As Huo Yuhao sat cross-legged before the Demon Passage, Electrolux asked solemnly, "Alright, Little Yuhao, are you ready?"
Huo Yuhao did not reply verbally, but gave Electrolux a firm nod.
Since Baili Du left three years ago, Electrolux had been the one teaching young Yuhao. Naturally, Yuhao had never let him down.
The shaping of this third Martial Soul would definitely succeed!
Electrolux first chanted an incantation, pointing his staff through the air to cast the spell: [Necromancer's Silent Heart].
This spell could force a person to remain in a state of absolute calm for twenty-four hours, preventing various emotions from clouding their judgment.
"Here it comes!"
With a wave of the staff, a gray-gold orb of light landed gently upon the sealed Demon Passage.
Suddenly, like a brown bear awakened from hibernation, a terrifying "sizzling" sound echoed through the center of the Sealing Demon Forest. The sealed purple-black gate was cracked open by the gray-gold orb, and a dense, purple-gold radiance flowed out from the fissures.
A massive phantom appeared within the Demon Gate. He stood over thirty meters tall, covered in purple-gold scales, with a pair of three-meter horns atop his head. His features closely resembled a human's, but he possessed a pair of giant wings condensed from purple flames on his back and held a purple-gold flame greatsword in his hand.
Demon Lord Alba, a peak powerhouse of the Demonic Plane and a quasi-god level expert.
The moment his phantom appeared, the surrounding space warped violently, as if the Planar Will was frantically repelling his existence.
Tang Hao, wake up and get to work!
Alba naturally felt the rejection of the Douluo Plane. He clicked his tongue in dissatisfaction; for thousands of years, the suppression of this plane remained so strong that they couldn't find an opportunity to strike.
However, when he saw Huo Yuhao sitting before the Demon Gate, his eyes lit up. After looking him over, he was surprised to find that this human was unexpectedly suited for his power.
"Excellent! My perfect vessel, become a demon and bring darkness to this world!"
With a wave of his hand holding the flame greatsword, a cluster of purple-black essence blood mixed with purple-gold radiance flowed into Huo Yuhao's body.
What he intended to do was plant his "Demon Seed" within Yuhao, generating a Fallen Angel martial soul belonging to the power of demons.
This "Martial Soul" was, in reality, a coordinate for the Demon Plane. Once Huo Yuhao grew strong enough, he could serve as an anchor point for them to invade and devour the Douluo Continent.
A powerful sensation began to spread through Yuhao's entire body, causing him to tremble slightly. The thick dark power drilled into him like a physical substance, reconstructing his body and causing his aura to skyrocket.
Though he only had the cultivation of a Soul Elder, the pressure emanating from him now was no weaker than a Soul Emperor or a Soul Saint, and his aura was still rising.
He slowly rose from the ground as a pair of massive wings unfurled from his back. The wings were covered in purple-gold scales, revealing an extraordinary demonic royal bloodline. A purple-black ring—at least three times larger than a typical thousand-year soul ring—rose beneath his feet, radiating an alien aura.
The third Martial Soul, Fallen Angel, was acquired!
"Huh? What's going on!?"
Only then did Alba realize that the seed he had chosen was frantically siphoning his Origin Power?!
Wait! This wasn't a free meal; it was a trap!
"Roar! Stop it now!"
...Half an hour later.
"Don't... don't drain anymore... there's almost nothing left..."
Demon Lord Alba's body rapidly shriveled. His thirty-meter frame shrank to less than three meters; he couldn't even maintain the flame greatsword in his hand, and it vanished.
"Hmm... not bad!"
The gray figure of Electrolux looked at the purple-black orb in his hand, which resembled a large pearl, and nodded with great satisfaction. The origin power of this Demon King was quite adequate—Ultimate Darkness... not bad at all.
Given Huo Yuhao's current status as a Soul Elder, he naturally couldn't withstand the full origin power of a quasi-god powerhouse. Most of this power had been "plundered" by Electrolux...
After all, he needed to keep some power in reserve to deal with Tang San's hidden schemes and protect his disciple.
"Humph!"
Realizing he had been played, Alba gave a cold snort, his gaze locked onto Huo Yuhao, seemingly memorizing his face forever. His figure slowly dispersed, and the disturbance at the Demon Gate vanished.
Now came the most crucial step: Electrolux was going to fuse his Necromantic Holy Magic power into this Fallen Angel martial soul!
He had planned the details long ago. He didn't need to fully merge his Divine Consciousness into the martial soul; he only needed to create a balance between his own Ultimate Light and Necromantic powers and the Ultimate Darkness granted by the Demon Lord.
"Hah!"
Elder Yi let out a low shout, and the light from his staff flared. Gray-white incantations condensed from the void and surged into Huo Yuhao's body.
A somewhat illusory gray ring emerged beneath Yuhao. Aside from its bizarre color, it looked significantly larger than a standard soul ring, echoing the purple-black ring already there.
"Yuhao, it's beginning! Remember! The boundary between light and darkness is not as distinct as you imagine. Light can turn to darkness, and darkness can likewise turn to light."
With that, Electrolux's palm turned pure gold, and he struck Huo Yuhao's head with a heavy palm. A third, pure-gold ring rose, forming a sharp contrast with the previous two.
Instantly, Huo Yuhao shuddered. His fair skin began to flicker with the two contradictory powers of black and gold. His skin cracked, revealing muscle and blood, which then vanished under the violent collision of light and dark.
"Ugh—" He started to groan but was cut off as the clashing forces destroyed his vocal cords.
Electrolux whispered: "Endure it! You must survive this. I guarantee that once you truly master light and darkness, Little Yuhao, you will become the greatest genius this world has ever seen!"
Under normal circumstances, Light and Darkness are completely opposite attributes, with a mutual repulsion even exceeding Ice and Fire. Even the former Gu Yuena wouldn't dare claim she had perfect control over both.
Likely only the first Dragon God and the second Dragon God Lan Xuanyu had truly mastered both; Lan Xuanyu even developed the powerful Light-Dark Divine Lightning based on this.
However, everything Lan Xuanyu achieved was based on the Dragon God bloodline. Electrolux, the legendary powerhouse of the Holy Demon Continent, relied entirely on his own talent!
Now, he was bestowing that very talent upon his disciple.