Holy King Nine Trials, the Past Like Clouds

Huo Yuhao stared at the Evil Eye Holy King in front of him for Jiujiu without saying a word. To be honest, Huo Yuhao was actually somewhat resistant to the idea of inheriting the power of the Evil Eye Holy King.

After all, he personally felt a deep aversion to everything about the White Tiger Family, but it wouldn't be bad to use the power of the Evil Eye Holy King to eliminate the White Tiger Clan, would it?

This way, from a certain perspective, Huo Yuhao, the child born to the maid who inherited the Evil Eye Holy King, is the rightful heir of the White Tiger Clan, while his half-brothers and his father are heretics.

Moreover, recalling his time at Shrek, he realized that none of the cultivators there were less talented than him, especially that bastard Xu Xingyu. His cultivation talent made Huo Yuhao feel an insurmountable gap between them, and even gave him the idea of giving up on catching up.

Huo Yuhao had complained to himself more than once that if he had Xu Xingyu's talent, he would have avenged his mother long ago and become the strongest person on the continent. He wouldn't be cultivating so slowly and without even a girlfriend.

However, he also has to avenge Brother Sky Dream and wash away the humiliation Tianmeng inflicted on him. Therefore, if he doesn't have enough strength to fight against Tianmeng in the future, all of this will ultimately be just wishful thinking.

Therefore, even if it is a power that he despises from the bottom of his heart, Huo Yuhao would not refuse it if it could be used to achieve his own goals. Moreover, power itself is neither good nor bad; it depends on how it is used.

Moreover, according to legend, the power of the Evil Eye Holy King is on par with that of Tang San's ancestor from ten thousand years ago—both are considered God Level powers. Wouldn't this kind of God Examination, which directly imparts power to someone, be much simpler than repairing some Rakshasa Godhood?

Therefore, Huo Yuhao's answer to the Evil Eye Holy King's question has always been the same, "I'm willing."

The Evil Eye Holy King was not surprised by this, after all, he had been observing Huo Yuhao for quite some time. This kid, Su Liang, seemed to be an honest child, but his thinking was extremely extreme, especially his desire for power, which was beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

For example, although Huo Yuhao seemed to have been tricked into becoming Evil Soul Master by those guys from the Holy Spirit Cult, who claimed that the power of Evil Soul Master was not Evil or anything, Huo Yuhao actually knew the truth in his heart.

While many Evil Soul Master may have become Evil Soul Master due to oppression from society, this does not mean that their actions of devouring innocent people to aid their cultivation in order to seek revenge are justified.

Huo Yuhao needed a reason to convince himself. Only then could he feel at ease using this method to enhance his cultivation, and only he could persuade his conscience to do such a heinous thing.

Of course, this does not mean that the Evil Eye Holy King rejects Huo Yuhao becoming Evil Soul Master. After all, in his view, human society is too pretentious. As a generation of Beast God worshipper, he believes in the law of the forest that strength is paramount, and that as long as one is strong enough, one can obtain everything.

This is why the Evil Eye Holy King chose Huo Yuhao. Besides his own opportunities and talent, his thirst for power was just like his past self.

Back when he was vying for the White Tiger God's White Tiger God Position, he, like Huo Yuhao, was filled with resentment and vowed to defeat the White Tiger God at all costs!

Having thought of this, the Evil Eye Holy King chuckled and said, "In that case, let's begin."

"Start?"

Before Huo Yuhao could think any further Huo Yuhao, a golden "King" mark appeared between his eyebrows, and a vast amount of information flowed into Huo Yuhao mind, including four large letters.

The Holy King Nine Trials!

Seeing this, the Evil Eye Holy King stood up and shouted, "Since you have chosen to inherit my power, let the test begin!"

"Wait? That fast?"

The scenery around Huo Yuhao began to change, and at some point, Huo Yuhao lost his footing, causing him to fall through the air. After an unknown amount of time, he arrived in a new space.

Upon arriving in the new space, Huo Yuhao began to look around at his surroundings. To his surprise, this was none other than his former home, the White Tiger Duke's Mansion!

Just then, the Holy King's voice appeared in Huo Yuhao's mind. "The First Trial the Holy King Nine Trials: There are two people here that you must find. After finding them, you must kill one of them to pass the test."

