The Core Circle Star Dou Great Forest, the Lake of Life
Not long after the Scarlet King and the Auspicious Beast returned, a human figure walked over.
As Di Tian and the others looked at the human figures, they exuded an extremely powerful aura. Normally, such terrifying pressure would kill an ordinary human Soul Master on the spot, but Huo Yuhao was completely unharmed.
Regarding the core area, it should be said that no one knows this place better than Huo Yuhao. He had been here before in his previous life, and finding Di Tian was quite easy. This time, he didn't need to call him out.
By simply using one's own Emotion God power to explore with divine sense, one can find the location of Ferocious Beast such as Di Tian. Furthermore, apart from the Lake of Life, Di Tian doesn't seem to go to any other far places.
On the rocks by the lake, Di Tian's coiled dragon body rose like a black mountain range. Its golden vertical pupils locked onto the newcomer, and its power emanated from its body. The majesty and power of the Beast God were fully displayed at this moment, releasing a pressure that distorted space.
The Scarlet King lay prostrate to one side, its three heads simultaneously emitting low roars, its sharp claws scraping the ground with a piercing sound. The other Ferocious Beast also watched as this audacious human directly confronted Di Tian.
"Weak human, what brings you to our Star Du Great Forest? I can sense your powerful aura, but that doesn't mean you can come here at will. Get out! Your aura pollutes this pure land. Otherwise, die here."
Di Tian's voice was like a glacier collapsing, creating ripples on the lake's surface.
It didn't use its full strength, yet it was enough to cause Titled Douluo- level expert to have their heart stop instantly. However, the young man in front of him only frowned slightly, his clothes were lifted by the energy flow, but not even a strand of hair trembled.
Facing that gaze that could crush even the soul, Huo Yuhao said, " Beast God, I've come here to discuss something with you. I have no hostile intentions."
Di Tian said, "What can a mere human like you possibly discuss with me? Are you even qualified?"
"It's nice to meet you again, human Soul Master!"
Suddenly, the Auspicious Beast poked its head out from behind the Scarlet King, its golden mane leaping like flames in the mist. It trotted to the lakeside, its three eyes curiously scrutinizing Huo Yuhao: "Did you come to find me?"
Before the words were finished, Di Tian's dragon eyes suddenly contracted—it finally understood why this human aura made the Auspicious Beast so close.
"Insolence!" Di Tian suddenly raised his head, his dragon roar shaking the lake water. His massive body soared into the air, its shadow completely engulfing Huo Yuhao. "How dare you covet this Auspicious Beast! Today you will perish here, turning into mud at the bottom of this lake!"
Its aura surged, and its massive dragon body roared towards Huo Yuhao.
With Di Tian's roar, all the Ferocious Beast looked in Huo Yuhao's direction and prepared for battle. The atmosphere was tense, and the Ferocious Beast ' aura was revealed.
The oppressive aura of other Ferocious Beast intertwined into a web.
The Scarlet King lowered its three heads simultaneously, its mane bristling with fear. "He is the human protected by the Auspicious Beast!" Its crimson pupils churned with the instinctive hostility of Ferocious Beast towards humanity.
Di Tian said, "Regardless of why the Auspicious Beast protected you, you are still human. Humans are our enemies. What, are you after the Auspicious Beast's abilities, or do you want to seize the power of destiny of our Star Dou Great Forest?"
Huo Yuhao was instantly forced to kneel on one knee by this powerful aura, a chill running down his spine. Di Tian's power was as deep as the ocean, far surpassing his own. For Huo Yuhao to try and challenge Di Tian with his current strength was tantamount to throwing an egg against a rock, simply asking for trouble.
But at that moment, a warm gray aura emanated from the depths of the Sea of Consciousness, and an aged yet majestic voice boomed. " Yuhao, do not flinch, your master is here!"
In an instant, the space and time around the boy seemed to freeze into a gray-white scroll. His long blue hair suddenly turned into waist-length gray, and a sacred necromantic aura appeared in his eyes, with gray flames seemingly burning in them.
He raised his hand and waved it lightly. A staff Entanglement in gray energy condensed from the void, and the six-pointed star at the top of the staff burst out with dazzling divine light. Just then, Di Tian's dragon roar was already in front of him, but it was blasted away by an invisible barrier.
"If you wish to understand my disciple, you must first ask the staff in my hand." Huo Yuhao's voice was now a mixture of two timbres, deep and weathered, carrying an authority that did not belong to a young man.
Di Tian sensed the aura of the newcomer and knew that this person was not to be underestimated. He examined the strange change before him with surprise and suspicion, while the other Ferocious Beast exchanged bewildered glances.
Di Tian asked directly, "I have never heard of such a powerful being among humans. Just who are you?"
