Douluo: The True Eye

Chapter 149: I'm Going to Get Serious

Looking at Huo Yuhao standing before him, now quite accomplished,

Even though he had expected it, Du Busheng couldn't help but feel a mix of emotions and感慨 (gǎnkǎi - a deep feeling of emotion).

Although Huo Yuhao had only just stepped into the Soul Sage level,

Du Busheng could sense that the current Huo Yuhao already possessed strength surpassing some ordinary Titled Douluos.

"Yuhao, let's spar, a slightly more serious one," Du Busheng said with a serious expression.

"Let me see just what level your true strength has reached, being able to condense a Soul Core at the Soul Sage level."

After saying that, Du Busheng couldn't help but sigh softly.

After all, watching Huo Yuhao grow up over the years had truly made him feel like he was getting old and falling behind the times.

Although Du Busheng, as a Limit Douluo, could still be considered to be in his prime,

Compared to the rapidly growing Huo Yuhao, he couldn't help but feel a slight sense of落差感 (luòchā gǎn - a sense of gap or disparity).

Huo Yuhao nodded. Unlike the previous sparring sessions between Du Busheng and Huo Yuhao, where Du Busheng was mostly testing and training him,

Since Du Busheng said he would be serious this time, the intensity of the battle would definitely be extraordinary.

Under such circumstances, the Body Sect's headquarters was naturally not suitable as their battlefield.

Under Du Busheng's lead, he and Huo Yuhao arrived at a mountain range far from the Body Sect.

This place was covered in snow all year round and was barren, making it perfect as a place for the two to fight.

This time, even though Du Busheng intentionally increased his flying speed, Huo Yuhao still firmly clung to his tail.

Through the analysis and reorganization of Soul Skills, magic, and Soul Guidance Core Arrays, Huo Yuhao naturally developed many Soul Power circuits that could provide amplification and enhancement to himself.

After these Soul Power circuits were put into use, coupled with the Soul Core that continuously restored Soul Power for Huo Yuhao,

Allowed him to almost constantly maintain these amplifications, allowing his body to reach its peak state that it could withstand under normal circumstances.

Although there were many Soul Skills that could provide percentage amplification effects among the Soul Skills that Soul Masters could possess,

Without exception, these Soul Skills would incur a certain cost due to the Soul Master's own insufficient physical fitness if maintained for too long.

Therefore, most of the time, the amplification Soul Skills used by Soul Masters

Were either those with average effects but extremely long durations, or those with extremely short durations but powerful amplification effects.

And the specific situation depended on the Soul Master's individual physical strength, which could not be generalized.

However, Huo Yuhao, possessing the Eye of Truth, could adjust the Soul Power circuit that provided amplification for him to the most perfect state.

Even if the body's muscles and cells were damaged due to being in an excited state for a long time due to the continuation of the Soul Skill,

Because of the existence of the Gold of Life, these minor injuries would be repaired in an instant.

And after the repaired body absorbed the powerful vitality of the Gold of Life, it would become even stronger than before the damage, thereby withstanding longer and stronger amplification.

"Let's do it here," Du Busheng and Huo Yuhao stood facing each other in the high sky, separated by a distance of a thousand meters.

"Alright," Huo Yuhao also entered a state of readiness.

The Soul Power circuit, which was originally operating at its normal limit, also began to rhythmically move according to a specific pattern, entering an overloaded state in battle.

Two powerful Soul Powers rose into the sky at the same time, dyeing the sky above this mountain range into colors unique to their own Soul Power.

Du Busheng's dark green Soul Power covered the sky and the sun, and even the sunlight at noon could not penetrate it.

Under this overwhelming pressure, Du Busheng's figure soared to a height of a hundred meters.

Although this form was not Du Busheng's all-out combat form, it still possessed a powerful combat strength at least no weaker than a level ninety-six Super Douluo.

Although the dark green Avatar Martial Soul was only a hundred meters high, at this moment, it seemed to have transformed into the protagonist of this entire world.

Every move was drastically drawing the surrounding dark green Soul Power, forming Soul Power vortexes, and there were also flashes of black light spots mixed in the Soul Power vortexes.

These were traces of space appearing broken as a result of the crushing force of a Super Douluo level.

The surrounding space had already begun to show signs of fragmentation at this time, although this could only be regarded as a minor injury to the vast Douluo Star.

However, for ordinary Soul Masters, the fragmented space undoubtedly symbolized a catastrophe, and represented Du Busheng's extremely high level of control over Soul Power.

