Douluo Continent: Angel Saint Huo Yuhao

Chapter 29 Martial Soul
That's about it~

Huo Yuhao sighed: "Instead of continuing to grind down that potential soul power level, I might as well learn from you about martial soul control and characteristic development."

"Wang Dong mentioned it, so I just agreed. Who knew..."

As he spoke, he glanced down at the person sitting beneath him, unable to move: "Calm down now?"

"you this……"

Wang Dong, lying on the ground gnawing on grass, struggled violently, his eyes filled with tears of anger: "Bastard!! Let me go!"

Someday
One day...

He will repay today's humiliation tenfold!
"Oh, then I'll lie down for a while longer."

Huo Yuhao remained calm, even shifting his body to find a comfortable position.

They dared to act rashly without understanding the difference in strength.

"cough."

Xiao Xiao's gaze darted around, trying her best not to look at Wang Dong, who was struggling desperately: "Actually, I don't quite understand how the power of suppression was awakened either. After figuring out the Three Cauldrons Returning to One, I suddenly found that I could use it."

Then she made a gesture with both hands, summoning three Soul-Suppressing Cauldrons that smashed around the three people.

"My martial soul is actually the result of a mutation. Originally, there was only one heavy cauldron, but when it awakened, it split into three smaller Soul-Suppressing Cauldrons. Thanks to this, the power of releasing soul skills has indeed increased, but correspondingly, the consumption of soul power has also increased."

"As for the Three Cauldrons Return to One, that's a technique I developed while practicing controlling the three cauldrons with my mind focused. It can unite the scattered martial spirit power into one, making the soul skill more powerful."

Xiao Xiao swayed from side to side, and suddenly an idea popped into her head: "Hey? Do you think it's because I'm 'using' the 'cauldron' to refine the cauldron, that I've awakened a special attribute?"

"What do you mean?"

This was the first time Huo Yuhao had listened so attentively.

"Think about it, the awakening of sword intent is because the weapon spirit master focuses on practicing sword techniques. The emergence of sword energy and spear light is also based on the spirit master's years of practice, and then it is awakened under a chance opportunity."

Xiao Xiao propped her head up and looked into Huo Yuhao's slightly gleaming eyes: "If you focus on developing how to use your eyes, you might even awaken a corresponding special ability~"

"Of course, I can't offer any advice on controlling the Martial Soul. The Soul Suppressing Cauldron is a remote-controlled Martial Soul that is detached from the body, so precise operation is innate. It's just that multitasking with the three cauldrons requires some training."

"characteristic…"

Lying on the ground, Wang Dong pondered, his arms crossed and chin resting on them: "Will the awakened traits continue to strengthen through training?"

"should?"

Xiao Xiao's cultivation in this area is also just beginning, and she can only rely on guesswork to figure out many things: "After all, sword intent will also increase as the sword cultivator's realm improves, right?"

That makes some sense.

Huo Yuhao stood up thoughtfully.

Wang Dong, having gotten up, didn't bother to brush off the dirt and immediately brandished a small, shiny black metal hammer.

"Xiao Xiao! Do you think I have an awakened talent?"

Although he had always felt that this martial soul was not simple, his memory was confused and unclear, with many blurry and incomplete parts. He only remembered that the martial soul was called something like the Clear Sky Hammer.

"...You also have twin martial souls?"

Looking at the hammer in his hand, Xiao Xiao was suddenly stunned.

"……Feel sorry."

Wang Dong choked on his words, staring at her with wide eyes: "I forgot to tell you before."

"hiss……"

Huo Yuhao glanced at the two of them and suddenly felt a toothache. Then, he used Tianmeng to release his still-developing ice-attribute second martial soul.

A chilling aura spread rapidly, and the temperature in the forest plummeted under its influence.

Eventually, it became as cold as the atmosphere.

This matter...
What does it mean that three students in Class 1 of the freshmen class simultaneously possessed twin martial souls?
What do you mean by saying that these three people know each other?
What does it mean that the three of them are instructing each other on how to cultivate?

"..."*3
Huo Yuhao and the other two are currently in this situation. They sit facing each other in a triangle, each with their fingers interlaced and their noses propped up, without saying a word.

If this is purely a coincidence, then it's just too much of a coincidence!
After a long silence.

"We're all...quite a coincidence, haha~"

Wang Dong chuckled twice, breaking the deadlock: "I only know that my second martial soul is called the Clear Sky Hammer. At home, my elders always told me to cultivate the Goddess of Light Butterfly first, saying that they would teach me how to use it when I reached the fourth ring."

Right now, his Clear Sky Hammer hasn't even awakened its Penetrating Strike characteristic, let alone a Soul Ring. "My second Martial Soul attribute is tentatively set as Ice, and it hasn't taken shape yet. It will gradually change into its corresponding form when I attach the first Soul Ring to it. In other words, right now my second Martial Soul is practically non-existent."

