Douluo Continent, Huo Yuhao who returned from Sekiro

Chapter 1153 Devouring Golden Threads? (6K)

When the cold spring water comes into contact with the thick vines of the Blue Silver Emperor, a thick layer of white frost immediately forms on its surface.

This is due to the rapid condensation of water vapor in the air.

As the cold spring water seeps in, the inside of the blue silver leaf stem begins to freeze rapidly, and the water forms ice crystals inside the leaf, piercing the veins of the leaf itself.

Almost visibly, these thick vines have become fragile and easily broken due to the influx of cold spring water, and some of the slender vines have even started to make a cracking sound.

That's because of the cracks or even breakage caused by rapid freezing.

Huo Yuhao's choice to use the cold spring water to water the Blue Silver Emperor was not without reason; for the tree's root system, the direct impact of the cold spring water was even more fatal.

The roots of the Blue Silver Emperor are the key part for absorbing water and nutrients, and its cell tissue is rich in water.

The temperature of the cold spring water is even lower than that of the Ten Thousand Year Ice Cave, making it a genuine extreme ice spring.

Once it comes into contact with the root system, it will quickly freeze the water in the root system, forming ice crystals that expand and tear apart the internal veins of the Blue Silver Emperor, causing serious damage to the root tissue.

This damage not only blocks the normal absorption of water and nutrients, but can also lead to root rot because freezing disrupts the root system's self-protection mechanisms, making it more susceptible to decay.

In this way, the Blue Silver Emperor is like a person with festering sores and rotting scars. Even if he has a strong life force, he is still bleeding from all the wounds.

The cold spring water came so suddenly that even Ah Yin took several breaths to realize that her root system had been damaged.

To Huo Yuhao's surprise, A Yin not only did not pull her roots back, but instead brought even more roots to the spot where the cold spring water was pouring in.

For a moment, the hissing sounds and the cracking sounds of the roots breaking after being frozen solid were like popping beans.

"this?"

Huo Yuhao's eyes revealed a genuine look of astonishment—Ah Yin, is she seeking death?

Aside from this crazy idea, Huo Yuhao really couldn't figure out why Ah Yin not only didn't withdraw her own roots, but instead brought her other roots here to be drenched by the cold spring water.

No, no, no, that's impossible.

Huo Yuhao dismissed this nonsense from his mind, his expression turning serious.

Could it be that besides its powerful life recovery ability, the Blue Silver Emperor has other unknown abilities, such as adapting to extreme environments?

By gathering a large number of roots near the cold spring water to withstand the power of frost, they can evolve resistance to frostbite.

That's impossible!

No matter how Huo Yuhao thought about it, he still found this ability to be utterly inconceivable.

If the Blue Silver Emperor truly possessed such abilities, it would likely be the most powerful plant-type soul beast in the world, with even the Demon King having to serve as its dog.

But if Ah Yin's bloodline does not possess such a strange ability, why would she not only not avoid it, but instead rush to add new wounds to herself?

Before Huo Yuhao could figure out what was going on, a golden thread shot towards the cold spring water without warning, just like a thunderbolt from mid-air.

Huo Yuhao's figure shot back hundreds of meters. The next moment, the golden threads actually came out of the spatial rift from the gushing cold spring water and stabbed towards Huo Yuhao's original position!

"Hiss hiss hiss————————"

A hissing sound, ten times more intense than when the cold spring water was poured onto the vines, rang out. This illusory golden thread was actually poisonous!

Moreover, the poison contained in these golden threads is so potent that it can even corrode the air, surpassing even the Nine Deadly Poisons of the Azure Scales.

"Yuhao, watch out!"

Elder Xuan reacted a beat too slow, and the next moment, the enormous fiery red palm slammed down on the golden thread.

"Master Xuan, you mustn't!"

Huo Yuhao's reminder came too late. At the same moment Huo Yuhao shouted those words, Elder Xuan's large hand had already slapped down towards the silk thread.

"snort"

The next moment, the fiery red hand vanished instantly, and Elder Xuan's face turned extremely ugly. He groaned and tightly gripped his right hand, which was convulsing with excruciating pain, with his left hand.

Huo Yuhao appeared in a flash, already beside Elder Xuan, and led him away from the Golden Ancient Tree.

The next moment, more than a dozen illusory golden threads, seemingly cut from the same mold as the previous golden threads, shot out from the spatial rift and pierced towards Huo Yuhao and Elder Xuan.

Huo Yuhao dared not hesitate. He abruptly sealed the spatial rift, activated the Shrinking Earth to an Inch technique, and teleported with Elder Xuan again, thus avoiding the dozen or so threads that resembled venomous snakes ready to devour anyone.

The threads, having missed their target, were severed by the enclosed space and fell to the ground, twisting violently several times. Their potent toxicity even corroded the soil, producing thick smoke that dissipated completely after several breaths.

"Elder Xuan, are you alright?"

Huo Yuhao looked at Elder Xuan with great concern.

Only then did Elder Xuan slowly open his right hand, revealing a clearly visible wound the size of a grain of rice on the palm of his hand.

A mere wisp of illusory golden thread pierced right through the palm of a Limit Douluo!

With a grim expression, Elder Xuan opened his left palm as well. The contrast between the two palms immediately alerted Huo Yuhao to the unusual situation.

Apart from the tiny, rice-grain-sized wound, the flesh around Elder Xuan's palm was noticeably shriveled compared to his left palm.

Moreover, the terrifying toxins were still raging wildly at the wound on Elder Xuan's palm.

It was only because Elder Xuan's soul power was too immense that it was forcibly blocked at the wound, preventing it from flowing throughout Elder Xuan's body with his blood.

What an overbearing power of devouring!

In just a moment, it devoured a significant amount of the blood energy from Elder Xuan's palm!

Huo Yuhao glanced at the injury on Elder Xuan's palm, his gaze shifting.

"Is this... what Xiaobai mentioned before, the Devouring Golden Thread?"

Huo Yuhao suddenly remembered the information he had once obtained from Xiaobai.

According to her, when Tang San faced the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, in addition to using the Bodhi Blood, a move whose destructive power was second only to Guanyin's Tears, he also used an ability called Devouring Golden Threads.

The Devouring Golden Threads seemed to be the ability of Tang San's external soul bone. It could almost completely ignore the defenses of flesh and blood, forcibly devouring the life force of the target and converting it into pure soul power to be absorbed into the body.

"I'm getting old."

The old man's tone was filled with strong resentment and bitterness.

He never expected that his attempt to help Huo Yuhao would result in Huo Yuhao not being able to help him, but instead almost getting himself into trouble.

It was Huo Yuhao's quick reaction that saved him.

How could he possibly accept this?

"Elder Xuan, this has nothing to do with you. I suspect that this golden thread was left by Tang San, and it can ignore the protection of soul power and physical body, which is why you suffered a hidden loss without realizing it."

(End of this chapter)