The Douluo Era 2 period.
On the playground at Shrek Academy.
Huo Yuhao looked at the contents of the Light Screen, feeling helpless.
He couldn't help sighing and murmuring:
"Could it be that Dong'er and I were never right for each other?"
"Why was our future full of all these awful things? And after Dong'er became Tang Wutong, she seemed to grow even more foolish and heartless..."
"Is that how a God King's daughter is supposed to be?"
"If so, why would I fall in love with her in the future?"
Huo Yuhao sank into deep thought.
The more he saw, the more problems he noticed, and the stranger it all seemed.
Why was it that after he got together with this Wang Dong'er, he was the one who always came off worse?
Why was Tang Wutong always the one who benefited, while he felt like he was just making wedding clothes for someone else?
He didn't know whether this was just his imagination or the truth.
Huo Yuhao continued murmuring, "Especially after she became Tang Wutong, she was practically a calamity."
"Could there really be some scheme or conspiracy behind it?"
"Otherwise, it couldn't possibly be such a coincidence!"
Just then, Electrolux spoke in Huo Yuhao's mind:
"Yuhao, don't you think that in this future, this Tang San fellow is scheming against you, trying to get something out of you?"
"Maybe you really are making wedding clothes for his daughter."
"Those people in high positions of power love doing things like this..."
After hearing this, Huo Yuhao fell into thought and mused:
"Surely not?"
"I remember that, according to the stories, Senior Tang San was honest and fair, and exceptionally kind."
"Even when hunting Soul Beasts, they say he would only hunt evil Soul Beasts."
"Would someone that kind really scheme against me?"
"What?" Sky Dream Ice Silkworm spoke up in his mind too. "Evil Soul Beasts?"
"No, as a Soul Beast, how come I've never heard of such a thing as evil Soul Beasts?"
"Something's wrong with this Tang San, isn't there?"
"The Soul Beast world is all about the survival of the fittest. Do we have the same moral standards as you humans?"
"I really suspect Tang San's going to use you in the future to benefit his daughter!"
"Huh? Really?"
Huo Yuhao grew even more nervous and watched the Light Screen more warily.
What Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Electrolux said seemed to make some sense...
On the Light Screen.
The Sharp Critique was still going on.
As it happened, it had reached the part about Tang Wutong benefiting.
[As for what came next, Huo Yuhao definitely didn't die. After all, he was the protagonist.]
[Later on, Tang Wutong fell in love with Huo Yuhao too, saying that she had regained her memories and wanted to be with him.]
[But after some things happened, Tang Wutong ran into trouble again.]
[The specifics don't matter. The point is, to save Tang Wutong, Huo Yuhao had to give her his Yin-Yang Complementary Dual Soul Cores.]
[Here's a brief explanation of Yin-Yang Complementary Dual Soul Cores.]
[Soul Cores were a cultivation product developed in the Douluo Era 2 period. They were made by compressing Soul Power into a solid state, creating something like a core or a golden pill.]
[At least a Titled Douluo was needed to compress Soul Power into a Soul Core.]
[With a Soul Core, a Titled Douluo's strength could be enhanced: Soul Power recovered faster, and it was easier to control.]
[But after a Titled Douluo reached level 99 and became a Limit Douluo, they had to condense a Second Soul Core.]
[There were two methods for condensing a Second Soul Core: Isotopic Resonance and Yin-Yang Complementarity.]
[Yin-Yang Complementarity was more difficult, but it also produced greater strength. In the entire Douluo Era 2 period, only Di Tian managed it.]
[Of course, as the protagonist, Huo Yuhao managed it too. He condensed a Spiritual Soul Core and an Ultimate Ice Soul Core.]
[When Tang Wutong ran into trouble this time, Huo Yuhao had to give her his Soul Cores to save her.]
[And Huo Yuhao gave them to her, even though doing so would cost him his life.]
[At the crucial moment, Tang San stepped in and saved them both, so they both ended up with Yin-Yang Complementary Dual Soul Cores.]
[So, Tang Wutong couldn't cultivate them herself, and just relied on another man to hand them over?]
[And Tang San, you could've saved your daughter all along, but only stepped in now?]
Nobody had expected the Sharp Critique of Tang Wutong to involve so much about Huo Yuhao.
And now that they'd seen this, good grief—Huo Yuhao was just Tang Wutong's tool?
Quite a few people immediately understood.
[Douluo Era 1 God of Evil]: "So that's it. Tang Wutong and the Tang family used Huo Yuhao in the mortal world to gain power?"
[Douluo Era 1 God of Evil]: "Gods are divided into different ranks, but the more one accumulates before becoming a god, the stronger one will be after ascending—even at the same rank."
[Douluo Era 1 God of Evil]: "Asura, you found yourself quite the successor!"
[Douluo Era 1 God of Evil]: "So clever: send your daughter down to the mortal world first, have her gain benefits, then return to the Divine Realm?"
[Douluo Era 1 Asura God]: "You've brought shame upon me!"
[Douluo Era 1 Asura God]: "Where's Tang San?! Get out here!"
[Douluo Era 1 Tang San]: "Ah... m-me?"
[Douluo Era 1 Tang San]: "I don't know! That was something my future self did. I haven't done anything."
[Douluo Era 1 Tang San]: "Besides, it doesn't look like there's anything wrong with it, does it?"
[Douluo Era 1 Asura God]: "There's nothing wrong with it! But it's shameful!"
[Douluo Era 1 Asura God]: "Using loopholes and walking the line to get power for your daughter! Is that what a God King is supposed to do?!"
[Douluo Era 1 Asura God]: "Tell me, couldn't you just let your daughter cultivate on her own in the future?!"
[Douluo Era 1 Tang San]: "I don't know either... Didn't it say she secretly went down to the mortal world on her own?"
[Douluo Era 1 Xiao Wu]: "Exactly! How can you blame Xiao San for that?"
[Douluo Era 2 Wang Dong'er]: "Enough! What's the point of all this talk? I'm not someone who gets special treatment through connections!"
[Douluo Era 2 Wang Dong'er]: "I entered Shrek Academy disguised as a boy because I didn't want special treatment. I don't want to rely on a man, either!"
[Douluo Era 2 Wang Dong'er]: "Huo Yuhao, listen. I don't want your Soul Cores! I'll cultivate my own when the time comes!"
[Douluo Era 2 Wang Dong'er]: "And all of you, listen up! I'm not going to become some god! If I do become one, I'll do it on my own!"
[Douluo Era 1 Goddess of Life]: "All right, all right, calm down. Evil, Asura, both of you, say a little less. This child has plenty of spirit."
[Douluo Era 1 God of Destruction]: "She's got some spirit now, but who knows what she'll be like once she turns into that Tang Wutong~"
[Douluo Era 2 Wang Dong'er]: "Then I just won't turn into Tang Wutong!!"
Wang Dong'er was still better than Tang Wutong. At least now, she had clearly rejected all those benefits.
Even Huo Yuhao was still in shock.
However, the Sharp Critique on the Light Screen wasn't over yet. It continued.
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