Douluo Continent: The Spirit-Eyed Detective Huo Yuhao

"So you jumped into the whale's belly just for this?" Huo Yuhao was speechless. He had vaguely guessed the mermaid princess's purpose when he received her.

"I anticipated that I would go all out to save you, my important partner, so when I discovered the evil orca under the ship, I took the initiative to risk my life. In the process of rescuing you, I was able to meet you and win the game."

Liya proudly raised her head and wagged her tail, indicating that Huo Yuhao was right.

"How could I not have thought of that?" Wang Dong slapped his forehead in frustration.

"That's too much. It's just a competition, and they're using such risky tactics..." Xiao Xiao complained.

"So, she won?" Huo Qiu'er said calmly.

"Hahaha, I think you've all forgotten someone who met me before Liya did." Huo Yuhao raised his index finger and smiled mysteriously.

"Who?" Everyone looked around. Apart from the mermaid princess, they hadn't seen anyone successfully touch Huo Yuhao.

"That is..." Huo Yuhao used his telekinesis to lift the Demonic Orca King, which had just fallen into the sea, "The Demonic Orca King! The winner is the Demonic Orca King!"

"???" Everyone was stunned at first, and then they remembered that Huo Yuhao had kicked the Demon Orca King in order to save Liya, which had already met the conditions for touching it.

"Huh? This counts?" The mermaid princess looked at Huo Yuhao in disbelief, then at the orca king, who was being held in mid-air by telekinesis and struggling.

"Okay, just kidding." Huo Yuhao casually crushed the Demon Orca King to death, then used a spatial ability to throw it inside. "Since the Demon Orca King is dead, the championship still belongs to the Mermaid Princess Liya. Congratulations!"

"..." Liya didn't know how to react for a moment, only thinking that humans were really strange.

Behind them, Silver Dragon King Gu Yue's pupils dilated in shock. The power Huo Yuhao had just displayed made her feel utterly powerless.

"Such power, even if I recovered all my cultivation, I probably would have a hard time contending with him. It's just fortunate that he is friendly..." Gu Yue couldn't help but wonder, if she obtained the Dragon God Core, what would happen if she faced Huo Yuhao with the power of the Dragon God? Then she shook her head, stopping herself from thinking any further.

"So, what is Miss Liya's wish?" Huo Yuhao asked.

"A beast-taming contract, you and I will sign a beast-taming contract." The mermaid princess said without hesitation. With Huo Yuhao's profound spiritual power, even if she could only learn a little bit, she would benefit immensely.

"Of course, no problem. On the contrary, I should thank you for your trust." Huo Yuhao smiled, took out the seal of the Beast Taming Contract, and stamped it on the back of her hand and his own hand respectively.

Once the contract was signed, the mermaid princess's body changed instantly. The most obvious change was that the golden crown on her head became larger. The crown, which was originally too small and looked like an ornament tilted on her head, was still too big for the small mermaid's head after it was enlarged. No matter how she wore it, it would tilt to one side.

"The crown is actually connected to the body's bloodline. What an amazing structure! It could be considered a companion artifact or a natal artifact," Huo Yuhao exclaimed in surprise.

……

"So, what should we do with this guy?" Wang Dong poked the great white shark that had fallen onto the deck; it was still dizzy.

"The Demon Soul Great White Shark, it looks like it's about 80,000 or 90,000 years old." Huo Yuhao thought for a moment, "How about we make grilled fish?"

"Great! Great!" Wang Dong's eyes lit up; the mention of grilled fish made her hungry.

Everyone else present couldn't help but feel their mouths water. They had all eaten the famous grilled fish that was known throughout the Douluo Continent, and the mental energy seasoning was irresistible.

"Quack! Don't eat me! Help! I don't taste good!" the great white shark cried out, surprisingly speaking in human language.

Bai Xiuxiu was inwardly groaning. She had just escaped the whale's mouth only to be thrown into a human's den. She had barely managed to survive inside the Demon Orca King's belly using the life-saving techniques left by her elders, and now she was going to be roasted by a group of humans.

"Oh? It can speak human language before it's even reached 100,000 years old. It's quite intelligent." Huo Yuhao wasn't too surprised. The Demon Soul Great White Shark is one of the top-tier sea soul beasts, and this one in front of him seems to be one of the stronger bloodlines in its clan.

"Don't worry, I won't eat you. I just wanted to scare you by pretending to faint," Huo Yuhao said with a smile.

"Oh dear..." The large group of people behind them immediately looked dejected.

