No one knew what had happened last night.
The entire Star Luo City felt a terrifying tremor.
The night was exceptionally deep, with not a single ray of moonlight visible.
The number of Soul Masters gathered in Star Luo City was enormous, and they all felt a tremor from their bloodlines and souls.
Rumors swirled across the entire Magic Network.
Some said the Sun Moon Empire had attacked, and they had to immediately surrender and lead the way to the Sun Moon Empire's leader.
These people were severely cursed by the residents of Star Luo City.
Others said evil Soul Masters had infiltrated, trying to cause trouble at the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament, and the competition had to be stopped immediately!
Shrek Academy should be declared the winner.
These people's Magic Network addresses weren't in the Star Luo Empire; they were people from the Heavenly Soul Empire and other countries, just gossiping and pretending.
Still others boasted that it was a minor matter because they would intervene.
The Star Luo Royal Family specifically explained that it was due to an unusually strong earth dragon upheaval that suddenly erupted at the border of the Tiger Might Mountains and the Tiger Roar Mountains.
The earth dragon upheaval caused abnormal celestial phenomena.
Of course, they couldn't say it was because the Beast God Di Tian of the Star Dou Great Forest had brutally beaten Xiong Jun, Wan Yao Wang, and Chi Wang outside Star Luo City the previous night.
Even on the Douluo Continent, the people here knew that large-scale earthquakes could trigger a series of unusual celestial phenomena.
This was especially true for the Star Luo Empire, a mountainous country located in an earthquake zone.
They were already accustomed to geological disasters like earthquakes.
The Star Luo Empire often used earthquakes as a pretext to cover up large-scale operations and battles, like the gas explosion in Dongmu City.
Because the Star Luo Empire's royal family still held considerable authority, the people of Star Luo City generally believed this explanation, and no panic occurred.
It simply became an urban legend on the Magic Network forum, a topic of conversation among the common people.
After everything calmed down, the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament was held as scheduled the next day.
The weather wasn't actually good today; perhaps it was Di Tian's doing, but the sky was overcast, making the entire Star Luo City appear gloomy.
Later, the mysterious hall master of the Hall of Offerings and the Shattered Star Douluo joined forces to tear apart the dark clouds, forcibly creating a clear sky.
Huo Yuhao was leading Dai Ying and the others on the street toward Star Luo Square, and looking at the Hall Master of the Hall of Offerings who did not appear in the original work, he roughly estimated the opponent's strength.
In Huo Yuhao's spiritual perception within his Spirit Domain Realm, the Hall Master of the Offering Hall was likely a Level 98 Super Douluo.
His Martial Soul was probably the Crimson Armor Dragon, a top-tier dragon-type Martial Soul, slightly weaker than the Holy Light Dragon, and a superior Martial Soul of the Witch Wind Red Dragon.
It was also the Martial Soul of Zhu Shi, the Crimson Dragon Douluo of Shrek Academy during the Dragon King Legend era, ten thousand years later.
This Hall Master was very likely Zhu Shi's ancestor.
This time, Huo Yuhao clearly saw the true extent of the Star Luo Empire's high-end combat power.
While it couldn't compare to the Body Sect, Shrek Academy, or the Clear Sky Sect, it could overpower all other forces. Even if
all the forces within the Star Luo Empire were united, they couldn't possibly be a match for the royal family; no wonder the political situation here was so stable.
However, Huo Yuhao didn't care about the Star Luo Empire's high-end combat power.
He had no dealings with the Star Luo Empire and didn't plan to extend his reach there for the time being.
Huo Yuhao only wanted to firmly grasp the Heaven Dou Plain first, then find the other two continents through the far north and colonize them.
"Let's go."
"Spots at Xingluo Square are limited, let's go grab a spot first."
"Have you brought all your clothes?"
Huo Yuhao patted Dai Ying's shoulder.
She snapped out of her daze, her delicate face falling.
"Daddy, do we really have to wear this?"
"How embarrassing."
Huo Zhanji and Bai Xiuxiu nodded like chickens pecking at rice.
"You big bad guy!"
"You only make us bring these!"
"Why don't you wear them yourself?!"
Bai Xiuxiu stomped her foot, glaring at Huo Yuhao with her deep blue eyes.
Huo Yuhao confidently raised his head and said:
"Heh, of course I'm wearing them."
Huo Yuhao pulled open his black trench coat, revealing a purple top underneath. The top was stretched taut by his bulging muscles, exuding a powerful aura.
