Huo Yuhao was strolling around the outer circle with the Shadow Cat.
The outer circle was mostly populated by ten-year and hundred-year soul beasts, with thousand-year soul beasts being extremely rare.
To be honest, these soul beasts were quite resilient. They had been cultivated and refined by a group of soul masters for hundreds of thousands of years, yet they could still maintain such a large scale.
It would take another ten thousand years for land soul beasts to become extinct. This world is truly amazing, worthy of being called the Extraordinary World.
It was really difficult for Di Tian to unify the soul beasts into a single race.
It was too difficult to make a group with an internal food chain have a common sense of identity.
Cannibalism is something no one but Hannibal could do. Tiger-type soul beasts preying on rabbit-type soul beasts is their natural instinct.
It was also difficult for tiger-type soul beasts and rabbit-type soul beasts to recognize each other as a group.
For example, when the beast tide besieged Shrek Academy in the original story, the rabbit-type soul beast stood with the tiger-type soul beast. Its primary concern wasn't being killed by a human's soul tool, but rather being eaten by the tiger-type soul beast.
Di Tian: "Soft-Boned Rabbit, go fight alongside the Six-Winged Demon Tiger."
Soft-Boned Rabbit: "Huh?! I..."
"Di Tian, are you awake?!"
In the eyes of the tiger-type soul beast, rabbits were food. If Di Tian hadn't been so powerful, the tiger-type soul beast would have eaten the rabbit-type soul beast first.
Tiger-type soul beast: "Comrade, delicious!"
Therefore, in Huo Yuhao's view, the term "soul beast race" was completely inaccurate, and the so-called revival of the soul beast race was utter nonsense.
It was merely Di Tian, a remnant of the Dragon God era, clinging to the memories of that dragon age.
A group that can never unite can't stir up any waves.
The Shadow Cat is also a vivid example; it preferred to befriend Huo Yuhao, a human, and act as a guide, rather than trust other soul beasts.
Sure enough, the Shadow Cat grabbed Huo Yuhao's trouser leg, pointed its little paws at a dense forest ahead, and kept gesturing.
"Meow, meow!"
Huo Yuhao pondered for a moment. He had long since discovered that this Shadow Cat was extremely intelligent and held a grudge.
It had been leading Huo Yuhao to the gathering place of the spirit beasts that had bullied it before. After Huo Yuhao subdued the spirit beasts, it ran into the gathering place and looted all their valuables.
Then it placed the items in front of Huo Yuhao, squatted down, and looked at him with its obsidian-like eyes, awaiting his distribution.
"You mean there are more good things ahead?"
Huo Yuhao looked down at the Shadow Cat beside him.
"Meow!"
Having received confirmation, Huo Yuhao followed the Shadow Cat into the dense forest.
The trees in the forest were extremely tall, their branches thick and exuding a wild, natural aura.
The canopy blocked out the sky, making the land exceptionally cool.
As soon as Huo Yuhao stepped into the forest, he heard the roars of unknown spirit beasts from the treetops.
He probed with his spiritual power, activating his recording ability.
"Wind Baboon: Commonly found in the outer perimeter of the Star Dou Great Forest, a wind-attribute soul beast with extremely long arms. They often live in groups and can release wind elemental energy balls from their mouths as an attack method. Their bloodline is relatively weak, and thousand-year-old Wind Baboons are rare."
"The meat is very tough, not suitable for stewing or braising. It is recommended to feed it directly to the dogs."
Huo Yuhao smiled after seeing the information.
"This is an old acquaintance."
"In the original work, I was almost killed by a Wind Baboon."
Huo Yuhao released a mental energy fluctuation, and all the Wind Baboons around him felt the provocation and jumped down from the treetops, tightly trapping Huo Yuhao and the Shadow Cat in the middle.
After sensing that all the Wind Baboons had arrived, the Spirit Eye was opened directly, and mental energy transformed into nails that were driven into the brains of these Wind Baboons, controlling them.
The Shadow Cat slowly stepped over the head of a Wind Baboon and headed straight for their nest.
Huo Yuhao could hear the sounds of ransacking inside from a long distance. He could also
hear the sound of wood cracking from time to time.
