Douluo Continent: Huo Yuhao obtains the Flame Emperor template

Chapter 150 Flames Divide the Wave Ruler, Xuanzi Crushes the Pseudo-Death Messenger

The Grim Reaper was somewhat proud. Although no one asked him about his specific achievements, it didn't stop him from mentioning that he had "killed three people, seriously injured several others, and captured one person alive" under Xuanzi's command.

"Heh heh heh, fellow evil spirit masters of the Holy Spirit Cult, who among you can accomplish such a feat as this messenger?"

The Death Messenger was very proud; the Holy Spirit Cult had previously tried to recruit him.

Ah, but who is this messenger of death, the spokesperson for death? Naturally, he looks down on the Holy Spirit Cult.

The Grim Reaper rejected the Holy Spirit Cult, always thinking, "What kind of class are the followers of the Holy Spirit Cult? How dare they be worthy of being under the same sect as me?"

Sure enough, with such an impressive record, he immediately set himself apart from other evil spirit masters.

If this news were to reach the Holy Spirit Cult, the Death Messenger believed that the entire Holy Spirit Cult would be shocked by this achievement.

Xiao Hongchen nodded: "With your cultivation at the fifth ring level, to be able to do this much for the Shrek Academy Supervisory Group, your life has been worthwhile."

He heard about the Death Messenger's achievements and assumed they were casualties of the Shrek Academy's inspection team. At that time, he didn't know that the team that was blown up was actually a group of Shrek Academy participants who had temporarily joined the inspection team when Xuanzi led his disciples on their journey.

The Grim Reaper held a knife to Huo Yuhao's neck, ready to flee at any moment.

He knew that the students at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy were ruthless, and that he had to use the hostages to survive.

Xiao Hongchen looked at Huo Yuhao, who had been kidnapped by the Grim Reaper, and said thoughtfully, "Yuhao, that Xuanzi from Shrek Academy probably won't let him live. Once Captain Guo Nu takes him back, Xuanzi will probably go crazy and try to kill him."

Huo Yuhao remained calm and composed, showing none of the fear that the Grim Reaper had imagined.

"Don't worry, bro, I'll summon a skeleton later and make it look like the Grim Reaper..."

"Behave yourself!"

The Grim Reaper raised his other arm and punched Huo Yuhao hard in the chest.

They wanted to teach the hostage a lesson, they didn't take him, the strongest Soul King, seriously at all. As a hostage, they dared to talk about what would happen after he was captured. They were really courting death. The Death Messenger was furious.

With a thought, Huo Yuhao solidified the illusory purple dragon scales on his chest.

The Grim Reaper landed a powerful punch on Huo Yuhao, but Huo Yuhao was completely unaffected. Instead, the Grim Reaper's arm cracked with a sound, whether from a dislocated bone or a broken bone was unclear.

"What?!" The Grim Reaper's expression changed drastically. He threw a punch and felt Huo Yuhao's body harden with a loud thud.

He had no time to worry about his broken arm. He was shocked. This three-ring Soul Master was too strange. Since he was a Soul Master of the Sun and Moon Realm and had not activated his Soul Guidance Device, how could his defensive ability be stronger than his five-ring Soul King?

The messenger of death had a very bad feeling.

When Huo Yuhao last encountered the Grim Reaper, he used a two-colored fire lotus. Now, he has an additional Fallen Heart Flame. He was just thinking about whether to let the Grim Reaper see his three-colored fire lotus when three options popped up in front of him for the first time in a long time.

Option 1: Use necromancy to bring the Grim Reaper into the undead demiplane. Reward: One low-level Earth-rank Soul Palace combat skill (obtained from an enemy's storage ring during the mid-stage of the Flame Emperor's reign)

Option Two: Release the Three-Colored Buddha's Wrath Lotus, reminding the Grim Reaper of the fear he once felt under its control. Completion Reward: Arena Skill - Flame Splitting Wave Ruler (Low Earth Rank)

Option 3: After being kidnapped, join the Grim Reaper's Messenger. Completion Reward: One Earth-Rank Soul Palace Technique.