If Huo Yuhao hadn't said anything, it would be hard to imagine that he was a spirit-attribute soul master.
The existence of the Reversal Technique made the boundary between spirit and body disappear, allowing them to be transformed at will.
Dai Ying and the other two immediately crowded around Huo Yuhao, their eyes wide with shock at his powerful muscles.
In Dai Ying and Huo Zhanji's memory, their world's "Huo Yuhao," due to prolonged comfort, had almost developed incredibly toned abs.
Besides that, they were even more shocked by the two lines of text on Huo Yuhao's chest, and a large chibi-style image of a butterfly.
"Butterfly! Butterfly! The cutest in the world!"
"Victory achieved, invincible!"
Huo Yuhao didn't give them more time to look at his muscles or the words of support on his chest. He pulled his black trench coat back up and said calmly:
"Now you know, right?"
"As an elder, I'll set an example!"
"You three should wear it too; it's fate's choice."
Huo Zhanji said with a wry smile,
"It's bitter."
"Can I not wear it?"
Huo Yuhao smacked Huo Zhanji's head hard and said,
"Kid."
"According to seniority, Diebao is your and Dai Ying's older sister."
"You're shy about supporting your sister!"
"The sons of the Huo family should abandon that meaningless thing called shame!"
"To become strong, one should have a strong heart undisturbed by the outside world!"
"Do what you think you should do; the opinions of outsiders are completely irrelevant."
"They're just a bunch of mediocre people.
If you can let the gaze and thoughts of these mediocre people interfere with your heart, then your determination to become strong is not firm at all."
"But don't worry, you're a naturally kind-hearted little devil from the Huo family."
"I have a Tsukuyomi training class here."
"I'll give you a one-on-one later, I guarantee you'll have a steadfast heart of a strongman!"
Huo Zhanji was only twelve years old, inexperienced, and quickly became confused by Huo Yuhao's words. He felt that what Huo Yuhao said made a lot of sense.
He immediately took out a matching purple shirt from his storage soul tool, his eyes as determined as if he wanted to fight the Trisolarans, and put the shirt over his head and slowly put it on his body right there on the street.
The passersby all turned their heads and stared at Huo Yuhao and his group with surprise.
Dai Ying and Bai Xiuxiu wanted to cover their faces and distance themselves from the two people in front of them, pretending not to know them.
Huo Zhanji felt the gazes around him, as if Tang San was crawling all over him. This tormenting feeling made Huo Zhanji surprisingly find that his mental strength seemed to be increasing.
"Dad!"
"I understand!"
"You're right!" "
Do your own thing! Don't care what others think! This is indeed the necessary path to becoming a strong person!"
"I've learned something!"
"Then when the competition starts soon, can we stand up and shout our cheers?"
"That would definitely strengthen our resolve!"
Huo Zhanji looked at Huo Yuhao with admiration.
"Absolutely not!" *2
Dai Ying and Bai Xiuxiu thought inwardly, they didn't want to become famous on the Magic Network.
Huo Yuhao patted his shoulder with satisfaction and said, "You're a promising young man."
"As expected of a son of the Huo family."
"You've already learned to apply what you've learned to other situations."
"I'll also get you a black trench coat later, that way you'll be complete."
"You not only need a complete heart of a strong person, but also a complete body of a strong person!"
"With the reversal technique I'm about to teach you, when you return to your timeline, show that 'Huo Yuhao' how a child should be raised! What a real man is like!"
"I believe he will be proud of you!"
"And those two over there, hurry up and put them on."
"We're about to go in."
"I bought you the best seats."
"I guarantee you'll have the best viewing experience."
Bai Xiuxiu gritted her teeth, took out the coat, closed her eyes, and then quickly put it on, thinking to herself:
"It doesn't matter anymore."
"Anyway, here, I don't care about anyone else!"
Dai Ying felt the same way; in this timeline, besides her younger brother and father, she didn't care about anyone else.
She just hoped her younger brother wouldn't become obsessed with this feeling of being in the spotlight.
If she were to return to the original timeline, and her parents saw Huo Zhanji with his stern, muscular face, purple shirt, and black trousers, looking like he could single-handedly conquer the world, acting as he pleased,
Dai Ying felt she'd probably get a mixed doubles beating from them.
Why did her father in this timeline have such bad taste?!
Her father in the original timeline had perfectly normal taste—well, actually, not entirely normal.
Her parents often talked about their old spirit fusion technique, the lines of which were so cringeworthy she wanted to scratch her toes.
(End of Chapter)
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