Battle Against the Fire Hyena Group, Ice Crystal Fire Lotus

Once Dugu Yan had fully adapted to the new changes, Han Li took her hand and bid farewell to the two titled figures, embarking once again on his Soul Hunting journey.

This is already the central area of the mixed forest Soul Beast zone. Without the protection of two Titled Douluo, even Han Li is on high alert. He doesn't want to end up like a certain Immortal Emperor who died just by accidentally stepping on a bug.

In short, their journey went relatively smoothly. Having the Spiritual Power of Soul Saint is one of the advantages; his detection range is very large, allowing him to avoid some dangers in advance, even those that are unavoidable.

Mental attacks imbued with ice element can often cause a newly encountered Soul Beast to immediately fall into a state of mental sluggishness. Then, Eagle Eye activates the mark and calmly fires an arrow enhanced with elemental and armor-piercing power at the opponent, accurately piercing through the eye. The mixed elements of ice and fire explode directly in the head, thus ending the battle.

Clean, decisive, precise, and violent—all preparations were for the final, explosive strike. This was Han Li's current offensive style, emphasizing efficiency. Dugu Yan was following behind her, watched with admiration.

Broad Hill and Dugu Bo, who were hiding in the shadows, nodded repeatedly. Although they were still a bit inexperienced, they did indeed have the demeanor of strong people.

As they continued their advance, the Soul Beast they encountered grew stronger and stronger until they came across a Fire Hyena Group, at which point they truly witnessed Han Li's combat prowess.

They encountered the Fire Hyena Group unexpectedly in a valley in the forest. Han Li and Dugu Yan had already bypassed their habitat, but just as they were about to leave their territory, they encountered a group of scattered Soul Beast returning from their hunt.

The other party had a very keen sense of smell; even though they had hidden themselves in time, they were still discovered.

Although Han Li had taken action immediately, several Soul Beast Soul Beast still roared because they were still some distance apart. Upon receiving the signal, a large number of fire hyenas from the territory surged towards them and launched a massive attack.

The Fire Hyena Group was not weak; it included a Dog King was nearly 20,000 years old, and four guards who were just over 10,000 years old. Once Soul Beast reaches 10,000 years old, it begins to possess considerable intelligence.

Seeing that there were only Han Li and his companion, and that neither of them possessed particularly strong auras, they immediately pounced on them in a frenzy.

Fire hyenas are not considered strong among Soul Beast; in fact, their individual strength is among the lowest in their class. However, they are able to occupy a considerable territory here because of the power of their group and their fearless fighting style.

Led by the Dog King, all the Soul Beast howled and charged forward.

Seeing this, Han Li immediately ordered Dugu Yan to fly into the sky, but he himself did not leave immediately. Instead, he recalled the relevant information and stopped at a range slightly beyond their attack range.

Using his range advantage, he constantly gave the opponent hope, while repeatedly turning back to harass them with wide-range ice arrows, enraging them and preventing the Dog King from getting close to him quickly. He then took advantage of the opportunity to start firing at the guards around the Dog King.

After killing two ten-thousand-year-old fire hyenas and several eight-thousand-year-old fire hyenas, the Dog King entered a berserk state, ignoring his harassment. A ball of flame appeared around his body, and he withstood his attacks until he reached the vicinity.

Just as the Dog King thought victory was within reach, Han Li smiled and detonated the cold poison on its body. Combined with the mind-slowing effect of the mental attack, he sent a milky white arrow into its still-barking mouth and detonated it directly in its heart.

The invincible Dog King has fallen.

But the battle was not over. The fall of the Dog King completely ignited the madness of the Fire Hyena Group, and they began to charge towards Han Li without regard for the cost.

Han Li had no intention of indulging them. Since the combat power test was not yet fully completed, he flew into the air amidst the dogs' despairing gazes, put away his Martial Soul, and after a brief compression of his Soul Power, threw a red and white lotus flower into the center of the battlefield.

Then, after a brief pause, the lotus exploded completely among the pack of dogs, leaving nearly thirty Soul Beast in place with a single strike.

Their remaining corpses, with ice crystals and flames coexisting, were quite a beautiful sight.

This attack completely shattered the Fire Hyena Group's will to fight. Some of the younger fire hyenas instinctively began to flee frantically, and their behavior affected the other fire hyenas.

Soon, the previously united Fire Hyena Group disbanded and fled in different directions.

Once all the Soul Beast had disappeared from the surrounding area, Han Li landed from mid-air. After checking and finding no Soul Bone, he quickly fled the scene with Dugu Yan.

His Spiritual Power consumption was not too bad, but his Soul Power had dropped to less than a third of its original level. This was only because his Soul Power was relatively solid, so breaking through the defenses of five fire hyenas with combat power between Soul King and Soul Emperor was not difficult.

However, the arrows he fired to ensure he could kill the Fire Dog King directly, and the Ice Crystal Fire Lotus he threw at the end, were major consumers of Soul Power. These two attacks alone consumed nearly half of his Soul Power.

After getting away from that area, Han Li finally relaxed.

Then, under Dugu Yan's surprised gaze, he decisively chose to use the "Great Summoning Technique".

After Broad Hill and Dugu Bo appeared, he nodded to the three of them, sat down cross-legged, and quickly began to recover his Soul Power.

Is that strange?

Broad Hill smiled and asked Dugu Yan, who was still somewhat dazed.

"Yes, a little. The thought of Xiao Li single-handedly scattering a Fire Hyena Group and then turning around and calling for his teacher just feels a bit, well, a bit off."

Dugu Yan expressed her true thoughts.

"Haha, you'll get used to it. This is the real Xiao Li. Face is nothing to him; safety is his top priority."

Broad Hill thought of what had happened before and couldn't help but chuckle.

"Han Li's approach is correct. Only in this way can one live longer and better in the Soul Master World. Yan Yan, you must remember this."

Dugu Bo took this opportunity to teach his granddaughter a lesson.

"Yes, I understand, Grandfather."

Dugu Yan nodded obediently in agreement.

"Hmm, but this kid is really strong. He almost wiped out that pack of Fire Hyena Group all by himself. If he were to encounter one of them alone, he would probably have a chance to kill even a 30,000-year-old ordinary Soul Beast, unless it's a very fast flying Soul Beast."

Dugu Bo sighed as he looked at Han Li, who was recovering his Soul Power.

"Don't say that. His Soul Power is still too weak, which is holding him back. His explosive power is only so-so."

At this moment, Broad Hill became humble on Han Li's behalf, but the slight upturn of his lips betrayed his true feelings.

"Tch, anyone who didn't know better would think I was praising you."

Dugu Bo gave him a disgruntled look.

"He is my apprentice."

"You..."

"He is my apprentice."

"..."

Seeing that he couldn't win the argument with Broad Hill, Dugu Bo simply shut his mouth, went to his granddaughter, and muttered to himself, glancing at Broad Hill every now and then.