Promotion to the Next Year, Tang San Finally Understands?

"Let's begin."

Huo Yuhao took a deep breath. With a flick of his fingers, his Heavenly Eye opened, and the Imperial Bow descended into his palm, gleaming silver.

Roar—

The Wind Baboon beat its chest and unleashed a deafening roar. Dozens of half-meter wind blades, carrying sand and stones, shot toward Huo Yuhao like a downpour.

Its powerful hind legs pushed off the ground, cracking it in an instant. Its three-meter-tall body hurtled forward like a cannonball, saliva dripping from its fangs as its ferocity showed.

Huo Yuhao did not move. The second blue-violet Soul Ring beneath his feet suddenly lit up.

"Second Soul Skill, Frost-Thunder: Calamity Domain!"

As the words fell, a domain spanning 120 meters in diameter expanded instantly.

Fine, ice-blue Frost and Snow filled the field, threaded with purple lightning too faint to make out. The temperature plunged, and even the air seemed to grow sluggish.

The Wind Baboon, still charging through the air, sank abruptly. Its speed fell by seventy percent, even its swiping claws slowed, and its once-solid wind blades dimmed.

Ice and Lightning Attribute seeped through its fur toward its marrow, making it shudder despite itself.

"First Soul Skill, Heaven's Apex: All-Seer Clarity!"

Golden light flashed from the Heavenly Eye on Huo Yuhao's forehead. Every stiff movement the Wind Baboon made appeared in his mind.

He stepped sideways, avoiding every wind blade as smoothly as drifting clouds and flowing water. Light rippled across the Imperial Bow in his hand, and it transformed into a dark-gold Greatsword veined with crimson cracks.

"Judgment: Sin Severance!"

The greatsword struck with a fierce wind blade, landing precisely on a weak point between the Wind Baboon's shoulder and neck.

Clang—

Sparks flew. A wound deep enough to expose bone split its tough hide.

Huo Yuhao felt the aura of