Martial Soul Avatar

"Sure, I have no problem with that." Huo Yuhao looked at Wang Dong, who seemed ready to storm into battle, but his emotions remained unreadable.

The two entered the Soul Fighting Arena and stood facing each other, while Xuan Zi took his place nearby as the referee.

"Can Huo Yuhao beat Wang Dong?" Ling Luochеn asked Bei Bei curiously as they watched from the side.

"Based on the strength Wang Dong showed earlier, Yuhao should win quite easily."

Xu Sanshi answered before Bei Bei could, and Bei Bei nodded along.

"You can make the first move." Huo Yuhao was also somewhat curious about Wang Dong's current strength.

"Then you might not get the chance." As she spoke, Wang Dong summoned her Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul and attacked Huo Yuhao with Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.

Feeling the fluctuations of Wang Dong's Soul Power, which was around level fifty, Huo Yuhao let down most of his guard.

A layer of ice crystals covered his right hand. With a casual strike, he sent Wang Dong reeling back.

Not giving Wang Dong a chance to build momentum with Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, Huo Yuhao closed in. Guided by Spirit Detection, he disrupted Wang Dong's buildup with just two attacks.

Just then, a flash of purple light flickered in Wang Dong's eyes, and the spiritual force of Purple Demon Eye surged toward him.

Feeling an attack at the Divine Origin Realm level, even Huo Yuhao, whose mind was usually calm and steady, could barely keep his composure.

Could a normal Soul Master really advance straight to the Divine Origin Realm? For the first time, Huo Yuhao wondered if his cheat had been a little too weak.

But there were still differences even within the Divine Origin Realm. Although Wang Dong's Purple Demon Eye had reached its highest level, it could barely harm Huo Yuhao.

Back when he had been at the Spirit Domain Realm, Huo Yuhao's Purple Demon Eye had already reached the Vastness level. Its offensive power, however, was still ordinary compared with its momentum.

Huo Yuhao merely stirred a little of that momentum, and the spiritual attack from Purple Demon Eye vanished without a trace.

"Wang Dong, your spiritual power is strong, but you use it too crudely. Someone who can't understand their own heart will never be able to use spiritual power perfectly."

As Huo Yuhao's words fell, a gigantic eye, far more substantial than before, appeared once again.

"How is that possible?" Ma Xiaotao cried out from the spectator stands.

Even Xuan Zi stood up in shock. He realized that the eye wasn't formed from spiritual power, but from Soul Power.

"Once you can fully command your own spiritual power, even Martial Soul Avatar is nothing special."

Ignoring the astonishment on everyone's faces, Huo Yuhao continued.

After his spiritual power entered the Divine Origin Realm, Huo Yuhao had gained complete control over it.

Soon, he discovered a portion of his Martial Soul Origin hidden within. Using it as a spark, his Martial Soul Avatar had naturally taken shape.

With the tremendous boost from his Martial Soul Avatar, Huo Yuhao's spiritual power was amplified a second time. A simple Spirit Shock was all it took to defeat Wang Dong.

Below the arena, Wang Dong rubbed her still-aching head and stared blankly in the direction Huo Yuhao had left.

A thought kept urging her to grow closer to Huo Yuhao, just like the thought that made her hate Soul Tools.

Whenever she saw Huo Yuhao, her heart grew calm. So even if it meant acting unreasonable, she still wanted to see him.

Especially after her childhood memories awakened, these feelings had reached their peak. Her heart was in turmoil, and she truly hoped Huo Yuhao would show her some concern.

"Why did you leave so decisively? That junior seems to need you, especially since you two used to share a dorm room."

Ma Xiaotao caught up with him, looking a little teasing.

"It's nothing. I don't have romantic feelings for Wang Dong. Helping a friend is fine in moderation, but too much would spoil it." Huo Yuhao replied without expression, never breaking stride.

During their clash, Huo Yuhao had already noticed that although Wang Dong's consciousness was still in control, her soul was unstable.

He had activated his Martial Soul Avatar not to show off his abilities, but because stabilizing her soul required an enormous amount of spiritual power.

Huo Yuhao didn't have any particular dislike for Wang Dong. After the freshmen assessment, they could just about be considered friends.

Their encounter at the start of the school year had been unpleasant, but after she apologized again and again, his anger had mostly faded.

In the end, the helplessness and pleading hidden deep in Wang Dong's eyes had moved Huo Yuhao.

Perhaps it was the little bit of kindness he had carried over from his previous life, but he couldn't stand by and watch a living person's consciousness become a mere appendage.

When he realized that Wang Dong's memories were gradually being absorbed by Tang Wutong's, he had ultimately stepped in to preserve Wang Dong's memories.

Perhaps, in many people's eyes, Wang Dong after regaining her childhood memories and Tang Wutong after recalling her life at the academy were no different.

But Huo Yuhao didn't like it. He had never been a purely good person, only an ordinary person with a little kindness in him.

He didn't know Tang Wutong, but he knew Wang Dong. That was all.

Back in the laboratory, he once again went over the Soul Spirit contract method with Electrolux.

"Yuhao, if the Soul Core is, as you say, a Soul Bone formed from a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, then even a damaged Soul Core can be bone-refined with the divine senses you and I possess."

"But without the Soul Core to stabilize the contract, all the remaining energy will have to turn into a Soul Ring attached to your Martial Soul. It will occupy at least two Soul Ring slots."

Listening to Electrolux's explanation, Huo Yuhao felt much more at ease. He truly didn't want Snow Empress to occupy four Soul Ring slots as she had in the original story.

Two Soul Ring slots seemed suitable. After all, Huo Yuhao wasn't planning to learn Snow Empress's Three Ultimates on his own.

His time was already tight. If he could automatically learn some skills through Soul Skills, he would save himself a good deal of effort.

It wouldn't be long before the next halo appeared. Huo Yuhao planned to use it to condense his first Spiritual Soul Core.

With his spiritual power at the Divine Origin Realm, Huo Yuhao was strong enough to condense a Soul Core on his own, but he couldn't afford to miss out on the halo's strengthening effect.

A Soul Core was the foundation of cultivation, so he naturally had to lay it well.

In the Spirit Sea, Ice Empress interrupted Huo Yuhao's thoughts.

"Yuhao, it's only a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring. Do you really need to be so cautious?"

Ice Empress thought something was off. With Huo Yuhao's current physical strength, he could absorb an ordinary Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring. Why would he need two Soul Ring slots?

"Ice Empress, you'll understand when the time comes. I'll need your help afterward."

For once, Huo Yuhao was being cryptic.

By his reckoning, Mu En should be due to return soon.

Huo Yuhao had spent the past few days adjusting his Soul Power and using Fate Awakening to strengthen himself with a little Power of Destiny.

Mu En had also returned to Sea God Island and was preparing to summon Huo Yuhao to retrieve the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo.

Having been close to the embryo and sensing its aura all the way back, Mu En had noticed something unusual.

Compared with a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, its aura was indeed far too powerful.