A Narrow Kill of the God King Wind Baboon

Huo Yuhao ultimately ran into members of the Tang Sect, as unavoidable as fate.

The group exchanged a few pleasantries, but this time Huo Yuhao did not show off his grilled fish skills from the original story. Coupled with the eye-searing scene of him entangled with Zhongli Yu, Tang Ya was not particularly taken with him.

Because he had joined the Holy Spirit Cult, Huo Yuhao did not dress like the child of a commoner. Thus, Tang Ya did not extend an olive branch and invite him into the Tang Sect.

Beibei could not see through Zhongli Yu's background, so he did not dare let Tang Ya remain there for too long. Finding an excuse, he took Tang Ya away.

"Those two are Shrek students." Watching the pair's retreating figures, Zhongli Yu suddenly smiled, a faint killing intent glinting in her beautiful eyes.

"They're just a few little bugs, not worth mentioning." Huo Yuhao waved his hand, signaling for her not to care. He knew full well that Zhongli Yu had committed no shortage of evil while following Zhongli Wu. Only before him did she put on an innocent, harmless appearance.

"Let's go. It's getting late. We're entering the Star Dou Great Forest."

"Could they be heading to the Star Dou Great Forest?" Tang Ya turned back to look thoughtfully at Huo Yuhao and Zhongli Yu's departing backs.

Beibei shook his head. "Hard to say. I can vaguely sense that Huo Yuhao possesses Soul Power, though he hides it deeply. That Child Bride of his doesn't look simple either. She should be able to help him hunt a soul ring."

Tang Ya stuck out her tongue. "He has Soul Power? Then should we recruit him into the Tang Sect?"

Beibei could only smile wryly. "Great Tang Sect Master Miss Tang Ya, before you took me as your disciple, the Tang Sect consisted of you alone. And your ambition is to strengthen the Tang Sect. Naturally, we should recruit suitable people. But little brother Huo seems rather steady. You can tell from his clothes that he should be a descendant of some great family. Right now, our Tang Sect can only recruit commoner disciples without much of a background."

Tang Ya looked at Beibei curiously. "I couldn't tell—you're quite good at spotting talent."

Beibei stood up and dusted off his clothes. "That's called being smart. Or wise, if you prefer. Let's go. They have both background and strength. It doesn't look like they need our help."

Tang Ya rose as well and giggled. "All right, then. I'll catch a few fish and grill them first, then we'll leave."

Naturally, Huo Yuhao had no idea that the worldline had already changed because of Zhongli Yu. Even if he had known, he would have applauded. The Tang Sect was too deeply tied to that Buddha; once he drew its attention, he would be in danger.

"How was it, Your Majesty? Did you find any divine sense originating from Tang San on those two Tang Sect disciples?" Once Beibei and Tang Ya had gone far away, Huo Yuhao eagerly asked Bibi Dong about them.

To his surprise, Bibi Dong in the spiritual space wore a grave expression. She cast Huo Yuhao an indifferent glance. "Neither of them had any divine sense on them. But that boy called Beibei carries the aura of Sea God's Light."

"He's the great-grandson of the Sea God Pavilion Master. He must have bathed in Sea God's Light plenty of times." Huo Yuhao finally breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Bibi Dong was helping him block fortune sensing. As the continent's new Son of Fortune, he would surely attract the God Realm's attention.

Not long after they continued onward, a wooden sign by the roadside caught Huo Yuhao's attention.

"Fifty li ahead, you will enter the territory of the Star Dou Great Forest. Soul beasts may be encountered. Proceed with caution."

So he had not gone the wrong way. He was finally about to reach the destination from the original story. At that moment, aside from excitement, Huo Yuhao felt a trace of nervousness. Touching the dagger at the back of his waist, he suppressed the restless stirrings in his heart and strode forward with firm steps.

The air gradually turned cool. Beyond that coolness seemed to lie a peculiar heaviness. The Star Dou Great Forest was like a soul beast with its jaws wide open, awaiting the entry of a young life—opportunity, or... devouring!

In his excitement, Huo Yuhao unconsciously quickened his pace. He was becoming impatient.

Zhongli Yu followed Huo Yuhao at neither too close nor too far a distance. This had been Huo Yuhao's own request. After all, having Zhongli Yu step in whenever he encountered danger would do him no good in his cultivation.

As Huo Yuhao moved forward, a strange sensation suddenly surfaced in his mind. He felt as though his eyes had lightly brushed against something, and instinctively channeled Soul Power into his Spiritual Eye.

