Douluo Continent: Angel Saint Huo Yuhao

Chapter 209, Part Two, Second Release
'What happened? What's going on?'

Zhang Peng, whose mental sea had been struck hard, was instantly filled with questions, and of course, even more so with horror.

He only saw a flash of golden light beside Huo Yuhao, and a powerful attack blasted into his mind in the instant before he could react. If it weren't for his high cultivation level and strong mental power, he would have been knocked down in one move.

'What an evil technique!'

Zhang Peng bit his tongue to suppress the chaos in his mind, and his gaze toward Huo Yuhao was already tinged with a hint of bloodlust.

Putting aside the Grand Elder's special status, such a general who is firmly standing at the Super Douluo level cannot be easily given up... The Holy Spirit Cult's grand vision still needs such resources...

"Soul core!"

With this thought in mind, a ruthless glint flashed across Zhang Peng's face. His nearly depleted soul power surged rapidly within the swirling vortex of his dantian, instantly attaching nine soul rings and his martial soul to his body—

Then, the fifth ring in the center is lit up!

The instant the Eternal Black Ring was activated, the area behind Zhang Peng also turned into darkness. Immediately afterwards, streaks of dark light condensed in the air, transforming into countless shimmering black needles that shot out.

"Scorpion tail needle!"

As a Scorpion Tiger Douluo, although this type of skill is not advantageous in terms of age, relying on the affinity of his martial soul, this skill, which is only about ten thousand years old, is enough to unleash an attack power of nearly one hundred thousand years in his hands.

“Sa…”

The black needles moved with lightning speed, piercing through the air in the blink of an eye. But just as they were about to strike, Huo Yuhao, with the help of Xueying behind him, pulled his hand back.

"Ice Emperor's Protection - Body Reshaping!"

"Di Hantian..."

Two voices rang out at the same time, but the second one was spoken calmly by Xue Di, with a lingering, unfinished tone.

"Click~"

In an instant, a cold light flashed and ice-like brilliance shone brightly.

The fragments of armor, shaped by Huo Yuhao into countless tiny crystal chips, scattered across the sky. Under the suddenly intensified Emperor Hantian, they quickly frosted and solidified, transforming into small shields made of crystal cores with hundreds of layers stacked on top of each other.

"Ding-ding... Snap! Ding-ding..."

Hundreds of fine, hair-like black needles rained down like a storm. Although they pierced through nearly half of the ice shield in an instant, the wave had already passed and the remaining force was insufficient, and they were completely submerged in the Emperor's Frost Heaven, whose power was completely different.

"Scorpion tail...?"

Within the snowflakes filled with ice crystals, a beam of emerald light suddenly burst forth, bursting through all obstacles like a flood, and hurtling towards Zhang Peng despite the ice shards and snowflakes.

"...I happen to have one too."

eclipse--

A shimmering green scorpion tail, as if carved from jade, lashed out behind Huo Yuhao. The sharp stinger at its tip, radiating an icy light, traced an icy path through the air, causing the moisture in the air to condense and scatter into a string of ice beads.

"External soul bone?"

Zhang Peng, who barely dodged the beam of light, suddenly changed his expression and glanced silently at his shoulder where the beam had grazed: "Such a bizarre skill..."

There was clearly no wound there, yet the emerald green soul power attached to it lingered like a bone-deep infection, clinging to the body surface and releasing chills wildly, causing ice clusters to form there.

If it weren't for the fact that his body was still strong after being possessed by his martial soul, he would have been pierced by those ice crystals by now, and who knows what would have happened afterward.

"But kid... you've already used all your strength, haven't you?"

As Zhang Peng watched Huo Yuhao gradually break free from the cracks in his body, he already had his answer: "Or rather, your body can no longer withstand that surging, frantic power!"

Although they were on opposite sides, the fact that the other party could withstand this power for so long and even fight with all his might was enough to shock him for the rest of his life.

A cultivation level below the fifth ring, yet possessing a physical body of at least the seventh ring… “It’s time to end this!”

A dark glint flashed in Zhang Peng's eyes, and his eighth soul ring, which he hadn't used for many years, emerged as a ball of light, transforming into twelve powerful beast souls.

These beast souls, which he has nurtured to at least the eighth ring level, are not only used as cannon fodder in high-level games; when necessary, they can also replenish their energy by absorbing teammates.

Naturally, this usage can also be replicated in his case.

"Whoo~"

Zhang Peng waved his hand, severing the source from the beast soul. The scorpion tiger martial soul that had been attached to him actually poked out its illusory head and swallowed the ball of light in one gulp, causing his aura to rise rapidly.

Although not at his peak, it was enough to make Huo Yuhao's eyes narrow slightly: 'This guy... is probably the strongest opponent I've ever faced, right?'

"The true form of the Scorpion Tiger!"

Zhang Peng activated his soul ring, and his body rapidly expanded in a burst of dark light. A carapace with a terrifying color grew from the end of his tail, making his true form, which was only a little over five zhang long, look even more like a scorpion.

"Why does it feel a bit like... an agility-based attack?"

The moment Huo Yuhao felt a sense of foreboding, the Scorpion Tiger's true form flashed past at a speed almost impossible for his mental detection to follow, arriving before him in the blink of an eye...

Tiger claws are at you!

Speed ​​is indeed a slight disadvantage in Douluo Continent, especially when one's own attack power is not enough.

But there is one point that cannot be refuted.

That is, the agility-based attacks have unparalleled suppressive power against low-level weaker opponents—their extremely fast attacks can easily break through defenses! The faster the speed, the more ferocious the output!
"Die..."

"Dihantian!"

The Snow Empress's spirit, which had been hidden beside him, reappeared at this critical moment, pulling Huo Yuhao's arm so that they could both point forward.

'Do you remember what I told you about heat transfer?'

In the instant the surrounding scenery slowed down dramatically, and in the instant his frozen consciousness quietly untied itself, Huo Yuhao heard Xue Di's voice in his ears.

'Heat transfer?'

Huo Yuhao's soul seemed to leave his body and move, looking at the true form of the Scorpion Tiger in front of him with a double vision, and then glancing at Xue Wu Yaoyang, which had been torn apart by a claw.

Gradually, he suddenly understood what Xue Di meant: "You mean..."

As if struck by a sudden inspiration, Huo Yuhao subconsciously reached out his hand. The next moment, his mental focus detached from the near-dreamlike illusion and returned to his body:

“Ningguang…”

As the words rose and fell, hundreds of snowflakes burst forth with cold light, releasing their inner chill without reservation, pulling everything within the domain below freezing point, exceeding the limit of extreme ice!

A piece of clear, icy amber...

But all of this was shattered in the next half of the sound.

"...turn into rain."

Huo Yuhao, who was frozen in the center of the ice crystal, spoke softly. The coldness that was attached to various substances seemed to have found a leak, and in the next instant of stillness, it was transferred to the five-zhang scorpion tiger.

"Crack!"

The sound didn't just come from the Scorpion Tiger, but also from Huo Yuhao.

The only difference is that the former radiates a cold, icy blue light, while the latter is a blood-red color mixed with multiple hues.

(End of this chapter)