Douluo Continent: Original Body Huo Yuhao

It can actually talk! Huo Yuhao was somewhat surprised. After all, in his opinion, this was a 100,000-year-old soul beast. With his current strength, he was no match for it at all, since he only had level 10 soul power!

The Imperial Beast was in a bad mood. It had come out to hunt for food, but it had discerned the mental fluctuations just now—the giant insect had actually escaped! And it had sacrificed itself to a human!

Damn it! Although that giant insect's energy was drained, its million-year-old spiritual essence was a valuable resource! And it was given away to a human so cheaply!

By the time it caught up, the human had already escaped, and the human cub in front of it was looking at it with those eyes. Although the cub quickly changed its expression, it had seen it clearly! The auspicious beast had an urge to slap the human cub to death, but another feeling restrained it.

"Hello, you can communicate, right?" Huo Yuhao said softly, smiling slightly. "We can be friends."

Huo Yuhao wasn't particularly averse to Xenomorphs. After merging with that crazed experimental prototype, he and his brothers were swept away by a subspace storm and retrieved by the last remnants of the Ancient Saints. The collective consciousness of the Ancient Saints adopted and educated him, helping him suppress his primal madness and teaching him the technology of the Ancient Saints and the skills of using psionic energy. Therefore, as long as communication was possible, he generally wouldn't resort to violence. Besides, soul beasts might be different from Xenomorphs.

"Yuhao, don't be sad about our disappearance. This ruin was destined to end anyway. But you are a glimmer of hope beyond fate!"

Therefore, he had many friends among the Elven race, but none of them harbored any hatred towards the Empire. The Emperor knew this, but only warned Huo Yuhao: "If one day your Elven friends harm the people of the Empire, you must kill them with your own hands!"

"Are you begging for mercy, human?" The Imperial Beast glanced at Huo Yuhao, its cat-like face displaying a disdainful expression. Who was it? The Imperial Beast! No soul beast had ever dared to befriend it, let alone a human who dared to say such a thing. However, it also sensed that this human only possessed a mere tenth-level soul power, and there were no other humans around, only the Crimson King acting as a guard, so there was no threat whatsoever. Therefore, it decided to tease this human.

"Please take me seriously, okay? This isn't how you treat a friend." Huo Yuhao's voice remained gentle, but carried a hint of firmness.

"When did I agree to be your friend?" The Imperial Beast looked Huo Yuhao in the eye. "If you don't give me a good reason, I'll eat you right now!"

"You eat people?" Huo Yuhao's voice was stern. Some evil beings like to torture and devour humans. Are soul beasts the same? If so, he would risk his life to stab it.

"No, no." For some reason, the auspicious beast seemed unwilling to anger Huo Yuhao, and muttered softly, "I was just trying to scare you."

"Then I'll make you something to eat; my cooking skills are quite good." Huo Yuhao regained his previous gentle demeanor. He could tell that this soul beast wasn't lying, but its somewhat arrogant personality was rather cute. Why would he think that?

"Can it taste even better than the brain of a Light-type Soul Beast?" The auspicious beast asked with obvious disbelief. "Red King, go and catch a few Soul Beasts."

"Yes, auspicious beast." A deep male voice echoed from the depths of the forest, and a crimson, three-headed giant soul beast appeared. It glanced at Huo Yuhao, then turned and left.

"Human, aren't you afraid I'll really kill you?"

"No! I had a feeling from the first moment I saw you. Otherwise, I could still have escaped." Huo Yuhao's voice was gentle yet confident. These past few days, he had carefully studied soul power, which had many similarities to spiritual energy.

"You can escape?" The auspicious beast's voice was clearly surprised.

"Hmm. By the way, my name is Huo Yuhao. Do you have a name?"

"My name is the Imperial Auspicious Beast."

"This is a title, not a name."

"But that's what everyone calls me."

You should have a name that belongs to you.

"Let me think about it."

Before long, the soul beast named Crimson King captured several soul beasts, a spore, a colorful chicken, and several rabbits—it seemed that the whole nest had been wiped out.

"Since the conditions are simple, let's make some barbecue. This is my specialty." As he spoke, he gathered his soul power into a sharp blade, chopped some dry branches from a distance, piled them on the ground, and then snapped his fingers. A spark fell from his fingertip into the dry branches, igniting a fire.

Then, with swift and skillful movements, he gutted several spirit beasts, revealing several spirit rings, only one of which was yellow, the rest being white. Finally, he roasted them over a fire.

This move! The Crimson King's gaze toward Huo Yuhao was no longer contemptuous. Such precise control of soul power, done so effortlessly, was something no ordinary soul master could achieve!

"Are you a fire-attribute Soul Master?" the auspicious beast asked directly.

"No, it's a mental attribute." Huo Yuhao didn't even look up, focusing only on grilling the meat.

"You possess twin martial souls?" the Crimson King couldn't help but ask. "And what about the flame?"

"Just some minor applications of soul power," Huo Yuhao said, as if finally realizing something. He looked up. "None of you know how?"

The two soul beasts fell silent. They exchanged a glance, each seeing the same message in the other's eyes: "This is a genius soul master!"

"Oops, you really can't get distracted when cooking, I almost burned it." Huo Yuhao quickly adjusted.

The next period of time passed in silence. Huo Yuhao was focused on grilling the meat, while the two soul beasts watched him closely, observing his use of soul power.

However, the Imperial Beast gradually shifted its attention to Huo Yuhao's serious expression. "This human is quite special. Ordinary humans wouldn't be this bold, and I can't even feel any hostility towards him. Moreover, he has a very special charm; he's quite handsome when he's serious."

"The meat is ready. Who wants to try some first?" Huo Yuhao's gentle voice interrupted the Imperial Beast's thoughts. She blushed slightly, "What am I thinking! This is just a human!"

"Let me test the poison! My noble beast, you must not suffer any harm!" The Crimson King was already impatient, its soul already captivated by the aroma.

The auspicious beast glanced at it, feeling utterly ashamed, but because of its earlier thoughts, it still agreed. Before long, the roasted meat was completely devoured.

"Huo Yuhao, from now on you'll be my cook! Let Di Tian taste your cooking too." The auspicious beast said to Huo Yuhao with a smile. She was indeed captivated, feeling that she had wasted the past ten thousand years!

"The auspicious beast is right. With such excellent cooking skills, we would be very happy to welcome you!" the Crimson King echoed. However, it didn't want Huo Yuhao, this human genius, to go back. If the food hadn't been so delicious, it would have killed him on the spot!

Huo Yuhao nodded. He could sense the hidden killing intent of the Crimson King, so he did not refuse. From the beginning, he had a feeling urging him to go deep into the Star Dou Great Forest. It seemed to be a voice, like a mother's voice. He didn't dislike it, otherwise he would have run away long ago while the Crimson King was away.

At this moment, the auspicious beast also came to Huo Yuhao's side and said in a voice that only he could hear, "Don't worry, I will protect you!" Huo Yuhao looked at her resolute eyes and nodded slightly.