Huo Yuhao stopped thinking about everything else and began focusing on what kind of spirit and soul skills this body—Tang Si—should have. Electrolux's advice had been very clear: choose a few necromantic spells and design soul skills based on them, then construct a plausible martial spirit to go with them.
But after thinking for a long time, Huo Yuhao still couldn't come up with a good idea.
Suddenly, he smacked his forehead.
'Right, I've been limiting myself too much. Why not be bold and imaginative when inventing a martial spirit?'
He stared at Tang Si's eerie face.
This wasn't Tang Si's real face, after all. His real appearance was the decayed skeletal form of a Death Sovereign.
'Then why not base Tang Si's martial spirit on that and treat the Death Sovereign as his martial spirit?'
The more he thought about it, the more he felt this was a brilliant idea.
First of all, it would be extremely easy for Tang Si to display his martial spirit—he only needed to reveal his true body. At this stage, when he just entered the Holy Spirit Sect, his true form was nothing more than a skeleton with faint golden light in its eye sockets. That wasn't too shocking among evil soul masters.
Electrolux had mentioned that the true form of a Death Sovereign might gradually recover through nourishment from soul power. Later on, when Tang Si's martial spirit "evolved" into a complete Death Sovereign, it would be rare and extraordinary enough to earn him a top position within the Holy Spirit Sect—perhaps even as a Holy Son or a potential sect leader.
Even now, with the help of necromantic magic, Tang Si's combat strength as an evil soul master was already formidable.
"Jie jie jie…"
Tang Si let out a gloomy laugh. He was eager to infiltrate the Holy Spirit Sect. Maybe he'd even get the chance to meet one of their Supreme Elders.
'As for the soul skills…'
After some thought, Huo Yuhao decided Tang Si would temporarily be set at the level of a three-ring Soul Elder.
The first soul skill: Gate of the Undead – instantly summons a gate from which a random undead creature is called forth. Its strength varies based on luck. The gate can remain open.
The second soul skill: Death Lash – either lashes at the soul of a living creature or temporarily strengthens an undead ally.
The third soul skill: Withering Curse – for three minutes, continuously saps the target's soul power; if their power runs out, their life force and body begin to decay.
If his martial spirit was the Death Sovereign, then any necromantic magic could plausibly serve as a soul skill. Huo Yuhao chose three spells that matched beginner-level soul skills.
Tang Si's soul power couldn't surpass Huo Yuhao's own—without Huo Yuhao's other two martial spirits and relying only on necromantic magic, his strength was naturally lower. Setting Tang Si's soul power at Soul Elder level was logical. After all, Huo Yuhao himself was capable of battling opponents one or even two ranks above him.
The next challenge was the soul rings. After much effort, Huo Yuhao managed to give Tang Si three soul rings—but they were all grey. In necromantic magic, simulation magic and Huo Yuhao's mimicry soul skill were different. Simulation magic only allowed the undead to disguise themselves as the living—it couldn't be used to create anything beyond the user.
Although Huo Yuhao's mimicry could simulate almost anything, he couldn't always be beside Tang Si.
So he began wondering if he could project his power across space to Tang Si.
Suddenly, he had an idea.
'Right! I can use the necromantic demi-plane as a conduit!'
Both Tang Si and Huo Yuhao were owners of the demi-plane. They could return to it instantly and had a constant connection with it. Through this realm, he could transmit his soul power and soul skills to Tang Si in real-time.
But this required a miniature portal to the demi-plane to be open on both ends simultaneously.
After some thought, Huo Yuhao went to his room's soul tool workbench. In just three minutes, he crafted two simple amethyst rings—made of death metal, a specialty of the demi-plane. Death metal was perfect for sustaining small-scale necromantic spells. These rings could serve as anchors for the portal, allowing transmission of power and skills across dimensions.
He placed one ring on his own left thumb, and the other on Tang Si's.
'The first piece of Death Sovereign equipment…'
'Later, I can upgrade these rings based on necromantic powers. But for now, this'll do. Let's test it out.'
Huo Yuhao decided to introduce Tang Si to Meng Hongchen first. It was the weekend, so she should be home.
He wandered through the house with Tang Si trailing behind. Oddly, he didn't find a single person.
'Sigh… Brother Xiao is still at Shrek Academy. Teacher often travels for work, and there aren't any housekeepers…'
Since the exchange program began, the house had felt much emptier. But that also meant on weekends and evenings, it was just him and Meng Hongchen.
And that thought always made Huo Yuhao inexplicably happy. Even if nothing excessive ever happened, just being alone together made for sweet, daydream-worthy memories.
'She's probably in her room.'
