Douluo: Dragon King Huo Yuhao Lives Ten Thousand Years Later

Chapter 109 Welcome Back

"Of course, matters concerning the gods are none of your concern right now. What you need to do is use the special environment and rules here to hone yourself."

Mu Ye paused here, his brows furrowing slightly, "Sea Soul Beast?"

His mech is controlled by a spirit that can share information with him. The spirit just told him that the sonar radar has detected the traces of the sea spirit beast.

This is quite strange. The Abyss of the Deep Sea targets all life. If the Sea Spirit Beast really wanted to find a place to hide from humans, it could go to the Blood Sea Trench. Why come here?
Mu Ye narrowed his eyes, instructed his spirit to keep a close eye on the sea spirit beast, and then led Huo Yuhao to an island not far away.

They'll be staying here for quite some time, so they'll set up camp first.

While Mu Ye was busy, Huo Yuhao took the initiative to communicate with Xue Di in the sea of ​​consciousness, "Xue'er, do you know anything about this place?"

After carefully learning about the events, Xue Di thoughtfully recalled, "I haven't come here in person, but I have seen the energy fragments mined here inside the Spirit Pagoda. They contain only pure energy, without any attributes, and can only be used as energy crystals. They are not very useful to powerful Soul Masters."

"This is also why no power pays attention to this place. Although everyone knows that those energy fragments may be related to the divine realm, the divine power that may have been contained in them has disappeared. For people like us, they are not even of any use."

Huo Yuhao nodded slightly, looking thoughtfully at the ocean.

Devil's Island was born from fragments of divine power from the Goddess of Life and the God of Destruction. These fragments contain the power of life and destruction. As long as those who come into contact with them can withstand that power, they can absorb it and make it their own, and it will be much easier for them to comprehend the corresponding laws.

According to Xue Di, the divine power fragments mined here do not have similar functions, and their power has been completely exhausted. Is it because the divine power fragments that fell here were too weak, or is there some other reason?
While Huo Yuhao was speculating, Mu Ye came over with two plates of food. "Yuhao, eat these before you go to training."

One of the dishes was red jade shrimp, and the other was made from the Illusion Moon Linglong Fruit.

The former goes without saying, while the latter is a rare natural treasure that can enhance mental strength and can also alleviate mental pain to some extent... Makino has really gone to great lengths.

Watching Huo Yuhao take the medicine as instructed, Mu Ye led him towards the boundary between the Deep Sea Abyss and the ordinary sea area, asking as he went:
"Do you know why the innate secret technique allows for the three awakenings of the martial soul in the physical body?"

"Innate Qi".

Huo Yuhao pondered for a moment before replying, "The innate secret technique borrows the power of heaven and earth to nurture one's own innate energy. The physical martial soul is a part of oneself, so it will naturally be nourished as well."

"Yes."

Mu Ye nodded and sighed, "The Golden Body Realm can undergo three awakenings, so how could the Innate Secret Technique not help with the second awakening? It's just that we are incompetent and have not yet been able to completely integrate the second awakening into the Innate Secret Technique."

Huo Yuhao shook his head. "To cultivate a god-level body, there is no body-refining method in the world stronger than that of a sect. How could it possibly be perfect?"

Mu Ye glanced at Huo Yuhao and smiled helplessly, "But pursuing perfection is human nature... Never mind, let's not talk about this. The reason I had you cultivate the innate secret technique before was to nurture your innate energy, nourish your martial soul, and increase your success rate in your second awakening."

"If my deduction is correct, judging from the speed at which you have mastered the innate secret techniques, your success rate may increase by a quarter, making it easier to complete the second awakening."

Upon hearing this, Huo Yuhao's eyes flickered slightly.

If we're talking about ten thousand years ago, his innate energy could be considered his own, but now... it's hard to say.

Upon reaching the boundary between the normal sea area and the abyss of the deep sea, Mu Ye grabbed Huo Yuhao's arm and sealed his soul power.

"Let's start from here. The deepest part of the Abyss of the Deep Sea. Even I can't hold on for long. I'll increase the difficulty step by step based on your performance... Yuhao, hang in there." The feeling of suffocation surged up in the next instant, but Huo Yuhao remained calm, letting Mu Ye drag him towards the seabed.

As they continued to sink, the surrounding light became increasingly dim, and the pressure of the seawater grew heavier, like an invisible hand squeezing tightly against Huo Yuhao's chest, rapidly depleting the oxygen in his body.

The two reached a depth of over a thousand meters in a very short time. There was no light around them, and the heavy water pressure stimulated Huo Yuhao's nerves. The darkness a thousand meters below swallowed all sound, even his own heartbeat was taken away, and only the throbbing of the blood vessels in his temples vibrated like a muffled drum in his skull.

An ordinary person would have died long ago under such immense water pressure and prolonged oxygen deprivation.

Even Soul Masters would feel fear because of this environment.

After all, here, soul power, blood and qi power, and even spiritual power will be suppressed and consumed very quickly. In addition, there is no external power to replenish them, which is difficult for people who are used to power to adapt to.

But the only emotion that Mu Ye sensed from Huo Yuhao was calmness.

"What terrifying willpower... Does this kid have no flaws?"

He clicked his tongue inwardly, and after the depth dropped by several hundred meters, Makino released his grip.

At that moment, Makino inexplicably felt a chill, which made him frown.

Why do I have a bad feeling?
That's really strange...

Despite being severely oxygen-deprived, Huo Yuhao's vision was somewhat blurred, but his mind remained clear. He shifted his attention to his spiritual sea, looked at the several spirits staring intently at Mu Ye, and coughed lightly.

"It's just a little pain. Didn't I suffer enough ten thousand years ago? The rare and precious herbs that Teacher Makino gave me before can reduce my pain. He is truly sincere towards me. There's no need for this."

The Snow Empress narrowed her eyes and withdrew her gaze. "I know, otherwise I would have already taken action through the Snow Empress's decree."

Hyotei and Tenmu also withdrew their gazes. The former snorted softly, "This little bit of pain is nothing compared to the pain of absorbing me ten thousand years ago."

"..."

Huo Yuhao smiled helplessly, and was about to focus his energy on survival as he swam back to the surface when he suddenly stopped.

A strange feeling arose, like a faint spiritual connection, elusive yet undeniably present.

This mental fluctuation was extremely vast, as if it were surging in from all directions of the ocean, yet it was itself vague and could only convey some of the most basic information to Huo Yuhao.

"Welcome...back?"

Huo Yuhao clearly felt that after the vast and boundless sea touched his aura, it was like a child who had found his parents, showing him an unparalleled sense of closeness.

Huo Yuhao's expression gradually changed.

what happened?

I don't have the blood of the sea god, so why is the ocean so close to me?
(End of this chapter)