Soul Hunting Forest

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

"I'm saying, blacksmith, can't we take a carriage? Do we have to walk?"

Zhu Rong said to Tang Hao with great dissatisfaction.

Three whole days. God knew how he had survived them.

Zhu Rong had no idea where Tang Hao was taking him to obtain a soul ring, so he had simply followed behind him.

And that walk had lasted three days!

He was only a six-year-old child!

"We're almost there."

Tang Hao waved a hand, raised the gourd at his waist, and took a swig of wine before speaking.

Carriages cost money. Since it was not that far, walking was better.

Tang Hao intended to first try their luck at the nearby Soul Hunting Forest. If they found no suitable choice, they would head to those primeval forests.

It was not that Tang Hao was afraid. Holy Soul Village was simply far too distant from those primeval forests!

Zhu Rong rolled his eyes. Had he known it would be like this, he would have gone to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Still, there would be chances in the future!

Once he tricked Tang Hao to death...

Tang Hao had wanted to kill him before, to eliminate future trouble. If he had not been clever, he would already be dead.

Neither of them was a good person. Between the two of them, they had more than eight hundred schemes.

They walked for who knew how long before finally stopping in front of a wall.

The wall was over twenty meters tall, and its length was unknown. From afar, it appeared circular.

"This is the Soul Hunting Forest closest to Holy Soul Village. Let's try our luck."

Seeing Zhu Rong's utterly bewildered expression, Tang Hao explained.

Zhu Rong was genuinely stunned. He truly wanted to curse Tang Hao out.

"You're a dignified Title Douluo, and you brought me to a Soul Hunting Forest to get a soul ring? Have you no shame?"

Zhu Rong knew what sort of soul beasts mostly inhabited Soul Hunting Forests.

Even a "perfectly ordinary" and "utterly unremarkable" soul beast like the Mandala Snake was an exceedingly terrifying existence in a Soul Hunting Forest.

Could there really be anything good in this Soul Hunting Forest?

Before Zhu Rong could think further, Tang Hao's large hand reached out and grabbed him by the shoulder.

"Whoosh..."

Their bodies crossed the towering wall and entered the Soul Hunting Forest.

After landing safely.

"Huff, huff..."

Zhu Rong kept taking deep breaths, his face pale as he cursed inwardly:

Damn Tang Hao. He didn't even warn me or give me a chance to prepare myself!

Is there no gate? Did he have to take a shortcut?

Tang Hao possessed a Spirit Hall Elder Token. To avoid being investigated for anything, he had not used it to enter through the main gate of this Soul Hunting Forest.

How they entered was unimportant. Their purpose had not changed.

After a while, Zhu Rong finally calmed down and began looking around the Soul Hunting Forest with his small eyes.

"Just one wall apart, yet the difference is this huge!"

Indeed, the Soul Hunting Forest was vastly different from the outside world.

Even though they were separated by only one wall!

On the other side of the wall, there were many trees, flowers, and grasses, but they lacked a certain vitality.

On this side, most trees were one or even two times larger than those outside. The air was more humid, and within the soil...

Seeing Zhu Rong looking like someone who had never seen the world, Tang Hao shook his head and lifted his wine gourd to drink again.

"Wine bought with Gold Soul Coins is far better than that ale."

After taking two swigs, Tang Hao said to Zhu Rong:

"Kid, with your current Soul Power Level, a soul beast could jump out at any moment in the Soul Hunting Forest and eat you. Watch yourself, and don't stray too far from me."

With that, Tang Hao walked toward the central region of the Soul Hunting Forest without looking back.

Soul beasts had a strong sense of territory. The more powerful the soul beast, the more likely it was to remain in the central areas.

Even though Tang Hao was not very educated and his head was full of muscles and schemes, he still understood this basic common sense.

Seeing Tang Hao walk off on his own, Zhu Rong hurriedly followed. This man was his hired muscle; he could not let him run away.

Zhu Rong was no longer what he once had been. He had the Armor of Resurrection, the Sacred Redemption Hand Cannon, and an overpowered martial soul.

If Zhu Rong truly went all out, he would not be able to walk sideways through this tiny Soul Hunting Forest, but there would not be much danger either.

At worst, he would die and return to the village!

He had brought Tang Hao along so that he would have some protection while absorbing the soul ring!

Zhu Rong had not yet learned anything about soul beasts, nor did he know how to absorb a soul ring. Without bringing along a useful tool, how would he know what to do...

Perhaps because Tang Hao was there, the two walked for nearly half an hour without encountering even a single soul beast!

"That's strange. I clearly restrained my aura. How can there not be a single soul beast within a thousand meters?"

A trace of astonishment flashed through Tang Hao's eyes. Before entering the Soul Hunting Forest, he had already concealed his aura because he was afraid of scaring these weak soul beasts away.

Yet after entering, they had not encountered a single soul beast for an entire thirty minutes!

This was the Soul Hunting Forest. Was that normal?

Soul beasts were far more perceptive of danger than humans.

But Tang Hao had been wronged. He had not released his aura at all!

As Zhu Rong walked, he also noticed this phenomenon. Along the way, they had not even seen an ordinary wild animal, let alone a soul beast!

Tang Hao paused briefly without speaking, then continued toward the center of the Soul Hunting Forest.

Zhu Rong did not ask anything and simply followed.

If even Tang Hao could not find a soul beast, then Zhu Rong had even less chance of doing so.

The trees within the Soul Hunting Forest were all quite large, and the closer they drew to the forest's center, the larger the trees became.

The light grew increasingly dim. Sunlight could only filter through scattered leaves and fall into the forest.

"Big Brother, is it really okay for us to do this? What if the higher-ups investigate us..."

"There's nothing wrong with it. Heaven knows, the earth knows, you know, and I know. Later, we can just find two Soul Grand Masters to take the blame."

Upon hearing their conversation, Zhu Rong and Tang Hao instinctively stopped walking.

Human curiosity was extremely strong, almost comparable to that of cats.

They did not even need to look. Just from their voices, it was clear these two had a secret!

The information revealed in their words was scarce, but who were Zhu Rong and Tang Hao?

Zhu Rong had read Douluo Continent and had practically viewed this world from a god's perspective.

Tang Hao was currently a Title Douluo above level ninety, and he had once been the young sect master of the Clear Sky Sect, the number one sect in the world.

After a short while, Tang Hao seemed to recall something. His expression became animated as he said:

"I didn't expect this trip to bring an unexpected gain. Those two are quite lucky!"

Zhu Rong was slightly startled, then instantly understood what Tang Hao meant.

Those two were actually slaughtering large numbers of low-level soul beasts in the Soul Hunting Forest, and not for any other reason than Soul Bones!

Judging from the information in their earlier conversation, those two held a certain degree of status and strength within this Soul Hunting Forest...