Volume 33, Chapter 450: Death Gods Rubbing Shoulders (1/2)
The White Tiger Duke would have suspected him a long time ago if not for the fact that he was still young. That was the reason why his thoughts were a little different when he was escorting Huo Yuhao into the air. From the White Tiger Duke’s perspective, Huo Yuhao was likely to be a disciple of the person who had saved him. Perhap, the person who had saved him came from Shrek Academy.
Waiting was a kind of torture. Xu Sanshi and the others had already been waiting for a long time. There was a dark door not far from them – Huo Yuhao had told them that if they didn’t hear his call within two hours, then they had to charge out from this door.
Almost an hour had passed, but they still hadn’t received any news at all.
“Sanshi, do you think Yuhao is in trouble? Why do I feel like something is not right with this place of his?” Jiang Nannan whispered to Xu Sanshi, who was beside her.
Xu Sanshi was momentarily stunned. “What’s wrong? Since Yuhao has allowed us to participate in this operation, there shouldn’t be a problem. Look – we have more than ten Titled Douluo with us, and we have to rely on their strength to complete our mission! Yuhao can’t have lied to us.”
Jiang Nannan forced a laugh and said, “The reason I think something is wrong is because of these Titled Douluo! Think about it – what will happen if this operation fails? Won’t everyone be completely stuck in this place without his call? That can’t be the case, because he’s left this dark door for us. But where does this door lead? If his mission has failed, he can’t possibly let these Titled Douluo rush out into our enemies’ cannon fire. I’m afraid that this door leads us directly back into our camp!”
Xu Sanshi was rendered speechless for a while as he listened to Jiang Nannan’s words. His facial expression gradually turned black after a few moments as he snapped around at Jiang Nannan and growled, “Why didn’t you say this earlier?”
Jiang Nannan looked very aggrieved. “It only just came to me. It seems like Yuhao isn’t confident at all! We have all been tricked. No wonder I felt as if something wasn’t right when he agreed so readily. What should we do now?”
Xu Sanshi rubbed his fists and said, “We have to wait – that’s the only thing we can do. If this door leads back to our camp, then walking out now will mean we no longer have an opportunity to help him. We can only pray that his mission is a success. That little rascal is putting himself in danger once again.”
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Inside the commander’s tent of the Star Luo Empire’s Northwestern Field Army.
There were several dozen soul masters standing quietly inside the commander’s tent. The White Tiger Duke was sitting in the main commander’s seat, and Princess Jiujiu was sitting beside him.
They were all waiting quietly for news to arrive.
There was a dark door conjured not far from the White Tiger Duke. Huo Yuhao had left this behind before he left. He told the White Tiger Duke that even if his mission wasn’t successful, he wouldn’t incur any losses for the army at all, and going through with their conservative plan was enough.
The White Tiger Duke was clear that Huo Yuhao no longer cared about his safety when he said those words, and when those Titled Douluo walked out from this door, it would mean that Huo Yuhao had paid with his life in this operation.
The soul master legions would complete the rest of their offensive, and all eight soul master legions were ready. All they were waiting for was the signal from the frontlines.
Xu Jiujiu tried her best to remain calm, and she sat beside the White Tiger Duke in silence. However, everyone could feel the stifling pressure in the atmosphere.
The White Tiger Duke and Princess Jiujiu undoubtedly felt the greatest pressure, because they were the only ones who knew about the news that came from the Heavenly Soul Empire. If their mission was unsuccessful, then the Star Luo Empire would be pushed into a completely passive position.
All they could do was pray for Huo Yuhao.
Dai Yueheng and Dai Luoli were both standing behind the White Tiger Duke. Dai Yueheng’s eyebrows were slightly furrowed, as if he were thinking about something, while Dai Luoli’s eyes were flickering faintly.
The White Tiger Duke and Princess Jiujiu knew about the secret news that came from the Heavenly Soul Empire, and he knew yet another secret – he knew the secret of Huo Yuhao’s identity. Huo Yuhao had gone to look for him this morning.
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“How are things, Luoli? How has your cultivation been recently?”
“Why are you here, brother? Are you here to give me some pointers?” Dai Luoli stared at Huo Yuhao, who had lifted his tent’s curtain and was walking in, and he couldn’t help but greet him excitedly.
Huo Yuhao shook his head with a faint smile on his face and said, “Eh? You want to be beaten up again?”
