Douluo Continent: The Peerless Hunting Heavenly Lord, Huo Yuhao!

"First, my lack of interest in making a big fuss doesn't mean I'm afraid of the White Tiger Duke's Mansion. I can overlook the assassination attempt, but the compensation must be in place: three thousand-year-old soul bones, any attribute, plus three hundred portions of rare and precious materials of various attributes, and three hundred thousand gold soul coins."

"Second, Dai Huabin must kneel down in front of all the teachers and students next week, in front of the statue of the Seven Gods, and personally recount the entire process of hiring an assassin to kill his classmate, and publicly repent."

After he finished speaking, the conference room fell silent.

Everyone was stunned.

Three thousand-year-old soul bones, three hundred sets of materials, and three hundred thousand gold soul coins—this is already an outrageous demand; kneeling down in public to repent is an utter disgrace to the White Tiger Duke's mansion.

For someone as proud and arrogant as Dai Huabin, making him kneel in public would be worse than killing him.

Zhang Lexuan was also stunned; she hadn't expected Huo Yuhao's conditions to be so harsh.

The gifts are secondary; publicly kneeling in repentance is tantamount to nailing Dai Huabin to the pillar of shame, which will also cause the reputation of the White Tiger Duke's Mansion to plummet.

“This…” Zhang Lexuan took a deep breath and looked at the young man in front of her. “Junior, aren’t these conditions… a bit too harsh? After all, Dai Huabin was just confused for a moment.”

"A moment of confusion?" Huo Yuhao scoffed, his tone turning cold. "Senior Zhang, if I had been a little weaker yesterday, I would be a corpse by now. When he hired the assassin, didn't he ever think about 'a moment of confusion'? According to school rules, even expelling him and sending him for investigation is already giving Dai Heng face."

"That's all I have to say. Whether you agree or not is up to Dai Heng to decide."

Seeing the unyielding look in his eyes, Zhang Lexuan knew that further persuasion was useless, so she could only nod: "Okay, I will pass on the message to Senior Dai verbatim. Goodbye."

After saying that, she turned and left the conference room.

As soon as the door closed, Zhou Sichen looked up abruptly, his face filled with shock: "Boss! You were really assassinated last night?!"

"Nonsense." Huo Yuhao rolled his eyes, picked up his milk tea, and took a sip. "Otherwise, where do you think resources come from? Falling from the sky?"

"I... I thought it was Sister Ning who paid for it..." Zhou Sichen muttered softly.

"Do I look like someone who lives off a woman?" Huo Yuhao raised an eyebrow, pointed to his eyes, and deliberately said in an awkward pronunciation, "Look me in the eye! Answer me!"

"Huh?" Zhou Sichen looked completely bewildered. "What did you say, boss? What do you mean?"

"Get lost." Huo Yuhao laughed and cursed, waving his hand. "Alright, everyone disperse. The points system will proceed as planned. Once the compensation arrives, the first batch of exchangeable resources will be put into storage. Wu Meng, the publicity department should post the points exchange chart out to generate some buzz."

“Okay, President.” Wu Meng nodded, her pretty face full of seriousness.

Everyone smiled and agreed, then left the meeting room one after another.

A minor incident actually gave everyone more confidence in the future of the Lionheart Society. Even the assassination attempt at the White Tiger Duke's mansion was turned around and turned into a big success by the boss. What else can't he do?

……

After everyone had left, Huo Yuhao got up and walked to the innermost cultivation room in the conference room.

He specially modified this room, setting up soundproof and spirit-gathering arrays in each room, making it extremely enclosed. It was specifically designed for core members to absorb rare and precious materials and fuse soul bones, while also taking care of members with social anxiety.

After locking the cubicle door, Huo Yuhao sat cross-legged on the warm jade futon and took out the Void Dreamweaver Spirit Sea Skull from his storage soul tool.

The skull glowed with a silvery-purple light in the dimly lit compartment, its nebula-like patterns slowly flowing, and its gentle spiritual energy fluctuations resonated with his Heavenly Eye Martial Soul, its texture warm to the touch.

"Let me try this treasure that didn't appear in the original story today." Huo Yuhao weighed the skull in his hand, a hint of anticipation flashing in his eyes.

He knew very well that the plot of this life had long since gone astray, and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's Destiny Skull was most likely not meant for him.

