Douluo Dalu II: The Peerless Tang Sect

Chapter 155 The Great Insect Tianmeng's Ambitions!

After the dinner, the group parted ways at the entrance of Shrek Academy.

Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan returned to the inner courtyard.

"Brother, you seem quite interested in that Huo Yuhao?" On the way, Jiang Nannan finally couldn't contain her curiosity and asked, "Why?"

"Because I find him very interesting," Zhu Ziyang explained. "I have a feeling that Huo Yuhao's future will definitely be brilliant."

"Oh, you think highly of him? But why?" Jiang Nannan asked, somewhat puzzled. "Although he has a true-body martial soul, his aptitude is very poor. At eleven years old, his soul power is only level thirteen. If he hadn't joined the Tang Sect, he wouldn't have been able to enter the academy!"

"No reason, just a simple intuition," Zhu Ziyang explained with a smile. He couldn't very well tell Jiang Nannan that he had read a book that said Huo Yuhao could succeed, could he? So, he could only hope that time would work its magic.

"I see. Okay then." Jiang Nannan stopped worrying about it and said, "I hope Huo Yuhao can really be as you expect, brother. Otherwise, Xiaoya will probably be heartbroken."

"Hehehe, I will," Zhu Ziyang said with a smile.

Jiang Nannan stopped paying attention to Huo Yuhao and instead said excitedly, "Brother, I heard that three Soul Masters have emerged among this year's freshmen!"

"Three Soul Masters?!" Zhu Ziyang was surprised, his tone somewhat astonished. "That's quite interesting! Do you know the origins of these three Soul Masters?"

"I don't know, Xiaoya doesn't know either." Jiang Nannan shook her head.

"Oh!" Zhu Ziyang pondered upon hearing this. In previous years, it was already a sensational event for any freshman to produce even one Soul Master. This year, however, three had emerged. This made Zhu Ziyang suspicious. Could these three Soul Master freshmen be stepping stones for Huo Yuhao? Using a universally recognized genius to highlight an extraordinary prodigy—isn't that the usual trope in adventure novels?

Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong returned to their dormitory.

"Wang Dong, I've started cultivating!" Huo Yuhao was full of fighting spirit. Zhu Ziyang's words filled him with motivation. As soon as he returned to the dormitory, he couldn't wait to sit on the bed and prepare to cultivate.

"So early?" Wang Dong was a little surprised, but then he understood. After all, Huo Yuhao was a well-known cultivation fanatic. He said, "Then you cultivate. I'm going to sleep for a while and then cultivate after I wake up."

"Hmm!" Huo Yuhao ignored Wang Dong, closed his eyes, and began to cultivate.

"Brother Tianmeng, Brother Tianmeng!" Huo Yuhao called out from within his spiritual sea.

"Why are you calling me 'brother,' Xiao Yuhao?" A large, chubby, snow-white worm appeared and said lazily.

"Did you hear what Brother Ziyang said at the dinner table?" Huo Yuhao asked expectantly. He trusted Brother Tianmeng more than anyone else, so he couldn't wait to know his opinion on Zhu Ziyang. "Is it true?"

"How would I know if it's true?" Tianmeng said, her voice tinged with exasperation. "I'm not human, how would I know that human martial souls have so many intricacies?"

"Ah! I see!" Huo Yuhao couldn't help but feel a little disappointed upon hearing this.

"However," Tianmeng noticed Huo Yuhao's disappointment and immediately changed the subject, saying, "What that human named Zhu Ziyang said should be true, because your Spirit Eye Martial Soul can indeed be nurtured with soul power, and the Evil Eye Tyrant Soul Beast he mentioned is indeed very suitable to become your soul ring. If possible, your third soul ring or subsequent soul rings could absorb such a soul beast."

"Really? That's wonderful!" Huo Yuhao exclaimed joyfully upon hearing Tianmeng's confirmation. "I knew it! How could Brother Ziyang, who seems so friendly and kind, lie to me?"

"You trust him so much after just one meeting?" Tianmeng said, speechless. "However, that human is no ordinary person. Getting closer to him won't hurt. I sensed the aura of a true dragon emanating from him—how annoying!"

The Great Insect Heaven dreamt of the fear of being dominated by the Emperor Heaven for the past tens of thousands of years.

"The aura of a true dragon?" Huo Yuhao tilted his head, looking at Tianmeng with some doubt.

"It's a True Dragon Martial Soul!" Tianmeng said. "Isn't your Senior Brother Beibei's Martial Soul the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex? That's a True Dragon Martial Soul, just an ordinary one. Judging from the aura, Zhu Ziyang's Martial Soul seems like a pure True Dragon, just like that hateful guy Di Tian!"

"What do you mean by ordinary true dragon? Pure true dragon?" Huo Yuhao was even more confused. Although he was not illiterate, he was definitely soul-blind, so he couldn't understand Tianmeng's words.

