Douluo: The Peerless Sun, Moon, and Yuhao

Chapter 214 What kind of five rings do you want?

After briefly browsing the recent news through various reports, Huo Yuhao, who had ended his retreat, finally reconnected with the world on the information level.

In addition to official reports, some personal letters were also forwarded from his "education mailbox" at the Sun and Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.

After reading through and sorting out the information related to him during this period, Huo Yuhao stepped out of the secret room and decided to go to Jing Hongchen to inform him of his situation.

As the college resumed its term and Mingde Hall resumed work, Jing Hongchen had already moved back to his familiar dean's office to handle daily work.

Jing Hongchen, who was reviewing the metal procurement project, saw Huo Yuhao knocking on the door and pushing the door open. He pushed up his glasses and carefully examined Huo Yuhao's state in front of him.

"Yuhao, your cultivation... is growing at a pretty good rate. It seems that bed is still of some use."

Huo Yuhao pulled up a chair opposite Jing Hongchen and sat down and said: "Looking back now, it seems like it was yesterday that I went to the Star Dou Forest to receive the fourth soul ring. I reached level 48 in the blink of an eye, but in fact it seems to have been less than half a year."

"Well... Indeed, it feels like you are so busy that if you don't pay attention, it's almost time to consider the fifth soul ring. When you first came to the academy, you were still three rings behind Meng and the others, but in the blink of an eye, the result You will no longer be able to tell the difference from the number of rings right away.”

Jing Hongchen poured two cups of tea from the teapot on the side, pushed one cup to Huo Yuhao, and asked: "When you reach the fifth ring, will your actual combat effectiveness be as good as the dream? Of course, I mean including you. The second martial spirit."

"Speaking of which, how advanced is Senior Meng's cultivation now?" Huo Yuhao asked after taking the teacup and taking a sip of tea.

"She is still a little short of reaching level 58. Of course, considering the gap between the Soul King and the Soul Sect, she will definitely add a soul ring later than you next time."

"That's it... Then we don't have to wait until the fifth ring. Maybe she won't be my opponent now." Huo Yuhao said with a calm face and didn't seem to be ashamed of what he said.

Jing Hongchen almost choked on his tea, calmed down and said slowly: "Okay, okay, I know you are great, but don't talk too much..."

Huo Yuhao shook his left hand at Jing Hongchen, causing Jing Hongchen to swallow back what he had not yet said.

I almost forgot, although this kid's second martial soul only has one soul ring now, he still has a soul bone with exploding soul skills and combat power... and he also stole Mingdetang's accounts!

In close combat, as long as he is touched by his left arm, it will be a serious disability at least; combined with the extreme ice immunity to toxins and the ability to suppress all non-extreme attributes at the same level, it can be said that Huo Yuhao's current configuration is simply for dreams. This was arranged by a melee poison type soul master like Hong Chen.

Fortunately, it was impossible for them to collide on the field, otherwise Huo Yuhao would have at least defeated Meng Hongchen, one of the trump cards of the Sun and Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy.

"I know you can't fight, but it's not necessary. Stop shaking your left hand, it dazzles my eyes." Jing Hongchen coughed lightly.

"Since we are only missing the last two levels, do you have any thoughts about the fifth soul ring?" Jing Hongchen asked.

"There are very few spiritual soul beasts. How about... what do you think of the Silver Moon Wolf King, a specialty of the Jingyang Mountains? Or do you have any other recommendations?" Huo Yuhao thought for a moment and threw the pot back to Jing Hongchen. .

Except for Huo Guai himself, the original work barely describes the source of the soul rings of other spiritual soul masters. The only possible sources for reference and soul skill drawing are those who have dealt with Huo Guai in the original work. .

The skill provided by the Silver Moon Wolf King to Huo Gua is mental confusion. If the hit person's mental power is less than one-third, he will immediately fall into chaos and attack everything around him crazily; if it exceeds one-third, spontaneous combustion of mental power will occur. And he fell into dizziness and his strength was greatly reduced.

Compared with some classic online game-like skills that simply stack digital increases, at least it can be regarded as a mechanical skill, and it is somewhat different from mental skills and soul impact.

Of course, given the random nature of the soul skills carried by the soul ring, Huo Yuhao is not sure whether he will still get this skill if he kills another Silver Moon Wolf King - although the skill he obtained through the Silver Ying Beast last time was lucky. It was still a rubbing, but Huo Yuhao was not sure whether he would have such luck again.

The Silver Moon Wolf King that Huo Guai encountered in the original work had Contra-level combat power. If Huo Yuhao were to challenge him in a one-on-one fight, the most feasible way he could think of would still be to activate his money power and kill him remotely with an eighth-level soul-guided cannonball—but unless it was a fight. In an encounter, there was no need for Huo Yuhao to fight alone.

