Reaching an Understanding

Huo Yuhao could sense that, along with the 'awakening' of these Dread Dragon skulls, yellow Spiritual Power flames flickered in their Black Hole eyes, and the vast Spiritual Power was interconnected.

It was as if a giant cage had been formed, trying to imprison Huo Yuhao, who had disturbed them, inside. This Spiritual Cage was constantly squeezing inward, trying to oppress Huo Yuhao's mind.

In addition, this enormous Spiritual Cage is also filled with various Spiritual Power that can stir up the most primal fears in the hearts of living beings.

These Spiritual Power were constantly trying to influence Huo Yuhao's mind.

However, this process lasted for about a few minutes, during which Huo Yuhao simply looked around, examining the surrounding rooms and skulls.

And Mu En, who was still outside the passageway, communicating and influencing the other six people through his Spiritual Power, was someone Huo Yuhao could see through his Eye of Truth. Mu En was watching him, but he hadn't spoken.

Now that he had come this far, Huo Yuhao was no longer going to hide. After all, the more he hid, the more he would expose. Revealing some of his 'trump cards' at the right time would actually help to deceive people.

'How does this induce fear?' Huo Yuhao was currently using his Eye of Truth to analyze the Spiritual Power waveforms formed by the residual Spiritual Power of the thousand-headed Dread Dragon after their deaths.

Through Huo Yuhao's observation, he discovered the structure of these skulls that supposedly only retain residual Spiritual Power after their 'natural death'.

Aside from some skulls that were indeed from natural deaths, most of the skulls of the Dread Dragon were faintly Entanglement with patterns formed by alien Soul Power.

It was precisely these patterns that sealed the Dread Dragon's Spiritual Power within its long-dead body, allowing it to remain until now.

This must be some kind of Secret Technique, which involves using Secret Technique to strip away the spirits of the Dread Dragon and seal them within their skulls before killing them, and then preserving the skulls.

After all, as Subspecies Earth Dragon, the Dread Dragon's population has not been particularly large, and the subspecies of dragons are related to the Dragon Clan.

Its inherent potential and lifespan are at least at the ten-thousand-year level for Soul Beast. Even if it dies naturally due to injury, it will still take at least a thousand years.

The fact that Shrek Academy was able to collect 1,001 skulls of Dread Dragon died of natural causes in just 800 years speaks volumes.

On the Douluo Continent, ten thousand years after the ascension of the Seven Gods, the descendants of the Dread Dragon are only found in a small number in the Star Dou Great Forest, according to the records of the Shrek Academy's Outer Court library, and their total number is certainly not large.

Putting this matter aside for now, to be honest, in Huo Yuhao's view, there is no right or wrong in this approach. In a world where the strong prey on the weak, strength is right and weakness is wrong. It is only normal for the Dread Dragon to be targeted and wiped out because of its special nature, since it is not strong enough.

Now, aside from those with the same 'color' and similar waveforms, analysis through the Eye of Truth reveals that these combined Spiritual Power fluctuations originate from external Spiritual Power waveforms of the Dread Dragon themselves.

Huo Yuhao observed that within this enormous Spiritual Cage enveloping him, there was actually a considerable amount of redundant Spiritual Power mixed in.

These complex Spiritual Power are not to say that they are insidious or difficult to eliminate.

Rather, it means that although the 'color, strength, and level' of these Spiritual Power are all different, there are no exceptions.

These Spiritual Power all emit waveforms symbolizing 'fear,' and the Spiritual Power pressure emanating from these Dread Dragon skulls is now being exerted.

In reality, it uses Spiritual Power to squeeze these Spiritual Power carrying 'fear' into the Spiritual Sea of the person being affected.

Then, through a double impact of external Spiritual Power and external 'fear', the fear within the affected person is disturbed, deceived, and drawn out.

This should be the operating logic of the Dread Dragon's innate ability. As for the creature that was first hunted by the Dread Dragon, where did the fear effect come from?

Huo Yuhao guessed that it probably stemmed from the fear of the Dread Dragon itself.

Because Huo Yuhao discovered that at the Origin all those complicated emotions of fear...

It is the same level and color of the Spiritual Power of the Dread Dragon, and they are connected to each other, but the waveform is different, and it exudes Spiritual Power of fear.

