Douluo Continent, Huo Yuhao who returned from Sekiro

Chapter 487 Wang Dong's Bitterness (Daily 10,000 words)

Huo Yuhao first put the pile of things on the ground into an empty storage soul tool, then carefully gathered and put away the scrap paper used for calculations on the desk, before taking out a small table, turning around and leaving the dormitory.

In no time, Huo Yuhao brought two pitchers of beer and several lunches bought from the restaurant on the sixth floor and placed them on the table.

"You've had a pretty comfortable year, haven't you? Not only is there a cafeteria in the dorm, but there's one on every floor?"

Wang Dong couldn't help but feel envious; the accommodations were incredibly appealing, especially since Huo Yuhao's dorm had a private bathroom.

No matter what, this is much better than the Shrek dorms where you have to fight for the toilet with hundreds of other people!

"Hehe, let's eat first. You probably haven't eaten lunch yet. The chefs at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy are quite good, but their ingredients aren't as fancy as ours. Still, the food tastes pretty good."

As he spoke, Huo Yuhao handed over a pair of chopsticks.

The two ate and chatted, sharing the different things they had encountered since they last saw each other a year ago. Finally, after Wang Dong finished a pitcher of beer and a blush appeared on his face, Huo Yuhao spoke up somewhat cautiously.

"Wang Dong, when you fought Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan with me before, why didn't you use the paralyzing ray? Did something happen?"

Huo Yuhao keenly sensed something was wrong with Wang Dong, but instead of asking questions rashly, he unusually pulled Wang Dong to dinner and even drank some wine with him. Only after a few rounds of drinks and several dishes did he cautiously speak up, afraid of upsetting Wang Dong.

Huo Yuhao had noticed the fleeting bitterness on Wang Dong's face early on, but he hadn't asked about it.

However, Wang Dong's reaction was even more intense than Huo Yuhao had anticipated. The chopsticks he was constantly picking up food involuntarily stopped, and tears uncontrollably streamed down his face.

Wang Dong didn't know why he would encounter such a thing. After parting ways with Huo Yuhao, he took advantage of the holiday to return to Haotian Sect and spent a month with his uncles.

However, his uncles' expressions seemed strange; they were conflicted, a mixture of not wanting Wang Dong to return but feeling relieved upon seeing him come back.

Wang Dong didn't pay attention at first, but after returning to the academy, he was shocked to find that he had lost the ability to use the soul tool once again. The feeling of genuine disgust that came with picking up the soul tool made Wang Dong feel powerless.

At that time, facing the upcoming status of an inner court student, Wang Dong did not feel a sense of accomplishment, but instead felt a strong sense of loss.

The students in the inner academy, as well as those preparing to enter the inner academy, all began training in the use of soul tools. However, he himself suddenly could no longer use a soul tool. That feeling, which was definitely not of his own volition, once again haunted Wang Dong like a nightmare.

Originally, with his already formidable strength, as well as the Dark Gold Terror Claw right palm bone and soul tool, he was practically a super expert who could suppress everything among the outer academy students.

With the soul tool in hand, Wang Dong can also transform into a terrifying humanoid artillery turret, unleashing an incredibly frightening barrage of firepower.

Setting down his soul tool and revealing his dark gold claws, Wang Dong can once again overwhelm powerful offensive soul masters of the same level, capable of both offense and defense.

He once even fought against a Soul Saint-level senior from the Inner Academy for a period of time while fully armed with soul tools, and was not defeated within twenty moves.

However, after losing the ability to use soul tools, Wang Dong could only be in the same tier as Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi and others who used soul tools, and was even slightly inferior.

It's easy to imagine how much the soul tool boosted Wang Dong's combat power, and how much of his combat power he lost.

Every time he tried to touch and use those offensive or defensive soul tools, a thought in his sea of ​​consciousness would send out waves of evil thoughts, causing him to feel disgust towards the soul tools as well.

Over the course of nearly two years, Wang Dong had tried to resist this thought.

But each time, the result was the same: he received a "stern warning."

After several attempts, he dared not try to resist anymore, and could only silently envy the other students while secretly resenting the thought.

He didn't know where this thought came from or who left it.

Da Ming and Er Ming wouldn't tell him the truth, nor would they dare to tell him the truth.

All he knew was that this will was restricting his combat power in an extremely harsh manner.

He had already proven that the combination of a powerful Soul Master and a powerful Soul Tool could lead to a dramatic increase in combat power, but this increase was right in front of him, yet he just couldn't reach it.

But what can Wang Dong do now?

This is why Wang Dong was unwilling to write to Huo Yuhao. He really didn't know how to describe what had happened to him to Huo Yuhao. But when the holiday came, the first person Wang Dong thought of was Huo Yuhao.

Even though his two fathers were both powerful experts at the Limit Douluo level, Wang Dong still subconsciously walked and stopped along the way until he arrived at the entrance of the Sun Moon Royal Academy.

"Don't cry, Wang Dong, what's wrong?"

Huo Yuhao panicked when he saw Wang Dong suddenly burst into tears. He quickly took out his towel and wiped away the tears from the corners of Wang Dong's eyes.

Wang Dong didn't speak, but simply shook his head slightly, stood up, walked to the dormitory window, and opened it.

Instantly, fresh air blew into the room from outside, dispersing much of the previously strong metallic smell.

"Yuhao, I don't know why, but I can't use my soul tool anymore. I didn't know who to turn to, so I subconsciously came to you."

"There's a voice in my head that forbids me from touching any of this. It seems to hate soul tools. If I insist on going against its wishes, I'll feel terrible, really terrible."

Wang Dong leaned against the window, took a few deep breaths, and finally stopped the trembling in his voice.

Upon hearing Wang Dong's words, Huo Yuhao realized something.

When did this start happening to you?

Huo Yuhao pulled Wang Dong's hand and sat him on the bed, indicating that Wang Dong should rest for a while before talking slowly.

"Probably, after you went away as an exchange student, I went back to the sect. I didn't notice this feeling while I was in the sect, since we don't even have soul guide lamps in our sect, we usually use candles."

"But when I returned to the academy to prepare for the assessment, I found that I could no longer use the soul tool. At most, I could only use things like the soul lamp in the dormitory."

At this point, Wang Dong clenched his fists.

(End of this chapter)