Douluo Continent: Reborn as Yuhao, they all have ulterior motives.

Chapter 107 Original Sin: Jealousy

As the second and third spirit rings lit up one after another, a Blue Silver Grass radiating a rich spirit power and life force appeared in Tang Ya's hand. After handing it to Jiang Nannan beside her, Tang Ya raised her hand with full fighting spirit and waved at Huo Yuhao.

"We can begin."

Jiang Nannan, standing to the side, bent her legs and leaned slightly forward, causing a pair of pink rabbit ears to stand up on her head, making one want to reach out and touch them.

Of course, what's most amazing is her exoskeleton leg armor. Even when making such small, delicate movements, the leg armor doesn't feel stiff at all.

Even the area on the outside of her thighs where Huo Yuhao had added the sealed baby bottle module emitted an unpredictable glow of soul power as Jiang Nannan's chest rose and fell, as if it were breathing in sync with its host.

Even though Jiang Nannan had tried it on several times, she was still amazed by the feeling of it being so easy to use.

"Ready—Go!"

At Huo Yuhao's command, Jiang Nannan began to move.

The roar of an engine suddenly resounded, and the four level-three soul-guided thrusters installed on the back of her leg armor emitted a deep blue flame. The terrifying thrust allowed her to arrive in front of Huo Yuhao at an extremely fast speed without even needing to use her teleportation soul skill.

Having been crushed countless times, she didn't hesitate at all, raising her leg to kick Huo Yuhao in the chest.

With his long, slender legs accompanied by the whistling wind, Huo Yuhao also released his first soul skill in an instant.

The Hyotei Mastiff.

Her arms, already dazzling due to being covered in scales, now shone like diamonds. The next second, her palm precisely caught Jiang Nannan's attack.

clang--

Instead of the expected dull thud, there was only a harsh sound like metal clashing.

A terrifying force surged through Huo Yuhao's arm and was applied to his entire body.

It startled him, and although he was not injured, his body still involuntarily took two steps back.

No matter how thin it is made, an exoskeleton is still an exoskeleton. Especially for someone like Jiang Nannan, whose attack power isn't particularly high, the increase in strength is especially noticeable.

Especially with the added momentum from the soul-guided thruster propelling the sprint, the power contained in this strike surpassed that of a typical power-attack type soul master of the same level.

Jiang Nannan remained calm despite her attack being blocked.

As the yellow spirit ring beneath her feet suddenly lit up, a feeling of his body becoming several times heavier instantly descended upon Huo Yuhao.

Gravity control.

Seeing Huo Yuhao's movements had slowed down considerably, Jiang Nannan naturally wouldn't let this opportunity pass.

He immediately lunged forward again.

A relentless, step-by-step offensive.

However, the difference in combat experience was too great. Even though he was obviously slower than her under the suppression of gravity control, Huo Yuhao still seemed to be in complete control. He simply used the hand that was not holding the carving knife to block the repeated attacks from her legs.

clang--

For a moment, the sound of metal clashing was deafening.

But Jiang Nannan soon realized something was wrong. As time went by, she clearly felt a slight stagnation in the flow of soul power within her body.

What's going on?

Upon closer inspection, she discovered that every time she made physical contact with Huo Yuhao, a very strange force would surge into her body along with the chill emanating from his arm, hindering the flow of her soul power.

I've never encountered this situation during our previous sparring sessions. Have you developed some new ability?

Feeling the increasingly stronger effect with each contact, Jiang Nannan subconsciously looked at Huo Yuhao. Upon meeting his smiling gaze, she seemed to realize something and turned her gaze with some suspicion to the carving knife that he was holding.

Upon seeing the previously dull, dark pink patterns now glowing faintly, Jiang Nannan was even more certain of her guess. In her shock, she immediately wanted to use teleportation to create distance.

However, Huo Yuhao was not about to let go of this hard-won opportunity. Taking advantage of Jiang Nannan's momentary daze due to his ability, he grabbed her arm.

"Nannan!"

Seeing that Jiang Nannan had run into trouble in less than half a minute, Tang Ya finally realized that something was wrong. A blue silver grass shot out from her hand in an instant, trying to pull her teammate back.

However, since her arms were not protected by soul-guided armor like her legs, how could Jiang Nannan withstand Huo Yuhao's terrifying cold aura?

