Douluo Continent: It Became Huo Yuhao's Golden Finger!

Chapter 222 The Shameless Third Test! The Undercover Agent Became the Boss? [Bonus Chapter 6K - For "The Crow Who Plays Everything"]

Zhuge Lan clapped his hands and waited for the divine test to be completed.

It seems relaxed and carefree.

However, he possesses three divine skills: a level 8 peak soul tool, exploding rings, unpredictable storms, and no return; he is also vulnerable to being controlled by Bone Nightmare and can only endure it; and as a summoning mage, he is vulnerable to being overwhelmed in one wave.

These are all things that can only be encountered by chance.

Even if Zhuge Lan wanted to recreate it again, it would be difficult for him to succeed.

[Sea God's Second Trial: Master the Divine Skill - Golden Thirteen Halberds - First Form - Unpredictable Storm, and defeat a Title Douluo without using Martial Soul, Soul Skill, or Soul Bone Skill - Completed!]

[Rewards: Poseidon Compatibility +15%, Super Artifact - Poseidon Trident Compatibility +15%, Divine Skill - Golden Thirteen Halberds - Fourth Form - Rising Tides of the Four Seas, Fifth Form - All Rivers Run into the Sea!]

[The Sea God's Third Trial: Master the divine skills - Golden Thirteen Halberds - Fourth Form - Four Seas Rising Tide - Fifth Form - All Rivers Run into the Sea, and kill a Title Douluo without using Martial Soul, Soul Rings, Soul Skills, Soul Bones, Soul Bone Skills, or a self-created Soul Skill!]

Zhuge Lan slowly tilted his head, not even bothering to recall his three-pointed double-edged halberd.

No!

What does it mean? !

This meal is excluded.

He can only kill a Title Douluo using soul power, divine skills, and soul tools?!

No!

If the Soul Rings are restricted and there's no massive Soul Power provided by the Soul Ring Explosion, what's the point of a divine skill?
"Damn it!" Zhuge Lan cursed, "Sea God! You're a real dog!!!"

Zhang Peng snapped out of his daze, landed, and stared intently at Zhuge Lan.

Daring to insult the gods who are their own gods, that's impressive!

But considering that the second test didn't require using a martial spirit to defeat a Title Douluo, and it even made this little guy curse the gods, then the difficulty of the third test must be...
"Kid, what's your next test?"

"Damn it, this is poisonous!" Zhuge Lan roared. "It forces me to use only soul power and soul tools to kill another Title Douluo!!!"

Zhang Peng paused, a string of question marks appearing above his head.

No!

Do these gods think that Title Douluo are as common as cabbage?
It was only because the chief elder spoke that this Bone Nightmare was carefully selected and advanced to the title of Douluo.

If anyone tries to do the same thing again, even a ruthless organization like the Holy Spirit Cult can only say—get lost!
That's a Title Douluo!
Even the weakest level 91 Title Douluo can become a Guardian Douluo in the four great empires and kill ordinary Soul Douluos like mowing grass.

How could I let you cause such trouble?!
"Are you sure your so-called sea god is genuinely looking for a successor?" Zhang Peng said quietly, "I suspect he's just teasing you."

"I think so too!" Zhuge Lan gritted his teeth and said, "That third test of Meng Hongchen only requires climbing stairs. I'm going to kill a Title Douluo with my bare hands! My strongest thing is my Martial Soul, okay!"

Zhang Peng sighed and patted Zhuge Lan on the shoulder to comfort her.

He jogged towards the location of Bone Nightmare to collect souls and create beast souls.

Zhuge Lan regretted not having created a twin martial soul of the same type, which would have at least allowed her to passively strengthen her physique.

Now that Tang San has already seen it, it would be too conspicuous to suddenly have a second spirit.

Rubbed his brows.

Fortunately, there is still a chance. Xiao Yuhao only spent 1100 million luck points. As long as he can create a battle suit and mecha, he can still kill a titled Douluo.

right!

