Peerless: I Became Huo Yuhao's Dark Personality

Chapter 60 Soul Devouring Knife, Electrolux (Three in One)
After Huang Ren left the field, Li Yan killed two members of Baikong Advanced Soul Master Academy in a row. Although they were both Soul Kings, the gap between them was obvious.

Of course, soul guides are also a big factor. Li Yan's soul guides are obviously high-end products. The Sun-Moon Empire has always been at the forefront of the development of soul guides, and this is by no means a false reputation.

The Sun and Moon Royal Soul Master Academy only sent two people to defeat the remaining four regular members of the Baikong Advanced Soul Master Academy, and the duel came to an end.

Mingdou Mountains, Xingluo Military Camp.

The Mingdou Mountains, as the boundary between the Sun-Moon Empire and the Xingluo Empire, is an important pass. The Dai family, as the generals who have defended the country for generations, is undoubtedly the guardian of this pass.

At first glance, there are countless buildings such as military tents and barracks, but each building is engraved with a lifelike white tiger pattern, which is really confusing.

You must know that the current royal family of Xingluo is the Xu family, and the symbol of the Xu family is undoubtedly the famous Star Crown Martial Spirit.

More than four thousand years ago, the Sun-Moon Continent collided with the Douluo Continent, and war broke out between the Sun-Moon Empire and the three Douluo empires. The first to bear the brunt was the neighboring Star Luo Empire. Due to its geographical location, the Star Luo Empire bore more than 60% of the military pressure.

The White Tiger lineage suffered heavy losses and was nearly extinct. Thanks to the Xingguan Sect who came out and led the Xingluo army in a bloody battle, the situation was barely stopped and the Xingluo Empire was saved. After this battle, the Xingluo Empire also established its position as the boss among the Three Douluo Kingdoms with its absolute strength.

The White Tiger lineage also officially withdrew from the royal family due to the decline of talent. The Xingluo Empire was taken over by the Xu family, and the successive heads of the Dai family became generals guarding the country.

Having said that, since it is the Xu family that controls the empire, it is really puzzling that the military camp does not hang the star crown that symbolizes the royal family but instead has the white tiger symbol engraved on it.

I get it! The Dai family are all military commanders, so how could they notice such a small detail? It must have been done carelessly by one of their soldiers. Damn it, they really acted on their own. If Dai Hao finds out who it is, I'll have to praise...or criticize.

In the tent in the center of the military camp, two people were talking. Judging from their appearance, they were the White Tiger Duke Dai Hao and the head of his subordinate Du family, Du Leisi. The two were chatting casually at the moment.

"General, I heard that the young master is about to graduate?"

Hearing Durex's words, Dai Hao's eyes flashed with relief, and he rarely smiled.

"Yes, Yuheng wrote to me a while ago and told me that the last mission to clean up the evil spirit masters in Mingdou Mountain Range was his last mission for the Supervisory Group. Once he completes it, he will be able to graduate from Shrek Academy."

"When the young master graduates and joins the army and comes to us, he will surely become a general. With the two of you guarding the border, the Xingluo Empire can be worry-free for a hundred years." Durex complimented with a smile.

"Old Du, you will be disappointed." Dai Hao laughed with a sad expression.

"That kid, Yaoheng, is very arrogant. He said that our army would definitely give him preferential treatment because of his status as a general's son. He refused to come and said that he wanted to go to the northern army to make a name for himself."

"The eldest young master is truly outstanding. Not only is he gifted, but he also has a righteous character. He will surely be as famous as you, General, in the future." Du Leisi pretended to admire and praised Dai Yuheng harshly.

"Wait until this kid graduates and give him five years. I want to see what kind of military exploits he can achieve!" Dai Hao shouted loudly. He felt so heroic that he couldn't help but imagine the day when Baihu would return to the royal family.

My son Yaoheng has the potential to be an emperor!

Time passed quickly, and soon it was the day for Huo Yuhao and others to attend the auction.

Hall 12 of the Starlight Auction House is worthy of being called the Soul Guidance Devices Specialty Area. Although the exterior of the building is simple and unremarkable, the interior is a different world.

