Douluo Continent, Huo Yuhao who returned from Sekiro

Chapter 129 Trinity (Ten Thousands of Days)

The saying that insight can turn stone into gold for intelligent people is indeed true.

Huo Yuhao understood this principle almost instantly.

Although the two Martial Soul Fusion Techniques that Qian Daoliu mentioned before were very powerful, he ultimately allocated the power of his Martial Soul Fusion Techniques to three aspects: destructive power, control effect, and duration.

Admittedly, the demon's mental interference ability and the ice and snow's group cooling control ability are very powerful, but how can a well-rounded Soul Master team lack restriction skills? Are control-type Soul Masters just sitting around doing nothing?

This inevitably leads to a very important concept of battle spirit, namely the scarcity of various effect spirit skills.

Is it control-type soul skills that are rarer, or is it unparalleled destructive power that is rarer?

The latter is clearly rarer in a well-equipped team.

Among the same level of Soul Skills, Ice and Snowfall and Enchantress are equally powerful, but they may not necessarily have the destructive power to eliminate an enemy defensive Soul Master in one hit. If we also consider the boost from support Soul Masters, they might even be able to withstand a hit from an offensive Soul Master.

And what about the Netherworld White Tiger?

This kind of spirit fusion skill allocates all attributes to destructive power, leaving only a little bit for duration. Its destructive power is far beyond what a spirit master of the same level can withstand. One slap, regardless of whether you are a defensive or offensive type, regardless of whether you have received the buffs of a support type spirit master, one slap will knock you down.

This can have an extremely exaggerated effect, breaking through the surface with a single point. The strongest and most resilient Soul Master in the team cannot even withstand a casual blow from the opponent, and the impact on the team's confidence is devastating.

Even if the opponent itself does not possess any control skills, as long as the opponent brings a control-type Soul Master, this Netherworld White Tiger is truly like a tiger among sheep, and the opponent will find it difficult to organize an effective counterattack.

This is exactly what Qian Daoliu had instructed Huo Yuhao before: even if Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu were allowed to release their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, they must not leave a third person present. Otherwise, the Netherworld White Tiger, with the assistance of a control-type Soul Master, would truly have wings.

Hearing Qian Daoliu's analysis, Huo Yuhao felt enlightened. This insightful explanation allowed Huo Yuhao to immediately grasp the essence of team battle spirits, such as the previously mentioned "scarcity of various soul skills in battle spirits".

Although Huo Yuhao had only vaguely touched upon this field at this time, he was not yet 12 years old and had plenty of time to gradually think about and study this field as time went by.

After analyzing the three Soul Masters he was about to face, Huo Yuhao breathed a sigh of relief. Although he hadn't yet figured out exactly how to fight Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu's Netherworld White Tiger, he already had some ideas in mind.

It was for this reason that Huo Yuhao, recalling the spirit fusion techniques Qian Daoliu had told him before, suddenly asked with some curiosity, "Elder Qian, you mentioned before that there was a three-in-one spirit fusion technique that existed ten thousand years ago. Could you tell me a little about it?"

"Trinity? Pfft."

Qian Daoliu thought for a moment, chuckled, and then slowly said, "That Martial Soul Fusion Skill was just something I used to give you as an example. It's a good skill, but unfortunately, it's wasted because it contains a complete waste."

Seeing Huo Yuhao's puzzled expression, Qian Daoliu could only sigh and say, "At that time, I had just become a level 98 Title Douluo, and I was not yet in charge of the Spirit Hall. I was only a little over 110 years old."

"It was around that time that three young people suddenly emerged in the Soul Master world: two Soul Emperors and a level 19 Soul Master. They stirred up trouble in the Soul Master world and were known as the Golden Iron Triangle. Their Trinity Martial Soul Fusion Technique shocked many people back then. Our Spirit Hall also tried to recruit them back then."

At this point, Qian Daoliu stroked his beard and said, "Unfortunately, the identities of two of the Golden Iron Triangle members are somewhat sensitive, and this Martial Soul Fusion Technique was also ruined. In the end, we determined that its value was too low, so we didn't consider it any further."

"The value is too low, how could that be?"

Huo Yuhao couldn't understand. This was a three-in-one martial soul fusion skill, so it should be stronger than a normal martial soul fusion skill. How could it only get such an evaluation?

"Because the mastermind behind this Martial Soul Fusion Skill is Yu Xiaogang."

Qian Daoliu said calmly, "Can you expect someone who isn't even a Great Soul Master to handle battles at the Soul Emperor or even Soul Saint level with ease? It's impossible. The best record of the Golden Iron Triangle is that they defeated an 81-level Soul Douluo after the other two broke through to Soul Saint and Yu Xiaogang broke through to Great Soul Master."

"Even so, the three of them were beaten into hiding for more than a month and didn't dare to show their faces in the Soul Master world. People who didn't know the situation would think that they didn't win, but lost."

Upon hearing this, Huo Yuhao frowned and pondered for a moment before saying, "Elder Qian, could it be that this Trinity Spirit Fusion Technique is weaker than a regular Spirit Fusion Technique? Even two Soul Saints working together could easily overpower a Soul Douluo, so how could it become weaker after becoming a Trinity?"

Upon hearing Huo Yuhao's words, a smile involuntarily appeared on Qian Daoliu's old face:

"That's right, that's exactly it. I think if the Flying Horn and the Attack Horn in the Golden Iron Triangle could get rid of Yu Xiaogang, this burden, and go it alone, and if the two of them could also unleash the Martial Soul Fusion Skill, they wouldn't have brought Yu Xiaogang with them to venture into the Soul Master world."

Qian Dao Liu sighed, "Two Soul Saints and one Great Soul Master, their Martial Soul Fusion Skill can only go toe-to-toe with a Soul Douluo."

"I don't know if they've ever encountered Dugu Bo, that disgrace of the title. Although Dugu Bo's poison skills are amazing, his single-target attack damage is extremely poor. But even so, I don't think that Golden Sacred Dragon can necessarily suppress Dugu Bo. What's the use of such a three-in-one martial soul fusion skill?"

Despite being a Trinity Spirit Fusion Skill, its effect resembled a degraded version. No wonder the Spirit Hall considered it worthless to recruit back then; the Trinity effect was simply too poor. To be honest, even without a Spirit Fusion Skill, two Soul Saint experts wouldn't necessarily be afraid of a Soul Douluo-level expert.

However, because they brought along Yu Xiaogang, a piece of trash who could be killed by a single gust of wind, the other two had to use the Three-in-One Martial Soul Fusion Technique with Yu Xiaogang to ensure that Yu Xiaogang wouldn't be killed by a mere finger.

The Trinity Martial Soul Fusion Technique here isn't just filler; it's genuinely useful later on. However, like Ning Ge's remote-controlled soul tool earlier, it's just a plot point left unresolved and will be filled in later.

(End of this chapter)