SWNOVELS
Chapter 108: Level 2's Perks and Ophis Join the Dragon Nest
--- Chapter 108 ---
A week later.
"Mm~!"
"So nice... Keep going, Yuhao."
"Aaah~!" Scathach groaned in satisfaction, making people around them blush. "You're making me feel so good!"
Huo Yuhao had a wry smile plastered on his face and said, "Shishou, don't make people misunderstand, please... After all, I'm just massaging your back."
Scathach chuckled mischievously and responded, "Hehe, that's the point, Yuhao. They should misunderstand this steamy session so that no bitch will become closer to you."
"I doubt that your strategy will work, Shishou. You're igniting the fire more than you think." Huo Yuhao sighed because women love to compete for some reason. It's not hard for him to guess what could happen next because several eyes have been peeking from the gap in the door.
Scathach unknowingly started a competition between the ladies in the Compound, mainly Ying'er and other ladies from this world. Huo Yuhao knew his lovely teacher was a little petty for his affection, which made her cuter somehow. Still, At least no one was injured yet.
Healthy rivalry is fine, but Huo Yuhao does hope the Yanderes wouldn't kill anyone out of spite. Even though he might sound like a hypocrite, life is precious and befall bad karma on people who have taken it.
He doesn't want to see them have negative karma because of him. That would be stupid, no?
"Fine." Looking at Huo Yuhao's expression, Scathach pouted and covered her face with a towel. "I'll stop playing around."
"Thanks." Huo Yuhao gave her a peck on the nape.
"Hmph!" Scathach swayed her head, ending up kissing Huo Yuhao in the end.
[Potential Scanned]
[Name: Scathach]
[Age: 13/Immortal(mentally older)]
[Potential: SSS+]
[Recommended Paths: Spear User(Lancer), True Blood Master, Asura, and Great Pugilist, +12]
Huo Yuhao parted from Scathach's lips, feeling her purple head rest on his chest. He patted her gently and looked at the system panel with a complicated gaze.
After the three factions submit to Dragon Nest or personally him, the Dragon Nest Management System somehow reaches level 2. It allowed him to see potential and recommended a path, helping Dragon Nest's members to reach their maximum potential.
Of course, Huo Yuhao shouldn't forget another function given by the Dragon Nest Management System Lv2. Extra Buff that boosts the growth of Dragon Nest's members and helps them adapt to their potential to obtain the maximum result.
[Scathach(Buffed)]
[Recovery Speed +20%]
[Growth Speed +20%]
[Mental Immunity +20%]
[The Buff Effect would increase every time the Dragon Nest Management System leveled up, upgrading the member's overall stats hidden or not to another level]
[The Buff lasted permanently as long as the Dragon Nest Management System acknowledged the individual as a Dragon Nest member]
"Nice." Huo Yuhao commented with a smile.
"What nice?" Scathach covered her breast with a towel.
Huo Yuhao suddenly rubbed something below with a playful smirk, making Scathach blush slightly. "This." He answered casually.
Scathach looked at Huo Yuhao's hand caressing her ass and bit her lips because she wanted to do it again. Maybe her sexual drive is higher than usual, but being marked as a Divine Dragon's mate always makes her remember their first night.
"Do you like my ass that badly?"
Huo Yuhao chuckled and replied, "Hehe, yes."
"Hmph, what a Pervert." Scathach huffed with a fake annoyance while sitting on Huo Yuhao's lap.
"But at least you're my pervert~."
...
...
Huo Yuhao stretched his neck and walked to the vast training field with a bored expression. Even though he hasn't neglected his training in any shape or form, the restriction placed by the seal started to become bearable to him.
By stressing his physical body and energy to uncomfortable degrees with Restriction Runes, he unorthodoxly achieved a level exceeding his cultivation realm.
People who reached level 99 on Spirit Rank were known as the Demi-God in the Cultivation Ladder of Douluo Dalu's universe, but they were far from being God. And yet, Huo Yuhao is a unique case because Eluxia believed his overall stats were close to a God in quality.
"Well, adding additional seals would make me feel better." He said while lifting his training shirt, looking at the red ouroboros pattern on his left chest. There are 42 segments, including the head, which means he has 42 seals on him now.
"Hmm, I don't remember giving you my snake?" A confused voice echoed in the field.
Huo Yuhao immediately glanced to the side and saw Ophis sitting above a rock, supporting her chin with those slender hands. He shook his head and answered, "This isn't your snake, Ophis. The design might be similar, but these are my restriction seals, which helped me to become stronger."
"Help you become stronger?" Ophis was even more confused when hearing that. The concept of getting stronger was alien to her because an entity like her and Baka Red was strong from the beginning.
"Why Training? You're strong already."
