Of the eight advancing slowly, only Huo Lei stayed in position. The other seven quickly rearranged themselves according to his instructions. They were all elites from their respective academies and talented individuals who had competed in the Soul Master Tournament, so they moved efficiently. In the blink of an eye, they had carried out Huo Lei's orders.
Huo Lei did not look back. He merely sensed their formation with his spiritual power, and a smile appeared on his face. Everyone had lined up exactly as he had instructed.
Huo Lei sent out a thread of spiritual perception ahead, taking in every object within a hundred meters.
Before long, a Flame Pig with a thousand years of cultivation appeared within Huo Lei's perception. His expression brightened, but he did not turn around. "Miss Yue'er, a soul beast suitable for you has appeared less than a hundred meters ahead. Please prepare for battle."
"All right," Shui Yue'er answered sweetly.
When they were twenty meters from the Flame Pig, Huo Lei stopped. By then, everyone could clearly see the soul beast, and the Flame Pig had also spotted Huo Lei's group.
"A Flame Pig, a fire-attribute soul beast. Hot-tempered and aggressive, with decent defense and strength. It excels at charging and breathing fire. The one before us has around a thousand years of cultivation. Miss Yue'er will fight it alone this time." Huo Lei quickly gave them some basic information about the soul beast, not only for the group's benefit, but especially for Shui Yue'er's.
Blazing Fire Academy kept records of most soul beasts living on the continent and offered classes on them. Fire-attribute soul beasts, in particular, were a compulsory subject. After all, those were the soul beasts they needed to acquire soul rings, so graduates of Blazing Fire Academy possessed relatively