Douluo Continent II: The Peerless Tang Sect: I, Huo Yuhao, join the Sun Moon Sect

Xiao Hongchen frowned: "Ji Juechen, I thought you were an upright person, how come you're lying now?"

Yuhao is an unparalleled genius, destined to become a pillar of the Sun Moon Empire. But he's too young; his cultivation is indeed inferior to yours. If you really want to fight, we'll have a match later!

Ji Juechen remained indifferent. He was not a talkative person, so when faced with Xiao Hongchen's accusations, he chose to hold down the sword in his hand.

He was determined to fight Xiao Hongchen again and challenge Huo Yuhao once more.

Whether Huo Yuhao accepts or not is his own business, but Ji Juechen, who is preventing him from launching the challenge, is indeed an obstacle.

"Haha, Ji Juechen really lost to Junior Brother Yuhao," Meng Hongchen said.

"what?"

Xiao Hongchen was somewhat stunned by this bombshell news.

But Meng Hongchen never deceived himself about such things, so he subconsciously looked at Huo Yuhao and felt that the other party was ridiculously strong.

Huo Yuhao said, "I accept Ji Juechen's challenge. However, the challenge will have to wait until the second awakening of the martial soul is over."

Upon hearing this, Ji Juechen's eyes lit up, and a smile involuntarily appeared on his lips.

Xiao Hongchen looked like he'd seen a ghost, because in all his years at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, he had never seen Ji Juechen smile.

He used to think that Ji Juechen was born unable to smile. After all, who in their right mind would always have an icy expression and wander around with a sword, ready to challenge others at any time?

But are you really that happy to be able to fight Huo Yuhao?

Laughing at the world, I couldn't understand it at all.

"Cough cough cough..." Jing Hongchen coughed a few times, then said, "Alright, the most important thing right now is the second awakening of the martial soul."

According to Yuhao's method, the second awakening of one's martial soul requires diving into the sea. Everyone, let's begin now.

Huo Yuhao immediately notified the consciousness of the plane and then sealed his memories related to the "escape route".

He immediately jumped into the sea, and to everyone's astonishment, Huo Yuhao's figure was quickly swallowed up by the boundless waves.

The other three also jumped into the sea. Then, the four level-nine soul masters took action and pushed the group into the depths of the sea according to the plan that Huo Yuhao had proposed earlier.

The waves surged, and the water pressure felt by Huo Yuhao and his group grew stronger and stronger.

They subconsciously tried to use their soul power, but under the suppression of the Title Douluo, their attempts were in vain. At this moment, they could neither shout nor breathe.

Gradually, Huo Yuhao and his group felt a suffocating sensation in their lungs, as if they were about to burst.

After some time, Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen swam to the surface of the sea and were rescued, while Ji Juechen, a man with good willpower and physical fitness, continued to hold on.

As for Huo Yuhao, because of his excellent physical condition, he was able to persevere even though his lungs were a little uncomfortable, and he didn't need to swim to the surface of the sea at all.

Chapter 217 The Red Dust Siblings Finally Awaken

However, the thought of survival also spread rapidly in his mind, and intense fluctuations of qi and blood emanated from his body. His "blood vessels" were roaring and churning!

In fact, Huo Yuhao's bloodline is quite mixed. In most cases, the bloodline of a human soul master is related to his martial soul. For example, Xu Sanshi possesses the Xuanwu bloodline because of his Xuanming Turtle martial soul.

Once Xu Sanshi's bloodline awakens, his Xuanming Turtle Martial Soul can transform into the Xuanwu Martial Soul.

Huo Yuhao currently only has two martial souls: the Spirit Eye Martial Soul and the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion Martial Soul. The former has developed into the Eye of Destiny due to the influence of the power of destiny, while the latter has now reached the ultimate ice and snow attribute due to the addition of the Snow Emperor Soul Spirit.

After all, in the Douluo Continent worldview, ultimate ice and ultimate snow have similarities, but also differences.

The next moment, golden light appeared in Huo Yuhao's eyes, and the Eye of Destiny gradually appeared between his brows. In an instant, the seawater around him was bathed in golden light, making it look magnificent.

Then the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion Martial Soul appeared behind him, and the golden seawater nearby was instantly frozen, with snowflake marks appearing on it. These snowflake marks seemed to appear out of thin air and looked extremely neat.

Beside him, Kong Deming, who was suppressing Huo Yuhao, had a look of surprise on his face: "Is this the reaction of a Soul Master after stimulating their potential? I wonder how long it will take for Yuhao to awaken his Martial Soul a second time."

Huo Yuhao's condition improved slightly, but he still couldn't breathe. However, this situation was actually stimulating his potential.

Out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of Ji Juechen in the distance. At that moment, the veins on Ji Juechen's neck were bulging, and he seemed to be persisting. In his hand, there was only a sharp sword, which was gleaming.

"In the end, he still lost to the Tower Master." Even Ji Juechen, who had an extremely strong will, couldn't help but glance at Huo Yuhao with difficulty, somewhat puzzled as to why Huo Yuhao's physical fitness was so good.

