Saint Soul Grass

Then the entire chunk of metal was drawn into that vertical eye.

Xiao Wu was stunned by the bizarre sight and instinctively shuffled two steps aside, though she did not dare go too far.

The boy's clothes fluttered without wind. Azure light flowed across his exposed skin, while his originally silver-white hair began turning glossy black from the ends at a visible rate.

His skin had originally been sickly pale, but after the azure light surged through him, it gradually regained a healthy rosy complexion.

About two hours later, the azure glow around Huo Yuhao gradually withdrew, and he opened his mouth to spit out a mouthful of black blood.

The black blood landed on the sand with a sizzling sound, showing just how potent its toxicity was.

Huo Yuhao opened his eyes, looked at the black blood on the ground, and immediately took out a separate box from Twenty-Four Bridges Under Moonlight. Together with the sand beneath it, he scooped it up.

This was Er Bai's corpse poison. As the ruler of the Undead Demiplane, its toxicity was self-evident. It was also an exceedingly rare trump card against enemies. If he had not possessed the Golden Dragon Bloodline and cultivated the Dragon God Heart Formula, carrying this poison for so long would have killed him already.

Previously, he had planned to head to the Far North first. With Er Bai there, finding a few ten-thousand-year snow lotuses to cure his poison would have been easy.

But he had never expected that giving Zhu Zhuqing Red Dust Blessing would bring him such a great surprise. He had found Spirit Life Gold so quickly, and now there were many more things he could do.

"All right, stop hiding. It's time to collect the Saint Soul Grass." Huo Yuhao was in an exceptionally good mood.

Only then did Xiao Wu emerge from behind the rock. She looked at Huo Yuhao as if she wanted to speak but hesitated. "What exactly are you?" Xiao Wu was completely confused now.

First there had been a seven-colored soul ring, then a gray soul ring. Both were unlike any soul rings on Douluo Continent, yet both were unimaginably powerful. The seven-colored soul ring could not only teleport but fly as well. The gray one was even more terrifying; its aura was identical to that of the space filled with bizarre creatures.

"I... guess I'm human." Huo Yuhao was somewhat unsure. After ascending, he had been transformed by the laws and power of the God Realm, so he definitely no longer counted as human. But now that he had returned, and his divine body had undergone nirvana and rejuvenated, he should still count as one.

"What kind of answer is that?" No matter how hard Xiao Wu racked her brain, she could not imagine that the person standing before her was actually a half-fallen god.

"Let's go collect the Saint Soul Grass." Huo Yuhao reached out to grab Xiao Wu by the collar again. The little rabbit immediately tucked in her head, crouched down, and held out her hand. "Hold my hand instead. I can't breathe if you drag me by the collar," Xiao Wu explained, clutching her head.

In the end, Brother Tianmeng's Ice Silkworm Belt came in handy. Xiao Wu was carried by her belt, wearing an utterly lifeless expression.

Huo Yuhao moved extremely quickly through the forest. Buffeted by branches and wind, Xiao Wu could only curl herself up as tightly as possible.

Soon, before nightfall, the two found the Saint Soul Grass. Fortunately, it was actually a patch of Saint Soul Grass, with three stalks growing side by side.

The grass blades stood a foot tall and were pure white throughout. Silver flowers resembling epiphyllum bloomed at their tips, with specks of starlight drifting around them.

"This is Saint Soul Grass. Soul beasts become more intelligent if they eat it." Xiao Wu pointed at the grass on the ground.

Huo Yuhao nodded. It was indeed the same as what Qiu'er had eaten.

He tossed Xiao Wu aside, crouched down, and lightly cut open his palm with a fingernail. Having just fused with Spirit Life Gold, his blood was now an incomparably potent life-giving tonic.

Bright red blood filled with intense life energy dripped onto the Saint Soul Grass, and the silver flowers atop it bloomed even more brilliantly.

Then, as if time had accelerated, the flowers quickly began to wither before finally falling.

Huo Yuhao reacted swiftly and caught them in a jade box. The three withered flowers fell into the box. Their dried petals cracked apart, revealing hard, fingernail-sized fruits inside. These were the Saint Soul Grass seeds.

By the time he closed the box and stored it in his spatial storage, the wound on Huo Yuhao's hand had already healed.

He casually uprooted the three stalks as well. Now that their seeds had been collected, the grass stalks were no longer as fresh and tender as before, appearing somewhat dried and shriveled. But Huo Yuhao did not mind. He stored them away together with the three-hundred-year-old stalk Da Ming and Er Ming had brought earlier.

Then he summoned an Undead Gate and, before Xiao Wu could react, swallowed her directly into it. He then walked in as well.

The moment Xiao Wu entered, she saw Da Ming and Er Ming covered in wounds, barely breathing. She hurried forward to examine them.

All four of Er Ming's limbs were broken, and his chest was visibly caved in. Da Ming was in even worse condition; his serpent body was twisted at several bizarre angles, and even his bull horns had been broken.

"Da Ming, Er Ming!" Tears filled Xiao Wu's eyes. She turned to demand an explanation, only to be stopped by Er Bai.

"They dared deceive Grandfather. This is what they deserve." The eyes formed from ghostly blue flames sent chills through Xiao Wu's entire body.

When under another's roof, one had no choice but to bow one's head. Without medicine, Xiao Wu could only retreat miserably and watch Da Ming and Er Ming with tears in her eyes.

Meanwhile, using Er Bai's body as cover, Huo Yuhao sat cross-legged in an open space.

He took out the four stalks of Saint Soul Grass he had just collected and summoned the Ghost Sculpture. The seven-colored soul ring on his body flashed, and an ordinary water ball appeared before him. Huo Yuhao raised a hand and tossed the four stalks into it. With a thought, the water ball spun, quickly washing the Saint Soul Grass clean.

Only then did he take out the medicine pot he had used to brew medicine before, place the Saint Soul Grass inside, and fill it with water. Then he cast Fireball after Fireball.

After half an hour, once he confirmed that the Saint Soul Grass had boiled down, Huo Yuhao was not afraid of the heat and drank it all directly, dregs included.

What followed was a long period of refinement.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the Star Dou Great Forest, Tang San was on the verge of completely losing control.

With the experience of his previous life and Huo Yuhao's example, Tang San chose to absorb the external soul bone before absorbing the soul ring. With his divine sense resistance as a foundation, this fusion was nearly a third faster and more effective than in his previous life.

This should have been the most exhilarating thing possible, but when he opened his eyes, what lay before him was the one thing he could least accept.

"Where's Xiao Wu? Where's Xiao Wu?" Tang San nearly went mad as he grabbed Oscar beside him and roared.

"Little San, calm down. Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing were taken away. None of us wanted to see this happen, so you have to calm down." Oscar winced from Tang San's painful grip, yet did not dare move at all. Tang San's expression was far too terrifying. Perhaps the Man-Faced Demon Spider's influence had not completely faded yet; all he could do was soothe him.

"Zhu Zhuqing... right, Zhu Zhuqing. Little Ao, give me all your Mushroom Sausages. I have to find Xiao Wu." Upon hearing Zhu Zhuqing's name, Tang San quickly reacted. Perhaps Xiao Wu had failed to return in time because she had been captured together with Zhu Zhuqing this time.

It must be that... it can only be that... Tang San repeated to himself.