Because we are in the inner area of the Star Dou Great Forest, we need to be prepared to deal with possible emergencies at any time. It is absolutely impossible to set up a tent and sleep comfortably.
After Zhang Lexuan arranged the order of shifts, the students who were resting quickly entered a meditative state despite being in a dangerous place, seizing the time to recover their consumed soul power and mental fatigue.
Chapter 92: Like an old general on the stage
And in a secluded open space not too far from this camp.
Still wearing his signature gray-brown dirty clothes, holding a large purple-red gourd in his hand, and drinking sips of wine, Old Xuan followed the special mark left by Yan Shaozhe in advance and came over.
Yan Shaozhe smelled the alcohol and the faint aroma of barbecue on Old Xuan's body, but there was no impatience on his face. He still respectfully introduced to Old Xuan what happened today, especially the effect of Huo Yuhao's third soul skill, which was extremely powerful.
Hearing this, a gleam of brilliance flashed in Xuan Lao's slightly narrowed, cloudy eyes. He took another big gulp of wine and spoke incoherently.
"Has Huo Yuhao decided what kind of third spirit ring to add to his spirit eye? Spirit-attributed, high-aged spirit beasts are hard to find in this Star Dou Great Forest."
Yan Shaozhe hesitated for a moment, but still answered truthfully:
"Before setting off, Huo Yuhao mentioned to me that he needed to find a Silver-Earth Beast that was approximately 20,000 years old in the core area. He also marked several locations for me where, in his estimation, traces of Silver-Earth Beasts might be found."
Old Xuan suddenly opened his half-closed eyes, and there was a hint of shock in his red pupils.
"Good boy, he's a level 30 Soul Master, and he dares to covet a 20,000-year soul ring? And it's a soul beast like the Silver Ying Beast that is almost extinct?"
Old Xuan was amazed.
If Moon had not told them long ago not to delve into the secrets surrounding Huo Yuhao, they would have been in a hurry to find out.
I'm afraid that with Master Xuan's personality, he would have been unable to suppress his curiosity and would have directly captured Huo Yuhao and interrogated him thoroughly.
Old Xuan took another big gulp of wine and wiped his mouth with the back of his greasy hand.
"Shaozhe, tell me the exact locations of those beasts. I will personally go and capture the Silver Ying Beast for that kid. You just stay here and keep an eye on these little guys. Don't let anything go wrong for them."
Yan Shaozhe thought about it for a moment and felt that there was nothing wrong with this arrangement.
With Xuan Lao's strength as a level 98 Super Douluo, there shouldn't be any accidents when he captures a 20,000-year-old Silver-Eagle Beast in the core area of the Star Dou Great Forest.
And he is a Super Douluo of level 95, watching the students here, how could any accident happen?
Yan Shaozhe then informed Master Xuan in detail about the locations marked by Huo Yuhao.
After getting the specific location, Old Xuan wiped the oil off his hands, and with a flash of his body, he disappeared again in the open space.
At the same time, on a high slope just a few dozen miles away from Huo Yuhao and his camp.
Compared to Huo Yuhao and the others who did not dare to make a fire, there was a bonfire burning here at this moment.
Four figures exuding a strong and cold aura sat around a campfire. The flames roasted a huge bear paw, making a sizzling sound. That was the essence of a nearly 50,000-year-old rock bear.
Three of them were old men wearing old gray robes and looked to be at least seventy years old.
They were all very thin, with many wrinkles on their faces, gray hair casually draped behind their heads, and a lingering sense of decadence in their dim eyes.
At this moment, the three old men showed extraordinary respect to the man in black robe sitting in the main seat.
The black-robed man sitting in the main seat lifted up the wide cloak on his head, revealing a surprising face.
It was a very handsome, even youthful face, with neat short silver hair. The most eye-catching thing was his deep purple eyes, which vaguely revealed a heart-pounding depth.
Zhongli Wu's eyes swept over the three Zhongli brothers who were flipping their bear paws, and he spoke in a calm voice.
"You three brothers sent me a secret letter, claiming to have spotted the Emperor's auspicious beast in the Star Dou Great Forest. That's why I rushed all the way from the Sun-Moon Empire. And it's already been almost a week."
