Douluo Continent: Huo Yuhao obtains the Flame Emperor template

Chapter 77 Xuanzi: Cross the two of them off the list

Inside the training grounds of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, as the selection competition began, all the students immediately released their martial souls.

They pulled out their respective soul tools, most of which were equipped with ordinary soul tool shields, soul tool ray guns, and soul tool cannons. Some students used their preferred close-combat soul tools.

Looking at the bomb gun in Huo Yuhao's hand, Nana exclaimed in surprise, "Seeing your new soul tool, the bomb gun, in person, it seems to have a much larger barrel caliber than the one depicted in the concept art."

"No wonder even the arrogant Xiao Hongchen acknowledges your strength so much. I saw that he always practiced with you in the training ground before."

Huo Yuhao clicked his tongue: "Senior Nana, actually, Brother Xiao often comes to me not because of the bomb gun."

"Oh?" Nana raised her chin, a strange look in her eyes.

Could it be that Huo Yuhao's puppy-like appearance not only won over Miss Meng's heart but also attracted Xiao Hongchen?

Huo Yuhao smiled helplessly.

"Sigh, it always takes some effort to introduce my soul skills to new acquaintances... Just consider it a decent support skill that I have to rely on."

As he spoke, a faint golden halo flashed in Huo Yuhao's eyes as he used his mental detection sharing ability and transmitted the connection signal to Nana.

"Senior Nana, this is my support-type soul skill with a mental attribute. Don't resist it."

Nana noticed the mental disturbance and her brows furrowed slightly. Upon hearing Huo Yuhao's words, her slightly startled expression softened, then transformed into overwhelming shock.

"Junior Yuhao, you let him in, this is......"

Nana's eyes widened slightly, somewhat incredulous that such an unfair soul skill could exist.

Huo Yuhao's current mental detection map can cover 90% of the entire Soul Tool Trial Grounds area.

As the mental signals connected, a scene that shocked Nana appeared in her mind.

Apart from the scenery at the edge of the trial grounds, all the information about everything else in Nana's mental sea was presented in great detail.

Even the actions of each student, including the soul-guided cannon in their hand, the patterns on the metal shell, and every detail of the internal mechanical parts, are all clearly shown.

Nana's lips trembled as if she wanted to say something, but due to the overwhelming shock, the words caught in her throat.

With such a divine skill that benefits the artillery soul master immensely... no wonder Xiao Hongchen would practice firing cannonballs with Huo Yuhao every day.

Even for ordinary Soul Masters who are not turret-type, this Soul Skill can greatly assist them in battle.

Huo Yuhao looked at Nana, who was engrossed in the exploration map, and shook his head slightly, his tone tinged with emotion.

"I knew it would be like this... Every time I demonstrate this skill to the Soul Masters, they react the same way."

Nana snapped out of her shock and stared at Huo Yuhao's eyes, which were even more beautiful than a girl's: "Your soul skill is just as abnormal as your looks; it's incredibly tempting."

Huo Yuhao: "..."

He took Nana's words as a compliment to his looks and nodded, saying, "Yes, that's the main reason why Xiao Hongchen often comes to see me."

Nana experienced Huo Yuhao's dual cheat service of wallhack and aimbot for the first time, and her eyes gradually filled with a burning excitement.

"I'll take advantage of this selection competition to really get a feel for this thing you brought in."

"Senior Nana, it's called Mental Detection Sharing."

Huo Yuhao smiled and said something, and under the cover of the simulation, he quietly rubbed the invisible and transparent Buddha's Fury Lotus.

Although there may not be any students in the entire arena who can threaten him, he needs to maintain the habit of preparing his ultimate move in advance at all times.

Nana released her martial soul, with four soul rings—two yellow and two purple—surrounding her. Her entire aura changed significantly with the release of her martial soul.

The originally spirited Nana suddenly became somewhat ethereal under the influence of her own martial soul, with a strange and transparent ripple appearing on her body, giving people an unreal feeling.

"Yuhao, stay behind me and don't attack. Focus on using your mental detection soul skill to assist me."

A flash of rainbow light appeared in Nana's hand, and she held a short knife with a strange texture in her hand. The entire blade was only one foot and two inches long.

The short knife is dark red overall, and based on the mental image, it appears to be of poor quality.

It's obvious that the maker's skills are not good enough, and the craftsmanship of this short blade is not refined enough.

Huo Yuhao thought to himself, "It seems that Nana has not had a stage to showcase her talent before, and it has not yet been discovered. The school has not specially equipped her with a soul tool."