"Are you... interested in the evil eye?" Jing Hongchen thought for a moment and asked.

"Evil Eye? The one who can match my current level of cultivation must be the Evil Eye Tyrant, right?" Huo Yuhao suddenly thought of the "Evil Eye Tyrant" that Jing Hongchen had provided him for use in the follow-up experiments on souls.

"Isn't it true that a creature like Evil Eye, which has its own spiritual attributes and is not weak in other abilities, is very suitable for you?" Jing Hongchen said calmly.

As a specialty soul beast of the Sun and Moon Empire, the Evil Eye generally carries other attributes in addition to its spiritual attributes. However, the higher the Evil Eye's cultivation level, the more specialized its general abilities are. For example, the Evil Eye is second on the list of ferocious beasts. The evil-eyed tyrant only has spiritual attributes.

"It seems appropriate, but I'm not sure what soul skills the Evil Eye has provided in the past."

The Demonic Forest is known as the restricted area of ​​the Sun and Moon Empire. Although it is not really as bad as a dangerous place where humans can stop, when there are other options, generally no soul master goes there to hunt souls before the eighth ring.

As for the evil-eyed tyrant who was forcibly killed by Huo Gua in the original work and was the son of the ruler... he was provided with the seventh soul ring as the true form of the martial soul. Its function was a standard "comprehensive amplification" and lacked reference value.

Jing Hongchen nodded and said: "Those who have used evil eyes as soul rings in the past are relatively rare, but they are not unheard of. I will ask someone to compile a list for you. As long as you are not a 10-year-old evil eye tyrant, There should still be a way."

"Speaking of which, I didn't see you continuing to take the soul master exam during the entire fourth ring period. In the blink of an eye... you didn't even try to break any records. I almost thought you had changed your gender."

Huo Yuhao shook his head slightly: "Before I obtained the fourth soul ring, I had already passed the fourth-level soul mentor qualification. Now...level [-]? Level [-]? Who cares, I don't need to prove anything with this method anymore. , it’s not like a ninth-level soul master.”

Due to the limitations of many factors such as experience, physical fitness to support energy, and the maintenance threshold of the magic circle, the level of a soul master generally does not exceed the number of rings; however, the soul power reserves of twin martial souls are at least half higher than those of soul masters of the same level. This common sense has no effect on Huo Yuhao.

If it is distinguished according to the conventional standard of "being able to independently manufacture and use soul guides of the corresponding level", then in the original work, before leaving school, he can show Xuan Ziwen the "eight-level for buildings and nine-level for the army" Guijianchou custom-made soul Huo Gua, who guided the cannonballs, could be considered a seventh-level soul master.

"If I follow the general Soul Master Qualification Certificate examination process, the written test will not be a problem for me. Practical practice... When I was on a business trip with Mr. Xuan this time, I made six-level sealed milk bottles under his guidance. You If you are willing, you can issue me a sixth-level soul master certificate now."

Jing Hongchen couldn't help but shook his head with a smile. He believed that making and using six-level sealed milk bottles would not be a problem for Huo Yuhao, but no matter how he thought about it, the progress was a bit unbelievable...

For a soul mentor who is supported by someone, it is a well-known convenience to rely on relatively low-difficulty soul guides to speed through at low levels, but at the sixth level, how simple and easy can it be?

Seeing that Jing Hongchen didn't seem to be very willing to admit his identity as a sixth-level soul master on the spot, Huo Yuhao shrugged, but didn't bother him, and continued:

"And it's not like I haven't done anything serious these days... On the contrary, what I've done has made a much higher contribution to humanity than making a few fifth- and sixth-level soul tools!"

Jing Hongchen nodded and said, "That's true. You finally remembered that there is a group of researchers waiting for you to lead them around to beg for food. How about it? Are you sure about the follow-up experiments on your soul?"

"I originally planned to go see them after I informed you that the retreat is over. Of course I am sure, and I also have some new ideas these days... Do you plan to go and see them?"

It is of course nonsense that he has new ideas. The improvements to the soul-related spell rituals still come from Electrolux's thinking during Huo Yuhao's retreat.

It's not that Huo Yuhao doesn't want to have the ability to self-study as soon as possible, but that the source of souls - undead magic itself has a very high threshold. According to Electrolux's estimation, Huo Yuhao will have to wait until after the fifth ring to systematically learn its essence. Huo Yuhao can only scratch the surface of his abilities now.

Seeing Huo Yuhao's confident expression, Jing Hongchen nodded in agreement: "Then let's go and see what you have gained these days."

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Mingdu, an underground research institute.

