Douluo Continent: The Eye of Truth

Chapter 55 Second Awakening

After Electrolux's voice faded away, Huo Yuhao reached out and grasped the Soul-Devouring Blade, which had now been purified.

At this moment, he felt a warm and gentle aura circulating within it. At the same time, as Huo Yuhao touched it, a life force also emanated from it, as if it were nourishing Huo Yuhao's skin and meridians.

This is because the powerful and solidified life force contained within the metal of life has transformed into a whole, like a small sun, radiating vigorous life force outward.

However, beneath this solid and robust vitality lies the cruel nature of the metal of life.

Through the Eye of Truth, Huo Yuhao was able to analyze the structure of the Life Gold, and the life force emanating from the Life Gold appeared to be pure and flawless, extremely beneficial to people.

However, the reality is not so. It is true that the life force contained in the living gold is powerful, but its special structure makes it impossible for people to absorb this life force through ordinary means.

Having already transformed into tangible life force, how could it be easily absorbed by humans?

Although Huo Yuhao felt that the life force contained in the Metal of Life seemed to be nourishing him, this was actually a misperception caused by the immense life force.

Because the life force emanating from the living gold seems to nourish the creature that possesses it, the life force it contains is a different kind of life energy. Although it resides in the human body, it cannot integrate into the body's original life structure.

As the alien life energy brought by the Life Gold gradually accumulates, it will also strengthen the holder's own vitality, but this increase is too slow compared to the speed at which the alien life energy accumulates.

During this process, the extraordinary and solidified alien life energy contained in the Living Gold will gradually take over the holder's body.

Ultimately, under the pressure of the immense alien life energy, the Life Gold will gradually assimilate the life levels of the beings affected by it, causing their life structures to tend towards the structure of the Life Gold.

Once this assimilation process is complete, the life force that originally belonged to the holder of the Living Gold will flow back into the Living Gold under the pressure of the alien life energy.

If this immense life force cannot be suppressed, then after it completely spirals out of control, the holder's life force will be completely drained by the Life Gold, ultimately becoming nourishment for the Life Gold to grow stronger.

This is why, after obtaining the Gold of Life, the evil spirit master used unorthodox methods to influence it, amplifying the devouring and assimilation tendencies within the Gold of Life through resentment.

It's not that he wasn't envious of this enormous life force, but rather that he possessed a treasure trove but couldn't utilize it, so he could only choose a rather wasteful method: to transform the life-giving metal into the Soul-Devouring Blade, even though the Soul-Devouring Blade wasn't as effective as the fully activated life-giving metal.

Moreover, this kind of operation is not as bad as begging for food with a golden bowl, but at least it can convert the gold of life into cash and use it, instead of just leaving it as an empty collection.

Because the Metal of Life is an extremely powerful metal, it can even be considered a rare treasure approaching the divine level. For those who have not reached the threshold of the divine level, even if they only want to utilize it, they will not be able to find a way to do so.

Among the holders of the Gold of Life, the most unfortunate was the golden hawksbill turtle in the Star Dou Great Forest, which had originally reached the level of 100,000 years.

By sheer chance, he snatched food from the tiger's mouth, dived into the Lake of Life, and devoured a piece of Life Gold. However, because he could not control the life force within the Life Gold, a large portion of his own life force was ultimately transformed into nourishment for the Life Gold.

Its cultivation level even plummeted from 100,000 years to 10,000 years, and its life was nearly exhausted. In the original story, this golden tortoise eventually transformed into Xu Sanshi's soul, thus escaping the life-giving metal's bone-sucking absorption.

Of course, it is also possible that Di Tian knew about the golden tortoise's actions but simply let it run wild, intending to reclaim the gold of life after it died on its own.

However, in conclusion, if the proper method is not found, the best way to use it may be to soak the Life Gold in water, so that the life energy emanating from its interior can nourish the water source, giving it a rich life force that can be absorbed by the human body.

With Electrolux protecting him, Huo Yuhao wasn't worried about not being able to perfectly utilize the Life Gold.

After a moment, Electrolux's voice rang out again: "Alright, Yuhao, place it on your forehead. Now, concentrate and calmly feel the changes. It will greatly benefit you in the future."