This ancient skull, which is of the spiritual type, has attributes that perfectly match the Heavenly Eye and can complement his domain-type abilities. There's no reason not to fuse with it.

Just as he channeled his spiritual power, preparing to press the skull against his brow, the voice of the Howling Celestial Dog suddenly boomed in his mind, filled with utter disdain:

"Young Master! What are you doing?! You've perfectly good divine body, and you're fusing a piece of inferior beast bone into it? This bone is full of impurities from the residual blood and qi of soul beasts. Not only will it be useless, it will also damage your foundation! Have you gone mad?"

Huo Yuhao paused, somewhat helplessly: "Uncle-Master, that's how cultivation works in Douluo Continent. Soul bones are the essence of soul beasts; after fusing with them, you can gain soul skills and increase your strength. Otherwise, I wouldn't have any other way to strengthen my spiritual origin."

"There are solutions, of course."

An aged, solemn, and somewhat ethereal voice suddenly resounded from the depths of the spiritual sea.

Huo Yuhao was startled, then overwhelmed with joy: "Elder Yi?! You're awake?!"

Since the awakening of the martial soul of True Monarch Qingyuan Miaodao, Ilex has been in a deep sleep, and he thought that this old man of the undead calamity would not wake up for a long time.

"Hmm. During this period of slumber, I have also digested a lot of the rules of this world." Electrox's voice was calm and authoritative. "Merging bones into the body is a barbaric method of a low-level world, a waste of resources. I have a method that can resolve this situation."

"What law?" Huo Yuhao immediately perked up.

“It’s called the Flesh and Blood Furnace,” Electrox said calmly. “It’s not about fusing soul bones, but about using your own magic as fire and flesh and blood as a furnace to completely refine the essence of the soul bones, break it down, and then integrate it into your bones, meridians, and spiritual essence.”

"In this way, you will not only gain a single soul skill, but a comprehensive improvement in your foundation. You will be able to master the skills of the soul bone, and you can also deduce deeper power along the source, without leaving any impurities or hidden dangers."

As soon as he finished speaking, even the Celestial Hound became interested and clicked his tongue in amazement, saying, "You've got something special, old undead! This method is much more sophisticated than directly fusing bones!"

Huo Yuhao's eyes shone brightly.

The Flesh and Blood Furnace—just hearing the name, you know this is definitely a body-refining method that can change his cultivation path.

With it, the soul bone is no longer a disposable item, but rather nourishment that solidifies the foundation.

"Old Master Yi, teach me!"

Chapter 39 Flesh and Blood Furnace, Soul Skill? No! It's a Divine Ability!!

"The so-called Flesh and Blood Furnace uses the dual magic of light and necromancy as the fire, the bones of the whole body as the furnace walls, the meridians as the fire channels, and the heart and spiritual essence as the two furnace cores to forge the entire flesh and blood body into a unique refining furnace."

Electrolux's voice was calm and solemn, yet it stirred up a storm in Huo Yuhao's heart.

"This is incredible?" Huo Yuhao clicked his tongue in amazement. This wasn't a cultivation technique; it was practically turning a person into a human-shaped cauldron. "How exactly does it work?"

"Temporarily relinquish control of your body to me, and I will inscribe the basic furnace patterns for you."

Huo Yuhao did not hesitate for a moment.

He already knew Electrox's integrity from the original work; this Scourge was proud throughout his life and would never stoop to such a despicable act as possession.

Heavenly Rank Battle Skills – Possessed by a Ghost – Electrolux Edition, Activate!

The next second, his dark eyes slowly lost their color, turning into a vast, deep gray. There was no emotion in his eyes, only a sense of vicissitude and desolation that transcended life and death.

The young man's figure remained unchanged, but his aura suddenly shifted from sharp and keen to a solitary and melancholic one, as if he were not a new student standing there, but a monument that stood for eternity.

Electrox raised his right hand, his fingertips shrouded in a half-gold, half-gray magical aura, and wrote with a flourish in mid-air. An extremely complex six-pointed star magic circle slowly appeared beneath him, its runes intertwining and flowing with the power of light and the undead.

He sat cross-legged at the center of the formation, and with a light tap of his fingertips, fine runes spread all over his body along the texture of his skin. Golden light runes and gray undead runes flashed alternately, and finally all disappeared under his skin, leaving only faint and imperceptible marks.

After a few breaths, the furnace pattern was completed!

