Chapter 162 Shocking Huo Yuhao! Is this mysterious expert really Liu Yuan?
In the deep and cold underground corridor, the chill intensified due to the leak in the core storage area.
Liu Yuan stood not far from the two eight-ring Soul Douluos, his three pupils slightly narrowed.
In the shadows a hundred meters behind him, Huo Yuhao was holding his breath and pushing his simulated soul skill to its limit.
At this moment, Huo Yuhao was some distance away, and Liu Yuan had specially donned a black, tight-fitting combat suit made by the Body Sect before the operation, with a thin, cicada-wing-like metal mask covering his face to block mental detection...
Therefore, Huo Yuhao did not immediately realize Liu Yuan's identity.
After all, whether it was Liu Yuan or the elders led by Du Busi, they had all been carefully disguised when they went deep into the heart of Mingde Hall to carry out the raid. At least in terms of appearance and physique, they were difficult for outsiders to recognize at a glance.
Huo Yuhao hid in the corner of the ventilation duct, his palms sweating profusely from extreme tension.
He used his shared mental detection to lock onto the black figure in front of him.
"Hyotei, Tenmeng-ge, that person up ahead... is so strong."
Huo Yuhao spoke in a low voice within his sea of consciousness, a hint of doubt in his tone.
"Although I couldn't see his face clearly, and even the fluctuations of his martial spirit were deliberately concealed, I felt a strange sense of familiarity when I looked at his back, as if I had seen him somewhere before."
"Never mind whether we're familiar or not, Yuhao!" Hyotei's voice sounded extremely anxious.
"The presence of Xue'er is right behind the door guarded by those two Soul Douluos! That man in black is clearly also after Xue'er; we absolutely cannot let him get there first!"
Huo Yuhao gritted his teeth. Although the sense of familiarity lingered in his heart, he could only suppress his doubts for the time being under the temptation of the Snow Emperor's embryo and wait for an opportunity to fish in troubled waters.
On Liu Yuan's side, his gaze turned even colder after he discovered that Huo Yuhao was also lurking nearby.
He knew that Huo Yuhao possessed two major trump cards: the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm and the Ice Emperor. If Huo Yuhao were to come into contact with the Conferred God Platform first, the variables would increase exponentially.
More importantly, he realized that time was of the essence.
"Jing Hongchen and Kong Deming, those old guys, aren't stupid. Although Master has made a big commotion, with the mobility of a level nine soul master, they could react and come back to help at any time."
Liu Yuan silently calculated the time in his mind, his gaze fixed on the densely packed guards in front of him.
"We must end the battle as soon as possible and get our hands on Snow Empress."
Once he made up his mind, Liu Yuan suddenly exerted force with his feet without any warning, his whole body turning into a blurry black shadow, leaving a screeching sound as he scraped across the alloy floor.
The scene seemed to freeze at that moment.
As Liu Yuan moved at high speed, the three pupils on his left side suddenly flashed, and a very short, dark golden light spot condensed in the center of his pupil.
"call out--!"
A thin, yet perfectly condensed, spiritual ray pierced through the air with pinpoint accuracy.
Its speed was so fast that it could not be detected by the naked eye, and it pierced through the forehead of a six-ring Soul Emperor on the outer edge of the defense line.
The Soul Emperor hadn't even had time to activate his Level 7 Soul Guidance Shield when he was struck as if by lightning. His sea of consciousness was instantly and brutally shattered, his eyes quickly became unfocused, and he collapsed to the ground with a thud.
Instantly killed a six-ring Soul Emperor!
"Enemy attack!"
"There they are! Open fire!"
The once deserted entrance to the warehouse area suddenly erupted into chaos.
The Soul Masters on the opposite side all realized what was happening. These elites who were left behind to guard the core restricted area had extremely high combat skills.
After a brief moment of shock, they began to use various soul tools.
In an instant, the narrow corridor was filled with multicolored soul-guided light.
