A tool

After admitting she was a girl, Wang Dong'er soon confessed her feelings to Huo Yuhao. Unfortunately, he rejected her.

"I have my own ideals to pursue. Until I succeed, I won't start a family. Na'er and Qiu'er aren't my girlfriends either. They simply share my goals."

Of course, Huo Yuhao did not say that once he achieved his goals, he would give them an answer.

Although Huo Yuhao did not love them, he would never let down people who had stayed by his side all this way. Perhaps one day he would regain the ability to love someone.

Upon the Golden Throne, Huo Yuhao had been forced to shatter his own humanity to increase his strength and hold back the breach in the Webway. He had kept only the parts of his heart he found hardest to relinquish, letting them perish along with him. Back then, the Emperor and Horus had not been the only ones to ascend to godhood!

But Huo Yuhao had not died. His soul had returned to Douluo Star, and over this time, he had recovered some of his humanity-mainly because someone had always been by his side.

Huo Yuhao still remembered how, when he was very young, his mother had held him in her arms and teased him, "Mommy's little Yuhao needs to grow up quickly. Mommy wants to watch little Yuhao grow up, marry, and have children. Maybe I'll even be able to help little Yuhao look after them."

Back then, he would shyly cover his face. He no longer felt shy now, but his mother had not lived to see that day. Huo Yuhao hoped to fulfill his mother's wish, and their wishes were the same.

"I can be just like them!" Wang Dong'er said stubbornly.

Huo Yuhao merely shook his head. There was no need for a pampered young lady like Wang Dong'er to get involved. Na'er and Qiu'er had different identities, making them his natural allies.

Several days later, at the Soul Fighting Arena.

Yan Shaozhe was secretly watching Class One's sparring matches.

He could not help praising them. "There are so many promising talents this year. In any other year, we could have picked the Shrek Seven Devils straight from this class.

"Xu Yang and Tang Yin have both reached the Soul Elder level.

"And that Wang Dong'er can actually keep Tang Yin on the back foot as a Soul Grandmaster. There's also that young girl from the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect. An auxiliary-type Soul Elder can fight a Power Attack System Soul Grandmaster to a standstill.

"What a shame Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu have both contracted a terrible illness."

Wang Dong'er had been heartbroken after Huo Yuhao rejected her. It was not just because he had turned down her confession. More importantly, Huo Yuhao had actually said those two girls were not his girlfriends! How could anyone be such a scumbag!

Wang Dong'er had even deliberately avoided Huo Yuhao over the past few days.

The others did not know what had happened, and Wang Dong'er had said nothing. They had probably only guessed that she had been rejected, and her friends had been comforting her these past few days. Only Tang Yin was delighted.

Today, however, the heartbroken Wang Dong'er decided to vent her anger on that disgusting fellow, Tang Yin. Light and lightning intertwined ceaselessly. Under her fierce assault, Tang Yin, who was holding something back, was beaten into retreat again and again.

Was this still the Xiao Qi I remembered? How could she be so strong! Tang Yin groaned inwardly. She's even stronger than I was back then!

In the end, Wang Dong'er knocked Tang Yin off the platform, drawing cries of surprise. Tang Yin was not weak, but Wang Dong'er was stronger!

Yet Wang Dong'er was not particularly happy. Instead, she looked toward Huo Yuhao, who was reading some material.

"Huo Yuhao! I challenge you!"

Hearing someone call him, Huo Yuhao stopped reading. After a moment's thought, he stepped onto the platform.

The others also stopped sparring and watched them with interest. It was not hard to guess that something must have happened between them!

Even Yan Shaozhe and Du Weilun grew attentive. Wang Dong'er was powerful; perhaps she could force Huo Yuhao to reveal what Soul Skills he had.

"Why!" Wang Dong'er demanded. She had seen Huo Yuhao being intimate with Gu Yuena and Gu Qiu'er-at least, that was how she had seen it. "Why did you lie to me!"

Before Huo Yuhao could say anything, Wang Dong'er attacked.

Huo Yuhao simply kept blocking, neither attacking nor explaining. He bore no ill will toward this young girl who dared to love and hate, but he felt no guilt whatsoever about rejecting her.

Before long, Wang Dong'er collapsed to the ground. Her violent emotional fluctuations and successive high-intensity battles had exhausted her stamina. Seeing this, Xiao Xiao hurried up to support her.

Inside Huo Yuhao's spiritual world.

"Yuhao, why did you reject that girl?" Tian Meng looked puzzled.

"What we're going to do doesn't need to involve her. Isn't it better to let her live a good life?"

"I'm afraid she doesn't have long to live," Electrolux suddenly sighed.

"What do you mean?" Huo Yuhao pressed.

"Just now, I sensed that this young girl's soul was dissipating!

"It's happening very slowly, almost imperceptibly, but any violent emotional fluctuations will accelerate the process.

"It was only because the Gold of Life has nourished me these past few days, leaving me in excellent condition, that I could detect it."

Originally, Electrolux had only intended to use the Blade of Life to stabilize himself and slowly recover. But Huo Yuhao had asked Gu Yuena whether she knew of this metal, and Gu Yuena had simply taken out a large chunk and given it to him, leaving Electrolux stunned. He had decided there was no need to conserve it after all.

Over the past few days, Huo Yuhao had also been studying under Electrolux in his spiritual world. He learned so quickly that even Electrolux was astonished someone in this world could possess such a remarkable capacity for learning! Still, he could not match Electrolux's breadth of knowledge.

Huo Yuhao cast Wang Dong'er a pitying glance, then returned to the two girls' side. Both girls knew Wang Dong'er liked Huo Yuhao, but neither minded. After all, who wouldn't like someone as outstanding as Yuhao?

"Old man, Yuhao, can we help her?" Tian Meng felt rather sorry for Wang Dong'er.

"Of course!" Electrolux said firmly.

"Hmm?" Huo Yuhao did not want to interfere in other people's lives. Their birth, aging, illness, and death were all part of nature's laws.

"That young girl could be on our side. That handiwork is clearly beyond anything a mortal could accomplish!"

Electrolux looked furious. Only a few days ago, he had embraced new ideas from Huo Yuhao. He had not expected to encounter this so soon.

Huo Yuhao's face darkened as well. Only Tian Meng looked bewildered.

"Old man, Yuhao, what are you talking about? Is there a god behind Wang Dong'er too? Like Xu Yang?"

"No!" Electrolux explained. "Xu Yang was chosen by a god, but he's still a complete person. That young girl is different. She's a tool that was created. The soul inside her body is incomplete. When her time is up, she'll die."

"But she's a living, breathing person!" Huo Yuhao said in a low voice. "Is there anything we can do?"

Gods who toyed wantonly with souls existed here too! Unforgivable!

"Whoever did this used very crude methods. Resolving her problem won't be difficult for me. But I need to examine her condition further.

"Also, there may be divine sense on her, so we can't rush. Still, you'd best comfort the young girl. Her mood has a considerable effect on her condition."

"Understood." Huo Yuhao then started toward Wang Dong'er.

But after only a few steps, Huo Yuhao suddenly turned back and explained the situation to the two girls.

"Go ahead. We'll come with you." Both girls smiled. Yuhao had already learned to care about what they thought!