In the original story, the short blades that Nana used in her battle against Huo Gua, including the blinking sword that almost killed Huo Gua, were all specially configured by the academy for her martial soul.

Currently, Nana is not being taken seriously and can only use the soul tool she created herself.

At the start of the selection process, the teams formed by the trainees cautiously held their soul-guided guns and cannons, exchanging glances and estimating each other's firepower.

The atmosphere inside the venue was unusually calm.

However, several explosions suddenly rang out, completely igniting the entire site.

All the trainees' teams immediately opened fire on the targets they disliked and had locked onto beforehand, turning the entire area into a battlefield filled with flying sparks and continuous artillery fire.

"Brother, I've always researched defensive soul tools and I'm good at using thick armor and heavy shields. I'll take the damage, you just focus on going all out."

"Don't worry, my Level 3 Energy-Gathering Soul-Guided Cannon has tremendous firepower; it's all about power, no skill involved."

"Should we use direct firepower?"

"No, let's clear out the younger students first and reduce the number of people in the room."

One team searched for a target while discussing their next tactics.

Before long, they were extremely lucky and noticed Huo Yuhao and Nana in the center of the field.

"A level two Soul Master? These two lower-year students are so arrogant, daring to run into the middle of the arena. Should we take them down?"

"Dude, are you blind? Don't you recognize Huo Yuhao? The one who broke Xiao Hongchen's record?"

"Breaking the record of a Level 2 Soul Master doesn't mean he's actually strong in combat. Can he withstand a powerful Level 3 Energy-Gathering Soul Guidance Cannonball from me?"

That's right, there are always some stubborn people with great luck who always manage to precisely provoke trouble in the crowd.

The student wrapped his arms around a level-three energy-gathering soul-guided cannon, activated his soul power, and fired a soul-guided cannonball directly at Huo Yuhao.

"..." Huo Yuhao had already sensed the person before the other party launched an attack through mental detection.

He picked up his explosive pistol and fired a fireball at the same shell fired by the enemy.

Under the detection of mental probes, the speed of the energy-guided cannonballs fired by the opponent was greatly reduced.

The Fire Lotus Bomb met the opponent's Energy-Focused Soul-Guided Cannonball head-on.

The next instant, a deafening explosion echoed through the air.

Huo Yuhao did not stop firing his bomb gun. He fired another Fire Lotus Bomb at the student who was attacking him.

As the opponent watched in stunned silence as his focused soul-guided projectile was intercepted by a special metal lotus, a second metal lotus hurtled towards him.

He quickly activated his soul-guided protective shield to defend himself.

However, the instant the metal lotus touched the protective shield, a faint halo enveloped his entire body and blocked the power of the Fire Lotus Bomb.

He was then carried away by the halo and flew out of the arena. He was rescued by a referee who was an eighth-level Soul Master, which also meant that he was eliminated.

His teammates wanted to avenge him, but considering that the other party was Huo Yuhao, they could only say, "Of all people to mess with, why did he have to mess with someone whose talent is even more monstrous than Xiao Hongchen's? If Huo Yuhao didn't have some skills, would he be able to hang out with the Hongchen siblings?"

Meanwhile, Nana got into a conflict with a fourth-grade student.

Because the mental map showed what had happened in most of the area, including the battle Huo Yuhao had just fought with the bomb gun.

Seeing Huo Yuhao's formidable fighting prowess, Nana's eyes showed a hint of surprise.

However, she was also engaged in battle at the moment, so she could only suppress her thoughts for the time being.

Huo Yuhao raised his eyes and looked at Nana's opponent, and was immediately stunned.

"Huh? What's that... Blue Silver Wrapping?"

The man's hands flashed with an eerie blue light, releasing dozens of blue-purple vines, each of which was wrapped around and controlled a soul-guided ray gun.

Nana's voice came through, slightly faster: "His martial soul is the Blue Spirit Vine, which can control soul-guided ray guns and soul-guided cannons by binding them. It's like a castrated version of a soul-guided turret."

"The firepower is not as fierce as that of a true artillery soul master, but its advantage lies in its greater flexibility."

Huo Yuhao nodded, knowing that Nana wanted to prove herself in this selection competition, so he asked, "Do you need my help?"

Nana smiled slightly: "No need, your mental detection is enough."

As she spoke, Nana's third spirit ring lit up, and a strange ripple appeared on the dark red dagger in her hand.