Logically speaking, one should have the strongest physical fitness among the four, but it seems that Huo Yuhao's physical fitness is actually the strongest.

The prolonged lack of oxygen gave him a feeling that death was gradually approaching, so Ji Juechen mustered all his strength and swam towards the surface of the sea.

After a while, Huo Yuhao also couldn't hold on any longer. After all, he was still human, not a god, so he naturally couldn't go without breathing for a long time under the high pressure of the deep sea.

As for using the Water Dragon King's soul bone to control water, that's naturally impossible, since doing so would lose the effect of stimulating potential.

Kong Deming, who was standing to the side, naturally noticed that Huo Yuhao was not in a good state, so he immediately released his suppression of Huo Yuhao.

As a level nine soul master, he had plenty of ways to breathe in the deep sea, so he was naturally in no hurry to get out of the deep sea. Of course, he wouldn't stop Huo Yuhao from going to the surface, since that would allow Huo Yuhao to survive.

Soon, Huo Yuhao returned to the surface of the sea, breathing in the fresh air. He then went back to the deck to rest, preparing for his next deep-sea dive to stimulate his potential.

Only a few people can awaken their martial soul a second time after going to sea once, because such people have extremely little potential. Huo Yuhao has a deep foundation, and he estimates that it will take him at least forty days to awaken his martial soul a second time.

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Day .

Meng Hongchen emerged from the sea, and a large amount of seawater turned into ice beneath her feet, allowing her to walk as if on flat ground. Her eyes glowed red, her hair was snow-white, and her face showed obvious joy.

"Grandpa, I succeeded! My martial spirit has awakened for the second time. Compared to before, I am undoubtedly much stronger now."

As she spoke, a phantom image of a pure white toad appeared behind her. Like Meng Hongchen at this moment, the toad had a pair of blood-red eyes. However, upon closer inspection, one could see some ancient and solemn patterns in the toad's blood-red eyes.

"Oh?" Jing Hongchen looked at Meng Hongchen, somewhat curious: "How is it stronger than before?"

Meng Hongchen said, "Compared to before, the poison of my Crimson-Eyed Ice Toad in my martial soul has become more potent, and the time it takes for the poison to take effect has been shortened by at least 90%. As you know, Grandpa, it takes a lot of time for the poison of the Crimson-Eyed Ice Toad to take effect."

This means that when I'm one-on-one with some powerful Soul Masters, I always have to focus on negotiation in the early stages.

After all, time is on my side. As long as the opponent's poisoning gradually worsens, they will become weaker and weaker, and my victory will be inevitable.

However, this fighting style also has a drawback: when facing a powerful enemy who can overcome all skills with sheer brute force, I am very likely to be defeated quickly.

But things are different now. The duration of my poison's effect has been greatly reduced, and even against enemies who can overcome any opponent with overwhelming force, I am now confident in my ability to handle them. Moreover, the Crimson-Eyed Ice Toad's ice attribute has also been enhanced, and now I am only one step away from achieving ultimate ice power.

“Not bad,” Jing Hongchen said approvingly. “However, Xiao Meng, your gains should go beyond this.”

"Yes, I'm already a level 58 Soul King. In a while, I'll be able to break through to Soul Emperor. After the second awakening of a Martial Soul, a Soul Master's Soul Power can indeed be improved," Meng Hongchen said with a smile.

.....

Day 22.

Xiao Hongchen stood on the deck, with the phantom of the three-legged toad appearing behind him. However, the three-legged toad was different from before; its eyes had turned fiery red.

"Therefore, I successfully awakened my martial soul for the second time. My control over metal has improved a lot, and my metal attribute has gradually become purer, reaching a level close to the ultimate metal. Moreover, my cultivation speed has increased."

Previously, I could only absorb the energy from rare metals to aid my cultivation. Now, I can absorb the power from any metal to enhance my cultivation level.

"Hiss, then wouldn't the power of my and Meng's Martial Soul Fusion Skill also be enhanced?"

Thinking of this, Xiao Hongchen's smile grew even wider. He felt that he could definitely give Shrek Academy a surprise in the future Soul Fighting Tournament.

He planned to go and experiment with Meng Hongchen.

On the way, he saw Ji Juechen standing motionless on the deck, holding a sword in his hand, looking like a piece of wood.

"Could it be that he also awakened his martial soul a second time? This... could it be that Ji Juechen has a hidden bloodline within him?" Xiao Hongchen wondered.

Ji Juechen's innate soul power was only level three, and his martial soul was also average. Even so, Ji Juechen was able to become the chief of the actual control soul guidance system, crushing many people who were more talented than him.

Therefore, in the eyes of many people, apart from his own efforts, Ji Juechen's martial spirit should also be extraordinary.

The most likely explanation is that the opponent's martial soul possesses some kind of hidden bloodline.

