Douluo Continent, Huo Yuhao who returned from Sekiro

Chapter 110 Wang Dong's Illness Relapses (Daily 10,000 words)

"Wow, someone actually passed this test back then?" Xiao Xiao said in shock after hearing the discussion among the senior students around her.

They watched Huo Yuhao intently, but Huo Yuhao's forehead was covered in sweat.

It was too difficult. Every time he saw that red flash and tried to adjust the gun to fire, the shooting path that had finally appeared had disappeared. Huo Yuhao's index finger had been on the trigger for a full ten minutes, and his finger was starting to ache.

Huo Yuhao did not fire the gun, and the others were not in a hurry either. After all, everyone had been watching for a long time, and apart from a few senior students whose soul power level was over level 50 who could occasionally react and see the red afterimage a few times, most people could not even see the remnant of the red target.

It's not that they couldn't see it at all; most people could only barely react and fire after the red targets disappeared.

Huo Yuhao finally fired. He released the trigger, and a short red beam shot out from the barrel. Did Huo Yuhao see the red target? No, but he vaguely sensed that the moment he released the trigger, a shooting path that would last only a moment would appear in front of him.

"well done."

The senior student in charge of the test looked at the numbers displayed on the instrument: "You only hit four targets, three of which were obstacle targets and one target target. Congratulations, you have completed all the reaction test prepared by Teacher Wang Yan."

Has it really been a complete breakthrough?

Huo Yuhao looked at the three obstacle targets whose faces he had blasted halfway off. If he had actively activated the soul bone skill of his external soul bone before firing, he might have been able to pass the test perfectly. However, relying solely on his own reaction ability, blasting three obstacle targets and hitting the target was already Huo Yuhao's current limit.

"According to the calculation results compiled by Teacher Wang Yan, your reaction speed has reached the average level of Soul Emperor level. Congratulations, your score on the opening test is probably unprecedented and will never be repeated."

Huo Yuhao nodded. This was just a test. He could continue to take such tests. One day, even without activating the soul skill of his soul bone, Huo Yuhao believed he would be able to pass the test perfectly.

Soon, everyone in Class One finished their tests. To Huo Yuhao's surprise, Wang Dong chose to abstain from the reaction test because he didn't want to use the Soul Guidance Ray Gun.

This didn't seem to be Wang Dong deliberately being petty, but rather a kind of inexplicable resistance. At first, Wang Dong picked up the Soul Guide Ray Gun with great enthusiasm, wanting to test his performance, but after only a few uses, a strong sense of disgust appeared on his face.

Even though Wang Dong recovered quickly, he still couldn't bring himself to pick up the gun for testing. According to Wang Dong himself, the thought of using the soul tool made him feel extremely uneasy, even though his original intention was just to test his reaction speed.

This strange situation puzzled Huo Yuhao and Wang Yan, while Teacher Li, who was in charge of treating the students, suggested a possibility.

"Could it be something like anorexia, which is common among aristocratic young ladies?"

When they first heard about this illness, Huo Yuhao and Wang Yan were both curious. Huo Yuhao, needless to say, was the type to eat whatever he could get his hands on. He would eat insects if he caught them, and scorpions if he caught them. During his time in Ashina, he could even eat raw rice as a delicious meal, so it was impossible for him to have anorexia.

Although Wang Yan's own experience was not as wild as Huo Yuhao's, he immediately understood the meaning of the disease: an aversion to eating. Even though he was hungry, he couldn't eat. This was very similar to Wang Dong wanting to use the soul tool to test his performance, but he just couldn't use the soul tool on his own.

Teacher Li, the Soul Saint of the Healing Department, stroked his beard with a puzzled look on his face: "So-called anorexia is actually mostly caused by noble ladies trying to control their figure by excessively dieting and refusing to eat, which leads to a situation where they know they should eat but can't eat."

"Although I've never seen this illness before, I've heard many colleagues mention it. But how do you treat this 'soul-averse device syndrome'?"

The discussion on Wang Dong's condition ended without result. Teacher Wang Yan then arranged a reaction test for Wang Dong that did not require a soul tool, which allowed him to obtain his reaction data. Wang Dong's reaction speed was quite excellent, with an average reaction speed of 0.21 seconds.

This result is quite good. It should be noted that among Great Soul Masters, this result is already close to the top. Many Soul Masters who have advanced to the Soul Venerable realm can barely maintain this level of reaction speed.

As for Huo Yuhao's overall reaction speed of 0.11 seconds, it is no longer something that Great Soul Masters and Soul Venerables can consider. This is a reaction speed that only the lowest Soul King can reach. Most Soul Emperors' average reaction speed is also within this range, and only a small number of Soul Emperors may be able to break into the reaction range of less than 0.1 seconds.

It can be said that reaction speed is the most difficult of the five data points that Teacher Wang Yan mentioned to improve. In the competition between Soul Masters of the same level, even if the reaction speed is 0.01 seconds faster than the opponent, it is an extremely huge improvement and can even achieve the effect of striking back after the opponent has made a move.

With a statistic like Huo Yuhao's, who left others 0.1 seconds behind, it's almost impossible for him to find an opponent in a one-on-one match at the same level.

Although this difference in reaction speed may not seem as obvious as intuitive attributes like strength or speed, if all Soul Masters were to choose an opponent, they would likely prefer to choose a Soul Master with the strength or speed of a Soul Emperor rather than one with the reaction speed of a Soul Emperor.

After all, although the former is troublesome, as long as the soul skills are properly coordinated, it is still possible to catch the opponent off guard and suffocate them directly, without giving them a chance to perform.

However, against an opponent with the reaction speed of a Soul Emperor, Soul Masters at levels 20 or 30 simply cannot launch an attack that catches them off guard.

Players with twice the reaction time of their opponents are not afraid of sudden changes in tactics. All of their opponents' attacks are slow and sluggish under the reaction speed of a Soul Emperor.

This was precisely the huge boost that the external spinal bone brought to Huo Yuhao. This soul bone did not give Huo Yuhao speed, nor did it give him immense strength or inexhaustible endurance, but it did strengthen Huo Yuhao's entire nervous system.

With such incredible reaction speed, Huo Yuhao is capable of handling opponents with ease, even if they possess immense strength, speed, or inexhaustible stamina.

"Ah, I really want to experience the soul skill that comes with that external spinal bone."

(End of this chapter)