Douluo Continent: The Eye of Truth

Chapter 16 Soul Power Circulation

After school, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong went straight back to their dormitory to rest. After all, they had suffered a lot of physical and mental torture under Zhou Yi's care over the past three months, and they needed to relax and rest.

Unlike the previous three months when he would go to the foreign language library after class and not return until late at night, this time Huo Yuhao went to bed quickly and fell asleep early.

Wang Dong looked at Huo Yuhao, who was fast asleep, and wondered if he was genuinely indifferent or full of confidence. Even if a normal person knew it was useless at this point, wouldn't they still try to prepare at the last minute?

Huo Yuhao is really something else, he can actually fall asleep so early. Seeing this, Wang Dong, who was originally preparing to work hard on his cultivation, immediately lost interest.

After a quick wash and a brief circulation of his soul power, he went to bed early.

What she didn't know was that Huo Yuhao was secretly working away from everyone in his sleep.

After three months of continuous experimentation and intelligence gathering, Huo Yuhao has now almost mastered how to use his own body as a vessel.

By controlling the soul power with mental power, a new soul power circuit is built outside the meridians in the body, in order to run and simulate the execution of some soul skills or imitate the effects of some simple soul guidance core arrays.

Although the soul skills and soul guidance core arrays that Huo Yuhao can simulate and build are not very high-level, probably only at the level of a second-level soul tool, Huo Yuhao's own strength is what it is.

Although he can disassemble and even reassemble level four and five soul-guiding core arrays, the power his body can exert is only around level two.

Forcibly equipping a level-three soul guidance core array or a soul skill of the same level would only overload his body and cause injury, which is not the result Huo Yuhao wanted.

Moreover, it is already quite difficult to possess a Soul Master's body with a Soul Master-level Soul Skill, allowing one to exert abilities that surpass one's own level.

In addition to the soul power circuits within his body, Huo Yuhao can also release some soul skills and the effects of soul guidance core arrays outside his body directly during battle by combining his mental power and soul power.

However, since no soul power circuit was set up in advance, this method is at least three to four times slower than a normal soul skill. Huo Yuhao doesn't have a particularly good solution for this at present.

After all, Huo Yuhao's current level of mental strength and soul power cultivation is not high enough, and these external soul skills have a problem: they are too conspicuous.

After all, Huo Yuhao can now imitate many attack soul skills, such as Wang Dong's Winged Guillotine, Butterfly God's Light, or Bei Bei's Thunder Dragon Claw, Thunderous Might, and Thunderous Fury.

However, the manifestations of these soul skills are too exaggerated and obvious. Outsiders can easily see that the effects of these "self-created soul skills" are completely different from Huo Yuhao's own spiritual attributes.

Therefore, Huo Yuhao cannot reveal these abilities to others at the moment; he can only keep them as his trump card.

Currently, Huo Yuhao is trying to build some auxiliary-type soul power circuits within his body, such as imitating food-type or auxiliary-type soul skills, or soul guidance core arrays that are more amplification-type.

If it is merely a matter of borrowing its ability framework, Huo Yuhao, as the user, does not need to shape these soul skills and separate them from his body to naturally activate and integrate them into his own body to exert an amplifying effect.

However, given Huo Yuhao's current physical condition, he can only support preparing four soul power circuits equivalent to the level of a first-level soul tool or two soul power circuits at the level of a second-level soul tool within his own body.

These soul power circuits can be activated directly as needed during battle, just like the soul skills on soul tools and soul skills on soul rings, and they are difficult to detect.

At most, those sensitive to fluctuations in soul power might sense a change in Huo Yuhao's soul power, but under the cover of the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm's spiritual power, it would be difficult for anyone to truly discover the details.

Because Huo Yuhao usually uses soul guidance core arrays that can stably and continuously assist his cultivation, he needs to modify the composition of these soul guidance core arrays in order to prepare for the upcoming battle.

In the sea of ​​spirit, the points composed of spiritual energy begin to connect into lines, then the lines are outlined into surfaces, and finally the surfaces are combined into a volume. Then, according to the distribution of the human body, it gradually begins to deform and modify.