When he spoke the last part, Zhongli Wu's voice was still calm, but it was unusually cold.
If the three Zhongli brothers were not his direct subordinates who were promoted by him and had been loyal to him for many years, Zhongli Wu would have begun to suspect that they were deliberately making fun of him.
After all, the news about the Emperor's auspicious beast was too shocking. If the three Zhongli brothers had not been hanging around in the Star Dou Great Forest for many years, Zhongli Wu would not have believed that they could find any trace of the auspicious beast.
Just thinking that if his natal beast, the Spirit Bone Dragon King, could successfully devour the legendary imperial beast, then with the help of the huge feedback of luck, he might become an Extreme Douluo within a few years.
Thinking of this, even with Zhongli Wu's temperament, his heart couldn't help but become a little hot.
The elder sitting in the middle of the three Zhongli brothers explained in a somewhat hoarse voice, "Master, please calm down. We three brothers only caught a glimpse of it from afar. The auspicious beast was accompanied by three red demonic mastiffs. Even we didn't dare to get too close to take a closer look."
The three-headed red demon mastiff ranks eighth among the ten most ferocious beasts. It has a cultivation level of 300,000 and its strength is equivalent to that of a human Super Douluo at level 97.
The three Zhongli brothers are only at the Soul Douluo level. Although as evil soul masters each of them can rival ordinary Titled Douluo, they are really not enough in front of the Red King.
But it was precisely because they observed that even ferocious beasts like the Red King showed extraordinary respect towards the golden soul beast that they boldly speculated that the soul beast was most likely the legendary imperial auspicious beast.
Zhongli Wu snorted coldly, and a hint of blood-red light flashed in his deep purple eyes.
"Never mind. Tomorrow we'll officially enter the core area. Since we can't find it at the junction, let's go deeper and search. I don't believe it can stay hidden forever."
As for why they have been wandering around searching in the border area between the core area and the mixed area in the past few days, it is because the three Zhongli brothers reported that they had seen the soul beast that was suspected to be auspicious beast leave the core area and come here to forage for food.
Compared with the border area, the difficulty of hunting auspicious beasts deep in the core area will undoubtedly increase exponentially.
Zhongli Wuke has not forgotten the existence of the real ruler of the Star Dou Great Forest, the Beast God Di Tian.
If he faced Di Tian alone, he would probably have no choice but to flee in embarrassment.
But for the possibility of achieving the Ultimate Douluo, this risk is worth taking.
The three Zhongli brothers looked at each other, then lowered their heads in unison and replied in unison, "Yes, Master."
……
The sky was getting light, the morning light was just beginning to appear, and the pale golden sunlight began to penetrate the dense treetops, casting mottled light and shadows in the forest.
Zhang Lexuan looked at Huo Yuhao, who had already come out of meditation, with a gentle smile on her face.
"Junior Brother, are you awake? I wonder what specific requirements you have for your third spirit ring, and what kind of spirit beast do you need to find?"
Huo Yuhao was slightly stunned when he heard this, then smiled and shook his head.
"Thank you for your concern, Senior Sister. But before we left, Dean Yan told me not to worry about it, and that he would personally look for it for me when the time comes."
He couldn't quite explain why he wanted to participate in this soul hunting operation.
Is it the guidance of fate? Or is there some other reason?
Considering how important he is to Shrek Academy now, there is no need for him to take the risk and come here in person.
Huo Yuhao subconsciously touched his brow.
Should I involve Qiu'er again in this life?
What's wrong with letting her just be a carefree auspicious beast and live peacefully in the Star Dou Great Forest?
Zhang Lexuan keenly noticed the loneliness and struggle that flashed across Huo Yuhao's face for a moment. A complex emotion flashed across her clear and beautiful eyes, and her heart trembled inexplicably.
Junior brother, have you also experienced unspeakable pain and despair?
In a trance, some long-forgotten but still painful images involuntarily emerged in Zhang Lexuan's mind.
Her mother fell beside the cold bed, using her last bit of strength to block the bed with her body, and covered her mouth with her backhand to prevent her from making any sound...
Only then did she escape death and survive the tragedy of her entire family being wiped out.
