When Huo Yuhao arrived at the shore of Sea God Lake in a hurry, he could see from a great distance a fiery red, beautiful figure who had been waiting there for a long time.
"Sister Xiaotao, it's been a few months. Let your junior brother see if you've lost any weight. Let me give your body an inspection—" Huo Yuhao pounced over with a cheeky grin. Knowing a certain person's habits well, Ma Xiaotao rewarded him with a whip kick.
"Huo Yuhao, be serious!" Ma Xiaotao stood with her hands on her hips, chiding him with shame and annoyance. The number of people pursuing her in the inner court was countless, but she had never seen someone as shameless as Huo Yuhao.
"Alright, alright. Senior Sister's long legs are really something, hehe," Huo Yuhao said, tumbling to the ground. Ma Xiaotao's kick naturally couldn't hurt him, so he continued to tease her.
Not wanting to bother with this fellow whose skin was thicker than a city wall's corner, Ma Xiaotao slowly took out a silver-white bone from her storage soul tool. "This is the spatial-attribute soul bone you wanted. I had to go through a lot of trouble to get it from the collection of the Sea God Pavilion's Master."
"The Sea God Pavilion's Master?" Hearing this, Huo Yuhao's eyes couldn't help but narrow slightly. With Ma Xiaotao's personality, it would be all too easy for the academy's elders to get information out of her. Moreover, it was very likely that the Dragon God Douluo, Mu En, had already been paying attention to him from the beginning. To come to Shrek Academy alone, bearing the identity of the Holy Son of the Holy Ghost Cult—it was impossible not to feel a bit of lingering fear. Even if he, Huo Yuhao, was not an evil soul master, it couldn't change the fact that he was the Holy Son of evil soul masters.
The reason Mu En hadn't made a move on him yet was probably because he was testing his character and moral fiber. After all, the old man was in his twilight years. If he could pull a prodigy with such outstanding talent as Huo Yuhao to the academy's side, he could at the very least support Shrek for several hundred years.
This was why Huo Yuhao had been putting on the image of a playboy in the academy, flirting everywhere, acting cheerful and idle all day, yet passing through a thousand flowers without a single leaf clinging to him, making it impossible for people to figure out his intentions.
"This is a leg bone of a Spacetime Dragon. Its age should be around fifty thousand years. In order to get this soul bone from the Pavilion Master, I had to go out and perform missions for several months!" Ma Xiaotao sounded quite aggrieved as she spoke. Just for a brand, she had to spend a long time fighting everywhere just to exchange her earned contribution points for this soul bone.
Huo Yuhao was amused by Ma Xiaotao's girlish nature. Although he had obtained this benefit from her through half-blackmail and half-extortion, if he encountered an opportunity belonging to Ma Xiaotao in the future, he would just gift it to her then.
The Spacetime Dragon leg bone was undoubtedly one of the best spatial-attribute soul bones. Don't look down on it just because it was only around fifty thousand years old. Just by absorbing it, not only could it provide a huge boost to one's own spatial-attribute soul skills, but one could also obtain a godly skill like teleportation or displacement, as well as a dragon-type bloodline to strengthen one's physique.
After all, the Spacetime Dragon lineage originated from one of the nine great Dragon Kings under the Dragon God's seat, the Spatial Dragon King.
Huo Yuhao took the soul bone, sat down cross-legged, and examined it carefully. His consciousness, however, delved into his spiritual sea. Looking at Bibi Dong on the divine throne, he hurriedly asked, "Is this soul bone okay?"
Bibi Dong was still as beautiful as ever. Time could not leave any trace on a wisp of divine sense. Compared to when they first met, her spirit body had already solidified a lot. Bibi Dong's existence was also the source of Huo Yuhao's confidence to come to Shrek alone.
"There's no problem. Those people from Shrek wouldn't go so far as to fake a soul bone," although Bibi Dong said this, she still used her divine power to thoroughly investigate this soul bone before letting Huo Yuhao accept it with confidence.
"Thank you, Your Majesty. I can finally obtain my third soul skill," Huo Yuhao was so happy he was about to jump up. Three months, a full three months, he had been continuously compressing his soul power. If there were researchers of soul power compression density, the current Huo Yuhao's soul power compression density could completely reach the concept of nine.
Nine is the limit of numbers. It could be said that below three rings, Huo Yuhao could achieve the concept of being invincible. Literally. No matter what martial soul's Soul Grandmaster he faced, unless the opponent's soul power compression density was not far from his, he would have no opponent.
"Sister Xiaotao, please help guard me!" How could Huo Yuhao wait any longer? He wrapped the Spacetime Dragon soul bone with his soul power, letting it float in front of his chest. He immediately observed his nose with his eyes and his nose with his heart, entering a meditative state.
For this moment, he had truly waited too long. He had raised his physical body and mental state to the extreme, so to absorb this soul ring, besides this spatial-attribute soul bone, he didn't need to prepare anything else.
"This kid really knows how to order people around!" Ma Xiaotao stomped her foot angrily, but there was nothing she could do about him. "You could at least fulfill your promise and remove that brand for me before you start absorbing the soul bone!"
Soon, Ma Xiaotao thought of a problem. This kid is clearly just a two-ring Soul Grandmaster. How can he directly absorb a ten-thousand-year soul bone? Isn't he afraid of being blown up? If you die, kid, who's going to remove the Holy Ghost Cult's brand for me?