There's also the newly developed Zhuge Divine Crossbow Cannon 2.0, with further improvements to the fixed-mount soul-guided shells and an increased quantity.

Couldn't we overwhelm a Title Douluo with enough resources?

But the resources consumed would probably be astronomical!

Zhuge Lan's eyes darted around, and she looked at Zhang Peng, who was gathering a beast soul.

There's a ready-made sucker here!

As a Super Douluo, Zhang Peng had extremely keen intuition. He shivered and turned around immediately, only to meet Zhuge Lan's malicious gaze.

"What are you going to do?" Zhang Peng asked warily. "This beast soul is mine! Giving it to you is useless to me!"

"I don't want beast souls."

"Even a soul bone is out of the question!" Zhang Peng said firmly. "You've already killed a Title Douluo, this soul bone is the treasure of the Holy Spirit Cult, and you can't have it either!"

“I don’t want soul bones either.” Zhuge Lan said with a smile, “My first test is to collect all the soul bones.”

Zhang Peng recalled that some time ago, the Temple of Light had been searching the world for 10-year-old soul bones.

Were they all collected for this little guy?

What the hell!

This thing has 10-year-old soul bones all over its body?!
A burning desire flashed in Zhang Peng's eyes, but when he met Zhuge Lan's ambiguous smile, he immediately sobered up.

—Slaying this thing will indeed yield soul bones, but those from the Temple of Light can be resurrected infinitely!
He wouldn't have a peaceful life from now on; his trump card, the Beast Soul, was completely countered, and his life was over.

"Ahem!" Zhang Peng coughed. "Then why are you looking at me like that?"

"It's nothing, I have a business deal to discuss with the Holy Spirit Cult." Zhuge Lan said with a smile, "Didn't they say that if I killed this old man, they would make me the Holy Son? Take me to see the Chief Elder."

“Okay.” Zhang Peng said decisively, “Wait a minute. This is the first time I’ve absorbed a titled soul, and it will be a bit difficult to turn it into a beast soul.”

"Need any help? I can help you turn into an undead."

"No! Get out of here! Don't come any closer!"

Do you think I'd dare use a beast soul that you've touched?

Zhuge Lan shrugged.

Then he remembered that he hadn't retrieved the three-pointed double-edged halberd, so he activated the golden bracelet, transformed into a small golden bird, and flew away.

—It shot out a kilometer away.

About a minute later.

The three-pointed double-edged halberd flew back, and Zhuge Lan caught it with his hand, fastening the golden bracelet attached to the halberd handle to his wrist.

He held up the three-pointed double-edged halberd and examined it; it was covered in dense spiderweb cracks, a severely battle-damaged version.

"Hey"

"This little bastard is a real coward, his third exam is already hellish."

"Wait!"

"I've already completed the Nine Trials of the Sea God. If you dare to renege on your promise then, I have connections in the God Realm!"

"Then let's see how you manage to coexist with two gods!"

Zhuge Lan never expected that Zhang Peng's beast soul refining process was so complicated.

Two and a half hours later, he finally arrived, wiping away his sweat.

"The soul resistance of a titled level is too high; it has finally been stabilized."

"After adding my spiritual power, I can refine it into a beast soul and use it for my own purposes."

Zhuge Lan's lips twitched.

"It's not finished refining yet?"

"Nonsense!" Zhang Peng said matter-of-factly, "A titled soul should of course be refined properly, otherwise it would be a huge loss if it fell to the Soul Douluo level."

Zhuge Lan looked up at the sky.

"I'm sorry, but our lineage of Necromancers can create this kind of pure soul undead in no more than half an hour."

"Oh, by the way, my strength won't be reduced too much."

The air fell into a deathly silence.

a long time.

Zhang Peng gritted his teeth and said, "You will come with me to see the Chief Elder now!"

"Okay."

Zhuge Lan took out the flying soul tool and activated it by tapping it against his chest.

