Underneath the Evildemon Forest, at the headquarters of the Holy Ghost Cult, within the Holy Spirit Hall.
This complex of buildings covered over a thousand acres, all constructed from solid granite. Complemented by various illuminating soul tools, it appeared exceptionally magnificent.
Countless evil soul masters had gathered together, numbering over a thousand. Most of them had relatively weak cultivation, between three and six rings, but there were also more than two hundred with higher cultivation levels.
Following Zhongli Wu's command, everyone within the Holy Spirit Hall gathered in front of a plaza, all looking towards Huo Yuhao, who stood beside Zhongli Wu.
Many of the younger generation of evil soul masters looked at Huo Yuhao with unfriendly eyes. After all, judging from the soul power fluctuations coming from Huo Yuhao at this moment, he was clearly just a scrub who had recently become a Soul Master.
In any fantasy world, strength is the ultimate proof of everything. The evil soul masters were clearly not impressed by this so-called Holy Son.
In the Holy Ghost Cult, there could be several Saintesses, but there would only ever be one Holy Son.
If he couldn't demonstrate the special qualities befitting a Holy Son of the Holy Ghost Cult, it was clear that no evil soul master would fear him.
Facing this assembly of evil soul masters who exuded a strange and sinister aura, if Zhongli Wu hadn't been blocking the pressure with his own soul power, the force alone would have been enough to crush Huo Yuhao, who on the surface only had level ten soul power.
"Holy Son, please release your martial soul," Zhongli Wu said to Huo Yuhao with a slight smile.
Huo Yuhao nodded. His soul power surged, his Spirit Eyes opened, and the ethereal, grayish-white soul ring appeared once more, immediately causing a commotion.
"A Body Martial Soul? Shouldn't he be from the Body Sect?"
"Isn't that soul ring only ten years old? Why does the color feel a bit strange?"
"This Holy Son looks to be about ten years old. How come he only has one ring?"
"..."
Hearing the discussions of the numerous evil soul masters, Huo Yuhao couldn't help but clench his fists tightly. He had had enough of the humiliation of being questioned and ridiculed.
Huo Yuhao's every move naturally did not escape Zhongli Wu's eyes. He was very satisfied with Huo Yuhao's resentful emotions and immediately raised his hand to quiet the crowd.
"Silence."
"You must all be very curious about what basis I used to select the Holy Son for this position. I can tell you that this soul ring is a self-generated soul ring. The Holy Son's true soul power level exceeds thirty. He is the only one on the Douluo Continent at present with innate level thirty full soul power!"
Zhongli Wu's faint words instantly struck all the evil soul masters with utter shock, and a dead silence fell over them. They had only heard of the legendary Angel God with innate level twenty full soul power; they never imagined that this Holy Son had actually surpassed that legend!
Among them, there were some evil soul masters who specialized in theoretical knowledge who recalled the secret research passed down from Spirit Hall ten thousand years ago: a soul master with an innate level above thirty would surely become a god!
After all, some had long questioned whether the Ten Great Core Competencies theory of Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang from ten thousand years ago had been plagiarized and improved from Spirit Hall through his ambiguous relationship with the Pontiff. Some secret archives were things that not even the Pontiff had ever seen.
In the end, some things only leaked out from the Spirit Hall's Elder Hall after the fall of the Spirit Empire and were studied and discussed by later generations.
Zhongli Wu was very satisfied with the crowd's shock. He then unhurriedly took out a Soul-Guiding Banner from his storage soul tool, waved it slowly before him, and began to chant.
Some of the high-ranking members of the Holy Ghost Cult who were familiar with Zhongli Wu knew what the Cult Master was about to do. Soon, countless resentful spirits who had been tortured and killed by the Holy Ghost Cult were released from the Soul-Guiding Banner. Among them were super-powerful resentful spirits with the strength of Titled Douluo.
"Yuanjia, activate your martial soul. I will now, in front of everyone, help you completely finish the second awakening of your martial soul."
It's over. The corner of Huo Yuhao's mouth twitched uncontrollably. If his Spirit Eyes martial soul truly absorbed these things, he was afraid he would completely turn into an evil soul master who only knew how to slaughter and destroy.
Of course, if he didn't do it, he would probably become one of the resentful spirits in that Soul-Guiding Banner himself.
With extreme reluctance, Huo Yuhao could only take it one step at a time. He activated his Spirit Eyes martial soul. The resentful spirits seemed to sense something and all swarmed towards his eyes.
