Douluo Continent: Angel Saint Huo Yuhao

Chapter 163 The Aura of a Vengeful Spirit
"Okay~ then I'm coming?"

Nana released her martial soul with great hesitation, activating her fourth soul skill.

A phantom filled with resentment and malice floated out of the body, and in Nana's sorrowful gaze, it transformed into a stream of black energy that wrapped around Huo Yuhao.

'I wonder how my master is feeling…'

Looking at Huo Yuhao sitting silently in meditation, Nana couldn't help but feel worried: 'Does he also think I'm just an evil soul master?'

The previous angelic soul master's assertion was so weighty that she now identifies herself as an evil soul master and is ashamed of vengeful spirit skills.

Faced with Huo Yuhao's majestic and righteous spiritual power, what would her soul be like?
Insects hiding in the shadows?

"...Why is this vengeful spirit trying to eat me?"

Regardless of what Nana thought to herself, Huo Yuhao, who was in the sea of ​​consciousness, had a puzzled expression.

Outside the golden sea of ​​consciousness.

A massive, vengeful spirit with a face somewhat resembling Nana clung tightly to the diaphragm, its fangs gleaming as it gnawed at the surface. When it couldn't gnaw any further, it moved to another spot, leaving a trail of saliva-like marks on the sea of ​​consciousness.

"Shouldn't this skill be a control skill? Using the soul parts that represent action to transform into vengeful spirits and restrict the opponent's movements... how did it turn into an active attack?"

After a moment's thought, Huo Yuhao looked up at the ball of light in the sky: "Could it be sensing a threat...?"

An interesting phenomenon.

But the immediate priority is not to study this aspect.

"chain!"

Huo Yuhao flicked his fingers, and the surface of his spiritual waters instantly rippled, condensing into several chains radiating light and flame, which burst forth from the sea of ​​his spirit to tightly bind the vengeful spirit.

"Uh--"

Nana, her mind in turmoil, awaited instructions when a golden light suddenly flashed in her pupils. A sense of constraint, originating from the depths of her soul, surged through her body, abruptly halting her movements.

'Wait...wait...'

Standing frozen in place, Nana's lips parted slightly, but she couldn't utter a sound. Even her throat and tongue were restricted from moving. She could only feel her incredibly important part being slowly dragged to an unknown place in her stillness.

"receive!"

Hearing that chilling shout that seemed to come from the depths of her soul, Nana tensed instantly, her only movable eye filled with panic: 'No—'

Unfortunately, the person couldn't hear her inner scream. He just glanced at the vengeful spirit that suddenly started struggling violently, and then dragged it completely into the sea of ​​consciousness.

"Puff~ Huff... Huff..."

As that part of her soul completely lost contact, Nana, who had been frozen in place, collapsed to her knees as if relieved, experiencing an indescribable sense of weakness and loss.

Now, Huo Yuhao not only controls her life and death, but also holds that part of her soul. He can do whatever he wants with her, and she will have absolutely no chance of resisting.

"Owner…"

Nana clenched her fists, but still endured the discomfort and knelt by the bed, waiting for Huo Yuhao to finish his cultivation.

As she regained her composure, the vengeful spirits in her spiritual sea, which had returned to normal size, also calmed down, allowing the one person and three beasts to scrutinize them.

"Yuhao, are you really planning to start with the vengeful spirits?"

Xue Di couldn't help but worry: "Resentment, when it's integrated into one's spiritual power, can only do harm and no good!"

"Don't worry. I'm just using resentment as an entry ticket to make it easier to integrate other emotions in the future."

Huo Yuhao poked the vengeful spirit's face, and then got bitten hard by it: "If I had any other choice, why would I use her... If you gave me a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul, I would have directly fused with the Kingly Aura and gone straight to the top."

The innate advantages brought by a martial soul are still quite considerable. Even if a kind-hearted Tyrannosaurus Rex were to demonstrate its aura to him now, he could only barely imitate its essence.

To cultivate that kind of bone intent, one would probably have to personally become an emperor first; only then would there be any hope of success. And not just any emperor, but one who could sweep across the world and unify the continent.

"Why don't you try us?"

Ice Empress was somewhat unconvinced. She was the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, the eternal queen of the Ice Jade Scorpion clan; didn't she possess some domineering aura?
"I want to too..."

Huo Yuhao sighed, glanced at Tianmeng, then at Xuedi, and finally patted the head of the little girl Bingdi with a sigh.

I almost blurted out, "Go play somewhere else."

……

Huo Yuhao waited from noon until dusk, until Nana leaned against the bedside, and only then did he begin to move.

Accompanied by a nearly vast wave of spiritual energy, Huo Yuhao was suddenly enveloped in a deep resentment and venom that was indistinguishable from that of a vengeful spirit.

With the support of mental power, this aura was even closer to that of an evil spirit master than Nana's skills.

"This? This isn't right, is it?"

Nana's eyes widened slowly, and she pinched her cheek, feeling somewhat unreal: 'Could it be that my master has been corrupted by my vengeful spirit?'

This sudden turn of events has made her a little afraid that she might have to jump back into the evil spirit master camp...

but.

Regardless of what others might think, Huo Yuhao, at least within his spiritual sea, was quite satisfied.

"Indeed, using vengeful spirits to study emotions is the most suitable approach. That resentment is pure and monotonous, making it easy to capture its essence."

Huo Yuhao flicked his finger, and the resentment and venom that had been overflowing in his spiritual sea instantly gathered, transforming into a black stream of energy floating above his palm.

Although the emotional fluctuations contained within are still very weak, inserting it into the will of the ruler and imbuing it into the opponent's mind is still quite powerful.

Furthermore, this experiment also incidentally resolved one of Huo Yuhao's ultimate questions:
Why does his reign always involve a situation where his mental energy actively disconnects from his physical form?

The answer lies in the emotions suspended in your hands…

"These spiritual appendages are the secret to making the fused power more stable, enhancing its power while also allowing the Sovereign to maintain its permanent state."

Huo Yuhao gently clenched his fist and absorbed the black energy into his body.

Just as water and cement combine to form concrete, the power of the fist he throws now has undergone a qualitative change.

At that moment, Huo Yuhao's aura changed once again.

A demon, seemingly emerging from the depths of the underworld, crawled out of the void and gradually solidified under the catalysis of spiritual and soul power, arriving behind him.

The phantom, derived from tangible yet intangible spiritual power, exuded a chilling, ferocious hatred.

And, a terrifying aura comparable to that of a Soul Saint.

"Owner…"

Nana completely lost her composure, stood up blankly and helplessly, and met Huo Yuhao's eyes, which had opened upon hearing the sound.

Those eyes, which should have shone with a warm light, had turned into pure black.

"I'm sorry. I can't stand by and watch any longer."

With a bewildered look in Huo Yuhao's eyes, Nana drew her long sword, tears welling in her eyes: "Although I've been very happy with you... I can't just watch you fall into evil—"

At the end of her sentence, Nana's voice suddenly became shrill, and she shouted, "Blinking Sword!"

A beam of silvery-white light suddenly shot out from behind her, its terrifying sharpness aimed at Huo Yuhao's brow.

And also at this time.

Ghost Nana decisively abandoned the standoff, activated her damage immunity skill, and rushed towards the door. Her previous act was just a smokescreen.

"You absolutely must tell them about this!"

With tears welling up in her eyes, Nana desperately reached out towards the door: "As long as I can get out..."

(End of this chapter)