Peerless: I Became Huo Yuhao's Dark Personality

Chapter 104 Orange, You Can Do It! (Two Chapters Combined)
"You haven't released your soul skill yet!" Ju Zi shouted from behind as Huo Yumiao turned to leave.

Huo Yumiao did not respond. Keke had already emerged from the illusion created by the Light of Fear, but instead of using methods to overcome fear, she automatically escaped after being mentally broken by fear, commonly known as falling into a coma.

Huo Yumiao was truly surprised that Keke had such a mental breakdown so quickly; she wondered what kind of fear Keke had fallen into.

Ju Zi pursed her lips, but dared not make a move to stop her. She could roughly guess Huo Yumiao's thoughts. Once she showed any tendency to attack, the other party would have a reason to retaliate. Ke Ke was a ready example.

The sound of the metal door closing startled the bewildered Orange. She quickly picked up Coco, who was slumped on the ground and trembling unconsciously, opened the door, and ran towards the infirmary.

The test area has two types of buildings: one is a laboratory specifically for the production of soul tools, and the other is a test site specifically for the testing of soul tools.

The Soul Tool Testing Grounds are undoubtedly the largest area, occupying two-thirds of the entire testing zone.

Huo Yumiao quickly found an empty testing site. After swiping her card to enter, she focused her gaze on the wall next to the Soul Guidance Gate and read through the instructions for all the testing instruments.

Whether it's a remote or melee soul tool, there are corresponding tools here to test it.

Among a row of levers, Huo Yumiao pulled down two red levers in succession.

The moment the lever was pulled down, the floor in the center of the arena began to tremble, the silver-gray square tiles began to sink, and two identical soul tools slowly rose up.

The bottom of the soul tool is a flat base, with a support rod connected to the rear. A strange mirror is fixed to the front of the support rod.

The mirror is divided into inner and outer rings. The inner ring is no different from a normal mirror, while the outer ring is made of hard metal. There is a small screen on the top and various buttons on both sides, each button having a different number on it.

This is an instrument for measuring melee soul tools. It can release a soul power shield with six major levels of shield strength, simulating defense soul tools from level one to level six.

Huo Yumiao pressed a circular button with the number two on its surface, then took two steps back. The next second, with a "whoosh," a semi-transparent, circular golden shield appeared.

Huo Yumiao repeated the same operation on another close-combat soul tool testing device. He first picked up a fine iron dagger without any additional attributes, injected soul power into it, and the patterns on its surface glowed faintly. He then stabbed it towards the shield on the left.

Under the influence of the core magic array that enhances sharpness, the dagger pierced the soul power shield, but it did not completely penetrate it.

The dagger was pulled out, leaving a hole on the surface of the shield. Even after the dagger was removed, the hole did not disappear. Unless Huo Yumiao manually activated it, the shield would remain in this state for easy reference.

Huo Yumiao's expression remained unchanged. This dagger was merely a level one soul tool, and a relatively weak one at that. The only core magic array that could enhance its attack power was its sharpness.

The reason he was able to damage the level 2 soul guide shield was because he injected more soul power than the normal amount.

Switching to a fine iron dagger with added sharpness, Huo Yumiao repeated the same procedure as before, injecting the same amount of soul power, stabbing it in and then pulling it out.

The two shields were almost identical in terms of the degree of damage, and Huo Yumiao could not see any difference. In order to prevent missing any details, Huo Yumiao immediately performed Martial Soul Possession.

With her enhanced observation skills, Huo Yumiao indeed noticed something else: the shield attacked by the dagger with sharp attributes, although it looked the same as another shield on the surface, had a slight change inside.

Through the tiny cracks on the surface of the shield, Huo Yumiao could see several more fine cracks inside. He was certain that the first shield did not have these cracks.

Huo Yumiao clicked the reset button, and the two shields disappeared. Then she pressed the button numbered one, and two more transparent light shields appeared.

Huo Yumiao continued her experiment with the two daggers. After switching to a level one defensive shield, the daggers successfully pierced through it. This time, Huo Yumiao could clearly see the difference between the two light shields.

The first soul power shield had a very smooth crack, while the second soul power shield had obvious cracks around the crack, which were not only thicker but also more numerous than the first one.

The shield disappeared, and Huo Yumiao pressed the button that represented the level one defense shield again, but at the same time she also pressed the protrusion with an inverted triangle shape next to it.