Before Zhang Lexuan could come back to her senses from her past memories, a feeling of extreme danger suddenly lingered in her heart.
Huo Yuhao stood up suddenly almost at the same time.
He used mental detection to immediately warn all his companions who were in a meditative state.
The others were also awakened one after another. Even without Huo Yuhao's explanation, they had already detected the soul beasts that were quietly approaching through spiritual detection sharing.
About 800 meters away from their temporary camp, a huge soul beast was walking slowly.
It is over four meters long, with the sturdy body of a lion but a sharp eagle head.
Its entire body is not covered with feathers, but with golden flames that dance and burn like substance. Even the mane around its neck is like roiling flames, emitting astonishing heat.
The pair of huge wings behind it flapped slightly, and a scorching heat wave was rolled up, and even the surrounding air seemed to be distorted by it.
Beside this mighty fire griffin, there were dozens of smaller fire demon lions following.
They followed closely the pace of the leading griffin and were moving slowly towards the camp.
The flames rising from the thousand-year-old Flame Demon Lion are orange-yellow, while the flames rising from the ten-thousand-year-old Flame Demon Lion will transform into brilliant gold.
Although soul beasts with cultivation levels ranging from 10,000 to 90,000 years are collectively referred to as ten-thousand-year soul beasts, in fact, the difference in cultivation levels between them is quite huge.
Ten thousand years, thirty thousand years, fifty thousand years, and seventy thousand years are all important thresholds.
Every time a soul beast crosses a threshold, its strength will undergo earth-shaking changes.
Among the group of demon lions surrounding the fire griffin, at least two of them had flames of dazzling golden color.
The leading fire griffin gave Zhang Lexuan a sense of danger. It was likely that its actual cultivation had reached at least 50,000 years, and its strength was no less than that of an eight-ringed Soul Douluo.
What's more, the lion is one of the most powerful social beasts on land, and is the undisputed overlord in terrains such as forests and grasslands.
The group of fire lions in front of them, led by a 50,000-year-old fire griffin, is enough to pose a huge threat to their soul hunting team.
At night, the strength of fire-attributed soul beasts will be weakened to a certain extent, because when there is no sunlight, the fire element between heaven and earth will be relatively peaceful.
Now this group of fire lions chose to move at this time, obviously because the sky is about to brighten and it is time for them to hunt.
Unfortunately, the campsite chosen by Huo Yuhao and his companions happened to be within their hunting area.
Zhang Lexuan frowned slightly, and her eyes involuntarily glanced at Wu Ming beside her.
The leading fire griffin, both in terms of attributes and cultivation, is very suitable to be Wu Ming's seventh soul ring.
But subconsciously, Zhang Lexuan did not immediately look at Wu Ming for advice. Instead, she turned her gaze to Huo Yuhao, as if waiting for his judgment.
It was at this moment that the signal of "prepare for battle" sounded in everyone's mind.
At the same moment Huo Yuhao sent the signal, the group of Fire Demon Lions that were originally moving slowly suddenly accelerated and instantly split into two groups, like two surging torrents of fire, encircling the camp from the left and right sides.
Their speed was so fast that the complex bushes and trees in the forest posed no obstacle to them at all.
At this moment, every approaching fire demon lion had dazzling flames rising from its body, like a group of red light and shadows running wildly in the forest.
The most powerful fire griffin stretched out its huge wings, flapped them suddenly, and its huge body soared into the sky with a tremendous heat wave. It circled in the air and locked onto the people below from a high position.
Zhang Lexuan shouted in a deep voice, "Everyone, prepare for battle. Follow the original formation. These soul beasts are not easy to deal with. Don't hold back, go all out."
Her eyes swept over the group of Flame Demon Lions that were closing in from both sides and getting closer, and she said thoughtfully, "The Flame Demon Lions are very good at both close combat and ranged attacks, and they also possess the innate skill of Flame Clone Strike.
They can conjure a flaming shadow with some of their original attack power to confuse opponents. Remember, their weak points are in their waists and abdomens, so focus your attacks on those weak points."
Faced with the siege of a large group of high-level soul beasts, Zhang Lexuan showed the calmness and decisiveness that a team leader should have, and quickly made corresponding commands.
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