Huo Yuhao scratched his head and said, "Who are you going to kill? Can't you just say so directly? Besides, with my strength, killing someone in the Duke's Mansion is just courting death, isn't it?"

However, Huo Yuhao quickly stopped complaining because he saw an impossible figure there: his mother, Huo Yun'er.

He saw his mother washing clothes, just like she had when he was a child. Her beautiful yet tired appearance brought tears to Huo Yuhao's eyes, but before Huo Yuhao could approach, a childlike thought interrupted Huo Yuhao thoughts.

"Mother!!!!"

A little boy with blue hair and a blue face rushed happily towards Huo Yun'er and hugged her.

Seeing her tired expression, Huo Yun'er smiled slightly and said, "Alright, alright, how old is Little Yuhao now? He's still so clingy."

In response, young Huo Yuhao said, "So what? Mom is Mom. No matter Yuhao I am, Mom is still my mom."

At this moment, Huo Yuhao saw Huo Yun'er washing her clothes and patted his chest, saying, "Mom, you must be very tired! Leave the last one to me! You should get some rest!"

Looking at her son's confident expression, Huo Yun'er finally saw that her son had grown up and said, "Alright, alright, then I'll leave it to you."

Upon hearing this, the young Huo Yuhao smiled and accepted the clothes from Huo Yun'er's hands. However, the real Huo Yuhao, who was watching from the side, shouted, "Stop!"

At this moment, he couldn't care less whether it was an illusion or not; what he was seeing was something he would never forget for the rest of his life!!!

This was the day his mother's serious injury triggered her illness, ultimately leading to her death!

Seeing this scene again, how could Huo Yuhao sit idly by and wait for his doom? He rushed to the mother and child's location at lightning speed, but just as he was about to grab them, his hand grasped nothing.

He could only watch helplessly as the tragedy of the past unfolded before his eyes once again.

As the young boy was carrying his clothes to be washed, he accidentally bumped into a blond boy about his age.

When the blond-haired boy saw a servant dare to be so disrespectful to him, the son of the White Tiger Duke, he immediately ordered his subordinates to give him a beating he would never forget.

Upon seeing this, Huo Yun'er quickly stepped forward to apologize to the blond boy and beg for his forgiveness. The blond boy merely glanced at Huo Yun'er before leaving.

Seeing this, the subordinates intensified their punishment of the young Huo Yuhao. Therefore, in order to protect her son, Huo Yun'er had no choice but to shield Huo Yuhao from the beating.

After the blond-haired boy's subordinates had vented their anger, young Huo Yuhao looked at his mother and began to cry sadly.

After that, the ancient tree and Huo Yuhao's memories were exactly the same. The mother suffered serious injuries from the beating, which made Huo Yun'er, who was already weak due to her illness, even weaker.

Finally Huo Yun'er passed away amidst Huo Yuhao's weeping after a period of time because she did not receive the necessary treatment in time.

As a child, Huo Yuhao cried out to the heavens, "Why! Why! Heaven, why did you take my mother away?!"

Just then, a deep voice sounded in young Huo Yuhao's ear, "Because neither you nor your mother are strong enough, because we are too weak, we are always bullied by those so-called strong people. In this dog-eat-dog world, only the strong can control their own destiny."

The speaker was none other than Huo Yuhao, who had been watching from the sidelines until he was already grown up. For some reason, he was able to intervene in this illusion and then speak to the young Huo Yuhao.

Young Huo Yuhao looked at his familiar older brother with a confused expression, somewhat at a loss. However, Huo Yuhao ignored his younger self and continued, "Perhaps you think this is very unfair, but we weren't born into a fair world. Everyone's fate is decided at birth; the rich are born into rich families, and the poor are born into poor families. If you want to change your fate, you have to put in many times more effort than ordinary people and possess talents that the upper class doesn't have."

"You and I are unfortunate to have been born into poverty. You can complain, you can blame fate for its injustice, but that's useless. If you don't want this to happen again, the only way to truly control your own destiny is to become an unparalleled powerhouse."

After saying this, Huo Yuhao knelt down before the earthen tombstone that the young Huo Yuhao had just made for Huo Yun'er and said, "Mom, thank you. I will never forget you."

