Chapter 56: The Path to Death

"Skydream Iceworm! Get away from me! Stop saying things like that!" Ice Empress was furious and immediately lashed out with her scorpion tail, sending Skydream Iceworm flying. Since both of them existed in a spiritual form, they could directly interact with each other. The Silver Jade Snake curiously watched the scene, feeling confused. Its intelligence was far below that of Skydream and Ice Empress, so to it, their conflict resembled a territorial fight between soul beasts. For soul beasts, fighting over territory was normal, but witnessing two such powerful beings fighting especially to this extent was quite rare. Skydream Iceworm sighed and said, "Ice, I know... When you hit me, it's affection; when you scold me, it's love. That means you care about me!" Ice Empress was on the verge of breaking down. She felt that Skydream's words were getting more and more disgusting lately. She put down the Silver Jade Snake, then immediately flew toward Skydream Iceworm and started beating him up. Huo Yuhao had no time to care about their conflicts. After all, these two fought every three days on a small scale and every seven days on a large scale. But Skydream was always the one getting beaten, which made sense he constantly expressed his affection for Ice Empress, while Ice Empress, at this stage, was probably more interested in Snow Empress. Still, in the original story, Snow Empress and Ice Empress never took their relationship in that direction. Outside, Jing Hongchen's voice called out, "Yuhao, what soul skill did you obtain?" Huo Yuhao returned to his senses and looked at Jing Hongchen with a smile. "Dean, my third soul skill is quite simple Mental Burn. Its primary function is to ignite an enemy's spiritual power. Of course, 'ignite' is just a metaphor. In simple terms, it accelerates the enemy's spiritual energy consumption, even burning through their spiritual sea until it is completely destroyed. It's like setting fire to everything in the enemy's mind related to spiritual power until it turns to ashes. Moreover, this soul skill can continuously affect enemies within an area, and as my power grows, its range will expand. In some ways, it's quite similar to a domain." Jing Hongchen was visibly stunned. "By all logic, a skill like this shouldn't appear in your third soul ring. After all, your third soul ring isn't even a hundred thousand year soul ring!" Hearing this, Huo Yuhao sighed. "Dean, did you forget how powerful my first soul skill was?" Jing Hongchen's expression grew complicated. He sighed and said, "You're right. Your first soul skill was already exceptional, and now your third is just as outrageous. Your soul skills must have mutated again. Yuhao, you are destined to become the greatest spiritual type soul master in history! Once you reach your full potential, all of Sun Moon Empire will sing your name!" It was absurd that a mere Soul Elder like Huo Yuhao already possessed two extraordinarily powerful soul skills. However, thinking about it, even the Invincible Golden Body soul skill originally only available to soul beasts had somehow appeared on a human soul master, so Jing Hongchen had to accept it. After all, the Invincible Golden Body granted three seconds of absolute invincibility against any opponent below god level, and its duration increased with the user's soul power. Even the Invincible Barrier, a famous Sun Moon Empire invention, was inspired by the Invincible Golden Body! Huo Yuhao chuckled. "Then when people introduce me, they'll also say that you were my dean." Jing Hongchen looked at Huo Yuhao with a mix of admiration and envy. "Honestly, Yuhao, I'm a little jealous. My first and third soul skills compared to yours... feel like absolute trash. If we were the same age, I'd probably be utterly crushed by you. It's one thing to have a strong martial soul, but your soul skills mutate favorably all the time!" Afraid of hardship but also afraid of others having it too easy, huh? Huo Yuhao could hear the slightly sour tone in Jing Hongchen's voice but knew he meant no harm it was just jealousy, and that was natural. As long as it didn't turn into hostility, a little jealousy was acceptable. Huo Yuhao waved his hand. "Dean, don't belittle yourself. Your soul skills are strong too. Now, let's go capture some soul beasts." "Alright. Once we're done here, I'll take you back to Star Luo City so we can prepare for the tournament." At that moment, in the Star Dou Forest. Di Tian stood by the lake in his human form, hands clasped behind his back, his robes billowing slightly in the breeze. Without turning his head, he spoke, "Auspicious Beast, Chi Wang mentioned that you've been feeling down lately. If something is troubling you, you can talk to me. After all, we've known each other for so long you are like family to me." The Three Eyed Golden Lion stood on the grass, glaring at him with slight irritation. "Recently, an Evil Soul Master entered the Star Dou Forest. He's slaughtered too many of my food sources. Di Tian, I believe this Evil Soul Master has already set foot on the path to death!" Typically, as the Star Dou Forest's little princess, her favorite food was the brain matter of light attribute soul beasts. But lately, so many of those creatures had been killed by the Evil Soul Master that her food quality had declined so naturally, she was furious. Di Tian: ??? Di Tian immediately turned to look at the Three Eyed Golden Lion, his expression growing serious. "Forget about the Evil Soul Master for now. But tell me... who taught you the phrase 'path to death'?" Di Tian was a soul beast who easily accepted new concepts. While others fought over control of the Douluo Continent, he had traveled the world, proposing the theory that the Douluo world was a sphere making him an alternate reality Magellan, in a way. Moreover, Di Tian had always been fascinated by the God Realm and its deities. He had read many human books, including the famous Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record of the Tang Sect, which was supposedly written by Tang San himself. So naturally, he knew where the phrase "path to death" came from. The Three Eyed Golden Lion responded, "Who taught me? I learned it myself from a book! The book is called... Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record! But after careful study, I realized that only the General Principles section was included. The hidden weapons section? It only lists names but provides no instructions as if the author was deliberately withholding knowledge!" Since life in the Star Dou Forest was often dull, she had taken the time to learn human writing. Reading books was no challenge for her. Di Tian's expression darkened. "The Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record? Where did you get that?" He and the other Ferocious Beasts had agreed to ban the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record in the Star Dou Forest. The main reason? The General Principles section contained problematic ideas ones that might corrupt an innocent soul beast like the Auspicious Beast. (End of chapter.)Thank you for the support, friends. If you want to read more chapters in advance, go to my Patreon. Read 15 Chapters In Advance: patreon.com/Albino1