"They really want to eat it, they absolutely want to eat it!" The great white shark slapped its tail against the deck.

"Uh...we just caught a lot of demonic orcas, so we can still grill fish. Everyone, go and scoop them up," Huo Yuhao said again.

"Ohhhhhhhhh!!!"

Everyone excitedly went to retrieve the evil killer whale from the sea.

"Look, it ate a demonic killer whale, it has nothing to do with you," Huo Yuhao comforted Bai Xiuxiu.

Chapter 175 Silver Dragon Takes on Disciples

After the ship sailed out of the icy sea, the temperature gradually rose and the surrounding environment warmed up.

The passengers who had been hiding in the cabins all came out to play, and the deck of the Mech God ship finally began to resemble a luxury cruise ship.

The facilities are very complete, with many sun loungers for tourists to sunbathe, and various robots carrying food and drinks constantly wandering around. There is also a large swimming pool in the center of the deck.

"Feels good, right?" Huo Yuhao sipped his soda, lying on a deck chair and enjoying the warm sunlight.

"Ah, this feels so good..." Wang Dong, wearing sunglasses, was in the same position on the recliner on the left.

"Humans really know how to enjoy life." Huo Qiu'er sat cross-legged to one side, propping her head up with one hand.

“Yes, humans really know how to enjoy life…” Gu Yue stood up from the deck chair and went to the pool in the center of the deck to touch the head of the Demon Soul Great White Shark that was sticking out.

"This older sister is so approachable," Bai Xiuxiu thought to herself. After confirming that Huo Yuhao wouldn't roast her, and sensing the aura of the Silver Dragon King Gu Yue, she stayed quietly in the large swimming pool in the center of the deck for the time being.

"Can you tell me why you were eaten by the demonic orca? What about your elders?" Gu Yue asked gently.

“The sea has been in chaos lately. Not only is there serious infighting within our clans, but I heard that a Deep Sea Demon Whale King has awakened from her slumber. She is the most powerful and terrifying sea spirit beast, and she has devoured countless of our kind. The Demon Orca Clan seems to be attacking and devouring surrounding sea spirit beast clans in an attempt to resist her, and they are even more frenzied than before. I was swallowed whole by them while I was playing outside,” Bai Xiuxiu explained.

"The Deep Sea Demon Whale King?" Gu Yue frowned in thought. She remembered that the million-year-old Deep Sea Demon Whale King was already dead.

"Simply put, it's a case of big fish eating small fish, and the one that eats the most becomes the strongest," Huo Yuhao laughed. "The world of sea spirit beasts is really simple and straightforward."

"This should be your home waters, right? Let's get off the boat and go back," Huo Yuhao said, using his telekinesis to lift the great white shark from the swimming pool onto the sea surface.

"Okay, thank you, goodbye." Bai Xiuxiu did a somersault in the air and jumped back into the sea.

"Goodbye, I'll ask you to make a movie next time." Huo Yuhao waved. Shark movies seem pretty good. Should I add a few fake heads for her and make a deadly ten-headed shark movie or something?

Just as Bai Xiuxiu fell into the sea, a huge whirlpool caused the entire Mech God ship to shake. It turned out that a purplish-black whale, as big as a mountain, opened its huge mouth on the seabed, and the poor Demon Soul Great White Shark fell into the whale's belly once again.

"Again?" Fortunately, Huo Yuhao's psychic power was still attached to Bai Xiuxiu's body and had not yet left her. He directly dragged her out of the throat of the Deep Sea Demon Whale King. By the time she was pulled out, Bai Xiuxiu had already fainted from fright.

The sudden tremor caused the passengers and their belongings to sway and fall, and the enormous whale startled them into screaming.

"Machine God, take off!" Huo Yuhao ordered.

"Yes." Upon receiving the order, the Mech God ship took off directly from the sea, no longer affected by the whirlpool stirred up by the Deep Sea Demon Whale King.

"This is a spaceship! It's so cool!" Wang Dong exclaimed excitedly as he leaned over the ship's railing and looked down.

"This is the strongest being in the deep sea?" Huo Yuhao raised an eyebrow, glanced at him, and didn't think he was that strong. He turned to Gu Yue, "You'll handle this?"

"No." Gu Yue shook her head. They were almost at Dragon Valley, and she needed to conserve her energy for fusing with the Dragon God's core.

"Then I'll do it." Huo Yuhao walked towards the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, leaned against the railing by the ship, and pointed a finger lightly.

"It's a bottomless hatred, and the emotions are incredibly mad." Huo Yuhao also possessed the power of the God of Emotions, so he could naturally sense the madness driven by hatred in the heart of this deep-sea demon whale.

