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

Chapter 356 I'll Take You to Kill Someone (Part 2)

Are you alright?

A familiar voice reached his ears, and Huo Yuhao turned his head to see Ye Guyi's exquisite face.

"Based on other people's descriptions, that Qiankun Wenqing Valley you mentioned going to seems to be a trap set by the Haotian Sect Master to lure you there."

After looking Huo Yuhao up and down, Ye Guyi couldn't see any damage on his face, but she still asked him again, unwilling to give up.

"Did anything happen to you inside?"

"no."

Huo Yuhao shook his head: "What about you guys? Are you injured?"

"We didn't participate in the battle. By the time we received the news from Mingdu and rushed here, the battle had already ended. In the end, we only participated in the rescue of the wounded."

At this point, Ye Guyi paused, her tone tinged with disappointment: "I'm sorry, if I had arrived earlier, perhaps..."

"This isn't your problem, it's good that everything's alright."

Interrupting the other person's words, Huo Yuhao offered a soft word of comfort.

"According to you, didn't I also fall for his trick of luring me away from my prey?"

Ye Guyi gave a soft hum and couldn't help but steal a glance at Huo Yuhao. When she saw him staring blankly at the devastated City of Original Sin below, her heart skipped a beat.

Recalling the conversation Ye Xishui had had with her about Huo Yuhao's attitude, she suddenly asked.

"What are you thinking about?"

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Huo Yuhao did not answer, but remained silent.

After a long while, a sound that seemed to be in doubt was finally uttered.

"Why is it so hard just to do something?"

Ye Guyi was stunned. After a long while, she couldn't help but sigh softly, "Perhaps it's because living in this distorted world is not an easy thing to begin with?"

While recalling in her mind what she had seen and heard since she joined the Holy Spirit Cult and began helping Huo Yuhao with related matters, Ye Guyi reached out and put her arm around Huo Yuhao's waist.

"There will always be unexpected things that happen, and there will always be situations where you have to make choices. Everyone seems to have the power to choose in this process, but in fact, none of those options are correct."

"All we can do is choose the wrong option, or choose an even worse option."

She pressed her head against Huo Yuhao's back, listening to his steady and powerful heartbeat, and murmured softly.

"No one has a choice in living in this world."

Huo Yuhao opened his mouth and muttered in a strange tone, "I never thought I'd hear you reason with me. I feel like I don't even recognize you anymore."

"What are you talking about? I'm clearly older than you, okay?"

Ye Guyi pinched the soft flesh on his waist in annoyance, then buried her head in his back, subtly inhaling the comforting, cool scent.

So, are you regretting it?

"That's about right."

Huo Yuhao did not deny it, but just continued talking to himself.

"Perhaps I should be more cautious and make sure everything is arranged properly before entering Qiankun Wenqing Valley."

"Perhaps I shouldn't have trusted the soul tool I made so much, thinking that Ye Xishui would be fine as long as she had the Crimson Heart, and agreed to hand over this matter entirely to her."

"perhaps."

Huo Yuhao paused, his tone filled with an almost manic killing intent.

"Perhaps I should have been more ruthless and nipped them in the bud from the start, wiping out those guys and their respective sects during the Soul Master Competition to eliminate any potential threats."

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Suddenly, Ye Guyi's body stiffened for a moment.

She glanced furtively at those cold, azure eyes, pursed her lips slightly, and suddenly felt that black smoke was billowing from Huo Yuhao's head, just like those evil villains.

Just as she expected!

This guy is a born evil spirit master, the kind who's evil to the core!

Compared to that, I, who possess the Holy Angel Martial Soul, am practically an innocent little kitten.

It seems I really need to step up my efforts and forcefully reform him, pulling Huo Yuhao back onto the right path.

"So, you're planning to go find them now? Do you need us to go with you?"

Unaware of the chaotic thoughts running through Ye Guyi's mind, Huo Yuhao asked noncommittally, "Do you want to go?"

"I want to go," Ye Guyi said without hesitation.