Just then, the voice of the Holy King appeared in Huo Yuhao's mind again. "The first person has been found. Please search for the next person."

The surrounding scenery changed again, and this time Huo Yuhao returned to the time of the Continent-wide Soul Master Tournament held in Star Luo City!

Moreover, looking at himself on the arena, Huo Yuhao knew that he had entered that period, the period in which he would embarrass himself the most.

It was that match between the Shrek Academy and Zhengtian Academy.

At this moment, Huo Yuhao is fighting alongside Xu Sanshi against two team members from the Zhengtian Academy, one of whom is Yu Mengdi Huo Yuhao had indulged in in the real world.

Just like what happened in Huo Yuhao's memory, because of the Rakshasa Helmet's connection to the Angel Clan, the Power of Rakshasa in Huo Yuhao's body began to go berserk and eventually started to attack indiscriminately.

This is why Xu Sanshi had no choice but to join forces with the people from the Zhengtian Academy to oust Huo Yuhao from the stage, which also led to the Shrek Academy losing the match.

Although Huo Yuhao wasn't scolded by his teammates when he woke up after the match, Huo Yuhao could still sense their disdain for him. It was as if Huo Yuhao were saying they wished he weren't their teammate; after all, who would like a teammate who would betray them?

Fortunately, one person held a different opinion, and that person was Ling Luochen, one of the main team members.

Ling Luochen initially cultivated a good relationship with Huo Yuhao because Huo Yuhao possessed the Ultimate Ice, which helped Ling Luochen cultivate high-level abilities of the Island Root. This led Ling Luochen to actively seek help from Huo Yuhao and become friends with him.

As for Xu Yanxue also possesses Ultimate Ice, not being approached by Ling Luochen, it's probably mainly because both of them have a cold and arrogant personality, leading to mutual repulsion between people of the same sex.

Although Huo Yuhao understood that the other party's initial purpose in approaching him was to use him to elevate her ice attribute to its ultimate level, and that she vaguely intended to use him as a substitute for her deceased younger brother, Huo Yuhao, who had already been abandoned by Bei Bei and the others, was already quite satisfied with this kindness.

Especially after he awakened his Evil Attribute, Ling Luochen saw Huo Yuhao, who, unlike other Shrek Academy and teachers, did not choose to abandon him and advocate for the execution of this Evil Soul Master, but instead chose to protect him, thus preventing him from being executed by those bastards at the Shrek Academy immediately.

All these actions made Huo Yuhao genuinely regard Ling Luochen as his older sister. It could be said that in Huo Yuhao's heart Ling Luochen's position was second only to his mother.

What followed were scenes of him and Ling Luochen sharing precious moments together, a truly heartwarming scene.

This also raised new questions for Huo Yuhao. Why would the Evil Eye Holy King want to show this to him again? He could understand why Huo Yuhao king wanted to help him overcome his father's weakness by showing him his father's past before, but what was the king's intention in showing him his time with Ling Luochen now?

After all, in his memory, there were no moments of sadness or weakness in his time with Ling Luochen, right?

However, when the scene shifted to the time when Huo Yuhao went berserk, he finally understood the Holy King's thoughts.

Having completely entered a berserk state, Huo Yuhao began to wreak havoc in the Holy Spirit Cult's dungeon, and the number of people who had fallen at his hands had already exceeded double digits.

Upon seeing Huo Yuhao attack Shrek Academy, Ling Luochen hurriedly shouted, "Yuhao, stop right there!!!"

However, Huo Yuhao had already gone berserk, ignored Ling Luochen's shouts and instead focused all his energy on his killing spree.

When Ling Luochen saw that countless Shrek had fallen into his hands, he gradually changed from initially trying to persuade Huo Yuhao to loudly insulting him, calling him a jinx and saying that he shouldn't have approached Huo Yuhao in the first place, among other hurtful remarks.

Huo Yuhao, in reality, was also stunned upon seeing this. After carefully recalling the events, it seemed that this had indeed happened. At this moment, for some reason, a crack began to appear in Huo Yuhao's trust in Ling Luochen.

The Holy King's voice rang out again. "The second person has been found; now it is time to make a choice."