Huo Yuhao put on a white coat and mask, and followed Jing Hongchen through the evacuation passage to the living and rest area.

The researchers who had been in prison here for several months immediately recognized the familiar aura of Huo Yuhao with his hands in his pockets, and they all gathered around him with excited expressions.

"The leader who sent everyone here to jail is back!"

"Lao Da, why have you delayed it for so long? You've made everyone miserable!"

"Are you coming this time? Or can you arrange everything you need to do before disappearing?"

Huo Yuhao, who felt a little guilty in his heart, touched his face through the mask, coughed lightly and said: "Everyone understands the confidentiality regulations. Our work is the same as that of so many colleagues who are engaged in confidential research. Others can insist on it. You can't do something special here..."

The most irritable researcher immediately responded to this PUA behavior: "Others are just hiding their names, but we are restricting personal freedom. We eat, drink, and have sex in this institute. Do you call this special?"

"If you tell me, it's really special."

"Other people who restrict personal freedom should at least arrange a park. It's unheard of for our nest to be hidden from the light of day in such a big underground place." Huo Yuhao put his hands in his pockets and hummed softly: "Okay, okay, I know everyone feels aggrieved. , I feel sorry for everyone."

"But don't you all know what the nature of our research is? Among other people engaged in confidential research, who can compare with us?"

"When the souls that everyone has contributed to research are promoted, which of you will not be a veteran? Who will not have a bright future? Compared with the countless rewards, is it so difficult to suppress a little freedom and remain anonymous for a few months?"

Huo Yuhao picked up the top one from the research logs piled on the desk beside him, and continued while flipping through:

"If anyone feels aggrieved and wants to retreat in the last darkness before dawn, I won't stop him. He can do whatever he wants according to the declassification regulations. I will just find someone else to pick his peaches. There are plenty of people. I’d love to come over and do it.”

Seeing that no one really jumped out and wanted to go home, Huo Yuhao said reassuringly: "The conditions are a bit difficult, thank you for the hard work. I have read the weekly summaries written by everyone before I came here. If there is no news that requires special attention, it is good news. .”

"I have better news here. I came here today to take you through various subsequent experimental tests. If there are no accidents, the day when everyone will see the light of day again should not be far away. Well... don't worry, we will make it clear this time I won’t run out alone before the result.”

Hearing that Huo Yuhao finally gave them a clear hope of letting them go out for fun, all the researchers couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief - no matter how much they love research, living in this underground environment every day is really mentally tortured.

"Let's conduct the first experiment of this round, soul separation and inheritance... Find a volunteer who has been fused with a hundred-year-old soul and is in a normal mental state." Huo Yuhao ordered.

As a researcher went out to select a lucky volunteer and returned to report, Huo Yuhao nodded, rubbed his shoulders and started the long-lost soul experiment again.

More than two hours later.

Huo Yuhao watched as the soul that was separated as an energy body finally couldn't hold on any longer and turned into scattered light spots. He wrote down in the experiment log "Soul master cultivation level: level 44, soul original cultivation level: about 520 years. "The soul was confirmed to have disappeared after two hours and eight minutes after separation."

Separating the soul from the soul master and watching it disappear to collect experimental data may seem cruel to soul beast protectors, but its essence seems to be no different from directly killing the soul beast.

As for the soul master who was separated from the soul that he had just been with for a few months and had some feelings like family members...

"How are the volunteers doing?" Huo Yuhao turned to the researcher who was supporting the fainted volunteer and asked.

The researcher touched the volunteer's breath and said, "He is still breathing, but not dead."

Huo Yuhao nodded and recorded a few entries in the experiment diary.

The researcher dragged him to the physical examination equipment room next door and gave him a full set meal. After a while, he returned and reported: "The vital signs gradually returned to stability. After testing, the soul ring brought by the soul has disappeared, and at the same time, the Two of the spirit rings previously owned by the volunteer have also disappeared, and his spirit power level has dropped to level [-]."

"From 44 to [-]?" Huo Yuhao's expression was a little surprised, and then he whispered to himself: "The consequences of this are more serious than exploding a ring... I don't know how it compares with the cost of resurrecting a lover. Different cultivation levels can't help It’s a direct analogy.”

The researcher who only heard the first sentence greeted Huo Yuhao: "If you have nothing else to do, I will take him back to rest first."

"go Go."

To do this kind of experiment, it would be best to strip off the souls of a nine-ring soul master who has attached multiple souls one by one, but how can such an experiment meet the conditions...

I'm afraid we can only wait until there are more examples in the future before we can slowly collect records and summarize them.

Jing Hongchen, who was sitting on a chair and watching, couldn't help but raise his eyebrows under his mask.

