Douluo Continent: The Eye of Truth

Chapter 110 Cultivation Verification

The main hall of the Body Sect.

At this moment, only Du Busi and Huo Yuhao were in the main hall. Even the elders of the Body Sect were deep in thought, digesting the gains of the past few days.

"Yuhao, you want to research soul tools?" Poison Undy's first reaction upon hearing Huo Yuhao's idea was to refuse, and he was also somewhat puzzled.

Previously, after Poison Undying successfully broke through to the Limit Douluo level, when he emerged from seclusion, he used his soul power and understanding of poison to conduct a three-day and three-night baptism for all the disciples of the Body Sect.

During these three days, from the titled Douluo of the sects to the ordinary disciples of the Body Sect, all the members of the Body Sect benefited greatly.

At the same time, during this process, Du Busi also laid a foundation for everyone by subtly controlling the toxins, thus preparing them for cultivation based on Huo Yuhao's theories.

However, after Du Busi withdrew his soul power, Huo Yuhao came to his door. Because of Jin Peng's seclusion, Du Busi originally planned to sort out the accumulated affairs in the sect and hand them over to the other elders.

Unexpectedly, Huo Yuhao spoke of ideas that would be considered outrageous by most Soul Masters in the past.

Although Poison Undying has changed his views on soul tools and understands that the threat posed by soul tools is indeed worth taking seriously, the Heavenly Soul Empire's foundation in soul tool research and development is still too weak.

Even with the fact that the Body Sect had plundered a group of high-quality Soul Masters from the Mingde Hall, it only solved the most troubling initial problem for the Heavenly Soul Empire.

However, before the research on soul tools can truly get on track and catch up with the Sun Moon Empire's research progress in this area, the Heavenly Soul Empire undoubtedly still lacks a considerable amount of development time.

Moreover, for the soul masters of their Body Sect, isn't it enough that the soul tool works? As for how to make it, why do they need to study it too much?

In this situation, wouldn't Huo Yuhao's desire to research soul tools be a waste of his talent?

Huo Yuhao smiled upon hearing this, and then continued, "That's not what I meant. This disciple doesn't want to become a Soul Master. Master, I just want to study those high-level Soul Tools that you brought back from Mingde Hall."

"Master, you are well aware that I can simulate most of the soul skills and combat techniques by combining my martial soul, soul skills, and mental power."

"Although the soul tool is said to produce a soul skill-like effect by utilizing the soul core array, for me, the operation of the soul core array is also something that can be completely simulated."

"Although the working logic of the Soul Guidance Core Formation is different from that of ordinary Soul Skills in most cases."

"However, the final form of it is not much different from a normal soul skill, and may even be better. The philosophy behind it coincides with the disciple's cultivation direction."

"Therefore, I intend to improve my understanding of combat by studying the core soul guidance arrays within these high-level soul guidance devices."

"I have a pretty good understanding of the combat techniques within the sect and the soul skills used by the disciples, so I wanted to start from a new angle to gain inspiration."

"Moreover, as the saying goes, 'Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated.' Although I do not intend to become a Soul Master, by studying the core arrays of these Soul Tools, I can gain a certain understanding of Soul Masters, which will enable me to better fight against them."

After listening to Huo Yuhao's words, Du Busi nodded thoughtfully: "I see. But you can't bite off more than you can chew. Yuhao, you should focus your cultivation on your own level."

"However, it is true that quite a few soul tools of good quality were brought out from Mingde Hall before, and even a very special soul tool was brought out."

"However, we couldn't understand how to drive and control this thing at all, so we just put it away and left it to gather dust."

"Since you have this idea, Yuhao, instead of letting that big thing sit there collecting dust, why not let you study it? If you can get some inspiration from it, that would be a good thing."

"However, this item is not with me at the moment. I left it in Tiandou City. It just so happens that I will need to deal with the matter of joining forces with other sects in a while. I will bring it back when I do."

