Chapter 39 Spiritual Sense

Boom!

The Clear Sky Hammer, which Huo Yuhao had lured to the side, suddenly vanished. In its place, a blue halo erupted from Wang Dong's body, and the gorgeous butterfly wings manifested behind him once again.

Wuhun switch!

The blue light flashed once more, and a pair of energy blades appeared at the tips of the wings.

"Wing-Blade Guillotine!"

Wang Dong, having already charged right in front of Huo Yuhao, moved like a falling leaf and danced like a butterfly. He slashed out wave after wave of wing-cuts in mid-air, his fierce attacks surging from all directions like a continuous, endless tide.

Unfortunately, not a single one of them succeeded.

The intermittent mental interference, the fully activated spiritual detection all the way through, and the Ghost Shadow Migrating Steps under his feet.

With his movement techniques now complete, Huo Yuhao had truly evolved into a fully realized entity. He moved with ease amidst this dense barrage of attacks, even having the leisure to observe the trajectories of Wang Dong's dance.

Clearly, this set of attacks by his opponent already possessed a hint of a self-created technique. Unfortunately, it was only applicable to the first soul skill. Once his strength advanced further in the future, this embryonic set of moves would become useless.

*So this is why self-created soul skills are so rare on the Douluo Continent?*

Huo Yuhao inwardly lamented.

Then, gathering his spiritual power, he hurled another Soul Shock toward Wang Dong once again.

"Boom!"

The effect of this attack was noticeably much better this time.

Caught completely off guard by the sudden assault, Wang Dong had no time to defend himself. His entire head snapped backward as if struck by a cannon fist, sending his whole body flipping backward through the air.

"Wait..."

Watching Wang Dong being sent flying, Huo Yuhao's gaze suddenly froze.

Something was wrong.

Having suffered such a blow, based on the opponent's spiritual strength, he should have collapsed instantly. Why was the Wuhun power within his spiritual detection growing even stronger instead?

"Swish—"

Immediately after, Wang Dong, who had been sent flying several meters, suddenly beat his wings to steady his body. Wiping away the traces of blood oozing from his nose and mouth, he opened his eyes, which flicked with a faint blue light, and looked at Huo Yuhao. "Hey! I don't know why, but your force is still not quite enough!"

With those words spoken.

A series of light spheres suddenly emerged upon the gorgeous butterfly wings behind his back, containing an extremely intense light and heat within them.

"Butterfly God of Light!"

*Could the Radiant Goddess Butterfly carry spiritual resistance? No, that doesn't seem quite right... What kind of method could possibly resist an attack on the spiritual plane...?*

His attack thwarted, Huo Yuhao's expression tightened.

He had never expected that Wang Dong, with whom he ate and lived every single day, would hide such deep secrets.

*Just how much hidden strength do you still possess...?*

Facing the barrage of light pellets hurtling toward him, Huo Yuhao narrowed his eyes slightly and glared fiercely at the formidable Wang Dong. The water level within his spiritual sea instantly dropped by a third.

With nearly all of his strength—Mental Interference!

Hum~

The first soul ring floating beside Huo Yuhao blazed with brilliant light. Amidst this nearly blinding white light, a trace of warm tenderness seemed to emerge upon the soul ring, faintly flashing with an imperceptible golden trace.

The air around them twisted violently under this eerie fluctuation, and a hazy, domain-like vista rapidly expanded, enveloping Wang Dong within it.

In an instant, the blue light-butterfly hovering in mid-air paused abruptly. The light pellets it had fired scattered chaotically in all directions, not a single one managing to find its mark.

As for Wang Dong's figure, it was sent into a near-frantic state, fluttering his wings and twisting erratically like a headless fly, his mind reduced to a state of subverted, chaotic turmoil.

And it was precisely at this moment that Huo Yuhao sensed a solid core amidst this chaos.

A core rooted deep within Wang Dong's spiritual sea, seemingly like an unshakable pillar calming the turbulent waves, exposed itself beneath his chaotic spiritual fluctuations.

What on earth is that...

With a thoughtful look in his eyes, Huo Yuhao raised a finger and initiated spiritual sharing directed at that rock-solid entity.

Following that, Spiritual Storm!

A mass of spiritual power saturated with information slurry used the sharing connection as a springboard, instantly rushing into Wang Dong's mind!

Stimulated by this, that long-dormant consciousness suddenly opened its eyes. An ocean-like expanse of blue ripples surged forth, instantly suppressing the raging waves across the entire spiritual sea, and even pushing outward to trace back along the spiritual link Huo Yuhao had established.

"Boom—"

"What is that thing!" Skydream, lying flat upon the water surface, suddenly lifted his silkworm body, his eyes following that unknown sense of crisis outward.

However, someone else reacted even more violently than him.

"Big bug, lend me your power!"

High above in the sky, Elder Yi suddenly materialized from the gray gas mass, violently waving his hand downward.

The ten sources of spiritual essence that Skydream had arranged around the perimeter responded in unison to his summons, radiating dazzling golden light.

"Ah? No, wait—"

Skydream widened his eyes, unable to help screaming out, "Those are my origins! Mine!"

I haven't even agreed to lend them to you yet! How can you just take them directly?

Yet his dramatic posturing was ignored on the spot by the solemn-faced Elder Yi. The latter's gaze swept past him, shifted toward the mass of golden light floating beside him, and he beckoned with his hand once more.

"Regardless of whether you still possess any residual consciousness, lend me a hand for the time being."

With the fragmented god-hood in hand, Elder Yi's spiritual consciousness body erupted with unprecedented divine light, summoning a scepter to strike the empty air.

In just an instant.

The ten glowing sources of essence shot out beams of light, rapidly manifesting countless interlocking patterns in the air. Layer upon layer overlapped, fusing together to derive a thousand layers of illusory light arrays, jointly constructing an unbreakable barrier.

Almost at the next instant, a magnificent and towering wave of blue surged from the depths of the void, crashing violently against the barrier along the ethereal connection.

The entire spiritual sea swayed and trembled beneath this towering giant wave, on the verge of capsizing.

"What is this? What on earth is this!"

Skydream, tumbling and falling everywhere through space, cried out in panicked misery, filled with utter bewilderment and powerlessness. "Are we going to die?"

"My apologies, fleshy bug."

Standing steadfast in the empty air, Elder Yi remained unmoving, merely letting out an apologetic sigh toward Skydream. "I am not well-versed in this domain."

As he spoke, the blue tide retreated quietly, completely dissipating into the void and leaving no trace behind.

Having no desire to probe the bottom line of an unknown entity, Elder Yi casually put away his scepter, withdrew the slightly damaged barrier, and smoothed out the chaotic spiritual sea, restoring it to its original state.

"That aura... does it come from a deity?"

Before returning to the gray gas mass, Elder Yi glanced once more into the void, his gaze carrying a sense of deep emotion as if confirming something. "If I am not mistaken, that should be a wisp of divine consciousness belonging to a faith-based deity."

A living god.

"Divine consciousness..."

Shock surged into Skydream's eyes. "That kid's spiritual sea contains a wisp of divine consciousness? Could he be the successor chosen by some deity?"