allendalepharm Chapter 51 Huo Yuhao's Wrath: The Opportunity for the Evolution of the Netherworld Martial Soul
Chapter 51 Huo Yuhao's Wrath: The Opportunity for the Evolution of the Netherworld Martial Soul
Just as Dai Hao was praising his two sons, his keen senses quickly detected something amiss. His gaze passed over his sons and landed on the boy behind them.
From the moment the boy started breathing, his breathing became unusually rapid and disordered. The look in his eyes was incredibly complex, containing indescribable emotions, far beyond the nervousness of meeting an important person.
Dai Hao frowned slightly, looked at Huo Yuhao, and asked in a deep voice, "Young man, have we... met before?"
Huo Yuhao's body trembled violently, his hands clenching into fists at his sides, his nails almost digging into his palms. He forcefully suppressed his turbulent emotions, squeezing out two words through clenched teeth, "No!"
Dai Hao was no ordinary man; he was a seasoned veteran with keen insight into human nature. How could he not see Huo Yuhao's unusual behavior? However, he couldn't recall where he had seen this young man before. Seeing that the other party was unwilling to elaborate, he didn't bother to investigate further. He was just a stranger; perhaps he was simply nervous.
But just as he was about to look away, Huo Yuhao suddenly raised his head, as if he had made up his mind. His voice was filled with barely suppressed excitement, even with a hint of questioning, "Your Grace! Do you still remember your other son, Dai Youheng?"
Dai Hao was taken aback.
Ignoring Dai Huabin's instantly darkening expression, Huo Yuhao continued, "Actually, his current strength far surpasses that of your eldest son, Dai Huabin! However, during the academy's core disciple selection, he was eliminated due to his weakness after his fierce battle with Senior Xu Sanshi, allowing Dai Huabin to take advantage of the situation and launch a sneak attack. As his father, don't you have any opinion on this matter? Are you just going to let it go unchecked?"
"Huo Yuhao, how dare you!" Dai Huabin was furious. He never expected that Huo Yuhao would dare to complain to his father in front of him and even distort the truth like this.
Dai Hao raised his hand to stop Dai Huabin. His expression returned to calm as he looked at Huo Yuhao, his tone flat yet carrying the steely resolve and pragmatism of a soldier, "Young man. I am a soldier, and I believe that on the battlefield, all's fair in war. Now that we're on the competition field, it's no different from the battlefield. As long as Huabin doesn't violate the established rules, whatever means he uses to win is his own skill. If he truly breaks the rules, the teachers at Shrek Academy will naturally not allow him to be selected as one of the Shrek Seven Devils, right?"
His words were calm and realistic, revealing a judgment based on rules rather than emotions.
"But... Dai Youheng is also your son!" Huo Yuhao's voice trembled with resentment. "As a father, shouldn't you seek justice for your son?"
"Fairness?" Dai Hao looked at Huo Yuhao, his eyes sharp as knives. "In this world, true fairness is always earned through one's own strength, not through the charity or favoritism of others. You Heng has always been impetuous and restless, lacking composure. His loss to Hua Bin may have been due to bad luck, but ultimately, it was because of his own weaknesses. He has no one to blame but himself."
Dai Hao's impression of Dai Youheng was still stuck in that period of being a simp.
Upon hearing this, Dai Huabin smiled smugly and echoed, "Father is absolutely right. Dai Youheng is merely a son of a concubine. Even if he occasionally possesses talent, his character is flawed, and he will ultimately amount to nothing! How can he compare to me and my elder brother?"
Hearing Dai Hao's cold and realistic words, and Dai Huabin's contemptuous sarcasm, Huo Yuhao felt a chilling sorrow and anger well up from the bottom of his heart, instantly overwhelming his reason.
The cold treatment Youhengge received in the Duke's mansion, his mother's lifelong bitter waiting and her eventual sorrowful death.
Everything seemed utterly ridiculous and pathetic in light of Dai Hao's statement that "fairness lies in strength."
