Chapter 11: Chapter 11: Evil Soul Masters.
Chapter 11: Evil Soul Masters.
After instructing Ellie to get back, Huo Yuhao called his mother softly and started shaking her a bit.
"Mom, wake up. We are at our first stop." He kept calling her until she finally woke up.
Huo Yun'er opened her beautiful icy blue eyes, gazed at her son, and thought, 'Ah, I see Yuhao's face first thing in the morning, what a beautiful sight to wake up to.' Yun'er nodded to herself in her mind.
She moved her gaze towards the carriage window and watched the bustling town full of activity. Merchants who rested in the town started to continue their journey. Stall owners would show the items that they sold to the walking pedestrians.
The atmosphere was full of life and harmony. It had been a long time for Huo Yun'er since she watched such a peaceful scene.
Yuhao saw his mother staring through the window in a daze. He sighed as he handed her a wet towel that he made using his [Thread manipulation] and poured some water on it from the water canteen. "Mom, wipe your face with this and get ready. We will walk around for a bit and buy some food before we continue our journey towards [Heavenly Soul Capital City]."
Huo Yun'er returned her gaze towards Yuhao and saw him handing her a damp towel. She took it from his little hand and started wiping her face.
'It is different now. I will live a peaceful life with Yuhao. I will watch him grow up healthy and become a powerful soul master in the future, and I also need to get more powerful for Yuhao.' She thought to herself as she put the damp cloth beside her and then grabbed Yuhao's hands.
"Alright Hao'er, this is your first time here in a town outside the [White Tiger Mansion], be sure to grab my hand tightly, okay? I don't want you to get lost," she instructed Yuhao as they got out of the carriage.
Yuhao breathed in the warm morning air and started looking around. This was truly his first time walking outside in this new world. He was simply curious about everything here.
Noticing his eager and curious expression, Yun'er giggled a bit and started guiding him towards the town.
She herself didn't know much about the town, but she was willing to put in the effort to give her son an unforgettable experience after the escape from the prison that they used to live in.
Before they got far away from the carriage, Yuhao used [Illusion manipulation] and manipulated the illusion that he had cast on the carriage driver at the beginning of the journey. He simply instructed him to buy whatever was necessary for the road and prepare to continue the journey.
Yun'er was unaware of this. She was simply zooming from one stall to another and sharing with Yuhao what she knew about the things they saw.
They kept walking around in the town, and Yuhao was using [Analytical Appraisal] to see if there were any rare resources such as rare metals or potent medicinal herbs that could be used in making elixirs.
After all, if he chose to create his own force, a lot of resources would be required. Sure, he could sell the soul guidance tools that he created, but that would be nowhere near enough to create a solid foundation for his force.
But medicine pills, on the other hand, could make him a fortune in no time. The medicine pills in Douluo Dalu were still in their developing stages. However, with his [Great Sage]'s [Analytical Appraisal], he could identify which medicinal herbs worked well with other herbs and create potent pills that had never appeared before on the Douluo Continent.
Of course, he had to be careful when he sold them. After all, he didn't want to be captured by a top-level powerhouse and be forced to create pills for the rest of his life.
He also thought of gaining an [Alchemy] skill. Western [Alchemy] is more focused on [Transmutation] of matter, homunculus creation, golem creation, etc. But all these branches want to reach the pinnacle of [Alchemy], which is the [Creation of Life] and [Transformation of Events].
Eastern [Alchemy], on the other hand, is more focused on medicine, pill creation, and array formations. All these branches use the same techniques but lead to different paths. It also has a pinnacle, and that is to reach [The Dao of Alchemy].
Yuhao remembered the numerous novels that he read before reincarnation, and every novel had used [Alchemy] in one way or another to grow their force.
That is why Yuhao is confident that he can create a foundation for his force. The problem is how to manage it? But that is a problem for future Yuhao to solve.
Right now, he was enjoying watching his cheerful mother introduce new things to him. They kept wandering around until they felt hungry. They chose a small teahouse that served breakfast, ordered their food, and sat down.
They booked an upper-floor booth that overlooked the entire town from its balcony. Watching the town full of activity and people coming and going filled Yuhao with a sense of peace.
A few moments went by, and the peaceful atmosphere was broken by the waiter's knock on the booth. The food that they ordered was finally served. They hadn't eaten a real meal in quite a long time, so both Huo Yun'er and Yuhao started devouring the food like there was no tomorrow.
'The food here is amazing, it makes me wonder what the food in [Food Wars] world and [Toriko] world would taste like. Maybe in the future,' Yuhao thought as he could already see himself ascending without regrets after tasting the food from these two worlds.
They lazed around in the booth after the big meal and ordered desserts because there is always room for dessert no matter how full you are.
They spent the whole morning in this manner, and it was quite a breath of fresh air.
