Douluo Continent: The Eye of Truth

Chapter 10 Zhou Yi's Show of Power

As night fell, Huo Yuhao's spirits returned, and he prepared to leave the library.

Although Shrek Academy's outer library is open 24/7, it doesn't usually get very many visitors.

"Let's go back first. Once we're back, I'll summarize and organize the records I entered earlier, and see if there's anything of value. Hopefully, it's not all just junk information," Huo Yuhao thought to himself, but he didn't have high hopes.

After all, from his brief glance, the Shrek Academy's outer library contained far too much redundant information, especially those books that had been reorganized from ten thousand to nearly three thousand years ago.

It's rare to find any substantial knowledge about cultivation or martial spirits among them. Even the descriptions of spirit beasts are not very detailed, and much of it is pieced together from various sources.

It can only be said that Shrek Academy has always followed Yu Xiaogang's style in this regard, a classic example of a Frankenstein's monster, after all, Shrek Academy was just an emerging force at the time.

Although they have the backing of gods, their foundation is shallow, so they can only copy bits and pieces from here and there, and then put them together in a messy mess, which is considered Shrek Academy's "research results".

Despite this, Huo Yuhao wasn't too disappointed. After all, his goal was the entire outer academy library. Even if it was full of junk, he could still find something good in the trash.

Back in the dormitory, Huo Yuhao's gaze involuntarily turned to Wang Dong's side, where it was still a mess. Although it appeared to have been tidied up, the items were still scattered haphazardly.

At this moment, Wang Dong had already disappeared without a trace. Huo Yuhao naturally had no mood to care about her whereabouts and simply lay down on the bed, letting his body enter a state of sleep.

At this moment, Huo Yuhao's consciousness arrived in his own spiritual sea, and he couldn't help but sigh when he saw Tianmeng Ice Silkworm lying in the spiritual sea, fast asleep.

"The Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm is truly a prodigy; it can even keep its spiritual energy moving autonomously while asleep, assisting my cultivation."

Seeing this, Huo Yuhao didn't bother with him. After all, he wasn't some kind of devil. As long as Tianmeng Bingcan completed the work he assigned him, he didn't care whether Tianmeng Bingcan was sleeping or slacking off.

"My body is asleep; I should take this opportunity to refresh my mind."

With a gentle wave of his hand, Huo Yuhao saw all the knowledge he had memorized appear as books.

Even without reading these books, Huo Yuhao knew what was recorded in them.

This is because the sea of ​​the spirit is human beings' self-awareness, and the extent to which a person can be aware of themselves determines the extent to which the sea of ​​the spirit can exert its influence.

When Huo Yuhao needs to materialize his knowledge, he can present it in the form of books.

"This is useful knowledge; this is useless nonsense."

After verifying the information briefly, Huo Yuhao categorized the books that had been moved from the library.

"Then, from these useless books, we retrieve any slightly useful observations or knowledge."

Huo Yuhao waved his hand again, and the pages of the books flipped rapidly. Then, the words inside began to float up and appear in his sea of ​​consciousness, revolving around him.

Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao swept away and sealed the garbage containing the useful information he had extracted, placing it deep within his memory. After all, simply reading this information was nothing short of torture for Huo Yuhao.

"Let's organize these too." The remaining organized knowledge was then categorized by Huo Yuhao according to its frequency of use.

The most frequently used knowledge is still related to observation and detection, because this knowledge allows Huo Yuhao to corroborate the changes he observes with his True Eye with the actual phenomena.

This will enhance the development and use of the Eye of Truth.

"Okay, that's about right. Now let's give it a try."

In the sea of ​​consciousness, several illusory figures slowly emerged. These were the people Huo Yuhao had actually fought against or had observed for a long time.

Among them were the instructor in charge of the assessment, Bei Bei and Tang Ya, and the chubby boy with the support-type martial soul.

In the end, Huo Yuhao chose Bei Bei because only his martial soul and soul skills were recorded in a large number of books as representative examples.

"The circulation of soul power within a martial soul's possession involves not only soul power itself, but also small amounts of other substances or energies."