"Let me think about the soul skills I can use in battle. For support-type soul skills, I'll use acceleration effects, since hidden weapons are allowed in Shrek Academy's internal competitions."

"And for a self-defined agility-based Soul Master, being anything less than nimble wouldn't make them stand out."

"Alright, the reassembly is complete. This soul power circuit, besides enhancing my attack speed, reaction speed, and movement speed, will also improve my physical flexibility, preventing strenuous activity from placing excessive strain on my body."

"However, since it's essentially a level two soul power circulation, it's unrealistic for my current soul master-level body to sustain it for an extended period, but I can at least maintain it for three minutes."

"The effect is roughly a 40% increase in all aspects of my movement speed, but it only lasts for about two minutes in combat."

"Hmm, I've got it. We can try combining the structure of this soul power circuit with the soul power circuit structure of the soul tool."

"Based primarily on the Level 2 Acceleration Soul Skill, after being reconstructed, a Level 2 Soul Power Compression Array, separated from the White Tiger Dagger's soul guidance core array, is then stitched together."

"With the assistance of this soul-guiding core array, I can amplify the effect of my second-tier acceleration soul skill by another 50% for a short period of time, but I will also need to expend about twice the original soul power."

"The effect of this soul power circulation should be comparable to the enhancement provided by a typical thousand-year soul ring to a soul master. However, my body is currently too weak to fully utilize its effects."

After continuous attempts, Huo Yuhao finally succeeded in combining the Level 2 Acceleration Soul Skill in his spiritual sea and spliced ​​it together with the Level 2 Soul Power Compression Array.

Continuously dissecting the operational routes of soul skills and the composition methods of soul guide cores, then decomposing and recombining them in his own sea of ​​consciousness, and subsequently transforming them into new soul power circuits that he needs—this is what Huo Yuhao has been doing for the past three months.

Since his transmigration, he has encountered more and more martial spirits and gained a deeper understanding of the operation of soul power, even though he has never tried it in reality.

However, after these soul skills and soul guidance core arrays were reorganized into soul power circuits, Huo Yuhao was already able to deduce their actual effects in his spiritual sea.

"Alright, I've spent quite a bit of time and failed dozens of times. Fortunately, even if I fail within the Sea of ​​Spirit, it won't harm me; it just means my spiritual energy dissipates and needs to be regrouped."

"If we were to try this outside, each failure would likely leave hidden injuries to the body, requiring at least several days of rest. Now, it's time to integrate this new soul power circulation route into our bodies."

Seeing Tianmeng Ice Silkworm fast asleep, having become too lazy to pretend anymore due to Huo Yuhao's frequent visits to his mental sea over the past three months, Huo Yuhao kicked it awake again.

"Xiao Yuhao, what's wrong now?" Tianmeng Ice Silkworm yawned. He had gotten used to Huo Yuhao waking him up from time to time to get him to work.

"Brother Tianmeng, please help me first recover the original soul power circulation in my body, and then merge this soul power circulation into my body in sequence according to the order. Be careful not to interfere with the original flow of soul power in the meridians, just attach it to the meridians."

Huo Yuhao carefully shared the vision of the Eye of Truth with Tianmeng Ice Silkworm through mental sharing, while guiding Tianmeng Ice Silkworm step by step to help him build a new soul power circuit.

Tianmeng Ice Silkworm had done this job many times in the past three months, and with Huo Yuhao supervising her, she was very familiar with it and completed it as quickly as before.

"Alright, brother, go back to sleep. Call me if Xiaoyuhao needs anything." Tianmeng Bingcan lay down on the ground again and fell fast asleep.

Although it seems simple, it is actually extremely difficult, because building a soul power circuit within the body is almost as difficult as condensing a soul ring.

It's just that the duration of the soul power circulation is not long, so the difficulty is much lower, but it is still much more difficult than creating your own soul skill.

After all, creating one's own soul skill is simply circulating the soul skill through the meridians in a certain way and then releasing it, while the soul power circulation path is to open up a new path separately, and its difficulty is incomparable.

