When Dai Yuhao's Soul Lash struck the center of Han Tianyi's brow, the Rank 98 Titled Douluo immediately felt a significant change within his body. At first, it was merely a cool ripple accompanied by a slight stinging sensation that spread across the surface of his vast, sea-like mental force.
Immediately after, this ripple stimulated his originally steady and calm mental force, causing it to spontaneously become restless and active! What surprised Han Tianyi even more was that this mental excitement subsequently directly affected his physical body!
He could clearly feel a sense of hyper-excitement generated within his muscles, nerves, and even his spirit power circulation. His entire state felt as if it had been injected with a mild stimulant, exuding a sense of readiness from the inside out.
After a short while, Han Tianyi slowly opened his eyes. He looked at the tensely expectant Dai Yuhao in front of him and gave a thumbs-up without hesitation: "Good boy! Even if evaluated solely as a support system spirit ability, it is quite excellent!"
Based on his personal experience, he then explained the skill in detail: "The support effect of this spirit ability is similar to a 'Berserk' spirit ability."
"It can stimulate a person's mental origin, driving the entire body's functions into a more efficient operational mode, thereby allowing one to burst forth with strength exceeding their normal state in a short period."
Han Tianyi thought for a moment and gave a quantitative assessment: "Based on my feeling just now, the enhancement effect of this spirit ability on me is about 5%."
Leng Yaozhu listened from the side, her beautiful eyes sparkling with wonder.
"For the first spirit ability of a $Rank 11$ spirit master to have a quantifiable positive impact on a Rank 98 Hyper Douluo, it truly is a fine support system spirit ability."
Hearing such high praise from his two elders, Dai Yuhao was naturally delighted. He hesitated for a moment but still spoke up about his own internal feeling: "Teacher, Aunt Leng, when I used the spirit ability, I had a feeling..."
He chose his words carefully: "If I use this spirit ability on teammates of the same rank, or those whose rank difference isn't particularly large, its support effect... might be even stronger."
Leng Yaozhu and Han Tianyi knew Dai Yuhao's character well; although this child was young, he was never one to talk nonsense or exaggerate. Since he said so, it meant the support capability of this Soul Lash was likely even more powerful than the two of them had estimated!
A spirit master must understand their spirit abilities thoroughly to make the most precise judgments and exert 100% of their strength in complex and ever-changing battles.
Leng Yaozhu made a prompt decision and said to Han Tianyi and Dai Yuhao: "I will go arrange for a few spirit masters of different ranks to come over and test the specific data of Yuhao's spirit ability effects."
As soon as she finished speaking, she did not delay and left the fusion room area in a hurry. Watching Leng Yaozhu's briskly departing figure, a warm current flowed through Dai Yuhao's heart; he could feel how much Leng Yaozhu cared about his matters.
He withdrew his gaze and turned to look at Han Tianyi beside him.
"Teacher."
Dai Yuhao hesitated for a moment before asking the question that had been on his mind since fusing with the spirit soul: "I heard that spirit souls not only provide spirit abilities but can sometimes also assist spirit masters in battle."
"But this Evil Eye spirit soul I fused with... it seems to completely ignore me."
Han Tianyi was also slightly stunned upon hearing this; the situation was indeed somewhat beyond his expectations. Since this unyielding spirit soul chose to fuse with his disciple, it should have acknowledged him; normally, such a situation would not occur.
He twirled his beard, his brow slightly furrowed as he fell into thought.
"Hmm... this matter is indeed a bit strange." Han Tianyi did not jump to conclusions: "However, an unyielding spirit soul has a fundamental difference from ordinary spirit souls; it possesses a higher level of self-awareness."
"I have not encountered this situation before either, but you can try communicating with it more later to let it see your talent and strength."
Seeing Dai Yuhao's thoughtful expression, he patted his shoulder and smiled: "Take it slow, bit by bit."