Crimson spirals swirled around his pupils. In an instant, Huo Yuhao caught sight of a black shadow flashing past on the left side of the road ahead.

As an exceptionally rare spiritual-type mutated martial soul, the evolved Spiritual Eye possessed powerful perception. His sense of danger immediately sharpened Huo Yuhao's reactions?

A black figure flashed past where he had been standing moments ago and landed on the ground beside him. At such close range, Huo Yuhao instantly saw what it was.

"Wow, it really is you—"

It was a baboon about a meter tall, covered in brownish-yellow fur. Its eyes were brown, its arms exceptionally long, and its claws tipped with sharp nails. Its canine teeth protruded from its lips, while ferocity blazed in its eyes. Having missed its strike, it immediately let out a low roar at Huo Yuhao. Its powerful hind legs kicked off the ground, and it pounced at him once more.

That was right. It was the ten-year Wind Baboon from his memories, the one that had nearly sent the future God of Emotion to meet King Yama!

Although Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Eye had not yet been attached to a soul ring, the abilities it now possessed were far more outrageous than those of an ordinary martial soul with a soul ring. With Soul Power poured into it, the baboon's pouncing movements seemed frozen in time in his eyes.

His slightly hurried heartbeat rang clearly in his ears, and Huo Yuhao's breathing noticeably grew heavier. This was the first time in both his lives that he had faced an attack from a beast.

All he needed to do was gather Soul Power in his left eye and use Amaterasu, and this ten-year Wind Baboon would be finished immediately.

Talking big about killing was different from actually doing it.

As the saying went, hesitation led to defeat. While Huo Yuhao's mind was locked in turmoil, the Wind Baboon had already reached him. Its long arms stretched forward, and its clawed palms seized both of Huo Yuhao's shoulders at once. Yet it had ultimately underestimated Huo Yuhao's physical strength. Its claws could only leave a few pale marks on his shoulders, as though his body had been cast from bronze and forged from iron.

The baboon shrieked, gripping Huo Yuhao's shoulders as its powerful body spun once in midair with the force of its charge, preparing to viciously hurl him away.

Huo Yuhao snorted coldly. I was going to pretend to be a weakling and play around with you, but all I got in return was a ruthless attack. Fine, I'm done pretending. I'll lay my cards on the table—I'm a cheater!

His left pupil snapped open. Amaterasu!

At the point where his gaze focused, eerie black flames erupted in an instant. The searing pain made the baboon howl miserably as it fell to the ground and rolled about repeatedly.

Before long, after rolling around on the ground for a while, the baboon went completely still. A faint white glow began to appear over its body. Gradually, the white light condensed above it into a white ring of light. The ring was not distinct, and its radiance flickered in and out, yet Huo Yuhao, seeing a soul ring form for the first time, was still left dumbstruck.

Just as Huo Yuhao marveled at nature's mysteries, a voice suddenly rang in his mind without warning.

"Finally, I've encountered a human with a Spiritual Attribute. What a pity I can't cry, or I'd surely be weeping my eyes out!"

The ground beneath Huo Yuhao suddenly began to tremble without warning. Cracks appeared in the ground two meters ahead, gradually widening into fissures. Faint golden-white light could vaguely be seen shining from within them.

Threads of icy cold seeped out from the cracks in the ground, and the surrounding temperature began to drop noticeably. The cracked area grew larger and larger, reaching a diameter of over five meters in just a short while. At last, the golden-white radiance revealed its true form.

It was a round, chubby-looking head, over a meter in diameter. It wriggled as it slowly crawled out, its body stretching more than seven meters long.

As it emerged, icy mist began to form with Huo Yuhao's breath. The frigid cold made him shiver several times in succession.

Its entire body was the color of white jade, crystalline and translucent. Though it had burrowed out of the soil, its smooth skin bore not a speck of dirt. Halos flowed beneath its surface, and there was even a pair of tiny golden, gleaming eyes on its head. Most peculiar of all, beginning half a meter from its head, a golden stripe encircled its body at regular intervals. From head to tail, there were ten such golden stripes in total.

Bro, you're here! Huo Yuhao was the one who truly wanted to burst into tears. Brother Sky Dream, I've waited a whole year for you—

Another two all-nighters in a row. Kneeling to request recommendation tickets. (┳◇┳)

Brother Sky Dream had arrived, and Little Yuhao had finally become Huo Hang. What came next would be a completely different development, so please look forward to what follows!