You Two Really Know How to Play, Gaze of the Goddess of Light

After winning the match, Wang Dong'er and her two friends decided to celebrate properly.

This time, instead of the cafeteria, they went straight to a restaurant in Shrek City.

"The food here must be pretty expensive, right?" Huo Yuhao asked.

"Don't worry about it. Xiao Xiao's treating today, so eat all you want."

Xiao Xiao patted her chest. "That's right. Eat without worrying. I can afford it, no matter how expensive it is."

"Oh, I never knew our Xiao Xiao was a little rich girl. We'll have to count on you from now on."

"No problem, as long as you two do a little more..."

"A little more of what?" Huo Yuhao asked.

"Nothing, hehe." Xiao Xiao snickered.

Huo Yuhao was utterly bewildered.

They ordered a whole table of delicious food, along with drinks.

"Come on, cheers!"

They had neither classes nor matches the next day, so they stayed out late before returning to their dorm.

As soon as they returned, Huo Yuhao collapsed onto his bed, exhausted.

Wang Dong'er pulled him up. "Go take a shower. No getting into bed until you've washed."

Huo Yuhao stood up listlessly.

"Okay, I'll go wash."

After his shower, Huo Yuhao sat on the bed, waiting for Wang Dong'er.

For some reason, he felt a little nervous.

The bathroom door opened, and Wang Dong'er walked out, drying her still-wet hair.

The light fell on her face, making her look so beautiful. Huo Yuhao stared, spellbound.

"Come on, I'm ready," Huo Yuhao said.

"Let's skip it today."

"Huh? Why?" Huo Yuhao sounded a little disappointed.

"Get a good night's rest. Tomorrow, I'll take you to do something big."

Huo Yuhao grew curious at Wang Dong'er's words, but no matter how he asked, she refused to tell him exactly what they were going to do.

Huo Yuhao tossed and turned in bed all night, unable to sleep.

The next day, Huo Yuhao followed Wang Dong'er to the little grove beside Sea God Lake.

"What are we doing here again?"

"Yuhao, what did you think of the Martial Soul Fusion Skill Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo used yesterday?"

Huo Yuhao hadn't expected Wang Dong'er to bring him here to discuss that.

After thinking for a moment, he said, "I feel that the power of a Martial Soul Fusion Skill far exceeds that of two Soul Masters attacking together."

Wang Dong'er nodded. "You're right. A Martial Soul Fusion Skill can make one plus one greater than two. And the higher the degree of Martial Soul Fusion, the more powerful the skill becomes."

Huo Yuhao nodded at her explanation. "But why are you telling me this?"

Wang Dong'er smiled. "Don't you want to use a Martial Soul Fusion Skill?"

Huo Yuhao could hardly believe it. "We can do it too? Really?"

"Of course. Why else do you think we've been able to cultivate our soul power together these past few days? Don't worry. Our martial souls are already compatible enough."

"Come on." Wang Dong'er spread her arms.

Huo Yuhao froze for a moment. "What are we doing?"

"Pressing ourselves together, of course, just like Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo."

Huo Yuhao thought of the two sisters embracing, and his heart began to race.

He pinched his thigh. We're both men anyway. There's nothing wrong with a hug.

He walked over hesitantly and gently wrapped his arms around Wang Dong'er.

Wang Dong'er immediately hugged him tightly.

Their bodies pressed firmly together.

Huo Yuhao felt that Wang Dong'er's body was still just as soft, and she always carried such a pleasant scent.

Now that his cheek rested against hers, that fragrance was even clearer. If only I could keep holding her like this.

"Come on, let's circulate our soul power together and try to fuse our martial souls."

Huo Yuhao gathered his focus and began circulating his soul power. Thanks to their earlier training, their soul power merged with ease.

Unlike before, this time they both activated and released their martial souls.

Huo Yuhao's eyes shone with golden light, while a pair of dazzling wings spread behind Wang Dong'er.

Their soul power fused together, and a peculiar light radiated from their bodies.

Then they pushed their soul power to its limit.

An enormous Light Goddess Butterfly appeared behind Wang Dong'er. Behind Huo Yuhao appeared a gigantic Spirit Eye, radiating golden light.

The two luminous images drew closer and merged.

They felt the soul power in their bodies rapidly draining away.

The Light Goddess Butterfly transformed into a golden phantom of a goddess. The goddess opened her eyes, which were none other than Huo Yuhao's Spirit Eyes.

Her eyes blazed with brilliant light that shot forward.

A vast swath of trees ahead was instantly knocked down, leaving an area suffused with golden light.

With their soul power completely drained, the two fainted from exhaustion and fell to the ground.

In the instant before he lost consciousness completely, Huo Yuhao used the last of his strength to make himself and Wang Dong'er fall toward his side.

Huo Yuhao hit the ground, while Wang Dong'er fell on top of him, their arms still wrapped tightly around each other.

When Wang Dong'er opened her eyes, she found herself lying on Huo Yuhao. By then, the sky had gone completely dark.

"Yuhao, wake up." Wang Dong'er patted Huo Yuhao's face.

Huo Yuhao opened his eyes.

"We... what happened to us?"

"Our Martial Soul Fusion Skill—we did it!" Wang Dong'er hugged Huo Yuhao happily.

"Really? That's great!" Huo Yuhao was delighted too.

"Ahem!"

Just then, a voice suddenly rang out.

They looked over and discovered Xiao Xiao sitting nearby.

Xiao Xiao narrowed her eyes, a smile playing on her lips. "You two really know how to play. You actually fell asleep right here."

Xiao Xiao's mind automatically filled in a thousand words' worth of steamy scenes.

Huo Yuhao hurriedly let go of Wang Dong'er and asked, "Xiao Xiao, what are you doing here?"

"I went to your dorm to look for you, but you weren't there. I thought you might have come here, so I came over. And as soon as I arrived, I saw you two..."

Xiao Xiao covered the corners of her mouth as they curled upward.

"What exactly were you two doing? Even if you wanted to play, did you have to make such a commotion? Look over there. Everything's been destroyed."

Wang Dong'er and Huo Yuhao looked over and finally noticed the large stretch of fallen trees ahead. A pit had been blasted into the ground, with faint golden light still lingering inside.

"Is this our Martial Soul Fusion Skill?" Huo Yuhao was thrilled.

Wang Dong'er, however, frowned slightly, having noticed that the Martial Soul Fusion Skill they had used this time differed from the one in her previous life.

In her previous life, their Martial Soul Fusion Skill had been "Withering in Brilliance, Golden Road," which used golden power to cleave open a road of light.

But this time was different.

"What? You two actually developed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill behind my back?"

Xiao Xiao was stunned by Huo Yuhao's words.

Only then did Huo Yuhao realize he had let it slip.

Wang Dong'er waved a hand. "It's fine. Xiao Xiao would've seen it eventually anyway."

"What's your Martial Soul Fusion Skill called?" Xiao Xiao asked curiously.

"Well... we haven't decided yet. I think we should call it 'Gaze of the Goddess of Light.'"

Wang Dong'er had made the same suggestion in her previous life, but Huo Yuhao had changed it.

She looked at Huo Yuhao, wondering what name he would choose this time.