Just now, when Huo Yuhao recited the incantation with strange syllables, using his soul power and mental power as a guide, and relying on his cultivation ability to suppress the soul master and the soul soul to separate them, he could clearly see the situation between the two.

When the soul is pulled out of the soul master's body and cut and connected, there is a visible energy that is as thick as substance between the two, but it is not clear whether it is pure soul power or the so-called "original power".

The energy connection bridge cut off by Huo Yuhao was partially pulled away by the soul. When the soul master's energy circulation supply was lost, it first quickly evaporated and disappeared in the air as part of the soul.

When the connection between the soul master and the soul was cut off, the resistance was out of instinct and could not be suppressed on his own, which made Huo Yuhao spend a lot of effort.

After a short rest, Huo Yuhao continued to give instructions to the researcher on call: "The next item is the soul inheritance experiment. Prepare to bring volunteers over."

Jing Hongchen tightened his grip on the teacup he had brought all the way from the office through the storage ring, and kept spinning it slowly and excitedly.

He had a hunch that he might be able to see the results of his investment this time!
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"Last set of experiments."

Ten days later, after completing other experiments and recording data, Huo Yuhao, who was quite nervous because he had to do all the major work himself, ordered with relief.

Seeing that the hope of being released from prison was imminent, the researchers became more cooperative during this period and their work efficiency continued to improve. Jing Hongchen subconsciously tightened the armrests of the chair.

"The evil eye with 8000 years of cultivation, and the volunteers with five rings of cultivation, are you ready?"

"Don't worry, we have already asked them to wait."

But at this time, Jing Hongchen called out to Huo Yuhao.

"If you are interested in this evil-eyed tyrant... you can keep it for yourself."

"This?" Huo Yuhao laughed and said, "The cultivation level is still a bit low. I believe I can find a better one in the future, and the attributes are a bit worse."

This is an evil-eyed tyrant with five attributes: spirit, fire, thunder, corrosion, and darkness. As we all know, five spiritual roots are basically synonymous with useless spiritual roots.

And if you use it to add a soul ring to the soul eye, what if the soul skill changes to the fire attribute...

But the ice chalcedony bed couldn't help him, and in the end he was so conflicted by his own soul skills that he blew himself up.

Jing Hongchen breathed out and nodded, admitting that he was a little careless.

But why is it so easy to defeat an evil-eyed tyrant who is over ten thousand years old!

When an evil eye suspended in the air that looked like a huge balloon with six tentacles underneath was dragged in by a frightened researcher, everyone including Huo Yuhao, who had seen the evil eye for the first time, felt a It feels like losing my mind.

"Let's begin." With Jing Hongchen behind, Huo Yuhao, somewhat relieved, walked to his seat and ordered.

Although the evil eye seems to have no good intentions at all, and is coy when it needs to cooperate, it still cannot avoid Huo Yuhao's coercion by relying on the soul contract and mental power to suppress it. The results of the subsequent physical examinations of the soul master are generally not bad. In line with expectations.

Huo Yuhao found a chair and sat down, panting heavily and wiping the sweat on his head with a towel.

"Yuhao, how do you feel? I've never seen you work so hard before." Jing Hongchen walked to Huo Yuhao and asked.

Huo Yuhao sighed: "It's not like this Evil Eye Tyrant has only a few years to live, and his willingness to cooperate is not very high. However, Evil Eye is a soul beast that is good at mental power, and his cultivation level is not low. Naturally, it is no better than those hundred-year-old and thousand-year-old spirit beasts that I can suppress at will."

"Oh? Yuhao, you mean that even if the soul beast is not completely voluntary, it will not affect the creation of the soul?"

Huo Yuhao nodded hesitantly: "I guess it is almost impossible to find a completely voluntary soul beast, so at this time, it is necessary for a soul master like me who is responsible for creating and guiding the conclusion of the contract to use mental power to suppress the soul beast's will to resist."

"If the spirit beast's willingness to cooperate is higher, the need for mental power will naturally be less. But if you want to force a contract... then you may need to have mental power to suppress the soul beast at the level of two levels. For reasons To be safe, it must be at least one level higher than the soul beast's mental power level."

"In other words, if souls are popularized in the future, there may be a lot of demand for spiritual soul masters."

Jing Hongchen chuckled and said: "It's good to have your words. Since the soul seems to be usable and meets the indicators you originally expected... That's just right. Why don't I introduce you to someone who just needs a soul ring?" By the time, even the soul beasts have been prepared for you, how about giving you another chance to do soul experiments for free?"

This...result has just left the laboratory, are you so eager to jump in line?
"Who...do I know? Just in need of a soul ring? Sister Gu Yi? Or someone else?"

(End of this chapter)