Du Busi's voice exploded like thunder, leaving Huo Yuhao almost seeing stars.
"Is this the child with twin martial souls?"
Du Busi was far more burly in person than his projected image.
His long, dark green hair whipped wildly behind him, and his large, bell-like eyes shone as he stared fixedly at Huo Yuhao.
Xue Xin stepped forward and bowed. "Poison Sect Master, this is Huo Yuhao."
"Good! Hahahahaha! Good, good, good!"
Du Busi roared with laughter and seized Huo Yuhao's arm with one thick arm. "Child, what you see in a projection isn't real. Let me see your martial souls again!"
Huo Yuhao first released his Spirit Eyes martial soul.
Du Busi stared intently at Huo Yuhao's soul rings. "A thousand-year second ring? That's only natural. If you'd dared add a hundred-year soul ring, I'd have cursed you to death!"
"What about your ultimate martial soul?"
Huo Yuhao activated Azure Sky Profound Ice Dragon Martial Soul Possession, and bone-piercing cold instantly pressed toward Du Busi.
A trace of shock flashed through Du Busi's eyes. "It really is ultimate power! And you can already withstand a soul ring nearly ten thousand years old?!"
"The Azure Sky Profound Ice Dragon is a true dragon-level martial soul," Huo Yuhao said. "It isn't strange that it lets me withstand a soul ring nearly ten thousand years old."
Du Busi hurriedly asked, "Which soul beast did this soul ring of yours come from? You mustn't waste your talent."
"An Ice Jade Scorpion."
Huo Yuhao explained to the dumbstruck Du Busi and Xue Xin, "At the time, I followed the guidance of my Azure Sky Profound Ice Dragon martial soul to the Far North. I happened to encounter a dying Ice Jade Scorpion, so I killed it and took its soul ring."
An ultimate ice martial soul, paired with an ultimate ice soul ring...
Du Busi's breathing grew noticeably faster.
Fervent light burned in his eyes, and his grip unconsciously tightened, making Huo Yuhao frown slightly in pain.
Huo Yuhao circulated his soul power and began resisting the strength Du Busi was inadvertently exerting.
Xue Xin recovered from his shock.
He cleared his throat softly and reminded him, "Poison Sect Master, you..."
"Shut up!"
Du Busi snapped without turning his head.
His gaze had never left Huo Yuhao for even an instant. "Such talent, such a fortunate encounter... In more than two hundred years of life, this is the first time I've seen anything like it."
"You flatter me, Poison Sect Master," Huo Yuhao said calmly. "I was simply lucky."
"Bullshit!" Du Busi suddenly roared, shaking the entire tower.
He stepped back and looked Huo Yuhao up and down. "Luck? Do you think Ice Jade Scorpions are cabbages growing by the roadside?! They're one of the Far North's Three Great Overlord-Level Soul Beast Clans!"
Huo Yuhao's gaze flickered. He was just about to speak when Xue Xin stepped forward. "Poison Sect Master, Yuhao just..."
"I wasn't asking you!"
Du Busi waved his hand, and a dark green soul power barrier sealed Xue Xin outside. "Boy, you'd better tell me the truth!"
The atmosphere instantly froze. Huo Yuhao could feel the terrifying pressure emanating from Du Busi surging toward him like a tide.
Those were soul power fluctuations at the Titled Douluo level, making his bones creak under the unbearable burden.
Yet Huo Yuhao merely straightened his back and said firmly, "Yes. That Ice Jade Scorpion was already gravely wounded and dying. I only delivered the final blow."
Du Busi fell silent for a moment, then suddenly threw back his head and laughed. "Hahahaha! What a final blow! Boy, I like your character!"
"Come! Attack me with all your soul skills! Especially your ice dragon martial soul. Let me get a proper taste of what an ultimate martial soul paired with an ultimate soul ring feels like!"
Huo Yuhao offered an apology for the offense, then switched to his Spirit Eyes martial soul.
"My Spirit Eyes' first soul ring provides a support skill called Spiritual Detection Sharing."
Huo Yuhao shared the perspective of his Spiritual Detection with Du Busi.
He had already decided to display his talents in full before Du Busi so that he could receive the most comprehensive support and resources for his development in the Body Sect in the future.
