Douluo Continent: The Spirit-Eyed Detective Huo Yuhao

But he himself wasn't much better off. The successive bad news about his son and wife made even this tough eight-ring Soul Douluo unable to remain calm.

"Ugh……"

What right did she have to tell Yueheng not to be sad? Thinking of this, all she could do was sigh repeatedly.

Suddenly, a spatial ripple appeared inside the tent, and several spatial arrays appeared.

Along with it came a strong stench and violent energy fluctuations.

"Enemy attack!" Duke White Tiger was extremely experienced; he could tell at a glance that the corpses were about to explode.

Before Dai Yueheng could react, he had already wrapped his arms around him to protect him.

In an instant, eight soul rings rose up, and the Soul Douluo's cultivation was unleashed at full power. The White Tiger Vajra Transformation and the White Tiger Protective Barrier were both used. Not only that, although it was a little slower, the defensive soul tool he carried also unfolded.

"Father!" Dai Yueheng exclaimed.

"Shut up, release your martial spirit, don't inhale the corpse energy!" Dai Hao shouted. As he finished speaking, blood was already spilling from the corner of his mouth, and his skin was torn open and covered with a layer of bluish-gray, clearly indicating that he had been poisoned.

The explosion ended quickly. The tents were shattered. When the smoke cleared, Dai Hao, still standing upright, and Dai Yueheng, with only slightly torn clothes beneath him, were visible at the center of the explosion.

"Your Grace! Your Grace!" The White Tiger Guards arrived one after another after the explosion ended.

Surprisingly, such a powerful explosion only destroyed one tent and injured only Duke White Tiger.

This was, of course, the result of Huo Yuhao's careful calculations.

If Dai Hao were the only one in the tent, he might have been able to escape with his Soul Douluo cultivation level. But with Dai Yueheng there, he would definitely stay at the center of the explosion to protect his son who couldn't escape.

Dai Yueheng, who was well protected, naturally wouldn't be injured. As for the other White Tiger Guards who were closer to the camp...

Hidden in the shadows, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm withdrew its power to control the explosion's range, allowing several White Tiger Guards who had been drugged to regain consciousness.

The explosion was under his control, and most of its power was directed at Dai Hao alone.

From beginning to end, Huo Yuhao was only targeting Dai Hao, so of course he wouldn't involve unrelated people.

But if Dai Hao, as a general of a nation, is injured, will it not affect the war with the Sun Moon Empire?

Huo Yuhao had taken this into consideration. He wanted to teach Dai Hao a lesson, but he wouldn't let the Sun Moon Empire get away with it so easily. So he not only teleported the corpse to Duke White Tiger, but also caused an explosion in the Sun Moon Empire's military camp.

In this way, both sides suffer losses, which is equivalent to no losses at all.

fair.

Afterwards, the attack on Dai Hao turned into an indiscriminate terrorist attack by crazed evil spirit masters against the Star Luo Sun Moon Kingdom. Both sides should temporarily cease their standoff and first clear out the surrounding evil spirit masters in order to find the attackers.

However, all of this was no longer relevant to Huo Yuhao. After carefully examining the Death Messenger inside and out, he left the place.

The principle behind the Corpse Explosion Technique is not difficult, and Huo Yuhao could easily understand it and replicate it using magic.

………………

On the train,

"Where did this guy go again?" Wang Dong poked the mental image Huo Yuhao had left on the seat, his finger easily passing through it.

She wasn't surprised. This wasn't the first time Huo Yuhao had left behind a mental illusion to deceive people; even she could tell it was fake now.

"Um……"

Wang Dong stared blankly at Huo Yuhao's phantom, propping his head up with one hand by the window, his eyes closed and motionless, as if he were asleep.

She then glanced around furtively, as if no one was watching her.

"If it's just an illusion, it should be fine, right..."

Wang Dong's cheeks flushed slightly. She gently moved the phantom closer to Huo Yuhao, bent over, and raised her lips to lean in.

"chirp"

"what are you doing?"

The phantom dissipated, and with a ripple in space, Huo Yuhao returned to his seat, facing Wang Dong, who was almost right next to him.

"..."

Wang Dong was internally screaming in frustration.

"I...I wanted to wake you up..."

After weakly making up a story, Wang Dong blushed deeply, turned around slightly, rested his forehead on the back of the front seat, covered his face with his hands, and tried to escape reality.

………………

Before long, the train arrived at its destination.

Star City

The capital of the Star Luo Empire, a city with a long history, is undoubtedly the largest city in the empire and the political, cultural and economic center of the Star Luo Empire. It also has the reputation of being the "imperial capital that will never fall".

"An imperial capital that will never fall? Haha, just hearing that makes me want it to fall, hahaha!" Huo Yuhao said with a wicked smile, looking at the bustling city that was bustling with activity because of the Soul Master Competition.

Chapter 105 Adventurers' Guild, Before the Tournament

"This Xingluo City doesn't seem so great," Wang Dong commented as he strolled down the street.

