The Star Dou Great Forest was not too far from Shrek. After three days of travel, they officially entered the forest's territory.
Tang De had arrived as well. He met with Xuan Zi once upon arriving, then they went their separate ways without interfering with each other.
"What kind of soul rings are you planning to look for?" Huo Yuhao asked.
Xiao Xiao answered, "Attack, defense, control, support—anything works, really. What matters is finding a suitable soul beast. I also want to add a second soul ring to Nine Phoenix. Otherwise, my cultivation is too slow."
Although soul masters with twin martial souls were born with full innate soul power, their cultivation progressed somewhat more slowly than that of ordinary soul masters.
The best solution was to add soul rings to both martial souls, allowing their soul power to catch up quickly.
However, the longer one waited to develop a second martial soul, the stronger the soul rings it could absorb, and the greater one's eventual strength would be. How to weigh that trade-off depended on the individual.
In any case, Wang Dong'er had no plans to attach soul rings to her second martial soul for now. The Snow Empress's seven-hundred-thousand-year soul ring was already enough.
Huo Yuhao's situation was much the same as Wang Dong'er's. Although his soul power cultivation was a little slow, his strength was by no means lacking.
"Dong'er, what about you? What kind of soul beast do you want?" Huo Yuhao turned to ask.
"A soul beast with the light attribute would be best, of course. If not, it at least has to be an attack-type one. My first martial soul still lacks offensive soul skills."
If she accepted a god-bestowed soul ring, Wang Dong'er could easily obtain the soul ring she wanted. Unfortunately, she