Upon hearing this, Huo Yuhao didn't dwell on it too much. After all, he had learned about the Sun Moon Empire's research achievements in humanoid soul tools from the original story, and his purpose in coming here was precisely for this item.

Although he was unaware that due to the butterfly effect, the humanoid soul tool had undergone subtle differences compared to the original work.

However, in the original work, although this humanoid soul tool was extremely cumbersome and unusable, it was indeed the culmination of the Sun Moon Empire's soul tool technology.

He had previously learned from Du Busi that during the invasion of Mingde Hall, the Body Sect had indeed found a similar soul tool and brought it back.

For Huo Yuhao, this was exactly what he wanted. If he could obtain this humanoid soul tool and analyze it, he could gain a glimpse of its true nature with the help of the Eye of Truth.

Huo Yuhao could at least use this to figure out the operating methods, weaknesses, and control methods of more than 90% of the soul tools of the Sun Moon Empire.

Aside from some top-tier soul tools that are as important as humanoid soul tools but have different research directions and technological developments, Huo Yuhao was confident that he could turn 90% of the Sun Moon Empire's soul tools into a pile of scrap metal in front of him.

Although soul tools, like soul masters, control energy by adjusting the trajectory of soul power to create various soul skills.

However, unlike Soul Masters who are made of flesh and blood, although Soul Tools are more durable and wear-resistant due to their material, there are also disadvantages. Repairing them is far more difficult than healing a Soul Master.

The core array of soul power within a soul tool, as the carrier of the soul power's trajectory, naturally requires a high degree of precision, which in turn creates a weakness for the soul tool.

That is, if the key nodes of the soul guide core array are damaged, the effect of the entire soul guide may be greatly reduced, or even rendered useless.

Therefore, when designing soul tools, in addition to the most important core soul tool arrays, soul tool masters also design a thick and durable outer shell for the soul tool to protect the operation of the core soul tool arrays.

Furthermore, based on this, Soul Masters will also set up multiple Soul Guidance Core Formations to maintain the safety of the most important Soul Guidance Core Formations.

Even the design of the soul-guiding core array itself contains a lot of complicated structures to resist external attacks.

Although these measures greatly increase the carving steps and production difficulty of the soul guide core array, they are indeed effective in dealing with most attacks and wear and tear on the soul guide core array itself.

In addition, some high-grade rare metals also have properties such as shaping, stability, and damage resistance, so over time, few people would think of destroying the soul guide core array itself.

After all, firstly, they don't know the exact location of the soul guidance core array of the soul guidance device in someone else's possession, and secondly, even if they know the key nodes of the soul guidance core array of one or two soul guidance devices.

However, if the opponent is also an experienced Soul Master, being able to attack the main body of the opponent's Soul Tool is almost equivalent to being able to directly attack the opponent himself.

If that's the case, why not prioritize dealing with the Soul Masters instead of going through the trouble of dealing with the Soul Tools? After all, for most Soul Masters, their fighting style is all about brute force and throwing bricks; there's not much fancy stuff involved.

However, Huo Yuhao did not see it that way. With the Eye of Truth, he could do things with far more finesse and precision through the manipulation of mental and soul power than ordinary soul masters.

In addition to the soul tools directly controlled by the soul masters, there are also powerful weapons such as fixed-mount soul-guided cannons that truly established the status of soul masters, as well as the soul-guided armor that the Sun Moon Empire now equips most of its soldiers with.

For Huo Yuhao, as long as he understands their structure, he can completely bring these powerful weapons under his control.

As long as the structure of the fixed-mount soul-guided cannonballs can be cracked, then in front of Huo Yuhao, all the fixed-mount soul-guided cannonballs will be rendered useless by his thought, directly becoming duds, and Huo Yuhao can then turn them into weapons to attack the enemy.

