A Brand New First Soul Skill

To be honest, he was startled himself when he unleashed this soul skill.

"The effect of this soul skill... is several times more powerful than my first soul skill in my past life!"

In his past life, Huo Yuhao's first soul skill, Spirit Detection, functioned by projecting all changes and details within a certain range directly into the minds of those affected, but the actual reaction time remained identical to reality.

Once faced with a life-or-death, high-speed battle, the advantages of Spirit Detection were significantly diminished.

This time, however, the first soul skill provided to Huo Yuhao by the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm not only inherited the panoramic detection of Spirit Detection and expanded its effective range, but also added new effects: Spirit Deceleration and Spirit Acceleration.

In short, Spirit Deceleration could dull a person's thinking; even to a normal person, everything in their field of vision might appear faster than lightning.

As for Spirit Acceleration, it accelerated a person's thought speed. When combined with Spirit Detection, it allowed one to possess nearly infinite thinking speed, enabling more rational and effective judgments of the battlefield.

Compared to Spirit Detection, this soul skill offered a much higher fault tolerance. No matter what the enemy prepared, you would always have time to react, and any attack predicated on speed would have nowhere to hide from you.

"Heh heh, this is the first soul skill Brother Sky Dream prepared for you: Spirit Genesis God!" Brother Sky Dream explained the effects of this first soul skill excitedly inside Huo Yuhao's head.

"To be honest, I've never seen anyone else whose spiritual power could rival a million-year soul beast, which is why I had the confidence to choose this skill for you."

"As far as the realm of spiritual power is concerned, I dare say there is likely no one on the entire Douluo Continent who can compare to you, kid."

"The meaning of Spirit Genesis God is actually quite simple: in the world of spiritual power, you are a genuine creator god. Heh heh, Brother Sky Dream's eye for talent is as good as ever—to think I'd run into such a great treasure like you!"

Listening to Brother Sky Dream, Huo Yuhao felt a surge of pleasant surprise. Setting aside the name of the skill, his first soul skill from his past life could, in hindsight, be seen as a basic operation achievable with spiritual power alone.

But now, being able to actively control his own and others' thought speeds was a tangible improvement. As his strength grew, the utility of this soul skill would only increase.

One had to realize that in high-level soul master battles, let alone a second, even a tenth of a second was incredibly precious.

If your thoughts could be a tenth of a second faster than others, your probability of defeating your opponent might increase by ten percent or more!

Furthermore, while accelerating thought, it also enhanced the effectiveness of fine operations. Any soul skill that lacked precision or was extremely powerful but had a small range would become a one-hit-kill weapon under the augmentation of this skill.

Spirit Genesis God—at least in Huo Yuhao's view, the name was perfectly fitting.

Returning to the present, with the aid of Spirit Genesis God, Wang Hong's control over the bubble became increasingly precise. As he moved it, the Thunderbolt Golden Snake remained completely unaware.

Moreover, thanks to the effects of Spirit Acceleration and Spirit Detection, Wang Hong could observe every movement the snake might make to evade the attack and adjust accordingly.

Finally, after several seconds in the outside world, the bubble touched the scales of the Thunderbolt Golden Snake for the first time.

At that very instant, in Wang Hong's eyes, a muscle on the cheek of the Thunderbolt Golden Snake suddenly began to twitch violently, and that muscle triggered the motor nerves throughout its entire body.

The moment the bubble completely pierced the scales of the Thunderbolt Golden Snake, the conduction of that muscle fired instantly. Even with the augmentation of Spirit Genesis God, the snake had already sensed the bubble beneath it, which contained terrifying soul power.

Wang Hong snapped his fingers, and the tiny bit of bubble that had already submerged into the body exploded instantly. Needle-like soul power surged into the body of the Thunderbolt Golden Snake, filling the gaps between all the scales and flesh in the blink of an eye.

A series of violent soul power explosions instantly conducted throughout its entire body!

From the perspective of Wang Hong and Huo Yuhao, the entire body of the Thunderbolt Golden Snake began to convulse violently, starting from the small point of the explosion. It had sensed this attack, which originated from beneath its skin and was spreading throughout its whole body.

However, by the time it reacted, it was already too late.

Another thousand-year soul ring lit up at Wang Hong's side. His third soul skill, Bubble of Cutting Things, instantly appeared on the front half of the Thunderbolt Golden Snake.

At the same time, to ensure this bubble could stably envelop the target, Wang Hong simultaneously layered on his first soul skill, Acceleration Bubble.

Theoretically, as long as one adjusted the size of the bubbles and nested them while moving them simultaneously, one could make a single bubble possess the characteristics of two soul skills.

But for Wang Hong, these bubbles were extremely fragile, and merging them was originally as difficult as ascending to heaven.

Yet with Huo Yuhao's Spirit Genesis God, he could complete this operation with thoughts accelerated several times over, allowing this Bubble of Cutting Things to possess the speed of an Acceleration Bubble!

As the soul ring gradually faded, the Thunderbolt Golden Snake had been cut in half by the explosion, losing all ability to move.

At this moment, the front half of the body, trapped inside the bubble, was still releasing lightning power through the golden horn on its forehead. However, it was to no avail; the bubble was fragile to the touch from the outside, but as for the inside... it was comparable to the hardest material on the continent.

No matter what kind of attack this Thunderbolt Golden Snake launched, it could never break through this bubble.

With matters at this stage, Wang Hong confirmed that the creature inside the bubble was about to lose its life completely, and he walked out with Huo Yuhao and Bei Bei.

He checked its condition one more time, then looked deeply at Huo Yuhao.

Wang Hong bowed deeply:

"From now on, please allow me to address you as Lord Huo Yuhao." His tone was sincere and fervent, not mere empty politeness.

"Originally, for me, performing fusion operations on various soul skills was almost impossible. Although my soul skills are powerful, they are inherently too fragile."

"Without your help, I fear I would never have had the opportunity to perform fusion operations on them in my entire life. But... with this experience, even if it is only this one time, I have the confidence to replicate it."

After speaking, Wang Hong bowed deeply once more. To Huo Yuhao, this might have just been a test of a soul skill, but to him, this experience was incomparably precious.

Bei Bei had been within the range of Huo Yuhao's soul skill the entire time, so Wang Hong's reaction was within his expectations.

Among the Purple-robed Martial Soul Envoys of the Martial Soul Hall, Wang Hong was already among the more powerful, but due to the flaws in his own martial soul, he had always felt a sense of inexplicable inferiority within the Martial Soul Hall.

Although everyone knew his martial soul had great potential, he had always been melancholy because of this defect.

It was only when he was with Bei Bei that he would be a little more lively. But Bei Bei knew that Wang Hong had always wanted an opportunity—an opportunity to completely rid himself of his martial soul's defect.

That said, Bei Bei walked up to the dying Thunderbolt Golden Snake. As a yellow soul ring lit up, the muscles in his right arm bulged, and golden dragon scales shimmering with electricity grew out, his hand completely transforming into a sturdy dragon claw.

"Become my soul ring, Thunderbolt Golden Snake!"

The sound of flesh rubbing against flesh rang out, and a thousand-year soul ring slowly floated above the golden horn.

Guided by soul power, the soul ring passed through the bubble and arrived in the hand of Bei Bei, which had already transformed into a dragon claw.