Douluo Continent: The Spirit-Eyed Detective Huo Yuhao

Suddenly, just as he was about to give up and withdraw his hand, something strange happened.

The statue seemed to respond to the soul power, with energy fluctuations resembling ocean tides emanating from it.

"There's a response! There's a response!" Xiao Hongchen was overjoyed. He was indeed a destined person and had the potential to become a god.

"The successor".

A divine voice resounded directly in his mind.

"Successor, you have discovered the test left by the Sea God. Those who pass the test will be granted a divine position and the qualification to become a god. Do you wish to begin the test?"

"This is it! This is exactly what I wanted! Hahahaha!" Xiao Hongchen was extremely excited. He had spent a fortune to buy the statue, wasn't it all for this? And it appeared so easily.

"What's there to hesitate about? Let's begin! Come on, I, Xiao Hongchen, will accept any test!" Without a second thought, Xiao Hongchen accepted the challenge.

"In that case, let the Sea God's test begin."

The divine voice fell silent, and the tidal energy within the stone statue instantly spread out, enveloping the entire Star Emperor Hotel in a blue-gold light.

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Huo Yuhao's room

"Yuhao, it's so late, why aren't you resting?" Wang Dong lay on the bed, staring at the ceiling with boredom.

"Then you should get off my bed and go back to your own room first..."

Huo Yuhao sat at the table, on which lay the Judgment Sword that he had crushed earlier.

After crushing the sword, Ma Rulong retreated, and Ma Rulong took the opportunity to steal the level eight soul tool.

This soul tool is of very good quality, and it is estimated that it uses a lot of the core technology of the Sun Moon Empire. He wants to try to reverse engineer it from these parts.

"Huh? Are you implying indirectly that I'm bothering you?" Wang Dong rolled around on the bed angrily.

"I didn't turn." After Huo Yuhao finished speaking, he suddenly felt a chill, and a bad premonition surged into his heart.

He immediately became alert, but it was too late. Blue-gold light spread from outside the window, and in the next instant, they seemed to have entered another space.

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"Where am I?" Wang Dong rubbed his dizzy head.

"This is so strange..." Huo Yuhao looked warily at the blue-gold space around him, the feeling seemed familiar.

He tried using the teleportation gun, but unsurprisingly, the surrounding space was completely blocked, making teleportation impossible.

"It's definitely related to that divine consciousness from before." He immediately concluded, but still had some doubts. "I previously judged that the god must have some kind of limitation, so it couldn't openly interfere with our plane. Last time it was through Wang Dong as a medium, but now..."

Huo Yuhao's guess at the time was that Wang Dong must have some kind of relationship with that god, so the sea god could use his power on the condition that "Wang Dong is injured".

In order to meet the conditions for using power, Wang Dong will exhibit behaviors such as "illness, injury, or threat".

But now... Huo Yuhao looked at Wang Dong. She was fine, her body showed no abnormalities, and she was not in any danger.

"The conditions for him to use divine power should not exist, so what is the reason for this situation? Is there any other condition that allows power to descend and interfere in the mortal world? What could it be?" Huo Yuhao pondered.

"Inheritors, the Sea God's Trial has begun. Complete the test, and you will be qualified to become gods." The familiar voice echoed in this space.

"That's it!" Huo Yuhao exclaimed in realization. "A test? Is it because of that statue? If it's a divine inheritance, it can also be used as a condition for interfering in the mortal realm."

After all, if God is looking for an heir, he can say that it is "someone who is related to God".

"What do we do now?" Wang Dong asked worriedly, looking at Huo Yuhao who was frowning and deep in thought.

"Hahaha! Well done! If I can win once, I can win twice! Three times! Are you afraid of me?" Huo Yuhao's eyes flashed with murderous intent.

A test? Test my ass!

Although the incident happened suddenly, Huo Yuhao was certain that the Sea God who had come to test him was still just a divine consciousness, not his physical body.

"As long as it's not the real body descending, your mere divine consciousness can become my research material," Huo Yuhao sneered.

"Wow! What kind of place is this?" More voices came from not far away, and at the front were Xiao Xiao and the others from Shrek Academy.

It seems that it wasn't just the two of them; the other students and their teachers also entered this space.

"It's the boss and the class monitor! We've finally found you!" Xiao Xiao ran over excitedly. "Boss, do you know what's going on?"

"We've probably been pulled into a divine inheritance space, which is likely related to the statue at the auction. Let's make it clear beforehand: don't believe anything that guy who claims to be the sea god says; we don't know what the consequences might be," Huo Yuhao warned. "I'll get everyone out of here safely."

"Okay, boss, I trust you." Xiao Xiao smiled and gave a thumbs up. "I'll go tell them right now."

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"Truly a miracle!" Xiao Hongchen stared in awe at the blue-gold space. He also caught sight of the others not far away. "Were the others also brought here? But it doesn't matter, I, Xiao Hongchen, am the sole inheritor! And my ascension to godhood naturally needs someone to witness it."

"First challenge: Step onto the stairs and begin."

As the sea god descended, steps extended from the sky to the feet of the crowd, and a majestic figure could be vaguely seen standing at the end of the steps, identical to the statue.

Just as people were marveling at this spectacle, immense pressure suddenly fell upon them.

Those with lower cultivation levels let out a muffled groan and almost collapsed to the ground.

"This is... gravity? And it's accompanied by pressure." Elder Xuan was also pulled in. The gravity was nothing to him, but many of the students around him were already feeling quite uncomfortable.

"Elder Xuan, control everyone and prevent them from climbing the steps," Huo Yuhao said in a deep voice.

