While the three of them were making their way through the Star Dou Great Forest, Huo Yuhao, Xiao Xiao, and Wang Dong had also entered the forest. After all, Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao had both reached level thirty and needed to hunt for soul rings.
Although only the three of them were visible, an expert was actually protecting them from the shadows-none other than Xuan Zi, the academy's second-strongest expert.
Their luck was far better than Dai Youheng's. Not long after entering, they encountered a dark gold terrorclaw bear of a suitable age, an excellent match for Xiao Xiao's Soul-Suppressing Cauldron martial soul.
However, without Ice Explosion this time, Huo Yuhao and the other two struggled to defeat the thousand-year dark gold terrorclaw bear. In the end, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong had to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to bring it down before Xiao Xiao stepped forward to deliver the final blow.
While Dai Youheng pretended to search for a soul beast suitable for himself, his powerful spiritual power quietly spread like an invisible spiderweb. Its primary purpose was not to detect the fluctuations of soul beasts, but to search specifically for the traces and auras of human soul masters.
He knew that the best way to find the elusive Auspicious Beast was to follow the route taken by the protagonists in the original story.
Sure enough, before long, the sounds of fierce fighting and scorching fluctuations of fire-attribute soul power came from the southeast.
"There's something happening over there. Seniors, shall we go take a look?" Dai Youheng spoke first, his tone carrying just the right measure of curiosity and caution.
Shattered Star Douluo and Manyi suspected nothing. With a flicker, the three silently swept toward the source of the noise.
The forest clearing was a