"Then could you please inform the others for me?"

"And what about you?"

"I?"

Huo Yuhao looked in the direction of the Haotian Sect and told her, "I have another matter that needs to be resolved as soon as possible."

Mingdu, a branch altar of the Holy Spirit Cult.

dong dong dong-

The sudden knocking broke the silence. The woman inside the room frowned and struggled to open her blood-red eyes.

She glanced weakly at the doorway, but unexpectedly closed her eyes again.

Perhaps she wanted to pretend she wasn't in the room and get away with it, or perhaps she wanted to spend her last moments alone in peace; she ignored the other person's intentions.

However, the person at the door seemed certain that she was inside and continued to knock on the door relentlessly.

Finally, seemingly driven nearly mad by the other party's relentless spirit, the woman's impatient voice slowly echoed from the room.

"The door's unlocked, come in."

Click—

The door was pushed open from the outside. Looking at the blurry figure backlit behind the door, the woman was momentarily dazed, but then a cold smile curled up at the corner of her mouth.

"What, you're in such a hurry to come here? Are you afraid I'll lose the soul tool you painstakingly crafted?"

Despite the excruciating pain in her body, she stared intently at the other person, her tone still full of sarcasm: "I was actually hoping that someone would find this place after I die, and then shed a couple of fake tears while holding a soul tool."

"But since you're here early, fine. The soul tool is by the bedside; grab it and get out of here..."

However, before she could finish speaking, the newcomer's calm voice interrupted her.

"It doesn't matter if the soul tool is lost, but you..."

Uncharacteristically, Huo Yuhao did not retort. Instead, he gazed into those unfocused eyes and spoke softly.

"You probably can't see things clearly anymore, right?"

"...Staring at someone is not polite, especially when they can't see. It makes you look like a pervert."

The illusion she had created was ruthlessly exposed. Ye Xishui withdrew her gaze and subtly brushed aside the topic, though a mocking smile remained on her lips.

"Or do you feel smug seeing me in this pathetic state?"

"Isn't it pathetic for someone to hide away and die quietly?"

"At least I'd be dead by then, so I wouldn't care about these things anymore, right?"

Ye Xishui spoke calmly, subtly shifting the topic to Huo Yuhao, as if she couldn't suppress her curiosity.

"By the way, why don't you seem surprised at all?"

Huo Yuhao raised an eyebrow: "What's so surprising?"

"For example, the fact that I'm still alive, and..."

"And why did you suddenly become younger?"

Looking at Ye Xishui's exquisite face, which was in no way inferior to anyone else's, Huo Yuhao couldn't help but chuckle.

"And then you smugly tell me that you also possess twin martial souls, one of which is the Radiant Phoenix that can allow you to rise from the ashes?"

"...How did you know?"

"I know a lot more than that; just pretend I saw this in a dream."

"Oh?"

Ye Xishui was genuinely curious now: "What else did you dream about me about?"

"I also dreamt that you died."

"You did it?"

"I did want to take action."

Huo Yuhao frankly admitted, "Unfortunately, you stepped into someone else's trap first."

Ye Xishui scoffed, clearly somewhat incredulous: "Would I be that stupid?"

"yes."

Huo Yuhao nodded expressionlessly, echoing her words: "Just as stupid as this time."

"You little brat, you never fart properly all day long."

Huo Yuhao acted as if he hadn't heard her, casually pulling up a seat and sitting down: "So what exactly happened? Tell me, how did you defeat Niu Tian?"

"What else could have happened? They realized they couldn't win even at full power, so they self-destructed."

Ye Xishui rolled her eyes: "After injuring him, I resurrected and continued fighting. Finally, I managed to drive that guy back. If you ask me, your soul tool is really ineffective, otherwise I wouldn't have had to go through so much trouble."

Seeing that the other party couldn't resist mocking him at the very end, Huo Yuhao's eyelids twitched: "What, do you think you haven't died fast enough?"

