RNP Chapter 46 Family Bonds
Chapter 46 Family Bonds
Inside the private dormitory.
Huo Yuhao: Brilliant.
It was so amazing I don't even want to say anything more. The divine sense he left on Tang Wulin was erased, but he had already seen enough.
It must have been detected by Tang San's divine sense.
After all, a precious opportunity to strike was wasted. Tang San is a cunning old fox. Don't think he's hiding something; you'll find out later if you investigate.
What a pity for my divine consciousness.
I didn't expect him to find out so quickly.
"Tsk, that evil spirit master's reaction definitely wasn't his own power. Yuhao, do you really think it was that so-called Holy Emperor?"
Tianmeng Ice Silkworm also shared Huo Yuhao's divine sense perspective, and was able to clearly see what happened at that time. The power that the evil soul master suddenly unleashed was definitely strange.
"How could that be?" Huo Yuhao scoffed, then added self-deprecatingly, "Come to think of it, I had considered crippling Wu Changkong before, but seeing this today, I realize how petty I was."
He was determined to destroy Shrek Academy, but targeting Wu Changkong and their underdeveloped geniuses would make him seem afraid.
Judging from Guanglong's actions, I think it's better to keep someone like Wu Changkong around, so that the disciples of the Spirit Pagoda have motivation and rivals.
As for how far they can grow in the end, if Huo Yuhao recovers to his peak but still can't defeat all of them, then there's no point in him being reborn.
They should have died ten thousand years ago.
After figuring it out, Huo Yuhao felt a clarity in his mind, and even his mental strength improved...he recovered quite a bit.
"Hmm. It's good that you've figured it out. I don't need to say anything more." Tianmeng Ice Silkworm looked relieved, secretly wiping away a tear. Her child had grown up quite a bit; she hadn't let Yuhao down. "Let's continue talking about what happened earlier."
"It must have been Gu Yuena who did this. Although it may not have been her personally, it's definitely related to her."
Huo Yuhao was referring to that sudden power. Gu Yuena certainly didn't have the intelligence to network with and manipulate evil soul masters. That was beyond doubt; Huo Yuhao, having spent so much time with her, knew this all too well.
"But didn't you tell her not to lay a hand on Tang Wulin? She even assured you repeatedly."
In terms of emotional value, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm has provided ample support.
Huo Yuhao shook his head and said helplessly, "She's very confident. She probably plans to have someone test the strength of Tang Wulin's divine sense and then eliminate these three opportunities to make a move. The Golden Dragon King's bloodline is too tempting for her. I'll have to talk to her alone tomorrow."
"Indeed, the Golden and Silver Dragon Kings are drawn to each other and want to become one; it's normal that she can't resist. So, Yuhao, did you get any useful information?"
Tianmeng Bingcan nodded. This can't be blamed on Gu Yuena. People are always greedy. It's already remarkable that she was able to resist taking action herself.
"Tang Wulin is still a level 2 blacksmith, but this time he became Cen Yue's disciple and obtained the Blue Silver King bloodline serum."
If this is even useful information, Huo Yuhao summarized, shaking his head from time to time. Damn, Tang Wulin is so lucky, he gets whatever he wants.
In this Douluo Continent, are you the chosen one of this world, or am I?
"Never mind, let's go to sleep first, we'll talk about it tomorrow."
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Another separate dormitory room, Gu Yuena's room.
"Murasaki, have you done what I asked you to do?"
Looking at Zi Ji kneeling in front of her, Gu Yuena frowned and said.
"Yes, my lord. The details are as follows..."
Zi Ji, covered in cold sweat, explained to Gu Yue Na what had just happened. She ran away the moment Tang Wu Lin emitted the divine light, which was clearly the aura of a god!
In his last glance, the god seemed to have noticed him, but for some reason did not kill him.
"The aura of a god... indeed."
Gu Yuena showed a look of resentment. She was presented with a share of the Golden Dragon King's bloodline, but she couldn't consume it, and to make matters worse, she knew who the recipient was.
"My lord... there's something I don't understand. Why are you targeting this child? Is there anything special about him...?"