Feeling the perspective of Spiritual Detection, Du Busi's heart instantly skipped a beat.
"A soul skill like this," he murmured. "Now I'm beginning to believe you could kill a gravely wounded, dying Ice Jade Scorpion alone. With a soul skill like this, what weakness of an enemy could escape detection?"
At the same time, the second soul ring of his Spirit Eyes martial soul suddenly lit up.
Completely undefended, Du Busi instantly felt a stabbing pain in his mind, as though pierced by needles.
"My Spirit Eyes' second soul skill, a single-target attack skill: Soul Shock."
Through his Simulation Soul Skill, using the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's spiritual power as cover, Huo Yuhao secretly unleashed Soul Shock, one of his first soul ring's four skills. "It can inflict substantial spiritual damage on an enemy."
Du Busi snorted coldly, and his vast spiritual power pressed back against Huo Yuhao, making him stagger backward.
"Nothing out of the ordinary."
"In the future, as long as your spiritual cultivation reaches the required level, you'll be able to use skills like this anyway," Du Busi said. "But your Spirit Eyes are a mental attribute martial soul. When the time comes, this soul skill might undergo a mutation driven by your spiritual power."
"At least this soul ring slot wasn't wasted."
"Come! Let me try your second martial soul!"
Huo Yuhao entered the state of Azure Sky Profound Ice Dragon Martial Soul Possession, and his entire aura abruptly changed.
A soul ring so purple it was almost black rose, then instantly blazed with light.
Before Du Busi's eyes, the dragon claws on Huo Yuhao's arms abruptly grew immensely thick, every dragon scale on them refracting dazzling light.
Huo Yuhao drew a deep breath. This was his first time using the soul skill the Ice Empress had given him.
Because the Azure Sky Profound Ice Dragon martial soul had essentially been cultivated through the Azure Heaven Dragon Transformation Art, the Azure Dragon Sky-Tearing Hand had actually fused with the Ice Empress's Pincer during her sacrifice, becoming fixed as one of his soul ring skills.
The Ice Dragon Sky-Tearing Hand could greatly amplify Huo Yuhao's strength, and its attacks carried an absolute piercing effect, guaranteeing that it would break through the defenses of soul masters at his level.
Furthermore, because of ultimate ice, after the Ice Dragon Sky-Tearing Hand struck its target, it would continuously inflict ultimate ice frostbite. It could truly be called an exceptionally powerful single-target offensive soul skill.
Cold light spread, and Huo Yuhao shouted as he hurtled into Du Busi like a falling star.
Bang!
Cold light surged from Huo Yuhao's body as the Ice Dragon Sky-Tearing Hand struck Du Busi with peerless force!
A dull sound rang out. The furnishings in the office shattered at that moment, then were frozen into fine grains of ice by the cold spilling from Huo Yuhao's body.
Du Busi's breath caught, and his expression grew even more excited.
What a powerful attack!
He reached out and clamped down on Huo Yuhao's fist, which was covered in ice-blue dragon scales. Then, with a light swing of his arm, he whipped up an exceedingly violent gale and slammed Huo Yuhao hard into the ground.
Boom!
The dean's tower was reduced to rubble in that instant.
Countless Di'ao Academy students rushed over, wanting to know what had happened.
"Well done, boy!"
"You actually tore through my skin! You've got guts!"
"Hahahaha! From today onward, it's time the Body Sect emerged from seclusion again!"
Laughing wildly, Du Busi shot into the sky with Huo Yuhao and flew straight toward the Body Sect.
The Di'ao Academy students exchanged bewildered looks, unsure what to do next.
"Cough, cough, cough."
Xue Xin emerged from the smoke and dust.
He waved a hand to disperse the dust filling the surroundings and addressed those from Di'ao Academy around him. "What are you all staring at? Hurry back to class!"
The students immediately scattered like birds and beasts.
Only after all the students had dispersed did a helpless smile appear on Xue Xin's face.
"It seems someone extraordinary has come to the Heaven Dou Empire."
He looked in the direction Du Busi had departed. His face, which always wore a gentle smile, actually began to take on a wild expression. "Sun Moon! Dou Ling Empire! Star Luo Empire! And Shrek! Your good days are almost over!"
Then he hurried toward the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace to report what had happened here to the emperor of the Heaven Dou Empire.