Huo Yuhao had seen the Star Crown's spirit abilities being unleashed before. The impression was quite deep, after all, he had been the one sitting in the spectator seat watching the match.
The God-Imprint Throne had been sitting with him in the spectator seat at the time. It had probably seen it too.
He just hadn't expected that the Eternal Angel, who wielded star power, could simulate these powers with the help of the God-Imprint Throne... But thinking of Oscar from the first generation of Shrek's Seven Devils, Huo Yuhao felt it wasn't so strange.
The Mirror Shadow Beast's spirit ability had allowed Oscar to copy copy spirit abilities and after becoming a god, he could even copy the abilities of deities. The Creator's power gave birth to all things. The God-Imprint Throne inherently wielded star power. It wasn't strange for it to simulate some martial soul abilities using that.
If he had to find a similar situation in Douluo, it would be like Miss Auspicious Beast simulating the Golden Dragon.
That said... that first spirit ability from earlier — could it be...
Huo Yuhao thought of the chain with star power from earlier and realized something.
Good thing he had dodged. If that star chain had restrained him, something bad might have happened.
His thoughts flashed by in an instant. Huo Yuhao's figure became hazy, charging forward even faster than before.
His opponent before him was of a similar type to him — lacking neither combat experience nor control over their power. He couldn't underestimate her.
Seeing this, the Eternal Angel was about to tap the ground lightly with her scepter when she suddenly felt a wave of spiritual fluctuation. Her movements paused, and she failed to unleash her defensive ability.
By then, Huo Yuhao had already reached her side. The Eternal Angel could only fly upward into the sky. But Huo Yuhao's second and first spirit rings flashed simultaneously, and in an instant, he was before the Eternal Angel.
Second Spirit Ability — Spirit Sculpting Myriad Forms.
It allowed spiritual power to turn into formless yet tangible matter, freely controlling its shape. When forming prisons or chains to restrain an enemy, the opponent had to use spiritual power to break free.
It could also wrap spiritual power around oneself or others to achieve a telekinetic-like effect, allowing rapid movement or flight.
The Eternal Angel frowned. Her figure instantly shifted to the right. She tapped her scepter in the air, and a golden ring of light appeared once more beneath Huo Yuhao's feet. This time, he did not dodge. His entire body was restrained by starry chains.
But just as the Eternal Angel was about to press her advantage, the Huo Yuhao before she disappeared. The sound of air being displaced came from behind her. The Eternal Angel's expression changed instantly. She turned her head and what greeted her eyes was a palm covered in frost.
Floating World Painted Frost!
The influence of the spiritual artistic conception caused the Eternal Angel to lose focus for a moment and then... she took a direct hit to the face.
Bam!
"...Yuhao doesn't know how to be gentle with the ladies at all. You don't hit someone in the face."
In the Sea of Spirit, Skydream Iceworm watched the Eternal Angel fly backward in an instant and quipped.
Ice Empress also frowned. "In the heat of battle, who can think about all that? But hitting the examiner like that is indeed... not good."
Humans had a saying: don't hit the face when fighting, don't expose weaknesses when scolding. But Ice Empress noticed that when they actually put it into practice, they tended to do the opposite.
Huo Yuhao descended from the air and came to a stop not far from the Eternal Angel.
At his current level, pure spiritual power was formless. But he could fuse spirit power into Spirit Sculpting Myriad Forms to create tangible objects. He had just used his spiritual power and spirit power to create a decoy — realistic enough to pass for the real thing.
Through that decoy, he had also confirmed that the effect of that star chain was the same as a certain Miss Xu's spirit ability — it had absolute effectiveness.
Once restrained, one would be forcibly controlled for at least one second!
Had the God-Imprint Throne had nothing better to do lately and just been lurking on the sidelines? He had just recently looked up information about the Star Staff martial soul...
Thinking this, Huo Yuhao looked at the Eternal Angel. "You're not accustomed to fighting with spirit abilities, are you? This system must feel quite restraining to you. Why not use your original power?"