The dark red blade light, which was originally only 1.2 feet long, suddenly grew to 10 feet. Nana's somewhat illusory figure leaped up and instantly transformed into a stunning rainbow.

The opponent controlled dozens of blue spirit vines and nearly thirty soul-guided ray guns, all firing simultaneously at Nana.

Nana's martial spirit is the ghost. The moment she drew her sword, her already nearly transparent body completely disappeared, merging into the rainbow-like sword light.

Her figure flashed past the dense soul-guided rays without suffering any harm, as if she were immune to physical attacks.

He merged body and blade into one, heading straight for his opponent to strike.

The opponent was clearly caught off guard when Nana suddenly disappeared from the field, and was at a loss for how to respond.

His current mental strength is only enough to use the Blue Spirit Vine to control the Soul Guidance Ray Gun for firing; his mental strength is not yet sufficient to support him in controlling dozens of Soul Guidance Cannons.

We can't really use Blue Spirit Vine to entangle them, can we?

His teammate reminded him, "What are you standing there for, Third Brother? Her martial soul should be able to resist some physical attacks. Use Blue Spirit Vine to entangle her."

"Do you think I didn't think of that?"

He felt he had some wisdom: "She's become one with the blade's edge; if I use the Blue Spirit Vine to entangle her, isn't that just handing her a free opportunity to be slashed?"

"Put yourself in their shoes, are you afraid of being entangled by the Blue Spirit Vine?" he asked his teammate.

"I'm not afraid," the teammate replied without hesitation.

"That settles it. If you're not afraid, why would the other side be? Otherwise, why do you think I chose the path of a Soul Master in the first place?"

He glanced at his teammate with disdain, thinking that the other person's intelligence was lacking and that teaming up with him would only lower his own level.

Her teammate, who had slipped away, said, "Good luck to you. Just a friendly reminder, her teammate seems to be Huo Yuhao. You're finished."

"Just rest in peace. We'll carry your hopes and survive to the end."

After saying this, the two teammates strategically fled to avoid being affected.

As Nana merged with her blade, the resulting streak of light, carrying immense power, was about to slash at her opponent's face.

At that moment, a faint halo of light enveloped the opponent's body and sent them out of the arena.

On the high platform above the training ground, Jing Hongchen and Lin Jiayi kept an eye on the battle situation in Huo Yuhao's area.

Seeing Nana's outstanding performance, Jing Hongchen couldn't help but admire her.

"I didn't expect this female student to be so fierce. Which class is she in?"

As Huo Yuhao's teammate, Nana naturally attracted Jing Hongchen's attention.

Huo Yuhao easily eliminated a fourth-year student. He wasn't too surprised, after all, he knew the power of the bomb gun.

Lin Jiayi flipped through the booklet in his hand: "Her name is Nana, and she is a student in the Soul Guidance Class of the Real Control Department."

"His martial soul is a ghost. According to the instructor's notes, he is highly skilled in using short blades. He is an agility-based soul master, possessing both high burst speed and high attack power..."

……

Shrek Academy, outside the Sea God Pavilion, under the Golden Tree.

Wang Yan reported to Xuanzi on the progress of the Grand Melee selection competition: "Elder Xuan, the first round of the reserve team selection competition has ended."

"During this period, many talented trainees stood out, and they all had outstanding performances, making it difficult to decide on the final selection of reserve team members."

"Um?"

Xuanzi was enjoying a chicken leg and a sip of wine under the shade of a tree when he heard Wang Yan's words. He paused in his drinking and asked in return:

"Didn't I already say before the competition that there are only seven people left? The rules are so simple and clear, how could it be difficult to decide?"

Wang Yan sighed softly and said unhurriedly, "Elder Xuan, you said back then that the free-for-all was unrestricted and the students spontaneously formed teams."

"The team that won first place consists of the five strongest individuals from the School of Foreign Languages: Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, He Caitou, Tang Ya, and Jiang Nannan."

Xuanzi continued slurping his chicken leg without looking up, speaking as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

"Just finalize these five people, and then pick two more from the second-place team, right?"

"That's where the problem lies," Wang Yan said helplessly.

"There are quite a few promising trainees who are a bit younger than them, so it's really difficult to allocate two spots. They include Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, Wu Feng, Ning Tian..."

A glint of light flashed in Elder Xuan's slightly closed eyes.

"Do Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu possess a Martial Soul Fusion Skill...? If so, then we can only remove Ning Tian and Wu Feng from the list for now."

(End of this chapter)