Because perhaps some people are strong enough to suppress their own fears and remain calm even when faced with a collapsing mountain.

However, when someone uses fear as a weapon to forcefully penetrate the mind and will of the attacked, then the clash between minds will shake the mind of the attacked.

Even if one could normally calmly suppress one's distracting thoughts and fears, now the fears that were originally buried deep in one's heart will be drawn out.

'That's interesting, but if it's only to this extent, then the analysis is pretty much complete.' Huo Yuhao thought to himself, even though he hadn't activated the Secondary Awakening form of his Body Martial Soul.

However, after the Secondary Awakening, the level of Spiritual Power that rises to the Tangible but Formless is enough to allow the Eye of Truth to perform analysis faster and more accurately.

'After that, I'll be able to Simulation the effects of the Dread Dragon's talent through Spiritual Power, so it seems I don't need to consider the Dread Dragon for my Third Soul Ring.'

At the same time, Huo Yuhao also heard Mu En's voice, his aged voice echoing in the room.

"I originally thought I had been overestimating you, but I never expected that I would still be wrong about you."

As the sound echoed, the spiritual flames of the Dread Dragon that had been ignited and awakened by the intruders began to dim and extinguish one by one.

That's not quite accurate. It's more like it was forced into hibernation and slumber due to external Spiritual Power interference, in order to preserve the remaining Spiritual Power.

After all, for Huo Yuhao, the Spiritual Power pressure from these Dread Dragon was completely insufficient, whether as a form of training or to exert influence on him. After his Secondary Awakening, Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Power had reached a level of Tangible but Formless.

Although he only met the standard in terms of Spiritual Power, Huo Yuhao's accumulated Spiritual Power was still far from the normal Tangible but Formless, but it was more than enough to protect himself.

Collecting these skulls of the Dread Dragon is not easy, even with Secret Technique, so it's better to continue wasting the Spiritual Power they contain.

It would be better to put it away sooner rather than later. That's why Mu En took action and forcibly put the Spiritual Power in the skull of the Dread Dragon into a dormant state. After all, these things are like water without roots, which will be constantly depleted.

"I didn't expect your Spiritual Power to have reached this level." Mu En said with some regret, while sighing inwardly.

It's a pity that I didn't discover Huo Yuhao's talent earlier. Now, although it's still immature, the seed has already sprouted, and it will be extremely difficult to interfere.

"Although I understand that this accumulation of Spiritual Power could never have been achieved by Huo himself through steady and solid efforts, as a Two-Ring Soul Grandmaster."

"There must have been many fortuitous encounters in this, because in my eyes, your Spiritual Power is still insufficient in quantity, but your level of spiritual power is already extremely high. Many weaker Titled Douluo are not as good as you in terms of spiritual power."

"This can no longer be explained by a Spiritual Attribute Martial Soul alone. Since your Martial Soul is Body Martial Soul, I believe that your Body Martial Soul has probably undergone Secondary Awakening by chance, and the level must be extremely high."

"Huo Yuhao, tell me, am I right or wrong?"

Huo Yuhao did not deny it, but nodded.

After all, the Secret Technique for the Secondary Awakening of the Body Martial Soul has always been strictly guarded by the Body Sect.

However, once there is one, there will be two. The Secondary Awakening Secret Technique of the Body Sect was also created by the first Body Sect Body Douluo.

It's not impossible for Huo Yuhao to achieve Secondary Awakening of his Body Martial Soul on his own.

On the contrary, it would be hard to imagine that Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Power level would not have been transformed by the Secondary Awakening of his Body Martial Soul.

What kind of rare Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures could enable a second-ring Soul Master to complete the transformation of his Spiritual Power to the level of Tangible but Formless?

At this moment, Mu En felt nothing but regret. What a promising talent he was; how wonderful it would have been if he had belonged to the Shrek Academy.

Now that Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Power has reached such a level, Mu En originally planned to use the fearful environment created by the Dread Dragon's Spiritual Power to exert pressure.

At the same time, by using his words and Spiritual Power to guide Huo Yuhao and thus interfere with Huo Yuhao's future path, his plan to make Huo Yuhao loyal to the Shrek Academy was also thwarted.

