Spirit Eyes' First Ring, Wind Baboon

As the white light was about to strike him, Huo Yuhao grew even more flustered.

At the critical moment, he only had time to raise the White Tiger Dagger in front of himself.

The white light struck the White Tiger Dagger, which suddenly emitted a jade-green glow and actually swallowed the white light whole.

Huo Yuhao was overjoyed, but before he could celebrate for long, a shadow blocked out the sunlight.

The Wind Baboon's body was already lunging at him, white light flickering from its mouth.

This terrified Huo Yuhao.

But he had no time to dodge. In his panic, he could only wildly swing the White Tiger Dagger.

Bang!

The Wind Baboon's claw struck Huo Yuhao in the chest, sending him flying several meters away. He rolled twice across the ground, his body covered in dirt.

Huo Yuhao convulsed in pain, blood lingering around his mouth and nose. The spot on his chest where the Wind Baboon had clawed him was a mangled, bloody mess, blood pouring from it.

That claw from the Wind Baboon had inflicted another serious injury on Huo Yuhao.

Even his internal organs had been shaken.

Suppressing the pain, Huo Yuhao struggled to his feet, clutching the White Tiger Dagger tightly as he warily stared ahead.

To his surprise, the Wind Baboon was no longer moving.

Looking closely, he saw that the Wind Baboon had stiffened on the ground, with a white Soul Ring floating above its body.

The Wind Baboon was dead?

Huo Yuhao was somewhat puzzled as he carefully recalled what had just happened.

At the time, in his panic, he could only wave the White Tiger Dagger around wildly. During that struggle, he seemed to have indeed struck something.

Thinking it over, he must have accidentally pierced the Wind Baboon's vital spot earlier.

Having figured out what had happened, Huo Yuhao finally relaxed and collapsed onto the ground.

He panted heavily. What had just happened had been unimaginably dangerous for him.

If he had not happened to strike the Wind Baboon's vital point, perhaps he would be the one dead now.

In terms of true strength, he was still no match for the Wind Baboon.

The claw wounds on his waist and chest were still bleeding. If he did not stop the bleeding in time, he would only grow weaker and weaker.

Huo Yuhao took a clean cloth from his pack, wiped the areas around his wounds clean, then applied hemostatic herbs.

Over the years, he had suffered too many beatings. He always carried some pain-relieving and hemostatic herbs with him.

After applying the medicine, Huo Yuhao bandaged his wounds. By the time he had finished everything, his head was covered in sweat.

With wounds on his waist and chest and his internal organs shaken, Huo Yuhao was seriously injured.

If he went any farther, he would likely meet with disaster.

Huo Yuhao looked at the Wind Baboon's corpse not far away, his gaze filled with sorrow.

Though he did not know what kind of Soul Beast the Wind Baboon was, he was certain it was not of the spiritual attribute.

That meant this Wind Baboon was not suitable for him.

But in his current condition, could he still continue searching for a Soul Beast suited to him?

Before coming to the Star Dou Great Forest, he had been full of hope, wishing to obtain a Soul Ring that suited him perfectly.

But now, the Wind Baboon's appearance had dealt him a crushing blow.

Even a ten-year Soul Beast had nearly taken his life.

Could he truly handle those hundred-year Soul Beasts?

If he continued onward, there was no possibility other than death.

Huo Yuhao was somewhat despairing, and tears fell from his eyes as though they cost nothing.

He was all alone, without any powerful backing, and could never obtain a good Soul Ring.

Huo Yuhao did not even dare say for certain whether he would be as lucky this time if he encountered another ten-year Soul Beast.

Though the Wind Baboon's Soul Ring was unsuitable for him, it was still a Soul Ring in the end.

With this Soul Ring, he could advance to become a Soul Master.

When he reached Level Twenty, he could obtain a better Soul Ring.

For the current Huo Yuhao, nothing was more important than becoming a Soul Master.

"Mom..."

With tears in his eyes, Huo Yuhao thought of his mother once more.

He stood up again and walked toward the Wind Baboon's corpse.

He sat before the corpse, and under the pull of his Soul Power, the white Soul Ring floating above the Wind Baboon drifted toward Huo Yuhao.

A ten-year Soul Ring did not contain much energy.

After roughly an hour and a half, Huo Yuhao finished absorbing the Soul Ring and became a Level Eleven Soul Master.

Huo Yuhao's Spirit Eyes flickered, and a white Soul Ring appeared beneath him.

The soul skill the Wind Baboon brought Huo Yuhao was called Spirit Shock.

Wind Baboons liked to roar and beat their chests to intimidate others.

Combined with Huo Yuhao's Spirit Eyes, it became this soul skill.

The effect of Spirit Shock was that, when Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Power exceeded his opponent's and the opponent's willpower was exceptionally weak, it had a chance of producing a mental intimidation effect.

In other words, for this soul skill to take effect, there were three key conditions.

First, Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Power had to be higher than his opponent's.

Second, his opponent's mental fortitude and willpower had to be very weak.

Third, it only had a chance of causing the intimidation effect. Even if the first two conditions were met, it was only a chance, not a certainty.

If Su Yu were to evaluate this kind of soul skill effect, he would probably say he had never seen anything like it in eight lifetimes.

Moreover, Su Yu would never have imagined that Huo Yuhao, in the original work, had fooled people every day by claiming his first Soul Ring was from a ten-year Wind Baboon.

Now, his first Soul Ring had truly become a ten-year Wind Baboon's.

Before the Lake of Life, Su Yu was bidding farewell to the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and the others.

"Ming Li, I'm leaving. There's something I need to remind you of. While I'm gone, don't leave the core area unless absolutely necessary, understand?"

"Your identity is special. There are always troublemakers who want to harm you."

Su Yu stroked the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's fur as he gently cautioned her.

The current Three-Eyed Golden Lion did not carry Tang Wutong's soul.

He had had the system check that.

In the original work, Tang Wutong's soul had probably been placed within the Three-Eyed Golden Lion by Tang San when Huo Yuhao first encountered her and underwent the destiny attraction.

He had even shamelessly claimed that the Three-Eyed Golden Lion was the incarnation of his daughter.

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion was already fifteen thousand years old, older than Tang San himself. That certain God King truly was an expert at lying through his teeth.

But it was true that the Three-Eyed Golden Lion was destined to face a calamity. That calamity was a test from the World Will, and its target was the Child of Fortune.

Now that he was the Child of Destiny, the target of the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's calamity was naturally him.

As long as he was the target, it was manageable. Naturally, he would not let anything happen to the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.

What he needed to guard against, however, was that certain God King.

That was why he had told the Three-Eyed Golden Lion not to leave the core area casually.

Once his Novice Protection Period ended, he would inevitably draw that certain God King's attention.

Thus, he likewise would not casually come to the Star Dou Great Forest in the future, denying that certain God King any chance to strike from the shadows.

That certain God King had no idea how many schemes waiting for him. Su Yu himself was not afraid; he could deal with whatever came his way. He was only afraid of dragging down those around him.

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