Thousand-Year Datura Snake!

After lowering his head to think for a moment, Huo Yuhao gently nodded, indicating that he agreed to join the Tang Sect!

"You agree? That's wonderful!" Tang Ya jumped up happily, as though she had won a lottery worth several million Gold Soul Coins. Bei Bei watched from the side with an indulgent yet helpless smile.

"Yuhao! Since you've joined our Tang Sect, this year's special admission spot will go to you!" Tang Ya gave a light cough, seemingly realizing that she had lost her composure.

"A Tang Sect special admission spot?" Huo Yuhao looked at the two of them curiously.

"That's right. Every year, the Tang Sect has the opportunity to send one student into Shrek Academy without an entrance exam. It's an agreement the two sides reached ten thousand years ago," Bei Bei explained softly. Huo Yuhao nodded, understanding.

"Big Brother Bei and Sister Xiao Ya study at Shrek Academy too?" Since there was an admission spot, then the two people before him should both be studying at Shrek Academy, right?

Just as Huo Yuhao expected, the two nodded. One was the great-grandson of the master of Shrek Academy's Sea God Pavilion, while the other was the current sect master of the Tang Sect. Both had the opportunity to study at Shrek Academy.

"Alright! Let's head back now!" Tang Ya looked delighted, having completely forgotten why she had come to the Star Dou Forest.

"Teacher Xiao Ya, did you forget? We came here to obtain your third Soul Ring!" Bei Bei was rather speechless. This Xiao Ya really was scatterbrained.

"Ah? Oh, right, right! I forgot, hehe!" She stuck out her little tongue, looking embarrassed.

Suddenly, Huo Yuhao noticed movement in the nearby grass. A crimson serpent burst out and opened its bloody maw at him.

This crimson serpent was shockingly a Thousand-Year Datura Snake whose cultivation had reached a thousand years!

"Yuhao!"

"Watch out!"

The two immediately activated Martial Soul Possession and prepared to rescue him, but they were too late. Just as the crimson serpent was about to bite down on Huo Yuhao's arm—

A piercing spiritual attack stabbed into the Datura Snake's mind. With a Million-Year Soul Ring, Huo Yuhao's spiritual power was far beyond that of ordinary people.

The Datura Snake's spiritual power simply could not withstand this force. Its mind instantly throbbed with pain, and its movements stalled for two seconds. Though the time was short, it was enough for the two to intervene!

"First Soul Skill: Blue Silver Entanglement!"

A thick vine shot from Tang Ya's hand and instantly wrapped around Huo Yuhao's waist, pulling him back.

With no more concerns, Bei Bei unleashed his Soul Power. His first Soul Ring flashed. "First Soul Skill! Thunderclap Dragon Claw!"

A dragon claw formed from lightning struck fiercely at the Datura Snake before him. However, such an attack was easily avoided by the speed-focused Datura Snake.

"It's a Datura Snake that has only just reached a thousand years!" Bei Bei spoke gravely, finding the speed it had displayed somewhat troublesome.

"A thousand years? Bei Bei, I want it, I want it!" Upon hearing that it was a thousand-year Datura Snake, Tang Ya's face filled with excitement, as if it were already hers.

"Alright! Leave it to me!"

As he spoke, Bei Bei's right arm instantly swelled. Blue-purple dragon scales emerged across it, and with the scales attached, his arm became incredibly thick. Even his sleeve burst apart.

"A dragon Martial Soul? And a lightning attribute one?" Huo Yuhao was curious. This was the first time he had seen a powerful beast Martial Soul other than the White Tiger Martial Soul!

"This isn't an ordinary dragon Martial Soul." Hearing Huo Yuhao's question, Tang Ya began explaining it to him.

"Bei Bei's Martial Soul is the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon! It's a lightning-attributed, assault-type Martial Soul with extremely powerful attacks. Ten thousand years ago, it was known as the strongest offensive beast Martial Soul."

"The strongest offensive beast Martial Soul?" Huo Yuhao was somewhat astonished. Though that title had been from ten thousand years ago, it was still famous, which meant this Martial Soul had been passed down for ten thousand years.

"Yeah! But after that incident ten thousand years ago, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon formally withdrew from the world and established a sect called the Sky Dragon Sect."

Tang Ya's brief account gave Huo Yuhao some understanding of the situation on the Douluo Continent. As for that incident, he did not ask about it, merely watching Bei Bei fight in silence.

I might as well lend a hand and show some value. Maybe then I can get a little more out of this! As he spoke, the white Soul Ring beneath Huo Yuhao's feet lit up, and two Spiritual Links instantly connected to Bei Bei and Tang Ya's minds.

"Huh? This, this is—" The two were stunned and turned to look at Huo Yuhao, whose eyes glowed with golden light.

"Is this the first Soul Skill Yuhao obtained?" The two were shocked, but what they did not know was that this Million-Year Soul Ring had granted Huo Yuhao four Soul Skills.

At first, Tian Meng had recommended four abilities: Spiritual Sharing, Soul Shock, Spiritual Detection, and Spiritual Interference!

However, Wei Qing and Huo Yuhao had both refused. These four abilities were things Huo Yuhao had long since learned already, so why would he waste Soul Skill slots on them?

At their firm insistence, Huo Yuhao chose four Mental Amplification abilities instead: four layers of Spiritual Enhancement.

"Good! With such a divine skill, let's see what you, a mere Thousand-Year Datura Snake, can do!" With all-encompassing, blind-spot-free detection, Bei Bei's confidence soared.

He immediately activated his thousand-year Soul Skill. "Third Soul Skill! Thunderous Fury!"

Lightning instantly surged around Bei Bei's body, and the dragon claw on his right arm grew even thicker. Powerful Soul Power fluctuations spread out, suppressing the Datura Snake just as it prepared to charge forward.

With lightning flashing in Bei Bei's eyes, the Datura Snake sensed danger and prepared to retreat into the grass. But under the Spiritual Detection Huo Yuhao provided, Bei Bei noticed the instant it moved!

"Second Soul Skill: Thunderous Force!"

Bei Bei released a massive net of lightning, instantly sealing off every escape route for the Datura Snake. Then, an enhanced Thunderclap Dragon Claw slammed fiercely into its body.

Violent lightning danced wildly across the Datura Snake's body. For a moment, Huo Yuhao felt as though he could smell roasted snake meat.

As the destructive force of the lightning ravaged the Datura Snake's body, there was not a single patch of good flesh left on it.

"Quick, Xiao Ya! This thing is about to die!" Hearing Bei Bei's call, Tang Ya quickly Teleported to the Datura Snake's side, drew a dagger, and drove it fiercely into its skull.

As the Datura Snake breathed its last, a purple Soul Ring emerged above its serpent body.

"Alright! Now I'm going to become a Soul Elder!" After cheering, Tang Ya walked over to the Soul Ring and circulated her Soul Power to draw it in, preparing to absorb it.

Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao and Bei Bei stood guard nearby. Bei Bei sat cross-legged to recover his Soul Power, while Huo Yuhao kept Spiritual Detection active in case of any accidents!