Chapter 24: Settling in the New World and the First Blood Ring.
Huo Yuhao found his mother still exploring the main Japanese house that existed in the normal world. She was looking around curiously at everything, and Yuhao found it kind of cute.
"Hao'er, there you are. I called you several times, but you never answered," she said as she held his hands. She was worried something had happened to him. Even though she knew he was powerful, as his mother, she couldn't help but worry about her cute son.
Huo Yuhao explained the situation to her and was amazed to find that they could enter another world through the door. He did not mention the essence part—not that he didn't trust Yun'er or anything; he just preferred to keep some things to himself and could share them with her if needed.
Huo Yun'er spent most of her time exploring both houses and organizing them as she liked. What she didn't like, she simply burned to oblivion. Seeing Yun'er incinerating the exorcist masks in the hidden room because they looked ugly, he shook his head and told her he was heading outside.
Yuhao wanted to access the greatest and the worst invention of humanity: the internet. He had the class that made him a god in every modern world, and he was going to take advantage of it.
[Nanomancer] allowed him to create nanobots from his energy, and the nanobots were completely under his command. He walked to a nearby convenience store where they had internet and got to work.
Needless to say, the staff were confused to see a very young, cute kid sitting alone in the convenience store, eating cup noodles with a coffee by his side and staring out the window.
Huo Yuhao created an identity for himself and his mother, as well as a bank account for both of them. How could a 6-year-old have a bank account? Well, all Yuhao had to say was, "Hacking for the win."
"You are so devious, Yuhao," said the tuna in his head.
"Well, all those wealthy businessmen are not exactly clean, Kiana. I'm just taking some of it while also tipping the police with evidence about their crimes," Yuhao answered the tuna, and she didn't believe him at all.
Huo Yuhao kept adding records about himself and his mother so they wouldn't appear as aliens. And as for school? Do you really want someone who had [Great Sage] and all the knowledge of humanity stored in his stigma to go to school? Talk about wasting time.
He simply manipulated the records to show that he was homeschooled. Before he left the house to go on his little stroll, he cast an illusion on Yun'er, letting her know the language and all modern things from his memory.
"Hmmm, when I go back, I will have to condense my first blood ring for [White Dragon of Nihility] martial soul and rebuild the houses, the one in Japan and the one in the other world," Yuhao said to the tuna. He had already cast an illusion on himself to appear as if he was simply slurping noodles.
What? There are cameras everywhere? Nanobots had already dealt with that.
"I have 300 skill points right now. I will get more by fighting, killing, and fulfilling desires. The more powerful a skill is, the more skill points are needed to create it," he thought to himself.
"All the skills and titles that I gained when I entered Argena (the magic world) have been imprinted on me, so I don't have to worry about them being blocked or stolen, which is nice." He didn't want to recreate skills he had already acquired, and fortunately, the essence did absorb all non-imprinted skills and titles and changed them to belong only to Huo Yuhao.
"Since the world's consciousness can't access my soul at all because of Ellie, I will have to make my own status so I can keep track of everything," he thought as he imagined a status screen appearing in front of him, and the result:
(An: From now on, I am going to use [] status screen from the world's consciousness and 『』for essence status screen.)
『…』
『Huo Yuhao 』
『Class: Nanomancer 』
『Race: Ascended Human, White Dragon, White Tiger 』
『Soul Power: 20 』
『Martial Souls: [Eyes of Heaven], [White Dragon of Nihility], [Monster Slime]』
『Skill Points: 290 』
『Unique Skills: [Great Sage], [Golden Rule], [True Martial Art: 1] 』
『Other Skills: [Appraisal], [Endurance], [Item Box], [Language Comprehension], [Fast Reading], [Thread Manipulation], [Illusion Manipulation], [Pain Resistance], [Check Status] 』
『Titles: [Master of The Door], [Master of The House], [Otherworlder], [Person Who Visited a Different World for the First Time], [The First [Class Holder] to Appear in the World], [The One Who Perplexed the World's Consciousness], [The One Who Gained the Interest of the Entire World] 』
『…』
A black window with golden text appeared in front of him. This was not [Great Sage]'s [Analytical Appraisal] or the status screen provided by the world's consciousness. This was Huo Yuhao's status screen, which he spent 10 skill points to create.
『Skill [Status Screen] has been acquired.』
『Skill [Status Screen]: Able to check the status of the user and other beings.』
"Neat, but don't use it on me or Ellie. You wouldn't handle it," the tuna commented. She found the skill creation ability quite interesting. Yuhao hummed in response; he wouldn't check the status of the tuna anytime soon. What? You want him to check the status of the tuna? What a pervert.
"Yuhao, check if you can create a skill that provides you with skill points while you are idle. For example, a skill point generated per minute or something similar," the Herrscher once again shared her benevolent wisdom with this young lamb.
Huo Yuhao checked it and found a skill like that, but the cost was very expensive.
"Well, at least the skill exists. When you train and kill monsters in that forest, you will gain more skill points, so start saving up for it," she commented as she put hot water in her sixth cup noodle inside the stigma space.
"Well, I was planning to buy the spear arts of Yu Ilhan or the spear arts of Seol Jihu first, but I can understand your idea. Passive income is the best kind of income, after all," he commented as he checked the skill point cost of those spear arts, and he was speechless.
He finished his cup noodles and made his way back home. It was time to finally start training.
After arriving home, he stood in front of the main door and started using [Great Sage] at full power. He turned towards the neighborhood and cast an illusion on everyone in it using [Illusion Manipulation], so they would think Huo Yuhao and Huo Yun'er had moved in a month ago.
Then he entered the house to find Huo Yun'er in the kitchen cooking, using the OP vegetables from the Sage's Garden.
