(Don't say the author got the Twin Cyclops's height wrong. Its attributes alone make it clear that this isn't the same soul beast as the one in the original story. Besides, the current timeline doesn't actually match the point when Huo Yuhao entered Star Dou in the original, either. You can consider it a butterfly effect.)
Since this situation hadn't arisen out of nowhere, Xuan Zi still had time to react. He appeared in front of Huo Yuhao and the others, staring at the Twin Cyclops in some surprise.
"Good heavens! I've lived for almost two hundred years, and this is my first time seeing a hundred-thousand-year Twin Cyclops. But this big fellow seems to be running away. What could possibly dare to chase a hundred-thousand-year Twin Cyclops? Its fighting strength is nothing like that of an ordinary hundred-thousand-year soul beast. It can even stand toe-to-toe with a hundred-thousand-year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear!"
Still, to be safe, Xuan Zi hurriedly called for Huo Yuhao and the others to prepare to leave. Although this Twin Cyclops was at the hundred-thousand-year level, it was certainly no match for him. With a little effort, he could take it down.
But once a battle broke out, he might not be able to protect the students beside him. Huo Yuhao was among them, too. If anything happened to him, Du Busi would surely peel Xuan Zi's hide off and turn it into a pair of cowhide underpants.
This time, he, Xuan Zi, would clear his name. He could protect the students beside him. Everything that had happened before had simply been an accident!
Meanwhile, the flash of golden light from earlier had come to a halt. What emerged from it, however, was the figure of a soul beast.
This was a soul beast unlike anything