Even the battle armor of later generations was developed based on humanoid soul tools and soul armor. In essence, it is still an external object rather than the soul master himself. Although it has spirituality, it is difficult to reach the level of a divine artifact, let alone the soul armor of this era.

The inscription structure of the artifact itself is perfectly natural. Although it is also a trajectory of energy circulation, it is closely connected with the carrier itself. As long as the carrier is not completely destroyed, it can function normally, which is fundamentally different from the soul tool.

Therefore, as long as Huo Yuhao can crack the core array of the Soul Guidance Armor, he can even control the Soul Guidance Armor and directly lock down those Soul Guidance Masters and Soldiers who rely on the Soul Guidance Armor for amplified combat.

In addition, there were runes that Huo Yuhao had previously gleaned from Wang Dong'er's spiritual sea through the Eye of Truth, runes that could cause people to have a repulsive reaction to soul tools.

Although Huo Yuhao can only release and activate this rune at close range at present.

However, it is foreseeable that once this humanoid soul tool is successfully analyzed, Huo Yuhao's ability to restrain soul masters will be unimaginable. Even level nine soul masters will be overwhelmed by Huo Yuhao.

As for having to wait a little longer to get it, then so be it. After leaving the sect's main hall, Huo Yuhao went straight back to his cultivation room.

For Huo Yuhao, there is still a lot to learn and research. As for his idea of ​​cracking the soul tool, it is only one part of it.

Closing his eyes and entrusting the task to the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm, Huo Yuhao entered a state of cultivation. His spiritual body then entered the Sea of ​​Spirituality once again, where he triggered a mark left by Ilex and descended into the undead demiplane.

Upon opening his eyes, Huo Yuhao found himself in the undead demiplane, but unlike his previous experiences of personally arriving there...

At this moment, Huo Yuhao was using his arms to break through the mud in front of him before he was able to emerge.

On the gray-black earth, a crack appeared in the ground, and then a pale skeleton crawled out of it.

The skeleton was none other than Huo Yuhao, and at that moment, Electrolux's aged voice rang in his ears.

"Yuhao, your physique, energy, and mental strength have all reached a bottleneck. You've also almost completely mastered the magic I taught you, but that's still not enough."

Magic is merely a result that magicians arrive at during their exploration of the world; the key to achieving demigodhood, or even godhood, lies in how one arrives at that result.

"With the help of my magic, a sliver of your spirit has now been attached to this skeleton I created specifically for you."

"This skeleton isn't very strong; in fact, it could be considered quite weak, and it can't inherit any of your abilities."

"But I hope that through it you can experience a different world, an ordinary world."

"Having unique talent is indeed an advantage for you, Yuhao, but it also creates a certain degree of separation between you and ordinary people."

"This isn't a good thing, because it will deprive you, Yuhao, of many experiences that only ordinary people have."

These experiences and insights often become an inexplicable barrier when you try to understand the principles.

"Perhaps you can forcefully break through this barrier using your talent, but that doesn't mean the barrier will disappear."

At this point, Electrolux seemed to sigh; "Some things are rather laughable, really. Ordinary people can hardly reach the cultivation level required to access the laws of nature."

"And those geniuses, despite their extraordinary talent, become so arrogant that they lose sight of the path ahead and ultimately go astray."

"Although I once achieved divine consciousness solely through spiritual attainment, breaking through to the level of a demigod, I was limited by the rules of my world and unwilling to take the final step. However, I am still very confident in my understanding of the laws."

At this point, Electrox's tone was neither sad nor happy. Compared to the smooth sailing he experienced as the Child of Light, the various painful experiences and the wanderings after learning necromancy were the true roots of what made him the Holy Necromancer.

Upon hearing this, Huo Yuhao, controlling the body, slowly nodded. He had to admit that Electrolux's magic was truly amazing; although it wasn't his own body, it was now under his complete control.

Huo Yuhao ventured deeper into the undead demiplane, and at this moment, he was practicing to verify his understanding of the path of magic.

(End of this chapter)