Douluo Continent, Huo Yuhao who returned from Sekiro

Chapter 463 A Mayfly Sees the Blue Sky (Daily 10,000 words)

Nana vaguely accepted what she was seeing, but she still felt something was wrong.

What does this mountainside teeming with undead life have to do with the Spirit Hall?!

Huo Yuhao could naturally sense some of Nana's inner emotional fluctuations. He once again condensed a ball of "warm light" in his hand and threw it towards the skeleton soldiers below who had fallen down the hillside and were trying to find their bones to put themselves back together.

The warm light hanging above their heads gave them a boost of energy, making their search for bones much faster. The necromantic flames rolling around on the pile of bones even showed a pleasant mental fluctuation after sensing the approach of the holy light.

"this?"

Nana's eyes widened in surprise once again.

"All undead life in the entire undead demiplane is of the Light attribute and is not subject to any restraint from Holy Light."

As he spoke, Huo Yuhao gave Nana a meaningful look.

Nana's expression immediately became somewhat awkward.

Oh no, she's become the only one in the entire undead demiplane who will be suppressed by the Holy Light.

"Qian Lao is currently discussing artificial martial souls and soul core condensation with Yi Lao, so he's not available for the time being. You will meet him in the future. Whether it's the Spirit Hall or the Soul Hall, there is no one in the world more rightful to succeed us."

"As for your martial soul, it is indeed possible to transform it into a martial soul with the attribute of light, but I can't do it right now. Elder Yi might have a way. If you want me to help you, I have to go to the Star Dou Forest to retrieve the Sword of Judgment first."

"Artificial Martial Soul? Soul Core Condensation? Star Dou Forest? Sword of Judgment?"

Huo Yuhao's words contained a lot of information, so much so that Nana didn't know what to ask for a moment, and could only repeat some of the key words in the sentence.

"You can help out with the artificial martial soul and soul core condensation. If the research goes smoothly, you might even be able to develop twin martial souls—but your martial soul is a ghost, somewhat similar to that Ghost Douluo from ten thousand years ago, so success isn't guaranteed."

"As for the change in martial soul attribute, I asked the imperial auspicious beast in the Star Dou Forest to help me research it. Perhaps I will gain something when I return to the academy next time."

Huo Yuhao spoke calmly, as if he were talking about something trivial, but to Nana, it was like a series of thunderclaps.

When she sparred with Huo Yuhao, her perspective was still narrow. She saw Huo Yuhao as a frog in a well looking up at the moon, only feeling that he was incredibly strong, but she did not know just how strong he was or why he was so strong.

Now that she has signed a contract with Huo Yuhao and knows a small part of Huo Yuhao's secrets, it's like a mayfly seeing the blue sky; a door to a new world is slowly opening for her.

The things Huo Yuhao was busy with would cause a major upheaval in the Soul Master world if they were outside, but to Huo Yuhao, they seemed insignificant. Even so, this seemed to be only a small part of Huo Yuhao's many secrets.

Nana still remembers what Huo Yuhao said to her before they made the contract.

[If I were to be annihilated by an unimaginably powerful enemy, you would die with me. Even so, would you be willing?]

Who could be such an incredibly powerful enemy?

three days later.

A tall, slender figure slowly walked out of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy. Her dark red hair was styled into a neat ponytail, and her black outfit concealed much of her allure in the evening light.

As she passed the academy gate, the guard on duty at the gate only glanced at her before letting her out with a smile.

Who doesn't know Nana, the current star of the academy and the de facto head of the Soul Guidance Department? It's said that she's going to represent the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy in the next Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament, based solely on her own strength. She's currently enjoying immense popularity within the academy.

Ordinary students can't freely enter and leave the academy; they need special permission from a headmaster-level teacher. But Nana was clearly an exception. She had already been granted special permission to enter and leave the academy at will.

Once outside the academy, Nana quickened her pace noticeably. After turning a few corners and looking around, she quietly slipped into a dark corner.

With a distortion of light and shadow, Huo Yuhao's figure quietly appeared, and the somewhat translucent Huo Yuhao gradually became solid.

Nana let out a long sigh and murmured, "This...this is truly amazing. Palace Master, you didn't consume too much soul power, did you?"

Huo Yuhao shook his head: "No, take the Spirit-Subduing Candy I gave you. You haven't forgotten how to use it, or the tactics I told you yesterday, have you?"

Nana immediately straightened her back: "I remember everything."

Huo Yuhao raised his hand, and a few seconds later, six or seven liches walked out of the Gate of the Dead. Their faces were covered with thick makeup to make them look barely like living people, and they were dressed in clothes, wrapped up tightly.

To make these emaciated liches look human, Nana used up almost all of her cosmetics. After this battle, Nana's makeup skills improved dramatically.

After all, not everyone can suppress their fear, put on makeup for a group of liches, and make them look like humans at first glance.

Unlike the liches who had to appear as living people, Huo Yuhao stood among the liches, completely isolating himself from any living aura, and used mimicry to simulate some of the soul fluctuations of undead creatures.

"Let's go, let's give that hideout a surprise."

Huo Yuhao's voice echoed in Nana's heart.

Nana took a deep breath, trying to calm her somewhat agitated emotions, before emerging from the dark corner and heading towards her destination.

As the capital of the Sun and Moon Empire, Mingdu was indeed vast in area. This enormous city, without walls, was just beginning to light up.

Nana walked briskly with ease, her height of over 1.8 meters giving her exceptionally long legs. Although she was just walking, her light steps still gave the feeling of lightning speed.

Even at her pace, it took her a full half hour to slow down. Looking at an inconspicuous building in the distance, she murmured to herself, "We're here. It's about 300 meters ahead, that courtyard. The building inside has a black roof."

Huo Yuhao's voice rang out, "It's alright, I've got everything covered."

Within the capital city, there are many tall buildings that cannot be seen in other countries. Thanks to the widespread use of soul tools, the Sun Moon Empire is also leading the continent in terms of architecture.

(End of this chapter)