Although Nan Qiuqiu felt immense humiliation, Huo Yuhao gained a priceless treasure!
This time, the divine might directly brought the two back to the courtyard.
In the elegant and quiet courtyard, water stains suddenly appeared on several pieces of warm jade. Huo Yuhao looked at the soaking wet Su Tong beside him.
He patted her little head, then took out the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow Necklace from his storage soul tool, separating three pieces of Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow from it.
The three snowflake-like pieces of Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow combined to form an earring, which slowly landed in Su Tong's hand.
Su Tong felt an immense attraction to the earring before her, and her entire body's spiritual power emitted sharp, explosive sounds.
It was a desire etched into her soul, her blood boiling, like a gluttonous beast that had been starving for a long time tasting an exquisite delicacy.
"Teacher, what is this?"
Huo Yuhao said softly,
"Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow, the strongest treasure of the ice attribute, the best natural treasure for ice attribute soul masters."
"Your ultimate ice is improving too slowly without the help of natural treasures!"
"Three ten-thousand-year profound ice marrows are enough to perform a marrow cleansing and purification for you, further improving the quality of your ice attribute."
"It can also improve your mental strength, which will definitely help you get through the most difficult level seventy of your ultimate martial soul!"
"If you run out of ten-thousand-year profound ice marrow, just tell me, I have a lot more here, enough for you to use!"
Su Tong held the earring, feeling the enormous energy contained within it. Even her Ice and Snow Maiden martial soul couldn't help but automatically possess her, and her originally black hair that reached her waist turned white.
With icy blue eyes, she looked at Huo Yuhao gratefully and said,
"Thank you, teacher!"
Huo Yuhao waved his hand and said,
"You've already called me teacher, so what's the point of saying anything more? Use it as you like!"
"By the way, is there a spare room for me? I can't sleep in the living room, can I?"
Su Tong's cold face revealed a smile as she pulled Huo Yuhao to a spare bedroom and said,
"Of course there is!"
"That's my parents' old bedroom; no one has lived there for a long time."
"I'll tidy it up; teacher, you can rest there!"
Goodness, this is a haunted house with a spirit ring; this disciple is truly filial!
Fortunately, this isn't the Naruto movie set. If it were there, you could kill Huo Yuhao, and he would never accept a disciple!
The tradition there is that the disciple stabs the master, and the more he stabs, the more powerful he becomes.
...
The next day.
A residential area in the southeast of Dragon City.
Huo Yuhao held a cup of cola in his left hand, wore a classic black trench coat, and had his right hand in his pocket.
He exuded an aura of power, causing passersby to involuntarily keep their distance.
Su Tong stood by, somewhat helplessly. She couldn't really say anything about her teacher's fashion sense.
That morning, Huo Yuhao had prepared a matching black trench coat for her, but she absolutely refused to wear it.
It seemed she still hadn't grasped Huo Yuhao's astonishing wisdom.
"Teacher, what should we do next?"
"Ask the surrounding residents?"
Huo Yuhao, in the minus twenty degree weather, took a big gulp of iced cola, a refreshing sensation filling his body.
He tapped Su Tong's head and said,
"No need for that." "
What's mental power for?" "
Asking everyone one by one? They'll all be gone, and you won't be able to find them!"
With that, Huo Yuhao handed Su Tong the cola, stretched his limbs, and cracked his neck, his joints making a crisp sound.
"The hide-and-seek game should end."
"I don't have time to play games with him."
"Nine hundred and ninety thousand horsepower of mental power in motion! Super-large-scale mental power detection!"
As soon as Huo Yuhao finished speaking, a rose-gold eye slightly opened on his forehead, and the mental detection began to expand at an unimaginable speed!
Su Tong, standing beside him, was also shocked to find her vision expanding and widening!
The entire Dragon City, except for the Heavenly Dragon Gate, was unfolding before her eyes; every falling snowflake, every child's cry, was present in her mind.
It was like playing an FPS game where your teammates cry out that they've lost something, and suddenly the boss packs his bags and activates a full-map vision cheat!
For this adopted disciple, Huo Yuhao thoughtfully granted her a mental sharing ability; she was currently the only person besides Huo Yuhao to have benefited from mental detection.
"Your mental power can't process that much information. Just focus your energy on your surroundings and keep watch for me,"
Huo Yuhao reminded the girl not to let the massive amount of information overwhelm her brain. The Spirit Sea Realm couldn't handle the information of an entire city.
Su Tong covered her dizzy head and focused her attention on the nearby streets, remaining vigilant.
Based on the location of the murderer described in the file, Huo Yuhao conducted a specialized investigation of that area, examining every inch of soil there more than ten times with his mental power.
Every remaining piece of information on the land was sent to the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm for processing and classification.
"The strongest residual aura on the eastern street belongs to a Soul Saint, to the south to a Soul King, to the west to a Soul Emperor, and to the north to a Soul Douluo."
"Yuhao, we haven't found any residual information at the Title Douluo level yet. Continue expanding the search area."