"Did it eventually transform into the form of a Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex?"

'Other Soul Masters seem to experience this when their Martial Souls are possessed, but the combination, composition, and arrangement of matter and energy are all different.'

"Moreover, with my current mental strength, even if I tried my best, I'm afraid it would be difficult to achieve such a profound change."

After several attempts, Huo Yuhao gave up on simulating the changes of a martial soul possession through a spiritual body.

"However, soul skills can still be used as a reference. I've tried them a few times privately before. With my martial soul, I can simulate the Thunder Dragon Claw, but its power and effect are lacking due to the absence of the corresponding martial soul's enhancement."

"If the same amount of soul power is used, its power will be at least 30% weaker than BeiBei's, but the effect will be the same."

"A lightning elemental shaping attack method that can levitate outside the body and be controlled to a certain extent."

Although lightning is illusory, it can be closely connected and interdependent.

"Then, could I try to use the same method to control and alter other elements through soul power?"

"I tried using mental energy before, but it didn't work very well; the mental energy dissipated shortly after leaving my body."

"While soul skills like Thunder Dragon Claw are primarily based on soul power, their essence lies in shaping form with soul power. In reality, they attract external elements to work together, making them far more enduring and powerful than relying solely on one's own spiritual energy."

After a good night's sleep, Huo Yuhao tried several times in his sea of ​​consciousness. Although he was able to simulate the combat effects of other elements, simply using the soul power arrangement and combination of the Thunder Dragon Claw could not attract other elements.

The final result was not ideal, at most only half the power of Thunder Dragon Claw, and only had a slight effect of the characteristics of other elements themselves.

"That's not enough, but I don't have time to keep trying today. Maybe I should start with soul skills of other attributes. Perhaps there are suitable combinations for each attribute, but I know too little about them right now."

With this in mind, Huo Yuhao stopped worrying and left his own sea of ​​consciousness. "In any case, this path is feasible. As long as I continue to try, I should be able to remain unaffected by the Soul Master system."

"Having mastered the self-condensing soul skill, condensing a soul ring shouldn't be too difficult; this can be a new direction."

Wang Dong woke up not too early, and seemed to have just woken up as well. However, he seemed to be in a good mood because something good had happened, and even had a smile on his lips.

Wang Dong waved and greeted Huo Yuhao, "Good morning."

Huo Yuhao glanced at her but didn't say anything more. He just nodded in acknowledgment and then left the dormitory.

"In this school, it should only involve the Tang Clan's affairs, but that's none of my business right now. I'd better get there early, lest Zhou Yi target me."

After finishing his meal at the cafeteria, Huo Yuhao went straight to the classroom. He was one of the earlier ones to arrive. Soon, other students also arrived one after another, many in groups, seemingly having gotten along very well in just a few days.

Huo Yuhao sat at the back of the classroom, which was large enough to accommodate a hundred people.

Soon Wang Dong arrived, accompanied by several young female fans who were captivated by her beauty.

Wang Dong didn't seem to want to continue talking to Huo Yuhao, and simply found a seat and sat down.

As the school bell rang, an elderly woman with gray hair quickly walked in through the classroom door.

After walking a few steps to the podium, Zhou Yi coldly scanned the class, and soon the students who had been chattering earlier felt an invisible pressure.

The classroom quickly fell silent. Only then did Zhou Yi slowly speak, her voice hoarse and unpleasant, like a broken gong.

"My name is Zhou Yi, and I am your homeroom teacher. I'm not sure how many of you will graduate from my class."

"Because I want to tell you that in my class, no trash can pass the test, because I'm training monsters, not idiots."

Hearing Zhou Yi's words, many students were indignant, while some who had heard of Zhou Yi's reputation as an old witch quickly adopted a proper posture to avoid attracting her attention.

"Alright, those who have been in fights since the registration started, stand up!" After scanning the room and noting down the students with defiant expressions, Zhou Yi spoke up.

After a long silence, no one stood up to admit it. After all, they had only been in school for a short time, and unless there were special circumstances, even if there were some frictions, they would not be resolved by fighting.