The Eternal Angel used spiritual energy to wipe a trace of blood from the corner of her mouth and said coldly: "There's no need. I said I would fight you using your system."
"..."
Huo Yuhao said no more. He raised his right hand, and a deep blue longsword — as if from ice crystals — appeared in his grasp out of thin air.
Before the Eternal Angel could clearly see the sword's silhouette, Huo Yuhao had already swung it down like lightning.
The deep blue sword light tore through the air like a bolt of lightning, its color gradually shifting from azure to light blue, to pale blue, and eventually transforming into a blinding white light.
Wherever the sword light passed, the air instantly condensed into ice, then was split apart. The ground was carved with a deep gully. Rubble and dust were shattered into fine powder by the sword energy.
An piercing cold spread followed. The moisture in the air condensed into ice crystals that drifted down.
The Eternal Angel's pupils contracted. She tried to gather star power, but as the cold spread, the artistic conception she had felt before came again, causing her movements to pause. In an instant, she was turned into an ice sculpture.
Huo Yuhao watched this scene calmly. He flashed forward and placed his left hand on the ice sculpture.
As long as the fusion of spiritual power and spirit power was achieved, it could be integrated into all combat techniques. Floating World Painted Frost represented a genre genre. Most of his ice-attribute spirit abilities could be infused with his spiritual artistic conception.
As for the ice sword from just now — naturally...
"Emperor's Sword, Ice Extreme Unrivaled," Ice Empress murmured.
Of Snow Empress's Three Absolutes, apart from the domain Emperor's Cold Heaven Huo Yuhao knew them all. Snow Empress had taught him personally.
Watching the outside situation, Skydream shook his head. "She's frozen. It's over."
Ten thousand years ago, Huo Yuhao's main cultivation had been the Ice Empress martial soul — a far cry from the gentleness he showed when fighting with his Body Martial Soul.
In human terms... he was full of virtue. Once someone fell into his rhythm, he would never give them an opportunity.
Before Skydream had even finished speaking, Huo Yuhao had already withdrawn from beside the ice sculpture. At the same time, the Eternal Angel inside the ice turned emerald green.
The next instant, a violent boom resounded through the sky.
A terrifying shockwave, like a mountain torrent or a tsunami, came rushing head-on. The vegetation along its path — including towering trees that would have taken several people to wrap their arms around — was instantly destroyed by this powerful force, reduced to dust.
But Huo Yuhao seemed to have experienced this kind of scene countless times. He arrived at the edge just right.
In Huo Yuhao's view, the Ice Explosion Technique spirit ability was very useful. Ten thousand years ago, he had played with ice. Floating World Painted Frost was aimed at strong control strong control circumstances and freezing opponents. Under those, the Ice Explosion Technique was one of the best choices for a combo move.
He had gained experience from using explosions ten thousand years ago. He knew in his heart what kind of power different opponents would produce.
And at the original spot, a golden pillar of light suddenly burst forth. The Eternal Angel stood at its center, her heart still pounding, looking at the large crater created by the Ice Explosion Technique around her.
If she hadn't restored her strength directly, given her previous state, she probably wouldn't have escaped.
Not only had this person hit her in the face, but he also fought without catching his breath. Just now, it had seemed like he was exchanging a few words with her, but the distance between them had been only a meter. He had never intended to give her a chance. She hadn't even had time to use her strongest ability before she was forced to lift her restrictions.
The Eternal Angel raised her head to look at Huo Yuhao. Her eyes flickered, and she sighed.
"Enough. The Eternal Lord sending me directly to be the examiner already represents his recognition of your strength. I was careless. From the very beginning, I crippled myself with useless emotions."
With that, the Eternal Angel looked at the scepter in her hand. "Since you have won, this scepter will be temporarily kept by you."
In the Sea of Spirit, Skydream and Ice Empress looked at the scepter. The former swallowed his saliva. "Is the Divine Artifact really this generous?"
Based on the experience they had gained from following Huo Yuhao for so many years, they could determine that this scepter was far beyond the comparison of ordinary weapon martial souls.
That was I'm afraid... a Divine Artifact!
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