He had Tang Si wait on the living room couch, then went upstairs and knocked on her door.
"Meng Hongchen, are you in?"
He heard a flustered voice respond from inside. After a short pause, footsteps approached, and the door opened to reveal Meng Hongchen, face slightly flushed.
Huo Yuhao's eyes involuntarily narrowed.
Meng Hongchen was wearing a thin, somewhat messy camisole nightgown—bare shoulders exposed, the hem barely reaching her upper thighs. Her long, shapely legs were fully visible, and the fabric didn't hide much.
"Come in," she said quickly.
Trying not to stare, Huo Yuhao nodded and walked inside, doing his best to act calm.
The room was still dim—curtains drawn. It was around nine in the morning.
"Did you just wake up?"
He sat down on her bed, which was still unmade. Meng Hongchen closed the door behind her, and when it clicked shut, his heart thumped once in tension.
She walked over and sat right beside him. Feeling her close proximity, Huo Yuhao's heart began to pound.
She casually pushed her tousled hair behind her ear and said,
"Yeah, I got up about half an hour ago. I felt exhausted after absorbing the soul bone yesterday, so I didn't train and just went straight to sleep."
A few days ago, Jing Hongchen had acquired a hundred-thousand-year right leg soul bone from the Extreme North Ice Fox King. Before he could assign it, Huo Yuhao asked to give it to Meng Hongchen instead.
He already owed her family so much. They'd given him the ten-thousand-year Profound Ice and the Life Tree seed. Though the soul bone was rare and valuable, Meng Hongchen also had an ice-attribute martial spirit and could benefit from it far more.
Thanks to her body being bathed in life energy, she could safely absorb even a hundred-thousand-year soul bone.
She had already absorbed the ten-thousand-year Shadow Spirit Ape's left arm bone as well. Now, she was only one soul bone short of Huo Yuhao—already a terrifying figure among her peers.
Huo Yuhao even hoped he could secure some good soul bones in the future for Xiao Hongchen, too. His toad martial spirit, infused with divine beast bloodlines just like Meng Hongchen's, also had incredible potential.
Meng Hongchen's fresh shampoo scent drifted over as she brushed her hair. Huo Yuhao swallowed and asked,
"How were the soul skills?"
"They're pretty amazing. All ice-attribute. The first one is Ice Fox Tail Needle. I can fire a nearly invisible, piercing ice needle in any direction within a certain range. It's incredibly stealthy and has strong penetration. With my current soul power, I can hit anything within 1,500 meters. In ice-rich environments like the Extreme North, that doubles."
She smiled. "It can penetrate a level-seven soul tool shield without issue."
Huo Yuhao was stunned. With that kind of precision, range, and penetration, it really was an assassination-type god skill.
"And the second soul skill?" he asked.
She grinned playfully.
"I named it Ice Fox Escape. It lets me dash in one direction at a speed far beyond that of a soul king's soul tool thruster. It nullifies all the discomfort from moving at such speeds. If I use all my soul power, I can dash for ten kilometers—at the speed of sound. In icy areas, I estimate that'll double."
Huo Yuhao choked.
"Cough cough—what?! Speed of sound?!"
Meng Hongchen giggled and patted his back.
"Yup! Cool, right?"
He calmed down slowly. The speed of sound was around 350 meters per second. Initially, he thought the skill was nothing special—just a glorified soul thruster. But at that speed? And for ten kilometers? That was terrifying.
With environmental boosts, it could reach twenty kilometers.
Even the Ice Emperor commented,
'I've heard of the Ice Fox King. I never caught it myself—it was just too fast.'
The Snow Empress added,
'I did. When it first reached a hundred thousand years, it challenged me. When it realized it couldn't win, it fled at such a horrifying speed that even I couldn't catch it. I wonder what kind of human soul master managed to kill it.'
In the original timeline, Huo Yuhao only achieved supersonic flight with a ninth-tier flying soul tool made by Xuan Ziwen, and that was only in a short burst.
But this soul skill allowed a mere soul king to hit sonic speed and fly for thirty seconds. If Meng Hongchen became a Title Douluo, how far could she go?
Of course, such speed would usually tear a body apart. But this soul skill also nullified all bodily stress.
And while Ice Fox Escape was just a soul thruster and not a true flying tool, pairing it with a flying soul device would give her supersonic flight.
Meng Hongchen, the living fighter jet.
Combined with her other movement abilities—Ice Reflection and Shadow Walk—her mobility was probably already higher than most agility-type soul masters.
Huo Yuhao figured he might not want to spar with her in the future.
She was just too slippery to catch.
(End of Chapter)
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