Electrolux's consciousness quietly faded, and control returned to Huo Yuhao's hands. At the same time, a solemn telepathic message landed in Huo Yuhao's mind:

"Introspect yourself. Use the skull as the furnace lid, the torso bones as the furnace body, and the limb bones as the furnace feet. The twelve regular meridians and the eight extraordinary meridians form the fire channel circulation. The heart ignites the mortal fire, with qi and blood as fuel; the sea of ​​spirit ignites the divine fire, with consciousness as the guide. The two fires resonate, and the furnace is formed by itself."

"After being incorporated into the soul bone, its material shell is dissolved by the flow of necromantic flames, turning the physical soul bone into a pure energy state, releasing the original essence and soul skill imprint; then it is repeatedly tempered by the holy fire of light, breaking down the core laws of the aggregated state and turning it into free particles that can be fused; finally, the two fires converge, guiding the original particles to accurately integrate into the corresponding tissues."

Huo Yuhao held his breath and focused his mind, closing his eyes and looking inward.

Indeed, his entire skeleton was covered with a thin membrane that was half gold and half gray, and his meridians were connected like pipes, forming a natural cauldron.

He followed the instructions and channeled his spiritual power. Warm red flames of blood and energy rose from his heart, golden light shone from his third eye, and a brilliant divine fire ignited deep within his spiritual sea. The two flames echoed each other, resonating and humming, and a warm, gentle flow of flames traveled throughout his body along his meridians.

The Flesh and Blood Furnace is now officially activated.

With a thought, the skull of the Void Dream Weaver appeared in the furnace cavity at the very center of the skull.

The gray-white flames instantly enveloped it, and the hard, ten-thousand-year-old soul bone softened and melted at a speed visible to the naked eye, shedding all its material shell and the resentment of the soul beast, and finally transforming into a ball of pure silver-purple energy.

The Holy Flame of Light then enveloped the energy cluster and repeatedly refined it, breaking down the solidified laws into countless tiny, free particles, so pure that they were without any impurities.

"receive!"

Huo Yuhao gave a low shout, and the two flames simultaneously subsided.

The silvery-purple primordial particles slowly seeped through the cranial sutures, merging into the medullary cavity and flowing into the sea of ​​spirit.

A warm, throbbing sensation spread from between the eyebrows to the entire head, as if the sea of ​​the mind was being infused with living water, expanding and deepening at an astonishing speed, eventually transforming into a vast, misty purple starry sea.

At the same time, pure energy flowed throughout his body, his bones emitted a series of crisp sounds, his physical strength increased steadily, and with a vortex in his spiritual sea, the barrier of his soul power shattered.

Level 17, peak of the first-ring Great Soul Master!

After an unknown amount of time, Huo Yuhao suddenly opened his eyes.

His originally jet-black pupils turned into a bottomless dark purple, as if containing an endless dream of stars, before slowly returning to their original ink color in the blink of an eye.

He clenched his fist, a surge of power coursing through his limbs—his physical strength had doubled, his mental sea had expanded by one and a half times, and the detection range of his Heavenly Eye had skyrocketed from one kilometer to two thousand five hundred meters.

"This is the flesh and blood furnace..." Huo Yuhao clicked his tongue in amazement. This was not just a fusion of soul bones, but a complete transformation.

His mind stirred slightly, and a faint, illusory spiritual fluctuation spread out silently.

Centered on him, the air within a ten-meter radius distorted slightly, quietly transforming into a hazy dreamscape.

Being in it will silently alter your five senses, and even the circulation of your soul power will become sluggish and slow, making it more than one level above ordinary mental illusions!

Supernatural Powers – Illusory Sea Dream

Six words suddenly came to mind.

"Awakened supernatural powers after birth?!" The Celestial Hound's exclamation exploded instantly, filled with utter disbelief. "Master, this is too outrageous! Supernatural powers are innate talents that living beings possess, something they are born with. How can they be forcibly activated by fusing with these beast bones?"

Huo Yuhao also gasped.

He was well aware of the difference between supernatural powers and soul skills: soul skills are external forces granted by soul rings, with upper limits and consumption; supernatural powers, on the other hand, are instincts engraved in one's blood and soul, part of one's own origin, and their power only increases with strength. The two are not even in the same league.

"Old Master Yi, you..." Huo Yuhao hesitated for a long time before finally managing to utter, "Awesome!"

He silently added in his mind: As expected of you, Hagi, the eternal god of the Scourge.