Because in this move, the fragmented space not only did not consume the Soul Power controlled by Du Busheng,

It even allowed Du Busheng to use the method of Harmony of Man and Nature to mobilize the spiritual energy of heaven and earth in a larger range to provide assistance to himself.

It was just that compared to the terrifying power caused by Du Busheng, the aura displayed by Huo Yuhao at this time seemed a bit ordinary.

The nearly transparent Soul Power only caused a slight distortion of the air. Although it could compete with Du Busheng, who occupied half the sky, it seemed to lack any sense of power.

However, Huo Yuhao was not in a hurry, as if he didn't have the slightest worry.

At this time, he had also completed the Avatar Martial Soul's possession, but compared to Du Busheng's hundred-meter-high figure, Huo Yuhao's figure did not change at all.

Being both Avatar Martial Souls, the two's fighting styles could be said to be completely different.

Although it seemed like he had achieved a victory, Du Busheng's face became somewhat uncertain, because the originally domineering invasion of the dark green Soul Power was gradually stagnating.

Even the space fragmentation and changes in the wind and clouds caused by the original Soul Power vortex were gradually calming down, as if they had turned into a pool of stagnant water.

And this was definitely not Du Busheng's fighting style, so at this moment, there was only one explanation.

"Truth Domain, this is the name I gave to the ability attached to my evolved Martial Soul."

Huo Yuhao explained unhurriedly: "The matter, energy, and even spiritual power that enters the Truth Domain will be decomposed and reorganized, turning into a part of the Truth Domain."

"And the methods you use, Master, are also the domain-like abilities formed by Soul Masters after reaching the Super Douluo level, using abilities such as Harmony of Man and Nature and elemental control combined with their own Soul Power."

"Although there is no difference in expression from a normal domain, it is not entirely composed of one's own Soul Power."

"Its formation must have the support of external, unowned elemental energy, and this flaw will be magnified countless times in my Truth Domain."

"If it is a collision between domains under normal circumstances, although my Truth Domain can also restrain most domains, it is impossible to be so smooth."

Within a hundred miles, all the spiritual energy of heaven and earth originally attracted by Du Busheng was now making wedding clothes for Huo Yuhao's Truth Domain.

Even the Soul Power that Du Busheng had just released was dismantled by Huo Yuhao, removing Du Busheng's own will, and firmly controlling it.

At this time, the first round of probing could also be declared over. Although he did not use his full strength, Du Busheng had undoubtedly fallen into a disadvantage at this time.

Seeing this situation, Du Bu Si no longer hesitated. Since the expansion of Huo Yuhao's domain would greatly reduce his control over external energy and the release of his soul power,

then he should naturally shift the battle to close combat, the area he, as a Body Douluo, was most skilled in.

Du Bu Si's main body, towering at a hundred meters, suddenly dove towards Huo Yuhao.

However, the surrounding dark green soul power was like a swamp, hindering Du Bu Si's progress.

Although the toxins contained within this soul power would not affect Du Bu Si, the original owner of the soul power,

the sheer mass of it created a very real obstacle, and Du Bu Si had to rely on an equal or even greater amount of soul power to counteract it.

After all, in the microscopic control of soul power, Huo Yuhao, who possessed the Eye of Truth and had also reached the state of perfect harmony between man and nature, would certainly not be inferior to him.

Du Bu Si naturally had the ability to recover this soul power, which originally belonged to him.

However, due to his fear of Huo Yuhao's control over the Truth Domain, he did not dare to rashly reabsorb this soul power, unsure if it had been tampered with.

And his decision was undoubtedly correct. At this moment, Huo Yuhao had already used his spiritual power, with the Truth Domain as a medium, to control every bit of energy within the domain.

Under Huo Yuhao's control, as long as he wished, this energy could instantly combine into unstable soul power structures, leading to a chain of explosions.

If Du Bu Si really absorbed this energy, then the consequences would definitely be unbearable for ordinary people.

The more Du Bu Si fought and charged, the more he felt that something was wrong. He and Huo Yuhao were originally thousands of miles apart, but now they were still thousands of miles apart.

Huo Yuhao was not lying. Within the Truth Domain, every bit of matter, energy, and even spiritual power was under his control.

Under this control, the spiritual power released by Du Bu Si naturally could not reach Huo Yuhao's main body. As for the Huo Yuhao he saw with his eyes, how could that be the real body?

Within the Truth Domain, Huo Yuhao freely controlled all the energy, and he could naturally control this energy to form soul skills without being noticed.

And how many soul skills did Huo Yuhao possess? Hundreds, thousands?