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"At least it's better than lying here unable to move, listening to you, you little bastard, cursing me."

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Huo Yuhao shook his head and sighed. As he raised his hand and made a grasping motion, a vibrant green sword of life materialized in his palm.

He stood up from his seat and walked step by step to Ye Xishui's side.

"Are they about to make a move?"

As if sensing something, Ye Xishui raised the corners of her lips and stared straight at him.

"A hero who rises high like the sun, granting eternal slumber to the souls who should have died—that sounds like a pretty good ending to the story."

"That sounds good, but I think you might have misunderstood something."

Huo Yuhao forcefully plunged the short blade into Ye Xishui's chest, looked down at the woman, and calmly said, "Just listening to your advice once was enough to make me regret it. I don't want something like this to happen again."

He said, "For a stubborn person like you who likes to go against people, we really should take some tough measures."

As she finished speaking, the Sword of Life was activated, and the surging life energy caused her body to burst forth with a dazzling, breathtaking turquoise color.

Like a newborn miracle, under Huo Yuhao's generous nourishment, the life force that gathered into a torrent rapidly solidified her collapsing body.

It was as if an invisible hand had dragged her back from the brink of death.

When she came to her senses, the dagger in her chest had been removed, and she could see things clearly again.

"You are now an energy body after Nirvana. Although life energy can keep it from dissipating, it is only a temporary solution. To fully recover, you need to find another way to reshape your body."

"But before that, we have more important things to do."

Huo Yuhao casually patted his butt and reached out his hand to Ye Xishui, who looked puzzled, his tone carrying a chilling undertone.

"Now, I'm taking you to kill someone."

boom--!

With a deafening roar, the castle atop the mountain trembled violently as if an earthquake had struck.

Upon noticing the commotion, the members of the Haotian Sect looked towards the sect leader's room on the third floor with expressions of fear, not daring to utter a sound, for fear of being implicated.

Inside the sect leader's room, the candlelight hanging from the dome cast a dim glow, illuminating the gloomy environment and the burly figure.

A series of heavy, labored breaths, like those of a bellows, echoed from the enclosed space. Niu Tian, ​​shirtless, was seen pressing his fists against the wall, which he had already smashed into a deep dent, his expression contorted with rage.

What is most striking is his mangled, nearly rotten half of his body.

"Damn it! Damn it!!!"

If someone had told him before the war that a lowly being from the lower realm could injure him so badly after he had broken the seal on his cultivation with just a soul tool that he had always looked down upon, he probably would have just laughed it off and treated it as a joke.

However, this seemingly absurd thing actually happened to him.

He had clearly made ample preparations for this operation, sending the most threatening Huo Yuhao into the Qiankun Wenqing Valley, but who knew that the other party would actually leave Ye Xishui as a backup plan!

Looking back, it was like a nightmare.

He had never seen such a reckless madman. It was one thing for him to fight by risking his life, but he would even self-destruct at the slightest provocation when he was at a disadvantage.

Even after being severely injured by the explosion, the opponent was still able to regenerate through his Radiant Phoenix Martial Soul, condense his body, and continue fighting!

If he hadn't made the decisive choice to run away, he probably would have been dragged down with the other party and perished together.

Fortunately, judging from the state he saw before he left, Ye Xishui was probably dead.

It's a bit of a pity that the City of Original Sin wasn't destroyed, but being able to kill such a being can be considered a small act of revenge for Erming.

Moreover, once he recovers to some extent, he may still have a chance to avenge Erming.

One day in the divine realm is equivalent to one year in the mortal realm. Although his cultivation level has been exposed, even if the divine realm is aware of it, it will still take some time to send a deity down.

In particular, the Divine Realm Committee likes to hold a meeting to discuss everything before making any decisions, and it might take at least a year or two to come to a conclusion.

A year is enough time for him to recover from his injuries before he can set out to conquer the City of Sin.

Thinking of this, a fierce light gleamed in Niu Tian's eyes, and his mouth became increasingly ferocious.