It seemed that this group of Wind Baboons had bullied the Shadow Cat quite a bit.
Soon, the Shadow Cat, dragging a large pile of things, squeezed past the Wind Baboons to reach Huo Yuhao's side.
Many of these items were human belongings, likely belonging to unfortunate Soul Masters attacked by the Wind Baboon troop.
Among them, four emerald green fruits stood out.
Huo Yuhao picked one up and examined it closely.
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"Wow, Wind God Fruit! These Wind Baboons have some assets!"
The Wind God Fruit is a rare wind-attribute treasure. Ordinary Soul Masters who eat it can directly gain the wind attribute.
Wind-attribute Soul Masters who eat it can greatly enhance the quality of their wind attribute.
If there are enough, it might even create an ultimate wind-attribute master.
Once this fruit appears on the market, it will undoubtedly cause a bloodbath.
Who wouldn't want their Soul Master to have an additional attribute?
Even Elder Song of Shrek Academy with his Azure Shadow Eagle Soul and Xian Lin'er with her Azure Flame Dragon Soul would participate in the competition.
These Wind-attribute Title Douluos would never let go of a fruit that can improve the quality of their wind attribute.
However, it's useless to Huo Yuhao. He doesn't need the wind attribute; if he wants to control the wind element, alchemy can easily achieve it.
So Huo Yuhao handed two Wind God Fruits to the Shadow Cat, who happily rubbed against Huo Yuhao's hand.
Then, right there in front of these Wind Baboons, it ate the two Wind God Fruits, and several blue stripes began to appear on the Shadow Cat's originally completely black fur.
These stripes extended all the way to its limbs.
Then a gust of wind swept around it, dust billowing, and several cyan blades were blown out of the wind, striking the ancient tree in the distance.
The ancient tree fell with a thud, as smoothly as a hot knife through butter.
At this moment, the Shadow Cat's aura surged, reaching the level of a hundred-year-old soul beast.
It excitedly jumped onto Huo Yuhao's shoulder, licking his face.
Huo Yuhao leisurely led it out of the dense forest, leaving behind a group of heartbroken wind baboons.
Because Huo Yuhao only controlled their bodies, not their minds, they watched helplessly as their homes were ransacked and their treasures stolen.
The outer circle of the Star Dou Great Forest was very homogeneous, with only a limited number of soul beast species. Most soul beasts were in the mixed circle and the core circle.
The outer circle was inhabited by the old, weak, and disabled.
Huo Yuhao, with the Shadow Cat, planned to head towards the Star Luo Empire, since the original story was about entering the Star Dou Great Forest from that direction.
However, this place was too vast, stretching as far as the eye could see. Finding a seven-meter-long Ice Silkworm here was like finding a needle in a haystack.
"This way."
Just as Huo Yuhao was getting a little annoyed, a gentle, all-encompassing voice rang in his ears.
The voice was so tender, like sunshine nourishing the spirit.
Huo Yuhao almost couldn't help but call out "Mom!
" "I knew I shouldn't have hit the tile."
Huo Yuhao had no doubt about who the owner of the voice was; it could only be a plane consciousness.
It couldn't be Tang San, that would be too embarrassing.
"Good child, head south."
Huo Yuhao chose to obey this motherly voice and headed south.
However, he was still cautious. Divine Might was already prepared; if anything went wrong, he could directly enter the Divine Might space.
Fortunately, the voice was indeed a plane consciousness and not some Tang-surnamed god-king.
Huo Yuhao clearly sensed an unfathomable spiritual source appearing ahead.
The owner of that spiritual source also sensed Huo Yuhao and excitedly crawled towards it.
Until a white jade-colored ice silkworm with a round, bulging head, seven meters long, and ten golden patterns on its body appeared before Huo Yuhao.
"Finally, I've found a Soul Master with a Spirit attribute!"
"My heart is already overflowing with tears."
"Are you captivated by my alluring physique?"
Huo Yuhao said with a smile, "A perfect ten, even nine out of ten, of beautiful."
Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's two antennae twitched, saying, "This child, he's so scared he can't even speak properly."
"Alright, time is short, the task is important, let me go in first, I'll explain later."
"Don't worry, it won't hurt much."
(End of Chapter)