Douluo Continent, Huo Yuhao who returned from Sekiro

Chapter 23 Two First Soul Skills

If it were a typical hundred-year-old spirit ring, let alone the subsequent actions, even the initial act of smoothing the meridians would be impossible, even if the spirit ring was obtained through sacrifice.

However, this spirit ring, though seemingly a hundred-year spirit ring, actually carries the life essence of a level 99 powerhouse who is infinitely close to level 100.

The energy, which had already cooled down, suddenly became scalding hot again, surging along Huo Yuhao's meridians towards his eyes.

"snort--"

Huo Yuhao let out a painful groan. At this moment, his light blue eyes turned into a pure golden yellow, so bright that they seemed to glow. Huo Yuhao felt as if his eyes were being ignited by two golden flames, the intense flames dancing in his eye sockets.

Behind Huo Yuhao, a huge phantom slowly appeared from the sky. Six huge golden wings wrapped around a phantom golden eye. As Huo Yuhao's face showed pain, the phantom eye showed the same expression at the same time.

The golden flames, like winding serpents or flowing water, flowed down from Huo Yuhao's eyes, and the skin where they touched slowly began to burn at the same time. The golden flames did not cause much pain when they burned his skin; there was only a slight warmth. Soon, Huo Yuhao's body was covered with illusory golden flames, and more than a dozen winding flame patterns appeared on his body. The patterns were very similar to the lightning strike patterns that appeared when lightning struck a tree.

Behind Huo Yuhao, the three pairs of enormous wings that enveloped the huge golden eye finally unfolded completely. Huo Yuhao felt that his vision had made a small leap forward at this moment. Not only could he see the surrounding objects with perfect clarity, but he also seemed to be able to activate the illusory eye hidden between his eyebrows for a longer period of time.

Huo Yuhao was completely unaware of the phantom that appeared behind him, the one with three pairs of burning golden wings and huge golden eyes. As the color of Huo Yuhao's eyes changed from the original sky blue to the gold burning with illusory golden flames, the huge phantom slowly dissipated.

The power that had been flowing freely slowly converged from his dantian. Only then did an indescribable feeling of comfort well up from the bottom of his heart. The feeling of comfort brought about by absorbing the soul ring was beyond words; it was as if he were floating on clouds, completely unburdened, or as if he had entered the pinnacle of bliss. Every pore on his body opened, greedily breathing in the wonderful air. The qualitative change was causing strange transformations in Huo Yuhao's body.

When Huo Yuhao opened his eyes again, a look of astonishment appeared in them. Two golden beams of divine light shot out, giving Huo Yuhao an air of authority as a young master. However, this could not hide Huo Yuhao's astonishment, because he was back in his tent, as if everything about the Spirit Realm had never happened.

He took out his katana and pulled back the tent flap. The sky was already bright, and the vibrant energy of the new day seemed to be calling to his body.

Huo Yuhao looked down at himself and found that his body seemed to have changed because of obtaining the soul ring. His originally thin figure seemed to have grown a little taller, his shoulders had broadened a bit, and his skin had a more lustrous glow.

With every movement, he felt a powerful lightness that was so comfortable. Without needing to deliberately test it, he knew that his body's functions had been greatly enhanced under the influence of the soul ring. Based on this alone, everything that had happened in the spirit world should not have been a pure illusion.

Even so, Huo Yuhao still felt somewhat incredulous. The last time Huo Yuhao encountered such a wonderful experience was when he was offering his godfather's guardian bell in front of the Buddha.

Huo Yuhao raised his left hand and slowly wiped it from between his eyebrows. A faint golden light appeared on his skin. Then, illusory golden flames ignited again in his golden eyes, and a clear yellow halo rose from beneath his feet, swirling around his body. These were the distinctive characteristics of a first-ring Soul Master.

Suddenly, Huo Yuhao's gaze fell upon the yellow spirit ring beneath his feet. A dazzling golden light emanated from the spirit ring, and the yellow color that originally belonged to the hundred-year spirit ring faded away, replaced by a spirit ring that was entirely pure gold, as if it were woven from pieces of golden angel feathers. But soon, this dazzling gold slowly faded away, and the yellow hundred-year spirit ring reappeared, just as it had always been.

Golden spirit ring?

A look of confusion appeared in Huo Yuhao's eyes. Even if it was a legendary 100,000-year soul ring, Huo Yuhao knew that it was probably just a red soul ring. But a golden soul ring was something he had never heard of before.

But soon, Huo Yuhao clenched his fists excitedly. No matter what, he should now be able to be called a genuine Soul Master. Not only did he have a hundred-year Soul Ring, but his Soul Power level also seemed to have increased by one level due to the absorption of the Soul Ring. Now he was an eleventh-level Soul Master with a Soul Ring.

Huo Yuhao barely managed to suppress his extreme excitement and began to sense the soul skills that his soul ring had given him. Then, the feedback from the soul ring on the soul skills once again caught Huo Yuhao off guard.

[Soul Skill - Holy Flame Blade: A soul skill that imbues the weapons of the user and allies with holy and fire attribute damage. It ignites holy golden flames on the surface of the weapon, adding holy and fire attribute attack power, and simultaneously unleashing the holy slash unique to the Holy Angel race.]

For thousands of years, the Holy Angels have suppressed all the Fallen with their Holy Flame Swords, confining them to a capital city exclusively for the Fallen. But everything changed after the arrival of that Outer God ten thousand years ago.

[Soul Skill - Dispel: A secret soul skill unique to the Holy Angel race, bestowed by the Mother of All Spirits as a blessing upon the angels. It forcibly removes all special buffs from a designated target within a range.]

The last inheritor of the Holy Angel was a goddess who once used this technique to defend against invading deities. Even so, defeat still befell her. Behind this defeat lurks an air of conspiracy, and seems to conceal a despicable betrayal.

"I have two first-level soul skills?"

Huo Yuhao was taken aback. He could clearly feel the feedback from his first soul ring. It seemed that he could release more than one soul skill, but a soul skill called Holy Flame Blade and a soul skill called Dispel. This surprised him.

(End of this chapter)