Douluo Continent: Angel Saint Huo Yuhao

Chapter 188 The Third Martial Soul
"what?"

Huo Yuhao's eyes were filled with confusion as he was completely overwhelmed by the radiance of the magic array beneath him.

However, before the ritual could begin, Elder Yi's gaze fell upon the golden tortoiseshell, and the countless undead behind him were instantly crushed, releasing streams of soul fire like a river.

"Don't be nervous, you won't die."

Then, amidst the despair in the tortoise's eyes, he sketched a magic circle that enveloped the sky, and endless soul fire transformed into a ghostly green spear.

Forbidden Spell of the Dead: Spear of Annihilation.

"Do not…"

The golden hawksbill turtle, its eyes filled with terror, instinctively unleashed its innate skill, the Invincible Shield, hoping to buy itself a chance to survive: "My lord, there must be other ways..."

"boom--"

The tortoise's last voice was completely extinguished in the green light, and its body, along with the golden light shield it had just released, exploded into ashes. Its soul power and aura were also completely destroyed.

This magic draws upon the deathly energy of the undead; once touched, it can instantly strip the target of their life, bringing about ultimate annihilation.

One of the few things capable of resisting this kind of destruction is...

"Boom!"

A deafening roar, like a volcanic eruption, resounded in all directions. The vast expanse of green energy, activated by the forbidden spell, unleashed a tsunami-like surge of life.

At the epicenter of the eruption, a beam of life, almost materialized, shot forth, and a hawksbill turtle, its body entirely gilded, instantly reappeared within the magic array.

"This is…"

It looked at its body, now fully restored, with some disbelief. Apart from losing most of its cultivation and reducing its lifespan to 90,000 years, it had suffered no other losses.

"Forbidden Spell: Light of Eternal Soul".

Old Yi calmly said, "There is also the resurrection of the dead."

Having successfully extracted the Gold of Life, Elder Yi did not rush to repair himself. Instead, he first opened his robe and, amidst a soul-tearing pain, peeled away a gray heart.

Without a channel for the flow of light energy, the energy gushing from this heart traces patterns in the air like blood vessels, endlessly circulating on its own.

Upon losing this item, Elder Yi's spirit flickered instantly, as if it were about to disintegrate on the spot.

However, the life energy that had been scattered around him seemed to have found its home, and surged into his chest with a vortex of storm, filling the illusory spirit body into solidity.

"Ping!"

The life-gold that was frantically releasing its life force also broke out by a third under his control, filling his chest and completely stabilizing his remaining power.

"There really is a thousand times the life energy?"

Old Yi, panting, could not hide his astonishment.

He cut off a portion beforehand to prevent the power of fate from taking its place first, but after he absorbed it into his body, he discovered that this piece of living gold was exactly what he needed.

Even if it were inserted directly into Huo Yuhao's body, it would still leave a corner for his recovery.

"Fate... is truly wondrous."

With a sigh, Elder Yi waved his staff, but this time the movement was more powerful than ever before. Without any worries, this necromancer saint truly revealed his unparalleled divine might.

The rudimentary array that was originally under Huo Yuhao instantly expanded, growing to a terrifying scale of over a thousand meters, yet still maintaining an extremely intricate array structure.

This magic array actually has a smaller, complete array nested at each node, with three layers stacked inside and out!
He swung his staff upwards, and a beam of light shot up, illuminating seven layers and sending the light cocoon enveloping Huo Yuhao to the center.

With a downward swing of the staff, the complex array collapsed and reassembled, forming dazzling cellular structures amidst the ripples that nearly crushed space, revealing a wave familiar to the golden tortoiseshell.

'It's a soul beast sacrifice!'

The hawksbill turtle's pupils constricted sharply: 'Although there are some differences, the core is exactly the same!'

He never dreamed that humans could decipher the rules of a plane and simulate the scene of a soul beast sacrifice using unknown power. "Go!"

With a final command, the gray heart suspended in the air, along with half of the living gold, was thrown into the formation.

The aura unique to the gods also emerged, surging forth from the formation and crushing the sea of ​​the dead, whose skeletal bodies had just been repaired, once again.

"cough…"

As the formation was activated, Huo Yuhao, whose consciousness had been dissolving into the radiance, was also awakened.

But the moment he opened his eyes, a gray light suddenly appeared and pierced straight through his chest.

Before the blood, flesh, and bone fragments that had just burst out could fly far, and before the excruciating pain of having his heart pierced could even reach his mind, a green light shot into his chest and struck the gray heart that was taking up space.

puff!
The heart, imbued with a touch of life's aura, contracted sharply, and a surge of energy, a mixture of gold and green, rushed into the blood vessels, spreading throughout the body with destruction and reconstruction.

"Uh--"

Huo Yuhao's mouth was slightly open, but he couldn't let out a single scream... The destruction and reconstruction of his entire body did not happen in an instant, but rather in a continuous process!

After the blood vessels are reshaped, each beat of the gray heart causes the golden-green energy to expand outward from the blood vessels, bringing another round of destruction and rebirth.

Wave after wave of inhuman pain crashed into his mind, wreaking havoc. His body, whose perception had been nearly doubled after being reshaped, brought him even more torment.

"Hey!"

Huo Yuhao's face was contorted in extreme pain, and his tense body struggled to move. Finally, when his heart rate reached eighty-one beats per minute, he forced himself into a cultivation posture and painstakingly began to circulate his soul power.

But this was only the beginning of his suffering.

"Sorry, Yuhao, we can't give up such a good opportunity... Once we succeed, the Soul Core will no longer be a problem."

Tianmeng, who was one with his very essence, had already appeared in the outside world, looking at him with a serious expression: "Tell me! Can you still hold back now!"

"bring it on…"

Huo Yuhao lowered his head helplessly and struggled to release a flickering spiritual thought.

"Then let's begin!"

Tianmeng seized the opportunity and decisively diverted her power to fill the Spirit Eye Soul Ring, causing the three dark rings to glow with a crimson light.

One hundred thousand years!
The sudden increase in the burden and amplification of the spirit rings pressed down simultaneously, adding fuel to the already raging fire within Huo Yuhao's body... But things were far from over.

The two Ice and Snow Emperors, who appeared behind him, simultaneously reached out and slapped his back, unsealing the source energy stored in his torso bones.

The Ice Emperor's four hundred thousand years of accumulated power, mixed with a small amount of the Snow Emperor's essence, surged forth, causing Huo Yuhao to suddenly open his eyes. As frost seeped from his body, he let out his first roar:
"what--!!"

It was painful, yet it felt as if it had transcended the realm of pain.

He felt as if he were being completely torn apart by a chaotic yet closely coordinated energy, with every tiny part of his body enduring countless hardships, until these sensations eventually coalesced into a vast ocean that surged forth.

These subtle feelings even overwhelmed the entire sea of ​​his mind, almost drowning his soul in it.

"Quickly, guard your mind!"

Tianmeng's face panicked for a moment, then she became stern: "Forget it... it's better to rely on yourself than to ask others for help."

Soul impact!

The golden spirit ring at the top suddenly emitted a beam of light, slamming into the turbulent sea of ​​consciousness, forcibly waking Huo Yuhao's mind amidst the violent tremor of his soul.

"Tianmeng..."

Huo Yuhao grinned, exhaling a cloud of frost. He slowly gave a thumbs-up, the ruthlessness in his eyes almost tangible, accompanied by a sudden surge of willpower as he forcefully regulated the energy within his body.

"…elder brother!!"

(End of this chapter)