Douluo Continent: The Spirit-Eyed Detective Huo Yuhao

"This kid..."

The Soul Banner's face showed fear; that last blow had made him feel the breath of death.

He quickly ordered the remaining three beast spirits to protect him behind him.

"This isn't satisfying! This isn't satisfying! You dog, all you do is hide in the back! Come and fight me! Fight! Fight!"

In this state, Beibei lost her refined demeanor and became as ferocious as a Tyrannosaurus Rex.

"What...what are you?!"

The Soul Banner felt as if it were facing a ferocious beast, unable to muster even the slightest thought of fighting.

Beibei flicked a metal coin, and then fired the electromagnetic cannon at the beast spirits that had formed a triangle.

Under the impact of the beam of light crackling with electricity, the three beast spirits dissipated, leaving only a heavily injured soul banner on the ground that was also suffering from the backlash.

“You…kill me…that girl won’t survive either, the Blood Puppet…is ahead…that guy surnamed Huo…will die too…”

Without hesitation, Beibei delivered the final blow.

"Don't underestimate her. Xiaoya is not at your level. Junior Brother would never take you guys seriously."

Even so, Bei Bei withdrew her martial spirit and headed towards the city center.

"Yuhao's technique is really powerful..."

He is now experiencing pain and numbness all over his body, and the sensation is particularly pronounced with every step he takes.

Chapter 31 Portable Miniature Bombs and Blue Silver Grass Bandages

"Senior Brother Beibei did a great job," Huo Yuhao commented, adding that he had used the electromagnetic body-refining technique he had given him very well.

"Of course." Mu En chuckled, while giving Huo Yuhao a deep look. He knew his great-grandson's strength, of course. Although he was excellent before, he couldn't possibly be this strong now. Was it this kid's doing again...?

"The others are about to meet up, and I should get ready to go on stage too." Huo Yuhao straightened his clothes slightly.

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Eastern part of Shrek City center

"We have to hurry, Beibei is still fighting alone!" Tang Ya ran out of the rest area and headed towards the central area.

Just after rounding two bends, a bloody smell came from ahead.

"This is... the smell of blood!"

Tang Ya cautiously summoned the Blue Silver Grass. The Blue Silver Grass slowly wrapped around her body like vines, eventually covering her skin like armor and protecting her entire body.

"Damn it, I don't have time to waste here. I need to hurry up and warn everyone that an evil spirit master is attacking."

It's too late to take a longer route now, so Tang Ya quickened her pace to get through the dark, narrow passage.

"Big sister, do you want to play with Yuanyuan?" The little girl's sweet voice came, but for some reason Tang Ya felt that the voice lacked some emotion.

"How could there be a child here? Never mind, come with me!" Tang Ya said, pulling the little girl's hand as she ran.

With a ripping sound, the blue silver grass wrapped around my hand gave me a strange sensation.

Tang Ya quickly let go of her hand and took several steps back to create distance.

Looking down, I saw that the grass in my palm had been cut, almost cutting my skin.

"There was definitely something wrong. Luckily, I was on guard." Tang Ya stared at the shadows ahead, where the little girl was hiding an extremely sharp blade in her hand.

Looking again, it was no longer a little girl; it was an ugly, blood-red puppet shaped like a child.

"Another evil spirit master?" Tang Ya frowned. Although she had expected that there would be more than one evil spirit master, it was precisely because she thought of this that Bei Bei asked her to seek help. But she did not expect that they would catch up so quickly.

"It's unforgivable that she let go of this lovely child's hand. My dear daughter, go and kill her." A strange and perverse voice came from the shadows.

He did not appear in person, but instead hid in the shadows and used soul power threads to control the puppet.

"Evil Soul Masters are indeed perverted, actually calling their puppet martial souls their daughters." Tang Ya smiled contemptuously and mocked. She was never one to mince words, let alone when the person opposite her was an evil soul master whom everyone hated.

