Running dozens of miles west from Luoyun Village brought one to the outermost periphery of the Star Dou Great Forest.
The danger of the Star Dou Great Forest was piled up from the corpses of countless Soul Masters over tens of thousands of years. Therefore, the major empires all marked danger indicators on the outermost periphery of the Star Dou Great Forest. When a Soul Master saw this sign, it meant they had already entered the Star Dou Great Forest.
The Star Dou Great Forest was divided into the Core Area, the Mixed Area, and the outermost periphery.
The outermost periphery was dominated by ten-year and hundred-year Soul Beasts, though Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts occasionally appeared there. The Mixed Area was a place where dragons and fish mingled, holding hundred-year, ten-thousand-year, and even Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts. Furthermore, they basically existed in the form of tribes; without a professional team, no one dared to casually go to the Mixed Area for Soul Hunting.
As for the Core Area, that was where some of the kings of the Star Dou Great Forest lived. The age of the Soul Beasts in this region would not be lower than eighty thousand years, and without a team of Super Douluo, no one should even think about going in to hunt for rings.
The classification of Soul Beasts was simple and crude: those with the strength lived on the inside, and those without the strength lived on the outside.
The moment he stepped into the Star Dou Great Forest, Huo Yuhao felt an extremely dense aura of a primeval forest. He had to admit that whether it was the air or the ecology, the Star Dou Great Forest was much better than other places on the continent. This was the importance of environmental protection.
The vegetation in the forest was extremely lush, with random giant trees standing more than ten meters tall. Soul Beasts could be seen everywhere, although they were all a bunch of the most ordinary ten-year Soul Beasts.
As soon as he entered the forest, white-furred Soul Beasts came into view. They appeared-Huo Yuhao's lifelong nemesis, the Wind Baboon.
The aggressiveness of the Wind Baboon was extremely strong. Regardless of the enemy's cultivation, it would directly execute a spin, a jump, and then use wild, frantic clawing.
Huo Yuhao casually slapped two blind Wind Baboons to death, instantly frightening the other Wind Baboons into scattering in all directions. Two white soul rings soon rose from their corpses, and since it was his first time witnessing that Soul Beasts also had soul rings, he lingered on the sight for a few extra moments.
Although the Douluo Continent was said to be a fantasy wasteland, its rules were still quite interesting. There was no bottleneck of the so-called experts from other worlds; absorbing soul rings allowed one to level up. In other worlds, one would not only be restricted by talent, but also had to endure heavenly lightning during breakthroughs or face inner demons. Perhaps this could be considered the only advantage of the Douluo Continent.
Moreover, the rules regarding Soul Beasts were also quite interesting. After a Soul Beast died, its lifelong cultivation would condense into an energy halo for anyone to absorb. The corpse also contained abundant Soul Power that could be consumed by people, and there was even a chance it would produce a Soul Bone. Some special Soul Beasts would even have inner cores, pushing the utilization of their entire body to the extreme.
And if one encountered a Soul Master radiating an evil aura who could maximize the benefits of a corpse, then this Soul Beast would truly be in luck. Aside from the aforementioned uses, two new uses were added: corpse refinement and soul utilization.
Not wasting too much time on the two Wind Baboons, Huo Yuhao continued walking deeper. The further inside he went, the more varieties of Soul Beasts Huo Yuhao saw, and the more tyrannical the aura on the Soul Beasts became.
Huo Yuhao's Spirit Eyes were already Golden-Level Spirit Eyes. Even without obtaining a soul ring, he possessed an extremely expansive field of vision and powerful insight. His Spirit Eyes martial soul continuously scanned the aura of the surrounding Soul Beasts to judge their strength.
The target for Huo Yuhao's First Soul Ring was a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
With his body and martial soul having undergone such enhancement, enduring a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast was more than enough. Since that was the case, a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring was naturally the primary choice.
After all, a Soul Saint from the Body Sect undergoing a normal Second Awakening could have a millennium ring as their First Soul Ring. There was no reason why he-someone with a Golden-Level Second Awakening whose physical strength was at the Intermediate Warlord level-could not even endure a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring. As for spiritual impact, his Spirit Eyes martial soul and Psychic Power martial soul were not to be trifled with.
Yet the problem now was that he was an illiterate who simply could not recognize the age of a Soul Beast.
Killing a millennium beast by mistake was fine; even if it was nine thousand years old, the resulting soul ring would still be purple and distinguishable. But if he found one that was forty or fifty thousand years old, Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings were all black, and he feared he wouldn't be able to bear it.
Wandering aimlessly in the outermost periphery for a day and killing a few Soul Beasts that looked like ten-thousand-year beasts but turned out to be mere millennium ones, Huo Yuhao began to push further inward, entering the Mixed Area.