Leave the rest to me.

Huo Yuhao nodded and placed the Soul-Devouring Carving Knife between his eyebrows.

Subsequently, from Huo Yuhao's spiritual sea, the divine aura belonging to Electrolux was released, emerging from between his eyebrows and flowing into the Soul Devouring Carving Blade. Then, as if stimulated, the life force within the Soul Devouring Blade suddenly burst forth.

However, under Electrox's control, the originally stubborn and difficult-to-absorb alien life force within the Life Gold seemed to show signs of wavering.

The transformed life energy first surged into Huo Yuhao's body, undergoing changes based on Huo Yuhao's own life level, while also making subtle adjustments to Huo Yuhao's body.

Huo Yuhao's life force and the life force of the Life Gold, two originally different and distinct life forces, gradually harmonized under the guidance of Electrolux's divine sense, their auras began to become similar and then merged.

Although Electrolux's spiritual power was not abundant, it was extremely pure. In the process of harmonizing the two life energies, with the help of replenishing life energy, the tiny spiritual power began to gradually become complete and stronger, and the process of harmonizing the life energies became increasingly smooth.

First came the sea of ​​spirit, then the life force, like a tidal wave, washed over Huo Yuhao's entire body, making his eight extraordinary meridians and internal organs more resilient under the influence of this life force.

Huo Yuhao's bones and muscles also began to change, and the magic potion energy that had not been fully absorbed was completely shattered and integrated into Huo Yuhao's body.

At this moment, Huo Yuhao's physique has undergone a qualitative leap. His physique, which had already reached the level of Soul Venerable, has now reached the level of Soul Sect.

This is merely the prelude to absorbing the Gold of Life, because to absorb the Gold of Life, it is necessary to ensure that the holder is not devoured by it.

Electrolux adjusted Huo Yuhao's and the Soul-Devouring Carving Blade's life force precisely to achieve this step: strengthening Huo Yuhao's physique was merely a side effect.

As their life energies were aligned to the same frequency, the life force that had been continuously flowing into Huo Yuhao's body stopped, and then the Soul-Devouring Carving Blade stabbed directly towards Huo Yuhao's brow.

At this moment, Huo Yuhao's sea of ​​consciousness felt as if it were about to be torn apart. Intense pain struck, and the once stable sea of ​​consciousness began to tremble violently.

However, Huo Yuhao endured the pain at this moment and observed the changes in his spiritual sea caused by the entry of the Soul Devouring Carving Knife through the indescribable perspective of the Eye of Truth.

In the darkness, the shackles that had bound his martial soul began to loosen, as if some key had been broken. At this moment, Huo Yuhao felt that his vision was clearer than ever before.

Everything seemed so clear. Even the structures of some soul skills, soul rings, and runes that were originally complex, though they could be seen through, but difficult to understand in a short time began to become simple.

Knowledge about them surfaced in Huo Yuhao's mind. In the depths of his mind, Huo Yuhao seemed to feel that he was gradually understanding everything, but he also knew that this was more of an illusion.

Immediately afterwards, a massive life force washed over Huo Yuhao's sea of ​​consciousness. The sea of ​​consciousness, which had begun to crack and waver, began to expand in area with the help of this massive life force.

"What the heck? What happened?" Tianmeng Ice Silkworm was startled awake, staring dumbfounded at the scene before her in her sea of ​​consciousness.

At this moment, Electrolux, who could only turn into a small gray ball, transformed into his original form, an old man in white robes with an aged face, and smiled slightly as he looked at Huo Yuhao's consciousness appearing in the sea of ​​consciousness.

"The most difficult step has been completed. Yuhao, the potential within you is more outstanding than I imagined."

"I believe that one day you will reach the level I once reached, or even surpass me and reach an even higher level."

"With the help of the Life Gold, I have no more worries about this wisp of my divine consciousness."

"In return, when you reach level fifty in this world, I will impart all the knowledge I can think of to you. I only hope that you can stay true to yourself and not go astray."

Then a blue light portal appeared in front of Electrox, and after he stepped into it, it disappeared.

He left only one last sentence: "You can contact me normally through mental power. Now, go and do what you want to do."