Dai Luoli blushed and said, “Being beaten up isn’t a bad thing, actually. My improvements were the fastest when you were beating me up. Brother, you have to promise me to get me one of those Spirits. We can do that once this war is over. Even though I have been bottlenecked at Rank 40 because I lack an extra soul ring, I can feel that I have been improving very quickly recently.”
Huo Yuhao chuckled and said, “That’s good. Don’t worry, Spirits won’t be a problem as long as you’re willing to put in effort. Right, I came here to find you because there’s something I have to tell you.”
“What?” Dai Luoli asked curiously.
Huo Yuhao said plainly, “I am going on a mission tonight, and I may not return. I haven’t decided yet – if I don’t return, then you can tell him about my secrets.”
“Eh? What mission are you going to execute? Will it be dangerous? Who and what do you want me to tell?”
Huo Yuhao walked in front of Dai Luoli and rubbed his head gently. “It’s not dangerous. What I meant was that you can tell your father about my identity.”
Dai Luoli trembled. “You’ve figured it out?”
Huo Yuhao smiled and said, “If I don’t return, it means I’ve figured it out. I just don’t want to face him.”
“But if you leave, then when will we meet again?” Dai Luoli said hurriedly.
Huo Yuhao was momentarily stunned. “We’ll meet again if fate allows it.”
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Dai Luoli was thinking about every word that Huo Yuhao had said to him, and he could feel his heart slowly tensing up.
Is the mission really not dangerous? If the mission isn’t dangerous, then why would my father wait here with such a formidable force? Neither he nor Dai Yueheng knew what kind of order their father would give next, but Dai Luoli could guess that everything that was happening had something to do with Huo Yuhao.
You can’t let anything happen to you, brother!
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Everything around him was dark red, and a strange force surged into Huo Yuhao’s body from all directions. He felt, in that moment, as if there were countless avenging spirits that were about to tear his body apart, and were about to swallow his spirit.
He couldn’t feel anything else around him except for all the dark red colors. Yes, this was the Death God’s power – even though this wasn’t its complete version, this power seemed enough to deal with him.
Huo Yuhao could almost feel that his body was being torn apart by this sinister and terrifying strength, and his life energy was swiftly seeping away as his spiritual sea gradually crumbled.
Am I going to die?
Countless images surfaced in Huo Yuhao’s mind at this moment.
His mother’s gentle eyes, and her yearning gaze before her death.
Dong’er’s arrogant demeanor when she was dressed in men’s clothes, and how tender she was afterwards.
Father, father – yes, and my father.
I don’t know if my death will make him sad. He set his own son on a path of death with his own hands, and perhaps this is the best vengeance that he deserves. If he doesn’t care…
Huo Yuhao clenched his fists tightly, and the tiger’s tooth pierced into his palm. However, he regretted nothing in this moment.
Is everything going to end just like this? Mother, I’m coming to find you.
Suddenly, an icy-cold aura rose up. Huo Yuhao had already lost all hope when he felt an incredibly strong power burst forth from his body and forcefully chase away all the avenging spirits that had invaded his body.
That clean and cool feeling appeared first in his chest before it stretched over his torso, as wave of flourishing life energy took this opportunity to spurt from his body – that was the power of the Life Guardian Blade.
Scales that were as black as night swiftly covered his entire body. The dark red light had long disappeared, but Huo Yuhao hadn’t been reduced to flying dust – instead, he was plummeting down right at a mountain peak not far away.
His Solo Battle Armor had been melted away into nothingness, and all he had left at this moment was armor of black scales. Fortunately, he didn’t bring out his Starlight Sapphire ring. This was actually the thought that had occurred to him despite his circumstances.
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The Great Star Dou Forest’s Lake of Life.
The clear and transparent lake water suddenly turned black, and an indignant dragon roar could be heard in the next moment.
An enormous dragon head that was several tens of meters in diameter emerged from the lake’s surface. The dragon head was as black as ink, but its eyes were bright gold.
Except, there were faint traces of blood amidst all that golden radiance.
“Roar –” The dragon’s maw opened as a dark-red sphere erupted from within it.
After this dark red sphere emerged, countless images of avenging spirits appeared in the sky as the sphere dissipated, and these avenging spirits howled in agony as the sphere vanished.
The dragon’s golden eyes became clear once more after it expelled this dark red air sphere.
“So powerful! So brutal. Is this a weapon humans created with avenging spirits?”
