Douluo Continent: The Eye of Truth

Chapter 91 Martial Soul "Original Body"

Half a year has passed in the blink of an eye.

While the various forces on the Douluo Continent were undergoing dramatic changes and undercurrents were surging, these changes did not affect Huo Yuhao, who was in the Body Sect, in the slightest.

Moreover, the fourth soul ring obtained from the sacrifice of the five-tailed white fox provided Huo Yuhao with a large amount of soul power. Just a few days ago, Huo Yuhao's soul power cultivation successfully broke through the level 50 bottleneck.

Therefore, under Jin Peng's arrangement, the news was delivered to the sect leader, Du Busi, who had left the sect to make plans elsewhere, as quickly as possible, and Du Busi returned to the Body Sect as a result.

Looking at the still somewhat immature-looking boy, Huo Yuhao is only thirteen years old, just over half an age, yet his cultivation progress has already far exceeded Du Busi's expectations.

"I originally thought that even with your talent, Yuhao, it would take at least a year to reach level 50 after absorbing your fourth spirit ring."

"I never imagined that you would have such a level of cultivation in just half a year. Now it seems that even your sixth and seventh spirit rings will have to be put on the agenda."

After examining Huo Yuhao's current physical attributes and cultivation level, Du Bu Si sighed. Both were exceptionally stable, and his cultivation level was solid and steady, without any superficiality.

According to his original estimate, Huo Yuhao would stay at the level of a four-ring Soul Master for about a year, and then, with his help, inherit the Seed of the Body Sect and absorb his fifth Soul Ring.

Even with a 100,000-year-old soul ring as a foundation, most of the cultivation and energy within that soul ring would likely be used to help Huo Yuhao adapt to his newly formed Martial Soul.

In this way, it would take Huo Yuhao about two years to cultivate to the fifth ring. During this time, the members of the Body Sect would have enough time to search for a 100,000-year-old spiritual attribute soul beast suitable for Huo Yuhao.

However, given Huo Yuhao's current cultivation speed, this plan will likely have to be brought forward significantly.

After all, it's not easy to find a 100,000-year-old soul beast, and it's even harder to find a soul beast with the spiritual attribute that suits Huo Yuhao. It's probably not a good choice for the major soul beast gathering places on the continent.

Only in the vast and untouched deep sea, unexplored by Soul Masters, can the corresponding existence be found.

However, the difficulty of exploring the deep sea is not the same as exploring the gathering places of soul beasts on the mainland. Even for the Body Sect, which has a lot of experience in hunting souls at sea, it is a difficult task.

Moreover, finding a 100,000-year-old soul beast is only the first step. The biggest challenge is how to hunt it down, ensure it doesn't escape, or prevent it from being rescued by other related 100,000-year-old soul beasts or even ferocious beasts.

These plans undoubtedly require the dispatch of powerful individuals for preparation. Therefore, even if Poison Doesn't Die, he is currently facing a headache due to the sect's heir's overwhelming talent. Perhaps this is a happy problem.

"Come on, Yuhao, first absorb and comprehend the inheritance seed of my Body Sect, and transform your Body Martial Soul, Spirit Eye, into your True Body Martial Soul before we talk."

Let's put these future matters aside for now. Du Busi will first proceed step by step to pass on the Seed of Inheritance to Huo Yuhao, and help him absorb the 100,000-year soul ring.

As for what to do next, the original plan to besiege Mingde Hall can be put on hold for now, and manpower can be diverted to help Huo Yuhao find the target of his sixth spirit ring.

After all, for the Body Sect, Huo Yuhao's existence was far more important than besieging Mingde Hall to build a low-end military industrial system.

Huo Yuhao nodded, and Du Busi immediately summoned his original martial soul to possess him.

Its entire body shone brightly, accompanied by the appearance of golden martial soul awakening light and shadow. From the golden martial soul awakening light and shadow of the Undying Poison, a drop of crystal, like blood, slowly emerged.

This is the seed of inheritance that the successive sect leaders of the Body Sect have nurtured. Only each sect leader of the Body Sect is qualified to possess it, and only they can use it to complete the evolution of the martial soul that has undergone a second awakening of a gold-level martial soul.

This seed of inheritance, which embodies the hard work of successive sect leaders of the Body Sect, floated in mid-air.

Poison Immortal immediately shouted, "Yuhao, summon your Martial Soul Awakening Light and Shadow, draw the Seed of Inheritance to resonate, and absorb it!"