"Humans deserve to die! Die!" With this shout, Huo Yuhao's fingertips emitted a chill that formed a thick layer of ice on the whale's body.

"The Ice Age".

The chill that was originally only the size of a fingertip spread out in an instant, reaching an end that was invisible to the naked eye.

"The sea is frozen." Wang Dong looked at the sea below the ship. At least in the area she could see, the entire sea was frozen into ice.

The enormous deep-sea whale king has been transformed into a vertical ice sculpture, standing like a work of art within the ice.

"Still alive? Why didn't you kill him?" Gu Yue asked.

"Because there are children watching," Huo Yuhao said helplessly, pointing to the side of the Demon Whale ice sculpture.

Apart from the ice sculpture of the deep-sea whale itself, the ice on the other side of the sea is actually only a thin layer on the surface. A small whale broke through the ice and jumped out of the seawater, ignoring the cold and approaching the ice sculpture of the deep-sea whale king.

Her voice trembled with tears as she repeatedly kowtowed to Huo Yuhao, pleading, "Please, please, don't kill my mother... please..."

"A child? A human in his teens calling a soul beast that's tens of thousands of years old a child, that sounds really strange." Gu Yue looked at Huo Yuhao with a strange expression.

"This deep-sea demon whale only has tens of thousands of years of cultivation. According to the intelligence of its species, it is indeed a child," Huo Yuhao said indifferently. He felt that his classification method was correct.

Even from the perspective of the soul, it is the same: young, kind, innocent, and ignorant. This is the soul of the little deep-sea whale he saw. Obviously, she is not filled with hatred like her mother.

"So? As the Lord of Soul Beasts, what do you think we should do about this situation? This Deep Sea Demon Whale King has probably only devoured a large number of sea soul beasts. I am human, and from my perspective, it doesn't matter whether I kill her or not. Although she will definitely target humans on land soon, that hasn't happened yet." Huo Yuhao threw the question to Gu Yue.

This is a difficult problem. If we kill her mother in front of the little deep-sea demon whale, there is a high probability that she will become the next demon emperor driven mad by hatred.

However, it is absolutely unacceptable to let a demon emperor who madly devours living beings go unpunished.

Actually, there is another solution: kill them all.

But Huo Yuhao wouldn't do that.

So he passed the problem on to Gu Yue.

"This..." Gu Yue pondered for a moment, then slowly flew to the little deep-sea demon whale and gently stroked her head.

"What's your name?"

The little deep-sea whale was a bit stunned. She just thought the silver-haired human was really beautiful, and then she quickly said.

“Lan Fuzi, my name is Lan Fuzi.”

"Very good." Gu Yue waved her right hand, and the seven-colored Dragon God power easily captured the Demon Emperor from the extreme ice. Under this irresistible power, the Demon Emperor transformed into human form.

Then Gu Yue condensed her energy into a blade and slashed at the Demon Emperor.

"Mom!" Lan Fuzi cried out in anguish.

"Don't worry, I didn't kill her." Gu Yue pulled the little whale Lan Fuzi back, and her right hand emitted light again. It was an energy that Huo Yuhao was very familiar with. The huge and gentle power began to purify the demonic energy on the Demon Emperor's body and soothe her crazy emotions.

The countless purplish-black ghost faces that had accumulated on the Demon Emperor's body from devouring life gradually dissipated.

"I severed half of her cultivation and sent it into the sea, purified the spirits trapped within her, and eliminated the demonic energy. Her cultivation will likely be difficult to improve in the future, her lifespan will be greatly reduced, and her intelligence will probably decline due to the forced removal of her hatred."

"From now on, do good deeds and atone for your sins before your life ends." Gu Yue whispered in the Demon Emperor's ear, as if issuing a command that was deeply engraved in the Demon Emperor's soul.

"Thank you, thank you..." Lan Fuzi said repeatedly.

"Would you like to become my disciple?" Gu Yue asked Lan Fuzi.

“I…I do!” Lan Fuzi said in a trembling voice.

"I will guide you onto the right path." Gu Yue smiled and patted the little whale's head.

……

Back on the ship,

"How about my approach?" Gu Yue asked Huo Yuhao.

"Not bad, right? By the way, isn't that my purification magic and emotion magic? When did you learn them?" Huo Yuhao could, of course, tell what kind of light Gu Yue had just used.

"Didn't you make this magical knowledge public? You didn't say I couldn't learn it, did you?" Gu Yue smiled gently.