Douluo Continent: Huo Yuhao's Path of the Knights

Huo Yuhao suddenly turned his head, his eyes widening as a familiar figure came into view.

"Long time no see, young man. It seems you've been through a lot lately."

The armored man said with a smile.

"Armored Guy?! Boss?! What are you doing here? And how did you know I was here?"

"Because we tracked you here. The coin contains a locator and a detection device. If your physical condition becomes dangerous, we will receive a signal."

"Detection device?"

The coin that the armored guy gave me actually has this kind of use?

"Actually, we received the signal not long ago, but at that time your physical condition was a bit special. The signal was flashing like crazy, and I even suspected that the device was malfunctioning."

"Although we don't know exactly what happened, we still decided to come and take a look, but..."

The armored man sighed again and patted Huo Yuhao on the shoulder:

"Young man, I must say your world is incredibly stubborn. We've been to so many worlds, but we've never encountered such a stubborn world consciousness. It took us quite a while to get into this world."

"World Consciousness..."

Huo Yuhao had previously heard Armored Guy say that most worlds are inhabited by life and consciousness, and that the world would be very hostile to outsiders.

"If we hadn't seen the signal later and realized that you were in pretty good shape, we would have all tried to force a breakthrough."

Upon hearing this, Huo Yuhao's heart trembled. He hadn't expected that he held such a high position in the eyes of Armored Guy and the big boss, that he was worth them forcibly breaking through the world's barriers.

"Armor Guy, I..."

"Hey, no need for thanks, I don't want to hear any doubts, and there's no need for self-deprecation or feeling unimportant. You're one of us now, so naturally you're very important."

The armored man raised his hand and uttered a series of words that silenced the boy.

Huo Yuhao: "..."

Armor Guy is still so unconventional...

Huo Yuhao smiled to himself, thinking that seeing familiar faces return made the young man feel very good.

While the armored man was talking to Huo Yuhao, the man in the trench coat stood silently watching the boy, checking on his condition.

When his gaze swept over Huo Yuhao's brow, the man in the trench coat lingered for a moment.

Only after confirming something did the man in the trench coat look away.

The man in the trench coat didn't say a word from beginning to end.

"Speaking of which, young man, why aren't you at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Guidance Academy anymore? Did you skip class? Or did you discover that the Sun Moon Royal Soul Guidance Academy is actually a shocking conspiracy, where students are being captured and subjected to evil experiments, so you escaped?"

Huo Yuhao: "?"

What does it mean to "discover that the Sun Moon Royal Soul Guidance Academy is actually a shocking conspiracy, and that the students inside are being captured and subjected to evil experiments, so they escaped from it"?

What on earth is Armor Guy imagining?

"No, Armor Bro, it's holiday time now. The academy is on break, and I wanted to take advantage of this time to look for clues about the Zerg."

"You're on vacation? That makes sense. Based on the time ratio, you really should be on vacation soon."

The armored man nodded, then put his arm around the boy's shoulder and said excitedly:

"Come on, kid, tell me what happened just now, and let me tell you what's been going on with you lately."

"Okay, Armor Bro."

……

Huo Yuhao first recounted what had just happened to him: the alien insects that mimicked humans, the man in black, the changes in his body, the restoration of his knight's belt, and his transformation...

The boy recounted his experience in detail, then smiled and took out the knight's belt that had been restored to its original condition.

"Armor Bro, I can transform now! Although it consumes a lot of stamina after transforming, my stamina and recovery speed are now enough to barely use the Knight Armor."

Huo Yuhao, like a child yearning for praise, stared intently at the armored man with his bright eyes, a hint of expectation hidden in his azure gaze.

"You can indeed transform now, young man, you've really become much stronger! But... Yuhao, you must have suffered a lot back then. Although you didn't say it, I can guess it hurt a lot, didn't it?"

The armored man's gentle words touched Huo Yuhao's heart, causing his previously expectant heart to tremble violently.

He had considered that the armored man might praise him, lecture him, or even criticize him out of complacency...

But this eleven or twelve-year-old boy never imagined that the armored man would ask him, "Does it hurt a lot?"

He clearly tried to hide his pain at the time, and he seemed perfectly normal, but...

"If only we had come sooner, you must have been so desperate, right?"

A gentle whisper shattered all the strength in the boy's heart, revealing his fragile inner self.

"Armored guy, I, I won't, I won't..."

Tears welled up uncontrollably in the boy's eyes, and he bit his lip hard to stop them from falling.

Surrounded by Zerg, he didn't give up. When the man in black appeared, he tried to struggle. But faced with the armored man's concern, this seemingly strong young man suddenly became at a loss...

"Cry if you want to, Yuhao. This isn't the first time we've seen you cry. No one here will laugh at you. We cry too."

Tears welled up in the boy's eyes and streamed down his face. Once again, the boy shed tears in front of the two visitors from outer space.

It was really painful at that time, both physically and mentally, the boy suffered unimaginable pain.

But at that time, he couldn't even cry out; he could only endure the pain in silence.

After the pain subsided, a barrier called resilience remained in the boy's heart. Although it blocked out external harm, it also prevented the release of inner pain and pressure.

Tears, filled with pain, streamed down the boy's face before finally falling to the ground.

This time, the boy didn't cry himself to sleep like before; he had grown up.

When the tears stopped falling, Huo Yuhao reached out and wiped the tear tracks off his face.

"You've improved, kid! This time you didn't fall asleep right away!"

The armored man chuckled and joked, while Huo Yuhao scratched his face sheepishly.

"Sorry, Armor Guy, I couldn't control my emotions again..."

"You're only eleven or twelve years old, young man. To be able to do this after enduring so much is truly remarkable!"

The armored man patted Huo Yuhao on the shoulder, encouraging the sensitive young man.

"Alright, now that you've cried, we can't dwell on the past sorrow forever. Let's continue talking about your story."

"Okay, Armor Guy."

Huo Yuhao nodded with a smile, feeling much more relaxed at that moment.