Hours went by, and the carriage driver finished preparing everything, and they were ready to get back on the road. Although Huo Yun'er wanted to stay for a bit longer as she felt like Yuhao did not get to see the whole town.
Seeing her reluctant look, Yuhao simply suggested, "Don't worry, mom. We can come back here in the future, but we have to hurry up so we can reach [Heavenly Soul Capital City] before it gets dark."
Hearing her son's plea, she abandoned the thought of staying without a second thought and arrived near him.
"You are right, Hao'er. It is just a pity that there is no one here who can awaken martial souls, but it makes sense. This is a trade route used by merchants; it is not a place suitable for holding a spirit awakening ceremony in a small town like this," replied Yun'er.
"Let's go. Maybe we can find someone to awaken your martial soul at the next stop," she added as she got onto the carriage.
Yuhao simply shook his head and climbed onto the carriage. He sat beside his mother and gazed out the window to take a final look at this town.
'One day, I will have the peaceful life that I want. But not right now,' Yuhao thought to himself as he cast an illusion on the carriage so that it was ignored by the people on their journey.
After all, Yuhao was aware of the cliché that happened when traveling by carriage. Bandits would attack these defenseless carriages to steal their valuable items and kill the people involved. He simply avoided all that trouble by using illusions.
Yuhao yawned a little as he rubbed his sleepy blue eyes with the back of his hand. Seeing this, Yun'er smiled and tapped her lap as she looked at him with eager eyes.
"Come here, Yuhao. We ate a lot and walked a lot; take a nap and I will wake you up when we reach the second stop," his mother told him in a tone that would take 'no' for an answer.
Seeing this, Yuhao just lay in her lap, hugged her waist, and smelled her scent as he drifted to sleep.
'Man, nothing beats taking a nap in the morning. It reminds me of the snow days when school was cancelled. I remember me and dad would just eat cereal, watch TV, and take a nap on the couch while the sound of the snow kept ticking the windows,' he mumbled in his mind as he fell asleep.
Hours went by, and it was already afternoon, and they should be nearing the second stop. Only this time, things were different.
Huo Yuhao instantly woke up as he felt a disgusting aura. He, who inherited the [Corrupt Light] element, was disgusted by such an aura.
'This is definitely the aura of an evil soul master. While I may have not met any evil soul masters yet, my element [Corrupt Light] can identify them. After all, before it became the [Corrupt Light], it was the purest [Light] element to ever exist in Alarion's universe,' Huo Yuhao reasoned to himself as he looked outside the carriage window.
'This filthy aura, it is filled with an unpleasant scent,' he identified the source and locked onto it.
He thought about his plan of action.
'I don't know the opponent's strength, so I can't be careless.' He was extremely cautious when it came to fighting.
Sure, he had a divine dragon martial soul that could annihilate evil attribute beings with ease. But just because he was OP didn't mean that he would fight recklessly. It was actually the opposite; he had the advantage, and he wanted to achieve overwhelming victory without giving the opponent a chance to retaliate.
That is the path of the strong. If he charged recklessly and his opponent was an evil Titled Douluo, what would be the outcome? Sure, he would be unscathed because of [Corrupt Light], but what about Huo Yun'er? She would be endangered during the fight, and that was a risk Yuhao was not willing to take at all.
'Those who have someone to lose are not weak. It is the opposite; they grow stronger for the both of them,' he remembered Alarion's words.
Alarion grew stronger than anyone as he had not only someone to protect but his entire universe. That pressure is what made him the [White Dragon of Nihility].
Yuhao took a deep breath. He cast an illusion inside the carriage, so even if his mother woke up, she would find him still sleeping on her lap. He jumped out of the window, flipped his body mid-air, and landed on top of the carriage. He lay on his stomach, created a pair of high-tech binoculars using nanobots, and used them to observe the situation.
What he saw truly disgusted him. A team consisting of 5 soul elders (4 rings), three soul kings (5 rings), and one soul emperor (6 rings) were devouring the corpses of dead people who were most likely killed by the team that emitted that filthy disgusting aura.
He disintegrated his binoculars and created a long nanotech sniper. While he was in the legacy space, his control over his class increased, allowing him to break through [Nanotech Engineering Tier 2] and [Nanotech Engineering Tier 3]. He could have achieved more, but the inheritance of the blood essence, the [Corrupt Light], and combat training with Alarion delayed him a bit.
[Nanotech Engineering Tier 1] allowed him to create simple weapons with added attributes like daggers that increase speed when equipped and so on. [Nanotech Engineering Tier 2] allowed him to create some artillery weapons like energy cannons, mini-guns, and so on. [Nanotech Engineering Tier 3] allowed him to create higher-damage artillery weapons and some small vehicles like motorcycles, mini rail-guns, and so on. Nanotech energy sniper falls in [Nanotech Engineering Tier 3].