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“Bam—” Huo Yuhao’s body crashed into the side of the mountain. At this moment, he seemed like he was part of the mountain, because his entire body was covered in black dragon scales.
He didn’t hesitate at all as he activated Spiritual Interference Domain once more. He turned to look in Tang Wutong’s direction at the same time.
Huo Yuhao instantly saw, to his surprise, that an intense layer of golden light had appeared around Tang Wutong, and was pushing her body forward toward the mountainside at lightning speed. She was as fast as a shooting star. More strangely, the layer of golden light that was protecting her repelled all the soul cannon shells and soul rays that were flying toward her – and those things didn’t detonate at all.
What kind of power is that? It’s so powerful!
A soul master that was erupting with speed at all full strength could cover several hundred meters in the blink of an eye.
Tang Wutong charged into the mountainside as well.
Huo Yuhao immediately connected to her through Spiritual Detection. They didn’t pause at all, but turned around and bolted toward a blind spot where the Death God couldn’t attack them directly. All the soul tools on the main peak stopped firing at the moment they reached the mountain, and they could no longer threaten them in any way. However, several hundred soul engineers were already racing toward the main peak, and were coming closer and closer.
“You’re still alive?” Tang Wutong grabbed his shoulder excitedly as she saw Huo Yuhao. Even though the power of darkness emanating from the black dragon scales made her feel uncomfortable, she couldn’t be bothered with all that at this moment.
Huo Yuhao cursed, laughed, and said, “Why are you cursing me to die?”
Tang Wutong panted furiously for a few moments. “Nobody’s cursing you. How did you do that? That power…”
“Let’s talk about that later. Let’s continue with our mission,” Huo Yuhao grabbed her hand. The black scales on his body were starting to disappear, but he couldn’t be bothered with putting on any clothes as he pulled Tang Wutong right toward the place on the main peak that was caved inward. He began to murmur some incantations at the same time.
Dense spiritual undulations emerged from his body and circled around him.
Tang Wutong felt entirely different when he held her hand this time. Huo Yuhao’s hand was very warm, and was very strong. She felt very safe and secure, even though they were in such a dangerous place.
The scene of what had just happened had been deeply imprinted into her mind, even though she didn’t know how Huo Yuhao had managed to stay alive. The armor on his body was gone, and he seemed like nothing had happened to him, but she clearly felt that he had lost all life at that moment.
He didn’t hesitate to save me!
The image of Huo Yuhao being enveloped in all the dark red light replayed over and over in her mind.
The assault from the Sun Moon Empire’s soul engineers arrived from a distance right at this moment, and everything came sweeping down. Oscillation detectors surrounded them from all positions at the same time.
They were like turtles in a jar for the Sun Moon Empire.
This soul master who had penetrated their defenses time and time again had given them too much trouble, and dealt far too heavy losses to them. He had even baited Wang Yiheng out and killed him. That was incredibly humiliating for the Sun Moon Empire, and they didn’t believe that this soul master could escape from his current circumstances.
Huo Yuhao stood still in a depression in the mountain and unleashed his Life Reflecting Shield. He protected both himself and Tang Wutong within it, and his incantations became increasingly rushed.
Huo Yuhao had to stabilize himself to complete the spell so that he could summon his spectral demiplane. Tang Wutong took the initiative and stood in front of him to protect him as she released purple dragon-shaped light again and again, while her fifth soul ring glowed. She deflected the incoming attacks along with Huo Yuhao’s Life Reflecting Shield.
This was her fifth soul skill – Dragon God’s Howl.
This soul skill wasn’t as powerful as her sixth soul skill, Deadly Dragon God Dance, but this soul skill could be used continuously.
Huo Yuhao finally completed his spell as a flashing door suddenly appeared beside him. Just as Huo Yuhao was preparing to summon his companions from inside the spectral demiplane, Tang Wutong suddenly called out, “Hey, wait.”
“What?” Huo Yuhao asked confusedly.
Tang Wutong didn’t look at him, and her eyes had been elsewhere this entire time. However, Huo Yuhao could see from her profile that her pretty face and neck were tainted with faint red hues.
“Put on some clothes,” Tang Wutong’s voice was very soft, but it rang loud and clear in Huo Yuhao’s ears.
“Uh…” Huo Yuhao glanced downward, and realized that all the black scales protecting him had disappeared – then, there wasn’t much else. That was called clean.