"Oh, you're back, Hao'er. Wash your hands; lunch will be ready in a minute," Yun'er greeted him while handling the food on the stove.
She was wearing a cute apron with her hair in a high ponytail. She looked quite beautiful.
"Yuhao, I pity you. You're going to have a miserable time during puberty," said the tuna as she cried crocodile tears, and Yuhao simply ignored her.
He planned on renovating the entire house so it could feel like it belonged to him and his mother. He also planned on changing the style of both houses—the one in Japan and the one in the other world—to fit his standards.
...
Huo Yuhao was currently standing in the open area in the Sage's backyard. He was going to officially start his training.
He sat on the ground and calmed his breathing pattern; he was condensing the first blood soul ring for the [White Dragon of Nihility] martial soul.
The dragon core in his body started pumping with more vigor, and the silhouette of the [White Dragon of Nihility] martial soul appeared behind him.
A blood ring condensed behind Yuhao; it shone with white, blue, and gold colors. It looked beautiful, to say the least. The ring started taking shape and becoming more and more visible as Yuhao continued to condense it.
A few minutes later.
A white-gold soul ring settled peacefully behind Yuhao. In Douluo Dalu, blood rings are quite special, as they use the owner's bloodline essence and Ki to be condensed. Yuhao used the [White Dragon of Nihility] blood essence that was produced by his dragon core to condense this blood soul ring.
Yuhao opened his eyes and stared at the blood ring floating around him. It looked beautiful—it was a white-gold ring with sky-blue markings all over it; these colors were the main color scheme for Alarion. Alarion had beautiful white scales all over his body, and his eyes were sky blue.
He appraised the blood ring and was pleased with the results.
[Alarion's First Blood Ring.]
[Type: Blood Ring.]
[Age: 1,000,000 Years Old (Growing)]
[Soul Skill: White Dragon Body, Gaze of Nihility, Monarch of Light (Passive)]
[White Dragon Body.]
[Description: Increases all attributes by 200% and allows the growth of White Dragon scales over Huo Yuhao's body.]
[Gaze of Nihility.]
[Description: Those who stare at the abyss, the abyss stares back at them. Opponents who face the Gaze of Nihility have their attributes reduced by 50% and fall into a state of fear.]
[Monarch of Light (Passive)]
[Description: Alarion was born with the purest light and could control all light as he wished. Increases control over [Corrupt Light] by 300% and increases the damage of every light attack by 150%.]
This was the first divine blood ring condensed by Huo Yuhao for his [White Dragon of Nihility] martial soul.
"It's a very good skill, Yuhao," commented the tuna. She was impressed by the effects of his first soul skill, and Yuhao had to agree with her.
He activated the blood ring, and it shone with brilliant light as Yuhao could feel the white dragon scales growing over his body. He focused on his hand, and it turned into a white dragon claw. It looked beautiful but dangerous at the same time.
He tried to form a spark of [Corrupt Light] on his index finger, and it formed with much ease. He launched it in a ray-like attack towards the nearest tree, and the result:
BOOOOOOOOM
A crater formed, destroying all nearby trees and scaring away nearby monsters. Well, they would grow back again, as this forest could regenerate, making it the best source of wood and timber—if you could get out alive.
"Hmmm, I like this skill a lot," he commented as he deactivated the skill, and the [White Dragon of Nihility] martial soul disappeared.
"Okay, now let's start training. Do you have any suggestions, Ms. Herrscher?" He asked the tuna for her input.
Simple body training had no effect on him at all, as his body adapted to the strain almost instantly.
"Hmm, since you can't train normally, I will increase the pressure on you when you start body training. I will also make Honkai energy course through your body to build resistance for Herrscher training in the future," the tuna suggested.
As one of her authorities as a Herrscher was gravity, and Kiana being the Herrscher of Finality meant that she could use that authority to increase pressure on Yuhao during his body training.
"For your attack skills, you like spears, but I want you to make use of the [True Martial Arts] skill, so you are going to train in every type of combat in the stigma space when you are sleeping," she added with a relaxed tone.
Yuhao would enter the stigma space in his sleep, enter combat simulations, and start learning about knowledge in the previous eras in the stigma space.
"For [Thread Manipulation], I would say try to create threads in the fabric of space and cut anything using them. Try to create armor and clothing with it to increase your control," Kiana added as she started wearing a military outfit with black glasses and a military cap. She looked like a drill sergeant that was going to torture Yuhao.
"For [Illusion Manipulation], try to keep an illusion active on yourself at all times to get better control over it. Try to cast illusions on the monsters living in the forest to fool them into attacking each other. That would be a start." The Herrscher said all that in one breath; it seemed like she really wanted to break Yuhao.
Huo Yuhao started sweating. Was this silly tuna trying to kill him from overwork or something? But he chose to stay silent and comply with her training regime, as she had more experience than him when it came to combat and body training.
"This is going to be painful," he muttered as he looked up at the sky with dull eyes.
(Chapter 24 finished.)
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An:
Phew, this chapter is about 2.2k words without the author's note. It took longer than usual.
I will use the 『』for essence skills and status from now on. I will also still use the world's consciousness statuses and skills that will be absorbed by the essence and imprinted on Yuhao.
For example, Yuhao cooked a meal in the new world, and the world's consciousness gave a [Cooking: 1] skill. The essence will absorb the skill and reimprint it to Yuhao so that it truly belongs to him and can't be blocked or stolen by any entity.
He can use skill points to get similar skills, but why waste skill points when he gets the skill for free from the world's consciousness?
He will only use skill points for skills and magic that he can't recreate or get for free from Argena. For example, he can't recreate the primordial runes from Fate, so he will use skill points to get them, and so on.
Kiana is going full drill sergeant on Yuhao in training, and I will make some time skips so you don't get too bored during the training arc.
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