In his Electrolux -possessed form, Huo Yuhao raised his hand and stroked the star core at the top of his staff, a faint smile playing on his lips. His voice carried an arrogant disdain for the world. "Who am I? I hold the Sun Moon in my hands and pluck the stars from the sky. There is no one like me in this world." Before his words even finished, a boundless divine power suddenly erupted from his body.
"A deity?!" Di Tian's dragon eyes suddenly narrowed. It finally understood the source of the power that made its heart tremble. "You possess the aura of a deity. Could it be that you are a deity?"
While possessed, Huo Yuhao said, "A god? Of course, if I wanted to, I would already be the God of Death of Death. However, I am just someone who does not wish to become a god."
The Ferocious Beast were now in an uproar. Xiong Jun said, "What arrogance!" Bi Ji said, "No, this little fellow is filled with an extremely sacred aura. Perhaps what you say is true. Given time, he will surely become a god."
Zi JI said with great interest, "Compared to Di Tian, I wonder who is better?"
The Myriad Demon King said, "The power of the Beast God is far beyond that of humans. He said he is merely someone who does not wish to become a god. Besides, with us here, even a high-ranking official from the Divine Realm might be able to leave one for him."
Huo Yuhao traced the six-pointed star on his staff with his fingertips, his long gray hair swirling in the gray mist like burning soul fire. "I am the Holy Necromancer, the Calamity of the Undead." As his voice fell, the sky above the core area of Star Dou Great Forest suddenly sank, and billions of gray auras seeped out from the void, like ink splashed by the god of death, dyeing the entire sky into eternal night.
" Gate of the Undead, open!"
With a thunderous thud as the staff struck the ground, space tore apart like tattered brocade, and an ancient door, suspended above the blood moon, slowly appeared. The lintel was carved with countless wailing Soul Spirit, and the door knockers were two skulls burning with ghostly blue flames.
The moment the gate creaked open, a chilling aura of death materialized into a hurricane, causing the fur of the ten Ferocious Beast to stand on end—dozens of undead warriors clad in obsidian armor rode out on horseback, their skeletal steeds shattering the clouds, liquid ghost fire flowing from the gaps in their armor, and the black iron swords in their hands imbued with the resentment of the dead and the radiance of the holy gods.
Their skeletal horses breathed phosphorescent flames, and the swords in their hands gleamed with a cold light, leaving scorching, undead flames on the ground with every step. The leading general's armor was torn, revealing stark white bones, but the will-o'-the-wisps in his eye sockets burned with the light of loyalty.
The lead undead knight removed his skullcap, revealing two flickering soul flames in his empty eye sockets. His voice, hoarse as if grinding coffin wood, carried an undeniable authority. He knelt on one knee, the clanging of his bone armor jarring in the deathly silence of the core region. "By the summoner's command! We—"
He suddenly knelt on one knee, and the undead army that kept emerging from behind him simultaneously slammed their swords into the ground, creating a sound wave that resonated throughout the veins of the Star Dou Great Forest.
"We will follow the will of the Holy Necromancer, the Calamity of the Undead of the Dead, swearing allegiance to you with our lives, and following our King until the end of reincarnation, until the end of death. If we break this oath, we are willing to be annihilated and forever fall into chaos! From this day forward, you are our one and only King."
In an instant, before the words had even finished, the Undead Legion behind him knelt down in unison, tens of thousands of eerie green eyes focusing on Huo Yuhao. The entire core area trembled as the Undead Legion knelt in worship.
Those warriors, composed of bones and soul energy, had ghostly blue soul flames burning in their chests. Although their individual cultivation levels were mostly between Soul King and Soul Saint, the formation they formed exuded a death law that even made Di Tian frown.
What's even more chilling is that these undead are not puppets controlled by ordinary Evil Soul Master — Electrolux has clearly issued a divine decree. Although Electrolux summoned them, he made Huo Yuhao 'Electrolux body and soul serve the undead.
They no longer pledged allegiance to the first generation of the Holy Necromancer, but to the young king before them who possessed both humanity and divinity.
"Are you the ones who threaten our king?"
A necromancer general wielding a giant axe stepped forward, and the deathly ripples unleashed by the axe solidified in the air into tangible skeletal phantoms.
Xiong Jun instinctively took a half step back, looking at the undead warriors who remained unfazed even in the face of the Beast God aura, and shouted in a rough voice, "What... what the hell are these things?!"
Bi Ji quickly discerned the truth. "Judging from the form of those humans... they are war puppets crafted by fusing the remnant souls of fallen Soul Master with divine attributes! It's said that some humans known as Evil Soul Master possess such abilities."
"However, those were just ordinary people harboring resentment. These soldiers exuded a sacred aura; of course, the legendary army of God of Death here goes without saying."
