Hundred Thousand Year Soul Skill (Happy New Year)

Land of the Undead.

With Electrolux's help, Huo Yuhao successfully absorbed the 100,000 Year Right Arm Bone.

He immediately sensed the two soul skills this soul bone had granted him:

Soul Skill One: Valiant Sharpness

Effect: Sharp bone claws extend from the fingertips, capable of cutting through gold and shattering stone, unleashing wind blades to tear apart enemies.

Soul Skill Two: Netherworld Stealth

Effect: Conceals oneself within the Nether Void, increasing all attributes by 30%. Allows one to perceive an enemy's weaknesses. Striking a weakness guarantees a critical hit. The effect automatically ends upon attacking or being attacked. Duration: three minutes.

Tiger claws, an invisibility skill?

"Thank you for standing guard, Old Yi." Huo Yuhao suppressed his inner joy and bowed toward the depths of the darkness.

"The energy accumulated within your body is immense. At present, it can barely maintain a delicate balance. Remember, you must not absorb another soul ring anytime soon..." Electrolux's ethereal voice rang out.

"I will heed your teachings, Teacher." Huo Yuhao bowed respectfully in thanks.

Had Old Yi not gathered and sealed the pure energy contained within the soul ring and soul bone, he would never have dared risk absorbing a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and soul bone at the same time.

His Soul Power Level had now reached the limit of level twenty, but he still needed time to stabilize it. He could not absorb the Second Soul Ring anytime soon, lest he disrupt the balance within his body and end up exploding to death. That would be more loss than gain.

A massive amount of soul power from the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and soul bone had accumulated within him. The faint traces of energy leaking out would aid his cultivation, directly sparing him the need to draw power from the outside world. He only needed to refine it, greatly improving his slow cultivation speed.

A Hundred Thousand Year First Soul Ring, along with a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.

The soul ring and soul bone had each granted him two soul skills. One ring was stronger than four rings.

Feeling the small amount of strength building up within him once more, Huo Yuhao smiled faintly.

Huo Yuhao pulled himself together in the Land of the Undead.

It had taken him several days to absorb the soul ring and soul bone. He wondered how those outside were doing.

Huo Yuhao immediately mobilized some of the authority Old Yi had granted him and actively opened the Gate of the Undead, heading out into the outside world.

Sunset Forest, Central-Outer Mixed Zone.

A rift appeared in the void, and a hazy, incorporeal figure stepped out. Some undead creatures followed behind him, preparing to cross over.

However, before those undead creatures could take that step, the crack in the void sealed shut again.

Huo Yuhao, in his Netherworld Stealth state, observed from midair and discovered that Spirit Hall's Soul Master Team had long since vanished.

It looked like they had already withdrawn. Ah, damn it—

The black shadow stepped into empty air and plummeted headfirst straight into the forest.

Bang!

A small cloud of dust rose from the ground.

Huo Yuhao struggled to his feet, rubbing his swollen head with a wry smile.

Having walked through the air for so long, he had instinctively opened the Void Rift in midair. This fall had been utterly unfair.

Although he had gotten separated from those people, that was precisely the outcome he wanted.

Huo Yuhao observed the flow of the earth veins through the forest, gazing at the mist-shrouded valley deep within the woods.

The valley containing the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well should be somewhere over there... probably.

His brows knitted together.

Mountains and deep forests were inherently easy to confuse.

Different viewing angles naturally produced different sights.

Especially between ten thousand years ago and ten thousand years later, the only things that could truly overlap were those ambiguous mountain ranges.

That region was the Core Area of Sunset Forest, where many powerful soul beasts lurked. Now that Old Yi had fallen asleep, there was no way he could protect him.

If he wanted Old Yi to awaken again and nourish his soul, then he naturally could not avoid the immortal herbs of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Huo Yuhao shook his head, clearing away all those messy thoughts.

First things first, he had to pick the immortal herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. That was his core purpose for coming here.

Back when he was only in his twenties, he had dared let Tian Meng talk him into venturing deep into the Far North Land to seek Ice Empress's sacrifice. What could a mere Sunset Forest do to him?

Suddenly, Huo Yuhao sensed danger. He immediately pressed himself against a tree trunk and used Netherworld Stealth to turn invisible.

Enormous spider legs stabbed into the ground like spears, supporting a five-meter-tall spider body. The eerie white armor plating on its abdomen formed what looked like a smiling face wearing a mask.

Man-Faced Demon Spider, Ten Thousand Year.

Huo Yuhao carefully held his breath, respectfully seeing this apex predator on its way.

After the Man-Faced Demon Spider had passed, Huo Yuhao turned and headed deeper into Sunset Forest.

Sunset Forest, outer perimeter.

"Still nothing?" Hu Liena asked haggardly.

The soul masters who had gone searching shook their heads slightly.

Xie Yue stepped forward and patted Hu Liena on the shoulder.

"Perhaps he escaped ahead of us."

"That was the Central-Outer Mixed Zone. He didn't even have a soul ring..." Hu Liena's voice was full of worry.

Even under the protection of numerous Soul Master Teams, it had taken them several days to travel from the outer region into the Central-Outer Mixed Zone.

How could a boy without even a soul skill escape from territory inhabited by Thousand-Year Soul Beasts?

She felt that she had gotten him killed.

If she had not brought him to Sunset Forest, would everything have turned out differently?

At the very least, he could have lived well.

"He's a lucky person. He'll escape. Most likely, his route was simply different from the direction we withdrew in," Xie Yue comforted her.

Hearing that, Hu Liena could only place her hopes on it.

At that moment, Yan came over with a message, saying that the three lords had summoned them for questioning.

Hu Liena and Xie Yue looked up and saw three Black-Robed Men gathered not far away.

"Describe everything you saw during the earlier incident," said the Black-Robed Soul Sage at the head of the group.

Seeing that his sister was in low spirits, Xie Yue took the initiative to recount everything they had seen.

A Hell White Tiger had suddenly appeared, though its exact age was unknown.

Lord Fang, who had originally been leading them, had been slapped to death by the Hell White Tiger.

Later, the Hell White Tiger unleashed a sonic roar attack, but at that moment, an ancient, melodious voice rang out behind them.

"What did that person say?" the lead Soul Sage hurriedly asked.

"Holding the Sun and Moon, plucking the stars, there is none in this world like me." Xie Yue imitated that ancient, arrogant tone as he spoke the words.

The three Soul Sages present were shaken.

Playing with the sun and moon? Plucking stars with a raised hand? Who could be so arrogant?

"Did you see that person's face clearly?" another Soul Sage asked.

"That person was wrapped in a black robe. It was too blurry to see his face clearly." Xie Yue shook his head.

Knowing that was unlikely, the Soul Sage changed his question. "Did that person have any particularly noticeable features?"

"That person emitted an intense aura of death. We mistook him for Ghost Elder," Yan added.

"An aura of death?" The three Soul Sages exchanged glances.

Could Ghost Elder really have acted?

No. If Ghost Elder had been there, how could he have failed to show himself when they encountered danger?

"What happened afterward? How did you escape? And where did the Hell White Tiger go?" the lead Soul Sage asked.

"After that, all I saw was an extremely bright white light. I can't remember anything else." Xie Yue shook his head slightly.

"I don't know what happened afterward either." Yan shook his head.

Neither did Hu Liena.

She did not know what happened next. All they knew was that they had retreated on instinct.

This...

The three Soul Sages looked at one another and fell into thought.

How were they supposed to write this operation report?

Wishing everyone a happy New Year! Starting this month, there will be two updates a day.