Douluo Continent: Huo Yuhao obtains the Flame Emperor template

Chapter 149 When the Grim Reaper Kidnaps Huo Yuhao

"Youngsters! I'm sure you've heard of my fearsome reputation as the Grim Reaper. Even the Title Douluo of Shrek Academy couldn't do anything to me. If you dare take another step forward, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

Inside a cave near the Sun and Moon Mountains in the Mingdou Range, the Grim Reaper stared at a group of students from the Sun and Moon Royal Soul Master Academy outside, threatening them viciously.

Guo Nu smiled slightly and gave a look. Ma Rulong and Xiao Hongchen quickly understood and called on the students of the regular and reserve teams to surround the cave entrance. Their soul masters did not need to go in; they could just use soul missiles to bombard it from the outside.

Xiao Hongchen was somewhat excited: "Yuhao, activate the mental detection sharing feature!"

Huo Yuhao had already released his Spirit Eye Martial Soul, and at this moment, he used his mental detection to share his mental connection with everyone. The scene inside the cave was clearly presented in everyone's sea of ​​consciousness.

"Is...is this your soul skill?"

Guo Nu sensed the probe map in his spiritual sea, which displayed every detail of the entire cave in exquisite detail, which greatly shocked him and changed the way he looked at Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao smiled politely and nodded, saying, "Yes, it's my soul skill."

Guo Nu's gaze grew increasingly fervent. As the leader of the Second Soul Master Corps of the Sun Moon Empire, how could he not see the terrifying enhancement that this soul skill would bring to the combat capabilities of the Soul Guidance Artillery Legion?

With this kind of detection map that assists in aiming artillery shells on the battlefield, the Soul Guidance Artillery Legion will greatly improve its hit rate, and when the two armies are facing off, it will form an absolute suppressive force in the face of artillery fire.

Xiao Hongchen laughed heartily: "You must be stunned, Commander Guo. He is Grandpa's most valued student. Compared to his talents, this soul skill is not particularly remarkable."

Guo Nu recognized the girl next to Huo Yuhao as Meng Hongchen, the granddaughter of the hall master. Seeing that the two seemed to get along quite well, he remarked:

"Hmm, it's clear that the sect leader is indeed nurturing him like a treasure... Young man, after graduation, would you be interested in joining our Second Soul Master Corps? With your soul skill, you definitely have great potential to shine in the military."

Guo Nu changed the subject and tried to recruit Huo Yuhao, saying that with a little training, he could make Huo Yuhao a commander-in-chief.

Xiao Hongchen coughed and said, "Commander Guo, let's capture the evil soul masters first. Grandpa might let us join the army for training in the future, but which soul master legion we'll be in depends on how Commander Guo negotiates with Grandpa."

After speaking, he activated his Three-Legged Golden Toad Martial Soul, controlled the gold elements around his body, and quickly condensed a row of Level 5 Soul Guidance Cannons in front of his chest, aiming them at the Death Messenger inside the cave according to the detection map.

The Grim Reaper sensed something was wrong. When he was with Xingluo, the Shrek Academy team had come to give him free credit.

However, being pursued by Xuanzi, he has now escaped to Sun and Moon and is facing a group of students from the Sun and Moon Royal Soul Master Academy. The Death Messenger feels immense pressure.

The messenger of death gave a sinister threatening sound, ready to flee at any moment.

"My Corpse Explosion Technique caused the Shrek Academy Inspection Team a lot of trouble, and you still dare to come knocking on my door? Today, I'll show you juniors what I'm capable of!"

"Corpse slaves, rise!"

As he spoke, the Grim Reaper summoned most of the corpse slaves he had previously crafted and accumulated.

He then controlled these corpse slaves to attack Ma Rulong and the others, while he seized the opportunity to repeat his old trick and prepare to turn into a wisp of gray smoke to escape.

Ye Guyi let out a soft exclamation, her eyes brightening slightly: "This evil spirit master is something else... Alright! Let me deal with these corpse slaves."

She was confident that she could eliminate the Grim Reaper today and was not worried about exposing her Martial Soul. She prepared to purify these corpse slaves with holy light.

Although the boost to her power wasn't as significant as directly eliminating the Grim Reaper, it did strengthen her divine power to some extent.

Meng Hongchen reached out to stop Ye Guyi: "Guyi, don't use your martial soul recklessly. Let Xiao bombard you first."

Recalling her grandfather's conversation with Xuanzi earlier, she covered her mouth and chuckled, "I really didn't expect that the Grim Reaper would actually be able to escape from a Title Douluo."

Di Ruiqiu looked on with amusement: "This evil soul master is a five-ring Soul King. His Corpse Explosion Technique was so powerful that even Shrek Academy's Title Douluo didn't have time to react... By the time he reacted, many people had already been injured by the explosion."