He wanted to see if there would be another Ye Xishui who would self-destruct for the sake of the City of Original Sin!

However, the instant this thought arose, a strong premonition of death suddenly rose in his mind.

He reacted almost instantly, the cyan dragon tattoo reappearing on Niu Tian's arm, and without hesitation, he threw a punch forward.

Suddenly, a spatial fluctuation erupted in the space in front of him, and then a hand covered with ice-white dragon scales tore open a spatial rift from the void, easily blocking his fist.

Niu Tian felt as if the power he had unleashed had sunk into the sea; no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't budge that palm at all.

However, this was not the most shocking thing for him. Looking at the scales on the palm that he was so familiar with, an unprecedented sense of fear exploded in his mind, bringing a chill that almost froze his limbs and bones.

The next second, as the spatial rift gradually widened, the owner of the hand slowly revealed his figure.

With snow-white hair, silver-white dragon-shaped vertical pupils, and scales covering his entire body, he was none other than Huo Yuhao, who had recently entered the Valley of Love and Destiny.

"No, that's impossible. You should already be dead at his hands."

Seemingly unable to believe what he was seeing, Niu Tian's expression turned ferocious, and he let out a roar that sounded like he was about to collapse.

"How could you possibly still be alive after entering the Valley of Love and Destiny?!"

His response was a golden trident that suddenly appeared in Huo Yuhao's hand.

As if he had seen something terrifying, Niu Tian was terrified and immediately fell into a daze.

However, Huo Yuhao did not give him a chance to react. Although he had not refined the divine weapon, he still swung the trident with his extremely powerful strength, bringing a piercing explosion as it struck Niu Tian.

boom--!

Niu Tian let out a muffled groan, his body arching like a shrimp as he was sent flying uncontrollably, crashing through the wall behind him before slamming heavily onto the platform at the castle entrance.

Then, he suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood.

With some difficulty, Niu Tian struggled to his feet from the deep pit. He looked up and saw Huo Yuhao holding a trident, strolling leisurely out of the gap he had broken through.

"It seems I arrived just in time. If you had already been captured by the gods of the divine realm, I would have had to find a way to kill you in the divine prison."

The cold voice pierced Niu Tian's ears, causing his body to tremble involuntarily.

The relief I felt just moments before at the inefficiency of the divine realm vanished instantly, replaced by an unprecedented resentment.

He never imagined that Huo Yuhao would actually emerge alive from the Valley of Love and Destiny, just as Mu En had said.

Not only that, he even snatched the golden trident from Tang San's hand!

What the hell just happened?!

Could it be that the God of Destruction intervened? But why would they give the trident to Huo Yuhao?

Or is someone else helping him?

Recalling the scene of Huo Yuhao absorbing a large amount of faith power, a flash of inspiration struck him.

Death drew ever closer. As Huo Yuhao approached, Niu Tian seemed to suddenly understand something, a sinister smile creeping onto his lips as he sneered.

"I know, I know who's behind you!"

Realizing he had no way out, he grinned maliciously at Huo Yuhao, making no attempt to hide his malice.

"Huo Yuhao, do you think you've won by killing me? Do you think the gods of the divine realm will allow you and the will of this world to continue to exist?"

"In their eyes, all beings in the lower realms are nothing more than livestock, merely tools to provide them with the power of faith for their cultivation! What do you think their reaction would be if they knew that a piece of livestock was trying to break free of its cage?"

"Is this your last words? How incredibly boring."

"Yes, these are my last words."

Niu Tian's smile grew increasingly sinister as he uttered his final curse: "Struggle as much as you want, I'll be waiting for you in hell, waiting for the day the gods send you down!"

Just as Huo Yuhao was about to make a move, Qiu'er, who had come with him, suddenly stepped in front of him.

"I promised Wang Dong'er I would help her obtain a spirit ring, so let me do it."

"Dong'er can't absorb his soul ring yet. Remember to leave him with a breath left so I can freeze him."

"it is good."

(End of this chapter)