Chapter 34: Reversal of the Situation
Huo Yuhao stood up and adapted to his newfound strength, then opened the door to the quiet room and walked out.
As soon as he stepped out, Huo Yuhao saw Mu En guarding the door, a trace of worry still lingering on his face.
The moment Huo Yuhao absorbed the Snow Empress's spirit ring, Mu En sensed that something was amiss.
When the 700,000-year spirit power fluctuation was released, the old man knew exactly who that Spirit Beast embryo belonged to.
It was only out of trust in Huo Yuhao, coupled with Huo Yuhao's Destiny Power as a failsafe, that he didn't intervene.
Looking at Huo Yuhao, whose spirit power had reached rank 50, Mu En couldn't help but sigh in his heart, "He truly has the potential to become a god."
"Elder Mu, I've made you worry. My spirit power has already increased to rank 50, but I'm afraid I won't have enough time to absorb the fifth spirit ring before the Spirit Master Tournament," Huo Yuhao said, looking at Mu En's worried expression with a touch of guilt.
"After the Spirit Master Tournament, I'll have Xuan Zi and Shao Zhe take you to acquire your fifth spirit ring. With your current physical strength, you're fully capable of absorbing a 100,000-year spirit ring," Mu En said, looking at Huo Yuhao's rapidly improving physical quality.
The urgency in his heart lessened considerably. It seemed that in his lifetime, he would be able to personally hand over the Dragon Core to Huo Yuhao.
"Then, Elder Mu, I'll be going now. I'll be carrying out my first monitoring mission in these two days, so I'll go make some preparations."
"Alright, remember to pay attention to your own safety, Yuhao."
"Elder Mu, don't worry, there definitely won't be any accidents with this mission."
Listening to Mu En's somewhat uneasy admonition, Huo Yuhao responded seriously.
Returning to the spirit tool laboratory, Huo Yuhao began to take out some life-saving defensive spirit tools.
Although Battle Armor is the culmination of spirit tools, in the realm of pure life-saving, the Invincible Barrier indeed has its unique qualities.
A rank 5 Invincible Barrier can withstand three attacks from a Spirit Douluo, its defensive capability surpassing that of Battle Armor.
From his storage ring, Huo Yuhao took out the twenty-odd rank 5 Invincible Barriers Fan Yu had given him earlier, and three rank 7 Invincible Barriers strong enough to withstand attacks from a Titled Douluo.
For the second time in a long while, he appeared on the training ground.
With Huo Yuhao's help last time, Wang Dong's emotions had stabilized a lot.
Seeing Huo Yuhao again, she curiously stepped forward and asked, "When did you know I was a girl?"
Huo Yuhao showed no surprise at her returning to female attire, which Wang Dong found a bit strange.
"Your Spirit can only be awakened by female Spirit Masters. I saw it in the Spirit Encyclopedia not long after I enrolled," Huo Yuhao casually replied, then had Xuan Zi call all the students to assemble.
"Here are twenty Invincible Barriers. Each main team member takes one, each reserve member takes two, and the rest all go to Senior Brother He Caitou."
Soon, all the spirit tools were distributed. Huo Yuhao looked at Dai Yueheng, who was trying to blend into the team without showing his head, and spoke again:
"Dai Yueheng, I'm too lazy to say any more unnecessary words. If you use your Invincible Barrier, you'll pay double the market price in gold coins."
Watching Huo Yuhao's retreating figure after he finished speaking, Dai Yueheng's expression was somewhat dazed.
As the White Tiger Duke's eldest son, after Dai Huabin's death, his position should have been very stable.
However, after the Duchess's enmity with Huo Yuhao was revealed, the servants who had once curried favor with the Duchess died one after another.
The Duchess's name became a taboo within the Duke's Mansion.
Aside from a few guards who always stayed by her side, not even a single servant was willing to deliver medicine to her, who was seriously ill.
Everyone feared suffering the same fate as those servants.
Dai Yueheng was deeply affected by this. Although the Elders of the Duke's Mansion knew that those people had merely been targeted for revenge because they had bullied Huo Yun'er back then,
the many Elders who already wanted to curry favor with Huo Yuhao due to his rise naturally took advantage of this, claiming that it was because the Duchess had committed too many evil deeds and was now suffering a backlash.
As her son, Dai Yueheng was naturally branded with the label of having poor luck, and his position as heir was now precarious.
The Duchess was still holding on to her last breath, also because she feared that Dai Yueheng would suffer misfortune after her death.
After all, sometimes a dead eldest son is the best outcome for the second son.
At this moment, Dai Yueheng was no longer able to harbor any hatred towards Huo Yuhao.
Under immense pressure, he only wanted Huo Yuhao to show mercy and spare his mother and him.
At Shrek Academy, knowing that Huo Yuhao had developed Battle Armor, he was well aware of Huo Yuhao's influence.
Once the power of Battle Armor was displayed in the Continental Spirit Master Tournament, he might still have a chance to live, but the Duchess would no longer be able to survive.
Someone would always smooth over the rift between Huo Yuhao and the Star Luo Empire, and even eliminating one more Spirit Emperor wouldn't be a big deal.
Looking at the departing Huo Yuhao, Dai Yueheng was filled with a sense of defeat. This feeling of watching his future turn into a grave was truly too despairing.
Dai Yueheng sighed and secretly hid this rank 5 spirit tool, not equipping it on himself.
He finally understood now how desperate Huo Yuhao and Huo Yun'er must have been back then.
Everyone looked at Dai Yueheng in the corner, all silent. Ma Xiaotao also somewhat understood Dean Yan's instructions to her.
"Xiaotao, your teacher cannot protect you forever. The future of Shrek Academy will be Huo Yuhao's era."
"Remember this, starting today, change all of your arrogant and unreasonable habits. Once this child Yuhao believes you are harmful to Shrek Academy, even your teacher won't be able to protect you."
After Huo Yuhao had cultivated peacefully for a night, he looked at Dean Yan at the door with some surprise.
"Dean Yan, you're fully equipped. You're not planning to come with us, are you? Isn't the Spirit Soul Department quite busy recently?"
"This time, Elder Xuan and I will accompany you. Elder Mu is worried about you, and besides, I've already stepped down as the head of the Spirit Soul Department," Dean Yan said, revealing his rank 96 spirit power fluctuation.
"After my battle with you that day, I gained a lot. Now I've put all my energy into cultivation and only serve as an Elder of the Sea God Pavilion."
Huo Yuhao felt even more at ease upon hearing this. Although Xuan Zi had changed recently, Huo Yuhao still trusted Dean Yan's protective abilities more.
Everyone equipped their flying spirit tools and set off towards the Mingdou Mountain Range.
Huo Yuhao, meanwhile, activated his Battle Armor and walked through the air with Dean Yan, while Xuan Zi continued to eat a chicken leg nearby.
After traveling some distance, they took a short break. Huo Yuhao then tossed a storage ring to Senior Apprentice-Brother Beibei.
Senior Apprentice-Brother Beibei took it and looked at Huo Yuhao with some surprise.
"Yuhao, is this a Two-Word Battle Armor?"
"It's a semi-finished Two-Word Battle Armor. It's perfect for you to wear now with your rank 42 spirit power, Brother Senior Apprentice-Brother Beibei. When you reach rank 60, I'll help you complete it entirely."
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