"Was his corpse explosion really that powerful? Or was that Xuanzi from Shrek Academy simply not using his true strength this time?"

Xiao Hongchen sensed something was wrong.

Huo Yuhao smiled and said, "Brother Xiao, it's not that the Corpse Explosion is that powerful, it's just that when that Xuanzi from Shrek Academy was leading the team, he habitually underperformed."

Xiao Hongchen nodded, agreeing with Huo Yuhao's point. How could the corpse explosion of an evil soul master possibly be as powerful as the firepower of his soul-guided artillery turret sweeping the ground?

The Grim Reaper noticed the metal cannon barrel on Xiao Hongchen's chest and felt a chill run down his spine.

He quickly realized that since the students of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy had come, there must be an extremely powerful being protecting them in secret.

The person secretly protecting him is probably no weaker than Xuanzi.

The Grim Reaper's mind raced, preparing to use the old escape plan.

After all, this escape plan had been tested and proven very effective by a certain Super Douluo.

Since there were no corpses for him to detonate beforehand, the Grim Reaper didn't intend to kill anyone. He only needed to control the corpse slaves he created to explode and create chaos.

They took hostages and, taking advantage of the chaos caused by the zombie explosion, desperately ran into the mountains.

If the teacher secretly protecting him catches up, he'll throw the hostage off the cliff to buy himself a precious chance to escape...

Thinking this way, the messenger of death felt a little more at ease.

"Heh heh, even the titled Douluo of Shrek Academy can't catch up with me, so the ones from Sun Moon Academy won't be that easy to catch either."

Xiao Hongchen and the others saw dozens of corpse slaves attacking them. He was about to use his soul-guided turret to bombard them when, in the next second, all the corpse slaves swelled up and glowed red.

That's right, the Grim Reaper directly controlled the corpse slaves to explode.

With the shared mental detection early warning, everyone noticed the corpse slave's explosion in advance and activated their respective invincible shields.

Guo Nu even placed a military-grade, foldable, medium-sized defensive soul guide device in front of him.

The few corpse slaves sent by the Grim Reaper to test the waters were probably only around the third ring of cultivation when they were created, so the power of their explosions would hardly pose an effective threat to the invincible shield.

A series of loud explosions rang out.

The impact of the corpse slave explosion was mostly blocked by Guo Nu's foldable battlefield medium-sized defensive soul tool.

The Grim Reaper seized the opportunity to dart to the cave entrance, not forgetting to shriek and threaten, "Heh heh, how does this messenger's corpse explosion feel? Isn't it—"

His sinister words abruptly stopped, because all the students of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy were safe and sound, and not a single one had fallen.

Ma Rulong, Xiao Hongchen, and the others looked at the Grim Reaper with ambiguous smiles.

All of the Death Messenger's actions were clearly displayed on the mental detection map; the Death Messenger couldn't hide a single thing from it.

Electrolux smiled within Huo Yuhao's sea of ​​consciousness.

"Yuhao, his inferior necromancy, which involves sacrificing one's own flesh and blood to summon a lich, is fundamentally different from the necromancy I taught you, which summons demiplane undead creatures."

"Despite the deathly atmosphere, Yuhao, you must remember this."

Electrox's tone softened. "Any spell, including necromancy, depends on how you use it, not on its superficial characteristics to define its evil."

Huo Yuhao knew that the "Cataclysm of the Dead" had a profound impact on Elder Yi, to the point that even when he encountered this Fifth Ring Death Messenger, he had to remind himself not to embark on any path of natural disasters in the future.

He smiled and replied in his mind, "Don't worry, Elder Yi, I generally have no interest in dealing with undead calamities or strange fire calamities."

Electrolux couldn't help but wonder, how come Yuhao himself unleashed a strange fire calamity?

However, Huo Yuhao's flames are indeed quite strong, and in some respects, they are even stronger than his necromancy. It's just that his attack methods are not diverse and are somewhat monotonous. So far, Electrox has only seen Huo Yuhao fuse his strange fire into a fire lotus.

He seems to have very few fire-attribute magics derived from his strange fire.

Electrolux didn't ask any more questions. If he were to reinforce Huo Yuhao's impression of the strange fire calamity, that would be terrible, and that was the last thing he wanted to see.

The next second, the gray light in Huo Yuhao's eyes disappeared.

His exchange with Electrolux lasted only a few breaths, but it sent chills down the spine of the Death Messenger at the cave entrance not far away, filling him with dread.

Whether it was a misperception or not, the Grim Reaper's spiritual world seemed to faintly sense a necromantic aura emanating from Huo Yuhao that completely surpassed his own.

However, in reality, when the Grim Reaper used his soul power to carefully sense Huo Yuhao, he discovered that Huo Yuhao was just an ordinary three-ring Soul Master.

Previously, when Huo Yuhao was at the second ring, he actually confronted the Grim Reaper who had not yet broken through to the fifth ring. At that time, he used simulation to change his appearance, so the Grim Reaper could not recognize him.

