Star Dou Great Forest
Roar! Roar! Roar! A series of sounds boomed from the woods. "Damn, something's not right!"
As Huo Yuhao ran desperately through the tangled forest, he couldn't help but swear.
The fallen leaves beneath his feet rustled under his feet, splashing mud onto his dusty trouser legs.
"Shouldn't it be a thousand-year-old Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear? How come it's ten-thousand-year-old this time?" Huo Yuhao said as he ran, "Teacher, you're lying to me!"
Let's turn back time a few minutes. At that time, golden sunlight could still filter through the layered canopy of trees, casting coin-like dappled patterns of light on the ground.
Electrolux's divine sense spread silently through the forest like an invisible net.
Suddenly, his divine sense detected two intense energy fluctuations colliding, originating from a clearing deep in the forest.
"There are Thousand-Year Soul Beast fighting," Electrolux's voice echoed in Huo Yuhao's mind. "They are bear-type Soul Beast and tiger-type Soul Beast."
Huo Yuhao felt incredibly lucky.
Although I don't know why, whatever Soul Beast Soul Beast I want to see appears, as if it's a blessing from heaven, but actually it's more than that, I only found out when I got there.
They are indeed Thousand-Year Soul Beast. That tiger-type Soul Beast was Thousand-Year Soul Beast, but this Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear is a genuine Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. Two of them?
Just as Huo Yuhao was preparing to reap the benefits, the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear seemed to have marked him and suddenly charged towards him. The Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear seemed to have sensed his presence.
It suddenly turned its head, its eyes like two burning red lanterns, locking onto Huo Yuhao.
His eyes were filled with violence and madness, and flickered with an eerie red light, as if they contained endless anger and painful memories.
"Could this big guy have been attacked before?" A thought flashed through Huo Yuhao's mind.
"Oh no!" he thought to himself, and turned to run.
And so, the bear chased, and he ran. It wasn't that he couldn't defeat the bear; with his current strength, he might not be without a fighting chance.
However, this Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear was clearly in a state of complete rage, its combat power was much higher than usual, and it was completely disregarding the cost.
"It's too risky to fight this kind of opponent head-on. I'll wait until it's worn down, then finish it off in one move, saving myself the trouble of dealing with it."
Huo Yuhao ran while calculating, but dared not stop for a moment.
Thus, a peculiar chase unfolded deep within the Star Dou Great Forest.
A massive, Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear roared as it charged forward, leaving deep claw marks on the ground with every step, causing the earth to tremble.
Its giant paws pounded against the trees around it, the thick trunks as fragile as toothpicks, easily snapped in two.
Not far ahead of it, Huo Yuhao, like a nimble ape, leaped and bounded through the forest, skillfully using the terrain to evade the bear's pursuit.
His breathing gradually became rapid, and his forehead was covered with beads of sweat, but his eyes remained sharp and calm.
After running for an unknown amount of time, Huo Yuhao finally saw a huge ancient tree ahead, its trunk so thick that it would take more than a dozen people to encircle it.
A surge of joy filled him, and with a sudden turn, he hid behind a large tree. "Phew... I finally shook him off." He leaned against the tree trunk.
However, just as he breathed a sigh of relief, he heard that familiar, chilling "roaring" sound behind him.
Huo Yuhao's heart leaped into his throat. He turned around abruptly and saw that the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear had somehow circled behind a tree, its furious eyes fixed on him.
"Not good!" Huo Yuhao's pupils shrank sharply, and he reacted almost instinctively.
Just as the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's massive paw, carrying immense force, slammed down, he abruptly dodged to the side.
With a deafening roar, the ancient tree he had just hidden under was shattered by the terrifying force of the bear's paw. Wood chips flew everywhere like an explosion, and gravel and dirt flew in all directions.
Huo Yuhao was thrown back by the shockwave, tumbling in the air before landing steadily on the ground. Ignoring his scrapes, he immediately got up and flashed back behind the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear. "Looks like I can't wait any longer!"
He thought to himself, "Now that things have come to this, I have no choice but to face it head-on."
Just then, a powerful energy surge suddenly erupted behind Huo Yuhao.
A colossal golden dragon phantom slowly appeared, its body coiled, its scales shimmering with dazzling golden light, and an aura of majesty and holiness instantly permeated the air.
Huo Yuhao took a deep breath and punched out with both fists. Two golden energies converged in front of him, forming a huge golden fist shadow.
" Golden Dragon Explosive Fist!" he roared, pouring all his strength into this punch.
