Douluo Continent, Huo Yuhao who returned from Sekiro

Chapter 678 A Soul Tool (Daily 10,000 words)

Three hours had passed, and Number Ninety-Eight had completed four of his works. This was an astonishing speed; all four of his works were level five soul tools.

Given the limited time available, a level 6 Soul Master might not necessarily create a level 6 Soul Tool.

In battle, a Soul Master's primary concern is self-preservation, not attacking the enemy. Therefore, one Soul Tool is clearly insufficient for combat. Only a balanced set of multiple Soul Tools tailored to one's needs is the best option.

Three hours passed, and Huo Yuhao still hadn't raised his hand even once.

On the soul tool manufacturing table in front of him, there were already many parts that looked very complicated.

Some were core magic arrays, but most were components that even the judges couldn't understand. No one knew what he was trying to do. And so far, he hadn't even produced a single finished product.

During breaks in production, Number Ninety-Eight would occasionally look up at Huo Yuhao, his eyes filled with doubt. What on earth was this kid doing? How come he hadn't finished a single piece yet?

There's no reason for the other side to give up the match. Other gamblers might think Huo Yuhao is a shill used to rig bets on gamblers, but how could someone from the Soul Palace be a shill for the Xi Shui Alliance?

No, there must be some special way. His eyes are very focused; he doesn't look like he's giving up.

With this in mind, Number Ninety-Eight naturally paid more attention to Huo Yuhao, his gaze frequently drifting to the other side, and his own work slowed down slightly.

He soon discovered that what Huo Yuhao had made actually resembled various components of a soul tool.

To create a soul tool? Is he going to gamble with immense power?

Huo Yuhao was not affected by No. 98's gaze. This was his first attempt to use level 9 soul tool technology to make a level 6 soul tool. Although both the materials and the core formation were level 6 soul tools, the technical approach was a genuine level 9 soul tool making approach.

The various rare metals on Huo Yuhao's table were originally piled up like a small mountain, but as time went by, those rare metals were rapidly decreasing. At this time, many referees had also noticed that something was wrong.

To date, Huo Yuhao has used more than thirty core formations in the soul tool he created!

Thirty core formations—what does that even mean?

A typical level six soul tool has three to five core formations. The soul tool that Huo Yuhao is currently making requires ten times the number of core formations required by a typical level six soul tool.

What exactly is the other party doing?

Below the audience, the old man who had watched Huo Yuhao make soul tools many times, known as the King of Sun and Moon Space Storage Soul Tools, Diu Fantu, had now completely understood Huo Yuhao's production ideas and clapped his hands and laughed.

"What an amazing kid! He's so young, yet he's already mastered the design of that soul tool. Truly, heroes emerge from among the young."

At this moment, Huo Yuhao was surrounded by all sorts of core formations, while his opponent, Number Ninety-Eight, had already completed the production of his fifth soul tool and looked up at Huo Yuhao.

That red and white shell is the outer shell of the soul tool made by Hun Tiancan?

Number 98 was filled with deep doubt. How could a palm-sized red and white sphere possibly hold the core array of this entire table?

At this point, Huo Yuhao had used over two hundred jin of rare metals, and he had also manufactured various parts.

With only one incense stick's worth of time remaining, Huo Yuhao rubbed his sore eyes and finally stopped.

Number Ninety-Eight's soul tool had been completed long ago, and he was now staring intently at Huo Yuhao, wanting to see what Huo Yuhao was planning to do.

Huo Yuhao didn't react much to this, he just gently pressed the white circular button in the center of the red and white ball.

The next moment, the small red and white ball, which was originally only the size of a palm, suddenly grew to the size of a human head. At the same time, with a click, the red hemisphere opened up, revealing its hollow internal structure.

"Holy crap?"

Number Ninety-Eight swore in shock. Only then did he realize that even the small red and white sphere that he regarded as the outer shell was engraved with a dense array of core spatial storage formations inside.

The red and white sphere created by Huo Yuhao has an internal structure similar to the inside of a boiler, consisting of two semicircles, with various core formations engraved on its inner wall.

Immediately afterwards, Huo Yuhao took the various core formations and components that had been neatly arranged on the table earlier and installed them.

Its configuration can be roughly described as a ring, a vacuum chamber, a soul force field, and a soul force circulation constraint device.

Further subdivided, there are a series of components such as internal self-circulating functional units, controllers, heating drivers, jet and projectile injectors, divertors, diagnostic acquisition and processors, soul power protectors, and so on.

What the hell is this soul tool?!

Number Ninety-Eight grew increasingly frightened as he looked at it. Although it was only a level six soul tool, he was certain that this thing was not something to be faked.

Huo Yuhao's installation speed was extremely fast. Dozens of core arrays and hundreds of components were installed into the red and white spheres with perfect fit under his installation, and not a single component needed to be reworked due to precision issues.

"Referee, it's done."

Huo Yuhao slowly raised his right hand; the sand in the hourglass could only drip for a maximum of ten seconds.

The timing was perfect.

The gamblers who had bet on him finally breathed a sigh of relief and slumped into their seats.

It's finally finished.

Although I don't understand what this little ball is used for, it's probably similar to that all-terrain multi-functional combat ball in Mingde Hall.

I hope he can win!

Gambling is all about that kind of thrill and excitement.

Among them are those who gamble their entire fortune and their lives.

If Huo Yuhao really loses tonight, I wonder how many investors will lose everything and end up on the rooftop as friends.

"The match time is up. All participating Soul Masters, please stop. The three referees, please check their Soul Tools."

The emcee, Ajin, had already returned to the competition stage.

The sound barrier was retracted, and the noise immediately flooded the stage.

The three referees had been waiting for a long time, and their first target was Huo Yuhao.

Floating in the air above the golden hall, in a VIP room in the center, seven or eight people were sitting.

Sitting in the very center was a woman dressed in a black robe.

The wide robe completely covered her body, but her prominent curves still showed off her stunning figure.

A cloak covered her head, and a black veil covered her face, revealing only a pair of very strange gray-blue eyes that silently gazed outside.

The entire VIP room was quiet at this moment, and everyone was watching silently.

(End of this chapter)