Douluo Continent: Original Body Huo Yuhao

"Greetings, Lord!"

At dawn, the ferocious beasts bowed to Gu Yuena as she emerged from seclusion. Huo Yuhao stood not far away, watching, deep in thought. Before daybreak, Di Tian returned with three letters of recommendation, and Gu Qiu'er was in seclusion undergoing her transformation, expected to complete it by tomorrow morning.

Gu Yuena nodded slightly, then told the ferocious beasts to stand up and beckoned Huo Yuhao over.

"You've all probably met this Huo Yuhao before. From now on, he will be our ally. I will be traveling with him to the human world."

"What?!"

These words caused an uproar below, with the most hot-tempered Xiong Jun speaking out directly: "My lord, have you been deceived by this human? You can't trust humans so easily."

"Silence!" Di Tian's deep voice rang out. "His Majesty has his reasons. Are you questioning His Majesty's wisdom?"

"This..." The ferocious beasts remained silent, only lowering their heads, seemingly lost in thought.

At this moment, Biji took the initiative to speak up and defuse the situation: "This young friend Huo must have extraordinary abilities. Since the lord has decided to do this, there must be a reason for it. The lord's wisdom is beyond our comprehension."

Gu Yuena glanced at Di Tian and Bi Ji, and couldn't help but nod secretly.

"I have several tasks for you: First, I want you to count how many intelligent soul beasts there are in the entire Star Dou Great Forest, and record their distribution locations; second, specifically mark the soul beasts with a cultivation level of 100,000 years or more; third, establish a unified and stable order. You must manage your own clans well. For clans with soul beasts over 100,000 years old, elect a clan leader. For those without, Bi Ji will send someone to govern them; fourth, for any unstable elements, I require you to arrest and imprison them; fifth, mobilize the soul beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest to mine various mineral resources here, while minimizing environmental damage; finally, if humans do not hunt soul beasts over 100,000 years old or indiscriminately kill soul beasts, do not let them notice anything amiss."

"Yes, sir!"

This was the result of Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena's discussion last night. Di Tian joined in just before dawn, and they finally decided that Gu Yuena would issue the orders. The first three tasks were relatively easy, while the later ones were more time-consuming and laborious. The remaining orders would be issued after the first phase of the objective was completed.

Just then, Di Tian stepped forward, followed by a large, colorful butterfly. It was about 1 meter long, with a wingspan of nearly 1.3 meters, and the colors on its body seemed to be constantly flowing. However, it exuded a very weak aura.

"Huo Yuhao," Gu Yuena began, "I know you're unwilling to hunt soul beasts for soul rings. This is a phantom butterfly, a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast with a spiritual attribute. Because it was injured years ago, it's nearing the end of its lifespan, so I hoped it would sacrifice itself for you, and of course it agreed. This shouldn't violate your principles, and it can also directly raise your soul power to level 15, saving you some trouble."

Huo Yuhao glanced at her, then at Huan Die, and nodded silently without hesitation.

He knew about sacrifices; it didn't violate his principles and did indeed save a lot of effort. But he was still somewhat saddened. Did this mean that in the future, he could only rely on soul beast sacrifices to grow stronger? However, he also knew that without sufficient strength, he couldn't rewrite these rules.

A streak of light flashed by, seemingly in an instant, yet also as if several minutes had passed. The Phantom Butterfly was lifeless, its corpse falling to the ground. In its place, a black soul ring appeared beneath Huo Yuhao's feet, and at the same time, his soul power rapidly increased, quickly reaching level 17.

Is this what it feels like to have a spirit ring? Huo Yuhao crouched down and touched the spirit ring, passing through it just like the wind baboon. Huo Yuhao carefully sensed it and felt that the spirit ring contained a special pathway.

Is this what soul skills are? Energy flows through special pathways within the soul ring to form a spell, thus possessing different effects. No, it also needs to be combined with the martial soul. In just an instant, Huo Yuhao gained a rudimentary understanding of this system.

"how?"

"It's a very interesting system. It solidifies a spell into a virtual soul ring. It only requires energy to activate and can be cast instantly," Huo Yuhao said unconsciously, revealing his discovery.

However, when he focused his gaze on Gu Yuena, he was surprised to see a bitter smile on her usually calm face.

"Are all human talents this terrifying? You can analyze this in just a moment?" Gu Yuena's voice carried a hint of fear that she herself was unaware of.

"No, my lord!" Di Tian spoke up in time, "This young master Huo... has exceptionally high talent. Even those titled Douluo who have been famous among humans for a long time may not be able to discover this. Even some gods may not be able to understand it."

Di Tian's words offered Gu Yuena considerable comfort. Indeed, if all humans were this terrifying, there would be no point in reviving the Soul Beast race; they might as well just surrender. Fortunately, this human was willing to stand with the Soul Beasts!

Huo Yuhao, of course, couldn't read minds, and he didn't care about such things. In his view, although he had been exposed again, this would effectively deter the soul beasts and make them take him seriously. After all, these were special "human subjects." However, he hadn't expected that, given the existence of the soul master system spanning tens of thousands of years, had no one noticed this?

Before long, the two sides, each with their own agendas, reconciled once again.

"My lord," Di Tian spoke again at this moment, "these are storage soul tools left behind by some human soul masters who died in the Star Dou Great Forest over the years. There are some valuables inside, which should be useful to you."

Huo Yuhao didn't care about the humans who died in the Star Dou Great Forest, but the storage soul tools still caught his attention. He picked one up and examined it closely, injecting soul power to observe its interior. It was a 10m*10m*10m space, almost entirely filled with various currencies, mostly gold soul coins.

A pocket-sized storage space! And it seems to be mass-producible! This surprised Huo Yuhao, as it meant he could store a lot of weapons and ammunition! He decided he absolutely had to learn this technology!

The following day, besides waiting for Gu Qiu'er to take human form, Huo Yuhao studied the structure of the storage soul tool while consolidating his cultivation—this was Di Tian's suggestion. He also knew that soul power and spiritual energy were different. Spiritual energy did not have the phenomenon of fluctuating power, while soul power, which relied on reality, could suddenly increase significantly and become unstable because it could be cultivated, requiring consolidation.

A day passed quickly.

"Yuhao!" Gu Qiu'er rushed out immediately after transforming, and then saw Gu Yuena and Di Tian. "Greetings, Master. Uncle Di Tian is here too."

Upon seeing Gu Qiu'er, who had transformed into an eleven or twelve-year-old girl, she stood tall and straight, with golden hair and eyes, exuding a regal aura—a beauty completely different from Gu Yuena's. Huo Yuhao exclaimed in amazement, thinking that if she were in the Empire, she would be the role model for countless noble female knights.

Seeing Huo Yuhao's expression of admiration, Gu Yuena immediately had some ideas. At the same time, Di Tian's face darkened, especially since Gu Qiu'er had just emerged from seclusion and immediately came looking for this human boy!