Huo Yuhao glanced at the three rewards; they were all Earth-rank. He pondered for a moment: "Commander Guo Nu is waiting to capture the Death Messenger. If I were to take the Death Messenger into the undead demiplane, hmm... that wouldn't be appropriate."

The combat techniques he currently possesses—Eight Extremes Collapse, Explosive Step, and Purple Cloud Wings—are indeed somewhat lagging behind his growth pace after acquiring the bloodline of the Ancient Void Dragon.

The purple dragon wings, released through the power of the Ancient Void Dragon bloodline, have a flight speed that far surpasses that of the Purple Cloud Wings.

In his previous sparring match with Di Ruiqiu after the Silver Dragon King possessed him, the Taixu Fist he comprehended from his bloodline power also overwhelmed Bajiquan in terms of strength.

With the Soul Master Competition just around the corner, Huo Yuhao definitely needed a more powerful fighting skill. The Flame Dividing Wave Ruler was a great choice. After selecting option two, Huo Yuhao prepared to unleash his Three-Colored Fire Lotus.

Huo Yuhao had a long-standing habit of preparing fire lotuses on the way.

The fire lotus that has been formed now does not need to be disguised by simulation, but is formed directly in the undead demiplane through mental power.

Guo Nu gave him a look: "Alright, Ma Rulong, Xiao Hongchen, take this evil soul master back."

Although he wasn't sure how strong Huo Yuhao was, Guo Nu knew that given how much the hall master valued Huo Yuhao, even treating him like a grandson-in-law, he would definitely have a lot of trigger-type defensive soul tools on him.

The Grim Reaper saw Ma Rulong approaching to arrest him.

He forcefully suppressed the pain of his broken arm with his willpower, while the black knife in his other hand, exuding a murderous aura, was pressed tightly against Huo Yuhao's neck.

"If you lay a hand on him again, I'll kill him!" the Grim Reaper continued his vicious threat.

However, he heard the hostage sneer: "Who are you going to kill?"

The Grim Reaper looked down and was horrified to find that Huo Yuhao had something in his hand that was like a nightmare to him: the Buddha's Wrath Lotus!

"You...you're that two-ring Grand Soul Master from back then!?"

The Grim Reaper's eyes widened, his voice trembled, and his terror intensified. Sensing the terrifying power contained within the Fire Lotus, his very soul seemed to tremble.

He recalled the fear he felt back then, before he had broken through to the fifth ring Soul King level, when he was dominated by that two-colored fire lotus.

If it weren't for sheer luck—she was killed instantly by the Fire Lotus explosion a few months ago—there wouldn't have been the glorious achievement of the Shrek Inspection Team in the subsequent zombie bombardment.

Seeing the other party's numb expression, Huo Yuhao smiled slightly: "Mr. Death Messenger, you were able to escape from the Fire Lotus explosion back then, and now you've actually escaped from Xuanzi to the Sun and Moon Realm..."

"It seems you do indeed have some luck among the evil spirit masters."

The Grim Reaper was terrified. In fact, he had always thought so too, but he unexpectedly encountered Huo Yuhao when he came to Sun Moon.

Huo Yuhao reached out and gently pushed away the small black knife placed at his neck. The Grim Reaper didn't dare to breathe, fearing that the other party might lose his temper and shove the Fire Lotus into his mouth.

Since he was going to die anyway, the Grim Reaper steeled his heart, made a final struggle, turned into a wisp of gray smoke, and forcibly ran up the mountain to save his life.

Huo Yuhao threw out the three-colored fire lotus in his hand.

He was preparing to use the spatial power of the Ancient Void Dragon to directly make the Fire Lotus appear above the Death Messenger and explode at close range.

Suddenly, Guo Nu's voice rang in my ears.

