"Not bad. It wasn't hard; it just took a little time to sever it."
The Eye of Destiny at his brow slowly closed, and Huo Yuhao gradually opened his deep blue eyes. He reached out and grasped the Sea God Trident before him—which had now been "molded into his shape."
Three hours ago, after showing off his "One-ring Soul Master engraving a Rank 4 soul tool" stunt in front of everyone, Huo Yuhao had sensed the aura of a certain Dragon King appearing, with her gaze locked directly onto him and the clinging Meng Hongchen.
Having no choice, Huo Yuhao made up an excuse and returned to the dormitory Jing Hongchen had arranged for him, carrying a book he'd borrowed from the library as a cover.
As soon as he entered the room, he saw a young girl dressed in a loose short-sleeved shirt emerging from a spatial ripple, holding the Sea God Trident.
It had shocked Huo Yuhao at the time. He subconsciously revealed his two silver-glow soul rings and summoned the Eye of Destiny, preparing for battle. However, after watching for a long while, he didn't see a trace of Tang San.
Only after Gu Yuena's explanation did he relax and focus his attention on the Sea God Trident.
To be honest, the moment he saw the seal at the core of the Sea God Trident, he knew exactly which "genius" was responsible for it.
Using the divine power of the Asura God to seal the authority within a divine artifact belonging to the Sea God...
It wouldn't be a problem in the short term, but over time, the divine powers of the Asura God and the Sea God would instinctively repel each other. The seal would gradually crack and dissipate, and the Sea God Trident itself would suffer a certain degree of damage.
Of course, it wasn't an issue now.
Huo Yuhao's Eye of Destiny, after his experience with death, had already undergone a transformation; it was only a sliver away from becoming an ultra-divine artifact.
Using the Eye of Destiny and relying on his God King-level mental power control, Huo Yuhao spent two and a half hours successfully eradicating the rootless strands of Asura God divine power within the trident.
Afterward, his mental power invaded. Continuing to use the power of the Eye of Destiny, he bit by bit severed the traces belonging to Tang San, completely making the Sea God Trident his own.
Following this, Huo Yuhao found the complete Sea God Divine Position within the trident. From the dim, residual Divine Consciousness inside, he finally understood the current situation.
First: Two years ago, likely at the moment of his rebirth, the World Will used ten thousand years of accumulated destiny power to construct a barrier, blocking the God Realm's consciousness from peering in.
This was good news for Huo Yuhao. It meant he could be more reckless; he didn't need to trigger destiny power to mask his own fate every time he acted to avoid being spotted by the upper realm.
Second: Tang San spent two years opening a crack in the destiny barrier, then sent down a sliver of Divine Consciousness carrying the Sea God Divine Position and its divine artifact, intending to achieve godhood again in the lower realm via a puppet avatar.
Because the destiny barrier existed, the God Realm could not see what was happening in the Douluo World. Destruction naturally couldn't intervene, allowing Tang San to run rampant in the Douluo World with the strength of a First-rank God.
Unfortunately, the World Will of the Douluo World seemed to have put all its eggs in one basket, directly hunting down Tang San's Divine Consciousness, forcing him to abandon his trident and the Sea God Divine Position to escape.
And now, the complete Sea God Divine Position and the Sea God Trident—the divine artifact exclusive to the Sea God—had fallen into his hands.
"The favor of the World Will? Knowing Gu Yuena is connected to me, it used her hand to deliver the Sea God Trident to me?"
Huo Yuhao lowered his eyes slightly, a guess forming in his mind.
Good news: He seemed to have gained an ally by accident.
Good news: Tang San's trident had fallen into his hands and become his own, meaning Tang San's plan had mostly failed.
More good news: Through the connection between the Sea God Divine Position and the Sea God Nine Trials, Huo Yuhao had easily locked onto the current location of Tang San's Divine Consciousness.
Even better news: Although Huo Yuhao couldn't directly inherit the Sea God Divine Position or mobilize its power since he hadn't undergone the Sea God Nine Trials...
Because of the link between the Divine Position and the trials, Huo Yuhao could remotely edit the content of the Sea God Nine Trials on Tang San's body...
Tsk.
Inexplicably, Huo Yuhao found this scene somewhat familiar.
In his previous life, his life had seemingly been completely manipulated. It wasn't until he ascended to the God Realm and saw his mother that he suddenly woke up and realized everything was wrong.
And in this life... it seemed the roles were reversed?
A smile unconsciously spread across Huo Yuhao's face; his mood began to turn pleasant.
"Yuhao?"
The soft call of the girl by the bed pulled Huo Yuhao's thoughts back to reality.
Looking over, the girl seemed to have just woken up from a dream. She sat lazily by the bed, tightly hugging a soft pillow—his pillow.
Her waterfall-like silver hair fell somewhat messily, with a few playful strands resting on her smooth forehead.
A loose short-sleeved shirt hung casually on her, yet failed to hide her graceful figure. The collar was slightly tilted, revealing one rounded shoulder with skin as white as jade.
The hem of the shirt naturally draped with her sitting posture, outlining a slender waist that looked like it could be easily encircled by a single hand.
Below, over-the-knee white socks wrapped around her long, straight legs. The lines from her thighs to her calves were smooth and beautiful, and the hem of the short-sleeved shirt clearly couldn't completely cover her thighs, revealing the slight press of the socks against her skin.
Currently, the girl held the pillow, her body leaning slightly forward. Her exquisite curves were faintly visible in the light, and her purple eyes held a mysterious glow in her post-sleep daze—like bottomless amethysts reflecting his shadow.
Huo Yuhao's heart was inexplicably touched, but his rising emotions were quickly suppressed.
At this moment, he could still control himself.
"What is it, Sister Nana?"
"Is this trident really that interesting?"
"Ah..."
Her words were calm—frighteningly calm.
After a brief analysis, Huo Yuhao suddenly remembered that after confirming the trident's origin, he had directly started researching it... for two and a half hours.
Hiss—
Trouble!
Huo Yuhao immediately abandoned the idea of explaining the specifics to Gu Yuena right now. After all, a woman in a fit of pique wouldn't care about your reasons...
Reason with her? Her "reason" is the reason!
Throwing the trident into his Sea of Consciousness to be guarded by the Eye of Destiny, Huo Yuhao stepped up to the girl and reached for the pillow in her arms.
The girl was confused but didn't resist, letting Huo Yuhao toss the pillow aside. Then, for the next step, Huo Yuhao stepped forward and gently embraced her.
—(Pay attention and take notes: Compared to meaningless apologies and explanations, physical actions make it easier for the other party to feel your heart.)
As their bodies drew close, the boy's sudden initiative caused a trace of helplessness and panic to appear on the piqued girl. Though her expression remained calm, the temperature of her cheeks was rapidly rising.
"I'm a bit sleepy... stay with me for a while."
Burying his head in the crook of the girl's neck and smelling the scent of pure elements on her, Huo Yuhao spoke softly.
The girl was stunned, failing to react for a long moment. In an instant, most of her original anger dissipated.
After a long while, the girl lowered her eyes and replied softly:
"Okay..."