The most intuitive thing is that the walls, corridors and ceilings all exude a unique metallic luster, and the overall silver-gray cold tone is very consistent with the soul guide.

After checking everyone's invitations, the waitress pressed the wall beside her lightly. A faint blue light came on, revealing a hexagonal pattern.

Then, the hexagonal metal wall began to bulge outward slowly, revealing a cylindrical storage box inside. The waitress took out nine red masks from it.

The color of the mask also has a story. It is divided according to the color of the soul ring. The reason why everyone can get the red mask is because of their identity as Shrek Academy.

"Dear guests, please wear masks to prevent the disclosure of your identity."

After the waitress explained, the group took the masks and put them on. Wang Dong immediately asked, "Is this mask a soul guide?"

"No, this is just an ordinary mask." Huo Yuhao glanced at it casually, but in fact he had already used mental detection to thoroughly explore the internal structure.

"Then why are we wearing it?" Wang Dong said dissatisfiedly, looking at the masks on the faces of the others as if he were looking at idiots.

"Our red mask is easy to guess at, and coupled with our obvious figures and appearance, what can a mask like this hide?"

After hearing Wang Dong's question, everyone reacted belatedly. It was true. With Wang Dong's unique light blue hair color, Xiao Xiao's dark green hair, and Cai Tou's jet black boiled egg, any participating academy would be able to recognize them at a glance.

"This……"

Huo Yuhao and the others subconsciously turned their gaze to the waitress, obviously wanting an explanation. The waitress was also confused. This was the first time she had encountered such a question, and she stammered, not knowing how to answer.

"Okay, let's just let it go. It's just a level four auction. This mask has no functionality. It's just an old tradition of the auction house." Wang Yan spoke helplessly and rescued the bewildered waitress.

The waitress continued to lead the way, but this time she moved much faster, perhaps because she was afraid of being asked questions again.

"Dear guests, this is Auction Room No. 12."

Everyone came to a large metal door. The waitress repeated the previous operation and pressed her finger in the air. The door slowly opened to both sides, and a conference hall came into view.

The venue is very spacious, with nearly 200 seats. This kind of low-level auction does not have an independent bidding room, and scattered seating is the most common format.

The nine people's red masks seemed out of place in the entire venue. After all, people of this level rarely patronize ordinary auctions like the fourth level.

The nine people were naturally arranged in the first row, closest to the items.

A woman in a purple long dress walked onto the stage from one side of the auction hall. She was beautiful, not stunningly beautiful, but with a mature and dignified charm. The slim dress perfectly outlined her body curves.

The first impression this auctioneer gives people is that he is gentle and generous. In an occasion like an auction, a dignified and generous auctioneer is sometimes more comfortable than a charming and attractive auctioneer.

"Good evening, distinguished guests, I am Qingya, a purple-level auctioneer from Starlight Auction House, and I will be hosting the auction today."

As soon as Qingya finished speaking, two maids came onto the stage from the left, pushing a small cart with a display cabinet covered with black cloth on top.

There is nothing special about this piece of black cloth. It is just a simple piece of cloth. I don’t think an auction house of this level would need to use methods to block prying eyes.

Ordinary cloth meant that it could not escape Huo Yuhao's mental detection. He only needed to make a slight move to see the items under the black cloth.

It was a circular soul guide device shaped like seven badges, with a special fixed structure on each side. Huo Yuhao recognized it at a glance. It was a soul guide shield, but he didn't know what level it was.

"Today's first lot is seven level four soul shields. Everyone knows their function. Unfortunately, they are not triggered, but active soul shields, so they require a certain amount of timing judgment from the user.

After experiments, it was found that a four-ring soul master could fully exert his strength to block the full force attack of a five-ring extreme soul king. The subjects of our test were all strong attack soul masters, and without any amplification.

I think this is enough to illustrate his excellence. The upper limit of the ordinary fourth-level soul guide shield and the four-ring soul master's extreme activation cannot achieve this.

As you can see, there are seven soul shields, just enough for one team. The starting price is 60,000 gold soul coins, and each bid must be no less than 1,000 gold soul coins."

As soon as Qingya said the words "fourth-level soul guide shield", many people in the audience began to get excited. Shield-type soul guides have always been the most popular, and soul guide shields are no exception.

