Chapter 597: War is Coming
Temporarily setting aside this new idea, Huo Yuhao focused on his Blood Energy Soul Ring, silently sensing its properties for a moment to understand the abilities it granted him.
In reality, while a Blood Energy Soul Ring was called a soul ring, it didn't grant soul skills in the traditional sense. Instead, it provided abilities similar to soul skills.
Unlike traditional soul skills, these abilities did not consume soul power. Instead, they required the use of blood energy, which was essentially an extension of his bloodline's power.
Of course, this consumption wasn't permanent he could replenish it by eating food and resting.
This meant that Huo Yuhao had officially joined the ranks of the "big eaters" alongside Tang Wulin. But this was normal for dragons all dragons, without exception, had massive appetites.
Since he now possessed the Water Dragon King's bloodline, his human physiology had been affected, causing his appetite to increase significantly.
"Let's test out the abilities of the Blood Energy Soul Ring."
As he thought this, he activated his bloodline power.
Instantly, his left hand and forearm became covered in ice blue dragon scales, which gleamed with a metallic sheen under the room's soul guide lamps.
He flexed his left hand, and in the next moment, his scaled hand transformed into a ferocious dragon claw.
A faint white mist rose from the claw's surface as Extreme Cold Energy radiated outward.
At the same time, the dragon scaled areas emitted a dazzling blue glow, and a piece of pure, glacial ice formed within his claw.
Under the light of the room, the ice crystal was flawless and translucent like a perfect sapphire.
"My Extreme Ice has become even colder."
Huo Yuhao's expression brightened in excitement.
"The lowest temperature I can now reach is negative 240 degrees Celsius!"
He was getting closer and closer to Absolute Zero.
If he could truly reach Absolute Zero, its effects would be unimaginably powerful.
Even when Huo Yuhao in the original story used Absolute Zero as a First Class God, he could only freeze a small section of the God Realm's space.
And yet, that still wasn't the true Absolute Zero!
After all, the concept of Absolute Zero was inconsistently applied in the original novels.
Multiple people used "Absolute Zero", but the effects varied wildly, meaning there were different versions of the ability.
Suddenly, footsteps echoed from outside.
BANG!
The doors to the Transcendent Spirit Tower's main hall burst open as Meng Hongchen stormed inside, sword in hand, scanning the room with sharp, focused eyes.
Behind her, a squad of soul engineers armed with soul cannons followed closely, their expressions tense and alert.
Meng Hongchen shouted loudly:
"Who's in here? Show yourself! I heard a dragon's roar just now!"
"If you don't come out immediately, we'll take action!"
In her memory, very few people at the academy had a dragon type martial soul.
Furthermore, only one person who had access to the Transcendent Spirit Tower also had a dragon related ability and that was Qiu'er.
But Qiu'er wasn't here.
She had left with Huo Yuhao, and no one knew when she would return.
Which meant…
Could an intruder have infiltrated the tower?
Perhaps… a spy from Shrek Academy?
Her brows furrowed, and she subtly signaled to the other soul engineers to prepare for battle.
If she found a spy, she would not show mercy.
"Meng Hongchen, it's me."
Huo Yuhao spoke as he stepped out of the room, descending lightly to the floor with a smile on his face.
Hearing his voice, the surrounding soul engineers immediately relaxed, respectfully greeting him:
"Tower Master!"
Meng Hongchen, relieved that it wasn't an intruder, grinned and asked:
"Yuhao, when did you get back? What about Qiu'er?"
"I just returned not too long ago."
"As for Qiu'er, she's spending some time with her family."
Family?
Technically speaking, the Star Dou Forest's powerful soul beasts were Qiu'er's family.
Meng Hongchen nodded, then pointed at his left hand, which was still in dragon claw form.
Her expression turned curious.
"What's with your hand?"
In her memory, neither of Huo Yuhao's martial souls were dragon related.
Even if he activated his martial soul, he shouldn't have dragon claws.
Which meant…
Was the dragon's roar from earlier… Yuhao's doing?
"This…"
Just as Huo Yuhao was about to explain, Meng Hongchen's eyes lit up in realization.
"Wait I remember!
You have a Mimicry Soul Skill!"
"You must've used it to mimic dragon claws and even simulated the dragon's roar, right?"
Huo Yuhao shook his head.
"Actually, no. That's not it."
"Meng Hongchen, my ability to manifest dragon claws and unleash dragon roars is due to my bloodline awakening."
"Bloodline?"
Meng Hongchen narrowed her eyes but didn't press further.
Instead, she said:
"Since you're here, you should go find Elder Kong immediately."
"From what I've heard, he's about to head to the frontlines your chance for revenge is here."
She wasn't worried about the soul engineers behind her leaking this information.
After all, they had all signed soul contracts with the Transcendent Spirit Tower betrayal wasn't an option.
"Oh?"
Huo Yuhao's eyes gleamed.
"Alright I'll go find Elder Kong now."
Several days later.
Mingdou Mountain Range Border Zone.
Under the pale moonlight, countless military tents were scattered across the base of the mountains, forming an organized war camp.
At the center of the encampment, a massive, dark red command tent stood prominently.
This was the Grand Marshal's Tent of the Sun Moon Empire Army.
Inside, Juzi stood before a large war map, studying it intently.
Due to her exceptional military strategy skills, Emperor Xu Tianran had personally appointed her as the Sun Moon Grand Marshal when she requested to join the frontlines.
Xu Tianran had two reasons for this decision:
He genuinely recognized Juzi's talent in warfare.
He was highly suspicious by nature and wanted someone he trusted in the military command.
Of course, while the Sun Moon Empire's top military officials were already aligned with the Transcendent Spirit Tower, they couldn't make this fact too obvious.
To maintain appearances, they pretended to oppose Juzi's promotion citing her lack of experience.
But in the end, when Xu Tianran insisted, they reluctantly accepted her as Grand Marshal while secretly celebrating her appointment.
Suddenly, a familiar voice broke the silence.
"Juzi!"
Huo Yuhao entered the command tent, activating a soundproof soul barrier before asking:
"When do you plan to launch the attack on the Star Luo Empire?"
Juzi turned around with a stern expression.
"Yuhao, I must remind you when we're working, you must use proper titles."
"In the academy, you're the Tower Master. Calling me Juzi is fine. But here, in the army, what should you call me?"
Huo Yuhao sighed.
"Grand Marshal."
Juzi burst into laughter, her beautiful eyes twinkling mischievously.
"Haha Yuhao, I was just messing with you! I can't believe you actually played along!"
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