Spirit Hall, Worship Hall.
Huo Yuhao had just finished soaking in the medicinal bath Golden Crocodile Douluo had specially prepared for him. Before leaving, he made a point of seeking out Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo.
"Teacher, Teacher Golden Crocodile."
Huo Yuhao clasped his hands in greeting and explained why he had come.
"Tomorrow, I'm heading to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain my third Soul Ring. I'll be away for a while."
Golden Crocodile Douluo's eyes lit up. "Oh? You brat, you finally reached level thirty!"
It had taken Huo Yuhao a little over a year to advance from level twenty-seven to level thirty.
For an ordinary Spirit Master, that was an unbelievably fast pace.
It was the normal rate of advancement for Spirit Masters with seven or eight levels of Innate Soul Power.
But for Huo Yuhao, who had ten levels of Innate Soul Power, this rate was unbelievably slow.
"Yuhao's circumstances are too unusual."
Soul Beasts were naturally slower to cultivate than humans. Since Huo Yuhao had awakened his Soul Beast bloodline, Qian Daoliu understood why his cultivation had slowed.
"That's true." Golden Crocodile Douluo was filled with emotion as well.
His Golden Crocodile King clan had always been among the very best of the Beast Martial Souls. They were used to relying on their Martial Soul to overpower other Spirit Masters.
Then along came the Ancestral Dragon Spirit, and its bloodline suppression left them with not even a shred of fight in them.
"Even if Yuhao is only level thirty right now, and is merely an auxiliary Spirit Master, how many people would dare look down on him?"
At the mention of Huo Yuhao's identity as an auxiliary Spirit Master, Golden Crocodile Douluo couldn't help twitching the corner of his mouth.
Being an auxiliary Spirit Master was Huo Yuhao's biggest lie!
What auxiliary Spirit Master could go toe-to-toe with a Peak Douluo whose Martial Soul was a Power Attack System Beast Martial Soul, using nothing but his own body?
Golden Crocodile Douluo had been worried that Huo Yuhao might run into danger while Soul Hunting. In an instant, all those worries vanished.
If Huo Yuhao got hurt or ran into danger from a Soul Beast meant to provide his third Soul Ring, Golden Crocodile Douluo would immediately bash his head against a pillar in the Worship Hall!
"I'll have someone prepare a carriage to take you to the Star Dou Great Forest."
They didn't need to send anyone from Spirit Hall to help with the Soul Hunting, but they still had to arrange his transport.
As for Huo Yuhao's safety after entering the Star Dou Great Forest, there was no need to worry about that at all.
"Teacher, there's no need to go to so much trouble. She already knows I broke through to level thirty, and she'll take me there herself."
When Huo Yuhao advanced to level thirty, he had caused a bit of a stir. Gu Yuena had been the first to put up a barrier, preventing anything from getting out of hand.
"Now that you've reached level thirty, hurry back to the Star Dou Great Forest. Di Tian and the others have already found that Soul Beast with time and space attributes."
Gu Yuena had given Di Tian and the other Ferocious Beasts the order to search for the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger one day when she had some free time to return.
After delivering the message, she had naturally returned to the Huo Family and continued serving as his "bodyguard."
If Gu Yuena hadn't told him, Huo Yuhao would have thought she'd forgotten about the matter.
Star Dou Great Forest, core region.
Space twisted, and two figures appeared out of thin air above the Lake of Life.
Gu Yuena wore a silver dress, an otherworldly aura radiating from her.
"Sovereign, sir."
Sensing Gu Yuena's aura, Di Tian emerged from the Lake of Life and knelt on one knee before the two of them.
Gu Yuena nodded at Di Tian. "Have you found the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger?"
Di Tian rose. "We've found it. I never expected a new Dark Demon Evil God Tiger to appear while we were asleep and cultivating. It's already reached sixty thousand years of cultivation."
Sixty thousand years! How many Soul Beasts had it eaten to grow this powerful?
A ten-thousand-year Dark Demon Evil God Tiger could challenge a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast.
In its current state, neither the Sky Azure Bull Python nor the Titan Giant Ape could handle it.
The Sky Azure Bull Python, who had been silently standing off to the side like a backdrop, also paled when he heard about the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
But in front of Beast God Di Tian—especially with a Sovereign whom even Di Tian treated with such respect—he didn't dare say a word.
Fortunately, Sister Xiao Wu wasn't there today. Given her personality, she might well have offended this Sovereign.
"Sixty thousand years. Yuhao should be able to absorb it."
Just then, several other Ferocious Beasts emerged from the bottom of the Lake of Life, moving much slower than Di Tian.
The moment they appeared, they heard Gu Yuena's words.
"Sovereign."
The Ferocious Beasts all saluted Gu Yuena.
Among them was a burly man built like an iron tower. A vicious glint burned in his golden eyes as he looked at Huo Yuhao beside him, unmistakably displeased.
This weak human again!
Before, they had given up the Ice Silkworm, which could have helped them cultivate, and sacrificed it to become this human's Soul Ring.
Now they had sent out every Ferocious Beast they had, and even lost one of their own, to find the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger—only for it to become this human's Soul Ring too!
"Sovereign, why are we going to such lengths to help a human?" Xiong Jun's aura surged, his overwhelming presence crashing down on Huo Yuhao.
The air abruptly froze.
Di Tian's expression changed. "Xiong Jun, you must not show disrespect to the Sovereign!"
"I haven't shown the Sovereign any disrespect! Humans hunt our clansmen and take our Soul Rings and Soul Bones! And now all of us Soul Beasts are supposed to yield for the sake of one human!"
Xiong Jun glared at Huo Yuhao, his eyes practically spitting fire.
Huo Yuhao remained calm and said nothing.
He wasn't surprised that Xiong Jun felt resentment.
If anything, he was surprised Xiong Jun had managed to hold it in for this long.
"You seem to have a problem with me?" Huo Yuhao's voice was cold. Though he stood a full meter shorter than Xiong Jun, he seemed like the one towering above everyone else.
As Huo Yuhao spoke, a dragon-shaped phantom appeared in the air.
The instant it appeared, a crushing wave of bloodline suppression swept over everyone present, and every Soul Beast dropped to its knees with a thump.
The phantom vanished back into Huo Yuhao in the blink of an eye.
Two dragon horns appeared on his forehead. His eyes turned entirely gold, reflecting Xiong Jun's figure.
An ancient, majestic aura burst from his body, as if a colossal dragon that had slept for countless ages were awakening.
Xiong Jun carried the bloodline of a Behemoth.
Behemoths fed on dragons. Because of that, he had little reverence in his heart for Beast God Di Tian, who carried dragon blood—and had even entertained the idea of taking Di Tian's place.
If Gu Yuena weren't so powerful, and he didn't know he was no match for her, he might not have been willing to call her "Sovereign" at all.
Only when Huo Yuhao's Ancestral Dragon Spirit appeared did Xiong Jun realize that his body was... afraid!
He wanted to roar. He wanted to break free of this fear.
But beneath Huo Yuhao's emotionless gaze, Xiong Jun's body and soul couldn't help but submit to him.
Xiong Jun's head drooped. His golden eyes were filled with bewilderment and... fear.
Had his ancestors really fed on beings like this?
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