Third Martial Soul

As Huo Yuhao sat cross-legged before the Demon Passage, Electrolux asked solemnly, "Alright, little Yuhao, are you ready?"

Huo Yuhao did not reply, merely nodding firmly at Electrolux.

Ever since Baili Du left three years ago, it had been Electrolux who consistently guided young Huo Yuhao, and naturally, Huo Yuhao had never let him down.

The forging of this third martial soul must succeed!

Electrolux first chanted an incantation, his staff tapping the air as he cast the magic Heart of Undead Nirvana upon him.

It could forcibly keep a person in a state of absolute calm for twenty-four hours, preventing them from being swayed by the various emotions within their heart.

"It's coming!"

With a wave of his staff, a ball of gray-gold light landed delicately upon the sealed Demon Passage.

Suddenly, like a brown bear startled from hibernation, a terrifying and unsettling "hissing" sound erupted in the heart of the Demon Sealing Forest. The gray-gold light orb tore cracks into the sealed purple-black gate, and rich, purple-gold streams of light flowed out through the fissures.

A massive phantom appeared within the demon gate. He stood over thirty meters tall, his entire body covered in purple-gold scales, with a pair of long horns reaching three meters atop his head. His features, however, bore a striking resemblance to a human's. Behind him were a pair of massive wings condensed from purple flames, and in his hand, he held a giant sword of purple-gold flame.

Demon Monarch, Alba, the peak powerhouse of the Demon Plane and a quasi-god-level expert.

The moment his phantom appeared, the surrounding space twisted violently, as if the power of the plane were frantically repelling this existence.

Tang Hao, wake up and get to work!

Alba naturally sensed the repulsion of the Douluo plane and clicked his tongue in dissatisfaction. It had been thousands of years, yet the suppression of this Douluo plane remained so strong that it left them no opportunity to strike.

However, when he saw Huo Yuhao sitting upright before the demon gate, his eyes lit up. After looking him up and down, he was pleasantly surprised to find that this human was unexpectedly suited for his power.

"Excellent! My perfect vessel, become a demon and bring darkness to this world!"

He swung his massive hand holding the flaming greatsword, and a mass of purple-black essence blood mixed with purple-gold light flowed into Huo Yuhao's body.

What he intended to do was plant his demon seed within Huo Yuhao to generate a Fallen Angel martial soul belonging to demonic power.

Though called a martial soul, it was, in reality, a coordinate from the Demon Plane. Once Huo Yuhao grew strong enough, he could use it as an anchor to invade and devour the Douluo Continent.

A powerful sensation began to spread throughout his body, causing Huo Yuhao to tremble slightly. Thick, dark power drilled into his body like a physical substance, reshaping his physique and causing his aura to skyrocket.

Although he only possessed the cultivation of a Soul Grandmaster, the pressure erupting from him at this moment was no weaker than that of a Soul Emperor or Soul Saint, and his aura was still rising.

He slowly lifted off the ground, a pair of massive wings emerging from his back. Purple-gold scales grew upon the wings, revealing an extraordinary royal demon bloodline. A purple-black ring, at least three times larger than a standard thousand-year soul ring, rose beneath his feet, emitting an eerie aura.

The third martial soul, Fallen Angel, acquired!

"Hm? What is going on!?"

Only then did Alba discover that the seed he had chosen was actually frantically draining his own origin power!?

No! This isn't a gift delivered to my door; it's a trap!

"Roar! Stop it at once!"

...Half an hour later.

"Don't... don't drain anymore... it's almost all gone..."

Demon Monarch Alba's body shriveled rapidly, his massive thirty-meter frame shrinking to less than three meters. He could no longer even maintain the purple-gold flaming greatsword in his hand, and it vanished.

"Hm... not bad!"

The gray figure incarnated by Electrolux looked at the purple-black light orb in his hand, which resembled a large pearl, and nodded with great satisfaction. The origin power of this Demon Monarch was quite qualified; the ultimate darkness... not bad at all.

With Huo Yuhao's current cultivation as a mere Soul Grandmaster, it was naturally impossible for him to withstand the origin power of a quasi-god expert. This portion of power had essentially been forcibly seized by Electrolux...

After all, he had to keep some power in reserve to deal with the hidden hands of Tang San and protect his disciple.

"Hmph!"

Realizing he had been schemed against, Alba snorted coldly, his gaze fixed firmly on Huo Yuhao, as if to etch his appearance into his memory.

His figure slowly dissipated, and the disturbance at the demon gate vanished.

The next step was the most important: Electrolux had to fuse his Necromancy Saint Magic power into this Fallen Angel martial soul!

He had already thought through the relevant details. He did not need to fully integrate his own divine consciousness into the martial soul; he only needed to balance his original ultimate light power and undead power with the ultimate darkness power provided by the Demon Monarch.

"Drink!"

Elder Yi let out a low shout, his staff glowing brilliantly. One after another, gray-white incantations condensed from the void, and the moment they appeared, they scrambled to surge into Huo Yuhao's body.

A somewhat illusory gray ring emerged beneath Huo Yuhao. Aside from its eerie color, the only difference between it and a normal soul ring was that it looked significantly larger, shimmering in tandem with the purple-black ring.

"Yuhao, it begins! Remember! The boundary between light and darkness is not as distinct as you imagine. Light can turn into darkness, and darkness can likewise turn into light."

Having said this, Electrolux's palm turned pure gold and slammed heavily onto Huo Yuhao's head. A third, pure-gold ring rose once more, forming a stark contrast with the previous two.

Suddenly, Huo Yuhao shuddered. His fair skin began to flicker with the two diametrically opposed powers of black and gold. His skin cracked, revealing the muscles and blood beneath, which then vanished under the intense collision of light and darkness.

"Ugh..." He had barely managed to let out this sound before it was forcibly choked off, as Huo Yuhao's vocal cords had also been destroyed by the light-dark clash.

Electrolux whispered, "Hold on! You must endure this trial. I can guarantee that once you truly master light and darkness, little Yuhao, you will become the greatest genius this world has ever seen!"

Under normal circumstances, light and darkness were completely opposing attributes, with a degree of mutual repulsion even greater than that of ice and fire. Even Gu Yuena, in her time, would not dare claim to have fully controlled both attributes.

Those who had fully mastered these two elemental powers were likely only the first-generation Dragon God and the second-generation Dragon God, Lan Xuanyu. Lan Xuanyu had even developed the powerful Light-Dark Divine Thunder on this foundation.

However, everything Lan Xuanyu achieved was based on the Dragon God bloodline, whereas Electrolux, this legendary powerhouse of the Holy Demon Continent, relied entirely on his own talent!

Now, he was bestowing this talent upon his own disciple.