He clenched his fists tightly, his body trembling slightly from the intense emotions he felt. It turned out that in this man's heart, Dai Youheng, this illegitimate child, was utterly insignificant.
No wonder, Dai Hao didn't even know he existed, being an illegitimate son who was even worse than a concubine's son.
The grievances, the efforts, the very existence of these illegitimate and concubine-born children—in this man's eyes, perhaps were less important than a routine military drill.
His own mother had ultimately wasted her life on the wrong person. And this man was utterly unfit to be a father!
Huo Yuhao abruptly lowered his head, no longer looking at Dai Hao, afraid that the surging hatred in his eyes would erupt uncontrollably. He simply buried this cold hatred and pain even deeper in his heart, like a dormant volcano, waiting for the day it would erupt.
Meanwhile, far to the far north, in the Snow Emperor's palace, Dai Youheng was focused on cultivating and healing, completely unaware that someone was talking about him.
The phantom of his Evil Shadow Tiger Martial Soul appeared behind him, and the character "King" was faintly visible on the forehead of both the Martial Soul and himself.
As Dai Youheng deepened his cultivation of the "Golden Gang Evil-Repelling Body," his beast martial soul seemed to be undergoing changes.
Originally, the Heavenly Demon Pill of Reversal of Fate could not be born in pairs with the Evil Shadow Demon Tiger, because the martial soul grade of the Heavenly Demon Pill is far higher than that of the Evil Shadow Demon Tiger. However, the Evil Shadow Demon Tiger is a special case, being born after birth, which is why it can exist.
But at this moment, the aura that the Evil Shadow Tiger had just flashed by was almost at the level of a super martial soul.
The remnant soul of the Snow Emperor, who had been silently observing, now let out a soft sound of surprise and doubt.
"This situation?" Xue Di's consciousness carefully sensed the subtle yet fundamental changes in Dai Youheng's martial soul. "Youheng's Evil Shadow Tiger martial soul seems to be rising in power, almost touching the threshold of a super martial soul? Could this be a sign of a second awakening?"
This discovery surprised even the well-informed Snow Empress. As is generally known, secondary awakening is mostly seen in the original martial soul, but it is not actually exclusive to it.
Some top-tier weapon spirits or beast spirits, under extremely demanding conditions, also have the potential to advance further and transform into a stronger form!
For example, the Xuanming Sect, where Xu Sanshi belongs, possesses the Xuanming Tortoise Shell Shield Martial Soul, which has a special ritual that can guide the Martial Soul to undergo a second awakening and evolve into a stronger Xuanwu Shield.
"That's it," the Snow Empress quickly grasped the key point, "The 'Golden罡 Evil-Repelling Body' that Youheng cultivates originated from a certain Beast King powerhouse, and its compatibility with his Evil Shadow Demon Tiger Martial Soul is extremely high. During cultivation, he constantly tempered the Martial Soul's origin, stimulating its potential. And the 20,000-year-old Abyss Ice Prison Tiger Soul Ring he just absorbed is even more crucial!"
"The Abyss Ice Prison Tiger is a top-tier existence among tiger-type soul beasts in the far north. Its bloodline is much stronger than that of ordinary tiger-type soul beasts, second only to the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger. When You Heng absorbed its soul ring, he not only gained soul skills, but also unintentionally absorbed a trace of the ancient tiger king's power from its bloodline and integrated it into his own Evil Shadow Demon Tiger Martial Soul."
The combination of these two factors unexpectedly created the opportunity for the Evil Shadow Tiger Martial Soul to evolve.
Unfortunately, the 20,000-year-old Ice Prison Tiger was still too weak. The opportunity was just an opportunity; to truly achieve a second awakening...
Xue Di's thoughts burned fiercely, and an even bolder and more astonishing idea surfaced in her mind: "If a mere 20,000-year-old Abyss Ice Prison Tiger Soul Ring can bring about such significant changes, then if You Heng were to absorb the 100,000-year-old ones, and even the clan leader behind them, and make them into a family portrait... hehehe, it would definitely be feasible!"