Elder Xuan nodded. He trusted Huo Yuhao's decision; there must be a reason why he said that.

Without saying a word, he immediately used his soul power to gather everyone around him. As the highest level present, level ninety-eight, even the people of the Sun Moon Empire could only obediently listen to him.

Unfortunately, there were still some who slipped through the net, namely Xiao Hongchen, who was closest to the steps and the most enthusiastic.

"Brother..." Under Elder Xuan's protection, Meng Hongchen looked worriedly at Xiao Hongchen, who was acting crazy on the steps.

He was in a state of frenzy at this moment. Even though he was already unable to straighten up due to the weight of gravity, he still climbed upwards using both his hands and feet.

"I'll get him down. Don't move him. Wang Dong, you stay here too," Huo Yuhao said.

"This is really going to cause trouble for people." He stared straight at the sea god standing at the highest point and stepped onto the stairs.

The Sea God's divine sense did not take any action against his behavior of restricting others from taking the test; it seemed that as long as he went up the steps, it didn't matter to the others.

"Just wait, I'm coming to kill you."

Chapter 114 Divine Talent

"Instead of running away, you chose to come to me? Come on... come on... Heh, a future star with great fortune, wouldn't it be a pity if you didn't use him?" The Sea God's divine sense looked at Huo Yuhao climbing the steps, not taking it seriously. After all, even now, Huo Yuhao was nothing more than an ant in the eyes of a god.

Even though he had the advantage of timing, location, and popular support last time, which resulted in the destruction of a divine consciousness, the Sea God didn't care; on the contrary, he was even happier.

The stronger Huo Yuhao is, the better. The stronger he is, the more valuable he is. As long as he gets everything back on track, Huo Yuhao will naturally become his best helper in the future, as planned.

Yes, get everything back on track.

This is also why Tang San, the Sea God, specifically intervened in Douluo Continent under the pretext of "divine test".

This wasn't the first time he'd done this; over the past ten thousand years, he had repeatedly altered the technological development of the Douluo Continent.

Of course, he believed this was to "prevent humanity from self-destructing due to overdevelopment."

They might even be secretly pleased with themselves, thinking they've done a good deed.

But when a super genius who could have come up with groundbreaking inventions fails to obtain the inspiration he could have had in his lifetime because of his "adjustment" and dies in despair, how could anyone have imagined that the power of "God" was behind all of this?

"Douluo Continent seems to be developing a bit too fast." The Sea God shook his head. "New Star, New Star, look what you've done. You've made a mess of my Douluo Continent."

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Despite the gravity, Huo Yuhao walked briskly up the 333 steps as if on flat ground.

"It's just gravity, it's not even as heavy as the gravity training room I built myself." Huo Yuhao's body had already adapted to cultivating through gravity.

With a few leaps, he had already surpassed the height that Xiao Hongchen had desperately climbed.

Immediately, Huo Yuhao lifted Xiao Hongchen, who was struggling to breathe from climbing too fast, and said, "Alright, stop causing trouble and get down."

He threw Xiao Hongchen down the steps, and Elder Xuan caught him perfectly from below.

Huo Yuhao didn't stop again and accelerated towards the top once more.

pat.

Huo Yuhao jumped onto the last step and let out a long sigh of relief. "It's been a long time, Sea God."

"Congratulations on completing the first test, Huo Yuhao. Your strength has exceeded my expectations," the Sea God praised.

"No reward?" Huo Yuhao joked.

"No."

He then slowly raised his hand. "Next is your second test, which is to fight me."

"Haha, they really don't hide their intentions at all." Huo Yuhao couldn't help but laugh, as the power emanating from the Sea God's divine consciousness had already bound his hands and feet.

"What surprised me, however, was that you actually jumped in front of me in person. Why didn't you let those powerful souls in your body come first? Is it because your strength has increased that you have the illusion that you can face me directly?" The Sea God's divine sense just stood still, but Huo Yuhao was already unable to move.

That's for sure. He's only a Soul King at level 50-something right now. No matter how strong he is, he's facing the divine sense of a true god, so he's naturally powerless to fight back.

"However, whatever tricks you use, they are meaningless in the face of absolute power. This time, you won't have the same favorable timing and location as before. This place is a special space I prepared specifically for the divine test. Even if that Beast God Di Tian wanted to force his way in, it would take him some time," the Sea God said with his divine sense, and the strength of his divine sense had also increased this time.

He planned to take this opportunity to weaken those souls and make the remnant soul from another world disappear completely.

"Then I can erase some of your memories." Although it might damage some of your soul's essence and affect your future strength, it would also make it easier to control some of them.

He was about to make a move to force Electrolux and the others out, but then he paused.

"Huh? Where are they?! Where did all those souls go?" The sea god's face, though his consciousness was hazy, showed obvious surprise.

Huo Yuhao's body was completely empty; neither Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, Electrolux, nor Ice Emperor were there.

"Idiot," Huo Yuhao mocked.

"What did you say?" the sea god roared in anger.

“I made them all leave the Sea of ​​Spirituality before we even entered this hellhole,” Huo Yuhao said. “Would you put all your eggs in one basket?”

"You dare to abandon the protection of those souls and come in alone?!" The Sea God exclaimed in astonishment.

"If you manage to capture them all, then we're truly doomed," Huo Yuhao said with a smile.

"Hmph, even so, the time they spent forcing their way in was enough for me to alter your memories." The Sea God's divine sense sneered.

"Hahaha, my cultivation is indeed inferior to yours now, but that doesn't mean I can't do anything to you." Huo Yuhao looked down on the god in front of him.