He Is Called Huo Yuhao

Ever since Lu Chen had accepted Qian Renxue's invitation, the two of them made some simple preparations the next day and set off to leave the Star Dou Great Forest.

In the blink of an eye, three days had passed.

"I say, Qian Renxue, don't tell me you're directionally challenged. We've already passed through here once."

Lu Chen pointed helplessly at a large tree not far away.

"All the trees here look the same. You must have remembered wrong."

Qian Renxue retorted, her little face flushing slightly.

Yet her shifting gaze still betrayed her guilty conscience.

Lu Chen could only spread his hands helplessly.

Beside this tree lay a neatly rounded stone. He possessed Photographic Memory, so there was no way he could have remembered incorrectly.

Just then, however, a burst of explosive Soul Power collisions suddenly rang out from the forest.

"There's a fight. Let's go take a look!"

Qian Renxue halted, narrowing her violet eyes slightly as she looked toward the sound.

The two figures flashed forward, speeding toward the source. In a clearing within the forest, a young woman and two young men were surrounded by dozens of Nether Wolves.

The leading youth looked around sixteen or seventeen. Dressed in blue, he was surrounded by violent lightning, while the phantom of a ferocious Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon appeared behind him.

Three Soul Rings—yellow, yellow, and purple—circled him in order. Like Lu Chen, he was a Spirit Zun.

The youth stood at the very front. His Dragon Claws danced, lightning crashed down, and every strike forced back several Nether Wolves.

At his side stood a girl about the same age. Her black hair was tied into a high ponytail, and countless Blue Silver Grass vines extended from her fingertips, weaving into a net in an attempt to block the wolf pack. However, the Nether Wolves' claws were sharp, shattering the vines on contact. They could only barely slow the enemy's advance.

This girl was also a Spirit Zun, but she was clearly more suited to support and control, with limited frontal combat ability.

Behind the two of them, they were protecting a younger boy who appeared to be only twelve or thirteen, similar in build to Lu Chen and Qian Renxue.

A faint light flickered between the boy's brows, as though he were using some kind of spiritual ability. He had only one white Soul Ring and relied entirely on the two people in front of him for protection.

"It's the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon. Why have I never seen this person before?"

Qian Renxue's gaze shifted slightly as she watched the battle ahead.

She had met both Tianxin Yu and Yu Tianheng, the two prodigies of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon clan's current generation.

For this person to have cultivated to the Spirit Zun realm at sixteen or seventeen meant his talent was not poor.

But it was strange. Among the information she had gathered on the core disciples of the upper three sects, there was no mention of him.

The Blue Silver Grass girl beside him was no simple person either. She had actually cultivated the supposedly useless Martial Soul, Blue Silver Grass, to the same Spirit Zun realm.

"Qian Renxue, have you noticed that the kid who looks the weakest has unusually condensed Mental Power fluctuations?"

Lu Chen narrowed his eyes slightly and pointed at the final youth in the field, the one with only a white Soul Ring.

Although his strength had regressed to level 31 and his Cosmo had fallen back to the initial stage of the Sixth Sense,

the initial stage of the Sixth Sense was still the Sixth Sense. Coupled with his experience of crossing over, his Mental Power was stronger than that of ordinary Spirit Masters.

In his perception, that youth with only one white Soul Ring shone as brightly as a point of light in the darkness.

Only after hearing Lu Chen say this did Qian Renxue take notice of the youth.

Though she could not see anything unusual about him, her intuition told her that he was no ordinary person.

At the same time, while Lu Chen and Qian Renxue were observing the youth, Brother Tianmeng, who had become Huo Yuhao's soul spirit, also discovered Lu Chen and Qian Renxue. He hurriedly warned Huo Yuhao, "Yuhao, Yuhao, two people have appeared on a tree trunk one kilometer ahead, a man and a woman. The man's Mental Power is exceptionally powerful."

Huo Yuhao immediately used Spiritual Detection to scout in the direction Brother Tianmeng had indicated.

