Sweet scent?
Huo Yuhao's nostrils twitched slightly.
As a chef, his sense of smell was always exceptionally keen, and he immediately noticed the abnormality in the air.
He narrowed his eyes to look, actually seeing a wisp of dark red, hazy mist drifting slowly inward. If not for his superior eyesight, he probably wouldn't have even noticed it.
"Yuhao, don't breathe it in, this mist is poisonous!"
Tian Meng's warning rang out in his mind.
"Mm, I smelled it." Huo Yuhao nodded.
He exhaled a breath of cold air slightly, driving out that sweet-smelling mist.
"What is that thing? A Soul Beast? Or something else?"
He looked around vigilantly. His excellent night vision was enough to let him clearly see the texture on the tree trunks ten meters away, but he couldn't spot any abnormalities whatsoever in the pitch-black forest.
"Hoh hoh hoh, Yuhao, your eyes aren't working so well now, are they?"
Tian Meng said with smug satisfaction.
"That fellow is hiding in a tree not far away. Try the soul skill I brought you, it won't be able to hide now."
A soul skill?
Huo Yuhao's gaze was ice-cold, a trace of pale gold emerging within his slightly glowing blue eyes, while a fluorescent white Soul Ring rose from beneath his feet.
The Soul Ring shone brightly, the first soul skill of the Million-Year Soul Ring, Spiritual Detection, activate!
In an instant, everything around them seemed to freeze in place.
Huo Yuhao felt as though his soul had left his body, using a completely new perspective to observe everything around him.
Within a radius of a hundred meters, a blind-spot-free holographic scene converged in his mind, and the gentle swaying of every blade of grass and every tree was completely clear to him.
No change could escape his eyes, and no ghost-like trickery could remain hidden.
Including twenty meters away, that fellow hiding in the red mist, biding its time.
"Wallhack, is it?" Huo Yuhao's face was full of excitement. "Awesome!"
He looked toward that direction and provoked, "What are you hiding over there for?"
Bei Bei was comforting Tang Ya when he suddenly saw Huo Yuhao release a soul ring and even cast a soul skill, feeling bewildered. Suddenly, he sensed rapidly approaching danger, his expression changed, and he lunged forward.
Crack--
The sleeve on Bei Bei's right arm instantly burst, turning to ash. Meanwhile, his originally slender right arm became extremely bulky, covered by blue-purple scales.
Agile blue-purple electric arcs wrapped around his right arm like little snakes, and at the same time, a total of three soul rings-two yellow and one purple-swirled around his thick right arm.
And on his forehead, a blue lightning mark had also appeared.
"Hah!"
Shedding his previous gentle and refined image, Bei Bei let out an angry shout, his thick right arm gripping into a claw and violently slashing forward.
Boom!
Accompanied by a burst of thunderous noise, a dark red, slender shadow was revealed.
That was a red snake about three or four meters long.
"Hiss, hiss..."
That serpent launched a surprise attack from the darkness, colliding with Bei Bei. Failing to succeed, it flicked its tongue, climbed onto the surrounding trees, and vanished.
"It's a Mandala Snake! Judging by its size, it's over a thousand years old. Bei Bei, that's it!"
Seeing that long snake, Tang Ya appeared somewhat excited, and her previously depressed mood subsided a little.
She also released her own soul rings-two hundred-year yellow Soul Rings. This Mandala Snake would happen to make her third Soul Ring.
"No! It's more than a thousand years of cultivation." Feeling the force on his hand, Bei Bei wore a trace of solemnity. "At least two thousand! Or even higher!"
"What?" Tang Ya was startled.
Wasn't this the outer periphery of the Star Dou Great Forest? A thousand-year Soul Beast appearing here was already pushing the limit, so how could a Soul Beast of over two thousand years show up?
A two-thousand-year Soul Beast was something even an ordinary three-ring Soul Elder wouldn't dare claim they could easily handle if they met one alone.
Though she and Bei Bei could definitely take it down if they went all out, they would also pay a heavy price.
"Bei Bei, how about... forget it?" Tang Ya said softly.