Having divine power is indeed special, but that shouldn't be the reason why the master had to attack him, Zi Ji thought. Now that soul beasts and humans have finally found a chance to coexist peacefully, she didn't think the master would be so irrational.
"It's alright. You don't need to worry about this anymore. Don't tell anyone. Leave this place and don't target Tang Wulin again."
what?
So you're just going to ignore it?
Zi Ji was completely baffled. What exactly was her lord planning? The instructions didn't match up, so she hadn't done anything at all!
However, seeing how energetic Gu Yuena was, she could go back and explain to Di Tian with peace of mind. Zi Ji disappeared into the darkness.
Gu Yuena lay in bed, unable to sleep. She looked up at the stars outside the window and thought, "Was this something you predicted, Yuhao...?"
After this incident, she will not touch Tang Wulin for the time being. Tang San's divine sense can indeed unleash god-level power, and whether it is a coincidence or not, if Zi Ji had not intervened, Tang Wulin's small crisis would have been resolved by the Light Dragon.
Even without the Light Dragon, there's still the Dancer in the Sky.
This reminded her of the "chosen ones" mentioned in the book.
"Tang Wulin's aura is indeed very strong, isn't it? The first time, I only managed to catch him off guard, but now that he's gaining momentum, it'll be harder to maneuver later... Sigh, should I have tried to be clever behind Yuhao's back?"
Although she knew the outcome, she couldn't help but get angrier the more she thought about it—the nine-year-old boy had left the Silver Dragon King helpless.
"Go to sleep. We'll talk to Yuhao again tomorrow."
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The next day, in Class 1 classroom.
"I'm sure everyone here knows about the promotion tournament, right?"
Lan Fuzi got straight to the point, scanning the dozens of children with a slightly regretful look as he glanced at Huo Yuhao and his companion: "I have these two powerful cards in my hand, yet you won't let me use them."
The dean must have seen how prosperous the college was and deliberately rejected my request!
All the students in the audience showed expressions of interest. As the most outstanding group of freshmen at Donghai Academy, how could they not know?
The promotion tournament is an annual grand event for Donghai College. It's the only tournament that requires participation from all grades and the entire college. The promotion tournament is held three months after the start of each semester.
There's a promotion tournament for the senior division, and there's also a promotion tournament for the intermediate division.
Students who perform exceptionally well in the promotion competition will have their records documented and entered into their files. This serves as a crucial recommendation for future admission to higher-level institutions of higher learning.
The prizes are also quite generous. Classes that achieve excellent results in the promotion competition will not only see changes in their rankings, but their homeroom teachers will also receive awards.
Therefore, after so many years of development, the promotion tournament has become a symbol of honor at Donghai Academy. Being defeated by a lower-ranked class is a disgrace, while defeating a higher-ranked class is an honor.
"This is a completely meaningless and ridiculous competition!"
Lan Fuzi mentally scoffed and cursed, all of this was supposed to be about testing the abilities and growth of students and teachers, but based on her tens of thousands of years of experience... it was all bullshit!
Students in Class 1 generally won't lose to students from the class below them. If there is such a situation, it's because some people have been assigned to Class 2, just waiting to improve their standing in the promotion competition.
In the Douluo Continent, an outstanding performance in a particular competition is far more important than anything else in one's life resume. Competition is king, and ranking is paramount.
However, what could she say as a mere Soul Emperor-level teacher who was just a working-class person? Anyway, it didn't stop her from making money, and she didn't need to put in much effort. The students in her class were so easy to manage, they were all fully automatic cultivation maniacs!
"The promotion competition is also related to whether you can be selected for the special class. I hope you can perform well. Oh, Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena are special cases; they have already been decided internally."
They were pre-selected, no one would find it strange, it would seem perfectly natural. These two are Soul Masters, geniuses unparalleled in the entire history of Soul Master cultivation. They would be immediately admitted to any of the three major academies if they wanted to apply.
Then we need to consider the remaining spots.
All they were fighting for was the right to continue being with Huo Yuhao and Huo Yuhao. Thinking about it that way might make one feel resentful, but that's just how it is.
