Douluo Dalu 2: Heavenly Eyed Douluo

'Hohoho. He isn't using his Sharingan and that strange armored avatar of his. Looks like he caught on,' Mu En mused as he calmly observed Huo Yuhao struggling to overcome his attack.

It was impressive to see that without using any martial soul, relying simply on his Ultimate Ice-Fire Physique, he could launch an attack like that.

Unique constitutions and bloodlines such as that provides innate soul skills or a domain are extremely rare. They are monsters that are guaranteed to become Titled Douluos when given enough time, and has a likely chance to reach Transcendent Douluo.

Considering Huo Yuhao's potential beforehand, now adding onto a never before seen physique that would be categorized as top-tier, it was like adding wings to a tiger!

Mu En knew that the boy would surpass him someday, there was no question about it after the events he witnessed in Star Luo City. And though he initially had doubts and suspicions, it mostly dissipated from what he'd evaluated about the boy.

But he was worried that...certain parties would try and get rid of Huo Yuhao.

Body Sect was one such example. With how rare body soul martial souls are, they would view Huo Yuhao as a valuable asset. But if they couldn't recruit him, they'd likely resort to extreme measures to eliminate a powerful threat in the future.

But they weren't the only ones...

Mu En was worried if "she" knows about Huo Yuhao. Right now, he wouldn't be able to hold her back and even worse if that old friend of his were to join her.

He just hopes they would still appreciate their old relationship and give him face, or else, the boy wouldn't live to see his potential realized.

Mu En sighed inwardly, his calm expression betraying none of his inner turmoil. Huo Yuhao's monstrous potential was a double-edged sword—it could elevate him to unparalleled heights, but it also painted a target on his back. Just like how he was back in the day.

But in his generation, he had no potential Limit Douluo enemies.

'Oh the boy has such rotten luck.' He truly pitied him.

Mu En snapped out of his thoughts when he felt a sudden surge of energy from Huo Yuhao. His eyes sharpened when he felt not just soul power and ice-fire energy converging within the boy, but—

'Is he...?' His eyes widened.

A few moments ago.

'I can't...hold on...!' Huo Yuhao gritted his teeth, his body strained heavily.

His mind raced for a solution to overcome this overwhelming pressure. The golden palm above him was like a mountain, firm and unshakable. His physique simply wasn't enough.

'How about spiritual power? No, I haven't train my spiritual power enough to become solid like Elder Mu's golden palm and on the off chance that I can, it just wouldn't be strong enough to contend against his.'

Huo Yuhao's eyes widened. 'Wait...what about using both? My Ultimate Ice-Fire Physique with my spiritual power? It should be enough to break through that golden palm!'

Huo Yuhao closed his eyes, pulling onto his massive reservoir of spiritual power and merging it with the icy flames of Ultimate Ice and Fire coursing through his body. The two forces began to intertwine, creating an unprecedented fusion without any issue.

If there was one thing that Huo Yuhao was confident in, it was in his spiritual power and his control over it. His mastery over spiritual power allowed him to guide the fusion without resistance or instability.

The spiritual power began to amplify the destructive prowess of the Ultimate Ice-Fire. A radiant, yet chilling, black-white glow enveloped Huo Yuhao as frost and flame coalesced around him.

Huo Yuhao brought his right hand near his mouth, his index and middle fingers raised.

"Ice-Fire Release: Great Ice-Fire Annihilation!"

Huo Yuhao took a deep breath before spewing a sea of black-white flames infused with spiritual power, which took on the appearance of seven purple serpentine dragons that brought a similar heavy pressure to the golden palm descending from above.

The sea of black-white flames collided with the golden palm and the serpentine dragons writhed with a primal fury, their forms radiating an aura of destruction and rebirth.

The clash between the golden palm, the seven serpentine dragons and the black-white flames sent shockwaves reverberating through the cultivation chamber. The black-white flames surged with chaotic intensity, cracking the air and distorting space, each serpentine dragon roaring defiantly as they twisted and coiled against the overwhelming pressure of the golden palm.

Space cracked from the opposing energies of destruction and rebirth versus serenity and absolute control. At this rate, the cultivation chamber would be destroyed!

But Mu En nonchalantly swiped his hand, repairing the cracked spaces but without interfering with the collision of his golden palm and Huo Yuhao's ice-fire technique.

'Amazing! As expected of Elder Mu,' Huo Yuhao stood valiantly, his back straight as he prepares another attack and his eyes narrowed.

"However, it's not over yet!"

The large golden palm pressed down against the sea of black-white flames and serpentine dragons, exuding a domineering aura that would make a Soul Sage kneel in submission.

It trembled before unexpectedly exploding into thousands of smaller golden palms, raining down on the flames and the black dragons. It was like a hail of bullets, striking down and slowly obliterating Huo Yuhao's technique.

Huo Yuhao's eyes widened as he witnessed the transformation.

Thousands of golden palms descended upon him, each radiating an oppressive force. The room was illuminated with streaks of gold as the barrage bore down on the black-white flames and serpentine dragons, piercing through and shot straight down at Huo Yuhao.

'He compressed his attack into smaller fragments! Elder Mu truly is on another level,' Huo Yuhao thought, gritting his teeth as he created a flaming ice wall around him, blocking the mini golden palms.

