If You Can Catch Me, I'll Let You Heh Heh Heh

When Huo Yuhao rushed to the shore of Sea God Lake, he spotted a fiery-red, graceful figure waiting there from far away.

"Sister Xiaotao, it's been months since we last met. Let your junior check whether you've lost weight. I'll give you a physical examination—" Huo Yuhao pounced over with a cheeky grin. Knowing exactly what he was like, Ma Xiaotao rewarded him with a whip kick.

"Huo Yuhao, be serious!" Ma Xiaotao scolded, hands on her hips, embarrassed and annoyed. Countless people in the inner court pursued her, but she had never seen anyone as shameless as Huo Yuhao.

"Alright, alright. Senior Sister's long legs really pack a punch. Hehe." Huo Yuhao sat sprawled on the ground. Ma Xiaotao's kick naturally could not hurt him, so he continued teasing her.

Unwilling to deal with this man whose skin was thicker than a city wall, Ma Xiaotao slowly took out a silver-white bone from her Storage Soul Tool. "This is the spatial-attributed soul bone you wanted. I had a hard time getting it from the Sea God Pavilion Master's collection."

"The Sea God Pavilion Master?" Huo Yuhao narrowed his eyes at once. With Ma Xiaotao's temperament, it would be all too easy for the academy's elders to pry information out of her. Moreover, Dragon God Douluo Mu En had most likely been watching him from the very beginning. Coming alone to Shrek Academy while bearing the identity of the Holy Son of the Holy Spirit Cult, it was impossible for him not to feel some lingering fear. Even if Huo Yuhao was not an Evil Soul Master, it did not change the fact that he was the Holy Son of Evil Soul Masters.

Mu En had not made a move against him yet, likely because he was testing his character and morals. After all, the old man was already in his twilight years. If he could win over a peerless talent like Huo Yuhao to the academy's side, Huo Yuhao could support Shrek for centuries at the very least.

That was why Huo Yuhao acted like a playboy within the academy, flirting everywhere, laughing and fooling around all day without doing any real work. Yet though he passed through countless flowers, not a single leaf touched him, making it impossible for others to fathom his intentions.

"This is a Space-Time Dragon Leg Bone. It should be around fifty thousand years old. To obtain this soul bone from the Pavilion Master, I had to go out and carry out missions for several months!" Ma Xiaotao sounded somewhat aggrieved. All for the sake of one imprint, she had been forced to toil all over the place for a long time before exchanging the contribution points she earned for this soul bone.

Huo Yuhao was amused by Ma Xiaotao's girlish demeanor. Although he had gotten this benefit from her through half extortion, half coercion, if he encountered an opportunity meant for Ma Xiaotao in the future, he could simply give it to her then.

The Space-Time Dragon Leg Bone was undoubtedly one of the best spatial-attributed soul bones. Though it was only around fifty thousand years old, absorbing it would not only greatly enhance one's spatial soul skills, but could also grant a divine skill such as Teleportation or Position Swap, along with dragon bloodline strengthening for the body.

After all, the Space-Time Dragon lineage originated from the Space Dragon King, one of the Nine Dragon Kings under the Dragon God.

Huo Yuhao took the soul bone and sat down cross-legged, examining it carefully. Yet his consciousness entered the Sea of Spirit, where he looked toward Bibi Dong on the divine throne and hurriedly asked, "There's nothing wrong with this soul bone, right?"

Bibi Dong was as beautiful as ever. Time could not leave any trace upon a strand of divine consciousness, and compared to when he had first met her, her spirit body had become much more solid. Bibi Dong's presence was also what gave Huo Yuhao the confidence to come to Shrek alone.

"There's no problem. Shrek's people wouldn't stoop so low as to tamper with a soul bone." Though Bibi Dong said so, she still thoroughly inspected the soul bone with divine power before allowing Huo Yuhao to accept it with peace of mind.

"Thank you, Your Majesty. I can finally obtain my third soul skill." Huo Yuhao was almost jubilant enough to jump up. Three months—an entire three months. He had been continuously compressing his soul power. If someone were studying the theory of Soul Power Compression Degree, Huo Yuhao's Soul Power Compression Degree could now fully be considered a nine.

Nine was the ultimate number. It could be said that below Three Rings, Huo Yuhao was invincible in the literal sense. No matter what kind of martial soul his opponent possessed, as long as they were Soul Grand Masters, he would have no rival unless their Soul Power Compression Degree was not far below his own.

"Sister Xiaotao, please stand guard for me!" Huo Yuhao could not wait any longer. He wrapped the Space-Time Dragon soul bone in soul power and let it float before his chest, then immediately focused inward and entered a meditative state.

He had waited far too long for this moment. He had raised both his physical body and mental state to their peak. Thus, other than this spatial-attributed soul bone, he needed nothing else to prepare for absorbing this soul ring.

"This brat really knows how to order people around!" Ma Xiaotao stomped her foot angrily, yet there was nothing she could do to him. "At least fulfill your promise and remove that imprint from me before you start absorbing the soul bone!"

Very quickly, Ma Xiaotao realized something. This brat was clearly only a two-ringed Soul Grandmaster. How could he directly absorb a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone? Was he not afraid of bursting apart? If he died, who would remove the Holy Spirit Cult's imprint from her?