If it weren't for the immense spiritual power of the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm and the assistance of the Eye of Truth, Huo Yuhao wouldn't have been qualified to attempt to add soul power circulation to his body when he was only at the Soul Master level.

Because if this is not done properly, it could very likely explode inside one's body, damage the meridians or even the very foundation. However, once completed, it would greatly enhance the strength of the Soul Master.

"Well, that's about it. Based on my current physical condition and soul power, and according to my calculations, this acceleration soul skill should increase my movement speed by about 60% in all aspects."

"With the added depth of mental detection from the Eye of Truth, I should be able to hold my own against a three-ring or even four-ring Soul Master for a short time. However, that's all I can do. The strongest among the freshmen in the assessment is only a three-ring Soul Master, so that's more than enough."

"However, it can only be activated for thirty seconds. After that, the body and soul power will not be able to withstand its strain. It must be used cautiously at crucial moments."

"There's still some time before dawn. Let's organize the data and find the other soul-guiding core array structures."

And so, when Huo Yuhao woke up, it was already bright daylight, and today was the first day of the freshman assessment.

Unlike Huo Yuhao, who consistently sleeps until the very end of the day, Wang Dong woke up early today because he went to bed early yesterday. Wang Dong was quite used to Huo Yuhao's excellent sleep.

"Let's go, let's hurry up and eat, then find Xiao Xiao to work things out and discuss tactics!" Wang Dongxing said impatiently.

Huo Yuhao yawned and said, "What tactics are there to discuss? Just follow my orders. You guys charge forward without thinking, do this first, then do that, and take down all the opponents. It's that simple."

"You always teach me to use my brain, but when it's your turn to use your brain, you don't?" Wang Dong rolled his eyes at Huo Yuhao.

As Huo Yuhao walked along, he said slowly, "Using your brain depends on who you're facing. In my opinion, all the opponents this year are trash. If you hide your second soul skill and combine your first and second soul skills, who in this year's competition can withstand a single blow from you?"

"Xiao Xiao and I just need to buy you time and create weaknesses in the enemy. We can react on the spot. Planning ahead is meaningless."

"Damn it, I can't argue with you at all."

Soon, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong finished breakfast and went to the teaching building to find Xiao Xiao.

After Zhou Yi informed them of the time and place of the assessment, the three of them casually found a quiet spot.

"Let's talk about each other's soul skills and martial souls first. I know about both of yours pretty well. This is mainly to let you get to know each other."

"Let me start with myself. My Martial Soul is Spirit Eye, and my first Soul Skill is Eye of Insight. It allows me to more easily see through the enemy's movements and find weaknesses. My current attack method is hidden weapons, which are roughly at the level of a Great Soul Master." Huo Yuhao finished speaking.

Wang Dong then spoke up: "The Martial Soul is the Goddess of Light Butterfly. Its first Soul Skill is Winged Guillotine, and its second Soul Skill is Light of the Butterfly God. Both are offensive Soul Skills."

Then Wang Dong proudly said, "My first and second soul skills, Fusion Ring, can severely injure any soul master below the fourth ring, even defensive battle soul masters."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Xiao also displayed her martial soul: "My first martial soul is the Three Lives Soul-Suppressing Cauldron, my first soul skill is the Cauldron's Tremor, and my second soul skill is the Cauldron's Sway."

Then Xiao Xiao looked at Wang Dong with some dissatisfaction: "My two soul skills can also be fused, and even a three-ring soul master cannot break free from my control."

"The second martial soul is the Nine Phoenixes' Auspicious Flute, which is mainly for support and control. It does not have any spirit rings attached yet, so it is not very useful in battle."

"Alright, stop arguing." Huo Yuhao shook his head. "Anyway, none of you want to be punished by that perverted old hag Zhou Yi, right?"

"I have a pretty good understanding of your abilities. What I'm going to tell you next is that you will follow my command in all battles. If you have any objections, you can raise them now, and we can fight each other directly."

"Whoever wins, we'll listen to them, okay?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Dong shook his head, but Xiao Xiao offered a different opinion. After all, as a person with twin martial souls, she could be considered a prodigy, and naturally she wanted to prove herself, especially in front of Wang Dong, whom she liked.

(End of this chapter)