This time, because the use of martial souls was not allowed, I did not switch martial souls and destroyed my own soul rings. Soul rings need a seven-day cooldown period.

Zhang Peng looked at it strangely. How could a flying soul tool be as useful as a martial soul?

But remembering that she had just been rebuffed, she decided to keep quiet.

The two continued eastward, one after the other, and flew to the Sun and Moon Plains in half a day.

On the vast plain with no landmarks, Zhang Peng precisely located a cave. Below lay a vast network of interconnected caves, where he would occasionally encounter an evil spirit master who would respectfully bow and call him "Sixth Venerable One."

Zhang Peng was very aloof and ignored him, but he glanced at Zhuge Lan to see what a normal believer's attitude was like!

As a result, Zhuge Lan was preoccupied with something and didn't notice any of this.

—Isn't the headquarters of the Holy Spirit Cult located in the Demon Forest?
Why is Long Xiaoyao here on the Sun and Moon Plains instead of staying over there?

He's still digging tunnels underground; it's so frustrating for a level 99 Limit Douluo like him.

All the way down.

Upon reaching the end of the cave complex, a heavy stone door blocked their path. Zhang Peng told him to stay put and carefully pushed the door open to go inside.

Half a minute later.

Zhang Peng stepped out briskly and waved to Zhuge Lan.

"The chief steward wishes to see you."

"Remember to keep a proper attitude. The chief retainer is more powerful and doesn't indulge you as much as I do."

Zhuge Lan waved her hand dismissively, easily handling the situation.

This is quite an extraordinary person.

In their early years, Long Xiaoyao and Mu En traveled across the continent, helping the weak and punishing the strong.

Until they both fell in love with Ye Xishui, who originally also liked Long Xiaoyao, but was coerced by Zhongli Laogui, the former leader of the Holy Spirit Sect, and had no choice but to choose Mu En.

Long Xiaoyao was unwilling to challenge Mu En. After his defeat, the two of them got drunk and prepared to say goodbye to Ye Xishui one last time. However, Ye Xishui ended up sleeping with him.

Now the relationships are completely messed up.

With Mu En gone, Long Xiaoyao was unable to face the situation, leaving only Ye Xishui to return and inherit the Holy Spirit Church.

Driven by love and guilt, he joined the Holy Spirit Cult.

Because he owed Mu En, he helped his enemy Huo Yuhao take the Dragon Pill to break through to the Limit Douluo level.

Only on his deathbed did he realize his feelings for Ye Xishui and know that they loved each other.

Each of them transferred their soul power to Huo Yuhao and Tang Wutong, turning into dust that merged together and would never be separated again.

All I can say is—this is truly a land of love!
The three Limit Douluo were like a joke.

With this thought in mind.

Zhuge Lan stepped through the stone gate and met Long Xiaoyao.

He was very tall, with his silver hair neatly combed and his face as rosy as a baby's. There was no fluctuation of soul power around him, but he exuded a terrifying aura.

As expected of the strongest person on the continent, he's incredibly arrogant.

—If it weren't underground.

Long Xiaoyao was also sizing up Zhuge Lan, and saw that there was no fear in his eyes, but rather a hint of pity.

This puzzled Long Xiaoyao. Upon closer inspection, Zhuge Lan bowed respectfully.

"Greetings to the Chief Steward."

"What were you thinking about just now?" Long Xiaoyao asked directly.

"Uh," Zhuge Lan blinked and cautiously probed, "My Martial Soul Chief Elder also knows that it's a bit special. It has a peculiar ability to remember the aura of a strong person."

There was a pause.

Zhuge Lan seemed to be carefully choosing her words, and said cautiously—

"I wonder if the Chief Elder has any children who have been lost to the world?"

“I copied the template during this Soul Master Competition. Yan Shaozhe from Shrek Academy has 50% of his aura like yours.”

Long Xiaoyao felt somewhat confused.

