Douluo Continent, Huo Yuhao who returned from Sekiro

Chapter 370 Dark Phoenix (Daily 10,000 words)

Although most of the core formations in Ma Rulong's Sword of Judgment were extremely sophisticated, even those who haven't experienced it firsthand have seen it before. Just because Huo Yuhao couldn't depict those core soul-guiding formations doesn't mean he couldn't understand their effects.

There were only two core formations that Huo Yuhao couldn't understand at all. One of them was a brain-like formation connected by a round bead.

The left side of these two core formations resembles the left half of a person's brain, flowing with dazzling light power. The power inputted by the Soul Master will be connected to the left half of the core formation after passing through various core Soul Guidance Device formations, such as those with effects like sharpness, acceleration, splashing, and explosion.

Afterwards, these powers will be imbued with the attribute of light and flow into the bead-like structure that connects the two core formations. If Huo Yuhao's guess is correct, this bead is probably also something similar to a core formation.

Afterwards, this power of light, carrying various special effects, will transform into dark power through that round bead, and finally erupt.

Of course, this process can also be reversed, transforming the power of darkness into the power of light.

Why did Huo Yuhao know so clearly? Because he had seen this thing before – it was the brain of the Twin Cyclopes, whose left half was white and the right half was black.

Huo Yuhao remembered clearly that when he first met the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, the creature hunted down a twin cyclops that was over ten thousand years old, pried open its skull, and devoured it with great relish.

However, Huo Yuhao was too nervous at that time. With the Three-Eyed Golden Lion in front of him and the secret guards of the White Tiger Duke's Mansion behind him, he had no time to pay attention to these details.

But when Ma Rulong infused his soul power into the Sword of Judgment and uttered the words, "They are darkness, condemn heretics," Huo Yuhao suddenly realized and remembered everything.

Although he wasn't sure if the bead was a product of the Twin Cyclops's head, the two soul-guided core arrays looked remarkably like the Twin Cyclops's brain structure.

Since the Three-Eyed Golden Lion preferred to gnaw on the brains of soul beasts with light and fire attributes, if Huo Yuhao remembered correctly, it should have only gnawed on half of the Twin Cyclops' head, leaving the other half unattended.

The Twin Cyclops is a random evolutionary form of the Cyclops after it has broken through ten thousand years.

According to Shrek Academy's records, the Cyclops's attribute is a rare chaotic attribute, which is not clear and can change at any time.

After mutating into a twin-eyed giant, its attributes undergo a fundamental change, and even its body shrinks. This twin-eyed giant is an extremely rare combination of light and darkness.

The twin existence of light and darkness, the transformation between light and darkness—has the Sun Moon Academy's research on soul tools reached this level?

However, this was not the time to lament this, and Huo Yuhao suddenly jumped up.

"We concede defeat in this match, Elder Xuan!"

Huo Yuhao's voice suddenly rang out, leaving his teammates at a loss for what to do, while Elder Xuan was also stunned, not knowing what Huo Yuhao was doing.

"Damn it!"

Huo Yuhao suddenly activated his Flowing Water Stepping Moon technique, and the sword in his hand flew out, like specks of cold light, shooting towards Ma Rulong's wrist.

Huang Jinxu and Elder Xuan realized that Huo Yuhao had already decided that Ma Xiaotao could not withstand this attack, which was why he shouted that they were admitting defeat in this small match. However, in their eyes, this was an evenly matched duel.

How fast can a sword blade fall?

Huo Yuhao didn't have a clear idea, but he knew he absolutely couldn't catch up. The shuriken he had shot out were like specks of cold light; although they were extremely fast, they could never catch up with the blade that was about to fall.

We're going to miss it.

Huo Yuhao continued walking, but the sword blade had already fallen in an instant.

It was only at this point that Huang Jinxu and Elder Xuan noticed Ma Xiaotao's unusual behavior.

The originally crimson phoenix flames turned black in an instant, and a dark and chilling feeling spread throughout her body. Even the evil energy that had been suppressed within her surged out, condensing with the black flames, and seemed on the verge of going out of control.

Ma Rulong flipped the greatsword in his hand, and the white side burst forth with an intense incandescent light, while the golden sword light also shone brightly to its extreme in an instant. A surging aura of light instantly swept across the entire area.

"not good!"

Xuan Lao teleported from Shrek Academy's rest area to the Soul Fighting Stage like a cannonball, even faster than referee Huang Jinxu. But it was too late. Even Ma Rulong himself couldn't stop the explosive power of his sword strike.

What the others couldn't see was that behind Ma Rulong, a blood-red core magic array was flashing on his back. Dense blood flames were burning within it.

That was the power of a level seven soul tool called the Chapter of Sacrifice. It used Ma Rulong's own life force and potential as a sacrifice to instantly enhance his physical strength and soul power to support the needs of the Sword of Judgment.

Therefore, he spared no expense, even at the cost of not being able to make any progress in his cultivation for the next year and suffering a great loss of vitality, in order to unleash the Judgment Sword produced by Mingde Hall.

The only thing this Sword of Judgment cannot do is against opponents with Light or Dark Martial Souls. But Ma Xiaotao is different; she is a Fire Attribute.

If he were facing Huo Yuhao, the Sword of Judgment would be useless. Not to mention that Huo Yuhao's True Sight Martial Soul has already acquired a touch of the Seraph's divine might and is a dual-attribute Martial Soul, even if his Martial Soul is just an ordinary Light attribute, it cannot be forcibly converted.

Elder Xuan and Huang Jinxu attacked almost simultaneously, trying to stop Ma Rulong's sword from falling, but how could they possibly stop something that had already happened?

Ma Xiaotao screamed in agony as the black flames on her body began to vaporize in large swaths, and she felt as if she were being disintegrated by the power of light. The phoenix flames within her body completely dissipated, seemingly escaping from her body.

The phoenix flames turned completely black, and the evil fire within Ma Xiaotao was instantly guided by the dark power to surge forth. The phoenix flames, which had been suppressed by the extreme ice, instantly transformed into dark flames that raged and surged within her body.

Outside, an intense aura of light pressed down relentlessly, causing her own dark flames to dissipate continuously, while inside, a frenzied rampage erupted from the fusion of evil fire and darkness.

Ma Xiaotao's body was on the verge of collapse in an instant.

(End of this chapter)