Compared to her Soul Ring, Bei Bei's safety was somewhat more important.
"We can't run. Once a Mandala Snake sets its sights on prey, it rarely gives up." Bei Bei's brow furrowed tightly.
The surroundings had been enveloped in red mist at some unknown point.
He took out a medicinal pill and swallowed it, then tossed one each to Huo Yuhao and Tang Ya.
"Xiaoya, Little Brother Huo, stand behind me and don't scatter."
Bei Bei displayed his responsibility and dependability at this moment.
"Top-tier Beast Martial Soul, lightning attribute, three-ring Soul Elder, should be a Power Attack System..."
Huo Yuhao analyzed Bei Bei.
This teenager under fourteen years old could definitely be called a favored son of heaven, and he was also easygoing and calm, which couldn't help but make Huo Yuhao hold him in a slightly higher regard.
He had just relied on his Spiritual Detection to dodge the Mandala Snake's sneak attack, but Bei Bei still met it head-on directly.
The three of them stood in a triangular formation, their first, second, and third soul rings flashing respectively.
Bei Bei didn't dare lower his guard; the Mandala Snake could launch a sneak attack again from the pitch-black forest at any moment.
He should be able to kill a two-thousand-year Mandala Snake if he went all out, but Mandala Snakes were incomparably craft, and he simply wouldn't be able to look after protecting Tang Ya and Little Brother Huo.
"Come out!"
Bei Bei roared angrily, flicking his right arm and sending a blue-purple lightning bolt into the surroundings, illuminating the dark forest.
But the brief light couldn't reveal the Mandala Snake's location at all, and the forest quickly returned to pitch black.
"This won't do, we can't drag this out." Bei Bei wore a grave expression.
The enemy was in the dark while they were in the light, so dragging it out like this was no way forward.
Just at this moment, Huo Yuhao spoke up, "It's right there."
His gaze remained fixed on one direction.
Before Bei Bei could react, his whole body suddenly froze, and a cool, refreshing sensation surged into his brain.
Tang Ya's face held the exact same shock.
The surrounding environment transformed into clear data inputting into their minds, and they saw it-hidden beneath the vegetation, the Mandala Snake's evil eyes radiated a cunning light.
"This is..."
Bei Bei and Tang Ya exchanged a glance, turning in unison to look at Huo Yuhao.
Huo Yuhao, however, smiled and spoke, "What? Still stunned? What are you waiting for?"
"Good!"
In his heart, Bei Bei confirmed that this terrifying detection effect was definitely Huo Yuhao's soul skill, and he immediately let out an angry shout, charging straight toward the direction of the Mandala Snake.
This was precisely the second soul skill attached to Huo Yuhao's million-year Soul Ring, Spiritual Sharing.
Aside from Soul Shock being slightly offensive, the other three skills Tian Meng brought him all leaned toward support and control.
When combined, Spiritual Detection and Spiritual Sharing could allow other people to temporarily possess his terrifying field of vision capabilities as well.
Huo Yuhao wasn't the kind of person who could comfortably and freely enjoy other people's protection for nothing; he felt it necessary to help out this upright and kind-hearted Bei Bei.
At this moment, under the blessing of this terrifying detection ability, the three soul rings on Bei Bei's body lit up simultaneously.
First soul skill, Thunder Dragon Claw!
Second soul skill, Thunderous Might!
Third soul skill, Thunderclap Fury!
Knowing the opponent's location, Bei Bei held nothing back, striving to slay the Mandala Snake in a single blow!
Purple lightning wrapped around his body, and the faint roar of a dragon seemed to echo.
That thick arm, carrying swift lightning, violently grabbed toward the Mandala Snake's head.
"Hiss, hiss--"
The Mandala Snake's head was grabbed by the terrifying brute force, and it let out a painful cry.
"Well done, Bei Bei!"
Tang Ya, who had witnessed all this through Spiritual Detection, couldn't help cheering aloud.
However, just when Tang Ya thought Bei Bei had victory in hand, an unexpected change occurred.