"You dare mock my relationship with my daughter?! I'll tear you to pieces right now!" The pervert pulled on the thin thread, and the blood puppet flew towards Tang Ya, making a series of eerie clicking sounds.

Tang Ya used the Ghostly Shadow Steps to dodge the puppet's pounce, pondering how to deal with this person.

"Evil Soul Masters are really easy to break through. However... a four-ring Soul Master is a whole realm higher than us, which is difficult. I, a Blue Silver Grass, don't have the ability to challenge those above my level." Tang Ya knew her situation. Apart from the life-absorbing ability that she herself dared not use, her Martial Soul was no different from that of an ordinary Blue Silver Grass.

"Hahaha! Blue Silver Grass? A piece of trash dares to swagger in front of me? Today I'll use you to refine my daughter's lubricant!" The puppeteer's voice was maniacal, full of contempt.

He never tolerated anyone interfering with his feelings for puppets, and this useless Blue Silver Grass dared to humiliate him like this, causing him to put aside his own mission and only think about cruelly torturing her.

The blood puppet was extremely fast. After failing to strike once, it immediately changed direction and pounced on Tang Ya.

"How disgusting!"

For the young girl, the bloodstained lifelike puppet was too terrifying and disgusting. Tang Ya controlled dozens of blue silver grass vines to pull the puppet doll away, preventing it from getting close.

"What should we do? We need to resolve this quickly. We need to find his true form first... but where is he hiding?"

Tang Ya looked around anxiously, but couldn't find any trace of them.

"Useless, useless, useless! The mere Blue Silver Grass can't stop my daughter at all; she can cut it off with ease."

"Give up, you won't find me. My second soul skill is completely integrated into the shadows, so the naked eye absolutely cannot find us!" The evil soul master cackled, his voice coming from nowhere.

"Where...where is it...the corner? The window? The eaves?"

Tang Ya was extremely anxious, as the blood puppet relentlessly pursued her, preventing her from thinking calmly.

"That's right, I'm not as smart as Xiaoyuhao, so why not just use the simplest method?"

With this in mind, Tang Ya stopped rushing to find the puppeteer and instead used her third soul skill, the Sand Serpent Net.

The large net woven from blue silver grass covered the flying puppet, temporarily restricting its movements.

"I already told you Blue Silver Grass is useless! This lousy net can't even hold my daughter for three seconds!" the freakish voice roared.

"I only need one second." Tang Ya instantly enveloped her entire body in Blue Silver Grass, then took out dozens of bean-sized spheres and scattered them around.

Then she activated her defensive soul tool, and a protective shield enveloped her.

With a deafening roar, flames and thick smoke erupted from the spheres, accompanied by a powerful shockwave, engulfing the entire area.

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"Xiao Yuhao, these Tang Clan hidden weapons you modified are actually usable! They're incredibly powerful!" Tang Ya was overjoyed, her eyes shining. With these, she could probably take revenge right now without any problem.

"Ah, I'm glad Teacher Xiaoya likes it." Huo Yuhao said indifferently. After studying them all, he had completely lost interest in Tang Sect's hidden weapons. "However, I still have to remind you that apart from some of the principles and manufacturing processes being useful, these traditional hidden weapons are no match for soul tools in terms of power."

"Xiao Yuhao is still so straightforward..." Tang Ya was embarrassed, but she knew in her heart that Huo Yuhao was right, otherwise she wouldn't have chosen to study soul tools and even passed the exam to become a level two soul master.

"The strongest hidden weapon in the Tang Clan is the Buddha's Wrath Tang Lotus. Although it uses a complex mechanism to add sharp metal pieces to increase its power, it is essentially just a bomb that relies on the gunpowder inside."

"In other words, as long as there is enough gunpowder or explosive, the outer shell doesn't really matter, and whether it's a concealed weapon or not doesn't matter either," Huo Yuhao said.

"Can I make it too?" Tang Ya asked, holding the Buddha's Wrath Apple in her hand.