Sure enough, he sensed two people on a tree trunk one kilometer away.

Both of them possessed extremely powerful Mental Power, though one of them was exceptionally powerful.

"Oh?"

"They discovered us. What remarkable perception."

Seeing that the other party had noticed them, Lu Chen was slightly surprised and grew interested in the youth.

One kilometer was neither particularly far nor particularly close.

But it was absolutely not a distance that a one-ring Spirit Master could sense.

Even if that Spirit Master specialized in spiritual abilities.

With that said, Lu Chen activated Spirit Avatar, and the magnificent golden armor once again covered his body.

"Do you need my help?"

Seeing Lu Chen preparing to act, Qian Renxue asked.

"No need. It's only a Millennium Nether Alpha Wolf and some hundred-year Nether Wolves."

Lu Chen drew his Golden Bow, then shot an arrow into the sky.

The arrow rapidly split in midair, one becoming two, two becoming four. In only an instant, it formed a rain of arrows that filled the sky.

This move was called Arrow of Light, one of the inherited combat techniques of the Sagittarius Gold Cloth.

Its power was not at the pinnacle, but its wide range made it one of the best moves for clearing out lesser enemies.

"Teacher, Senior Brother, watch out above!"

Huo Yuhao was the first to notice the disturbance. Thinking Lu Chen's attack was aimed at the three of them, he hurriedly called out a warning.

Upon hearing him, Beibei looked up, then quickly wrapped an arm around Tang Ya's slender waist and leaped to Huo Yuhao's side.

Then countless arrows fell, every single one striking a Nether Wolf with perfect precision.

At once, the forest echoed with the mournful howls of Nether Wolves. One Millennium Nether Wolf and dozens of hundred-year Nether Wolves were all killed just like that.

"So... so powerful!"

Looking at the Nether Wolf corpses strewn across the ground, Tang Ya's small mouth fell open. The Nether Wolves that had just caused them so much trouble had been wiped out in an instant.

Beibei, meanwhile, stared ahead with a grave expression.

In a place like the Star Dou Great Forest, Spirit Masters were more dangerous than soul beasts!

They still did not know whether the newcomers were enemies or friends.

Just then, a young man's voice drifted down from above.

"Sorry for frightening you."

The three followed the voice and saw two figures gracefully descend from high among the trees.

The youth wore dazzling gilded armor, his left arm lightly around the waist of the girl beside him. When he landed, his steps were steady, not even stirring a speck of dust.

At the sight of the two who had appeared, Beibei, Tang Ya, and Huo Yuhao were all stunned.

Tang Ya's mouth remained slightly open, her gaze fixed on Qian Renxue's face for a long while—this girl looked no older than twelve or thirteen, yet her features were as exquisite as carved jade. Her violet eyes were clear, and her bearing was cool, pure, and sacred. Even Jiang Nannan, her roommate who was hailed as the Outer Court's number one beauty, would likely pale in comparison standing beside this girl.

What shocked the three of them even more was the youth clad in splendid armor. It was obvious that he had unleashed the earlier rain of arrows.

He was clearly about the same age as Huo Yuhao, yet he had instantly slaughtered dozens of Nether Wolves and a Millennium alpha wolf.

Even Beibei admitted that he was no match for such strength.

Of the three, Beibei was the first to recover. Seeing that the other party had revealed themselves willingly and was about the same age as Huo Yuhao, he suppressed his shock and vigilance. Taking a step forward, he cupped his hands in greeting. "My name is Beibei, and I am a student of Shrek Academy. Thank you both for saving us."

"My name is Tang Ya. I'm also a student of Shrek."

Tang Ya introduced herself while holding Beibei's arm, then pointed at Huo Yuhao and added, "His name is Huo Yuhao, and he'll soon become a student of Shrek as well."

"Hello."

Huo Yuhao nodded slightly, greeting Lu Chen and Qian Renxue.