The soul guide device ranked first in the soul master's mind is also a shield, but it is not a soul guide shield, but an invincible shield. Compared with it, the invincible shield not only does not require soul power, but is also passively triggered and does not need to be activated autonomously.

The only drawback is that the invincible shield is a disposable consumable, but this still does not shake its position in the hearts of many soul masters.

"A level four soul shield that can withstand a full-strength attack from a soul king? This is much stronger than an ordinary soul shield!"

He Caitou was surprised. The soul guide shield was extremely difficult to make. Among the soul guides of the same level, perhaps only the difficulty of making a baby bottle could surpass it.

A Five-Ring Extreme Soul King is a quasi-Soul Emperor who is at level 60 but has not yet obtained the sixth soul ring. Under the highly difficult conditions of making a soul guide shield, he can still withstand the full force of a Five-Ring Extreme Soul King. The strength of the soul guide behind him is self-evident.

"Is there any teacher in our college who can make this?" Wang Yan asked in a low voice.

"Of course not." He Caitou said without hesitation, with a hint of bitterness in his tone, "The Soul Guidance Department's funds are already tight. There's not enough to research fixed-type soul guides, so how can we research soul guide shields?"

Thinking of the suppression of Shrek's Soul Guidance Department, Wang Yan was silent. How could a small teacher like him be qualified to change the ideas of the college's top management?

"Junior Brother, you said before that it is rare for a Level 4 Soul Guidance Device to cost more than 10,000 Gold Soul Coins. This is probably an exception."

Beibei looked curious. Even the reserve price was 60,000 gold soul coins, and the final transaction price was at least 80,000 or 90,000.

"Yes, a normal level 4 soul guide shield costs only two to three thousand gold soul coins, but this defense is more than doubled compared to a normal level 4 soul guide shield, which also has four rings activated.

This isn't just about the extraordinary materials themselves; the technical requirements are also several times higher. I estimate that even an average level six soul engineer wouldn't be able to do it, even with the blueprints."

Huo Yuhao agreed. As a soul engineer, he was well aware of soul shields and greatly desired them. Unfortunately, Shrek Academy didn't have them. The academy's senior management and the elders of the Sea God Pavilion were lucky enough to allow the soul engineering department to steadily develop offensive soul tools. Research in other areas was out of the question.

After Qingya finished her introduction, the price of seven level four soul guide shields rose at an extremely fast rate. In a short while, it had exceeded the 80,000 mark, and the number of people bidding for prices remained the same.

"One hundred thousand." Wang Yan immediately raised his sign to indicate. After listening to what He Caitou and Huo Yuhao said, he already knew the value of these things. He directly bid a price of one hundred thousand just to intimidate the other bidders.

However, Wang Yan's idea was dashed. The venue was only silent for a moment, and the bidding continued. Undoubtedly, most of these people were from participating colleges, and they all wanted to further ensure the safety of the students.

When the price exceeded 110,000, the bidding began to weaken. Wang Yan bid again, and the price of 120,000 discouraged the others.

In fact, some people still wanted to continue fighting for it, but after seeing the red masks of Wang Yan and others, they silently gave up the idea. No matter how rich they were, they could not compare with the red-level tycoons.

"120,000 once, 120,000 twice, 120,000 three times, deal!"

Qingya did not deliberately slow down her speaking speed to give others more opportunities to bid. This small detail shows her excellence as an auctioneer.

The fourth-level soul guide shield used as a warm-up to open the auction sold for 120,000 gold soul coins. This was undoubtedly a good start, and the atmosphere of the auction became more heated with each item being auctioned.

It has to be said that although this is only a fourth-level auction, with better first, second, and third-level auctions above it, the quality of the items auctioned by the Starlight Auction House still surpasses the high-end auctions of other auction houses.

Wang Yan had the credit certificate of Shrek Academy. Since he was not spending his own money anyway, he was very generous. He raised the price by 10,000 gold soul coins. Who could resist this?
I bought several soul guides in a row, including a bottle to replenish soul power, soul guide rays for long-range attacks, and some small disposable gadgets. The smoke soul guide is a very practical disposable item.

