DD2—Chapter 41: Yuhao, I Respect Your Teeth
After hearing this, Jing Hongchen said, "Okay, after Ma Rulong has selected his teammates, you can start the game. Yuhao, this Hongchen Blessing is for you."
As he spoke, he handed over a piece of metal.
This piece of metal is round and looks extremely thin. It emits a soft golden halo overall and displays some extremely delicate reliefs on its surface.
"Hongchen's Blessing?" Xiao Hongchen was a little surprised. "Grandpa, this is a level nine triggered defensive soul guidance device. It is extremely valuable. You just gave it to Huo Yuhao like this?"
He began to doubt whether he was the biological grandson or if Huo Yuhao was the biological grandson.
Ma Rulong, who was selecting teammates at the side, was also a little stunned. The value of a ninth-level soul guidance device is certainly evident, and Hongchen's Blessing is more precious than an ordinary ninth-level soul guidance device. After all, the most significant feature of this soul guidance device is that it does not limit the user's soul power level.
In other words, even a one-ring soul master can use it if they acquire it.
At this moment, everyone present was looking at Jing Hongchen with strange eyes. After all, in their opinion, Jing Hongchen was being too generous to Huo Yuhao.
Jing Hongchen's expression became serious. "Yuhao is only a grand soul master, not yet a soul king. What if he gets injured in the fight later? As the dean and head of Illustrious Virtue Hall, I can't just sit back and watch over Yuhao's safety!"
Even in the history of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Competition, there have been cases where some Titled Douluos caused the deaths of contestants due to untimely rescues.
Although Jing Hongchen was confident in his strength, he did not want to take such a risk.
Therefore, for the sake of Huo Yuhao's safety, even though Jing Hongchen felt a little distressed, he had to give Hongchen's Blessing to Huo Yuhao. Otherwise, if Huo Yuhao were seriously injured or died, he would not be able to explain it to Kong Deming.
As for the Invincible Shield, it's not that he doesn't want to give it, but the main reason is that the Invincible Shield is at least a level-five soul guidance device, and it requires a soul king to use it. So, whether it is Xiao, Meng, or other regular team members, they can use the Invincible Shield to protect themselves.
Huo Yuhao took the Hongchen's Blessing soul guidance device and put it on. Soon, it attached itself to him.
Jing Hongchen on the side said cheerfully, "Yuhao, its function is very simple. Once the soul master is attacked, it will sense it in advance and defend itself. Moreover, it can be closed and opened with the mind."
The defensive effect of Hongchen's Blessing is equivalent to the strongest attack made by the user concentrating all their soul power without activating soul skills. However, the soul power consumed is only one-fifth of the strongest attack.
It is suitable for soul masters of any level. If it is in the hands of a Titled Douluo, it can have the defensive power of a Super Douluo level!
Jing Hongchen did not expect Hongchen's Blessing to withstand the attack of the Soul Emperor. All he wanted was some buffer time. As long as there was buffer time, he would have a 100% chance of saving Huo Yuhao, making it truly foolproof.
Huo Yuhao said, "Thank you, Dean."
He thought that the Hongchen's Blessing had gone through many twists and turns to finally fall into his hands, but in the original novel, Mu En had forced Jing Hongchen, who had sneaked into the Sea God Pavilion, to hand it over. The way he obtained Hongchen's Blessing now was that Jing Hongchen gave it to him of his own accord.
"No need to thank me for such a small thing." Jing Hongchen waved his hand, then looked at Ma Rulong not far away. "Ma Rulong, have you chosen your teammates?"
"I've made my choice, Hall Master. I choose Chen Fei and Li Yan," Ma Rulong said in a deep voice.
As soon as he finished speaking, two men walked out from behind Ma Rulong.
Chen Fei? Li Yan?
When Huo Yuhao heard these two names, he immediately recalled the stories of these two people in the original novel. He remembered that Chen Fei was burned to death by Ma Xiaotao, and Li Yan was defeated by Xu Sanshi in the fighting soul arena.
These two characters had a weak presence in the original work and were just supporting characters who only appeared once.
"Okay, then everyone else leaves the fighting arena to the six of them!" Jing Hongchen instructed.
Then the other team members left the venue below, leaving an open space in the center of the fighting arena. The two teams began to slowly retreat to the edge of the fighting arena, waiting for the game to begin.
Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and Huo Yuhao walked to one side.
Ma Rulong, Chen Fei, and Li Yan walked to the other side.
"Senior Xiao, Senior Sister Meng, don't resist. I'm going to use my soul skills!" Huo Yuhao's eyes gradually turned golden, and two soul rings appeared on his body.
The first soul skill: Spiritual Detection & Spiritual Sharing!
Meng Hongchen did not have any particularly surprised reaction. After all, it was not the first time she had come into contact with Huo Yuhao's soul skills.
Xiao Hongchen was a little skeptical at first. After all, in his opinion, how could the first soul skill of a grand soul master be that powerful?
However, when he relaxed his mind and accepted Huo Yuhao's soul skills, a look of shock suddenly appeared on his face. He whispered, "This kind of clear feeling with no blind spots. It seems that the whole world is in my eyes. Even Ma Rulong's subtle movements can be felt clearly by me!
This is of great significance to soul engineers! No wonder Grandpa let you join the reserve team! Huo Yuhao, you are awesome!"
After saying these words, Xiao Hongchen's attitude towards Huo Yuhao changed. "Yuhao, my house is quite big and has many good things. You are welcome to come to my house to play in the future."
"Senior Xiao, Senior Meng, due to my strength, I cannot compete head-on with Senior Ma and the others, so I will assist you from the side." Huo Yuhao was very confident about his current strength, and he planned to use the Ultimate Ice to amplify Meng Hongchen's strength later.
After all, Meng Hongchen's martial soul, the Vermilion Clear Ice Toad, is also an ice-attributed martial soul, which shares the same attribute as Ling Luochen's martial soul. Since Huo Yuhao in the original novel can enhance Ling Luochen, he can also enhance Meng Hongchen.
However, once Meng Hongchen's ice attribute is temporarily amplified, it means that Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen will not be able to use the soul fusion technique during that period.
After all, Douluo Dalu has a setting where if the quality of the martial soul of one of the two parties who could have originally performed the martial soul fusion is greatly improved, then the qualities of the martial souls of the two individuals will not match, and the soul fusion technique will most likely fail.
The most typical example would be Wang Jinxi in Douluo Dalu. His martial soul is the Bone Dragon King. Because of Tang Wulin, the son of Tang San, his martial soul mutated, leading to the improvement of the quality of his martial soul. Consequently, Wang Jinxi could not perform martial soul fusion skills with his companion.
Of course, it's not a significant issue if they can't use the martial soul fusion technique. Ma Rulong and his team are well aware of Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen's martial soul fusion technique, and they will undoubtedly do their best to prevent the two from using it.
In that situation, it remains a substantial question whether Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen can use the soul fusion technique at all.
"Okay!" Xiao Hongchen nodded in agreement.
A smile appeared on Meng Hongchen's face. "Brother Yuhao, just stand behind us later."
At this time, Jing Hongchen, who had already flown into the air, announced, "Okay, both sides have retreated to the edge of the field; let's start now."
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