Demonfolk

The surroundings were a complete mess. At last, Huo Hai relaxed, letting out a huge sigh of relief. But the moment he let down his guard, exhaustion immediately washed over him. The fatigue of the past several days all surged into his mind.

"Ah, I should head back. Good thing nothing was damaged." With the help of the Star Gu, he quickly found the luggage he had left by the roadside. The water flask was well-made and unbroken, and nothing inside the backpack had been damaged either. Especially when he saw that Little Butterfly's cocoon was still intact, Huo Hai was finally truly at ease. All of this trip's gains were here.

Counting up his gains, this excursion had already far exceeded his expectations. After being hunted down, Huo Hai had keenly felt the inadequacy of his own strength. He needed to raise it as quickly as possible. Moreover, he did not want to venture any deeper for the time being.

Who knew what else lurked here? Thinking back on it, his luck had truly been good. If the Icefire Bird had wanted to kill him outright rather than turn him into food, and if not for the towering trees around him, Huo Hai would have died long ago.

The Icefire Bird was not something one could evade so easily. A Spirit Beast in the Spirit Practitioner Realm—if it truly wanted to kill him, and he had no good defensive measures, how could he possibly have held out for so long? At the same time, this battle had exposed many problems. His lack of methods was the most serious among them. When facing the Icefire Bird, the Star Gu could not be used, and he had actually had no other means at all.

He only had one Three-Eyed Golden Toad