Chapter 22: “kamui”
Yu Hongzhi stared fixedly at the figure ahead.
He had long ago used his First Soul Skill Spiritual Amplification combined with his Second Soul Skill Deep Dream to control the opponent.
Making her silently fall into a dream, weaving a beautiful dream indistinguishable from reality.
In the dream, she was walking the road home, while in reality, she was heading to the secret chamber that Chen Wen had long prepared.
As for his method of concealing his figure, it was his Third Soul Skill Dream Bubble.
Wrapping his entire body in bubbles, which not only achieved invisibility but also greatly shielded others’ perceptions to a large extent.
To put it bluntly, this set of soul skills of his, when facing same-level Assault Type Soul Emperors in Soul Fighting Competitions, only had the possibility of losing.
But outside the arena, he could use the bizarre of his Spirit soul skills and the advantage of a large field to directly toy to death those Soul Masters who only knew how to charge straight ahead.
Yu Hongzhi was extremely cautious about this mission.
To deal with a Soul Elder, he activated all three soul skills, using Spiritual Power and Soul Power without regard for cost.
Maintaining such a large range of spiritual perception along the way was also a huge consumption for him.
The trigger condition for the Second Soul Skill Deep Dream was that the enemy must be within his spiritual perception range; once out of range, the soul skill would fail.
Yu Hongzhi guided Jiang Nannan into the carefully laid trap.
“Almost there, just about to arrive.”
“The Black Tortoise Divine Pill will soon be in hand.”
The obsession of several decades finally saw a glimmer of dawn in the darkness.
This made uncontrollable Madness surge in his heart.
He had already planned: after getting the Black Tortoise Divine Pill and breaking through Level Seventy, he would immediately leave Xuan Feng City and head to the Dou Ling Empire.
There were fewer strong persons there, making it easier to make a name, and it was far enough from Shrek Academy.
If something happened one day, he could also escape in time.
In the Heaven Soul Empire or Star Luo Empire, he wouldn’t even have a chance to run.
The Heaven Soul Empire was Shrek Academy’s home base, and the Star Luo Empire had many strong persons with official roads crisscrossing.
Even wanting to flee to the Sun Moon Empire, there would be no way, truly a dead end with no way to heaven or earth.
Just as Yu Hongzhi had begun fantasizing about his future life.
Huo Yuhao had already snuck up behind him.
“Hey, friend.”
“Tracking a little girl all the way, isn’t that a bit too despicable?”
This sudden voice immediately made Yu Hongzhi’s tailbone chill, a sudden cold intent spreading all the way to his brain.
“When did he get behind me?!”
“I knew this mission wasn’t that simple!”
Yu Hongzhi immediately retreated explosively, no longer minding Jiang Nannan still walking ahead in the distance, and looked up to see Huo Yuhao standing on a rooftop.
“Who are you?!”
“Wearing a mask, a sneaky coward.”
Huo Yuhao chuckled lightly and said: “Interesting, you’re the one covered up tightly.”
“Yet you call me a sneaky coward.”
“Friend, you’re being a bit hypocritical.”
Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Eye pierced through the holes in the mask, staring fixedly at a discordant transparent light shadow ahead.
To be honest, if it weren’t for the full moon tonight with bright and clear moonlight, he wouldn’t have discovered him at all.
As long as he shrank into the darkness, with his perception shielding ability, no one could discover him.
Yu Hongzhi appeared steady as an old dog on the surface, but inside he was panicking like mad.
No way around it, he saw that masked person standing effortlessly on the rooftop with full aura, completely the posture unique to strong persons.
Just from the stance, the opponent seemed maxed out in strength.
But Yu Hongzhi had rolled and crawled in the Soul Master world for decades at least.
He was not lacking in courage to charge at strong persons.
Or rather, those without the courage to challenge strong persons couldn’t break through Level Sixty at all; cowardly and timid people could only stop at Soul King.
Yu Hongzhi knew he must strike first; against someone possibly stronger than himself, still holding back would be purely seeking death!
He canceled his Third Soul Skill Dream Bubble to reveal his figure, then directly lit up his fifth soul ring, a mysterious and deep Pitch Black light shining.
Starting off with his Fifth Soul Skill Dream Clone, three slightly lighter-colored Yu Hongzhis appeared at his sides.
Huo Yuhao’s gaze grew solemn, because he sensed that the auras of those three clones were identical to the main body.
“What a curious soul skill, Three Pure Ones?”
Yu Hongzhi didn’t care about Huo Yuhao’s doubt and directly charged at Huo Yuhao.
Huo Yuhao began to retreat, only to find he suddenly couldn’t move.
Looking down, a Pitch Black chain was binding his shadow.
Only then did he notice that one of the opponent’s clones was crouching in the distance, connecting their shadows with Black Chains.
“He can even use soul skills? No, no soul ring lit up, it’s a Soul Bone Skill!”
With Soul Emperor speed, the three Yu Hongzhis had already reached Huo Yuhao’s side.
The three formed a strangling formation, locking onto different vital points.
Head, heart, spine all locked by killing intent.
Seeing Huo Yuhao still without reaction, Yu Hongzhi was ecstatic inside.
“Got him!”
Then the three thrust their palms viciously, aiming to kill in one strike.
But the blood and flesh flying scene Yu Hongzhi expected did not appear.
He looked on in shock as the three palms sank into the opponent’s body like entering air.
Without a ripple, as if they weren’t even in the same space.
“Kamui”
Immediately after, Huo Yuhao’s hand reached back toward Yu Hongzhi’s main body.
That hand was unhurried, but Yu Hongzhi’s entire body senses were warning him, hairs standing on end, Spiritual Power raging wildly.
Gritting his teeth, he activated his Sixth Soul Skill Clone Swap; under the Pitch Black light, the distant clone controlling Huo Yuhao swapped with the main body.
Huo Yuhao’s hand landed on the clone.
Then that clone’s half body began to be twisted by an invisible force, emitting a scream that pierced the eardrums.
“Oh? The clone even has pain sensation.”
The remaining clones immediately distanced themselves; the clone in Huo Yuhao’s hand turned to bubbles and vanished, and distant Yu Hongzhi suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.
“Looks like the clone’s death has backlash on you.”
Yu Hongzhi wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and a bizarre calm appeared on the scene.
“Clones that can use soul skills, swap ability, invisibility, suspected Spiritual Power amplification, Shadow Bind.”
“Still one Fourth Soul Skill not shown.”
“Some trump card?”
Huo Yuhao’s gaze shifted slightly, analyzing the opponent’s soul skill outfit.
At this moment, Yu Hongzhi’s hands and feet were ice-cold; he saw it clearly—the opponent had some spatial ability, capable of long-term Phasing and Spatial Distortion.
Especially since the opponent’s soul rings hadn’t been revealed, meaning either Soul Bone Skills or Martial Soul characteristics.
This time, he had run into a tough opponent.
The bizarre calm was quickly broken, because Jiang Nannan had walked out of Yu Hongzhi’s spiritual range; she had escaped the dream.
As the releaser of the soul skill, he naturally knew this mission had failed.
His own life probably couldn’t be preserved either.
Thinking of this, Yu Hongzhi’s eyes reignited with fighting spirit.
Just as that Blazing Ox Martial Soul Soul Master said, “Soul Masters are either bleeding or on the way to bleed.”
This profession has always been a symbol of violence; dying in battle, dying in the process of challenging strong persons, is forever the highest honor for a Soul Master.
