After seeing that blood-colored figure wielding a giant hammer, Huo Yuhao instinctively felt an indescribable sense of loathing, even stronger than the disgust he felt toward Dai Hao.
Hallucinations seemed to appear before his eyes; this blood-colored figure reached out toward him, as if destroying something that belonged to him.
Striking his head hard, his gaze shifted toward that white figure whose features remained blurred...
Involuntarily clutching his chest, Huo Yuhao found it difficult to describe the feeling—it was very close, yet very distant.
But he could sense that the reason he had come here seemed to be because of that white silhouette.
Was it a "he" or a "she"? Why was he called here?
No one gave him an answer.
As for that towering golden ancient tree... when the timing was right, Huo Yuhao knew he would still have to make a trip to Shrek Academy.
Soon, the color of the sky returned to normal, and the blood-colored burly man carrying the giant hammer vanished. The surroundings remained a hazy void, though the golden threads on the ground looked piercingly bright.
After a moment of hesitation, Huo Yuhao lifted his feet and walked toward the distance, intentionally avoiding those golden threads that looked like tentacles.
He didn't know how long he walked, but eventually, the golden threads on the ground were no longer visible, and Huo Yuhao began to feel tired.
Just then, the sound of ocean waves crashing against the shore seemed to drift from not far away.
Had he reached the seaside? Or was he trapped in an illusion and hadn't actually left the ocean?
Huo Yuhao couldn't figure it out. His tired hands rested on his knees as he frowned, looking down at his naked body.
Although there was no sensation of heat or cold here, he didn't want to run around streaking... Where exactly was this place? Could someone give him some clothes?
Well, there was no response...
There shouldn't be any outsiders around, right? Thinking this, Huo Yuhao looked around.
There was indeed no one, but soon, he spotted an anomaly.
The seashore was just ahead, but at the place where the coastline met the horizon, there stood a giant, oversized golden trident. It connected the sky and the sea, its tips pointing toward the heavens, with pale blue energy particles constantly dissipating from the tips and flowing into the sky like a river of light.
This is...
Huo Yuhao furrowed his brows. After pondering for a moment, he quickened his pace and ran toward the shore ahead.
The color of the ocean was somewhat blackish.
This wasn't normal. Excluding pollution or other causes, the seawater near the coast should be light blue or blue.
Could it be...
"My... child..."
Huo Yuhao shuddered. A murmur as thin as silk drifted into his ears—it sounded like a mother's sob, and also like a warning.
"Careful... sea... stay away..."
But it ended there. That giant golden trident emitted a dazzling blue-gold light, dyeing the surrounding ocean into a sea of blue-gold. Within this light, Huo Yuhao's consciousness collapsed.
...
Looking at Huo Yuhao's frail appearance, for some reason, besides heartache, Ma Xiaotao actually felt a bit of excitement in her heart.
She couldn't help but imagine scenes in her mind of Huo Yuhao being mistreated in front of her.
For instance, kneeling on the ground, calling her "dear sister" in a milky voice...
You can't blame me; this kid was born looking like a "uke."
Thinking this, Ma Xiaotao reached out and began her "operation"...
...
"It... it can actually get bigger!"
"This precocious little bastard..."
"Wu..."
...
By the time Huo Yuhao gradually regained consciousness, he felt his eyelids were very heavy. Strangely, his body felt an indescribable exhaustion.
After finally forcing his eyes open, he saw a wooden ceiling and smelled the thick scent of medicinal herbs in the air.
There was nothing wrong with his body, but why did he still feel a chill on his skin?
Struggling to turn his head, he saw his "dear sister," Ma Xiaotao.
Ma Xiaotao's cheeks were flushed with a rosy tint, and her eyes were wandering as if she were reminiscing about something.
"Ah, Yuhao, you're awake!"
Fortunately, upon seeing Huo Yuhao wake up, Ma Xiaotao immediately ended her daydreaming. With a face full of joy, she jumped up from her chair, carefully padded a pillow, and helped Huo Yuhao sit up.
As the quilt slipped from his body, Huo Yuhao helplessly discovered that he was still completely stark naked.
Shrinking back slightly, he said somewhat bashfully, "Uh... Sister Xiaotao, can you get me some clothes first?"
Ma Xiaotao gave a soft laugh and said somewhat triumphantly, "What are you afraid of? It's not like I haven't seen your little peanut before."
After saying that, she even made a provocative gesture with her hand.
Huo Yuhao's face instantly turned dark.
"Mine isn't some 'little peanut.' Does Sister Xiaotao want to try it out?"
These words, spoken without thinking of the consequences, left Huo Yuhao stunned in place.
"You precocious little fellow... what nonsense are you saying!"
Just as Huo Yuhao was about to apologize, he saw Ma Xiaotao—looking like a child caught doing something wrong—run out of the medicinal room with a red face.
Something is not right!
Although Huo Yuhao instinctively felt something was off, he endured the soreness in his lower body and took out clothes from his storage soul tool to get dressed.
Stepping out of bed to move his body, he could feel that the blood essence and soul power within him were extremely abundant. His spiritual power had also made significant progress; the area of his Sea of Consciousness was more than five times its previous size and of higher quality. Although he hadn't yet entered the Spirit Domain Realm—where spiritual consciousness transforms into a domain and becomes its own world—Huo Yuhao felt the distance wasn't too far.
A Gold-level Second Awakening?
Although he didn't know the exact judgment mechanism for the Body Sect's martial soul second awakening, overall, it was a good thing.
Truly worthy of the Body Sect's second awakening; just as Lang Ya had told him, it was an all-around enhancement of oneself. His control over his body, and even the fusion of spiritual power and soul power, had made considerable progress.
With a thought, the Spirit Eye martial soul appeared beside him along with his soul rings.
Two horizontal and one vertical—three eyes—and a golden ball of light that seemed to contain infinite circuits appeared behind his head. Accompanying them were four terrifying soul rings: platinum, platinum, red, and red.
Yes, after the Spirit Eye martial soul's second awakening, his original fourth soul ring had also evolved.
This time, he hadn't used the power of the Skydream Ice Silkworm, but rather the power generated by the martial soul's second awakening itself to upgrade it to a hundred-thousand-year soul ring.
This soul ring came from the Soul-Devouring Demonic Spider soul spirit. As the host improved, the corresponding Soul-Devouring Demonic Spider soul spirit had also evolved to the hundred-thousand-year level.
As for that extremely strange oval golden ball of light, it should be a part of his martial soul—the brain that hadn't fully awakened yet.
Eyes plus the brain; this was his true Spirit Eye martial soul!