As Ma Xiaotao fretted like an ant on a hot pan, she could not imagine that Huo Yuhao would dare to absorb a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone across ranks. Yet soon, her face filled with confusion. Huo Yuhao's manner did not resemble someone absorbing a soul bone at all. Instead, the way soul power flowed through his meridians resembled the path it took when absorbing a soul ring.

Absorbing a soul bone using the method for absorbing a soul ring? No, no, this brat must be messing around with something strange!

Before Ma Xiaotao could react, two white soul rings rose beneath Huo Yuhao. While meditating, Huo Yuhao did not use his Simulation Soul Skill to conceal the color and traits of his soul rings.

White—Ten-Year Soul Rings? No, they did not look like Ten-Year Soul Rings.

Ma Xiaotao was not one of those Soul Masters with no eye for detail. At a glance, she could tell that Huo Yuhao's two white soul rings were extraordinary. That solid, lustrous white-jade texture was not something normal Ten-Year Soul Rings should possess. And what were those faint golden patterns?

Only once in history had soul ring colors beyond all reason appeared, and that tale had been passed down for ten thousand years. If Huo Yuhao's two white soul rings truly represented Million years, then that was simply terrifying.

Just as Ma Xiaotao muttered to herself about the peculiarity of Huo Yuhao's soul rings, the Space-Time Dragon soul bone suddenly vanished like a bubble. In its place, another white soul ring with the same color and golden patterns rose beneath him.

Another one!

Ma Xiaotao opened her mouth as though she wanted to say something, only to see that Huo Yuhao had already finished meditating and was looking at her with a smile.

"Thank you, Sister Xiaotao, for guarding me. For such kindness and affection, Yuhao shall surely offer myself to you in return!"

"Who wants you to offer yourself?" Ma Xiaotao snapped in exasperation. Why was this brat's mouth always so good at spouting nonsense? "Hurry up and remove the Mental Imprint you planted on me!"

"Of course. I'll remove it for you right now!" Huo Yuhao laughed heartily. He moved closer to Ma Xiaotao and, amid her puzzled expression, slowly extended a finger as though gathering soul power.

"Sister Xiaotao, close your eyes, lower your head, and calm your mind!"

Hearing this, Ma Xiaotao subconsciously closed her beautiful eyes, and her consciousness sank into her sea of consciousness. To an outsider, however, it looked as though Huo Yuhao had leaned close to her while Ma Xiaotao gently closed her eyes, completely at his mercy.

Sister Xiaotao, forgive me! Huo Yuhao put on a stern face. The hand supposedly gathering soul power opened up and seized Ma Xiaotao's fair chin. Rising onto his toes, he leaned toward her red lips.

Caught off guard when Huo Yuhao suddenly gripped her chin, Ma Xiaotao had not yet reacted before she saw that face right in front of her. A strange sensation instantly spread through her entire body.

Ma Xiaotao was Ma Xiaotao, after all. The instant she came to her senses, she flew into a rage and raised her leg in an Heir-Severing Kick. If that strike landed, Zhongli Yu, far away in the Holy Spirit Hall, would likely become a widow for life.

"Sister Xiaotao, the imprint has been removed." Huo Yuhao gave a sly laugh and allowed that kick to swing toward him. In her fury, how could Ma Xiaotao possibly give him a chance to explain? Just as that smooth, round leg was about to strike Huo Yuhao's groin, it strangely passed straight through his body.

What was going on? Ma Xiaotao's face revealed shock. At that distance, even if Huo Yuhao were an agility-type Battle Soul King, he could not possibly have dodged.

Huo Yuhao seemed never to have left his original spot. Refusing to believe it, Ma Xiaotao threw another punch straight at his face.

With immense force, Ma Xiaotao's fist carried her delicate body through Huo Yuhao once more. Her expression finally turned ugly. How was this possible?

She knew that Huo Yuhao possessed a soul skill that simulated his surroundings, but his true body's exact position could not have changed. She had attacked him from so close!

"Sister Xiaotao, the imprint has been removed. If you can catch me, I'll let you heh heh heh..."

Huo Yuhao's mouth was infuriating enough to kill without paying for it. Even as he taunted her, he playfully wiggled his rounded rear.

"You pervert, take this!" Ma Xiaotao no longer cared about anything else. In furious embarrassment, she directly unleashed her sixth soul skill at Huo Yuhao's position: Phoenix Meteor Shower.

As Ma Xiaotao's strongest area-of-effect soul skill, bolstered by the Ultimate Fire attribute, its power was no longer what it had once been. Its range had also doubled in size.

Huo Yuhao stood where he was without any intention of dodging. For him, he had finally obtained this crucial life-saving soul skill, and now was exactly the time to test it on someone.

Meteor after meteor burning with Ultimate Fire crashed down, yet every one of them passed through Huo Yuhao's body and slammed into the marble-paved ground by the lakeside, blasting out pits filled with lava.

"How is this possible?" Ma Xiaotao nearly began doubting her entire life. She stood frozen in place. She had never seen or even heard of such an ability!

"Farewell, Sister Xiaotao. I have things to do, so I won't play with you anymore."

Huo Yuhao slowly walked to Ma Xiaotao's side. Seeing that she did not move, he could not resist giving her lips another light peck. Then his entire figure twisted and rotated around his eyes before vanishing without a trace.

Though the fifth update came a little late, the author did his best amid a busy schedule. No requests for votes tonight; hopefully, the readers who waited enjoyed it. There will be three updates tomorrow, so please look forward to them!