Huo Yuhao nodded, expanding his mental power again to transmit the residual aura over a larger area to Tianmeng Ice Silkworm.
"Oh?"
"Yuhao, we've found something!"
"About three kilometers to the north, two Title Douluos met."
"One of them had a weak soul power aura, very much like a Title Douluo who broke through using drugs!"
"The other had an evil aura, with the aura of a vengeful spirit. Damn it, those evil soul masters are bastards!"
Influenced by Huo Yuhao, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm also liked to call those evil soul masters "bastards."
"Heh, an unexpected gain. No wonder it's the Sun Moon Empire; even level nine soul masters have ties with evil soul masters."
"Brother Tianmeng, find them."
"Understood!"
Tianmeng Ice Silkworm used Huo Yuhao's mental power to begin tracing the direction the aura was heading.
Based on the degree of aura decay, they could even accurately determine the location and how long the other party had been there.
"Yuhao, the level nine soul master hasn't left Dragon City. He's in a cellar five kilometers away from you. The aura is very fresh; he just went in five minutes ago."
"The evil soul master left the city. The last trace of his aura indicates he left through the west gate three days ago."
Huo Yuhao laughed, his eyes flashing with a fierce light. In his eyes, the level nine soul master and the evil soul master were already his lottery chances!
"Su Tong, we've found them. A level nine soul master and a titled Douluo-level evil soul master."
"Heh, you wait on the outskirts. I'll go kill these bastards."
Su Tong, hearing the involvement of two titled Douluos and her teacher's domineering declaration, felt her heart surge with excitement.
Even her black trench coat billowing in the wind seemed much cooler. She thought giving it a try might not be a bad idea.
Huo Yuhao used his divine power again, sending Su Tong to a street not far from the level nine soul master's location.
Then he appeared directly in the cellar.
Emerging from the spatial vortex, she saw a pool of blood at her feet, the entire cellar reeking of blood.
In the distance were three bodies: two adults and a child who looked to be only five years old.
The male adult's face had been ripped off, revealing horribly grotesque flesh.
The female adult's corpse was covered in metallic artifacts, the metal fused with the flesh!
It was clear she had undergone human modification! The child still had a faint breath, his body implanted with various fragments of soul beasts.
His bloodlines were mixed, and a tree had even sprouted from his back!
Huo Yuhao clenched his fists. Seeing this human modification, and the cruelty shown even towards a child, he was enraged!
"These Tang Sans!"
"Damn it, calling you Tang San is an understatement! You bunch of Sun Xiaochuans!"
"Who goes there!"
A tall man with gold-rimmed glasses, wearing a white lab coat, and exuding a scholarly air emerged from the back door of the cellar.
"Intruder?"
"How did you find me?!"
Huo Yuhao didn't want to talk to this Babar, and immediately used Tsukuyomi with his Spirit Eye.
"Yuhao, the opponent's level is ninety-three, the same as Man Yi last time, but not as strong."
Tsukuyomi wasn't as effective as before against a Title Douluo of the same Spirit Abyss Realm, but it still caused the opponent considerable suffering.
The opponent gritted his teeth, not letting out a scream.
Huo Yuhao coldly stared at him, activating his second Soul Skill, Golden Armor, and a magnificent suit of armor appeared on his body.
"Divine Might!"
In an instant, Huo Yuhao and the opponent simultaneously appeared in a spatial vortex, entering the Divine Might Space.
Huo Yuhao felt that killing him directly would be too lenient!
This kind of beast deserved to experience the most extreme pain in the world!
The level nine Soul Master in the white lab coat broke free from Tsukuyomi, looking blankly at the unfamiliar space around him.
His Title Douluo cultivation level made him realize that this must be some kind of domain.
"Damn it!"
The man in the white coat realized the other party was hostile, his eyes glowing red as he activated his Martial Soul—an ape.
Countless cold soul tools appeared around him, the lowest being level seven soul cannons!
The cannons gleamed coldly, then began charging, unleashing a dazzling array of colorful rays at Huo Yuhao!
The terrifying force tore through the cube-shaped earth of the Divine Might Space!
If a Soul Douluo like Nan Shuishui from the Earth Dragon Gate were to face this attack directly, he would probably have fled in his Martial Soul True Body.
Huo Yuhao completely ignored the flashy rays; the diamond pattern in his eyes began to spin, and a white giant god appeared in the Divine Might Space!
He was truly enraged! He attacked with the complete Susanoo form from the start!
The white giant god's wings suddenly flapped, propelling it into the air and creating a whirlwind on the ground. The man in the white coat couldn't help but squint.
However, his mental power had already locked onto Huo Yuhao, and the countless soul-guided rays were redirected, blocking the Susanoo's flight path.
Then, the level eight soul-guided main cannon fired a soul-guided ray that struck Susanoo squarely in the chest.
Fine, spiderweb-like cracks appeared on the white giant's chest, but it quickly healed.
"Finished?"