Previously, when he had just obtained the Mirage Dragon Soul Ring, Huo Yuhao was able to contend with Du Bu Si, who had not used his full strength, by relying on the Mirage Dragon's soul skill.

Now, Du Bu Si, unaware of Huo Yuhao's true strength and thus losing the initiative,

had, due to carelessness, greatly reduced the gap between the soul power he used and the soul power Huo Yuhao could mobilize.

Truth and falsehood, falsehood and truth.

Du Bu Si had originally planned to use only ninety-sixth level soul power.

He had already consumed 30% of it at the beginning, and now, trapped in the swamp, he had lost another 10%.

The loss of soul power would not evaporate into thin air, but would return to the world.

And since this world was now covered by the Truth Domain, then the soul power that returned to the world was naturally entirely under Huo Yuhao's control.

So, at this moment, Huo Yuhao was using Du Bu Si's 40% of energy plus his own to fight against Du Bu Si, who was only at 50% of his ninety-sixth level state.

Normally, in the battle of Super Douluos, the scale of heaven and earth spiritual energy that could be mobilized was closely related to their soul core and their understanding of the elements.

The operation of the soul core, coupled with the understanding of energy, could quickly replenish the Super Douluos' loss of soul power in battle, greatly extending their battle time.

But at this moment, Du Bu Si was unable to obtain even a trace of external heaven and earth spiritual energy replenishment.

Taking a deep breath, Du Bu Si knew that with only the ninety-sixth level soul power he currently had, he might not be able to do anything to Huo Yuhao.

And at the Super Douluo level, each increase of one rank would increase the overall soul power by 10%.

This 10% was not just as simple as it seemed on the surface. In all aspects, it was a crushing existence.

For example, the absorption efficiency of the soul core increased by 10%, and the remaining part could completely offset the absorption efficiency of a lower-level Super Douluo's soul core, delaying its efficiency in recovering power.

And soul skills, etc., would receive considerable increases due to this increased 10% soul power, and the quality of soul power that could be stacked would also be much stronger.

In addition, the soul power's strengthening of the martial soul and soul master, all of this added together, was far more than the 10% increase seen on paper.

But now, even if he increased his soul power by one level, he was afraid that Du Bu Si would not be able to pose an effective threat to the current Huo Yuhao in the situation where he had already lost the right timing, geographical advantage, and popular support.

Since this was the case, Du Bu Si could only be forced to use some means that he originally did not want to use. As the soul power surged, the strength Du Bu Si was using at this time had actually increased to the ninety-eighth level.

Don't underestimate the mere increase of two levels, but the soul power quality of a ninety-eighth level Super Douluo had faintly broken through a certain threshold of Douluo Star.

The signs of space fragmentation that had only faintly appeared before were now expanding, and starlight flickered from the black light.

Spatial cracks formed around Du Bu Si, and with the appearance of these extremely unstable spatial cracks forcibly opened by Du Bu Si's power,

the Truth Domain, which was originally extremely stable under Huo Yuhao's control, also showed some fluctuations.

Seeing this situation, Huo Yuhao frowned slightly and said helplessly, "Master, aren't you being a bit unethical?"

Invisible spiritual power controlled the Truth Domain, mobilizing the energy within the domain and quickly converting it into control over the spatial elements, repairing these extremely unstable spatial cracks.

However, the speed at which Huo Yuhao repaired the spatial cracks was far behind the speed at which Du Bu Si created spatial cracks.

Moreover, with the formation of spatial cracks, some unstable heaven and earth spiritual energy that had not been captured by the Truth Domain was quickly refined and absorbed by Du Bu Si through his soul core.

Huo Yuhao could not help but smile wryly.

What he had just said was indeed very good. It was true that matter, energy, and spiritual power would be decomposed and controlled by the Truth Domain.

But it was important to know that even if his foundation was deep, he was still only at the Soul Saint level.

The main reason why he could suppress Du Bu Si just now was because Du Bu Si had provided him with too many conditions to exploit without knowing it.

Although his own soul power had condensed a soul core, it was far from being able to withstand space. Although his spiritual power was strong, it was still a line away from the Spiritual Domain realm.

And this line of difference meant that his control over the spatial elements was still insufficient.

"I'm going to get serious." Du Bu Si did not respond directly to Huo Yuhao's question, but his expression became solemn and he said.

The original hundred-meter body of the Main Body Martial Soul surged after being supplemented by the heaven and earth spiritual energy in the spatial cracks, directly expanding to a thousand meters.

And this also represented that Du Bu Si had truly entered the true combat posture of a ninety-eighth level Super Douluo that he had not yet broken through to before.