Two hours later.
"Yuhao, be careful. We've entered the region of Devil Forest that's equivalent to the Star Dou Great Forest Core Circle."
"Ten Thousand Year Soul Beasts roam here, and we might even encounter something more powerful. Perhaps one of them will be what you need."
Ice Empress reminded Huo Yuhao.
Huo Yuhao understood what she meant. He nodded and said, "You've worked hard. I'll handle it myself."
If Ice Empress stayed outside any longer, he would be as conspicuous as an enormous Soul Guidance Lamp. Now that they had entered this area, they might encounter powerful Soul Beasts.
A trace of Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast aura might not necessarily scare them away. It might even attract more powerful Soul Beasts instead.
Thus, Huo Yuhao abandoned his previous swaggering advance and immediately became much more discreet.
As he walked, Huo Yuhao held a Soul Bone in one hand, absorbing its power to temper his own bones.
During his period of seclusion, Huo Yuhao had not had much time to temper his bones with Soul Bones. Even so, the strength of his skeleton—more than two hundred bones within his body—had already reached the level of Ninety Thousand Year Soul Bones.
The current Huo Yuhao truly had a head of bronze and bones of iron.
Soon, the energy within another Ninety Thousand Year Soul Bone was completely absorbed by Huo Yuhao. It crumbled into powder, while Huo Yuhao's bones began cracking uncontrollably at that very moment.
Crack, crack, crack, crack.
Huo Yuhao spread open his palm and carefully examined it. Through his skin, he looked at the bones glowing with a pale gold luster, then clenched his fist tightly.
His entire skeleton had finally broken through to the One Hundred Thousand Year level.
Not only that, although Huo Yuhao had done his