The Emperor's Demise

Ultimate attributes are exceptionally difficult to awaken; even ordinary soul masters struggle to withstand them, let alone children before their martial soul awakening.

A super martial soul does not necessarily possess an ultimate attribute, but any martial soul that possesses an ultimate attribute is guaranteed to be a super martial soul.

In the ten thousand years of history on the Douluo Continent since the era of Tang San, ultimate attributes have appeared only three times: the Ultimate Wind, the Ultimate Wood, and the Ultimate Fire.

The three individuals who possessed these ultimate attributes were once famous for a time, each serving as a representative powerhouse of their respective eras.

The descendants of the two individuals who possessed the Ultimate Wind and Ultimate Wood could not withstand the burden of the ultimate attribute awakening, and their lineages have since been severed.

As for the Ultimate Fire, although it could be passed down, it lost its "ultimate" quality, and the grade of the martial soul plummeted.

Ultimate attributes possess complete suppression over ordinary attributes. When facing an ultimate attribute, soul masters and soul beasts with ordinary attributes can only exert seventy percent of their true strength.

Therefore, the age limit for soul rings absorbed by those with ultimate attributes is significantly higher than that of soul masters with ordinary attributes.

Moreover, Bai Cai is a twin martial soul user; Ralts's third soul ring is effectively equivalent to the fifth soul ring of an ordinary soul master, so attaching a ten-thousand-year soul ring is, of course, normal.

"Weilun, the problem is not the age of the soul ring, but its source."

Yan Shaozhe smiled, "A thousand-year soul ring comes from a thousand-year soul beast, and a ten-thousand-year soul ring comes from a ten-thousand-year soul beast. It is difficult enough for a Soul Grand Master to hunt a thousand-year soul beast, so how could they possibly hunt a ten-thousand-year one?"

The middle-aged referee was at his wit's end when suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck him, and he spoke with righteous severity.

"Bai Cai's third soul ring does not consume soul power, but rather spiritual power."

"As for spiritual intensity, Huo Yuhao, you may consult your instructor regarding the connection between the soul shock of a ten-thousand-year soul ring and a soul master's spiritual intensity."

Huo Yuhao muttered to himself, "Ten-thousand-year soul ring? Soul shock?"

In his memory, Instructor Wang Yan and Instructor Zhou Yi had never mentioned the soul shock of ten-thousand-year soul rings; he couldn't possibly have remembered it wrong!

Huo Yuhao hailed from the Duke White Tiger's mansion, yet he was even poorer than Bai Cai, and his talent was poor, with an innate soul power of only level one.

Living in poverty with poor talent, ignored by the Duke White Tiger's mansion and turned away by soul master academies, Huo Yuhao's lack of formal education was glaringly obvious.

Even after enrolling in Shrek, although Huo Yuhao's grades were quite excellent, he had not spent time studying anything beyond the textbooks, using all his spare time for meditation and cultivation.

Moreover, the cultural courses in the first year were relatively simple; to prevent students from being overly eager for quick success or aiming too high, they did not touch upon the detailed content of the Soul King stage.

Normally, most excellent graduates in the sixth year are Soul Ancestors, so detailed courses on ten-thousand-year soul beasts and ten-thousand-year soul rings are offered at least by the fourth year.

Within the social circles of sect disciples and aristocratic descendants, soul shock is no secret, and there is no shortage of books and records regarding it in the academy library.

However, Huo Yuhao lacked friends his own age, and Bei Bei and Xiao Ya would not have discussed the attachment of ten-thousand-year soul rings with him.

Furthermore, Huo Yuhao used all his free time for meditation and had never visited the library. Naturally, he had no way of knowing that the soul shock of a ten-thousand-year soul ring was linked to a soul master's spiritual intensity.

Wang Dong said disdainfully, "A frog at the bottom of a well, ignorant and ill-informed."

As his second soul ring lit up, golden light patterns bloomed on his azure butterfly wings, shining brilliantly in the sky as the patterns converged on both forewings.

