying."
"That's good..."
"But now that I have another trump card for mutual destruction, I have even more confidence in Shrek," Huo Yuhao continued.
Sky Dream Ice Silkworm: "!!!"
That wasn't what confidence was for!
Finally, Yan Shaozhe spoke. He said gently to Huo Yuhao, "Young friend, it is time for us to enter the Sea God Pavilion. Someone is waiting for us there."
Yan Shaozhe's attitude toward Huo Yuhao was no different from how he would treat his own son.
Bei Bei fell silent.
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