When they heard her words, the Shrek Academy members couldn't help but feel a wave of tension.
On the side, Wang Yan's hands trembled slightly as he respectfully asked the Medical Immortal Douluo, "What's the issue? Please enlighten us, Senior."
The Medical Immortal Douluo waved her hand and said solemnly, "No need for formalities. I'm old friends with many of the elders in your academy's Sea God Pavilion, so helping with this treatment is just a casual favor. However, this young girl has over-exerted her spiritual power due to using a secret technique. The spiritual fluctuations within her Sea of Spirit are chaotic, which has caused her inability to regain consciousness and wake up."
"Although I have some expertise in healing, I haven't done much research on spiritual power. If left untreated, her Sea of Spirit will slowly repair itself over time, but it could take a very long time for her to wake up."
"How long would it take?"
"It could be more than ten years."
"Ten years?!" The Shrek Academy group gasped in shock.
"If you can quickly find a high-ranking Spirit Master with spiritual attributes to help regulate her condition, you might be able to shorten this time. But from what I know, none of the major powers participating in this competition, including our Star Luo Empire, have such a powerful spiritual attribute Spirit Master," Wang Xian'er said regretfully.
"Spiritual attribute..." Wang Yan and Bei Bei exchanged a glance and then spoke in unison.
"Yuhao?"
"Huo Yuhao?" Jiang Nannan frowned. "He's only at the Soul... Soul Saint level. Even if he has spiritual attributes, I doubt he could help Senior Sister Ling recover from her injuries, right?"
In her anxiety, Jiang Nannan almost let slip something crucial. After all, the Medical Immortal Douluo Wang Xian'er was part of the Star Luo Empire. How could she reveal Huo Yuhao's true strength in front of a royal enshrinement of the Star Luo Empire?
"It wouldn't work for others," Xu Sanshi said with a twitch at the corner of his mouth. "But if it's him, I think it's worth a try."
"Ning Tian, didn't I ask you to find Yuhao? Where is he?" Bei Bei hurriedly asked.
"Yuhao wasn't in his room. He left a note on his desk, saying that since he didn't have any matches for the next few days, he went out to stroll around Star Luo City and relax," Ning Tian replied.
"He went shopping at such a critical time!" Wang Yan said helplessly. "Alright, Senior Medical Immortal, please help Ling Luochen recover from her other injuries first. As for her Sea of Spirit, we may have a solution soon."
...
"Ah!"
Inside the cave, a hoarse and fierce howl suddenly echoed like that of a wounded wolf.
As the howl resounded, a searing silver flame swept out from within. Even the pitch-black stone blocks were melted into liquid by the silver flames.
"Something's wrong…"
Hearing Huo Yuhao's agonized roar, Yao Lao hurriedly emerged from the ancient black ring. He cursed under his breath, his expression extremely grim.
His eyes narrowed as he fixed his gaze on the figure not far away—the kneeling boy, his head lowered, repeatedly smashing his fists into the ground.
At this moment, Huo Yuhao's clothes were almost entirely burned away. Sensing Yao Lao's presence, Huo Yuhao slowly raised his head with great difficulty. The face, once full of determination, was now deathly pale.
His twisted features were horrifying to behold, and as his jaw clenched, fresh blood seeped from his gums. His veins bulged and squirmed like worms under his skin. The rock beneath him, once solid, had been smashed into a spiderweb of cracks by his fists.
At the center of his forehead, a silver vertical eye was slowly forming. However, unlike the previous possession attempt, this time the silver eye was infused entirely with Huo Yuhao's own aura—something he had condensed himself.
Seeing Huo Yuhao's face twisted in pain, Yao Lao's dry skin twitched slightly. For Huo Yuhao, who was known for his remarkable self-control and endurance, to be driven to such a state, it was unimaginable how excruciating the pain must have been.
"Yuhao is trying to fuse his spiritual power with the silver heavenly flame, but he nearly got his Sea of Spirit burned by it. If we hadn't been here, he might have been completely obliterated this time," Elder Yi's figure appeared beside Yao Lao, his face full of lingering fear. If Huo Yuhao's Sea of Spirit had been destroyed, he himself would have disappeared as well.
"This silver flame has a strong suppressive effect on spiritual power. Fusing it with his Spirit of the Mind won't be easy," Yi Lao sighed.
"Give up on that damned thing!" Yao Lao shouted anxiously, seeing Huo Yuhao's face grow paler and paler.
"No... I can't give up... I... I can still endure it!"
Huo Yuhao's eyes widened, his teeth clenched tightly as he muttered through gritted teeth. His fists slammed down on the stone floor again, and the already cracked ground shattered into a large pit.
His bloodied fists trembled violently, and Huo Yuhao's face flushed bright red—a sign that the pain had reached the limits of human tolerance, nearing suffocation.
"I said enough!"
Looking at Huo Yuhao's blood-soaked hands, Yao Lao roared angrily and shot toward him.
Boom!
Just as Yao Lao lunged toward Huo Yuhao, Huo Yuhao's body shuddered, and a vast surge of silver flames erupted from his body, sweeping toward Yao Lao.
With the sheer quantity of the heavenly flame within him, Huo Yuhao managed to halt Yao Lao's advance.
"Ah!"
The strands of silver flames seemed to pour out from Huo Yuhao's pores, and the excruciating pain of having his spiritual power burned was like an axe splitting open his skull. Huo Yuhao clutched his head and slammed it into the stone wall beside him.
More and more silver flames spewed from his body until Huo Yuhao became a living flame-spewing machine, terrifying to behold.
"The power of this silver flame is too great. With Yuhao's current cultivation level, it's impossible for him to swallow it completely. We have to suppress it! Damn it, the only thing I have is another heavenly flame, but using it to help is just adding fuel to the fire!"
Yao Lao's old eyes scanned Huo Yuhao's body, and he immediately realized the situation. However, even though he understood the problem, he still had no way to resolve it, leaving him pacing anxiously.
"Suppress the different flame?" Elder Yi's eyes flickered, and he suddenly said to Huo Yuhao, "Yuhao, do you remember the Profound Ice Lotus Platform the Ice God used in the Ten Thousand Year Ice Cavern?"
"Take it out, sit on it, and use the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Essence to provide energy. That should help suppress this silver flame!"