As she continued to penetrate, Huo Yumiao's eyes narrowed. This time, the changes in the two soul power shields were quite different. With the same core magic array and the same soul power input, the first shield still had a smooth, mirror-like crack.

However, the second shield no longer had cracks inside; instead, it was completely destroyed, with many irregular cracks appearing inside, indicating a level of damage far exceeding that of the first shield.

A flicker of joy crossed Huo Yumiao's eyes. Just as he had guessed, being injured by a soul tool with a sharp attribute would cause the sharp force to launch a secondary attack on the wound.

Of course, Huo Yumiao's experiments are not limited to these. He has only determined the nature of the sharpness force and still needs to determine the factors that control the strength of the sharpness force.

He currently has two conjectures: one is determined by the amount of soul power injected, and the other is determined by the level of the soul tool, or more precisely, by the material used to make the soul tool.

As is well known, low-grade metals are not necessarily compatible with high-grade soul tools, but high-grade metals are always compatible with low-grade soul tools.

It only took a little over an hour from start to finish. Since it was still early, Huo Yumiao immediately returned to the laboratory to begin making a soul tool for controlling the sharp power.

Infirmary.

"She is physically fine, only suffering some minor external injuries. The reason she fell into a coma was because her mental energy was stimulated. I gave her some sedatives, and she will wake up soon after resting for a while."

After listening to the medical staff's words, Ju Zi finally breathed a sigh of relief, but a doubt arose in her heart. That person did not kill Ke Ke, so why did she see murderous intent in the other person's eyes?

Could it be that this murderous intent is directed at me?
As soon as this thought popped into her head, Orange dismissed it. She was certain that she had never met this person before, let alone had any enmity with him. So why was that?

"Keke, right? How did she get injured?" the medical instructor asked casually. Recording the cause of each student's injury was part of her job.

"She made a mistake while making the soul tool, which caused her to waste more than half a month's worth of hard work," Orange said fabricated. She did not choose to expose the person who attacked Keke.

First, even if they were exposed, it was Keke who made the first move, so they were not in the right. Second, judging from the strength displayed by the other party, Ju Zi concluded that the other party must come from a powerful force and have a considerable status.

Orange didn't want to make enemies with someone who had both background and talent. After all, it was Keke who spoke rudely first, and it would be an undeserved disaster for Orange, who hadn't done anything at the time, to have such a grudge.

A knowing glint flashed in the medical instructor's eyes. Sure enough, it was another case of a student being provoked by a failed attempt to create a soul tool. Nine times out of ten, the students sent to the infirmary had problems with their soul tool creation.

Keke was lucky; she only suffered a mental shock and minor abrasions. Most of the other students brought in were injured, and some were even crippled. The medical instructor casually wrote "Soul Tool Manufacturing Accident" in his notebook, saying:
"We can leave once she wakes up. By the way, because of the medication, she will be a little sluggish when she wakes up, but she'll be fine after a while."

"Thank you for your trouble, teacher," Orange said politely, staying by Keke's side.

About half an hour later, Keke's eyelashes fluttered, and she slowly opened her eyes. Staring blankly at the ceiling of the infirmary, she looked around and saw Ju Zi reading a book. She instinctively called out, "Ju Zi..."

"Keke, you're awake! How are you feeling?" Orange asked gently, her voice filled with concern, upon hearing the voice.

"How did I end up in the infirmary? Am I injured?" As a Soul Master, it's perfectly normal for problems to arise when making Soul Tools. This wasn't Keke's first time in the infirmary, so she recognized her quickly.

The medical staff had just given instructions, so Ju Zi wasn't surprised by Ke Ke's question and immediately began to recount what had just happened.

As Ju Zi narrated, the confusion in Ke Ke's eyes gradually disappeared, replaced by anger, and her thoughts quickly broke free from their sluggishness under the stimulation of anger.

"What happened to that person? What did the disciplinary squad do with him?"

Upon hearing Keke's question, Ju Zi gave a wry smile, "The disciplinary team? Keke, you were the one who struck first."

"Me? He was the one who started it!" Keke was stunned for a moment and said in disbelief.

Orange sighed helplessly. To put it nicely, this is called being simple-minded and without guile; to put it bluntly, it's just being silly. But she knew that Keke wasn't a bad person at heart; she was just a little impulsive.