"Then it's my turn!"
The white giant drew a long sword from his waist and swung it down fiercely.
The white-coated man's gold-rimmed glasses had long since flown away; his soul-guided device propelled him, narrowly avoiding the blow.
However, many of his soul-guided cannons couldn't be retrieved in time, becoming a pile of scrap metal. He had no time for grief, as a second sword swung down upon him.
The white-coated man was now filled with regret. His level nine soul-guided devices were all in his workshop; he hadn't taken them with him in his haste to enter the cellar.
Now, even his last remaining level eight soul-guided cannons were useless; all his strength lay in his exclusive level nine soul-guided devices.
The white-coated man didn't want to die so ignominiously. He had just obtained a supreme treasure and hadn't even had time to appreciate it!
As for fighting Huo Yuhao head-on, he was quite confident in his own strength.
His cultivation level was boosted by taking drugs, and his soul rings and soul skills were acquired arbitrarily based on his martial soul attribute. His methods as a soul master were inferior even to a Soul Douluo like Nan Shuishui.
Soon, Huo Yuhao's second strike was imbued with divine power; terrifying silver-black lightning mixed with the sword's aura nearly tore the entire divine power space apart.
The man in the white coat was severely injured on the spot! His body was almost cleaved vertically in two.
If it weren't for his martial soul being the Wood Spirit Ape, with its strong vitality, he would already be meeting Tang Buddha.
Huo Yuhao dispelled Susanoo and came to him, reversing the spell to heal him. Holding him alive, he said,
"You still have at least three things to say."
"I'll give you one minute. Speak."
The man in the white coat realized he might still have a chance to live and immediately begged for mercy at the fastest speed he could muster:
"Giant Mountain Super Power Master!"
"I didn't do any of this! The Ten Thousand Souls Douluo forced me to do it. He wanted to use the most painful soul sacrifice to refine his martial soul, the Ten Thousand Souls Coil!"
"I needed his help! I had no choice but to do it!"
"Spare my life, and I'll serve you from now on! I'll be your slave!"
"I'm a level nine soul master! I have connections in the Mingde Hall! I can get any soul tool!"
"I have two level nine soul tools in my workshop, one of which even has a 100,000-year-old soul beast embryo!"
"You can have them all!"
Huo Yuhao patted his cheek, pinched his mouth, and said,
"Next time you call me Giant Mountain Super Power Master, I'll stick your arm into your weld!"
"I've seen plenty of people."
"There are those weaker than you, and there are those stronger."
"But I've never seen anyone as lowly as you before."
"Are the medicines of the Sun Moon Empire really that powerful?"
"Someone like you can become a Title Douluo?"
"The power of the Nine Dragons is indeed well-deserved."
"However, you've overlooked a crucial point: where is the Ten Thousand Souls Douluo now?"
The man in the white coat hurriedly said,
"At the ferry crossing west of Dragon City!!"
"I made a deal with him. I traded a level nine soul tool for him to accompany me to the far north to find something, and to escort me back to the Sun Moon Empire."
"Years ago, I established a base at the Lake of Death in the far north, and unexpectedly observed a 100,000-year-old soul beast transforming in its core area!"
"I happen to know how the Conferred God Platform is made!"
Huo Yuhao smiled and said,
"What a coincidence! It sounds like even the heavens are favoring you."
"Also, I remember the Ten Thousand Souls Douluo was only level ninety-one. You should be ninety-three by now, right?"
The man in the white coat said with a fawning smile.
"Evil Soul Masters can usually fight five levels higher than me. I only broke through by taking drugs, so my combat strength is very weak."
Huo Yuhao patted his cheek again and said,
"Alright, I know."
"Farewell."
The white-coated man's pupils suddenly contracted. He was about to continue begging for mercy when the black Amaterasu Flame began to ignite his body.
Then Huo Yuhao used his third soul skill, Heart Thunder Tribulation, unleashing the Three Thunder Tribulations
of Greed, Anger, and Ignorance upon his sea of consciousness. While ordinary Title Douluos could resist Amaterasu's flames with their soul power cloaks, this guy, a subpar Douluo, was already severely injured and entangled by the Heart Thunder Tribulation.
If he could still resist Amaterasu's burning, Huo Yuhao would have gouged out his eyes the next day.
"Even if you die, those things will still be mine, won't they?"
"You big idiot."
Huo Yuhao's figure vanished directly into the Divine Might Space, leaving only his heart-wrenching roar.
Looking at the child who still had a sliver of life left, Huo Yuhao sighed and used illusion magic on him, letting him reach the end of his life in a beautiful dream.
This was the last act of mercy he could offer.
Then, using his spiritual power, he located the white-coated workshop, carefully broke the seal, and successfully entered a silver-white sealed space.
Immediately before his eyes was the Conferred God Platform floating in the center, with a wisp of white energy above it.
It was none other than Lao Xue, the infamous unlucky fellow of the Peerless Tang Sect.
(End of Chapter)
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