The Grim Reaper glanced at Huo Yuhao with displeasure: "How dare you play tricks on me, the Grim Reaper."

He thought to himself, "Since we're going to take a hostage, and Huo Yuhao's cultivation level is the lowest among these students, I'll take him away later."

"If he escapes, turn him into a corpse slave immediately. This is the consequence of trying to fool me."

The Grim Reaper has already decided how Huo Yuhao will die.

Xiao Hongchen smiled easily: "Alright, this corpse explosion wasn't that powerful. Commander Guo Nu, let's take him back now."

"I wonder why it's so difficult for that Xuanzi from Shrek Academy to pursue him."

Xiao Hongchen wasn't worried at all that the Grim Reaper's messenger would escape when he wasn't paying attention.

With Huo Yuhao's shared mental detection capabilities, as soon as the Grim Reaper shows any sign of escaping, Xiao Hongchen will instantly aim and fire, delivering a high-precision saturation bombardment.

With the Death Messenger's small frame and no corpse slaves to shield him, Xiao Hongchen would be reduced to ashes after a single bombardment.

The Grim Reaper's eyes narrowed slightly, and he immediately activated the escape plan that had been "specially verified by Xuanzi".

The first step is to take hostages.

The Death Messenger's spirit rings lit up, and it instantly turned into a wisp of gray smoke, rushing towards the Sun and Moon's reserve team.

The light from all the metal cannon barrels on Xiao Hongchen's body condensed, and all the cannonballs locked onto the Grim Reaper through the detection map, ready to blast him half-paralyzed so that he could be arrested.

The messenger of death, transformed into a wisp of gray smoke, instantly abducted the person he considered the best candidate.

That's right, the Grim Reaper kidnapped Huo Yuhao, who had the lowest cultivation level.

Di Ruiqiu snorted coldly and released a brilliant golden flame: "Hmph, you actually dared to capture Yuhao this time. I'll burn you to death."

Meng Hongchen initially disliked Hongchen's desire to show off alone and had no intention of attacking, but through mental detection, she sensed the Grim Reaper's intentions and instantly became angry.

"Trying to kidnap Yuhao? That's outrageous!"

Meng Hongchen scoffed in dissatisfaction, and her fifth spirit ring shone brightly, unleashing her familiar strongest single-target attack, Ice-Fire Poison Dragon Drill.

The ashen smoke of the Grim Reaper darted through the ranks. Sensing Di Rachel's brilliant golden flames and Meng Hongchen's Ice and Fire Poison Dragon Drill, a sense of impending death surged into his heart.

After taking Huo Yuhao hostage, he quickly revealed himself and held a small knife to Huo Yuhao's neck.

A small black dagger radiating malevolent energy appeared in the Death Messenger's hand. This was a strange treasure he had obtained a few months ago, shortly after breaking through to the Soul King realm. He had been surrounded and annihilated by Star Luo soldiers, suffering severe injuries and falling off a cliff, but miraculously surviving. Its destructive power was extremely strong, comparable to a level six melee soul tool.

"Stop it, or I will kill him!" the Grim Reaper threatened menacingly.

He gripped the black knife, which exuded a menacing aura, and made a fierce expression that said, "Anyone who dares to touch me will have their neck stabbed."

At the same time, the Grim Reaper deployed his flying soul tool and slowly retreated.

He kidnapped a three-ring Soul Master, and with a little effort, Huo Yuhao would die at his hands. Xiao Hongchen and the others would definitely not dare to launch an attack easily.

At that moment, the Grim Reaper suddenly realized that the students didn't seem worried at all. Instead, they were looking at him with smiles on their faces, their eyes seemingly carrying a hint of mockery.

Could it be that this kid has a backup plan?

Impossible! This esteemed level 52 Soul King cannot possibly subdue a Soul Venerable? What a joke!!

Xiao Hongchen crossed his arms and said casually, "Mr. Death Messenger, you'd better not even think about taking hostages and escaping."

"Why not take a good look back on your glorious deeds and brilliant achievements in your life?"

The Grim Reaper stared fiercely at Xiao Hongchen.

He said indignantly, "Arrogant brat, I haven't even mentioned my glorious achievement of toying with a Title Douluo when I encountered the Shrek Academy Inspection Team yesterday, and you're already bragging."

The Grim Reaper glanced down and found that Huo Yuhao was completely unaware that he had been kidnapped, and was even laughing.

Huo Yuhao naturally noticed his gaze and smiled politely, "Oh? You did very well yesterday?"

The Grim Reaper snorted smugly, sneering repeatedly: "Why should I tell you that I killed three people, seriously injured several others, and captured one alive under the command of a Title Douluo?"

"However, the person I captured alive was eventually rescued by that useless Title Douluo."

(End of this chapter)