"As students of Class One, you can't let me down. If you lose to other classes, don't say I've ever coached you."
It would also leave a stain on their resumes, and all the students were aware of this and did not refute it.
"This lesson is a practical one. You guys should have a good spar today and let me see your skills."
Upon hearing this, many people's eyes lit up. Although their cultivation level might not be as high as others, with the combination of their martial spirit and soul spirit, their combat power wouldn't be much worse.
Seeing their eagerness, Lan Fuzi led them to a spacious, empty classroom.
"Free challenge, just defeat your opponent."
Hehe, Wei Xiaofeng chuckled and decisively stepped forward first. His gaze swept over the other Great Soul Masters in the class, and his provocative look made those people's eyes flicker slightly.
"I'll go first. I challenge you, Wang Jinxi!"
Everyone was stunned when they heard that he wanted to challenge Wang Jinxi, who was arguably the strongest after Huo Yuhao and Wang Jinxi. Did he really have such confidence?
Wang Jinxi remained silent. He was always taciturn, but how could he, with his Dragon Seed Martial Soul, refuse a challenge? He took a few steps forward and arrived at the center of the classroom, facing Wei Xiaofeng directly.
"Let me show you."
Wei Xiaofeng was full of confidence, after all, his martial soul and soul spirit were the same, and the fusion of the two would produce even stronger power.
Two yellow halos rose simultaneously. Not only that, but some blue scales also grew on Wei Xiaofeng's neck, and his eyes turned into vertical pupils.
Martial Soul: Azure Shadow Serpent.
As the saying goes, a snake is a small dragon. This martial spirit also has dragon bloodline, or rather, almost all spirit beasts in this world have ancient dragon bloodline.
If so, they must have come from other worlds later, or they must be ancient enemies that have existed alongside the dragons since time immemorial.
The Azure Shadow Serpent Martial Soul is a high-level Martial Soul, but the opponent he chose was Wang Jinxi. He wasn't the only one with such a coincidental stroke of luck; Wang Jinxi had the same!
Two yellow spirit rings appeared beneath his feet, and Wang Jinxi's thin body swelled up a bit. It wasn't his muscles that swelled up, but his bones, making him look like a large skeleton. He raised his arms, and a faint black aura burst forth from his body.
At the same time, his entire body glowed faintly, becoming somewhat ethereal. The most peculiar thing was his shadow, which seemed to have two eyes, making it extremely eerie.
This is……
Huo Yuhao's eyes flashed, and he immediately noticed that the shadow was a kind of spirit, or rather, his own spirit resided within it. If he wasn't mistaken, the true form of this spirit was—
"...You go first."
Wang Jinxi glanced at Wei Xiaofeng but didn't say anything. He simply told him to make the first move. This wasn't an arrogant statement; although his martial spirit was powerful, it was generally more defensive and offensive.
Wei Xiaofeng didn't stand on ceremony. His first spirit ring flashed, and his body suddenly became illusory. A series of afterimages appeared behind him. Although these afterimages looked illusory, when they surrounded Wei Xiaofeng, they made it difficult to distinguish between reality and illusion.
First Soul Skill: Azure Shadow Stack.
Wei Xiaofeng's arrogance was justified. With his soul spirit and martial soul being completely identical, he achieved an extremely high degree of compatibility with his soul spirit, and the two soul skills he obtained far exceeded what a typical soul master could obtain with their first soul skill.
Although this Azure Shadow Stack is not a true clone, the illusion it creates is so realistic that it gives people a sense of unreality.
His true form had already stepped out with one foot, and was moving around at an extremely fast speed, intending to ambush Wang Jinxi from behind.
Not bad, a great soul skill!
Xie Xie showed no anger at being underestimated by Wei Xiaofeng; he simply focused on activating his Soul Eye and absorbing experience.
This Soul Eye was bought for him by his father for several million dollars. It is equivalent to a Soul Bone, but it is not an external Soul Bone and cannot evolve.
This artificial soul bone technology naturally originated from the Spirit Pagoda. Only they had the ability to collaborate with soul beasts to research this project, resulting in a major breakthrough.