In an instant, a large amount of cold air mixed with strange power surged into her body, not only interrupting Jiang Nannan's soul skill that she was about to release, but also causing the soul power circulating in her body to stop instantly, as if a pause button had been pressed.

Although it only lasted for a brief moment, the uncomfortable feeling still made Jiang Nannan groan.

The next second, Huo Yuhao's hand gently stroked the back of her neck, and just like that, to Tang Ya's shocked gaze, Jiang Nannan collapsed without any warning.

This ability was not something Huo Yuhao acquired recently, but rather stemmed from the Jealousy Source that he had unlocked during the first few days of school.

It has two effects, one of which is the one currently being used to deal with Jiang Nannan.

By allowing this special energy to enter the enemy's body through various means, an effect similar to sealing power can be achieved.

Through Huo Yuhao's experiments, the effect of this seal is related to the difference in cultivation levels between the two parties. For example, when he used it on Gu Yuena, the effect was almost negligible, but when used against beings of the same level or whose cultivation levels were not much higher than his, the effect was excellent.

Although it seems that Huo Yuhao only controlled Jiang Nannan for a very short time, this is because the method of injecting cold energy, like Huo Yuhao's, requires guiding the power of the carving knife into his own body, and then mixing it with the cold energy to send it into the other person's body.

During this process, the power of the source of jealousy was depleted several times over. If the sealing effect is to be maximized, the best way is to allow this special energy to enter the body directly through the wounds caused by the weapon.

However, since this is just a friendly sparring session, not a life-or-death struggle, Huo Yuhao naturally wouldn't use this method.

Huo Yuhao's most frequently used and favorite effect is the second effect of the source of jealousy.

Simply put, items that are attached to it will have dark pink patterns appear on their surface, and it has the ability to replicate the properties of other items through contact.

For example, the carving knife in Huo Yuhao's hand is actually an ordinary diamond carving knife that doesn't even qualify as a top-tier carving knife. The reason it appears silvery-white is because after Huo Yuhao incorporated the essence of jealousy into it, it came into contact with Gu Yuena's Silver Dragon Spear and replicated the characteristics of the Silver Dragon Spear.

Although it still has the shape of a carving knife, it possesses all the elemental amplification and life-devouring abilities of the Silver Dragon Spear.

What you have, I want to have too.

This is jealousy.

Although they are somewhat similar, in terms of effect, greed clearly focuses more on tangible wealth such as energy and soul bones, while envy focuses more on more illusory things such as abilities and traits.

Of course, it also has limitations. First, an object possessed by the source of jealousy can only have the characteristics of one other object at a time. For example, if Huo Yuhao were to bring this carving knife into contact with the carving knife of the creature from his previous life.

It will lose the characteristics of the Silver Dragon Lance and be replaced by the characteristics of the Living Creator; it cannot possess both at the same time.

Secondly, it seems that due to insufficient grade, the Sin of Jealousy cannot replicate the characteristics of Huo Yuhao's Eye of Destiny, which already surpasses those of ordinary artifacts, let alone a super artifact.

Finally, there is only one source of jealousy, so Huo Yuhao can only imbue one item with this characteristic at most. Once the source of jealousy is integrated into other items, the carving knife will revert to its original form.

Although it has significant limitations, it is not without its advantages. Any object that has come into contact with the source of jealousy will have its properties stored within the source of jealousy, even if they cannot coexist.

For example, if the carving knife has come into contact with the living carving knife and completed the transformation, it will not need to come into contact with Gu Yuena's Silver Dragon Lance again to transform it back into the Silver Dragon Lance.

After dealing with Jiang Nannan, Huo Yuhao turned his head with a half-smile to look at Tang Ya, who seemed to be still in shock.

"Sister Xiaoya, shall we continue?"

Upon hearing Huo Yuhao's voice, Tang Ya shuddered. After regaining her senses, she couldn't help but pout and made a suggestion as if to make a deal.

"Ahem, if we surrender voluntarily, will we still receive half of the winning reward as promised?"

What do you think?

"I think it makes perfect sense!"

Tang Ya glared at her and spoke in a loud voice.

"Yuhao, think about it. Things like turning yourself in after committing a crime usually come with reduced sentences, right? I'm surrendering voluntarily, so I should at least get a reward."

At this point, Tang Ya paused, her beautiful eyes looking at Huo Yuhao expectantly.

"How about I take a bigger loss, a quarter of it? What do you think?"

(End of this chapter)