"Um~ I can't explain it clearly either. Anyway, you know that Zhu Ziyang is stronger than Beibei, that's enough." Tianmeng herself only had a superficial understanding, so she naturally couldn't explain it to Huo Yuhao and could only give a vague answer.

"Oh, I see!" Huo Yuhao nodded, then asked, "Brother Tianmeng, do you know about the Evil Eye Tyrant, a soul beast? What kind of soul beast is it?"

"If that's what you're asking, then I'm wide awake!" Tianmeng perked up immediately when Huo Yuhao asked about the Evil Eye Tyrant, and said excitedly, "The Evil Eye Tyrant is a unique soul beast on the Sun Moon Continent. Its entire race consists of spirit-type soul beasts. Because of its peculiar appearance—a body with only one eye—it's also called 'Big Eyeball' by the soul beasts of the Star Dou Forest. I have to admit, it's perfect as your soul ring!"

"Big eyes?" Huo Yuhao immediately pictured it, his expression turning strange.

"The patriarch of the Evil Eye Tyrant clan, the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler, is known as the Evil Emperor. He is the second most terrifying being among the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts, with a cultivation level of 700,000 years!" Tianmeng's tone became even more excited as she said, "The reason I know about the Evil Eye Tyrant is because the Evil Emperor is one of the few beings who could make Di Tian suffer! I still remember the scene when that guy challenged Di Tian back then, tsk tsk tsk, it was truly exciting!"

"A 700,000-year-old soul beast!" Huo Yuhao felt shocked, but not that shocked, because he had no reference points, so he didn't know what a 700,000-year-old soul beast meant. He just felt that it was powerful.

"In that case, the Evil Emperor would be quite suitable as the ninth spirit ring for your Spirit Eye Martial Soul, Yuhao!" Tianmeng suddenly said, thinking ambitiously, "If we could obtain the Evil Emperor's ultimate move—Light of Time and Space, that would be even better. That's a powerful skill that even Di Tian fears!"

"Uh~" Huo Yuhao was taken aback, shook his head helplessly, and said, "Brother Tianmeng, aren't you thinking way too far ahead!"

"How could that be?" Tianmeng said with absolute confidence. "Once you reach the second ring and fuse with the second martial soul I chose for you, you'll definitely take off. At that time, with us here, we won't even put the Evil Emperor or Di Tian in our eyes!"

"Hehehe!" Huo Yuhao just laughed, not paying any attention to Tianmeng's words.

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Once Zhu Ziyang returned to his wooden hut, he prepared to cultivate.

He took out a deep purple soul bone from the Star Flame Ring and examined it carefully. He hesitated whether to absorb this left arm bone.

This left arm bone, officially named the Death Puppet Left Arm Bone, came from a 50,000-year-old Death Puppet. It was a gift given to Yan Shaozhe as an apology before he went into seclusion.

Zhu Ziyang knew perfectly well why Yan Shaozhe had apologized to him. Yan Shaozhe had been severely criticized by Mu En and then ordered to cultivate in seclusion within the underground world of the Golden Ancient Tree, only allowed to emerge when he broke through to level 97. Now, Zhu Ziyang felt that they probably wouldn't see Yan Shaozhe again for at least ten years. As a Light-type Soul Master, excessive scheming and calculation were a serious constraint for Yan Shaozhe. Reaching level 96 was already a stroke of luck; to break through to level 97, he needed to completely cleanse his heart of its impurities and rediscover his Light Heart. Otherwise, he would never be able to break through in this lifetime!

The fact that Mu En made such a harsh demand of him shows that Mu En was utterly disappointed in Yan Shaozhe and had reached the point of no return. Yan Shaozhe also understood that he had indeed let Mu En down, and agreed to Mu En's demands without any argument.

The left arm bone of the Death Demon Puppet in Zhu Ziyang's hand was the apology gift that Yan Shaozhe gave him before he went into seclusion.

Looking at the soul bone in his hand, Zhu Ziyang fell silent.

The Death Puppet is an extremely rare and powerful death-attribute soul beast. Resembling a human, it can manipulate corpses and souls in battle. This was the kind of soul beast that Mu En initially sought for Zhu Ziyang's fifth soul ring.

According to Mu En's examination, this left arm bone of the Death Puppet is a soul bone with a fixed soul skill, namely Death Puppet.

Death Puppet is one of the Death Puppet's ultimate moves and a very powerful life-saving skill. It can generate a puppet that can take a fatal attack in place of the user.

After thinking for a long time, Zhu Ziyang finally decided to absorb the left arm bone. After all, the more ways to save one's life, the better!

What's more, this is a 50,000-year-old soul bone, and it's so compatible with his attributes. Only a fool like Zhu Ziyang would not absorb this soul bone. Even though he is a student of Shrek Academy's inner court and a disciple of the Sea God Pavilion Master, the chances of obtaining a soul bone of such quality are very limited!

(End of this chapter)