Was Yuhao Actually... a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast?

However, to obtain Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's Molted Shell, he would have to enter the core region of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's body was trapped there. Although Di Tian and the others had yet to capture him, he could not leave the core region either.

With Huo Yuhao's current strength, he simply could not enter the core region of the Star Dou Great Forest. Even a Thousand-Year Soul Beast could swallow him in one bite.

If Huo Yuhao wanted to enter the core region of the Star Dou Great Forest by relying on his own strength, then even with the aid of various Soul Tools, he would need to reach at least Level Fifty before it became possible.

By the time he reached Level Fifty, it would be far too late!

Huo Yuhao shook his head. He could only take things one step at a time.

He was not in a hurry. His starting point was far higher than it had been in his previous life, so there was no need for Huo Yuhao to rush.

Huo Yuhao briefly tested his Soul Ring skills.

Huo Yuhao was already familiar with the four soul skills—Mental Detection, Mental Sharing, Mental Interference, and Soul Impact. Seeing that they were no different from his previous life, he returned to the dormitory.

After returning to the dormitory, Huo Yuhao found Xiao Wu sitting on his bed in a daze.

"Xiao Wu, what are you spacing out for?" Huo Yuhao asked casually.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Wu stared blankly at Huo Yuhao and said, "Yuhao, let's become good friends."

"Aren't we already good friends?" Huo Yuhao asked strangely.

Xiao Wu shook her head. "Not that kind of good friend. The kind who can rely on and support each other, and trust each other completely."

Huo Yuhao: "..."

You'd better really mean good friends...

Huo Yuhao did not understand why Xiao Wu had suddenly said this. After pondering for a moment, he said seriously, "Xiao Wu, I don't know what you're thinking, but I trust you completely."

Judging from his experiences in his previous life, Tang San was rather self-centered, while Xiao Wu was very pure-hearted.

Being friends with Tang San required keeping a measure of caution, but being friends with Xiao Wu required no such thing.

Especially since Xiao Wu had only recently left the Star Dou Great Forest and knew nothing about the human world. Her heart was as pure as a blank sheet of paper. There was nothing to worry about in being friends with her.

Hearing Huo Yuhao's words, Xiao Wu revealed a happy smile and said, "Then it's settled. We'll be good friends for life from now on!"

After a pause, Xiao Wu raised her brows and asked with a smile, "What did you go do just now? Can you tell me now?"

Huo Yuhao coughed lightly and said, "No."

"You..." Xiao Wu pouted, then tilted her head in thought before asking, "What level are you now?"

Without suspecting anything, Huo Yuhao answered directly, "I'm Level Eleven now."

Xiao Wu covered her mouth and said in "surprise," "You're already Level Eleven? That fast? Weren't you only Level Seven when school started? It's been less than two months, and you've already reached Level Eleven and obtained a Soul Ring?"

Xiao Wu appeared surprised on the surface, but a deep smile hid in her eyes, and the corners of her covered mouth curled upward slightly.

Huo Yuhao said proudly, "Impressive, right?"

"Impressive. Very impressive..." Xiao Wu said with amusement in her voice.

Then Xiao Wu looked at Huo Yuhao and said, "Since you're also a one-ring Soul Master now, let's have a fight. You're not allowed to use your Black Iron Rod. That thing is too powerful; it's practically cheating..."

"Sure, but you're not allowed to use your Leg Wraps or Arm Guards either." Huo Yuhao immediately agreed. He also wanted to test his true strength.

"Alright!" Xiao Wu answered excitedly. "Come with me to the training ground!"

The two left the dormitory one after the other and arrived at the academy training ground.

"Throw away your Black Iron Rod," Xiao Wu said.

Huo Yuhao casually tossed the Electric Baton at his waist onto the ground and said to Xiao Wu, "You take off your Leg Wraps and Arm Guards too."

That girl Xiao Wu was crafty. Ever since her first fight with Huo Yuhao, when he had forcibly pulled her legs apart, she had tied Leg Wraps with an extremely rough surface around her calves.

To counter Huo Yuhao's Electric Baton, Xiao Wu had also strapped Arm Guards onto her arms.

After that, neither Huo Yuhao nor Xiao Wu had been able to do anything to the other in their fights.

Instead of answering, Xiao Wu asked, "I saw you make quite a few Black Iron Rods. Is that the only one you have on you?"

"Just that one," Huo Yuhao answered honestly.

"I don't believe you!" Xiao Wu immediately began searching Huo Yuhao. "You're lying. Isn't there another one here..."

"Stop messing around!" Huo Yuhao slapped Xiao Wu's hand away and said angrily, "That's not one!"

"Oh." Seeing that Huo Yuhao was genuinely getting embarrassed and angry, Xiao Wu immediately behaved herself a little more. Her eyes rolled, and she opened her big watery eyes as she said, "Fine, I didn't use my Leg Wraps or Arm Guards today. Let's begin."

Huo Yuhao sneered. "I don't believe a word you say!"

As he spoke, he grabbed Xiao Wu's wrist, raised her arm, and felt it.

It was very hard.

They were definitely Arm Guards!

Huo Yuhao snorted. "And you said you weren't wearing any? Take them off already, or I won't fight you."

Xiao Wu had no choice but to remove both her Leg Wraps and Arm Guards. She moved her arms and legs, then said with a smile, "Come on!"

As soon as she spoke, red light surged from her entire body. Her ears slowly lengthened and rose from the sides of her head, covered in soft white fur. A yellow Soul Ring slowly rose from beneath Xiao Wu's feet.

A hazy glow flickered in Huo Yuhao's eyes as a gleaming white Soul Ring rose from beneath his feet.

Xiao Wu had originally intended to rush straight at him, since close combat was her specialty. But when she saw the color of Huo Yuhao's Soul Ring, she stopped in surprise and asked, "Yuhao, why is your first Soul Ring only ten years?"

A self-generated Soul Ring should have been at the maximum possible age, shouldn't it?

The maximum age for a Soul Master's first Soul Ring should have been over four hundred years. Why was Huo Yuhao's first Soul Ring only ten years old?

Could it be that Huo Yuhao was not a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast?

But rather...

A Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast?

One that had only taken human form by a fortunate coincidence?

Huo Yuhao said calmly, "What's wrong with a ten-year Soul Ring? It's not like I'm proud of it."

Xiao Wu: "..."

You still want to be proud?

Because she could not expose the fact that Huo Yuhao was a "Soul Beast," Xiao Wu had no way to keep kissing him.

She could only bury this question in her heart. Kicking off the ground with both feet, she leaped into the air and kicked at Huo Yuhao, shouting, "Continue!"

Huo Yuhao's Mental Detection now covered a radius of thirty meters. Within that range, every detail was laid bare, and even the smallest nuances could be clearly reflected in his mind.

After Huo Yuhao activated Mental Detection, Xiao Wu's taut calf, fair ankle, and every expression on her face appeared clearly before his eyes. Huo Yuhao merely shifted one step to the side and avoided Xiao Wu's flying kick.

"Huh?" Xiao Wu exclaimed in surprise. In the past, Huo Yuhao had looked slightly awkward when dodging her attacks, but today, every one of his movements was exceptionally composed, as though all her actions were within his calculations.