"Keke, do you still remember what you said?"
The laboratory is a public facility belonging only to the college, so your statement is inappropriate.

"And you were the one who reached out first," Orange explained to Keke as tactfully as possible.

Keke was stunned for a moment upon hearing this, then indignantly defended herself:

"I only reached out my hand, I didn't attack him. Even if I said something wrong, he should be punished for attacking me first!"

“Keke, what he did wasn’t an attack, it was self-defense. Even though you only reached out, it can be interpreted as an intention to attack. Besides, there are soul-guided monitoring devices there.”

"Once the disciplinary team has watched the whole thing, and you first spoke rudely and then acted aggressively, how do you think the disciplinary team will judge you?"

As she spoke, Orange's expression became solemn and serious. "Most importantly, that person's identity is not simple. He is already in the right. If the police come, we will be punished even more severely."

"You were knocked unconscious by his soul skill and probably didn't see it. Although he is only a Soul Master, the ratio of his three soul rings is simply unbelievable. His second soul ring is a thousand years old, and his third soul ring is ten thousand years old."

In our academy, it's common for people to absorb their second spirit ring after a thousand years, let alone their fourth spirit ring, not to mention ten-thousand-year spirit rings.

Those who represented our academy in the Soul Fighting Tournament only had third soul rings of a thousand years or fifth soul rings of ten thousand years.

The fact that he has such an exaggerated number of spirit rings shows that he has extremely strong physical qualities and is an absolute genius.

On the other hand, the fact that such a soul ring could be assembled for him means there must be an extremely powerful force behind him. Even if it's not royalty like Wang Shaojie, it must be from a noble family like Zi Mu.

After hearing what Ju Zi said, Ke Ke's mouth was already agape in an "O" shape. She was already a Soul Master, and the next stage would be Soul King, but she had already made a plan: she would absorb a thousand-year soul ring for her fifth soul ring.

Those who are family know their own situation. With her physical strength, she couldn't even withstand prolonged use of a level-three soul-guided propulsion device, let alone a thousand-year soul ring.

(In the original work, Ju Zi said that even a level 7 soul guide master in the Sun Moon Empire would not dare to use a level 5 soul guide thruster lightly.)

Even Soul Saints who have entered the ranks of high-level Soul Masters are like this, let alone ordinary students who rely on elixirs.
Not to mention her, even in the entire academy, only a few can absorb a ten-thousand-year soul ring when they are at the Soul King level.

Keke immediately wilted. After listening to Ju Zi's analysis, she was just glad that Ju Zi wouldn't cause her any more trouble.

Keke had witnessed the power of nobles firsthand. Ninety percent of the students who offended nobles ended up dropping out. She was just a commoner and had no power to confront the nobles.

"I've never heard of such a person in the academy before."

Hearing Keke's mutterings, Ju Zi frowned. This was also what she couldn't understand the most. She had been by Xu Tianran's side and all the geniuses, big and small, in Mingdu had been recorded, but there was no such person.

With such extraordinary talent, I cannot afford to antagonize them. Orange was determined to obtain their information.

Orange is still puzzled as to where the other party’s murderous intent came from. Could it be that she really did something that harmed the other party’s interests without knowing it?
If that's the case, the relationship between the two parties must be repaired as soon as possible.

She is indeed dependent on Xu Tianran now, but that doesn't mean she wants to. She has always had a bold idea in her heart, but for her now, it is almost impossible to put it into practice.

But she has plenty of time, and this plan desperately needs the support of the major powers in Mingdu. Of course, she can't contact those power leaders right now, but her plan is not for the present, but for the future.

Therefore, her target is the potential heirs of various forces. This is still quite difficult, but it is something that can be planned, unlike the leaders of those forces, whom she cannot even meet.

Orange, you can do it!
Orange secretly cheered herself up. She had made up her mind to get close to that genius. With her intelligence and charm, it would definitely not be difficult for her to befriend a genius of the opposite sex.

However, before that, she needed to figure out why there was murderous intent in the other person's eyes. Was it because of her and Keke, or because of the other person's own temperament?

"Ju Zi, what are you spacing out about?" Ke Ke, recovering from her shock, noticed Ju Zi's dazed expression and asked in confusion.

"Nothing, let's go."

"it is good."

(End of this chapter)