The Mixed Area was a place where dragons and fish mingled, holding plenty of Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts. However, he still ought to be cautious with his First Soul Ring; it was best if it happened to be right at the ten-thousand-year level so he could rest easy. So when all was said and forth, he still needed to find someone proficient in Soul Beast knowledge.
Therefore, even though Huo Yuhao was releasing Spiritual Detection to scan for Soul Beasts, he was actually primarily searching for other human squads that had come to the Star Dou Great Forest for Soul Hunting.
The Soul Masters of the three great empires on the Douluo Continent relied entirely on the two major soul forests for their livelihood: one was the Star Dou Great Forest, and the other was the Sunset Forest.
Because of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, the Sunset Forest had its fortune and spiritual energy drained dry by Tang San, gathered entirely within his Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and locked down with heavy restrictions forbidding Soul Masters from entering or leaving.
Consequently, the Sunset Forest was quite barren, basically containing only some ten-year Soul Beasts, with even millennium ones being a rare sight. Moreover, according to Tang San's plan, he presumably intended to turn the Star Dou Great Forest into the same state as the Sunset Forest.
Since the Sunset Forest-one of the two great soul forests of the Douluo Continent-was already ruined, the three great empires naturally waited to feed on the Star Dou Great Forest. A massive volume of Soul Masters entered and exited the Star Dou Great Forest every day, and with good luck, he should be able to run into them.
As for finding people, one naturally had to follow the flow of the water. Of course, although Huo Yuhao didn't understand much, he wasn't stupid; seeing places with cooking smoke, he would choose to steer clear. Here was already the Mixed Area, and any existence daring to light a fire here was at least at the Titled Douluo level. He wasn't arrogant enough to dare to exchange blows with a Titled Douluo.
Huo Yuhao patiently walked along the stream, his Spirit Eyes remaining in a fully blazing state, constantly observing the movements in the surroundings.
Finally, at a spot dozens of meters away from him, he discovered seven people-four men and three women-eating dry rations.
Among the seven were three elders and four youths. The four youths consisted of two men and two women of similar ages, likely around fifteen or sixteen years old. All of them wore luxurious, platinum-standard uniforms, making them look like students from an academy.
As for the other three elders, one was an old woman with a full head of silver hair who looked the oldest, while the other two were old men with crane-like hair and youthful complexions. The auras of these three people were roughly similar; although tyrannical, they probably weren't Titled Douluo.
Huo Yuhao guessed that these three possessed cultivations at the Soul Douluo level, and judging by their attire, they should be academy teachers. This time, they were likely bringing four students to acquire soul rings.
Huo Yuhao felt he could make contact. If he found anything amiss, his hundred-meter-per-second quick legs were more than enough to ensure he could escape.
When Huo Yuhao drew near, they also discovered him. All seven of them stood up vigilantly in defense. The three elders among them sensed the aura on Huo Yuhao's body, their originally calm faces instantly turning solemn as they frantically probed everything around them with spiritual power. Yet when they discovered that they actually found nothing at all, the urge to flee arose in their hearts.
Because they found that Huo Yuhao was actually just a tiny Soul Scholar without even a single soul ring, and being able to walk all the way here meant he was definitely protected by an expert.
Yet with their Soul Douluo-level cultivation, they couldn't detect a shred of aura. This meant that behind the little fellow before their eyes stood at least an expert of the Titled Douluo level, and a Super Douluo was not even out of the question.
The princess was Emperor His Majesty's most pampered younger sister, and if anything happened to her, they wouldn't have a way to report back.
They had been given a fright, but so had Huo Yuhao. Seeing the opposite side react with such agitation, Huo Yuhao assumed they were about to make a move on him, and the Genetic Origin Energy within his body gathered in his legs, ready to bolt at any moment.
Junior Warrior (Punch force 900kg, 25m/s)
Intermediate Warrior (Punch force 2000kg, 40m/s)
Advanced Warrior (Punch force 4000kg, 60m/s)
Junior Warlord (Punch force 8000kg, 90m/s)
Intermediate Warlord (Punch force kg, 130m/s)
Advanced Warlord (Punch force kg, 180m/s)
Junior War God (Punch force kg, 340m/s)
Intermediate War God (Punch force kg, 460m/s)
Advanced War God (Punch force kg, 600m/s)
The levels from Swallowed Star will be released daily, because the author directly chose a cultivation level that uses physical force to display combat power. It won't affect the reading experience even for friends who haven't read Swallowed Star.
This book will push forward quickly without getting stuck on levels. The protagonist wants revenge, and he wants it to feel satisfying; lingering and developing for hundreds of chapters is far too aggravating.
Regarding the heroine issue, I really like Zhang Lexuan, and I've set up a very interesting romantic plot line for her. Huo Yuhao will wipe out Shrek, which can be said to be a bittersweet romance.
Huo Xingling, normal romance.
There will only be two principal wives; I'll handle the rest as I see fit, no harems here (protecting my dog head).
The final word count should be over one million words, and I hope everyone likes it.
(End of chapter)
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