She abruptly looked up at the star core at the top of Huo Yuhao's staff. "Perhaps this is what the 'legion' under the God of Death Reaper is like. This is the first time I've ever seen such a scene. They are both the wailing of the dead and the executors of divine decrees!"
The Gate of the Undead was still slowly opening, and more high-ranking knights riding Bone Dragon emerged from it. The runes on their armor echoed those on Huo Yuhao's body and soul.
Di Tian stared at the aura of death and holiness emanating from the young man, a genuine solemnity appearing in his dragon eyes for the first time. "You can actually command such an army, it's truly terrifying, humanity."
Huo Yuhao did not answer, but simply pointed his staff at Di Tian, and the gray domain suddenly expanded. Those undead warriors who should have been afraid of the Beast God's pressure were now like fanatical believers who had received the charge horn. Their bone horses' iron hooves shattered the void, and the ghostly fire on their battle blades ignited the twilight of the entire Star Dou.
Behind them, the Gate of the Undead, like a pair of eyes peering into the boundary between life and death, Youyou watched the impending war between gods and beasts—and the boy standing at the center of the boundary, in the name of the Holy Necromancer, was transforming the laws of death into a spear aimed at fate.
Di Tian swung his dragon tail, shattering the giant rock beside him. His golden pupils swirled with disdain. "You've only summoned some remnant souls at the Soul King level. Do you even deserve to call yourselves an army in the core area of Star Dou?" His aura suddenly intensified, causing the bone armor of the front-row undead knights to crack and creak.
Huo Yuhao, possessed by Electrolux, suddenly let out a long, aged laugh. His staff slammed into the ground, unleashing a burst of gray divine runes. "Weak strength? Hahahaha—" As his laughter echoed, the clouds in the entire sky were tinged with Nether hue. "Though my strength is less than two or three tenths of my prime, if I were to fight you to the death..." Before he could finish, he raised his hand, drawing a profound arc, and nine overlapping necromantic magic circles suddenly appeared beneath the feet of the undead army, "Enough to bury this Star Dou Great Forest!"
Xiong Jun roared and unleashed a powerful palm strike, but the undead warrior at the forefront neither dodged nor evaded, instead using his bone blade to cleave the palm wind and strike straight at the Scarlet King's throat. The Scarlet King instantly counterattacked, repelling the warrior. As soon as Zi JI's attack touched the undead army, the souls burning with Nether flames split into countless afterimages—each afterimage retaining the attack power of a solid entity. The flashing blades and shadows wove a net of death, completely blocking the first wave of attacks from the Ferocious Beast. The two sides were deadlocked, and the fallen undead soldiers rose again within the magic circle, moving back and forth continuously.
"I advise you to listen to me properly." Huo Yuhao's voice carried a divine pressure, and the six-pointed star at the top of his staff burst out with a hazy divine light. "Otherwise," as the incantation was chanted, thousands of gray divine powers descended from the dark sky, Entanglement the undead soldiers like chains of God of Death.
Those bone soldiers who were originally only at the Soul King level now had epic-level magic runes appearing on their bone armor, the burning height of the undead ghost fire increased tenfold, and every sword aura they unleashed carried the power to tear through space.
Suddenly, Bi Ji took several steps back in shock, the life runes on her antlers flashing violently. "Not good! That's... the amplification law of the God of Death Domain! These undead, under the blessing of the divine oracle, are already close to the combat power of Titled Douluo!"
Before she could finish speaking, Huo Yuhao lightly waved his staff, and all the undead knights simultaneously raised their bone blades to the sky, letting out a roar that shattered the clouds, "Fight for our King!"
The Myriad Demon King's strangling vines had just entangled a troop of undead cavalry when he was horrified to find that the vines withered and turned to ash the moment they touched the ghost fire. Even more terrifying was the fact that the skeletal soldiers who had died in battle—the moment their remains hit the ground, they reformed into new fighting units. Endless undead surged in like a tide, shaking the domain of the Ten Ferocious Beast to the brink of collapse.
Di Tian finally abandoned his contempt, and an attack imbued with the Dragon God's Power condensed between his dragon claws—clearly the Dragon God Claw: "Even if you have the remnant power of the God of Death, don't even think about acting recklessly in the core area of Star Dou!"
Huo Yuhao merely raised his eyes indifferently, his staff drawing complete necromancy runes in the air. "Insolence?" The gray divine power around him suddenly surged, forming a death dome that blotted out the sky.
"I'll see—" Countless gray divine chains descended from the dome, locking the entire core area into a massive cage of the undead. "Even with only this remnant of power remaining, what can you do to me!"
P. S.: I still hope everyone will continue to support me. The recent materials haven't been very good, so I'm sometimes disappointed and my condition isn't great. But since there are still people reading, I'm trying to keep writing...