He loved only one woman in his life, but they never married.
Um.
Wait!

Did you win the lottery just that one night?

"Who is this Yan Shaozhe you mentioned? What is his martial spirit?" Long Xiaoyao asked. Zhuge Lan confirmed.

This old man has been detached from worldly affairs for many years, and he doesn't even know about the Bright Phoenix, the martial soul of the Bright Phoenix Douluo.

Also.

Otherwise, in the original story, how could he have accidentally killed his grandson in an instant when he ambushed Huo Yuhao a year later?

"Ahem, the Bright Phoenix Martial Soul of the Bright Phoenix Douluo is known throughout the entire continent."

"brush--"

Long Xiaoyao approached without any warning, causing Gu Bo's calm emotions to fluctuate violently.

"Say it again, are you sure it's the Radiant Phoenix Martial Soul?"

"Yes, that's right."

"Then have you copied his martial soul? Show it to me!"

“Not for now, it will have to wait seven days.” Zhuge Lan spread his hands and said, “I used my self-created soul skill, Ring Explosion, and the soul ring will disappear for seven days. During this period, I cannot use soul skills.”

Long Xiaoyao frowned slightly.

"However, many people in the Holy Spirit Cult should know about the Phoenix of Light," Zhuge Lan reminded them.

Long Xiaoyao's eyes flickered slightly.

He left behind the words "Stay put" and then abruptly disappeared.

Zhuge Lan looked around but didn't find anything amiss.

What is Long Xiaoyao doing here?

I secretly used the "Creation Permission" feature to check.

[-250 Luck Points]
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The headquarters of the Demon Forest is filled with evil soul masters who use cruel methods to enhance themselves. Long Xiaoyao couldn't stand it and has been living away from home for many years. This time, he came to the Sun and Moon Plains for the second trial of the Asura God!
-
Huh?
Did Lao Deng get tricked by Xiao Wu?
Also.

With the power of a Limit Douluo already at hand, the strongest person on the continent, how can we not use the Divine Test to keep him in check?

Thinking of checking the second trial of the Asura God King, the 100 million luck points made him give up instantly.

"This little bastard has created seven great inheritance sites, which has indeed disrupted a lot of timelines."

"Fortunately, I also set up the four major national religions, and the plot has already been drastically altered, so I didn't lose much."

"However, since Long Xiaoyao has become a sharp sword for the little scoundrel, I'm afraid Ye Xishui will also be taken down along with him."

"We need to speed up the training of Limit Douluo at the Goulan Chicken place."

[Rewrite Long Xiaoyao's fate, +7500 Luck Points!]

Yo!
It seems the intelligence has been confirmed.

The stone door was pushed open.

It was Zhang Peng who entered, and he looked at Zhuge Lan with a strange gaze.

"Kid, what did you say to the Chief Elder that made him go crazy and disregard the divine examination?"

"Huh? He ran away?" Zhuge Lan exclaimed in surprise, "What about my divine examination? I still have things to do with the Holy Spirit Cult!"

Zhang Peng closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

He gritted his teeth and said—

"As one of the six elders of the Holy Spirit Cult, I still have the right to make this decision!"

"Besides, you are now a holy son of my Holy Spirit Cult. Forget about cooperation or not, your normal requests will naturally be met!"

"Tell me, what do you want this time?"

[Rewrite the fate of Huo Yuhao and the Holy Spirit Cult, +15 Luck Points!]

Oh open!

So this is the Holy Son?
Then this holy son will not be polite!

Zhuge Lan took out a pile of books and threw them at Zhang Peng's feet, completely covering him.

"According to these lists, the more materials the better."

"This time I'm going to use a fixed-mount soul-guided cannon to overwhelm a Title Douluo!"

"Also, help me find a Title Douluo, as long as he/she isn't an agility-based attacker."

The veins on Zhang Peng's forehead were throbbing.

