"Looks like the fusion succeeded." Almost at the same time, Electrolux's voice rang out, but this time it sounded even more ethereal.
"Teacher, are you all right?" Sensing Elder Yi's weakness, Huo Yuhao couldn't spare a thought for the joy of successfully fusing with a Spirit Ring and breaking through to Soul Grandmaster. He asked anxiously.
"Heh, Yuhao, it seems you and I, master and disciple, won't be able to meet for a long time."
In Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Sea, Electrolux's figure grew increasingly indistinct, as if he might disappear at any moment.
Before Huo Yuhao could say anything, a clump of gray flame suddenly gathered around Electrolux's vanishing figure.
The flame burned steadily, taking root beside the gray bead.
"This is the legacy of Necromancy that I devoted my life to researching. It contains everything related to Necromancy. Yuhao, you mustn't read its contents until your Mental Power reaches the required level."
"Remember to practice the God Forging Technique I taught you every day. It can improve your Mental Power."
"Yuhao, pass on the methods you have learned."
Electrolux's voice grew softer and softer until, at last, his figure faded into nothingness and vanished from Huo Yuhao's Spirit Sea.
The gray bead that held Elder Yi's Divine Sense had also lost all its light. It lay quietly to one side, completely motionless.
Seeing this, tears welled in Huo Yuhao's eyes. He faced the gray bead and bowed reverently in a disciple's salute.
"This disciple will obey your instructions!"
Only after a long while did Huo Yuhao finally return to reality from his Spirit Sea.
Although Elder Yi had fallen into a deep slumber, Huo Yuhao believed that as long as he continued to grow stronger, he would be able to awaken him again one day.
After steadying himself, Huo Yuhao finally had time to feel out the ten-thousand-year Second Soul Skill he had obtained.
Just as Electrolux had predicted, after extracting the core energy from the Dream Tapir Beast's Spirit Bone and fusing with it, Huo Yuhao had successfully condensed his Second Spirit Ring.
He was now officially a Two-Ring Soul Grandmaster.
The Second Soul Skill Huo Yuhao had obtained was extraordinary. First of all, its age had reached an astonishing fifteen thousand years!
In truth, after Huo Yuhao absorbed the energy left in the Dream Tapir Beast's Spirit Bone and condensed it into a Spirit Ring, the Ring's age had only been ten thousand years. But during the fusion, he had also absorbed the energy from the ten golden lights left behind by the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm in his Spiritual Sea.
That had forcibly raised the Second Spirit Ring's age by another five thousand years.
Fifteen thousand years was the limit his body could currently withstand, especially after the Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue had greatly strengthened it three months ago.
That was already astonishing. After all, Huo Yuhao was only a Two-Ring cultivator.
Having a ten-thousand-year Spirit Ring as his Second Spirit Ring was simply unheard of.
Then there was the effect of his Second Soul Skill, which was incredibly useful to Huo Yuhao!
Huo Yuhao's Second Soul Skill was called "Nightmare."
When Huo Yuhao activated it, he could drag opponents with weaker Mental Power into a nightmare space of his own creation.
Within that space, time, space, mass—everything—was under Huo Yuhao's control.
It could be called a low-grade version of Tsukuyomi from the Douluo Continent.
Huo Yuhao was very satisfied with this Soul Skill because he already had the First Soul Skill granted to him by the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm: "Mental Interference."
Now he had the Second Soul Skill, "Nightmare," as well.
Most importantly, Huo Yuhao also had the Sharingan's ocular Jutsu: "Genjutsu: Sharingan."
Each of these three abilities was powerful on its own.
If Huo Yuhao activated all three at once or combined them, the chemical reaction between them would boost the power of his Genjutsu to a terrifying degree.
If he faced a Spirit Emperor of Ma Xiaotao or Zhou Yi's caliber at full strength again, Huo Yuhao believed this move would give her a pleasant surprise.
"Calling it just 'Genjutsu' sounds a little dull. How about I call these three abilities 'Genjutsu: Mirror Flower, Water Moon' instead?"
Huo Yuhao murmured to himself.
The next second, the two Spirit Rings on Huo Yuhao's body, one white and one black, slowly disappeared.
"I've finally broken through to the second ring. That means Sasuke's abilities in the next stage should be unlocked too."
Huo Yuhao suddenly thought of something. A virtual panel, much like a screen, abruptly appeared before his eyes.
It was the virtual panel in his mind that he hadn't seen for many days.
New information appeared on the virtual screen before Huo Yuhao.
[Current Soul Power: Level 20] [Current Template: Uchiha Sasuke (Team 7 Period)] [Martial Soul: Two-Tomoe Sharingan] [Next Template: Uchiha Sasuke (Rogue Ninja Period)] Load?
After Huo Yuhao added a new Spirit Ring, information about the next stage of Uchiha Sasuke appeared on the panel.
Looking at the words "Load?" before him, Huo Yuhao barely hesitated before selecting yes!
The moment he clicked yes, his consciousness plunged into darkness.
When he opened his eyes again, everything around Huo Yuhao had changed.
He was in a vast canyon. At its center stood two enormous stone statues, facing each other with their hands forming seals. Huo Yuhao stood atop the head of the statue on the left.
He looked down at his hands. A pair of small, pale hands appeared before his eyes.
"I'm... Uchiha Sasuke."
Familiar memories surged back into his mind, scene after scene from his recollections appearing before him. This was the climax of the early part of Naruto.
It was the moment Sasuke had officially deserted Konoha and become a rogue ninja.
And the place he was standing now was the Valley of the End!
Uchiha Sasuke abruptly raised his head. Sure enough, atop the other statue stood a blond kid wearing a Forehead Protector, whisker marks on his face.
The blond kid wore an expression of fury. His eyes had become slits, fangs jutted from his mouth, and his fingernails had sharpened into claws.
An unknown red energy poured from his body and swirled around him, making the blond kid look even more like a demon fox.
"Sasuke!"
The blond kid roared, gathering a blue Rasengan in his hand.
Hearing that cry, as if it had come from the depths of his soul, Uchiha Sasuke shouted back, "Naruto!"
In the next instant, his body underwent an extraordinary transformation. Two wings resembling human arms sprouted from the shoulder blades on Sasuke's back.
It was as bizarre as bizarre could be.
Sasuke's hair changed from black to blue-green, and a black cross-shaped mark appeared on his face.
He looked like an evil spirit.
The frenzied lightning appeared in his hand once more, but this time it had turned a sinister black.
The mournful cry of Chidori echoed throughout the Valley of the End.
The next second, Sasuke and the blond kid both leaped up. Terrifying energy gathered in each of their hands, and the two collided with a thunderous crash.
The collision of their energies warped the space around them, twisting it into a black sphere.
A moment later, the sphere shattered with a "crack," and Huo Yuhao's consciousness returned to his body.
He slowly opened his eyes.
In his scarlet pupils, another black Tomoe abruptly appeared beside the two already spinning there.
Now the three Tomoe linked together, giving Huo Yuhao's eyes an exceptionally striking appearance.
The Three-Tomoe Sharingan had awakened.
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