Huo Yuhao flicked his fingers and pulled Ophis into the Azure Emperor's Vault, which at first glance is similar to a certain archer's reality marble but with a beautiful azure sky and white clouds. The land literally is also filled with lush green grass and several clear ponds.
"Ophis, watch this."
He breathed in and used Universal Breathing Technique, igniting Spirit Circuits with enormous spirit energy. A burst of power exploded from Huo Yuhao's body, covering the area with a glassy white aura.
BOOM!
Ophis stared at Huo Yuhao without blinking, noticing his strength reach the limit of the mortal. Then her eyes squinted slightly because the "snake." tattoo on his chest glowed dimly.
BOOM!
"42 Seals Off." All the ouroboros segments on Huo Yuhao's chest released a dim light, causing his overall strength to explode rapidly.
BOOOOM!
"This is..." Ophis's eyes widened because Huo Yuhao's current strength was far "stronger." than her peak and Baka Red combined.
Even if all the gods united to fight him, she doubted they could win against him. And it's just in terms of raw strength, not to mention their innate ability such as infinity, dream, and divinity from other pantheons.
Ophis could only recall a few names across this world, but they were still far from reaching the blue-haired monster's level before her. "Is this the result of the training?" She curiously muttered to herself. contemporary romance
Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao sighed in disappointment because this level of strength wasn't close to his previous assumption. He clenched his hand a few times to test the water and shook his head because he was close to God King's strength but felt so far from it.
"So close yet so far." He lamented while sealing his strength again.
Eluxia observed the changes within Huo Yuhao from inside and out silently. 'Your spiritual sea is close to the Divine Origin Realm, Yuhao.' She commented solemnly.
'You needed a small push to reach that stage... Just a little push.'
'It's just the tip~!' Tian Meng suddenly said, which gained a slap from Bing Di's tail.
'Don't change the mood with your perverted nature, stupid worm!' Bing Di coldly stared at Tian Meng.
Huo Yuhao chuckled and replied, "I hope so, teacher Eluxia. I've been in the Spirit Domain Realm for a few months now."
"Maybe adding another seal will help, to be honest."
"Aih... There are so many things to fix and improve too."
It's embarrassing to say this, but Huo Yuhao has been hitting a thick barrier in his ability mastery. With Spatial Manipulation being the hardest to improve in the past six years.
You might think something like Divine-Negation, Ability-Negation, Death Manipulation, or Earth Manipulation would be the hardest. But no, Spatial Manipulation is the hardest to improve for Huo Yuhao because it was his 1st spirit skill and possessed so many branches to learn.
"It's not as simple as bending space with your will." He makes a mental note to explore more Spatial Manipulation later. He wanted to utilize everything he had to the maximum potential.
Huo Yuhao stopped using the Universal Breathing Technique, deactivating the Azure Emperor Vault. He blinked rapidly because so much information flashed in his head about this new storage, which was actually not just a sub-dimension to store weapons.
"Yuhao, teach me!" Ophis suddenly pulled his hand.
"Teach me to become stronger!" Even though she sounded excited, her expression was flat as stone.
Huo Yuhao chuckled and asked back, "You mean training?"
Ophis tilted her head cluelessly and responded, "Is there a difference?"
"No."
Huo Yuhao patted Ophis's adorable head gently and told her about the restriction runes, to which she silently listened with an eager aura around her. 'What's this cute dragon from?' He thought while feeding her candy.
After explaining everything, Ophis pondered for a moment and asked, "I see, so can you place Restriction Runes on me?"
"Sure." Huo Yuhao lifted his finger and drew several characters that bound together. "Do you have a favorite color?"
Ophis stared at Huo Yuhao's royal blue eyes and answered, "Royal Blue. I want a royal blue seal."
Huo Yuhao finished the Rune Casting onto Ophis's body, plastering the Rune on her shoulder. It's similar to his ouroboros dragon's seal but just blue instead of red/crimson.
"It feels weird, warm, and cold for some reason." Ophis moved around with a puzzled expression. Even though she couldn't find anything, her strength was sealed and squeezed by the seal.
"Uuh... That's refreshing." Huo Yuhao added two more segments for himself, making 44 seals total.
"Oh yeah, Ophis. Do you want to join Dragon Nest?"
"I'll give you an allowance like Heart-Calming Candy every week."
Ophis brushed the offer but was interested when hearing the allowance part as her eyes glowed with excitement. "Candy... Sure, I'll join." She said firmly.
[Ophis, The Ouroboros Dragon, has joined the Dragon Nest] Evo notified Huo Yuhao with a dull tone.
[Potential Scan...]
[Name: Ophis]
[Age: Ageless]
[Potential: SSS+]
[Recommended Paths: True Dragon Queen, Infinite Aura Master, Battle Mage, and Huo Yuhao's Wife]
"..." Huo Yuhao.