You're saying this wall of books is a list of items?
That would take so many resources!
"Do you think my Holy Spirit Church is..."

"The design blueprints for the fixed-mount soul-guided cannon are presented to the Holy Spirit Cult." Zhuge Lan interrupted, "This is a fixed-mount soul-guided cannon capable of overwhelming even a Title Douluo! It will definitely boost the Holy Spirit Cult's strength by a significant margin!"

Zhang Peng swallowed back the rebuke that was about to come out.

He bypassed the wall of books and stared at Zhuge Lan suspiciously.

"Are you sure you can overwhelm a Title Douluo with sheer numbers? And are you willing to give them up for free?"

"It's not free, it's just that I need resources." Zhuge Lan patted the wall of books: "Once you gather all these things, you'll be able to see how my Title Douluo dies."

Zhang Peng still didn't believe it.

Do you really think Title Douluo are as common as cabbage?

You think you can just kill someone because you say so?
That's at least a level nine soul tool, requiring extremely rare materials. Even with the blueprints, it would be difficult to create a second one.
Ok?
Zhang Peng flipped through the book list and found that they were all fairly common materials.

This one is definitely just average; let's look at the others.

He checked dozens of books in a row. Although the demand was huge, all of them contained rare metals below level seven.

The only level-eight rare metal is black gold, which is not very useful—this stuff is too expensive and is generally only used to imprison powerful individuals with titles or above.

Then

Are you sure this is all the materials?

"These are all low- to mid-range rare metals. How could they be used to forge a fixed-mounted soul-guided cannon capable of annihilating a Title Douluo?"

"The explosive rock in the crater is abundant, but it is unstable and prone to explosion, so no one has ever paid attention to it. You want so much?"

"And this copper concentrate and iron concentrate, aren't those materials for making farm tools? You want 1000 tons of each?"

"You really didn't lie to me?"

Zhuge Lan raised her hand and patted Zhang Peng on the shoulder.

"Old man, if you don't understand, just do as I say."

"This concerns my divine examination; who has time to lie to you?"

"Or do you think you're so important that I'd give up the God Exam to mess with you?"

Ah this
Although it's the truth, your words are really harsh!
Unfortunately, Zhang Peng was completely outmaneuvered by Zhuge Lan, unable to kill her trump card and even being restrained.

I just don't care about it anymore.

"Okay! I'll get it ready for you!"

"However, black gold is a bit troublesome, and the Holy Spirit Cult doesn't have much in reserve."

"The other quantities are too large and will take some time to collect."

“That’s easy,” Zhuge Lan said with a smile. “You can have Mingdetang customize a black gold ore detection soul guide that can search for black gold in a wide area. Let all the people below who have nothing to do go and mine it.”

Zhang Peng smirked.

Holy Spirit Cult? Evil Soul Master? Going mining?
Listen to this yourself, is it reasonable?
"This is crucial!" Zhuge Lan emphasized. "It concerns the succession of the gods, so we must take it seriously!"

—It has nothing to do with the sea god, but is the legacy of the space dragon king.

But Zhang Peng was clearly misled. Seeing how seriously Zhuge Lan was taking it, he nodded in agreement.

"Alright, I'll pass on the message."

Having convinced the man, Zhuge Lan nodded in satisfaction.

"Just send it directly to Mingde Hall and hand it over to my little brother."

"Also, hurry up and find a Title Douluo. Don't choose the agility-based type. Ideally, find someone like this clueless old baby who can stand still and take damage."

Zhang Peng could no longer tolerate it. He grabbed Zhuge Lan by the back of the neck and quickly moved to the outside of the cave.

He was kicked into the sky and turned into a shooting star, disappearing into the horizon.

"Damn!"

"Talking to this kid is really annoying!"

"Next time, if you send a different elder, I'd rather die than go!"

He turned around and took a few steps.

Zhang Peng slapped his forehead.

"This kid has made me dizzy and I've forgotten what I was doing."

