Faced with the sudden change, Huo Yuhao's expression remained calm. His cold, dark eyes first locked onto the Demon Soul Great White Shark, whose killing intent was the strongest. A brilliant golden light suddenly burst from his brow.
Soul Shock!
A formless spiritual storm erupted instantly. The surrounding seawater seemed to freeze in place. The Demon Soul Great White Shark's blood-red pupils shrank sharply, its massive body trembling as if crushed by an invisible force.
The next moment—
There was no physical impact, no bloodshed.
Yet within its head, its spiritual core was pierced by countless invisible needles. Its pupils rapidly dilated as its Sea of Spirit was completely overwhelmed and shattered by a surging tide of mental force.
From the Abyssal Demon Whale's perspective, the scene was even more terrifying.
The shark's body remained intact, but the light in its eyes vanished as if erased. Its enormous body convulsed uncontrollably, reduced to nothing more than reflexive spasms after its consciousness had been destroyed.
After a few final twitches, it slowly sank toward the seabed.
Hidden in the shadows, Mu Ye was the most shocked of all.
"…How is that possible?"
His pupils contracted sharply.
To control spiritual power with such precision…
Even among Body Sect spirit masters with spiritual-type martial souls, none could achieve this level of finesse. At the very end, he realized what Huo Yuhao had done.
He had condensed his spiritual power into hundreds, even thousands, of needle-like strands, directly piercing the opponent's Sea of Spirit.
Even if the shark had possessed equal spiritual power, it likely wouldn't have been able to withstand such an attack.
Huo Yuhao's face grew even paler. Ignoring the fallen shark, he shifted his gaze to the Abyssal Demon Whale.
The whale suddenly stopped in place, no longer daring to advance.
This human… something was wrong.
Yet, seeing Huo Yuhao's weakened state and the sapphire beside him, a fierce glint flashed in its eyes. Its massive sixty-meter body surged forward at incredible speed, its domain pressing down relentlessly on the surrounding waters.
Among oceanic overlords, the Abyssal Demon Whale clan stood at the very peak. Fear was not something they recognized.
Spirit rings rose around Huo Yuhao.
His second ring lit up.
He raised his left hand slightly. Invisible chains of spiritual power coiled around his fingers, silently extending through the water and binding the whale's soul without its awareness.
"Condense."
The power of the Eye of Life fused into the chains, making them visible as they locked tightly around the Abyssal Demon Whale.
Its body halted instantly.
Struggling to break free, it found the chains unbreakable. With a furious roar, a blue vortex formed around it as oceanic power gathered rapidly.
In an instant, a massive whirlpool spanning nearly a kilometer took shape. Dark currents surged, carrying a suffocating and dangerous aura. The surrounding seabed began to tear apart under its pull, rocks and debris swept into the churning waters and ground into dust.
The whale had assumed the vortex would force Huo Yuhao to release his hold.
But instead—
The ocean currents parted around him, completely avoiding his position.
"...?"
The Abyssal Demon Whale froze in confusion.
Why… was the ocean protecting this human?
Huo Yuhao himself was momentarily speechless.
At this moment, he was more favored by the ocean than even the Sea God had once been.
While that thought lingered, he glanced briefly toward the northwest before turning back to the whale. His first spirit ring lit up.
A faint, imposing phantom appeared behind him, radiating overwhelming pressure.
Imitation—Dragon God's Pressure.
The Abyssal Demon Whale's body stiffened instantly.
A deep, instinctive fear rose from its very soul. Its massive body slammed onto the seabed as if pressed down by an invisible force. Even the will to resist vanished.
A low whimper escaped from its throat.
Submission.
Mu Ye's heart pounded violently.
"What kind of bloodline aura is this…?"
His entire body trembled uncontrollably as he stared at the phantom behind Huo Yuhao.
As a Four-Word Battle Armor Master, he had seen countless powerful martial souls. Yet this… this pressure surpassed anything within a spirit master's understanding.
A bloodline capable of forcing a super spirit beast into submission—there was no record of such a thing.
Did Huo Yuhao possess such a bloodline?
Or was it something newly awakened?
He suppressed the flood of questions. For now, only one thing mattered—Huo Yuhao's safety.
Huo Yuhao stepped forward and established a Spiritual Sharing link.
"You want this? What does it do?"
The Abyssal Demon Whale hesitated briefly, but under the lingering pressure, it yielded and answered.
In its perception, Huo Yuhao's bloodline was even more terrifying than the legendary Deep Sea Demon Whale King.
Resistance was impossible.
Hearing its explanation, Huo Yuhao narrowed his eyes thoughtfully.
When he finally surfaced, his face was pale and his breathing uneven.
Fighting in that environment had been extremely taxing. With no way to recover spirit power, he had relied purely on physical endurance and willpower to make it back.
Behind him, the Abyssal Demon Whale followed quietly, not daring to act out of line even in his weakened state.
Mu Ye couldn't help but twitch slightly at the sight.
Taming a ten-thousand-year spirit beast purely through bloodline suppression… this was a first, even for him.
As he took out several heavenly treasures to restore Huo Yuhao's vitality, he asked through sound transmission, "Yuhao… that pressure just now…?"
"Imitation," Huo Yuhao replied calmly. "I was only borrowing someone else's authority."
"…I see."
Mu Ye didn't press further. With the Spirit Transmission Tower's vast resources, who knew what kind of extraordinary abilities could exist?
His attention shifted to the sapphire Huo Yuhao had retrieved.
"So there really is something here," he murmured. "No wonder it attracted sea spirit beasts."
Yet even he couldn't discern its true nature.
Could it be that its value was only apparent to spirit beasts?
Just as he was thinking this, he turned his head—
And froze.
A tiny, delicate figure had quietly appeared on Huo Yuhao's shoulder.
Snow Empress.
His expression stiffened instantly.
Snow Empress?!
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