At Shrek Academy, Wang Yan's eyes flickered with a spark of hope. He saw a chance to defeat Huo Yuhao. Facing Wang Qiuer, Huo Yuhao couldn't secure a victory in a single move. That meant the threat of the Instant Transmission ability wasn't as significant.
Suddenly, Wang Qiuer realized Huo Yuhao was no longer in her line of sight. She grew wary, and immediately sensed movement behind her. Without hesitation, she swept the Golden Dragon Spear back as she had before.
However, Wang Qiuer's attack missed. Huo Yuhao had only been trying to confuse her. He had first Instant Transmitted behind Wang Qiuer, deliberately letting her notice, and then Instant Transmitted again to her left side.
The Golden Dragon Spear missed, while the Evil God Spear's tip was already pressed against Wang Qiuer's smooth, delicate neck.
"You lose," Huo Yuhao said in a calm voice. Unlimited Instant Transmission was a divine skill, impossible to defend against.
Currently, there wasn't a single weakness to be found on Huo Yuhao. He had the Celestial Barrier for defense, the Rasengan for attack, and his mental abilities were his strength. Although his movement techniques were lacking, Instant Transmission perfectly filled that gap.
The tip of the Evil God Spear was less than a centimeter from Wang Qiuer's neck. If Huo Yuhao wished, he could end Wang Qiuer's life at any moment. Yet, she showed no fear.
Wang Qiuer snorted coldly, "Lose? Not necessarily."
Hearing this, Huo Yuhao's lips twitched. This guy was starting to look a little like he was going to cheat. But the next moment, Huo Yuhao's expression changed abruptly.
The entire space of the competition stage was rendered a pale gold by some kind of energy. The pale gold was still spreading outwards, until it encountered the protective shield formed by the soul-guided device, where it was stopped.
Huo Yuhao's body sank. After the appearance of this pale gold energy, it felt as if the surrounding space was compressing him, making it difficult for him to move.
Just then, Wang Qiuer swung the Golden Dragon Spear towards him.
The next moment, the Golden Dragon Spear missed.
"Damn it, annoying spatial ability." Being escaped by Huo Yuhao again, even the usually cold Wang Qiuer couldn't help but exclaim.
The position where Huo Yuhao reappeared was fifty meters directly in front of Wang Qiuer.
"This is… a domain?" Huo Yuhao looked around the space, and the constant pressure he felt on his body confirmed his suspicions. Having mastered a domain himself, he could easily recognize one.
It was rare to see Huo Yuhao looking surprised. Even the aloof Wang Qiuer was slightly pleased. She smiled and explained, "That's right. Actually, this is all thanks to you."
"Thanks to me?" Huo Yuhao was puzzled at first, then pondered for a moment. He then asked with some uncertainty, "Could it be that time?"
Huo Yuhao could only think of the half-month of training by the small lake.
Once he calmed down, Huo Yuhao didn't find it so strange. The possibility of awakening a domain with an extreme attribute martial soul was very high, just like in the original story, when the Ice Emperor gave Dai Yuhao a soul bone skill, Eternal Freeze Domain.
Currently, the Ice Emperor's soul bone was sealed in Huo Yuhao's sea of consciousness. It was certain that as long as Huo Yuhao absorbed the Ice Emperor's soul bone, he could also obtain the same domain. Even his physical strength would get a significant boost, at least temporarily not weaker than Wang Qiuer. As for later, after Wang Qiuer's cultivation improved, it was hard to say, after all, the torso bone was different from the external soul bone; it could grow stronger with the soul master.
But Huo Yuhao definitely wouldn't do that. The external soul bone of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger had already given him a headache, let alone adding the nearly 400,000-year-old soul bone of the Ice Emperor.
Speaking of domains, they could be obtained in two ways. One was like Huo Yuhao, through absorbing high-quality soul bones and hunting soul beasts to obtain soul rings, such as the Eternal Freeze Domain, and the Evil God Domain, which fused with the Demonbane Domain.
The other was the innate domain of a soul master, which was a talent domain. In the original story, Xu Sanshi's Black Tortoise Domain, formed after completely awakening his bloodline, belonged to a talent domain, and so did Huo Yuhao's Demonbane Domain.
In conclusion, Huo Yuhao guessed that Wang Qiuer's domain also belonged to a talent domain.
"If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have awakened my domain so quickly. Give it a name," Wang Qiuer said.
Huo Yuhao didn't know why Wang Qiuer wanted him to name it. To be honest, her awakening had little to do with him. But since Wang Qiuer asked, Huo Yuhao didn't bother to think too much about it, so he said, "Your martial soul is the Golden Dragon with Extreme Power. This domain should also focus on enhancing your strength, so how about calling it the Divine Power Domain?"
Wang Qiuer was slightly speechless. Speechless. How perfunctory could this guy be? But come to think of it, Divine Power Domain sounded pretty good and was very fitting.
The Divine Power Domain enhances the user's all attributes by 20% and strength by 50% within the domain, while weakening the enemy's all attributes by 20%.
As domains, Huo Yuhao's Demonbane Domain was just trash compared to the Divine Power Domain in terms of pure attack power, but the two were essentially different. The Demonbane Domain focused on the spiritual aspect.
Huo Yuhao didn't know the specific effects of the Divine Power Domain, only that it was very strong. But Wang Qiuer seemed to have awakened it not long ago, and there was still some gap compared to the Demonbane Domain. Also, Huo Yuhao had once integrated the Evil God Domain.
It's just that the original story didn't say Wang Qiuer had a domain! The plot was deviating more and more!
"Mmh, I'll go with your suggestion. So, let's continue," Wang Qiuer nodded slightly, looking directly at Huo Yuhao. She had a feeling that even with the domain, she still wouldn't be Huo Yuhao's match; she just wasn't sure about the exact difference.
"Alright."
Huo Yuhao also wanted to see whether his Demonbane Domain was stronger, or if Wang Qiuer's Divine Power Domain was superior. After saying "Alright," he released his Demonbane Domain.
Boom!
There was a slight rumbling sound in the air. As the Demonbane Domain emerged, half of the arena, the side closest to Huo Yuhao, was covered. The pale gold light quickly vanished, replaced by a thick red glow, like a mist.
On the arena, the golden light and red mist clashed, resisting each other. Soon, the golden light was pushed back, step by step, by the red mist. Two-thirds of the arena was occupied by the red mist.
Whoosh!
The audience below erupted in an uproar. Huo Yuhao and Wang Qiuer hadn't lowered their voices, so the onlookers knew they were witnessing a display of domains. They were all excited, feeling that the price of admission was well worth it.
On the high platform, the Star Luo Emperor, along with a group of officials and representatives from various academies, wore expressions of shock. Unlike the commoners, they, as Soul Masters, understood how powerful and rare domains were. Normally, such a formidable skill could only be mastered by Title Douluo, those with a cultivation base above level ninety.
How old were these two? Their cultivation was only at the Soul Ancestor and Soul Elder levels. Genius? Monster? Freak? For a moment, everyone was at a loss for words to describe Huo Yuhao and Wang Qiuer.
(End of Chapter)