However, this thing is only used by low-level soul masters. High-level soul masters can directly sense the breath and locate it. It doesn’t matter whether they can see it or not, not to mention some perception-type soul skills. Huo Yuhao’s spiritual detection is the best example.

It’s so cool to use public funds for personal use. After Wang Yan spent nearly 400,000 gold soul coins, the auction finally came to an end.

"Dear guests, the next item is the grand finale of this auction. It is said to be the lifelong pursuit of all soul guides. Although it is not a soul guide device, it is closely related to soul guide devices."

Qingya said in a gentle voice with a smile on her face. Two waiters pushed the cart onto the stage again. The difference was that this time the items were no longer covered with black cloth, but red cloth, which also proved that the items were extraordinary.

Huo Yuhao was intrigued by Qingya's words, so he turned on his mental detection and began to investigate curiously. However, when his mental power passed through the red cloth, it was completely torn apart before it could touch the objects inside.

It wasn't shielding, it wasn't interference, it was tearing apart, like several sharp blades forming a cutting barrier on its surface, directly destroying all the mental power he released.

In his spiritual sea of ​​consciousness, Huo Yumiao, who was always paying attention to the outside world, suddenly had his eyes light up. The highlight was finally here!

When the red cloth was lifted, a small display cabinet came into view. The next moment, everyone's eyes were fixed on the ordinary-looking dark green carving knife in the display cabinet, which was about half a foot long.

After seeing this ordinary-looking carving knife, most of the bidders frowned. Obviously, they did not see the special feature of this carving knife.

"Dear guests, please do not be disappointed. This is not an ordinary carving knife, but a ranking carving knife."

After she finished speaking, Qingya stopped talking and just looked at the audience with a smile. Sure enough, when the four words "list of names engraved with a knife" came out, the eyes of the people in the audience immediately changed.

Hot, excited, thrilled and greedy. Seeing these looks, Qingya kept smiling on her face, but sighed in her heart. When she said the second half of the sentence, these looks turned into fear.

The fact that he can still rank ninety-ninth on the carving knife list even after clearly possessing the curse is enough to show how powerful he is. If there were no curse, it would be no problem for him to be ranked in the top thirty.

Qingya was also helpless. When the Starlight Auction House first got this carving knife, they were quite happy. After all, it was a ranking carving knife, so it would definitely sell for a good price.

But who knew that the reputation of the evil Soul-Eating Knife was so great that no one dared to buy it. It was unsold all the way from the highest-level auction house, and the listed engraving knife finally ended up in the fourth-level auction house.

"Everyone, please be patient. Before the auction begins, I want to give you a heads-up. This carving knife is not an ordinary carving knife for the auction. It is a cursed carving knife.

Its name is the Soul Devouring Knife, and it was forged by an evil spirit master thousands of years ago. Legend has it that this knife contains a trace of that evil spirit master's soul, which will lead the user down the path of evil."

Qingya introduced the Soul-Devouring Knife in detail, from its origin to the curse it carried, as well as its battle record. All thirty-seven owners had died tragically without exception.

In his spiritual sea of ​​consciousness, Huo Yumiao looked at the light ball of Alex who was still in deep sleep and felt a headache. What was going on? No one could purify this person unless he woke up.

"Yuhao, use your spiritual detection to sense this carving knife with all your strength. I want to see the energy flow inside the carving knife." Thinking of this, Huo Yumiao could not care about anything else and could only use a clumsy method.

Upon hearing this, Huo Yuhao did not doubt it and activated his mental detection to the maximum, sending all his mental power towards the carving knife.

The sharp breath instantly tore the mental power apart, but new mental power immediately filled the gap. Just like that, when the first ray of mental power touched the Soul-Devouring Knife, an extremely ferocious breath came.

The vicious aura traced its source and instantly attacked Huo Yuhao's spiritual sea of ​​consciousness along his mental power. In an instant, the sharp and cold aura hit Huo Yuhao's spiritual sea of ​​consciousness like a heavy hammer.

Huo Yuhao felt a black screen before his eyes and a headache, and then he heard a familiar voice ringing in his head.