Artificial soul bones, which can replace body parts, are created in a manner similar to external soul bones and soul bones, with the transplantation technology provided by the Federation.
As long as you have the money and the ability, you can replace your entire body with artificial soul bones without any problem!
Xie Xie's Soul Eye possesses the ability to slow down others' movements, see through illusions, and defend against some mental attacks. It can be said that this is one of the reasons why he is confident in his studies.
His martial soul was special, requiring him to consider his third soul skill in advance and contact the Spirit Pagoda to order its production. Therefore, he had to be extremely careful in considering his third soul skill. After seeing Wei Xiaofeng's Azure Shadow Stack, he thought this kind of clone skill was quite good.
It's perfect for his agility-based attack style.
"Is Wei Xiaofeng going to succeed? Is Wang Jinxi overestimating himself?"
"I can't tell if it's real or fake at all. Will Wang Jinxi be eliminated in the first round?"
Some students nearby watched with great concern. Their cultivation level was insufficient, their vision was limited, and they didn't have Xie Xie's special abilities. Judging from their intuition alone, they didn't think Wang Jinxi could distinguish between the real and the fake.
"Hmph, a bunch of idiots!"
Wang Jinxi's martial soul fusion skill partner Zhang Yangzi crossed his arms and sneered, "With such weak strength, how could he possibly defeat Jinxi?"
He was well aware of Wang Jinxi's strength. Possessing a powerful, top-tier melee-type martial soul, Wang Jinxi was undoubtedly a formidable offensive-type battle soul master. Even Zhang Yangzi himself couldn't compare to his power, and within the entire East Sea Academy, his strength was among the top tier!
Dealing with this kind of opponent—
Naturally, brute force can overcome all methods!
If you can't identify their true forms, then defeat them all.
First Soul Skill: Bone Dragon Claw.
A gigantic bone claw appeared out of thin air, sweeping down and annihilating all the illusions.
"Hahaha, you fell for it!"
Wei Xiaofeng's true form had already arrived behind him, and he was quite pleased with himself.
However, "What's there to be so smug about!"
A skeleton flew out from Wang Jinxi's shadow, and surprisingly spoke human language, exhaling a breath of cold, dark energy that forced Wei Xiaofeng back.
"Is that his spirit?"
Xie Xie was stunned. Was this an extremely rare family bond? Damn it, if only my martial soul could also have a family bond.
This skeletal spirit is an extremely rare type of spirit. Not only can spirit beasts transform into spirits, but humans can too, though it is very rare.
Moreover, there are very few compatible martial souls; only the original martial soul, or combinations like the Bone Dragon King and the Skeleton, are useful.
However, their potential is also very high. They can not only provide great help to Soul Masters, but also cultivate themselves, giving back to Soul Masters and strengthening the corresponding parts of the Soul Masters.
Wang Jinxi's bones were already hard and strong, and with the addition of this skull, his power became even more terrifying.
This is the bond between family members!
His spirit originated from an elder in his family, a Soul King-level elder who accidentally became a spirit in his grave after death. It was only during a chance visit to the grave that Wang Jinxi discovered him, thus making him his first spirit.
Unfortunately, because he went undiscovered and wandered around for a long time without a proper way to preserve his energy, he has lost a lot of power and is now barely 900 years old, close to a thousand-year-old soul.
Remember the Aolai City governor I mentioned before? He's already dismounted, and his soul is now similar to Wang Jinxi's. Although it only formed an eight-thousand-year-old soul due to impurities in his cultivation, it still sold for forty million Federal Credits. The same goes for that soul core. And the rest need no introduction.
These skeleton spirits bound by family ties possess a certain level of intelligence, enabling them to utilize more combat techniques and even enhance their mental strength!
It can only be said that every student in Class One has a background and an advantage; the only difference is the degree of their advantage.
Without a doubt, there was a snake-type martial soul possessor who had the smallest cheat code, yet cultivated the strongest confidence.
The assessment is that it's time to cultivate the Chaotic Ancient Emperor Scripture.