The dragon's roar resounded once more, this time louder and more majestic than ever before.
The sound was like rolling thunder in spring, piercing through layers of trees and spreading throughout the entire Star Dou Great Forest, as if the whole forest was trembling.
Almost at the same time as the dragon's roar, a golden fist shadow, carrying earth-shattering power, slammed heavily into the back of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.
"Aww--!"
A bloodcurdling scream pierced the sky—the cry of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear. Its massive body was struck as if by a heavy hammer, sending it flying forward, crashing through several large trees before finally slamming heavily to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.
The forest finally returned to a brief silence, with only Huo Yuhao's heavy breathing and the faint roars of Soul Beast in the distance.
Huo Yuhao looked at the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear lying on the ground, wiped the sweat from his face, and felt a mix of emotions. This battle had been extremely dangerous.
The energy aftershocks of the dragon's roar and the beast's howl swept through the Star Dou Great Forest like a tsunami, even causing the aerial roots of the ancient trees in the core area to tremble.
Di Tian, who was perched on the giant rock in the center of the Lake of Life, suddenly opened his eyes, his golden vertical pupils surging with terrifying waves.
--That dragon's roar, which pierced through the clouds and split the rocks, carried the pressure of the ancient Dragon Clan, causing even the black ice rock where it clung to burst open with spiderweb-like cracks.
Di Tian's massive body stood upright like a black mountain, and its long tail, covered with dark gold scales, swept across the lake, causing the water to freeze into ice crystals in mid-air.
It stared intently in the direction from which the dragon's roar came, its mane-like dorsal fins standing on end. "Dragon's roar?" This sound was different from the ferocity of the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, and also different from the deep and majestic sound of the Sky Azure Bull Python; it was a dragon's might that combined both holiness and Destruction.
"How could the aura of the Dragon Clan appear in the Star Dou Great Forest?" Di Tian's divine sense pierced into the dense forest like black lightning, but he only caught the remnants of the battle and the dying howl of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.
Huo Yuhao looked at the corpse of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, "This big guy is really thick-skinned. It only suffered serious injuries after taking my Golden Dragon Explosive Fist. Luckily, I followed up with another one, better safe than sorry."
"It really took me a lot of effort." As he spoke, he got up and went to examine the corpse of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, feeling around on it as if searching for something.
It was unclear whether this giant creature could yield Soul Bone. Suddenly, a black Soul Ring slowly rose, and at the same time, a claw-shaped bone peeled off the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.
"As expected, External Soul Bone, the Dark Gold Dreadclaw!" Huo Yuhao exclaimed in surprise, "Heaven truly has eyes; just what I wished for has come to pass! This thing has actually fallen into my hands again."
He remembered that when he first obtained this item, it was Xiao Xiao who gave it to him so that he would have the good fortune to acquire this Soul Bone. Now, he had obtained it so easily, and he couldn't help but feel a surge of emotions.
I don't really need these Soul Ring for now. The Golden Dragon King doesn't need any additional Soul Ring rings; he's always created his own killing moves, so he doesn't need any. As for the Spirit Eyes, should I add the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear to Spirit Eyes?
You can't exactly unleash a mental attack with your claws, can you? Right, while the Spirit Eyes can't, the Water and Fire Dragon Kings can.
He now possesses numerous Martial Soul, a total of four: Water and Fire Dragon Kings, Necromancy (though it's unclear if it still counts), Spirit Eyes, and Golden Dragon King.
As he spoke, he began to absorb the Soul Ring.
Huo Yuhao picked up the precious Soul Bone, and a golden light flashed in his eyes, revealing Sisi Golden Dragon King's aura. Under the influence of this aura, he instantly refined the Soul Bone and Soul Ring, and a powerful force instantly merged into his body, further enhancing his strength.
The first Soul Skill of the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings Martial Soul is the Sky-Rending Claw bestowed by the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.
For Huo Yuhao, who had already cultivated the Eight-Nine Mysterious Art, these Soul Ring and Soul Bone were merely icing on the cake. Completing his Soul Ring and adding more skills to his Soul Bone was simply a matter of having more skills. Who would complain about having too many skills?
External Soul Bone like the Dark Gold Dreadclaw are primarily intended for weapon crafting, making them an excellent choice for close-range attacks, emphasizing surprise and catching the opponent off guard.
Looking at it this way, it actually resembles the claws that Wolverine has in the Wolverine —indestructible and incredibly sharp. Plus, Huo Yuhao himself possesses the Eye of Life, which restores and strengthens his claws, Wolverine plus version.