Huo Yuhao, through the Eye of Truth, discerned the true nature of this so-called "Seed of Inheritance." It was actually an improvement made by the first generation of Body Douluo of the Body Sect based on his own Body Martial Soul.

The original spirit of that first-generation Body Douluo should have been a blood-type spirit from the beginning. It was only due to some fortuitous circumstances that his spirit underwent a transformation and became his true spirit.

This seed of blood contains the foundation of one's martial soul, and only those disciples of a sect whose martial soul has undergone a second awakening at the gold level can use this seed of inheritance to promote the evolution of their own martial soul.

However, this kind of evolution is more like replicating a path that predecessors have already walked, and then adding one's own new understanding to complete the path.

In this situation, it would result in each generation of the Body Sect Body Douluo, as long as they complete the evolution of their Martial Soul and inherit this Seed of Inheritance.

Therefore, the next generation of Body Douluo, whose Body Martial Soul evolves with the help of the Seed of Inheritance, will be stronger than the previous generation of Body Douluo, or rather, more in line with the concept of Body Martial Soul.

Unfortunately, in the original story, with the deaths of Du Busi and Long Aotian, the seed of inheritance, which could only be held by the original sect members who possessed a second awakening of a gold-level martial soul, was likely to be lost.

Even in the era of the Dragon King Legend in later years, the Body Sect still had its lineage, but they could only rely on external forces to stimulate newborn infants from a young age, forcibly making the martial souls they awaken later closer to their original martial souls, or even their true martial souls.

However, this method leaves no room for improvement, and it cannot even achieve the most basic inheritance rate. Furthermore, in later generations of the Body Sect, each generation of the sect leader may not necessarily possess a true Body Martial Soul.

This is the real reason for the decline of the Body Sect, after all, compared to the second awakening of a gold-level martial soul that can only temporarily unleash its power.

The base strength and overall power of the main body martial soul, as well as its enhancement of the soul master's talent, are unmatched by other main body martial souls that only enhance certain parts.

Unfortunately, compared to the old method of using the Seed of Inheritance to try and fail little by little, hoping to piece together the correct path from the mistakes through the efforts of each generation of the original Douluo, this is far less effective.

With the Eye of Truth, Huo Yuhao has already forged his own path. He uses the light and shadow of his Martial Soul Awakening to guide the Seed of Inheritance. By utilizing the energy contained within the Seed of Inheritance, Huo Yuhao begins to advance the evolution of his own Martial Soul.

Based on the spiritual attribute model structure he had previously constructed, Huo Yuhao's martial soul gradually began to take shape.

Similarly, the path to a more perfect and comprehensive Body Martial Soul began to repair the evolutionary direction recorded by successive Body Douluo in the Seed of Inheritance.

It took Huo Yuhao ten days to successfully 'evolve' his martial soul.

During this period, Huo Yuhao absorbed most of the power contained within the Seed of Inheritance in order to provide him with the power to evolve his martial soul.

Seeing this, Du Busi also rebuilt and absorbed the Seed of Inheritance into its body.

"Alright, Yuhao, carefully experience the changes in your martial soul. Each time you use the Seed of Inheritance, it will consume a large amount of energy accumulated within it."

"With your current cultivation level, you are not yet capable of nurturing it. When you become a Title Douluo one day, I can confidently entrust the Body Sect and the Seed of Inheritance to you."

Seeing Huo Yuhao enveloped in spiritual power, radiating the same spiritual brilliance as his previous 'Spirit Eyes', Du Busi smiled with satisfaction.

"Although the energy consumed by your body during these ten days has been replenished by the Seed of Inheritance, your body's demand for energy and blood will increase significantly as you begin to possess your own Martial Soul."

"Go, your master has made arrangements for you. Take the food and medicine prepared by the sect, and after a few more days of adaptation, you should be able to truly master the power of your own martial soul."

Feeling the effects brought about by the change in his martial soul, Huo Yuhao did not answer Poison Undying's question.

Seeing this, Du Busi simply smiled and didn't say anything more before turning and leaving Huo Yuhao's training room.

He still has a lot to do, and as the original Douluo, he naturally had the same experience as Huo Yuhao.

Knowing that Huo Yuhao is only temporarily unable to control his new martial soul and body, but that his perception of the outside world will only become more sensitive, he will definitely be able to hear his instructions.