The melee Soul Master wielded a massive Soul Guidance Greatsword, charging forward with shockwaves that tore through the air;
The ranged Soul Master quickly set up Soul Guidance Cannons, unleashing a barrage of beams and homing missiles at Liu Yuan.
However, under such saturation of firepower, Liu Yuan's movements appeared unusually elegant and strange.
In that instant, his three pupils switched to "predictive" mode, and all attack trajectories became clear lines in his eyes.
Liu Yuan's figure refracted at several irregular angles in mid-air, and he narrowly but precisely dodged all the attacks.
Occasionally, one or two unavoidable aftershocks would hit his shoulder or back, but after each hit, a faint purplish-gold luster would appear on Liu Yuan's body.
The passive defense of "Indestructible Body" took effect instantly. Combined with that extreme vitality, the wound healed the moment it appeared, without even a drop of blood being shed.
"It's completely useless."
Liu Yuan gave a low, cold snort and suddenly pressed his right hand forward.
"Qilin Treasure Technique - Shaking Mountains and Rivers!"
The dark blue Qilin energy exploded in his palm, and with the combat power boost brought by "Ultimate Sublimation", a visible air wave pushed forward.
A seventh-ring Soul Saint-level Soul Master who was about to engage in close combat experienced a piercing metallic twisting sound from his level eight defensive Soul Tool the moment he touched this force.
Liu Yuan's scale-covered right fist pierced through the light barrier and struck the opponent's chest directly.
"boom!"
The Soul Saint let out a shrill scream as his chest completely collapsed. He crashed into the alloy wall behind him like a kite with a broken string, creating a huge crater in the specially made metal wall, and died on the spot.
At the same time, Liu Yuan's mental beam from his left eye leaped again, instantly killing another six-ring Soul Emperor who was attempting a sneak attack.
This scene once again revealed Huo Yuhao's shocked expression, as he had been hiding in the shadows and observing the whole situation through mental detection.
His body trembled slightly from the extreme shock, almost causing the simulated soul skill to collapse.
"This...this can't be right?" Huo Yuhao shouted frantically in his mind. Due to excessive excitement, his breathing became heavy. "Brother Tianmeng, Bingdi, did you see that? The punch he just used...and that ray."
In Huo Yuhao's mind, a long-forgotten image overlapped with the black figure before him. In the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Battle Tournament, that silver-haired boy with double pupils had also swept across the entire arena with such an invincible demeanor.
"Those two soul skills... he's Liu Yuan!" Huo Yuhao immediately guessed Liu Yuan's identity based on the methods he had just used and his unique aura.
However, this speculation brought him not the joy of reunion, but an unbelievable despair.
"Why...why did he become so strong?"
Huo Yuhao refused to believe it. He gripped the edge of the vent tightly with both hands, his fingernails scraping against the metal with a harsh sound.
"How long has it been? He actually launched this one-sided massacre in the heart of Mingde Hall, facing so many high-level Soul Masters?"
"It's only been a single exchange, and he's already instantly killed two Soul Emperors and a Soul Saint. Is this really him?"
Within her sea of consciousness, Hyotei's expression also became extremely solemn, her emerald green eyes filled with apprehension.
"Yuhao, it's probably him. I could feel the rank suppression generated by his martial soul even from this distance. His current strength far surpasses yours, and he's even several times stronger than he was during the Soul Master Competition."
Even Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, unusually, put away his playful demeanor and said seriously, "Yuhao, calm down. His strength is indeed beyond reason, but our target is the Snow Empress. If he fights those two Soul Douluos later, that will be our only chance."
Huo Yuhao gritted his teeth and stared intently at the black figure in front of him.
He watched Liu Yuan move through the crowd as if it were none of his own, and the sense of defeat he felt from being left far behind by his peers rekindled.
He thought that learning about soul tools in the Sun Moon Empire would bring them closer, but he didn't realize that the other party had already stepped into another level.
However, just when Huo Yuhao thought that this was Liu Yuan's full strength, the next scene left him completely stunned.
(End of chapter)