Searching

After the battle, Huo Yuhao returned to the abandoned village and rested briefly. Once he confirmed that his control over Necromancy was sufficiently proficient, he did not linger any longer. He set out for a nearby town, intending to gather information on Dugu Bo's whereabouts.

To avoid drawing attention, he activated Tianmeng Ice Worm's Simulation soul skill and forcibly suppressed his soul power aura. On the surface, he looked like nothing more than an ordinary two-ring Great Soul Master, someone who would not earn a second glance in a crowd. He had only intended to keep a low profile and find clues as quickly as possible, but trouble came looking for him instead.

After entering the town, Huo Yuhao immediately offered a Gold Soul Coin as a reward. Anyone who could provide clues about the place where Dugu Bo had been buried ten thousand years ago would receive one Gold Soul Coin at once. As soon as the news spread, the townspeople swarmed around him, but most of what they offered were mere rumors with no real value.

At the same time, several malicious gazes locked onto him from the shadows. Huo Yuhao's spiritual power was extraordinarily keen, and he instantly sensed the intense hostility. Yet he did not act immediately, merely sneering inwardly. He did not want trouble, but if someone insisted on courting death, he did not mind playing along.

Huo Yuhao deliberately pretended not to notice anything and strolled slowly toward a secluded forest beyond the town. Not long after entering the woods, three figures suddenly sprang out and surrounded him.

The two men in the lead were both level-forty Soul Ancestors. They were heavily built, with brutish faces, and their eyes were filled with mockery and greed as they looked at Huo Yuhao, as though he were a fat sheep delivering himself to their door.

"Kid, you're pretty generous, huh? Just handing out a Gold Soul Coin like that?" the Soul Ancestor on the left sneered, his tone frivolous and arrogant. "A puny two-ring Great Soul Master actually dares to wander alone in a place like this? You really don't know the meaning of death."

The Soul Ancestor on the right licked his lips and threatened viciously, "Hand over all your money and valuables, or today, you'll be leaving this forest lying down!"

Standing between them was a sinister-looking young man. His soul power was only level thirty-nine, just one step away from becoming a Soul Ancestor. With his chin raised in an arrogant pose, he stared at Huo Yuhao and sneered. "You're looking for Dugu Bo, aren't you? Let me tell you, I'm Dugu Bo's descendant. I'm the only one in this world who knows where he was buried!"

He secretly gloated, believing that Huo Yuhao was young and weak enough to be easily intimidated. Once he lured him somewhere secluded, he could kill him with his companions and take his treasures. It would be effortless.

Huo Yuhao stood where he was, his expression calm, though a trace of coldness gradually surfaced in his eyes. He had not wanted to make a move, but the faces of these three were truly revolting. Greed, hypocrisy, and malice were written all over them.

"Dugu Bo's descendant?" Huo Yuhao asked blandly.

The level-thirty-nine youth thought Huo Yuhao was frightened and became even more smug. "If you're scared, then behave yourself. I can consider taking you there, but everything you have on you belongs to us!"

Before his words had even faded, Huo Yuhao's aura suddenly surged.

The originally weak aura of a two-ring Great Soul Master vanished in an instant, replaced by terrifying soul power and spiritual power so unfathomable that they swept through the area like a tsunami.

The expressions of the two level-forty Soul Ancestors changed drastically. Their entire bodies stiffened in terror, and they did not even have time to use their soul skills.

"You... you hid your strength!"

Huo Yuhao gave them no chance to react. His figure flashed, moving so fast that only an afterimage remained. A fierce attack erupted instantly, without the slightest hesitation. In only a few breaths, the two Soul Ancestors, still frozen in fear, screamed and were killed on the spot.

Blood splattered across the forest floor, and the pungent smell of it spread through the woods.

The level-thirty-nine youth's legs gave out, and he collapsed onto the ground. His face was pale as paper, and his body trembled uncontrollably. All his previous arrogance had vanished, leaving behind only endless terror. He had never imagined that the weakling in his eyes would be an untouchable god of slaughter.

Huo Yuhao walked toward him step by step, his gaze so cold that it held not a trace of warmth. He reached out, grabbed the youth by the collar, and lifted him up.

"Take me to Dugu Bo's burial site. Find it, and I'll spare your life."

The youth nodded frantically, tears and snot mingling as he begged desperately. "I'll take you there! I'll take you right now! Please don't kill me! I'll do whatever you say!"

He had only one thought in his mind—so long as he survived, he would do anything. Once he was out of danger, he would definitely find someone to take revenge.

Under Huo Yuhao's coercion, the youth stumbled ahead and led the way through layers of dense forest. In the end, they arrived before a dilapidated old residence that had long been forgotten.

"It... it's inside, in the secret chamber..." The youth pointed inside with a trembling voice.

Huo Yuhao's gaze turned slightly cold as he forced him inside.

But at the instant they stepped through the door, Huo Yuhao's spiritual power detected an extremely subtle movement. From between the youth's fingers behind his back, a tiny green snake quietly slipped out and was preparing to crawl away along the wall. Clearly, it was meant to deliver a secret message!

Huo Yuhao's eyes turned icy. With a flick of his finger, a streak of soul power shot out and blasted the little snake into fragments on the spot.

"You dared to trick me?"

The youth was terrified out of his wits and completely broke down. He hurriedly kowtowed and begged for mercy. "I was wrong! I'm not Dugu Bo's descendant! I lied to you! I only wanted to lure you here and call others to surround and kill you! But I really do know where Dugu Bo's body is! It's in this secret chamber! Open it, and you'll see it! Please spare me!"

He had been certain that revealing the truth would allow him to live.

But as Huo Yuhao looked at his treacherous, cunning, and fickle appearance, there was not the slightest trace of pity in his heart. Leaving someone like this alive would only invite future trouble.

Huo Yuhao did not hesitate in the slightest. With a wave of his hand, a sharp surge of energy pierced directly through the youth's body.

The level-thirty-nine Soul Master died on the spot, unable even to finish his final plea for mercy.

After dealing with him, Huo Yuhao immediately released his spiritual power and probed toward the secret chamber inside the residence.

The next second, a flash of delight passed through his eyes. His scan had indeed found a perfectly preserved human corpse lying quietly in the center of the secret chamber.

Huo Yuhao hesitated no longer. He directly activated the spatial power attached to his Martial Soul. As space distorted slightly, his figure passed straight through the secret chamber's stone door and slipped inside without a sound.

The secret chamber was dimly lit, yet clean and orderly.

Upon the stone platform at its center lay a corpse in silence. Though ten thousand years had passed, it remained perfectly intact. It was Dugu Bo, whom he had searched for so painstakingly.

What truly filled Huo Yuhao with overwhelming joy, however, was the Soul Bone firmly embedded at Dugu Bo's head. It radiated an eerie yet powerful aura, its luster restrained and its power profound—

It was the Medusa Head Soul Bone!

Ten thousand years had passed, yet no one had discovered it, and no one had taken it away.

Huo Yuhao's heart gave a violent leap, unable to contain the excitement within him.

He immediately raised his head and spoke softly to the air. "Elder Yi, come out."

Electrolux's spectral soul projection slowly emerged. His gaze fell upon Dugu Bo's corpse and the Head Soul Bone, and he gave a slight nod.

Huo Yuhao took a deep breath, suppressing the surging emotions in his heart as his gaze became incomparably focused.

He looked at the corpse before him, his voice carrying clear anticipation and solemnity.

"Elder Yi, let's prepare and begin the refinement."