"You're going to get beaten up for saying that on someone else's turf," Huo Yuhao warned.

In fact, Wang Dong was right; this was the unanimous thought of everyone who came from Shrek Academy.

Although Xingluo City was influenced by Shrek City and developed to some extent, it was clear that its development was lagging behind and slow.

This led to the group of people who excitedly rushed out to play after checking into the Star Emperor Hotel arranged by the Star Luo Empire, only to soon discover that... Star Luo City was not as interesting as the Star Luo Cultural Street built by Shrek City itself.

They even have bumper cars shaped like the White Tiger of the Underworld.

"Stop complaining. Experiencing the ancient atmosphere is quite nice," Huo Yuhao said with a smile. "Besides, there are things here that you can't see in Shrek City."

Then he pointed to a building not far away.

It was a fairly large tavern, where many Soul Masters were gathered, drinking and eating, making quite a racket. Their cultivation levels varied, and they were mostly in groups of two or three, seemingly forming small teams.

"Where is this?" Wang Dong didn't understand Huo Yuhao's meaning. This place looked like an ordinary tavern.

"Adventurers' Guild," Huo Yuhao said as he walked into the tavern.

In the Star Luo Empire, "adventurer" is a legal profession. The open jobs of adventurers here include finding people and things, transporting and escorting, and hunting soul beasts. The covert jobs also include bounty assassination, robbery and treasure hunting, etc.

They're more like bounty hunters than adventurers; they're guys who'll do anything for enough gold soul coins.

Huo Yuhao registered as an adventurer at the tavern's front desk, and Wang Dong, out of curiosity, followed suit.

The two attracted frequent glances from the people in the tavern, not only because of their young age, but also because of their Shrek school uniforms.

It's quite rare to see a top student from Shrek Academy become an adventurer at such a young age.

However, despite how strange it was, no one specifically jumped out to mock or provoke him, although Huo Yuhao was quite looking forward to this classic scene of showing off and getting slapped in the face.

"This must be the quest board." After waiting for a while, Huo Yuhao took the adventurer's ID from the pretty receptionist and went to a notice board.

"These are all ordinary cases. That makes sense. Cases like murder would probably be listed in a separate secret list." As he spoke, Huo Yuhao peeled off all the cases, big and small, related to solving crimes from the list.

"Are you going to take on all these commissions?" Wang Dong asked in surprise.

"There's still some time before the competition starts, so we need to do something to pass the time," Huo Yuhao explained.

Then, under the astonished gazes of the adventurers in the tavern, Huo Yuhao made several trips back and forth in a single day to clear up all the cases in his hands.

In the evening,

"there is only one truth!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the truth came out, and Huo Yuhao resolved the last commission order in his hand.

The bounty was casually tossed aside and landed in the bag Wang Dong was carrying. Now, the bounty, piled up like a small mountain, was so heavy that Wang Dong could hardly straighten his back.

"Can't you help me carry some?" Wang Dong asked with difficulty. The scattered gold, silver, and copper coins had already filled her storage container, so she had to carry them on her back.

"This is the assistant's job, don't worry. You'll be much more relaxed once the electronic currency is developed." Huo Yuhao walked slowly back with his hands behind his back, looking quite relaxed.

"Speaking of which, won't it cause problems if you clear out all those commissions? Those adventurers rely on this for their livelihood, isn't this like stealing all their business?" Wang Dong asked.

"You could even think of that?" Huo Yuhao was quite surprised.

"What do you mean?" Wang Dong frowned, displeased.

"Haha! Don't worry, they'll get new commissions, and the pay will be even better," Huo Yuhao laughed.

The adventurers in the tavern didn't cause trouble because their business was being taken away, because after Huo Yuhao finished those miscellaneous requests, a new bounty mission caught everyone's attention...

………………

The day before the Soul Fighting Tournament

Wang Dong opened her eyes in bed; she hadn't slept well the night before.

The old bed frame creaked and groaned constantly while I slept, and the wind always howled outside the window, sounding like someone sobbing.

Mingxing Star Luo Empire arranged the most luxurious single room for them, but the room was not warm at all. The ticking of the old-fashioned wall clock was incessant, and an inexplicable sense of oppression filled the air.

"The Star Luo Empire is so awful, this is their most luxurious room?" she complained.

"Are those cracks?" Wang Dong looked at the cracks in the ceiling, thinking that he didn't seem to have seen those things yesterday.

Suddenly, those few cracks swayed and slid into the wall and disappeared.

"Insects? Are they insects?" The bizarre scene sent a chill down her spine.

"That won't do, we have a match tomorrow."

Wang Dong patted his face to clear his head, then threw off the covers and got out of bed.

"Huh? No sound?" she asked, puzzled. The bed had been making noise all night, but now it was silent.

Wang Dong bent down to look under the bed, trying to see what was going on.

"This...this isn't right..."

The moment she looked down, a chill ran through her body. She saw a pale, bodyless head under her bed, facing her with a strange smile.

Can you see it?

"what!!!"

Wang Dong woke up with a start, screaming.