Just as Du Bu Si had thought, Huo Yuhao was experiencing the 'Original Martial Soul' that was born after his advancement from the Eye of Truth.

Unlike the previous Eye of Truth, Huo Yuhao's spiritual power can now be released more easily outside his body, and it is also much stronger.

Moreover, the abilities possessed by the Eye of Truth have been perfectly inherited by his current martial soul, all of which were within Huo Yuhao's expectations.

However, contrary to expectations, with the help of the energy of the Seed of Inheritance, Huo Yuhao also integrated the power of the second awakening of his Martial Soul into this newly born 'Original Martial Soul'.

Compared to the previous Eye of Truth, the current 'Original Martial Soul' allows Huo Yuhao to 'understand' any matter, soul skill, or even energy that he comes into contact with after possessing the body.

So, according to Huo Yuhao's wishes, these substances, soul skills, and energy can be directly 'decomposed,' an ability that could only be used after the second awakening of the martial soul.

Although it cannot yet transform spiritual power into tentacles to detach from the body and 'decompose' things it touches, as it can do when a second awakening of a martial soul is activated, the current abilities of the 'original martial soul' are undoubtedly more suitable for defense and self-protection than those of a second awakening.

When Huo Yuhao opened his eyes, it was already night. He felt an intense hunger in his stomach. Following Du Busi's instructions, Huo Yuhao ate a top-grade medicinal meal prepared by the Body Sect.

I felt my body was so satisfied for the first time, but it was just an illusion after I was full.

Back in the cultivation room, Du Busi was already waiting there. From his hand, a soul core, stained with dark green soul power but still showing its original silver-white color, slowly floated in front of Huo Yuhao.

"Yuhao, just use your strongest soul skill to shatter it. Don't worry, with your master here, this Evil Eye Tyrant won't be able to cause any trouble."

Indeed, just as Poison Undying said, under the full suppression of his soul power, the soul crystal core of the Evil Eye Tyrant could not even stir up a trace of mental fluctuation.

All of its power was suppressed within the silver crystal core, like a lamb to the slaughter, at the mercy of Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao naturally had no concerns, but the poison did not kill him as he had expected. He did not intend to kill the Evil Eye Tyrant directly, as that would be a waste.

A silver light shone from between Huo Yuhao's brows, and at the same time, a golden phantom appeared faintly behind Huo Yuhao. With the touch of the Eye of Truth's spiritual power, the Evil Eye Tyrant in the silver soul crystal core let out a silent wail.

The Evil Eye Tyrant, who had been feeding on the souls of other soul beasts and humans for years to absorb spiritual power to strengthen himself, experienced for the first time the pain of having his own soul devoured.

The Soul Devouring technique, performed while in the Eye of Truth state, meticulously dissected every single part of the Evil Eye Tyrant's soul.

This means that only the purest spiritual essence can be retained, and even any trace of the Evil Eye Tyrant's consciousness and lingering resentment will be completely decomposed.

Having devoured all of the Evil Eye Tyrant's spiritual energy, this powerful soul beast, with a cultivation of 100,000 years, perished completely.

After Huo Yuhao withdrew the light and shadow of his second awakening of his martial soul, he felt his spiritual power replenished considerably.

He has become increasingly adept at using his martial soul's second awakening ability.

Having lost its core, the silver soul crystal dimmed slightly and became much more fragile.

Huo Yuhao infused his soul power into his hand and casually struck, shattering the outer shell. A blood-red, somewhat dim soul ring floated in front of Huo Yuhao.

The rest of the process is self-explanatory. Without any remaining will, the immense energy contained within the soul ring was insufficient to shake Huo Yuhao at this moment.

After Huo Yuhao's martial soul evolved into his "original martial soul," his energy requirements will be even greater than those required by the previous Eye of Truth.

Without the interference of the Evil Eye Tyrant's soul, the spiritual force impact contained in this soul ring was like a gentle breeze to Huo Yuhao's incomparably powerful spiritual sea, and not worth paying attention to.

As five spirit rings appeared one after another beneath Huo Yuhao's feet, Du Busi cheered repeatedly at the sight of the blood-red fifth spirit ring.

"Good, good, good, as expected of my disciple, hahaha, a fifth spirit ring of 100,000 years! I'll see what Shrek Academy can do to fight our Body Sect in the future!" Poison Undying's rough laughter echoed in the training room, lingering for a long time.

(End of this chapter)