Under the watchful eyes of countless people, those absurdly powerful resentful spirits drilled into Huo Yuhao's Spirit Eyes one by one. Compared to the residents of the Duke's Mansion with their low soul power, the spiritual impact these resentful spirits brought to Huo Yuhao was undoubtedly immense. After only three or four resentful spirits had entered, Huo Yuhao's head felt like it was about to split open in pain, and he couldn't help but let out a painful wail.
But Zhongli Wu could clearly see that Huo Yuhao's eyes were glowing with a dazzling brilliance. Although he felt a little distressed, the thought of the future Huo Yuhao would bring to the Holy Ghost Cult quickly put him at ease.
This was a unique martial soul awakening method that evil soul masters had for spiritual-type martial souls. Unlike the Body Sect, which squeezed out the limits of the corresponding body part martial soul through physical forging, evil soul masters were often weaker in the spiritual power department. Simply increasing Huo Yuhao's soul power would be like pulling up seedlings to help them grow, which could easily lead to an unstable foundation. Zhongli Wu truly intended to cultivate him as the Holy Son, so he naturally wouldn't do something so foolish. Therefore, using resentful spirits to impact his spiritual sea and allow it to complete its evolution was the better choice.
Under the expectant gazes of all the evil soul masters, ripples began to appear faintly in Huo Yuhao's eyes. His originally light blue irises gradually turned blood-red, and his own spiritual pressure began to skyrocket.
Huo Yuhao's Spirit Eyes were a spiritual-type martial soul to begin with, so his spiritual power had already surpassed the Spirit Origin realm and directly entered the Spirit Connection realm when he awakened at the age of six. After these few years of cultivation, it had reached the mid-stage of the Spirit Connection realm.
After Huo Yuhao flattened the Duke's Mansion and absorbed those souls, his spiritual power had soared all the way to the peak of the Spirit Connection realm. Now, with Zhongli Wu's unstinting assistance, he directly broke through the bottleneck of the Spirit Connection realm.
Early Spirit Sea realm, mid-stage Spirit Sea realm, peak Spirit Sea realm, Spirit Abyss realm!
Like an abyss, like a hell, from the highest heavens to the deepest underworld, where the will goes, all things submit!
Huo Yuhao's Spirit Eyes finally stopped devouring the resentful souls. Zhongli Wu's face was filled with ecstatic joy. He quickly put away the Soul-Guiding Banner and grabbed Huo Yuhao's shoulder, feeling the changes in him.
One must know that among the evil soul masters, who were already spiritually fragile, even the most talented of the younger generation had not reached the Spirit Abyss realm.
After his spiritual power reached the Spirit Abyss realm, Huo Yuhao could already observe his own appearance without looking in a mirror. Besides his spiritual sea having expanded dozens of times, his features had also become much more defined. In his soul-stirring eyes, the blood-red pupils had rings of ripples.
Holy crap, no way? Huo Yuaho's mouth twitched. He could clearly feel that he could now do things with his spiritual power just by using the power of his pupils alone.
He spread his arms, and his spiritual power poured out. The powerful will caused him to slowly rise into the air. Another grayish-white soul ring emerged from under his feet, rising with him. A powerful repulsive force suddenly erupted.
Alright then, Shinra Tensei...
Countless members of the Holy Ghost Cult stared in horror at the continuously rising Huo Yuhao. A beam of light from an illuminating soul tool happened to shine on him from behind.
At this moment, Huo Yuhao was like a demon god descending upon the world!
"We welcome the return of the Holy Son!"
"The Holy Son has descended! Long live the Holy Ghost Cult!"
It was unknown who started shouting, but it instantly triggered a tidal wave of worship. Huo Yuhao looked at the incredibly fanatical members of the Holy Ghost Cult below, feeling as if he had traveled back to his original world, watching a group of crazed fans screaming themselves hoarse at a concert.
Several Holy Ghost Cult elders came to Zhongli Wu's side, all extremely excited, and respectfully said to him, "The Holy Son has descended! Congratulations, Lord Cult Master!"
"Hahahaha..." Zhongli Wu threw his head back and laughed, laughing with such abandon. The several elders looked at each other, equally excited.
"Heaven bless our Holy Ghost Cult!"
Suspended in mid-air, Huo Yuhao could only brace himself and use his spiritual power to deliver that extremely chunibyo line.
"Now, let the world feel pain!"