The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm Heads to the Battlefield Next

At this moment, Huo Yuhao was following the Shadow Cat as it wandered around the Outer Circle.

The Outer Circle was mostly inhabited by Ten-Year and Hundred-Year Soul Beasts. Thousand-Year Soul Beasts were exceedingly rare.

Honestly, these Soul Beasts were pretty resilient. They had been relentlessly harvested by Soul Masters for hundreds of thousands of years, yet they still maintained such enormous numbers.

It would take another ten thousand years for land Soul Beasts to approach extinction. This world truly was wondrous—worthy of being called a supernatural world.

Di Tian really had it tough, trying to unite the Soul Beasts into a single race.

It was far too difficult to make a group with an internal food chain develop a shared sense of identity.

People eating people was something no one but Hannibal could do, while tiger-type Soul Beasts preying on rabbit-type Soul Beasts was simply instinct.

Making tiger-type Soul Beasts and rabbit-type Soul Beasts recognize one another as members of the same race was difficult for both tigers and rabbits.

For example, when the beast tide besieged Shrek in the original story, a rabbit-type Soul Beast standing alongside a tiger-type Soul Beast would first have to worry not about being blown to pieces by human Soul Tools, but about the tiger-type Soul Beast treating it as a snack.

Di Tian said, "Soft Bone Rabbit, go fight shoulder to shoulder with the Six-Winged Demonic Tiger."

The Soft Bone Rabbit said, "Huh?! Me?"

"Di Tian, are you even awake?!"

In the eyes of tiger-type Soul Beasts, rabbits were food. If Di Tian had not been overwhelmingly powerful, the tiger-type Soul Beasts would have eaten the rabbit-type Soul Beasts first.

The tiger-type Soul Beasts said, "Companion, tasty!"

So in Huo Yuhao's view, the notion of a Soul Beast race was fundamentally imprecise. The so-called revival of the Soul Beast race was even more absurd.

It was merely the lingering obsession of Di Tian, an old relic from the Dragon God Era, with that age of the Dragon Clan.

A group that could never unite would never stir up any waves.

The Shadow Cat was a vivid example as well. It would rather grow close to Huo Yuhao, a human, and act as his guide than trust other Soul Beasts.

Sure enough, the Shadow Cat grabbed Huo Yuhao's pant leg and pointed one little paw toward a stretch of dense woods ahead, gesturing repeatedly.

"Meow, meow!"

Huo Yuhao pondered for a moment. During this time, he had long discovered that this Shadow Cat was exceptionally intelligent—and especially spiteful.

It kept guiding Huo Yuhao to the gathering places of Soul Beasts that had bullied it in the past. Once Huo Yuhao controlled those Soul Beasts, it would run into their territory and clean out every valuable thing they had.

Then it would place the items before Huo Yuhao, sit on its haunches, and stare at him with obsidian-like eyes, waiting for him to divide the spoils.

"You're saying there's more good stuff ahead?"

Huo Yuhao looked down at the Shadow Cat beside him.

"Meow!"

After receiving confirmation, Huo Yuhao followed the Shadow Cat into the woods.

The trees in the dense forest were towering and massive, their thick branches filled with the wild, ancient air of nature.

The canopy blotted out the sky, making the ground beneath especially cool and shaded.

The moment Huo Yuhao stepped inside, he heard the roars of unknown Soul Beasts coming from the treetops.

With a slight sweep of his Spiritual Power, the Record ability activated.

"Wind Baboon: Commonly found in the Outer Circle of the Star Dou Great Forest. A Wind Attribute Soul Beast with exceptionally long arms. Often lives in groups and can release Wind Element energy spheres from its mouth as an attack. Its bloodline is relatively weak, and Thousand-Year Wind Baboons rarely appear."

"Its meat is tough and stringy, unsuitable for braising or stewing. It is recommended that you feed it directly to dogs."

Huo Yuhao smiled when he saw the information.

"So I've run into an old acquaintance."

"In the original story, I was nearly solo-killed by a Wind Baboon."

Huo Yuhao released a wave of Spiritual Power. All the surrounding Wind Baboons sensed the provocation and leaped down from the canopy, tightly surrounding Huo Yuhao and the Shadow Cat.

Once he sensed that all the Wind Baboons had arrived, his Spiritual Eye opened directly. His Spiritual Power turned into nails that drove into their brains, bringing them under his control.

The Shadow Cat leisurely stepped over the head of a Wind Baboon and headed straight for their nest.

Even from far away, Huo Yuhao could hear the sounds of it ransacking the place.

