Douluo Continent: Reborn as Yuhao, I will never die in a battlefield.

Chapter 90 "On What Right?"

It was evening.

Huo Yuhao eventually agreed to Hyotei's request and arrived at the door of Hyotei's room at the pre-arranged time.

She composed herself slightly, raised her hand, and prepared to knock on the door.

However, the door was opened the next moment, and a slender hand reached out and pulled Huo Yuhao directly into the room at an extremely fast speed.

"Hyotei?"

Huo Yuhao, who hadn't reacted yet, was stunned.

"It's nothing, I just don't want any troublesome guys coming in."

Hyotei spoke calmly.

At this moment, Hyotei was wearing a loose white nightgown that completely covered her beautiful body.

If Tianmeng's transformed body still retained a slightly childlike appearance, then Bingdi's body was precisely that of a most energetic young girl. However, due to her personality, she always had a cold face, which added a touch of arrogance to her.

Releasing her grip on Huo Yuhao's hand, Hyotei sat on the bed, then patted the spot beside her:

"Come on up."

His tone remained calm, as if this were the natural thing in the world.

"what?"

Huo Yuhao felt something was off, but couldn't quite put his finger on it. However, Hyotei spoke up directly, "You don't mean to stay on the ground, do you? That's not impossible."

Huo Yuhao: "Huh?"

This feels even stranger!

Rubbing his temples to avoid Hyotei saying anything even stranger, Huo Yuhao quickly said, "I understand, it's fine on the bed."

Hyotei looked slightly puzzled, but didn't dwell on it too much.

A moment later, Hyotei lay flat on the bed, while Huo Yuhao sat beside her, gently placing his hand on her lower abdomen.

A layer of icy coldness covered his azure eyes. With the "Ultimate Ice" martial soul possessing him, Huo Yuhao's expression changed slightly, and the surrounding ice elements naturally moved towards him, revealing a feeling of being favored by heaven and earth.

There were no particularly exciting or welcome things to see; all that existed was simply nourishing the body.

Hyotei lay there, her golden eyes fixed on Huo Yuhao's face, which had been cleansed by both extreme ice and the power of emotion.

She really looks like Xue Di.

It wasn't just their appearance, but also the aura they exuded after being possessed by a martial spirit. This similarity in aura made Hyotei unconsciously want to get closer to them.

However, that's not all. Compared to Xue Di, Huo Yuhao understands her even better. He knows her personality, preferences, and habits very well, as if he has lived with her for a very long time and she has been figured out by him.

This feeling is really strange.

Looking at Huo Yuhao, Ice Emperor suddenly spoke:

"Yuhao, why do you know me so well?"

His tone carried a hint of certainty.

Perhaps it was the feeling of being alone together that gave Hyotei the courage to ask the question that had been weighing on her mind for so long.

Upon hearing this, Huo Yuhao, who was focused on nurturing the Ice Emperor's body, paused slightly, even his hands momentarily still. However, he quickly resumed his previous actions.

"When did you figure it out?"

Huo Yuhao asked softly.

Some things cannot be hidden just by trying to conceal them.

Especially with people you had a close relationship with in your previous life, even seemingly ordinary habits can reveal a great deal about them.

"I have some guesses, but not many. You've actually known me for a long time, haven't you? Not just me, but also Tianmeng, and even Xue Di. We've had some kind of relationship, haven't we?"

Huo Yuhao nodded slightly, without refuting.

Ice Emperor wasn't the first person to notice that something was wrong with Huo Yuhao.

The first person to notice Huo Yuhao's unusual behavior was Huo Yun'er, Huo Yuhao's mother.

A long time ago, or rather, on the way to Shrek City with his mother after Huo Yuhao's rebirth, his mother had already noticed something was wrong with him, but Huo Yun'er did not ask him anything.

Because she knew that her son was still her son, she still trusted him completely.

Tianmeng noticed something was off after spending a long time together, but like Huo Yun'er, she didn't ask. After all, everyone has their own secrets.

Xue Di's approach was rather absurd. Xue Di, who relied heavily on her intuition, sensed a familiarity with Huo Yuhao after only meeting him once, and based on that familiarity, she chose to unconditionally trust him.

As for Elder Yi, he believed that his other fragments of divine consciousness had taught Huo Yuhao, so he did not feel suspicious or strange about Huo Yuhao's familiarity with him.

Now, Hyotei has raised this question with him.

"Hyotei, you might not believe it, but I've been through all of this."

Huo Yuhao spoke softly, his azure eyes slightly lowered, his hand resting on Hyotei's lower abdomen, seemingly focusing all his attention on helping Hyotei nourish her body.

However, Ice Emperor noticed a genuine sadness in Huo Yuhao's eyes.

"On that occasion, when I was six years old, I awakened my martial soul, but due to the mutation of my martial soul, I only had one level of innate soul power."

"Back then, I didn't have any magical artifacts to protect me, and without power, I couldn't protect my mother."

"Under the madam's targeting, my mother's wages were withheld, she was deliberately nitpicked, and she was frequently beaten and scolded."

"And every time that happened, my mother would hold me close and protect me beneath her, bearing the burden alone."

"At that time, I really hated myself, hated that I had no power, and couldn't even do the simplest thing to resist."

"It only caused my mother endless suffering, and she eventually succumbed to illness from overwork and died in the Duke's mansion, while I escaped there like a dog."

Huo Yuhao chuckled self-deprecatingly, then continued:

"And after that, I met you all."

"When I was eleven years old, I ventured into the Star Dou Great Forest alone, attempting to hunt a Soul Ring. However, I unexpectedly encountered Tianmeng, and from that moment on, my life seemed to begin to turn."

"I cultivated myself little by little, grew stronger, met you, met my teacher, and also met the Snow Empress."

"Similarly, I also met the person I love during this process, the person I should protect for the rest of my life."

"At the time, I even thought that this was fine. When I became stronger, when I took my revenge, when everything was over, I could still grasp the happiness I wanted."

"But she died, and they all died."

Huo Yuhao's voice suddenly turned cold, and a chilling killing intent was frantically suppressed in his azure eyes.

"I'm completely numb. I've let go of my hatred and started living with the puppet who has the image and memories of the person I love most."

"I possessed immense power, but I relinquished my hatred! I became a high and mighty god, yet I couldn't even protect the one I loved most!"

"Hyotei. Do you know what's the most tragic thing?"

Suddenly, Huo Yuhao looked at Bingdi.

"What?"

Hyotei replied instinctively.

"The most tragic thing is that when I ascended to the realm of the gods, I saw the restrictions deeply buried in my mother's soul; her every word and action was completely controlled."

"If everything is a choice made by fate, I might not be angry, but I would hate myself for being too useless and unable to resist fate."

"But all the suffering I've endured was merely a deliberate arrangement by those high and mighty gods for their so-called eternal plan."

"On what grounds?"

(End of this chapter)