"Huh? What happened?" Tianmeng Bingcan was still in a daze. How could she have become disconnected from the world in just one nap?

Huo Yuhao shook his head: "Later, Brother Tianmeng, you can go check the records of your spiritual clone. Now, protect me. I need to prepare to complete the second awakening of my martial soul that I conceived last time."

"Oh, I understand!" Upon hearing this, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's expression also turned serious.

Huo Yuhao's consciousness regained control of his body. At this moment, the Soul-Devouring Carving Blade that had pierced into Huo Yuhao's head was still trembling slightly, and it gradually softened, turning into a bluish-green liquid that merged into Huo Yuhao's head.

At the same time, Electrolux's gray divine consciousness was also stabilizing the position of the fused Soul-Devouring Carving Blade during this process.

The flesh and bones that had been torn apart by the Soul-Devouring Carving Blade were transformed and fused together, gradually forming a structure resembling an eye.

At the same time, intense pain was stimulating Huo Yuhao, even more painful than when he opened his spiritual sea before. However, Huo Yuhao knew that now was the best opportunity to awaken his martial soul, and if he missed this moment, he didn't know when he would have another chance.

Although he can later use the immense life force brought by the gold of life to develop and awaken step by step.

However, he knew that such an awakening was absolutely incomparable to what he was experiencing now, and he felt that the changes that had just occurred in his martial soul were fading away.

The Eye of Truth, which originally seemed to see through everything, is gradually disappearing under the influence of the Gold of Life.

Huo Yuhao's mental and soul power began to circulate throughout his body, and with the support of the immense life force brought by the Life Gold, Huo Yuhao's mental and soul power seemed to be continuously recovering.

Following the previously deduced method, Huo Yuhao entered an awakened state, followed by even stronger stimulation that caused his martial soul to change.

Along with this, the third eye that appeared between the eyebrows also began to change at the same time.

Golden light and shadow began to appear behind Huo Yuhao, and a deep eye appeared in the air, with concentric rings gradually shrinking within it.

However, Huo Yuhao had no mind to observe at this moment. Instead, he was focused on promoting his soul power and mental power to keep them stimulating his martial soul.

If he were to examine it later, he would discover that the enormous phantom eye formed by the golden light and shadow was not the shape and structure of a real eye, but rather much more complex.

With the continuous support of life force, soul force, and spiritual force, the golden phantom became more and more stable, and finally began to shrink and merge into Huo Yuhao's brow. Huo Yuhao's eyes in his brow also changed once again.

It transformed from its original form into a smaller version of the giant phantom, then closed up, leaving only an inconspicuous black vertical line between Huo Yuhao's eyebrows.

Only then did Huo Yuhao finally relax, and the terrible pain that had been engulfing his entire body finally ended.

Huo Yuhao could no longer hold on. He let his body collapse onto the bed, feeling that at this moment, every muscle, nerve, and bone in his body did not want to make any more movements.

Allowing his body to adapt and rest, Huo Yuhao's consciousness returned to his own spiritual sea.

After undergoing the baptism of the Life Gold and the second awakening of his Martial Soul, Huo Yuhao's spiritual sea has also undergone earth-shattering changes.

Unlike the original story, which features a green bead formed from the gold of life hanging high above.

At this moment, a giant eye in the sea of ​​consciousness stared straight at Huo Yuhao.

At the same time, Huo Yuhao also felt as if he had a second perspective, which came from this huge eye.

"Is this... my martial soul's second awakening?" Huo Yuhao tried to observe the eye with his Eye of Truth, but he couldn't.

However, Huo Yuhao was not surprised, after all, this attempt was like trying to step on his right foot with his left foot to reach the sky.

If this eye is the second awakening of the Eye of Truth, then how can the Eye of Truth analyze it?

Although the more powerful a martial soul's second awakening is, the greater the energy consumption when using it.

However, this was not a problem for Huo Yuhao, who had the Life Gold as a backup hidden energy source.

This also means that Huo Yuhao finally has a trump card that is entirely his own and that he can use.

Compared to Electrolux and Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, although Huo Yuhao's second awakening of his martial soul relies on his own strength and is not as powerful as the two of them, he can use it legitimately and openly.

(End of this chapter)