Douluo Continent, Huo Yuhao who returned from Sekiro

Chapter 10 Ninja Eyes

However, his destination was the Star Dou Forest, a land of demons where countless ferocious beasts dwelled. Hundred-year and thousand-year-old soul beasts were just ordinary beings there, and even ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts might become food for other, more terrifying beings. Although Huo Yuhao considered himself to be cautious and prudent, there were always unexpected events. If he were to perish in that land of demons, he could only blame his bad luck.

The main reason Huo Yuhao chose the Star Dou Great Forest was that he had almost no other options. Although he had heard from some Soul Masters that there were once Soul Beasts with only ten or a hundred years of life on the Douluo Continent, and that the Soul Hunting Forest was established specifically to help low-level Soul Masters obtain Soul Rings, those forests seemed to have disappeared into the long river of history at the same time as an organization called the Spirit Hall ten thousand years ago.

Aside from the Star Dou Great Forest, Huo Yuhao could also choose to hunt soul beasts in the Frozen Forest or Sunset Forest in the far north. The average strength of the soul beasts in these two regions was generally lower than that in the Star Dou Forest. However, one of these soul beast forests was in the far north, requiring him to traverse the entire Heavenly Soul Empire, while the other, Sunset Forest, was in the northeast of the Heavenly Soul Empire, requiring him to pass through Heaven Dou City to reach it. For a native of Star Luo, hunting soul beasts in these two places would be quite difficult.

After walking north for a short while, Huo Yuhao came across a large, continuous stretch of buildings. It was a huge palace-like complex, with golden glazed tiles gleaming brilliantly in the sunlight. The palace's golden roof and red doors, with their antique style, inspired a sense of solemnity.

From a distance, the area appears shrouded in mist, with scattered brick kilns that look as if they were carved from a single brick. The area is so vast that it seems to stretch endlessly. Above the five-zhang-high (approximately 10 meters) main gate, the three large characters "Duke's Mansion" are inscribed.

This enormous mansion, covering an area of ​​over three thousand acres, does not belong to any city, but is built independently fifty miles northwest of Xingluo City, the capital of the Xingluo Empire. This demonstrates the immense prestige and status of the mansion's owner within the Xingluo Empire.

At this moment, the sun was high in the sky, and the bright sunlight shone on the crystal-clear glazed tiles, bathing the entire Duke's mansion in a dazzling golden light, which could be faintly seen even from the top of Xingluo City.

Looking at the magnificent Duke's mansion, Huo Yuhao merely sneered, a hint of hatred flashing in his deep blue eyes.

"Once you manage to cure Mom's illness, your good days will be over. That day isn't far off, so enjoy it while you can."

Huo Yuhao took one last deep look at the Duke's mansion, wanting to imprint everything that had happened there into his mind. The disappearance of Dai Yuhao hadn't even caused a ripple in the Duke's mansion, but that didn't matter. It wouldn't be long before Huo Yuhao returned and turned the place upside down.

Heading north, Huo Yuhao soon embarked on the official road. Although he was still young, at the age of six, in order to quickly improve the quality of life for himself and his mother, he resolutely used his sickly body to complete an underground commission that could not be made public, earning his first pot of gold.

After successfully acquiring his first pot of gold, Huo Yuhao's path to development gradually became smoother. The strength that children who can eat their fill and children who don't eat their fill can exert is completely different, and the difference in physical fitness between children who can eat meat every day and children who can barely eat their fill is also extremely large.

At the beginning, he could only shoot a few blades by throwing shuriken when he went all out. Then he could barely wield a wakizashi. Now he can almost easily use a katana. Although he still doesn't have a single spirit ring, Huo Yuhao's strength is steadily increasing. Naturally, he is also able to steadily improve the intensity of the commissions he accepts.

As his life entered a virtuous cycle, Huo Yuhao was surprised to find that he had cultivated from the first level of innate soul power to the tenth level in just three years, thanks to the intake of a large amount of highly nutritious food during those three years.

Without sufficient and nutritious food to supplement his diet, Huo Yuhao felt that, based on his cultivation speed when he first awakened his martial soul at the age of six, it would be an excellent situation if he could cultivate to level ten soul power before the age of twelve.

Therefore, Huo Yuhao's cultivation speed has almost doubled compared to when he was at that time, which has made Huo Yuhao vaguely understand some principles in his heart.

People with better physical fitness tend to make greater progress in their practice during meditation.

My own cultivation aptitude should not be bad. The reason why my innate soul power level is only level one is probably because I had problems getting food before I was six years old. As my food has improved over the past three years, my cultivation aptitude is gradually recovering.

Thinking about this, Huo Yuhao's desire to join Shrek Academy for further studies became even stronger. Although he had been inquiring about some common knowledge about the world of Soul Masters for the past three years, the information he obtained was often just scattered fragments. Although he could understand some basic Soul Master knowledge after accumulating a lot, how could this compare to systematic learning?

It should be noted that it took Huo Yuhao almost three months to figure out just the order of Soul Masters, Soul Warriors, Great Soul Masters, and all the way up to Title Douluo.

The Soul Venerable, who is called the Soul Master Venerable, is only at the level of a level 30 Soul Master. The Soul Emperor, who is called the Soul Master Emperor, is only at the level of a level 60 Soul Master. The most powerful Soul Masters in the world are Soul Douluo and Title Douluo. These things are common knowledge for the junior Soul Masters of big families and sects, but they are extremely valuable knowledge for Huo Yuhao.

Both the Duke's Mansion and Star Luo City are located in the north-central part of the Star Luo Empire, while the place Huo Yuhao chose to hunt soul beasts is in the northern part of the Star Luo Empire, bordering the Heavenly Soul Empire—the Star Dou Great Forest. This forest, almost the size of a province, is home to a wide variety of soul beasts, including many super-powerful ones.

The road was straight, and Huo Yuhao walked quickly forward along the roadside. Although he was only nine years old at the time, he was already a level ten soul warrior. In the past three years, except when he was carrying out commissions, he had basically not neglected his stomach. Therefore, his physical strength was much better than that of an average adult. As he walked forward, Huo Yuhao looked into the distance. If you looked closely, you could see that his deep blue eyes had become clearer and clearer, with a faint halo flowing around them.

Since awakening his Spirit Eye, Huo Yuhao has discovered that his eyesight is far superior to that of ordinary people.

Recently, he has been able to see many details that others cannot see.

He can see more than twice the distance of an ordinary person.

Upon discovering that he possessed such talent, even Huo Yuhao, whose temperament had already been tempered, couldn't help but exclaim with excitement.

You should know that in the ninja circle, one's spiritual eye is one of the top talents. Although there are many people who are called ninjas, most of them are ugly and short dwarfs like the Ranbo clan. They are only called ninjas because their small stature makes them suitable for being sent out to gather intelligence.

In the eyes of a true ninja, to be called a ninja by one's peers, one must at least possess a pair of well-trained ninja eyes. Only in this way can one easily gather intelligence from a great distance without alerting the enemy. Even in the dark of night, ninja eyes can devour all the faint light in the environment like the eyes of a nimble cat, and glimpse the presence lurking in the shadows.

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