Huo Yuhao's soul power was now at least rank fifty, allowing him to obtain two more soul rings. His body was already more than capable of absorbing a ten thousand year soul ring, but his spiritual power would probably still struggle.
To add a ten thousand year soul ring as his fourth soul ring, he needed to strengthen his spiritual power first. As luck would have it, an immortal herb that enhanced spiritual power grew in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, I choose you.
Although Huo Yuhao had never cultivated the Purple Demon Eye, and Spirit Hall had no secret art for cultivating the mind, his martial soul was the Glazed Divine Fire Eyes!
Huo Yuhao was certain that consuming the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew would strengthen his spiritual power.
So, after helping Dugu Yan purge her poison, Huo Yuhao patiently searched the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Hard work rewarded the determined: a short while later, he spotted the immortal herb in a thoroughly inconspicuous spot.
The Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew was applied in drops, not drunk.
After pulling out the Forgotten River Autumn Water Dew, Huo Yuhao immediately summoned his Glazed Divine Fire Eyes martial soul. Then he crushed the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew and dripped its dew evenly into both eyes.
The instant the immortal herb's dew entered his eyes, Huo Yuhao felt an incredible coolness, followed by a wonderfully refreshing sensation. A slender trickle of spiritual power flowed through his eyes into his Spiritual Sea of Consciousness, nourishing his soul.
It felt as though he were washing his eyes. They grew clearer and more limpid, while the aura emanating from his martial soul grew stronger and stronger.
After this enhancement, the Glazed Divine Fire Eyes, already a top-tier martial soul, gave off an aura every bit as powerful as his six-winged angel martial soul. It was not divine-grade, yet it surpassed divine-grade.
Once he had fully absorbed the immortal herb, Huo Yuhao felt a tremendous increase in his spiritual power. He felt that he was almost ready to absorb a ten thousand year soul ring.
After so much preparation, he could finally begin.
"Senior Dugu, could I trouble you for half a day to help me kill two ten-thousand-year soul beasts?"
Huo Yuhao walked over to the wooden cabin and spoke earnestly to Dugu Bo, who was playing with Dugu Yan.
Hearing Huo Yuhao's request, Dugu Bo stopped moving. His sharp eyes scrutinized him several times. "You've only got three rings, brat, and you want to absorb a ten-thousand-year soul beast for your fourth?"
"No, absolutely not. If you die here, how am I supposed to answer to your grandfather?"
Upon learning of Huo Yuhao's crazy idea, Dugu Bo immediately refused. Absorbing a ten-thousand-year soul beast for his fourth soul ring was simply absurd. He would be courting death.
"Brat, do you know what else a ten-thousand-year soul beast has compared to a thousand-year soul beast, besides vastly greater and more violent energy?"
"Spiritual Shock. A ten-thousand-year soul beast can launch an attack with its remnant soul."
Huo Yuhao answered immediately upon hearing Dugu Bo's question.
Dugu Bo's eyes lit up, but his expression grew even more complicated. "If you know that, why are you still gambling with your life?"
"Because I'm confident I can absorb a ten-thousand-year soul beast for my fourth ring. Since you won't help, Senior, I'll have to kill one myself. Then I'm afraid I won't die from absorbing its soul ring-I'll die at the soul beast's hands instead!"
"Are you actually threatening me?"
Seeing Huo Yuhao's helpless expression, Dugu Bo found it rather amusing. Huo Yuhao was a little rascal, determined to fleece him down to his last hair!
"So, you've agreed, Senior?"
"Don't get any ideas. I'm only protecting my inner core."
Boom!
At a cliff somewhere in Sunset Forest, an enormous jade phosphor serpent emperor bit a ten-thousand-year Golden Roc, its entire body gleaming gold, out of the sky. Then he slammed the beast into the ground, leaving its fate uncertain.
Poisonous mists and surges of golden energy filled the air. Clearly, a fierce battle had taken place.
Although Dugu Bo was a Titled Douluo, aerial combat was not his forte. Against a flying soul beast over ten thousand years old, he had to fight it while constantly making sure it could not escape. It had taken quite some effort.
Still, the outcome was good. After two hours of bitter fighting, he had successfully brought down this twenty-thousand-year Golden Roc.
"Mission accomplished!"
Dugu Bo controlled the jade phosphor serpent emperor, gripping the unconscious Golden Roc in his jaws and dragging the beast over to Huo Yuhao, who had been watching from the sidelines. He dropped the beast right at Huo Yuhao's feet.
Huo Yuhao did not stand on ceremony. He drew a dagger and plunged it into the Golden Roc's throat. The unconscious beast struggled briefly a few times, then went completely still, becoming a cold corpse.
Soon, a black soul ring condensed above its corpse. Huo Yuhao hurriedly sat cross-legged and released the six-winged angel behind him, instantly filling the surroundings with holy light.
Huo Yuhao reached out to draw the soul ring toward himself, but just then, Dugu Bo's hesitant voice rang out again. "Brat, you have twin martial souls. There's no need to insist on a ten-thousand-year Fourth Soul Ring. I've eaten more salt than you've eaten rice, and I've seen far too many proud, complacent prodigies meet untimely deaths. Why don't we wait a little longer?"
"Too late!"
Huo Yuhao smiled faintly and gave Dugu Bo a grateful glance. With a sudden pull of his soul power, the ten-thousand-year Golden Roc's black soul ring immediately flew behind him and settled over his angel martial soul.
Powerful, terrifying soul power poured into him at once, battering the meridians throughout his body and every part of his limbs and bones.
Huo Yuhao hurriedly circulated the Angel Cultivation Technique, refining and absorbing the soul power that had surged into his body to increase his cultivation.
At first, Huo Yuhao's body could not withstand it, and he still needed his hundred-thousand-year right leg bone to supply life energy for repairs. But as time passed, his aura grew increasingly stable, and the pitch-black soul ring began to dim.
Yet Huo Yuhao did not relax, because this was the most critical moment. The Golden Roc's remnant soul had remained hidden within the soul ring, planning to launch a vicious attack the instant Huo Yuhao let his guard down and avenge its death.
Like a patient hunter, it waited quietly for its opportunity.
Huo Yuhao, too, kept part of his attention reserved for it, waiting specifically for this ultimate lurking ambusher. He kept his Glazed Divine Fire Eyes at the ready, able to release them at any moment.
Finally, just as Huo Yuhao was about to finish absorbing the soul ring, the Golden Roc's remnant soul could no longer restrain itself. It struck.
After flying out of the soul ring, it instantly burrowed into Huo Yuhao's body and entered his Spiritual Sea of Consciousness.
After he absorbed the immortal herb, Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Sea of Consciousness had expanded several times over, but it remained very rudimentary.
At its very center, however, lay a bright, scorching region. Within it was a pair of eyes that seemed capable of seeing through the present, past, and future, piercing every illusion.
These were Huo Yuhao's Glazed Divine Fire Eyes.
The moment the Golden Roc's remnant soul entered Huo Yuhao's body and reached his Spiritual Sea of Consciousness, he locked onto it.
The Glazed Divine Fire Eyes fired countless rays of golden light at the Golden Roc's remnant soul. These flames seemed to possess an innate ability to scorch souls, so the moment they clung to the Golden Roc's remnant soul, it weakened noticeably.
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