...His consciousness was like a fish sinking into the deep sea, slowly floating up, passing through an invisible membrane, and returning to his body.
Before even opening his eyes, just from the feeling of his body and the scent permeating the air, Dai Yuhao already knew he had transmigrated again. He calmly opened his eyes; within his field of vision was a dim ceiling with fine cracks, rather than the clean, white ceiling of the Spirit Pagoda room.
This transmigration lasted longer than previous times, but he had still returned to ten thousand years ago! He propped up his still-small body, preparing to get dressed and get out of bed as usual to do a simple wash by the water basin in the corner.
Then he would eat breakfast with his mother and begin his monotonous and cautious day in this world. However... just as his center of gravity shifted and his feet were about to touch the cold dirt of the floor, a voice boomed in his mind without warning.
"What... kind of place is this?!"
Dai Yuhao's movement to get out of bed suddenly froze! This voice... he had heard it before!
Although he had only heard it once, he would never mistake it! But compared to that emotionless sentence from last time, 'Remember your promise,' this time the voice was clearly carrying an unconcealable shock!
That's right, this voice was naturally emitted by Dai Yuhao's first spirit soul, that Evil Eye. Dai Yuhao had verified before that his transmigration across ten thousand years of time could not carry external objects.
Clearly, this Evil Eye spirit soul, which had already taken residence in his spiritual sea, was no longer an 'external object' but had become an extension of his own power and soul, and thus transmigrated with him to this world ten thousand years ago!
In the previous days, following Han Tianyi's suggestion, Dai Yuhao would greet and chat with this big eyeball every day. But the other party had not responded even once, acting all high and mighty, seemingly having no intention of providing him any help for the time being despite becoming his spirit soul.
Dai Yuhao also had his pride, so he did not pay it any mind this time either. His movements only paused for a moment, then he got out of bed to wash as usual, and finally ate breakfast with his mother, Huo Yuner.
During this process, the Evil Eye's voice rang out in Dai Yuhao's mind several more times, but he still had no intention of responding. Compared to those nutritionally balanced, delicious meals prepared by specialists in the Spirit Pagoda ten thousand years later, the breakfast before him indeed appeared extremely shabby.
A bowl of thinly boiled white porridge sat next to two small plates of dull-colored pickles; besides that, there was nothing else. No oil, no meat, not even a single fresh green leaf could be seen.
This was the most realistic daily diet for the Dai Yuhao mother and son in the White Tiger Duke's Mansion. However, Dai Yuhao sat at the table, holding the bowl of warm porridge and picking up a small piece of pickle, eating with great relish.
Huo Yuner sat opposite him; seeing her son eating happily, a knowing smile could not help but appear on her pale and exhausted face. She reached out and gently wiped a bit of porridge stain from the corner of Dai Yuhao's mouth with her sleeve, her movements extremely tender.
"Yuhao."
She spoke softly, her voice carrying a hint of expectation and an undetectable nervousness: "Eat more, tomorrow is the day of spirit awakening."
Dai Yuhao only nodded gently and did not say much. His spirit had already awakened in the Spirit Pagoda ten thousand years later; it was the rare mental system Original Body Martial Soul, the Spirit Eyes, and he even had innate full spirit power.
He looked up, his gaze falling on his mother Huo Yuner's face. The morning light filtered through the simple window lattice, shining on her cheek which was so pale it was almost bloodless; he could even clearly see the tiny light-blue veins beneath her skin.
There was an unconcealable darkness under her eyelids, a mark left by long-term fatigue and nutritional deficiency. Dai Yuhao's heart felt as if it were being squeezed by an invisible hand; his mother's desperately suppressed coughing at night seemed to echo in his ears again.
Looking at his mother's slightly hunched back as she cleared the dishes, looking at the old clothes she wore that were washed until they were white and covered in patches... he opened his mouth, his voice a bit dry but carrying an unprecedented seriousness as he asked softly: "Mom, have you ever thought about... leaving this place?"
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