Chapter 163: Storm is Coming
Although the oppressive feeling of the Raging Waves was far from the core area of the Hurricane Canyon, Mo Hui was no longer the same as before.
So for Mo Hui now, there was no essential difference between this place and the time when he entered Hurricane Canyon to train during his Soul Master period.
The only difference was that Hurricane Canyon was a top-level wind-type mimicry training site, while the Raging Waves was a top-level water-type mimicry training site.
Thinking of this, Mo Hui began to change his strategy. He no longer used his soul power to resist the pounding of the huge waves, but switched his Spirit to Magikarp and began practicing the Magikarp Meditation Method atop the silver column cross at the top of the gray pillar.
After a while, Mo Hui, feeling his soul power steadily increasing, couldn't help but smile.
Although even the Magikarp Meditation Method, which was comparable to top-tier Spirits, still fell short of the Pidgeot Meditation Method, with the blessing of the Raging Waves, the cultivation speed of the Magikarp Meditation was not inferior at all.
In fact, due to the periodic impact of the waves, Mo Hui's body began to move involuntarily, much like it did during training in the Light of the Sea God. Compared to when Mo Hui cultivated at four to five thousand meters altitude using Pidgeot, the results were no worse.
Before long, Mo Hui was completely immersed in cultivation.
However, when Bo Saixi saw this scene, her mouth opened slightly in surprise and she muttered, "He… is he cultivating?"
Due to the special nature of the tidal body training test, Bo Saixi had been keeping a close eye on Mo Hui in case she needed to rescue him from the pillar when he could no longer endure.
But at this moment, Mo Hui looked not like someone who needed rescuing—but like someone thoroughly enjoying himself.
In the blink of an eye, fourteen hours had passed. Bo Saixi stared blankly at Mo Hui, who was still meditating with eyes closed on the pillar, feeling slightly numb.
Although the Raging Waves were indeed a training site, this was not the training the test was intended to provide!
In this environment, soul power was supposed to drain quickly and leave the body vulnerable to the waves, meant to temper the physique and will.
But Mo Hui?
He only used soul power occasionally to resist massive waves. The rest of the time, he simply let the waves crash into him. The stronger the waves, the more powerful they became—and the happier Mo Hui looked.
Because stronger waves meant faster cultivation. And since he was meditating, his soul power became endless. Rather than being drained, it was steadily increasing.
This was completely contrary to the original training process.
It was only then that Bo Saixi truly realized—although Mo Hui was undergoing the Sea God's tests, he was not progressing according to the Sea God's intentions.
The first test was designed to temper Mo Hui's soul power and physical strength. Normally, he should have advanced gradually and peaked near the end to achieve optimal results in power and resilience.
But Mo Hui bypassed all that with extreme methods—clearing the stage first and then beginning his training.
The second test was to train his underwater combat skills. He was meant to dive in repeatedly, developing mastery in aquatic combat—skills befitting the Sea God's successor.
To ensure this, the Sea God not only sealed Mo Hui's soul skills but even sealed his Pidgeot Spirit and imposed many restrictions, all to prevent him from using his speed advantage to breeze through the test.
By all logic, Mo Hui should have gone into the water again and again to battle and hone his underwater fighting technique, right?
But even so, Mo Hui still didn't follow the Sea God's expectations.
The first time, Mo Hui used a self-created soul skill to open a vacuum channel through the Ring Sea, isolating all interference from the black arrow-shaped fish. If not for Xiao Bai—the 100,000-year-old Demon Soul Great White Shark—Mo Hui might have passed without even getting wet.
The second time was even more outrageous. After studying Xiao Bai's behavior, Mo Hui actually spent just 18 days crafting a self-made soul skill specifically to trap Xiao Bai, and then easily passed the trial.
As for the repeated underwater combat training the Sea God envisioned? It never happened.
And now it was the same again.
Although this challenge still involved body and will tempering, the internal logic of his approach was completely different from what the Sea God had intended.
Yet, even though Mo Hui consistently deviated from the Sea God's deeper intentions, Bo Saixi only grew more and more impressed with him.
What an extraordinary man. If I were younger, I might have been attracted to him beyond reason. But now… it's impossible!
With a trace of regret in her heart, Bo Saixi sighed.
One day… two days… three days…
Soon, Mo Hui had let the waves pound against him on the silver pillar for a full month. During this time, not only was his body thoroughly tempered, but his soul power visibly increased as well.
At first, Bo Saixi worried Mo Hui might not endure. But now, that concern was long gone.
In her heart, she had given Mo Hui a new label: cultivation maniac.
Anyone else—even those with iron determination—would take a break now and then. But Mo Hui? Not even once. He remained on the pillar for a full month without ever stepping down.
Now she was worried he might actually starve to death. If the heir to both the God of the Sea and the God of Wind didn't die from the test itself, but from starvation—how ridiculous would that be?
"Senior Poseidon, let me down for a bit—I need to rest."
At that moment, Mo Hui opened his eyes and called up to Bo Saixi.
Hearing this, Bo Saixi raised her hand, and blue light instantly illuminated the entire Raging Waves field. The hundred-meter-high waves rushing toward Mo Hui suddenly collapsed and returned to the sea.
Then, the silver ring restraining Mo Hui opened, and he flew off the pillar.
He immediately began pulling out dry rations from his soul guide and wolfing them down.
Even though soul masters could survive without food for long periods, going without for a whole month was like enduring "three days of hunger and nine skipped meals," even for someone at Mo Hui's level.
Soon, Mo Hui had replenished his physical energy. After a brief rest and recovery, he returned to the pillar, and the silver ring locked him back into place.
However, just as Mo Hui resumed his training like he had for the past month, a green wind sphere suddenly formed above his head. Then, a violent storm erupted throughout the Raging Waves.
At the same time, a familiar voice echoed in Mo Hui's mind:
"Second Trial of the God of Wind: Storm-Tempered Body. Duration: Nine Months. Reward for success: Wind God Affinity +10%!"
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