"Haha, Teacher Xiaoya, why don't you give it a try? Science has no talent or level barriers; anyone can do it as long as they are willing to learn."

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"You'll be the first to experience the power of the miniature time bomb I made."

Tang Ya retrieved the shattered defensive soul tool. At this moment, most of the Blue Silver Grass protective layer covering her body had also fallen off, leaving her covered in dust and dirt, with some injuries to her right arm.

Even worse off was the perverted puppet evil spirit master, who had no defenses and took the brunt of the explosion with his bare body.

The surrounding houses were all blown up. As a four-ring Soul Master who didn't rely on his physical strength, he was naturally blown into the air first and then crashed down heavily, his body torn and charred black.

"The power was unexpected, but fortunately everyone nearby went to the carnival and no one else was affected. As for the damaged houses... of course the academy will compensate for them."

Tang Ya wrapped her wound with Blue Silver Grass and prepared to leave.

"Cough cough..." The puppeteer on the ground was coughing up blood, his body convulsing.

"No way, he's still alive?" Tang Ya exclaimed in surprise.

"You're bleeding! You're bleeding!" the evil spirit master exclaimed excitedly, ignoring his injuries.

"What the hell?"

"You're dead! Cough cough... My daughter loves to absorb blood essence, you're finished!"

The puppeteer summoned his martial spirit, and the blood puppet was already broken and shattered, but its lifelike eyes were flashing with bloody light, as if it wanted to drain Tang Ya's blood dry.

This ability is indeed bizarre; it even sucks up the blood scattered on the ground, replenishing its evil power.

But that's it.

It couldn't absorb even a trace of blood from Tang Ya.

"How...how is this possible?!" The puppeteer was left in disbelief as Tang Ya delivered the final blow.

"Bloodsucking? My own martial soul can do that too." Tang Ya looked at him disdainfully, her hand touching the blue silver grass bandage on her wound.

My own mutated Blue Silver Grass can absorb both blood and life force; how could I let others absorb it when it's wrapped around my wound?

The Blue Silver Grass bandage absorbs the lost blood and energy, and then replenishes it with pure life force to repair the wound.

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Not long ago,

"What? Your Blue Silver Grass can absorb life force and accelerate cultivation?" Huo Yuhao asked in surprise.

"Shh, keep your voice down. I only told you. Xiao Yuhao, you're smarter, can you help me take a look?" Tang Ya said in a panic. Now that she had the ability to take revenge, she wasn't in such a hurry anymore. She was starting to worry that her mutated martial soul might be mistaken for an evil soul master.

"What do you think? Hmm... You've already told me the advantages, let me help you see where the disadvantages are?" Huo Yuhao said with a smile.

"Huh? Benefits?" Tang Ya was full of questions. Huo Yuhao didn't seem to have any reservations at all, and even said that being able to absorb life force was a benefit.

"As long as you're careful not to absorb humans, absorbing flowers, plants, or animals to accelerate your cultivation is incredibly satisfying, isn't it? Although, as long as you arrange 'blood donation' and make blood bags that don't directly absorb from the human body, it's not impossible to absorb humans." Huo Yuhao then uttered some somewhat shocking remarks to the people of Douluo Continent.

"I...I still mind it a lot!" Tang Ya rejected Huo Yuhao's suggestion.

“There’s no need to worry about it. Absorbing nutrients from the outside world is something every plant, no, every living thing does. As long as you remove or restrain the evil that disturbs your mind, that’s a wonderful ability,” Huo Yuhao said. “Increase your knowledge and broaden your mind, and you’ll find that there aren’t so many things to be wary of.”

"This..." Tang Ya still hesitated, wondering if she would really be able to use this ability in the future.

"I'll also write a new exercise for Teacher Xiaoya. What should I call it? 'Eternal Spring of Ten Thousand Trees'? Or 'Nutritional Science of Swallowing Life and Absorbing Destiny'?"

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