Guo Nu sensed the energy within the Fire Lotus far exceeding that of a Soul Emperor, and his tone was filled with shock and a hint of urgency as he offered a warning.

"Huo Yuhao, don't blow this evil soul master up! The hall master wants to interrogate him thoroughly to find out all his crimes and what he did to the Shrek Academy's supervisory group..."

"Okay, I understand, Commander Guo." Huo Yuhao nodded.

The Death Messenger sensed Huo Yuhao throwing the Buddha's Wrath Lotus at him and was nearly scared out of his wits.

Quickly summon all the remaining corpse slaves he had accumulated in this life, and control these corpse slaves to pounce on the three-colored fire lotus and block it in front of him.

Huo Yuhao had a thought, but without using the power of his bloodline space, he knew that if he had directly shoved the Death Messenger in the face, the other party would have been dead without a doubt.

Since Guo Nu wanted to leave survivors, Huo Yuhao controlled the Buddha's Fury Lotus to explode among a group of corpse slaves.

The three-colored fire lotus is formed by the fusion of purple fire, bone spirit cold fire, and fallen heart flame.

Brilliant heat waves rippled in mid-air.

boom--

A tremendous explosion resounded, and in mid-air, the shockwaves of the three-colored fire lotus swayed slightly. The intense heat of the firewaves made the space seem to tremble, stirring up layers of lotus-shaped flame ripples.

Huo Yuhao didn't specifically target the Death Messenger to prevent him from being vaporized. Instead, he controlled the Three-Colored Fire Lotus to destroy all the corpse slaves.

The three-colored fire lotus burst forth with dazzling flames, instantly vaporizing the corpse slaves summoned by the Grim Reaper. The brilliant flame ripples expanded outwards, enveloping the Grim Reaper at the edges. Through the three-colored firelight, the Grim Reaper's figure became blurred and illusory.

Seeing this, Guo Nu couldn't help but swallow hard a few times: "Ma Rulong, even you, as a Soul Emperor, would find it difficult to match Huo Yuhao's Fire Lotus, no matter how hard you try..."

Ma Rulong smiled. They had already witnessed Huo Yuhao's practice of fusing the three-colored fire lotus at school.

Seeing the explosive effect of the three-colored fire lotus in actual combat, he was still shocked, but his emotions were slightly calmer than Guo Nu's.

"Commander Guo, don't even mention it. Our reserve team is no match for the reserve team at all. In the competition, we play the regular matches, while the reserve team is our secret weapon."

Guo was incredulous: "So, it's not just this Huo Yuhao, but also the other team members..."

As he spoke, his gaze unconsciously drifted towards Di Ruiqiu and Meng Hongchen.

Ma Rulong nodded: "Yes, besides Yuhao, the strongest in the reserve team is Meng Hongchen."

"Hmm? Dream of the Mortal World?"

Guo Nu was stunned for a moment. In fact, in his opinion, the brilliant golden flames released by Di Ruiqiu seemed to be more powerful than Meng Hongchen's Ice and Fire Poison Dragon Drill.

Moreover, he had known about Meng Hongchen's talent for a long time. Her talent was indeed very high, but it shouldn't be abnormal.

Seeing Guo Nu's somewhat puzzled expression, Xiao Hongchen chuckled and came up with an explanation: "Commander Guo, you don't need to guess anymore. Grandpa forged a suit of armor for Meng, which greatly enhances combat power. You'll find out later."

Huo Yuhao returned to the group after casting the Three-Colored Fire Lotus.

Guo Nu seemed to suddenly remember something and quickly asked, "Huo Yuhao, you didn't kill the Grim Reaper just now, did you?"

Given the personalities of Xuanzi and the higher-ups at Shrek Academy, they would never reveal to the outside world what the Death Messenger had done to Xuanzi's surveillance team.

If the Grim Reaper is killed in an explosion before the interrogation, the secret may never be revealed.

