Listening to his teacher say this, Huo Yuhao's heart did not relax in the slightest.
The existence of that mark was like an invisible thorn stuck deep within his consciousness, making it impossible for him to turn a blind eye to it.
Moreover, he could now be certain that this was Gu Yue's scheme, and this was the fundamental reason why she chose to cooperate with the Qiangu Clan.
She was not human after all; her stance had never been on the side of the humans on this continent.
A thought flashed rapidly through Huo Yuhao's mind: whether he should tell Leng Yaozhu about this matter or report it directly to the federal higher-ups?
After all, he was human, and Gu Yue's actions seemed to have already stood on the opposite side of humanity.
Yet, after some thought, he ultimately decided to temporarily suppress this matter.
Gu Yue's "mother" was the Silver Dragon King, who was very likely the strongest person on the continent today.
If this matter provoked the Silver Dragon King to personally intervene, humanity would probably still suffer a complete defeat.
What was more, Huo Yuhao also had his own selfishness in his heart; he wanted to resolve this matter in secret and did not want to expose Gu Yue's identity in front of everyone, making her viewed as an enemy by the entire continent.
He steadied his mind and asked again, "Teacher, do you have a way to resolve this?"
Electrolux spoke in a deep and heavy tone, "This mark is not simple; it belongs to the power of the Divine Rank."
Hearing this, Huo Yuhao's heart sank, yet Electrolux's tone suddenly shifted, carrying a trace of calm certainty, "However, although difficult, it is not without a way to remove it."
Joy welled up in Huo Yuhao's heart, and he hurriedly pressed on, "Teacher has a way?"
Electrolux slightly raised his head, a trace of absolute confidence flashing in his eyes, "Although this teacher is only a demigod, in the research of the Soul Dao, I consider myself no worse than those true deities. Give this teacher some time, and I will definitely research a way to resolve it."
Huo Yuhao recalled that Soul-stirring experience in Qiankun Asking Love Valley not long ago; if time hadn't been too rushed, his teacher would have originally been able to find a way to break through that layer of illusion.
As for the matter before him, he had enough time—enough for Electrolux to fully display his research expertise in the Soul Domain.
He then spoke in an excited tone, "Then I'll have to trouble Teacher with this matter!"
Electrolux smiled, "Your matter is this teacher's matter; is there any need to be so polite?"
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In the blink of an eye, a month quietly slipped away.
Although Electrolux's research had not yet succeeded, according to him, he had already found a train of thought, and what followed was continuous experimentation.
During this period of time, Huo Yuhao also pushed aside all affairs that could be pushed away as much as possible, placing most of his energy into cultivation.
His Spirit Power cultivation had already reached the threshold of level ninety several months ago, but because of one continuous matter after another, he had never found a suitable opportunity to calm his heart and Breakthrough.
Now that those miscellaneous affairs had temporarily come to an end, he was finally able to sit down with peace of mind and take that step.
With his current status and identity in the Spirit Pagoda, some of his talents no longer needed to be hidden away, so this time he chose to carry out his Breakthrough within the cultivation room of the Spirit Pagoda.
Shrek City, which had once turned into a pile of ruins, had long taken on a completely new look everywhere else, aside from the scope of the Shrek Academy ruins.
Brand-new buildings rose from the ground, streets were paved once again with flat stone slabs, shops and residences lined up in order along the main road, and crowds and carriages shuttled back and forth among them, as if this city that had almost been destroyed had completely walked out of its pain.
At this moment, many people stopped what they were doing and raised their heads to look in the direction of the Spirit Pagoda.
Above the towering tower top, a dazzling pillar of golden light suddenly soared into the sky, like a sharp sword piercing into the firmament, forcefully tearing open a gap in the originally calm and clear sky.
Then, wisps of cloud Qi gathered from all directions, as if guided by an invisible force, slowly rotating around that pillar of golden light, ultimately forming a huge ring-shaped cloud layer, like an opened eye overlooking the city below.
Ordinary people were startled by this strange phenomenon and stopped to watch, while those Spirit Masters clearly knew that it was not some ordinary cloud condensed from water vapor, but rather formed entirely from the convergence of pure heaven and earth Origin Qi.
Inside the Spirit Pagoda, numerous powerhouses were also alarmed at the first moment by that strange phenomenon soaring into the sky.
Figures flew out from their respective rooms or offices, hovering in mid-air outside the tower, raising their heads to look at the rotating cloud ring above the tower top.
For those existences whose cultivation had already reached the Titled Douluo level, they knew all too well what the violent fluctuation of heaven and earth Origin Qi meant, except that this time's fluctuation was simply too astonishing.
Their mental force spread outward like invisible tentacles, quickly locking onto the source of the strange phenomenon.
Inside a cultivation room in the upper levels of the Spirit Pagoda, the core crazily absorbing heaven and earth Origin Qi was precisely Huo Yuhao.
When Leng Yaozhu's figure appeared in mid-air, the gazes of many people swept over uniformly, carrying an inquiring meaning.
Leng Yaozhu swept a glance across the crowd, a trace of uncontainable pride welling up at the corners of her mouth, yet she spoke in a deliberately nonchalant tone, "Everyone need not be surprised; this is Yuhao preparing to Breakthrough to Titled Douluo."
Hearing this, everyone understood in their hearts; indeed it was so.
However, that calmness only lasted for a moment before being replaced by a deeper shock; Huo Yuhao seemed to be just over eighteen years old right now.
An eighteen-year-old Titled Douluo—this age had already broken the record for the youngest Titled Douluo in the history of the Douluo Continent.
Moreover, looking at the scale of the cloud ring condensed from heaven and earth Origin Qi in the sky, even if he had just broken through, it was absolutely impossible for him to be as simple as an ordinary Titled Douluo.
Inside the cultivation room, Huo Yuhao sat cross-legged in the center with his eyes slightly closed, the Spirit Power fluctuations around his body spreading outward layer upon layer like waves.
Pure heaven and earth Origin Qi was continuously pouring into his body, rapidly flowing, precipitating, and solidifying within his Meridians. Every single circulation was accumulating the final power for his upcoming Breakthrough.
With his state at this moment, he could completely condense a third spirit core while breaking through.
With his foundation and accumulation, this was not a difficult task.
Yet in the end, he did not do so because he had an even greater ambition.
Now that he was already the successor of the God of Destruction, he prepared to comprehend more of the Law of Destruction before using the Law of Destruction to condense his third spirit core.
That way, when he became a deity in the future, his combat power would also be much more stable and powerful than simply inheriting a Divine Position.
Suppressing the impulse to condense a third spirit core in his heart, the Spirit Power fluctuations around Huo Yuhao gradually calmed down like a receding tide.
That surging heaven and earth Origin Qi no longer crazily poured in, and the golden light surrounding his body surface also slowly converged, as if everything was returning to peace.
At the same time, that Soul-stirring strange phenomenon above the Spirit Pagoda also began to dissipate.
That giant cloud ring condensed from heaven and earth Origin Qi was like a scroll blown apart by the wind; its edges gradually blurred and thinned, ultimately completely merging into the sky, as if the magnificent pillar of light and cloud ring from just moments before had never existed at all.
In the perception of the numerous powerhouses of the Spirit Pagoda, that aura belonging to Huo Yuhao had completed its transformation, steadily stepping into the level of Titled Douluo.
The youngest Titled Douluo on the continent was officially born at this moment!
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