The fact that Huo Yuhao's original Martial Soul Second Awakening, if it wasn't a direct Body Sect, can only mean that Huo Yuhao's Body Martial Soul level was extremely high from the beginning, and that his talent and opportunities were exceptional.

The die is cast. Given Huo Yuhao's level of Spiritual Power, it's unlikely that Mu En can subtly interfere. Forcibly influencing him would be counterproductive.

After all, the best outcome of Mu En's forceful influence would be that he would use the quality of his Spiritual Power to suppress Huo Yuhao and plant the seed of loyalty to the Shrek Academy in his mind.

However, this would completely negate Huo Yuhao's greatest advantage: his talent in Spiritual Power.

Only when Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Power is suppressed by Mu En can Mu En guarantee that Huo Yuhao will follow his own ideas and walk the path that he needs Huo Yuhao to follow.

However, in this case, Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Power will at most remain at its current level, without any further progress. For a Soul Master whose main talent is Spiritual Power, this would undoubtedly be a waste.

The worst outcome would be that Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Power would not be able to withstand his own pressure, while at the same time he would be unwilling to be affected by Mu En.

Ultimately choosing to perish together with the enemy, ending in death, would be a pointless loss of a prodigy, which is certainly not a good thing, since not gaining anything is a loss.

As for the worst-case scenario, it is that Huo Yuhao's current achievement of the Martial Soul Second Awakening has great opportunities behind it. It may be the inheritance of a strong person, or it may be an ancient relic, or it may even be a trial of Deity.

In this way, if Mu En were to try to influence Huo Yuhao through force, it might actually create a young enemy for the Shrek Academy who is relentless and has terrifying potential, which would be the worst possible option.

Moreover, based on Mu En's previous observations and understanding of Huo Yuhao's sense of belonging to the Shrek Academy was not actually very deep unless external forces intervened, making him difficult to win over.

Since we can't subdue him and can't guarantee Huo Yuhao loyalty, it's better to give him some benefits first to keep him in check before negotiating with the Body Sect.

After all, such a genius is absolutely not someone the Body Sect can afford to give up. In the future, they will be able to establish a fairly good relationship with Huo Yuhao, a future powerhouse.

It could also ease tensions with the Body Sect and even find a way to obtain some 'gifts' from the Body Sect. This exchange of benefits was the perfect solution that Mu En could think of at the moment.

With that in mind, Mu En continued, "Then could you show me your Martial Soul after your Secondary Awakening? Apart from the Body Sect, I have never seen Secondary Awakening of the Body Martial Soul in an outsider."

Huo Yuhao politely declined, saying, "I'm sorry, the cost of activating the Martial Soul Second Awakening is quite high, and it also damages one's vital energy. If it's just for viewing, please don't make things difficult for me, Mu En."

After saying that, Mu En didn't say anything more. After all, Martial Soul is indeed a personal privacy, and he didn't intend to ask any further questions. He said, "Since this place is not suitable for you, Yuhao, you can come out first. I will take you to another room."

"Although that room is not suitable for Spiritual Attribute Soul Master, it has many uses and is also very beneficial for Soul Master's cultivation and development."

Upon hearing this, Huo Yuhao was momentarily confused about what Mu En, this old fox, was up to, but since he had already revealed his intentions, Huo Yuhao naturally didn't need to pretend anymore.

"Mu En, I cannot accept rewards without merit. Moreover, after graduating from the Outer Court, I do not intend to continue my studies in the Inner Court. Instead, I plan to travel to various countries on the continent to broaden my horizons."

"It's alright. You are still a student of the Shrek Academy, and as your teacher, I will naturally treat you the same as everyone else."

"You will enjoy the same treatment as your companions, and as a member of the Shrek Seven Monsters of this generation, you will naturally enjoy the same treatment as them. As for what happens after graduation, we'll talk about that after graduation."

"After all, you are still a graduate of the Shrek Academy. Even if you travel to other countries on the continent, you can still identify yourself with this identity."

"If you are interested in the Body Martial Soul, I can also make connections for you and connect you with the hidden sect, the Body Sect. You should know about the Body Sect, although it is not well-known."

"But you probably know something about being called the 'librarian' by your classmates when you were in first grade."

Huo Yuhao nodded and stopped refusing. He now understood Mu En's meaning and reached a tacit understanding with him.

"Then I'll have to trouble you, Mu En."