Douluo Continent, Huo Yuhao who returned from Sekiro

Chapter 77 Tianmeng Arrives (55 words per day)

Qian Daoliu stopped keeping him in suspense and nodded, saying, "That's right. The reason why the Azure-Eyed Swift Demon Hound was almost extinct in our era was because the soul skills that this kind of soul beast could provide were extremely valuable."

"Not to mention that the 'Wind Control' soul skill is a very precious soul skill. It can be used to disperse poisonous smoke, form an airflow shield to protect oneself, and also form wind blades. It is almost equivalent to multiple soul skills of an ordinary wind attribute soul master."

"Even though its power is far inferior to those individually provided spirit ring skills, it was still the best choice for wind attribute spirit masters in the past."

Huo Yuhao said thoughtfully, "If that's all there is to it, the Azure-Eyed Swift Demon Dog might not have gone extinct. After all, Elder Qian, you also mentioned that the Black Whirlwind Baboon or the Wind God Wyvern can also provide 'Wind Control' type soul skills. These two soul beasts haven't disappeared."

"Yes."

Qian Daoliu nodded: "If it could only provide 'Wind Control' type soul skills, the Azure-Eyed Swift Demon Dog would not be almost extinct. But unfortunately, in addition to this skill, the Azure-Eyed Swift Demon Dog has a small chance of producing another skill, a skill that drives almost all types of soul masters crazy - Potential Burst."

"Is it the ability that greatly increased the Blue-Eyed Swift Hound's reaction speed and physical abilities?"

Huo Yuhao asked with some curiosity.

"Yes, you guessed correctly."

Qian Daoliu nodded and said, "This kind of soul skill is completely different from other soul skills. It does not simply increase the soul master's strength, defense or speed, but greatly increases the soul master's reaction speed in a short period of time and forcibly overdraws the soul master's physical strength so that the body can keep up with the forcibly increased reaction speed."

"The appearance of this soul skill caused quite a stir at the time, because all users believed that this soul skill actually slowed down the flow of time and claimed that they had discovered a time-type soul skill."

"Although the duration of the soul skills provided by these soul beasts is extremely short, even a ten-thousand-year-old Azure-Eyed Swift Hound can only provide the user with about three seconds of enhancement, in their field of vision, the time may have lasted for six seconds, or even nine seconds."

"You can imagine how terrifying that effect is. Your dodges and attacks are as swift as lightning in the eyes of the enemy, while the enemy's attacks against you are as slow as a snail."

"Everyone except myself suddenly slowed down the passage of time. Even if it only lasted for a few seconds, this Soul Master could easily defeat Soul Masters of the same level or even a higher level than himself."

"That's why soul beasts that can provide such heaven-defying soul skill effects instantly became everyone's hot commodity, to the point that even I, an old man, am seeing such a soul beast for the first time."

At this point, Qian Daoliu couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

"There was once an elder from the Spirit Hall who was in the healing department. He conducted a very detailed study of the human body and discovered that in addition to muscles, bones, blood, and meridians, there seemed to be some gray, thread-like fibrous substances in the human body, which he named 'nerves'."

"That elder from the healing department once suspected that the reason why the soul skill provided by the Azure-Eyed Swift Hound could give people a feeling of 'time slowing down' was because of the 'nerves' at work."

"But unfortunately, the Azure-Eyed Swift Hound had not appeared for many years when that healing elder was alive, and apart from this kind of soul beast, there was no other soul beast that could provide similar soul skills."

"Therefore, he only scratched the surface of this research and did not delve into it in depth."

The story told by Qian Daoliu touched Huo Yuhao. During the previous battle, Huo Yuhao had indeed seen a large amount of yellow energy gushing out from the spine of the Azure-Eyed Swift Demon Hound through his Illusionary Eye, flowing along strands of gray fibers.

As the yellow energy flows past, the speed and reaction speed of the Azure-Eyed Swift Hound will instantly surge.

Those gray fiber bundles, almost invisible to the naked eye on ordinary soul beasts and soul masters, are what the healing elder guessed were nerve endings. If that's true, to arrive at such an accurate conclusion based solely on speculation without ever seeing the actual object, the elder's medical skills are truly unfathomable.

Huo Yuhao had witnessed the skills of powerful healers before; he had personally seen the healing-type Soul Master who had once walked with Yan Shaozhe at Shrek Academy.

Huo Yuhao once visited the other party with almost all the savings he had earned from his barbecue restaurant over two years, asking for help to treat his mother's illness. However, the other party did not take a penny and went there gladly, as if some of the heavy burden on his shoulders had been lifted.

Even a powerful seventh-ring healing-type Soul Master like him had to put in considerable effort to cure Huo Yun'er's chronic illness that had accumulated over nearly ten years. He even had to release his Martial Soul True Body to completely eradicate the root cause of the illness from Huo Yun'er's body.

Being able to cure a patient's chronic illness that had lasted for almost ten years, in the eyes of others, this was definitely a true miracle doctor. However, Huo Yuhao had a feeling that compared to the healing elder mentioned by Qian Daoliu, Teacher Li, who was at the seventh ring in the academy, was probably far inferior.

"Unleashing my potential? I hope this will be my second soul skill."

Huo Yuhao made some arrangements in the vicinity, setting up many trigger traps and early warning devices, and also removed the smell of blood as much as possible. Only after ensuring that there was no danger did he begin to absorb the soul ring.

Huo Yuhao sat cross-legged on the ground and absorbed the yellow soul ring floating on the body of the Azure-Eyed Swift Demon Dog. He calmed down and began to absorb the soul ring. Qian Daoliu first looked at Huo Yuhao to make sure that there were no problems with Huo Yuhao's absorption before he withdrew his attention.

Huo Yuhao absorbed the spirit ring very quickly. After all, Qian Daoliu had previously asserted that Huo Yuhao's physical condition was fully capable of absorbing spirit beasts that were over a thousand years old, while this Azure-Eyed Swift Demon Dog's cultivation period was only five hundred years. In no time, Huo Yuhao's absorption was nearing its end.

"Logically speaking, that giant worm is blessed with great fortune; even based on intuition, it should have arrived by now. Could it be that the Mother of All Spirits has miscalculated again?"

Qian Daoliu muttered to himself, "It's not impossible that I miscalculated. Back then, the Mother of All Spirits predicted that my soul power would be on the verge of collapse and completely dissipate before I met Xiao Yuhao, but I'm still alive and well now."

"Forget it, if they can't come, they can't come. The Chosen One is very mysterious, and even the Mother of All Spirits can't predict everything. Children and grandchildren have their own blessings. Back then, I couldn't figure out why the Spirit Hall disappeared not long after I died. Tsk."

Just as Qian Daoliu seemed to be waiting for something, without warning, a voice echoed in Huo Yuhao's spiritual sea.

"Finally, I've encountered a human with spiritual attributes. It's a pity I can't cry, otherwise I would definitely be in tears!"

(End of this chapter)