Huo Yuhao used his mental power to sense it and chuckled, "Don't worry, Commander Guo, I know what I'm doing."

Guo Nu breathed a slight sigh of relief. The scene of the three-colored fire lotus blasting all the corpse slaves into vapor had left a deep impression on him.

Although in his view, the explosion of several level-six fixed-position soul-guided cannon shells would produce the same power.

However, Huo Yuhao's cultivation level was only a three-ring Soul Venerable. Even if a Soul Emperor used all his strength, he would still be unable to cause such destructive power with a single three-colored fire lotus. It was truly unbelievable.

Xiao Hongchen laughed heartily: "So, Commander Guo, what do you think of Yuhao's Fire Lotus compared to the shared mental detection?"

Guo Nu held back for a few seconds before slowly saying, "Actually... I feel that mental detection sharing is more powerful."

As the leader of the Second Soul Master Corps, he placed even greater emphasis on the boost to the entire army. Guo Nu felt that the enhancement provided by the shared mental detection to tens of thousands of troops surpassed the power of the Fire Lotus Explosion.

Xiao Hongchen looked up, and as the heat waves from the three-colored fire lotus dissipated, he asked in a friendly, loud voice:

"Is the Grim Reaper still alive?"

After waiting a few seconds, there was no response.

Under such a terrifying explosion, if Huo Yuhao hadn't specifically controlled the Three-Colored Fire Lotus, the Grim Reaper would definitely not have survived.

Guo Nu led the group forward to check if the Grim Reaper still showed any signs of life.

The Death Messenger's entire body was charred black, like a carbonized, dried-up corpse, no longer resembling a human. An ordinary five-soul king was already dead beyond any doubt.

Ma Rulong clicked his tongue: "Uh... it should be completely dead by now."

"Something's not right. This evil spirit master's corpse slave technique is strange."

Guo Nu discovered that a wisp of black energy, which looked like it might dissipate at any moment, was lingering above the forehead of the Grim Reaper. Guo Nu carefully sensed it and found that the Grim Reaper still had a trace of life.

So he pressed the communication soul tool, summoned a team of soul masters, gave them a few instructions, and then took the Grim Reaper away.

Xiao Hongchen said seriously, "Commander Guo, keep a close eye on him during the interrogation. This Death Messenger has some tricks up his sleeve; don't let him escape."

Guo Nu confidently smiled and replied, "Don't worry, no one can escape alive from our Second Soul Master Corps' prison."

He turned to look at Huo Yuhao: "Huo Yuhao, what you just said was the method to deceive Xuanzi through simulation?"

A gray light flashed in Huo Yuhao's eyes, and a pitch-black summoning gate appeared before everyone. He summoned a skeleton and then used a simulated soul skill.

The little skeletons were portrayed as death messengers who had been beaten to the point of near death by them.

Seeing Huo Yuhao's series of actions, Guo Nu exclaimed in astonishment, "This method is a bit like something evil—"

"Cough cough."

Xiao Hongchen coughed a few times: "Commander Guo Nu, my grandfather said that only evil soul masters are evil soul masters. Yuhao's is a very proper summoning soul skill."

Guo Nu immediately realized what was happening and chuckled.

"I understand, you misunderstood. I'm just curious about Huo Yuhao's simulation soul skill that can change the appearance and aura of things at will."

After chatting for a while, Guo Nu led everyone, along with the simulated Death Messenger, back to Jing Hongchen and Xuanzi.

Xuanzi sensed the presence and his gaze, filled with hatred, suddenly shot towards the messenger of death.

Jing Hongchen smiled rather elegantly: "Xuanzi, do you think it's that difficult to chase and capture the Grim Reaper?"

Xuanzi did not respond, his eyes blazing with fury.

"die!"

Xuanzi's large, earth-yellow hand reached out to crush the Death Messenger, unleashing a terrifying burst of soul power at level ninety-eight, pulverizing it into dust.

(End of this chapter)