Every now and then, the sound of cracking wood rang out.

It seemed this group of Wind Baboons had bullied the Shadow Cat quite a bit.

Before long, the Shadow Cat dragged a huge pile of things through the Wind Baboons and arrived beside Huo Yuhao.

Quite a few of those items belonged to humans. They had likely come from unlucky Soul Masters attacked by the Wind Baboon troop.

Among them, four emerald-green fruits were especially eye-catching.

Huo Yuhao picked one up and examined it repeatedly.

"Oh? Wind God Fruit. These Wind Baboons have quite the stash!"

Wind God Fruit was a wind-attribute treasure. If an ordinary Soul Master ate one, their Martial Soul could directly gain a Wind Attribute.

If a wind-attribute Soul Master ate one, it could greatly enhance the quality of their Wind Attribute.

If there were enough of them, it might even be possible to forcibly create someone with Ultimate Wind.

If such fruit appeared on the market, it would undoubtedly trigger a bloody scramble.

Who would not want their Martial Soul to gain another attribute?

Even Elder Song of Shrek Academy, whose Martial Soul was the Azure Shadow Divine Eagle, and Xian Lin'er, whose Martial Soul was the Azure Flame Dragon, would join the competition.

They were wind-attribute Titled Douluo. They would never pass up fruit capable of improving the quality of a Wind Attribute.

But it was of little use to Huo Yuhao. He had no need for a Wind Attribute, and if he wanted to control Wind Element, Alchemy could easily accomplish it.

So Huo Yuhao handed two Wind God Fruits to the Shadow Cat. Upon seeing them, it happily rubbed against his hand.

Then, right there in front of the Wind Baboons, it ate the two Wind God Fruits. Several azure stripes began to appear amid the Shadow Cat's originally pitch-black fur.

The stripes extended all the way to its limbs.

Then a fierce wind rose around it, kicking up dust. Several azure blades shot out from within the gale and struck ancient trees in the distance.

The ancient trees toppled in response, as smoothly as a hot knife cutting through butter.

At that moment, the Shadow Cat's aura surged, reaching the level of a Hundred-Year Soul Beast.

It excitedly leaped onto Huo Yuhao's shoulder and licked his face.

Huo Yuhao leisurely walked out of the woods with it, leaving behind a group of heartbroken Wind Baboons.

Because Huo Yuhao had only controlled their bodies and not their minds, they had watched with their own eyes as their home was ransacked and their treasures stolen.

The Outer Circle of the Star Dou Great Forest was rather monotonous. There were only so many types of Soul Beasts there, while the vast majority were in the Mixed Zone and Core Circle.

Those in the Outer Circle were mostly old, weak, sick, and crippled.

Huo Yuhao intended to travel with the Shadow Cat in the direction of the Star Luo Empire. After all, that was the direction from which he had entered the Star Dou Great Forest in the original story.

But this place was far too large, stretching endlessly beyond sight. Finding a seven-meter Ice Silkworm here was like searching for a needle in the ocean.

"Go this way."

Just as Huo Yuhao was beginning to feel irritated, a gentle voice, soft as water and embracing all things, rang in his ear.

That voice was so tender, nourishing his spirit like sunlight.

Huo Yuhao nearly could not stop himself from calling her Mom.

I knew I shouldn't have played Valorant.

Huo Yuhao had no doubts about the owner of that voice. It could only be the Plane Consciousness.

It could not possibly be Tang San, or that would be utterly ridiculous.

"Good child, head south."

Huo Yuhao chose to obey the motherly voice and headed south.

However, he still remained cautious. Kamui was already prepared; if anything went wrong, he would immediately enter the Kamui Dimension.

Fortunately, that voice truly belonged to the Plane Consciousness and not some God King with the surname Tang.

Huo Yuhao clearly sensed an unfathomably deep Spiritual Origin appearing ahead.

The owner of that Spiritual Origin also sensed Huo Yuhao and excitedly crawled toward him.

Until a white-jade Ice Silkworm with a plump round head, a length of seven meters, and ten golden stripes across its body appeared before Huo Yuhao.

"Brother finally found a Soul Master with a spiritual attribute."

"Brother is already weeping tears of joy inside."

"Have you been captivated by Brother's charming body?"

The corner of Huo Yuhao's mouth lifted. "Ten out of ten—no, nine out of ten beautiful."

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's two antennae trembled. "This kid was so scared by Brother that he can't even speak properly."

"Alright, time is tight and the mission is urgent. Let Brother go in first; I'll explain later."

"Don't worry, it won't hurt much."