He stood there and weighed his options for a while.

He decided to pretend he had forgotten and disappear into the darkness.

—The chief retainer didn't explain anything before he ran away, so let's just pretend we didn't know anything about it.

Anyway, he didn't want to have anything to do with that awful kid anymore!

Zhuge Lan's mental energy radiated for tens of kilometers, confirming that no one was spying on them in the vicinity.

By opening the spatial portal, one can travel thousands of kilometers in seconds and return to the Temple of Light.

He didn't go out and show himself, but instead handed the task over to his third clone, allowing him to comprehend the fourth and fifth forms of the Golden Thirteen Halberds on his own.

Zhuge Lan first switched to Huo Yuhao.

The first thing you see is an extremely spacious enclosed space, with a 15-meter-tall metal skeleton standing in the center, covered with a dense array of soul guidance arrays, among which energy storage soul guidance arrays are the most numerous.

Huo Yuhao was speaking at this moment, and Xuan Ziwen, Jing Hongchen, and other Soul Masters listened with strange looks.

"In addition to dynamic posture, which is the most crucial aspect, magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) buffering technology is used to simulate the flexibility of biological joints."

"To enable finite element units to withstand more extreme impacts and optimize structural strength."

He was talking about the contents of the "Thousand-ton Metal Frame Impact Resistance Blueprint" from the newly exchanged "Complete Mecha Guide".

However, this is only a superficial understanding; the true core remains in our hands.

even so.

For Mingdetang, whose field of mecha technology was completely blank, this was a great inspiration!
"Great! That's wonderful!" Jing Hongchen exclaimed excitedly. "I thought I was just bringing you here to learn, but I didn't expect you to provide such excellent theories! Everyone, get moving and experiment! If it works, Lan Yu, you'll get the credit!"

"It's just something I do when I have nothing else to do," Huo Yuhao said, feigning reluctance. "Then Dean Hongchen will take charge, and we'll cooperate with you."

"No! You take the lead!" Jing Hongchen said decisively, "You proposed this theory, so you're the most suitable person to name it!"

Apart from Xuan Ziwen, everyone else on the side looked rather grim.

They were a group of seventh-level Soul Masters at the very least, giving this kid...
Oh!
He's also a Level 6 Soul Master.

While such achievements at this age are certainly extraordinary, they are not qualified to lead them!
"Huh? Isn't that inappropriate?" Huo Yuhao continued to back away. "You are all seniors; it would be a loss of face for you to follow my orders, and we might end up disobeying you and delaying the plan."

"Hmph! Who dares?" Jing Hongchen, a titled official, unleashed his full power and said, "Lan Yu, you were sent by the Temple of Light. Do you think you're so tough that you'd give me attitude? Besides, this is a project invested in by His Highness the Crown Prince. If anyone tries to sabotage it, His Highness the Crown Prince will naturally go and settle accounts with them."

Light Temple, His Royal Highness.

As the two mountains pressed down, the Soul Masters, who had just looked displeased, all changed their expressions.

"Those who are accomplished are our teachers, right? Lan Yu's theory is so outstanding, what's wrong with us old guys cooperating?"

"What 'Blue Rain'? Call me Commander Blue!"

"Hurry up and distribute the tasks! I can't wait to optimize the humanoid soul tool!"

"Hey! Where is your dignity?!"

"Dean Hongchen, I'm reporting you! Old Wang is taking kickbacks from projects!"

After a burst of noise.

Huo Yuhao declined a little for the third time before finally accepting the command, unable to refuse the earnest invitation.

[Rewrite the fate of Huo Yuhao, Mingde Hall, and the Sun Moon Empire, +100 million Luck Points!]

Tsk tsk tsk!
This income came too easily.

But the numbers are reasonable; even Zhuge Lan felt they were a bit low.

After all, if an undercover agent becomes the head of a core project, how can the Sun Moon Empire not collapse?
(End of this chapter)