Huo Yuhao's expression was grave as he stared fixedly ahead, his right hand unconsciously tightening around the cold White Tiger Dagger.
Not far in front of him stood a figure roughly a meter tall, covered in light brown fur.
Yes, that figure was unmistakably the legendary godslayer, the Ten-Year Wind Baboon.
Just as Tang San had forged an inextricable bond with the Ten-Year Lonely Bamboo ten thousand years ago, this generation's Child of Destiny, Huo Yuhao, had finally encountered his destined Wind Baboon.
Even though the Scarlet King's big-dog bark had just frightened all the Soul Beasts on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest into cowering and trembling in their dens, this Ten-Year Wind Baboon had still overcome the fear deep in its bloodline through sheer perseverance, stubbornly appearing before Huo Yuhao.
To an onlooker, this might have been an iconic scene steeped in destiny, but to the human and beast facing each other, the other was merely a target they had to fight to the death right now.
Although Huo Yuhao's Martial Soul had improved somewhat, his current physical condition and meager Soul Power remained unchanged. Just as in his predetermined fate, he unsurprisingly fell into a bitter struggle against this mere ten-year Wind Baboon.
This was Huo Yuhao's first time truly facing a living Soul Beast. He watched it nervously, his heart pounding wildly in his chest. After observing him for a moment, the Wind Baboon's limited intelligence also discerned that this human cub, about the same age as itself, seemed to pose no real threat.
The Wind Baboon could no longer restrain itself.
Kicking hard with its hind legs, it lunged straight at him in a gust of rank wind.
Under the gaze of Huo Yuhao's activated Spirit Eyes, the baboon's movements actually seemed extremely