Just as Ma Xiaotao was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, she couldn't have imagined that Huo Yuhao would dare to directly absorb a ten-thousand-year soul bone, skipping ranks. However, soon Ma Xiaotao had a look of confusion. Huo Yuhao's posture did not look like he was absorbing a soul bone. The way the soul power flowed in his meridians was instead like the path it took when absorbing a soul ring.
Using the method of absorbing a soul ring to absorb a soul bone? No, no, this kid must be up to something strange!
Before Ma Xiaotao could react, Huo Yuhao's own two white soul rings rose from beneath him. When meditating and cultivating, Huo Yuhao would not use his simulation soul skill to hide the color and characteristics of his soul rings.
White, a ten-year soul ring? No, it doesn't look like a ten-year soul ring.
Ma Xiaotao was not one of those soul masters with no discerning eye. She could see at a glance that these two white soul rings of Huo Yuhao's were extraordinary. That lustrous, jade-like substantiality was not something a normal ten-year soul ring should have. And what was with those faint golden patterns?
In history, the only time an out-of-the-ordinary soul ring color had appeared was that one time, yet it had been sung about for ten thousand years. If these two white soul rings of Huo Yuhao's were of a million-year existence, that would be simply too terrifying.
Just as Ma Xiaotao was muttering about the strangeness of Huo Yuhao's soul rings, the Spacetime Dragon soul bone suddenly disappeared like a bubble. In its place, another white soul ring of the same color and with the same golden patterns rose from beneath him.
Another one!
Ma Xiaotao opened her mouth, seeming to want to say something, but saw that Huo Yuhao had already finished his meditation and was looking at her with a smile.
"Thank you, Sister Xiaotao, for guarding me. For this kindness and affection, Yuhao will surely offer his body in return!"
"Who wants you to offer your body?" Ma Xiaotao was exasperated. Why was this kid always so glib? "Hurry up and remove the spiritual brand you planted on me!"
"That's a given. I'll remove it for you right now!" Huo Yuhao laughed loudly. He moved closer to Ma Xiaotao, and in her confused expression, slowly stretched out a finger, pretending to condense his soul power.
"Sister Xiaotao, close your eyes, lower your head, and calm your mind!"
Hearing this, Ma Xiaotao subconsciously closed her beautiful eyes, and her consciousness also sank into her sea of consciousness. To an outsider, it looked as if Huo Yuhao had moved closer to her, and then Ma Xiaotao had slightly closed her eyes, with a look of letting him pick her as he pleased.
Ma Xiaotao, my apologies! Huo Yuhao's old face stiffened. The hand that was condensing soul power spread open, grabbed Ma Xiaotao's snow-white chin, and on his tiptoes, he moved towards her red lips.
Being suddenly grabbed by the chin by Huo Yuhao, Ma Xiaotao hadn't even reacted before she saw the face so close to her. A strange feeling instantly spread throughout her body.
Ma Xiaotao was Ma Xiaotao, after all. The moment she reacted, she was instantly furious. With a raise of her leg, it was a son-and-heir-destroying kick. If this kick had landed squarely, Zhongli Yu, far away in the Holy Spirit Hall, would probably have to be a widow for life.
"Sister Xiaotao, the brand has been removed," Huo Yuhao chuckled, letting the kick fly towards him. How could the furious Ma Xiaotao give him a chance to explain? Just as the round long leg was about to hit Huo Yuhao's lower body, it strangely passed through his body.
What's the situation? Ma Xiaotao's face showed a look of shock. At that distance, even if Huo Yuhao were an agility-attack type Battle Soul King, it would be impossible to dodge.
It was as if Huo Yuhao had been standing in the same spot all along and had never left. Ma Xiaotao didn't believe it and once again threw a punch straight at his face.
Ma Xiaotao's fist, with great force, brought her delicate body through Huo Yuhao's body again. Her face finally turned ugly. How is this possible?
She knew that Huo Yuhao had a soul skill that simulated the surrounding environment, but his actual position definitely hadn't changed. She had attacked him from such a close distance!
"Sister Xiaotao, the brand has been removed. If you can catch me, I'll let you hehehe..."
Huo Yuhao's mouth was so infuriating it was a wonder it didn't kill people. While taunting her, he even playfully wiggled his round parts.
"Lecher, take this!" Ma Xiaotao couldn't care about anything anymore. Exasperated, she directly used her sixth soul skill at Huo Yuhao's position: Phoenix Meteor Shower.
As Ma Xiaotao's strongest group attack soul skill, with the amplification of the ultimate fire attribute, the power of this move was no longer the same version as before, and its range was a full twice as large.
Huo Yuhao stood on the spot, showing no intention of dodging. For him, he had finally gotten his hands on this crucial life-saving soul skill. Now was the time to test it on someone.
One by one, meteorites burning with ultimate fire crashed down, yet they all passed through Huo Yuhao's body and smashed into the marble-paved ground of the lakeside, blasting out pits full of lava.
"How is this possible?" Ma Xiaotao was on the verge of doubting her life, completely numb on the spot. This ability, she had never seen it, nor had she ever heard of it!
"Farewell, Sister Xiaotao. I still have things to do, so I won't play with you anymore."
Huo Yuhao slowly walked to Ma Xiaotao's side. Seeing that she wasn't moving, he couldn't help but give her another light peck on the lips. Then, his entire figure twisted, centered on his eyes, and finally disappeared without a trace.