Instead of normal bullets, he used his [Corrupt Light] and manipulated it into the shape of a bullet and inserted it into the sniper. He focused on this group of beasts, breathed deeply, and finally pressed the trigger.
*Bang* *Bang* *Bang* *Bang* *Bang* *Bang* *Bang* *Bang* *Bang*
He fired nine times, and nine silent bullets easily annihilated the evil soul masters, who died without even knowing how. He made sure that all of them were dead. He used an infra-red visor to see if there were any survivors.
Unfortunately, no one was still alive. He remained silent for a moment and disintegrated the infra-red visor, and made his way into the carriage. He canceled the illusion inside the carriage and instructed the driver to speed up through the second stop. Obviously, they were not going to stop there after the massacre. He sent threads using [Thread manipulation] to bury the corpses and to bring back anything of value to him.
'What a strange world. In the morning, the other town was filled with life and peace. And in another town, in the afternoon of the same day, a massacre occurred because of evil spirit masters,' he sighed as he gazed at the sky.
'I need mother to take the other legacy trial as soon as possible. I want her to be powerful enough to at least protect herself. I don't want her to be a damsel in distress,' Yuhao thought to himself as his gaze fell on his mother.
He kissed her forehead and continued lying in her lap. The threads returned after burying the corpses and getting all the valuable materials in the town. He stored everything in storage-type soul guidance devices and set up a security system around the carriage using threads, illusions, and some light artillery weapons.
'We will arrive at [Heavenly Soul Capital City] earlier than expected, and I am finally awakening my eyes martial soul,' Yuhao wondered as he lay on Yun'er's lap and gazed outside the window.
'I am excited to see what upgrades Ellie made to my original [Spirit Eyes],' he wondered as he instructed [Great Sage] to keep an eye on any irregularities, and he finally fell asleep.
(Chapter 11 finished.)
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An:
Oh man, this chapter is 2.4k words without Author's note.
We finally reached 10 reviews, 50k views, and nearly 300 collections. Thank you for your support. I appreciate it.
I enjoyed the discussions that I had with you guys in the comment sections, so please keep commenting as I want to hear your opinions.
For the [Nanomancer] class, it will have ten tiers, with [Tier 10] being the highest tier. Yuhao will only reach it in the finale, I guess. Give me suggestions for unlocked constructs:
[Nanotech Engineering Tier 1]: Create simple weapons with added attributes like daggers that increase speed when equipped and so on.
[Nanotech Engineering Tier 2]: Create some artillery weapons like energy cannons, mini-guns, and so on.
[Nanotech Engineering Tier 3]: Create higher-damage artillery weapons and some small vehicles like motorcycles, mini rail-guns, and so on.
[Nanotech Engineering Tier 4]:
[Nanotech Engineering Tier 5]:
[Nanotech Engineering Tier 6]:
[Nanotech Engineering Tier 7]:
[Nanotech Engineering Tier 8]:
[Nanotech Engineering Tier 9]:
I have an idea for [Nanotech Engineering Tier 10], but I appreciate your ideas too, so please share them.
The spirit awakening ceremony is next chapter or the one after it.
What look do you want his eyes to have?
- Like Gojo Satoru's six eyes:
- Like Jin Mori's blue eyes with black plus sign in monkey king possession state:
- Like the Tenseigan:
- Like the Jōgan:
- Like Herrscher of void:
- Like Herrscher of finality Kiana' eyes:
Keep in mind I will use one look for the inactive state and the other for the active state.
Also, do you want Huo Yuhao's hair color to be:
- Golden blond hair (currently used, can be in Archer Gilgamesh hairstyle or Otto's hairstyle.)
- White hair (I am pretty sure that you guys are sick of white hair and blue eyes already)
- Herrscher of Finality style hairstyle like in the cover picture (white with purple, pink, and black tips)
- His original blue in the manhua
- Soft sky blue (like Robin's hair from Honkai: Star Rail. Please see the image closely; Robin's hair color appears a shade of blue and violet and has a very soft, beautiful feeling. Yes, I simp for Robin, okay)
Please try to match up the appearance of the hair and eye color.
Some of you have already guessed the anime world that I chose for the first visit. It is not a popular anime because the protagonist was the densest motherf*cker alive.
So, I will choose a [Route] where the protagonist is dead and everything will be Huo Yuhao's. I am still deciding on which time he arrives in the anime story.
I chose that world for its resources, and there is something that will help Kiana and Huo Yuhao in it.
I will probably make him world travel after Huo Yun'er completes her legacy trial. I am still accepting suggestions for her legacy trial. I thought of using the [Insect Monarch] from [Solo Leveling]. She has incredible potential and versatile powers. Please give me suggestions and leave them here:
Other legacy trial suggestions.
And do you want Huo Yun'er's appearance to change as well or keep the golden blond hair and sky-blue eyes?
Anyways, do not forget to comment on memes, your thoughts, and most importantly, waifu pics.
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