"It's over." Mu En muttered, a satisfied glint in his eyes.

Although it might seem like Huo Yuhao had failed, on the contrary, he had exceeded his expectations!

Mu En had expected for Huo Yuhao to make a breakthrough and unionized his spirit and body, focusing his spiritual power into his fist and thrusting it forward towards his palm. But he didn't!

No, he had instead fused both his spiritual and Ice-Fire Physique to create a powerful technique that was both a wide range and could affect anyone that were equal to and below Huo Yuhao's spiritual power—which was at the level of a average Titled Douluo!

'And here I was planning on teaching him Sovereign's Descent...ah, but I did hear that his Sharingan could copy any skill and technique as long as he has the right requirements.' Mu En rubbed his long white beard in deep thought.

The Dragon God Douluo had declined accepting closed-door disciples for decades ever since the death of his descendants. But in the last years of his life, and considering the situations of the continent, he decided to take in a couple more.

'Hm. What kind of gift should I give him? As a teacher, I should bestow a wonderful gift for my disciple. He can easily learn the techniques I would teach him, so a cultivation resource perhaps?' He shook his head.

Cracked!

"Huh?" Mu En snapped out of his thoughts when he heard the fiery ice wall break.

He was prepared to destroy the golden palms when he saw Huo Yuhao smirking calmly.

"What is he—?" Mu En watched with wide eyes as the golden palms struck Huo Yuhao's body, only for it to explode into white smoke.

"A clone?!" Mu En exclaimed, decades of composure momentarily lost as his spiritual sense flared, scanning the entire room in an instant.

Being a Spiritual Avatar didn't mean he was omniscient to a certain extent; unless he actively focused his attention, even a technique as simple as a clone could slip past his awareness if it was executed with enough finesse.

The realization hit him quickly, and his astonishment gave way to a small chuckle.

"Clever boy. When did he manage to do that?" Mu En muttered, his voice filled with amusement and approval as he looked up at the purple serpentine dragon rising up high.

'What makes a Shinobi great, is not by simply being strong or smart—it's through misdirection!'

The rising dragon shone brightly as it transformed into Huo Yuhao! Though he was covered in blood, his eyes shone great determination.

He had planned it all since he fused his spiritual power with his physique. He realized that he wouldn't be able to overpower Mu En's golden palm through brute force, so, he intended to weaken it by subterfuge and destroy it in one powerful attack!

"Ice-Fire Release: Reincarnation Wheel!"

He raised his hand into a hand seal, his eyes glowing with a radiant purple glow as black-white flames exuded out of his body and converged into a circle before him.

The circle of flames pulsed of both extremes hot and cold, the circle began to spin slowly at first, but its speed rapidly increased, enlarging with each revolution.

The space around it warped and twisted, the pressure causing cracks to form in the cultivation chamber despite Mu En's earlier repairs.

'Spirit and body, that's what makes a jutsu!'

The Reincarnation Wheel crackled with power, its edges glowing with alternating waves of frost and flame. It radiated an overwhelming sense of duality—destruction and rebirth, yin and yang, life and death.

It was a technique he comprehended after absorbing his past lives's memories!

The Reincarnation Wheel rotated faster and faster, the alternating black and white flames blurring together into a mesmerizing vortex. The cultivation chamber quaked under its immense pressure, the very air charged with the opposing forces of Ultimate ice and fire!

The thousands of Golden Palms immediately shot towards him.

Huo Yuhao's glowing purple eyes reflected the spinning wheel, his voice calm yet firm. "Break the thousand golden palms, fall!"

The large Reincarnation Wheel pulsed and the intense energy within it exploded outward. With a resounding crack, the black and white icy flaming wheel descended down like the wrath of God!

The force of the wheel intensified as it collided with the oncoming golden palms, shattering the first wave with ease.

Each golden palm shattered into particles upon impact, disintegrating into nothingness as the Reincarnation Wheel either burned through them or freezing them into frozen shards that shattered upon contact with the rotating wheel.

The powerful dual forces of Ultimate fire and ice, propelled by Huo Yuhao's immense spiritual power, overwhelmed the golden palms, disintegrating them one after another in rapid succession.

In just under a few breaths, the golden palms dissipated, turning into nothing but shimmering particles that vanished into the air.

As the Reincarnation Wheel slowly landed on the ground, it gradually faded away into embers and water.

"I...did it...." Huo Yuhao muttered as he began to fall.

Mu En caught on to Huo Yuhao just before he hit the ground, a faint smile on his withered old face.

"Amazing techniques, Yuhao."

"T-Thank you...Elder Mu... for going easy on me..." Huo Yuhao replied with a trembling voice, having nearly exhausted all of his energy.

Mu En chuckled. "Do you wish to rest? I have prepared you your own personal room, as an apology for having you go through this."

"N-Nah. I...have had enough of sleep. Just let me down, and I'll recover quickly." Hup Yuhao wryly smiled.

Mu En nodded and gently place him down against the sole ruined tree.

Huo Yuhao let out a sigh, closing his eyes. "Elder Mu, how long was I in deep meditation?"

Mu En rubbed his beard and chuckled. "Do you really wanna know right now?"

"...Please tell me."

"You've been in deep meditation for approximately 69 days."

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