During the time Huo Yuhao had delayed, Wang Dong had recovered some soul power, and the Light of the Butterfly Goddess was ready to be unleashed.

"Huo Yuhao's team, do you concede?"

The middle-aged referee was expressionless. Those who fear trouble are mediocre; if one causes trouble, one must naturally bear the consequences.

Huo Yuhao's eyes turned red, his gaze icy and fierce, like a savage tiger ready to devour its prey.

Facing the Rakshasa-like Huo Yuhao, the middle-aged referee, Xiao Xiao, Wang Dong, and Bai Cai all shuddered in fear.

"I have not lost!" Huo Yuhao's voice was somewhat hoarse, firm and resolute.

Stubbornness and obsession had caused Huo Yuhao to almost lose his sanity; the inner pain, the verbal insults, and the long-suppressed resentment erupted like a geyser.

At this very moment, Huo Yuhao trembled slightly, and the color in his eyes gradually faded, replaced by a desolate gray that exuded an ominous aura of fear and death, filling his pupils.

Blood flooded his eyes, and his resentment surged like a monstrous tidal wave.

In an instant, a cool, gray current suddenly dispersed within Huo Yuhao's spiritual sea, covering every corner in a heartbeat, causing the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to wake up in sudden, intense trepidation.

Huo Yuhao's spiritual sea was instantly dyed gray, and the gray bead that had been residing within his spiritual sea vanished.

The cool, gray current silently smoothed away the accumulated anger and resentment, its gentle aura allowing Huo Yuhao's sanity to recover rapidly, while his eyes took on a hint of gray due to the transformation of his spiritual sea.

"Hatred has blinded your eyes."

An ancient voice continued to echo within Huo Yuhao's spiritual sea, and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm also sensed the echoing ancient voice.

Ten dazzling golden lights lit up almost simultaneously, attempting to expel the gray current, yet the gray current seemed intangible and formless; no matter how the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's origin power tried to drive it out, the gray current seemed unaffected, showing no signs of dissipating.

"The use of spiritual power should be like this."

Huo Yuhao discovered that his body seemed to have lost control, yet every scene in the outside world was clearly presented within his spiritual sea.

Following that, Huo Yuhao noticed that the Mysterious Heaven Skill soul power he had painstakingly cultivated—the quantity and quality of which had not changed—had actually begun to boil.

The next moment, his now-gray Spirit Eye suddenly lit up, his first soul ring flickered, and Soul Shock was unleashed uncontrollably.

Huo Yuhao was horrified; when Soul Shock was unleashed, its speed was abnormally slow, like a venomous snake flicking its tongue.

The Soul Shock, which was originally a mass of energy, shrank to the thickness of a hair, gently pricking Wang Dong before rapidly retracting.

From the perspective of the middle-aged referee, Huo Yuhao's eyes lit up, appearing crystal clear, and then a gray light flickered for an instant.

In that moment, Wang Dong felt a gray steel needle pierce her heavily; she even felt the gray needle pierce through her protective soul power layer by layer, stabbing directly into her spiritual sea.

"Hmph!"

Huo Yuhao felt as if he heard a cold snort, and a blue-gold trident instantly pierced through his sea of consciousness, pinning the gray airflow firmly in place.

"A god from another world..."

The aged voice came to an abrupt halt, and the gray airflow shattered into pieces.

Wang Dong was Tang Wutong, the daughter of Tang San, who had descended upon the Douluo Continent under a self-imposed seal.

If the power level of an attack against Wang Dong were below the god rank, the self-imposed seal would remain unshakable, and her spiritual origin would naturally remain unharmed. As the Asura God and an enforcer of the God Realm, it was impossible for Tang San to violate the rules of the God Realm to interfere in the affairs of the Douluo Continent.

However, as a demigod, Electrolux possessed a spiritual level comparable to that of a god, and he was already capable of damaging Tang Wutong's self-imposed seal and harming her spiritual origin.

With his daughter's safety at stake, Tang San's act of striking to obliterate Electrolux at this very moment constituted legitimate self-defense; even if the two God Kings were to descend, they would have no grounds for objection.