"What the hell! How dare you destroy my territory!"

The angry voice of Tianmeng Ice Silkworm was heard. This was also the reason why Huo Yumiao dared to let Huo Yuhao explore at will. With Tianmeng around, no attack could pass through its mental barrier and attack its spiritual sea of ​​consciousness.

"You little bastard, you dare to invade my territory with your limited strength."

Tianmeng Ice Silkworm said proudly that it had only made a slight move, and the fierce aura was defeated by its mental power. Just when Tianmeng was about to continue speaking, an old voice sounded, and Huo Yumiao's face lit up with joy, it's stable!

"This breath, is this... the gold of life?" Alex's voice was puzzled at first, and then turned into disbelief and surprise.

"I didn't expect to see the Gold of Life again. Yuhao, buy it, no matter the price."

Qingya on the stage looked helpless. Seeing the reactions of the crowd below, she knew that this wave was over, but her professional ethics still made her continue to maintain proper etiquette.

"The soul-eating carving knife has a starting price of 100,000 gold soul coins, and each increase in price will not be less than 5,000 gold soul coins. Dear guests, you can start bidding."

Let it fail to sell. Qingya had no hope in the first place. How could she, a purple-level auctioneer, be expected to accomplish something that even a gold-level auctioneer couldn't?

After half a minute, there was still no response. A hint of disappointment flashed in Qingya's eyes. Even though she had already expected it, she still hoped for a miracle.

"Since everyone..."

"One hundred thousand gold soul coins."

Just as Qingya was about to announce the school, Huo Yuhao's voice rang out. It was not that he didn't want to raise the sign, but because he was suffering from the aftereffects of being attacked by that vicious aura.

The vicious aura was defeated by Tian Meng the next second after it reached his spiritual sea of ​​consciousness. However, the personal experience in just that one second made Huo Yuhao tremble for more than ten seconds.

When he recovered, he quickly raised the sign in his hand, which instantly surprised the people around him.

Wang Yan frowned and asked immediately: "Yuhao, what are you doing..."

"Teacher Wang, don't worry, I have my own money and don't need the academy's credit certificate." Huo Yuhao thought Wang Yan was worried about money and explained subconsciously.

Wang Yan's eyes flashed with surprise at this. He obviously didn't expect Huo Yuhao to say such a thing, but this was not what he wanted to ask.

"Money is another matter. What I want to ask is, what if you buy this carving knife and are affected by the curse it carries?"

Seeing Wang Yan's serious expression, Huo Yuhao began to make up stories again. "Don't worry, Teacher Wang. I just used my spiritual detection to observe this carving knife. The so-called curse is just a wisp of residual spiritual energy. I have a way to deal with it."

"Are you sure?" Wang Yan was still a little worried. Huo Yuhao was a genius in the academy. If something happened while he was the team leader, wouldn't he be useless?

"Wow, Yuhao turns out to be a rich man. I didn't realize that." Compared to Wang Yan's worries, Xu Sanshi and others were focused on something else.

One hundred thousand gold soul coins is not a small amount. As the young master of Xuanming Sect, Xu Sanshi's annual pocket money is only more than ten thousand gold soul coins.

Of course, this is because Xu Sanshi does not really need gold soul coins. He does not need to buy his own cultivation resources, and he does not have much expenses in his daily life, so naturally he does not spend much money. If he asks for it, it will not be difficult to get 100,000 gold soul coins.

On the other side, Qingya on the stage was already stunned by the sudden happiness. This Soul-Devouring Carving Knife could actually be sold in her hands. Qingya was sure to take all the credit!

"One hundred thousand gold soul coins for the first time, the second time, the third time, deal!"

Qingya spoke very quickly, no longer as calm and elegant as before, as if she was afraid that Huo Yuhao would go back on his word. The hammer in her hand moved so fast that before she even finished saying the word "deal", the hammer had already come down.

At this moment, Huo Yuhao felt fortunate. If it weren't for Xian Lin'er's investment of gold soul coins, he might not have been able to get this carving knife. At that time, he could only rely on Shrek Academy, which he was extremely opposed to.

"After sleeping for so long, I finally remembered some things..."

(End of this chapter)