Chapter 512.3: The Three Ultimate Haodong Skills
This was the first time that theyâd cultivated together since their martial soul fusion. Compared to before, their Haodong Power was much denser and vaster. Huo Yuhao immediately felt his soul power improving, as well as the Manifold Mysterious Ice Essence within his body being almost completely assimilated.
What Yan Shaozhe hadnât known was that the main reason for his Ultimate Iceâs rapid rate of improvement and its temperature being so low was due to the Manifold Mysterious Ice Essence.
Huo Yuhao hadnât unleashed his full strength during the practice battle, nor had he truly unleashed his Spirits, which also needed to be considered as part of his fighting strength.
Huo Yuhaoâs Spirits were different from those of most soul masters. His Spiritsâ consciousnesses had been stabilized through the Manifold Mysterious Ice Essence, thus they themselves possessed a certain level of strength. Once they were fully unleashed, they would be able to support and complement one another. Plus, with the amount of experience that the Snow Empress and the Ice Empress had, theyâd probably have been able to hold out a bit longer against Yan Shaozhe, even though they couldnât possibly have defeated him.
Huo Yuhao and Tang Wutong placed their palms against each otherâs, after which their soul power rippled and undulated continuously within their bodies. Huo Yuhaoâs soul power improved conspicuously with every circulation. Even though a soul master needed an immense amount of soul power to increase their cultivation rank by even a single rank after they became a Soul Douluo, Huo Yuhao still felt that heâd be able to reach the threshold of becoming a Titled Douluo during the next three years with his current cultivation speed! As someone who possessed an Ultimate martial soul, once he became a Titled Douluo, heâd have the strength to challenge a normal Transcendent Douluo by simply relying on his martial soulâs strength.
As time continued to pass, Huo Yuhao remained completely immersed in his revelations and realizations, his emotions incessantly rippling as he did so.
Tang Wutong is Dongâer, and sheâs back by my side. Just that single thought gave Huo Yuhao a lot of emotional clarity. Even though heâd lost his Three Ultimate Haodong Skills in the process, he didnât regret anything for even a second. What could bring him more joy or pleasant surprise than his lover returning to him?
But at the same time, he quickly realized how important emotions were for self-invented soul skills.
Emotions were considered to be a part of spiritual power, yet at the same time, they werenât equivalent; they could be considered an inexplicable force with an abstruse origin. Back then, the most important reason behind his Three Ultimate Haodong Skills being so powerful was due to them containing his intense emotions. At the same time, the repercussions and residual effects brought about after using them also stemmed from his emotions.
Since emotions can increase the power of self-invented soul skills, does that mean that I can fuse my emotions into my other self-invented soul skills now that Iâve lost my Three Ultimate Haodong Skills?
The Goddess of Light was undoubtedly Huo Yuhaoâs fundamental self-invented soul skill; the truth was that heâd adapted his Three Ultimate Haodong Skills from it. Thus, now that he couldnât use them anymore, it seemed that heâd have to put more effort back into his Goddess of Light.
The emotions that his Three Ultimate Haodong Skills relied on were longing and yearning. Now that Wutong was back by his side, those feelings had to transformâbut into what?
Love, yes, love is the answer.
This thought had barely surfaced in Huo Yuhaoâs mind when he suddenly felt an intense quiver in his spiritual sea. In the next moment, the love in his heart immediately flooded towards Tang Wutong like a tidal wave.
Tang Wutongâs beautiful frame trembled a little in response. Her spiritual sea had originally been extremely messy and chaotic, as Wang Dongâerâs memory had only been awakened a short time ago, and she hadnât yet managed to completely integrate the memories of her childhood. She felt her heart and body quiver intensely as she was stimulated by Huo Yuhaoâs intense feelings of love, and a dash of rosiness appeared on her cheeks as her lips gradually tilted into a faint smile.
These dense feelings of love surging into her mind were akin to the most potent natural treasures as they nourished her spiritual sea and supported the fusion of her memories.
Love was a notion for eternityâonly love could truly last forever.
Whether she was Wang Dongâer or Tang Wutong didnât matterâher name was only a label. Tang Wutong had insisted that she was Tang Wutong, rather than Wang Dongâer, because her memories hadnât been completely fused yet. In her heart, sheâd been a little afraid that her feelings towards Huo Yuhao werenât genuine, which had caused her to have a little resistance towards him in her heart ever since recovering her memories.
But at this moment, as she was smothered in Huo Yuhaoâs dense feelings, her memories began to fuse at an accelerated rate. Slowly, her entire beingâs emotions began to change as she was continuously buffeted by his love.
Wang Dongâerâs originally deep-seated love for Huo Yuhao was guided out and took the driverâs seat, merging together with love that Huo Yuhao was emanating. Their Haodong Power quietly sublimated, while their love continued to ripple and undulate away from and because of that sublimation. They werenât just fusing their martial souls anymore; their emotions and spirits were also fusing. This was the true meaning of coming together to become one.