Huo Yuhao began to explain, then turned his gaze to Xiao Xiao.

"I……"

Xiao Xiao released the Nine Phoenix Arrival Flute with some disappointment: "My martial soul is inherited from my mother. Because both of them are detached weapon martial souls, my physical strength can never keep up with the requirements, and my future growth limit may be a bit low."

The two people opposite each other, one wielded the number one weapon spirit in the world, and the other could even choose the type of weapon spirit himself.

Both have promising futures.

She was the only exception; her family could only provide her with some gold soul coins to make her life a little more comfortable, but it couldn't make up for her deficiencies at all. In order to stand out in Shrek Academy and acquire resources, she even added a soul ring to her second martial soul, wasting a ring slot.

"It's okay, we believe in you!"

Wang Dong, speaking without much confidence, glanced furtively at Huo Yuhao, whose expression was serious, and then shut his mouth with an apologetic look.

No matter how much you say, it can't change one fact.

The total lifespan of a soul ring that a person can withstand is limited, especially for lower-level soul rings.

Xiao Xiao is already weak, and now her second spirit has taken away the burden of a hundred-year spirit ring. If she is allowed to develop naturally without any resources or assistance since the start of the school year, she probably won't even be able to reach the thousand-year threshold for her third spirit ring.

Although the current combination of elixirs and rigorous training has temporarily made up for the deficit, the wasted soul ring slots are still real.

Moreover, as Xiao Xiao's cultivation level increases, the gap between her physical strength and that of her beast spirit will widen...

"I might have a solution, but it would only be a temporary fix."

Huo Yuhao took her hand and began to channel his soul power into her, referring to the contents of the scroll in his mind.

"This is!"

Xiao Xiao gradually opened her eyes wide.

"The meridian pathways that strengthen external spiritual power can also be called physical cultivation methods. Since I don't currently have a practical soul power circulation circuit, this thing is temporarily useless to me."

Huo Yuhao focused on manipulating his soul power through his meridians: "However, since you have already joined the Tang Sect and obtained the Xuan Tian Gong, you can try using the Xuan Tian Gong to drive this secret technique. It might have a miraculous effect."

Practice methods…

He himself has none to use...

Xiao Xiao's lips trembled, and she suddenly remembered that it was Huo Yuhao who had asked her to find Tang Ya.

If it weren't for his words, she probably would never have obtained a decent cultivation technique or come into contact with the Tang Clan's unique skills designed to enhance one's abilities.

There's also physical tempering, Xuan Shui Pills, and...

"I--"

Xiao Xiao opened her mouth, instinctively trying to pull her hand away, but Huo Yuhao held it firmly in his grasp.

"Don't move yet, we're almost there."

"…it is good."

Xiao Xiao remained silent for a moment, but ultimately chose to obediently accept the gift.

"..."

Wang Dong quietly looked at their clasped hands; the bracelets on their wrists were a perfect pair, one on each side. He hadn't been mistaken at all during class.

　Based on the original work and the third part, an awkward point arises: the Snow Emperor and the Ice Emperor are on the same level.

　　The Snow Empress's strength is purely due to her higher cultivation level; both her racial stats and the quality of her derived martial soul are essentially the same. One has a slightly stronger physical body, while the other is almost entirely composed of soul power and attributes.

　　As for spirit rings and spirit skills, there's nothing to say. The skills of the two spirit beasts combined are so few that they can't even fill a spirit ring, so there's no need to consider them.

　　Therefore, setting aside spirit rings and spirit skills, the difference between the two as martial souls is roughly as follows:

　　The Snow Emperor is equivalent to taking a small portion of the attribute points that the Ice Emperor added to the body and adding them to the soul power and ultimate ice attribute, making it a bit more extreme than the green Ice Emperor's ice.

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　　The combination of Emperor Frost Heaven and Eternal Frozen Domain can be replaced by Ice Bear King's Blizzard (it has stronger explosive power, stronger short-term power, and an absurdly large range).

　　The two emperors were proud, and the Great Cold Without Snow and the Ice Extreme Unparalleled were purely awesome in terms of setting. Later, they were directly replaced by the Three Absolutes derived from the Reign of the World (later, the Ice Emperor's martial soul was purely a material for martial soul fusion skills + a compatible device for the Ice Explosion Technique soul bone).
　　From these perspectives, the amplification skill of the Eight-Cornered Ice Grass combined with Omnidirectional Condensation is more useful than the Two Emperors' skill. It offers super-multiplied attribute amplification, a massive multi-hit AoE with strong crowd control, and continuous damage reduction. It can also seamlessly chain into Ice Explosion for a large-scale attack before Blizzard, creating an AoE-on-AoE combo.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)