No… this has nothing to do with me.
Huo Yuhao shook his head and spoke clearly, "You may begin."
The other two figures before him gradually faded, leaving only the "pure and noble" silhouette of Tang San.
The moment he saw Huo Yuhao, Tang San's indifferent voice rang out, his tone carrying the confidence of one who held total control.
"First soul skill, Blue Silver Bind."
Instantly, countless thick Blue Silver Emperor vines burst from the ground like agile giant pythons, coiling toward Huo Yuhao from all directions to seal off any path of escape.
Huo Yuhao: "..."
Why did this feel a bit hard to take seriously?
Looking at those vines—which clearly overflowed with life energy yet were covered in barbs and toxic hooks—Huo Yuhao took a half-step back in disgust. The first soul ring of the Deep Blue Glazed Dragon lit up, and several ice walls rose around him, allowing Tang San's Blue Silver Bind to coil uselessly against them.
He had seen it: these Blue Silver Emperors were connected to Tang San; Tang San was the source of these vines.
"Second soul skill, Parasite!"
Massive amounts of Blue Silver Emperor vines suddenly grew out of thin air, wrapping Huo Yuhao up like a zongzi dumpling.
Seeing that the ice walls around him were showing signs of cracking under the pressure of the Blue Silver Bind, Huo Yuhao nodded.
That's about enough...
"I've always wanted to try and see how well a plant like the Blue Silver Emperor conducts electricity..."
Deep purple lightning snakes erupted from the "zongzi" wrapped in Blue Silver Emperor, traveling along the vines straight back to Tang San.
As it turned out, the Blue Silver Emperor plant didn't conduct electricity well, but Ultimate Thunder was indeed a broken mechanic. Tang San began to twitch violently amidst the electricity.
Tang San's Blue Silver Emperor was immune to both water and fire, but it wasn't immune to lightning...
"Seems mediocre... what if I add water?"
Feeling as though a bucket of cold water had been splashed over him, Tang San could feel the power of the lightning traveling through the Blue Silver Emperor vines grow even more immense.
Zizizizizi...
Tang San wanted to break free from his own Blue Silver Emperor vines, only to realize that his legs had been frozen at some unknown point. The ice was continuously spreading upward, making escape impossible.
The Blue Silver Emperor vines had already been utterly destroyed by the violent lightning. Now, a dark cloud hung over Tang San's head, and deep purple lightning snakes fell continuously, pinning him down.
Tang San originally wanted to try using the Blue Silver Domain to resonate with the surrounding plants, or pull out his proud hidden weapons and his trump card, the Clear Sky Hammer, but under the paralyzing destruction of the lightning, he couldn't even move a finger.
Just like that, Tang San was physically electrocuted into charcoal, turning into spots of light and vanishing.
Tang San was dealt with; next was [Dai Yuhao].
Looking at this version of himself in every sense of the word, Huo Yuhao's mood was extremely complex.
The two didn't look that much alike, but their eyes were identical.
Could he and this person still be considered the same individual?
Was this himself at five rings? He looked about 17, but why was his spiritual power so weak? What on earth had he been doing during this time?
Just as Huo Yuhao expected, this battle between "Huo Yuhaos" did not last very long.
Against a Huo Yuhao whose spiritual power and blood essence were both superior, [Dai Yuhao's] spiritual soul skills weren't exactly useless, but their effects were minimal at best.
A Silver-level Awakening was suppressed deathly hard by a Gold-level Awakening. Even the various soul skills of the Ice Jade Scorpion had little effect before the Deep Blue Glazed Dragon, as the latter's status and quality were far superior. Only the Snow Emperor's Three Ultimate Skills granted by the Snow Emperor soul spirit could be considered decent.
Suddenly, [Dai Yuhao's] facial expression turned soft, his gentle gaze seemingly looking toward the distance.
In his eyes, there was only one emotion: longing.
Huo Yuhao felt a sense of foreboding. Sure enough, a golden light shadow emerged from [Dai Yuhao's] body. He himself turned completely golden, the color of sculpted gold.
That golden light shadow had long pink-blue hair and a stunningly beautiful face—was that not Wang Dong'er?
[Dai Yuhao's] voice was filled with yearning and love, "Thinking of Dong Punch, Thoughts Flowing Like a Spring!"
"..."
Huo Yuhao suddenly felt his mind fill with inexplicable images and an unspeakable emotion that even Spirit Abyss Realm spiritual power couldn't seem to suppress.
But before [Dai Yuhao] could throw this earth-shattering punch, the ear-piercing sound of a lightning burst erupted behind him. Before [Dai Yuhao] could even turn around, a black longsword had already pierced through his back at the location of his heart, interrupting his casting.
"One cannot even empathize with their past self."
Without hesitation, he twisted the hilt, crushing [Dai Yuhao's] heart.
With an expression of pure physical discomfort, Huo Yuhao retracted his sword and flicked off the blood, "Sorry, this self-created soul skill of yours is honestly too disgusting. I really didn't want to hear it."
He didn't know what [Dai Yuhao] and that Wang Dong'er had gone through, but he didn't want to have any feelings or contact with Wang Dong beyond that of a stranger.
Now it should be the main event...
Thinking this, Huo Yuhao fixed his gaze on the appearing [Tang Wulin], his expression becoming extremely grave.
[Tang Wulin's] martial soul was also the Blue Silver Emperor, surrounded by five peculiar soul rings: four black and one green-gold.
Even though they were both Blue Silver Emperor, the life aura emitted by Tang Wulin's Blue Silver Emperor was much purer than Tang San's. However, what was the deal with that green-gold soul ring?
But soon, those five soul rings were replaced by four golden halos.
"Roar—"
The third halo lit up, and Tang Wulin's body actually blurred for a moment, transforming on the spot into a giant golden dragon head. An unparalleled aura of violence mixed with sound waves erupted outward.
Huo Yuhao narrowed his eyes. He didn't use the Deep Blue Glazed Dragon martial soul; instead, he shifted between black and gold light. His aura became both demonic and holy, and three eerie halos rose beneath his feet.
Third martial soul, Holy Demon Angel.
Unfazed, Huo Yuhao raised his hand and made a beckoning motion. A black gate appeared abruptly, emitting a dark and profound aura that blocked all the sound waves from Tang Wulin's Golden Dragon Roar.
Then, a dark purple light spewed from that light gate. At the center of the gate was a massive purple eye.
One of the abilities belonging to the Demon King: The Eye of the Fallen.
Tang Wulin's body uncontrollably turned purple, freezing rigidly on the spot.
But very quickly, his first halo lit up.
Golden Dragon Body!
With a cold snort from Tang Wulin, the golden diamond-shaped scales on his body stood on end, and he actually forcibly broke free from the control of the Eye of the Fallen.
Huo Yuhao nodded thoughtfully. It only controlled him for one second; that was a bit unexpected. Just as he had theorized, Tang Wulin was indeed stronger at the five-ring level than [Tang San] and [Dai Yuhao].