When Huo Yuhao felt the reciprocated love coming from Tang Wutong, he was overjoyed. Love was a mutual feeling, thus only with mutual love could it continue to sublimate and evolve. At this moment, the type of love that Tang Wutong and Huo Yuhao were feeling was that type of sublimating love. Their overflowing emotions began to encircle their hearts and souls, and faint white halos appeared around their bodies. Gentle undulations could soon be seen as their bodies were cocooned in light.
Their soul power, spiritual power, and spirits were being rinsed and doused in their dense feelings of love. Slowly but surely, their soul power was changing, and the golden light from within the trident on Tang Wutongâs forehead began to circulate within her body. Strange transformations also began to happen to Huo Yuhaoâs soul power and aura.
I love you, Dongâer. I love you, Wutong. Huo Yuhaoâs voice was filled with love as it resonated within his mind.
Suddenly, Huo Yuhao felt his spirits be invigorated, and in the next moment felt his spiritual power seem to leave his body. Heâd experienced a similar feeling before, but that was when heâd channeled his spiritual power out of his body. Now that his spiritual power was in the concrete-material realm, his spiritual power leaving his body along with his spirit didnât mean anything was wrong.
But this time seemed different. Huo Yuhao studied himself closely, only to realize to his astonishment that it wasnât his spiritual power that was leaving his body. Instead, it was his own, actual spirit leaving his body! Yes, just his spirit, without any spiritual power accompanying it!
Human spirits were extremely weak; once they left oneâs body, they would continuously dissipate. The moment that he realized his spirit was leaving his body, he quickly realized that there was also a faint white layer surrounding his spirit that seemed to be protecting it from dissipating.
With his spirit currently in midair, Huo Yuhao could see Tang Wutong and himself with their palms pressed against each otherâs, cultivating. Gentle white light surrounded their bodies, and Huo Yuhao could still vividly feel their sublimating soul power, spiritual power, and emotions, despite currently looking down at himself.
Whatâs happening? Why has my spirit left my body by itself? Huo Yuhao attempted to control himself and return to his body, but he realized to his surprise that he couldnât make his spirit move at all.
At the next moment, some kind of strange force appeared in the ether than instantly pulled his spirit out of the Sea Godâs Pavilion. Once his spirit exited the Golden Tree, it began to rise into the sky.
The sun was radiant outside, and shone down upon the entire Shrek Academy, but a shred of panic still appeared in Huo Yuhaoâs mind. This was the first time that heâd come across such a strange situation; he had no idea what was going to happen.
His spirit had left his body, and was continuously rising through the air. It wasnât a great feeling; Huo Yuhao could feel himself getting further and further away from his own body. Even though his senses were still connected, he couldnât control his spiritâs movements in the sky at all!
Why is this happening? Whatâs happening to me? Huo Yuhao couldnât find the answer, intense fear and panic beginning to permeate his mind.
He had been through so much to get Tang Wutong back at his side, yet his spirit had still left his body in such a strange fashion. What exactly is happening? Whatâs happened?! No, I donât want to leave. I donât want to leave Wutong, I still have to protect and love her!
Intense fear and panic caused a wave of acute emotional ripples to spread from his spirit, as he tried to struggle out of the restraints binding his movements.
Right at that moment, a gentle aura suddenly enveloped his spirit. This aura was extremely strange, as there seemed to be an immense amount of pure emotions undulating within it. After it appeared, Huo Yuhao felt an incredibly comfortable feeling course through his spirit, as if heâd been immersed in warm spring water. This nourishing feeling made him so comfortable that he wanted to moan, all traces of panic, fear, and negative emotions disappearing without a trace. Instead, small feelings of comfort and trust had appeared.
What exactly is happening?
Huo Yuhao was extremely intelligent; if he couldnât at least make a guess about his situation, then he wouldnât be Huo Yuhao. The aura filled with comfort that had nourished his spirit had immediately made him realize that his spirit leaving his body wasnât because of his own cultivation; rather, some external power had forcibly pulled his spirit from his body.
All the negative feelings in his spirit had been washed away, thus all that was left was complete astonishment.
What kind of strength could forcibly pull my spirit out of my body? Huo Yuhaoâs spiritual power had already reached the concrete-material realm. Furthermore, he also had Wang Qiuâerâs Destiny Skull and its skill Destinyâs Adjudication, which granted him immunity to three spiritual-type attacks per day.
Back then, the Evileye Tyrant King hadnât been able to kill Huo Yuhao with its incredibly powerful attack because heâd used Destinyâs Adjudication to escape with his life. However, this force that was currently controlling his spirit had rendered him unable to resist at all. How powerful would his opponent have to be to achieve this?
Even though Huo Yuhao wasnât sure why this was happening, he could feel that whoever was doing this to him had to be an extremely powerful individual who didnât harbor any ill intentions against him. Else, that person wouldnât have placated his negative emotions.