Unless one party is arrogant and domineering, while the other is sensitive, insecure, and has a distorted personality.

Seeing that no one got up for a long time, Zhou Yi sneered: "What a bunch of useless trash! Don't you know our Shrek Academy's motto? Those who dare not cause trouble are mediocre. Everyone, get out!"

"Run one hundred laps around Shrek Square within one hour. Anyone who fails to finish will be expelled."

That's right, Zhou Yi did this to establish her authority and expose the true colors of these new students, whether they were obedient and well-behaved or unruly good students.

Only in this way can she tame them one by one in her subsequent teaching and turn them into a part of Shrek Academy, which is what the teachers of Shrek Academy have always done.

It's just that no one has ever acted as unreasonable and excessively as Zhou Yi before. After all, Zhou Yi is backed by Fan Yu and doesn't care how many people will be fired.

Upon hearing this, the entire class erupted in uproar, but Zhou Yi forcefully suppressed them with her strength. How could a group of Great Soul Masters, who were at most only at the second ring, resist the pressure of a Soul Emperor?

Everyone had no choice but to obediently go out and run laps.

Huo Yuhao watched coldly, feeling it was absurd, but he was helpless. After all, might makes right. Although Zhou Yi only bullied the weak, he was weak himself.

If you're wrong, admit it; if you get hit, stand up straight. In this shitty world, being weak is wrong, and there's nothing to argue about.

But

Who can guarantee that they will always be the stronger party?

At least for now, no one dares to give an absolute guarantee, and that's only for now.

Huo Yuhao silently followed the rest of the class out of the classroom. At this moment, Wang Dong walked up to him and whispered, "Hey, Huo Yuhao, are you okay? I remember your soul power is only level twelve, right? Can you really finish a hundred laps?"

"You'll get expelled if you don't finish running. Do you want me to help you? You don't know yet, but Sister Xiaoya agreed to let me join the Tang Clan yesterday. We'll be fellow disciples from now on!" As he said this, Wang Dong seemed to have a smile on his face.

"Sister Xiaoya said that we started learning around the same time. If I'm older, you'll have to call me senior brother! Do you want me to help you later? I only said it would be one hundred laps, but that old hag doesn't refuse anyone's help."

Huo Yuhao simply rolled his eyes at Wang Dong, letting her figure it out herself, without saying anything else.

While Wang Dong was still somewhat puzzled, he felt a chill run down his spine. Then, out of the corner of his eye, he saw Zhou Yi, who was following behind the group, looking at him with a playful expression.

Then she remembered that even without using her soul power, Zhou Yi, as the Soul Emperor, would definitely be able to hear what she was saying at such a short distance. She couldn't help but glare at Huo Yuhao, who was silent.

Huo Yuhao looked at Wang Dong, who was staring at him inexplicably, somewhat puzzled. "What's this guy doing? Why is he acting so dramatic?"

Soon, everyone started running around the Shrek Academy plaza, one lap, two laps, three laps.

Regardless of how tired the others were from running, Huo Yuhao wasn't very tired. Although his physical condition wasn't good, he had the help of his soul power.

Others need to expend soul power to recover their strength after running a certain distance, but Huo Yuhao doesn't. With the help of the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm to assist his cultivation, his soul power circulates continuously within his body.

Compared to others who use less and less soul power, Huo Yuhao's soul power endurance is in no way inferior to that of a Great Soul Master and is even approaching that of a Soul Venerable. This is the benefit of the autonomous circulation of soul power.

This advantage will become more and more obvious as he gets closer to becoming a Title Douluo. Therefore, Huo Yuhao, whose soul power is only level twelve, ran at the front of the group with ease.

Zhou Yi watched this scene with an ambiguous expression.

"This kid is strange. He clearly came in through the Tang Sect's special invitation program, and his soul power is so low, yet he can run away so easily. Is it because of his martial soul, or is it because of the Tang Sect?"

At this moment, Huo Yuhao activated his Eye of Truth, constantly observing the traces of the soul power circulation of the people around him, recording them one by one, in order to find a more suitable method to improve his own cultivation technique.

(End of this chapter)