Douluo Continent: The Rebirth of Huo Yuhao

Chapter 36 The Four Strongest Opponents

Generally, a Soul Master's physical strength increases significantly after absorbing a Soul Bone. Huo Yuhao was no exception. The Ice Jade Scorpion's left arm bone and the Ice Emperor's torso bone shared the same origin. Therefore, when Huo Yuhao absorbed this Soul Bone, a small amount of the energy that the Ice Emperor had sealed within him was also released through it for Huo Yuhao to absorb.

In other words, when Huo Yuhao fused with the Ice Emperor's 400,000-year-old soul bone, he was too weak to absorb it, and some of the energy that was forced to be sealed in the soul bone was also absorbed by him.

The immense energy not only further enhanced Huo Yuhao's physique but also boosted his soul power. Huo Yuhao's soul power had now reached level twenty-nine.

After his body was transformed by the Life Gold last time, his soul power broke through to level 26. Now, after absorbing part of the energy from the Ice Jade Scorpion's left arm bone and the Ice Emperor's torso bone, his soul power has once again increased by three levels.

At only twelve years old, Huo Yuhao's soul power is about to break through to the Soul Master level, making him a true genius!

The solidified soul skill Ice Explosion brought by the Ice Jade Scorpion's left arm bone was Huo Yuhao's greatest gain this time. This top-tier soul skill, coveted even by the Ice Emperor, gave Huo Yuhao, a powerful ultimate ice soul master, wings to fly.

Huo Yuhao reviewed his gains and felt very satisfied. He had taken another big step forward on the path to becoming stronger, and walked out of the room contentedly.

Huo Yuhao spent seven days in seclusion this time. The elimination rounds were also completed in two rounds, and the Sun Moon Team successfully advanced to the top four, along with Shrek Academy.

The three Shrek Academy members who were injured have all recovered and performed well in the round of 16 to 8 and the round of 8 to 4, easily eliminating their opponents and advancing, even more easily than the Sun Moon team which did not have Huo Yuhao participating.

Having witnessed Shrek Academy's true strength, the Sun and Moon team members held a heavy meeting in the conference room.

Huo Yuhao quietly entered the conference room and sat down in his seat, without breaking the heavy atmosphere. The team members' eyes lit up with joy when they saw Huo Yuhao emerge from seclusion.

The martial souls of the students at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy are not particularly outstanding. Their ability to cultivate to the Soul King realm largely relies on the aid of medicine. Soul Masters rarely rely on their martial souls in combat, so among the selected team members, apart from Ma Rulong, a Soul Emperor, the others are roughly equal in strength. Their only difference lies in their focus during combat.

With his miraculous spiritual support soul skill, Huo Yuhao unknowingly became the absolute core of the team, including the regular members. One can't help but admire Jing Hongchen's foresight. Even before fully maturing, Huo Yuhao has begun to gradually reveal his value!

Even Elder Ma, seated at the head of the table, sensed the change in the students' emotions after Huo Yuhao entered. Elder Ma was somewhat gratified by this change; if a mastermind could command the entire team on the battlefield, the role a Soul Instructor could play would be immense!

Although Ma Rulong is the captain, it is more because of his strong strength than his command ability.

Huo Yuhao made up for the biggest weakness of the Sun Moon Team!

"Alright, let's leave Shrek's situation here for today. If we meet in the finals, we can continue our discussion. The strength of Star Luo National Academy should not be underestimated, and Shrek won't get past them so easily." Elder Ma spoke, ending the heavy atmosphere in the meeting room.

Huo Yuhao realized that the tense atmosphere in the meeting room was because they had just been discussing Shrek Academy's easy advancement.

"We should now focus on our opponents. Tomorrow is the start of the semi-finals, and our opponent is the Imperial Academy from the Heavenly Soul Empire."

"Their starting lineup consists of one Soul Emperor and six Soul Kings, the same configuration as our starting lineup. They are also one of only three teams in this competition to have a Soul Emperor. All the students are members of the royal family of the Heavenly Soul Empire, and their martial souls are of extremely high quality. Without a doubt, this is the strongest opponent we have encountered since the start of the competition."

Master Ma slowly began to describe the situation of their opponent, Imperial Academy. Imperial Academy was extremely strong and one of the strongest contenders for this year's championship.

But the members of the Sun and Moon team showed no fear, for the champion must be stronger than all their opponents!

The heavy and serious atmosphere just now was merely the pent-up frustration of Shrek Academy over thousands of years. Now, with Huo Yuhao's help, these prodigies, all at least level five Soul Masters, have regained their fighting spirit. Didn't they come here specifically to defeat Shrek Academy and win the championship?

Seeing the students' high spirits, Master Ma nodded inwardly. This fearless attitude was exactly what the youthful energy was like; the students he trained were second to none!

"Seeing everyone's high morale puts my mind at ease. Your strength is second to none. As long as you maintain your determination to win, there is no opponent you cannot defeat. I don't want to see that dejected look on your faces again!" Old Ma said solemnly.

"Yes, Master Ma!" the students replied enthusiastically.

"Now that everyone has regained their confidence, I will explain in detail the strength of our opponent tomorrow and outline the specific tactics..." Seeing that the children had regained their confidence, Old Ma began to explain the specific arrangements for tomorrow's battle.

After the meeting, Xiao Hongchen was the first to approach Huo Yuhao. Huo Yuhao had been in seclusion for so many days, and the other team members had originally wanted to come over and exchange a few pleasantries, but when they saw Xiao Hongchen approaching, they exchanged a glance with Huo Yuhao and awkwardly walked away. Their relationship with Xiao Hongchen was really not good.

Huo Yuhao looked at the proud young man walking towards him and wondered to himself, "What does he want with me?"

"Go see Meng. Her injuries are almost healed. She's been talking about you the whole time you were in seclusion," Xiao Hongchen said reluctantly. Although he didn't want his sister to get too close to Huo Yuhao, there was nothing he could do. His sister had been talking about Huo Yuhao more often than he had! He could only sigh inwardly, "Girls grow up and leave home!"

"Okay, I'll go right away." Huo Yuhao was quite surprised that Meng Hongchen had told him about this, as it wasn't like his usual style. However, since Meng Hongchen wanted him to go see her, he had no reason to refuse.

Soon, Huo Yuhao arrived at Meng Hongchen's room.

"Meng, I've come to see you. Brother Xiao told me you've been talking about me a lot," Huo Yuhao said with a smile as he walked to Meng Hongchen's bedside.

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Meng Hongchen was overjoyed to see Huo Yuhao come to see her. But she quickly put on a stern face and said resentfully, "Where have you been these past few days? Why haven't you come to see me at all?"

Huo Yuhao felt a little embarrassed looking at Meng Hongchen's resentful eyes. He thought to himself, "Did I overdo it with my cultivation? I only went into seclusion for seven days, so why does Meng Hongchen look like she hasn't seen me for seven months?"

Little did they know that when a girl is injured and weak, she always hopes that someone can stay by her side. Meng Hongchen was no exception.

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(End of this chapter)