However, this is ultimately just speculation without any evidence. But these days, Ji Juechen's martial soul has not awakened a second time, and the so-called speculation seems to be gradually being verified as a fact.

Chapter 218 Gold-level Second Awakening

Suddenly, a clear, crisp sound of a sword ringing out rang out.

Xiao Hongchen watched as the sword in Ji Juechen's hand trembled. He knew that Ji Juechen's martial spirit was actually just a very ordinary sword martial spirit. In order to hone his martial spirit, Ji Juechen chose to infuse his soul into the sword.

Therefore, the sword in Ji Juechen's hand is essentially a combination of his martial spirit and a meteorite iron longsword from outer space.

Meteorite iron is a rare metal, very suitable for forging soul tools. Ji Juechen, wielding this sword, made a name for himself within the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.

However, this longsword, forged from meteorite iron, began to tremble more and more violently, as if it could no longer contain the martial spirit within. Crackling sounds and spiderweb-like patterns appeared on the longsword. Suddenly, a large number of metal fragments were ejected and flew out, landing on the deck with a clattering sound.

A massive, ancient sword, about two meters long and half a foot wide at the blade, appeared in front of Ji Juechen.

Xiao Hongchen was somewhat taken aback. He examined the sword, feeling that it looked familiar. As the grandson of the Mingde Hall Master, he had received a good education and knew many martial spirits on the Douluo Continent, but for a moment, he could not identify what this martial spirit was.

"I'm sure I've seen this martial spirit somewhere before!" Xiao Hongchen began to rack his brains, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

At this moment, Huo Yuhao's voice rang out behind Xiao Hongchen: "This ancient giant sword, about two meters long and half a foot wide, should be the Seven Kill Sword. Only when a Soul Master's cultivation reaches level ninety-seven can it evolve into a long sword that looks like it's forged from crystal!"

“Oh! Right, the Seven Kill Sword. I’ve seen a picture of this kind of martial soul in the Douluo Martial Soul Catalogue. Yuhao, you have a really good memory.” Xiao Hongchen suddenly realized. “Hiss, I remember that the most famous owner of the Seven Kill Sword martial soul was the Sword Douluo of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School ten thousand years ago. Could it be that Ji Juechen is related to that Sword Douluo by blood?”

"Perhaps that's the case. According to historical records, Sword Douluo came from the prestigious Chen family, but he had no children. However, there should be some people who are related to Sword Douluo by blood, and those people may be Ji Juechen's ancestors."

They might not possess the Seven Kill Sword Martial Soul, but they undoubtedly have that bloodline within them, only it hasn't been activated yet. It's like Tang San's teacher, Yu Xiaogang, and his descendants, who possess the Golden Sacred Dragon bloodline, but very few can actually activate it." Huo Yuhao said, expressing his speculation while looking at Ji Juechen, who was also somewhat surprised at this moment.

However, after carefully considering Ji Juechen's experiences, he felt that it was normal for the other party to have an unactivated bloodline.

In Douluo Continent, a person's martial soul determines the upper limit of their strength. Even someone with a powerful background like Yu Xiaogang could not become a Soul Master even at an advanced age due to a malignant mutation in his martial soul.

Of course, the Golden Holy Dragon bloodline within Luo Sanpao is quite good; even Mu En praised it after using it.

According to the original novel, Ji Juechen's innate soul power was level three, his martial soul was very ordinary, and he had never taken any medicine since childhood. Even though frequent battles are beneficial for improving strength, in theory, Ji Juechen's cultivation speed should not have been this fast.

Under these circumstances, Ji Juechen was able to quickly become a powerful Soul Emperor, so his Martial Soul must have something extremely special about it. Of course, being able to infuse his soul into his sword means that it is no longer an "ordinary" sword Martial Soul.

Thinking of this, Huo Yuhao withdrew his gaze and jumped into the sea again to stimulate his potential. It was the twenty-second day since his martial soul had awakened for the second time, and there was still no sign of his martial soul awakening for the second time. This meant that his potential had not yet been fully activated.

Xiao Hongchen looked at Ji Juechen and muttered to himself, "Yuhao is in trouble this time. The Seven Kill Sword is a weapon spirit that is no less powerful than the Clear Sky Hammer in history, and Ji Juechen's cultivation is stronger than Yuhao's. So there is a high chance that Yuhao will lose."

Even when Ji Juechen's martial soul was ordinary, he was able to suppress many people in the academy. Now that his martial soul has transformed into the Seven Kill Sword, wouldn't he be even stronger than before?

"Hiss... Should I ask Grandpa to prepare some more powerful soul tools for Yuhao?"

Xiao Hongchen knew very well that Huo Yuhao had brought him and the Sun Moon Empire a great deal of benefit, so he would naturally stand on Huo Yuhao's side. To be honest, he did not want Huo Yuhao to lose.

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Day 49.

Huo Yuhao sank into the dark seawater again. The water pressure from all directions made it impossible for him to breathe. He could only rely on the little oxygen in his body and his physical strength to hold on.