Hearing the woman's voice say this, Huo Yuhao didn't hesitate. He raised the golden giant bow again, rekindling the black Amaterasu Arrow.
However, this time, Huo Yuhao didn't use the causal inevitability of the Amaterasu Arrow to lock onto the golden-haired lion-dog, but rather the ground beneath its feet.
No need for aiming at all! Huo Yuhao was using an auto-aiming cheat; no need for aiming, what's the point?
Under Huo Yuhao's control, the majestic white giant released his finger, and the black arrow transformed into a black streak of light, piercing the air with a sharp whistling sound.
It was the farewell bell tolling for death.
The golden-haired lion-dog instinctively sensed an intense threat. Its golden fur bristled, its canine face contorted in a ferocious expression, and it rolled to the side, dragging its heavily wounded body.
It narrowly dodged Huo Yuhao's arrow, but the violent movement reopened its already bleeding wounds.
The lion-dog's life force drained away even faster.
Now, the tables have turned. A while ago, this guy used his oppressive aura to block Manyi's flight path, forcing Manyi to carry Xu Jiujiu and Huo Yuhao towards the core area.
Now, Huo Yuhao is relentlessly attacking the golden-haired lion-mastiff's sides with Amaterasu Arrows, driving it wildly towards the core area.
"Didn't you like treating people as prey?"
"Why did you stop?"
His eye power flowed continuously into Susanoo; his eye technique remained active, never deactivated.
Numerous Amaterasu Arrows were fired along the golden-haired lion-mastiff's escape route,
leaving an inextinguishable Amaterasu passage in the forest of the Calamity Mountains.
Huo Yuhao hadn't initially intended to take the golden-haired lion-mastiff's life.
After all, this kind of spirit beast was a progenitor-level spirit beast, considered the source of bloodlines for canine and lion-type spirit beasts.
It was precisely because of this progenitor characteristic that it could ignore any bloodline suppression.
There should only be one such spirit beast left on the Douluo Continent; it was practically extinct.
The golden-haired lion-mastiff of the Star Dou Great Forest once existed, but it was besieged and killed by the giant soul beasts of the Star Dou core area.
Like the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, both humans and soul beasts utterly despise this mad beast.
But this golden-haired lion-mastiff actually treated Huo Yuhao as prey, so sorry, he'd offer wine to friends and Susanoo to enemies.
Didn't you see how he was willing to share his grilled fish with even complete strangers like Manyi and Xu Jiujiu, as long as they meant no harm?
Since the golden-haired lion-mastiff lacked manners, Huo Yuhao, who knew a little martial arts,
quickly released the golden giant bow in his hand. The white, imposing giant drew a white longsword and swung it down with seemingly random movements.
The powerful sword aura, accompanied by immense wind pressure, tore through the earth, leaving a canyon, and in the blink of an eye, it pierced past the golden-haired lion-mastiff's body.
Then it crashed straight into a distant hill, sending large chunks of soil and rocks flying into the air, dust filling the surrounding air and obscuring visibility.
Once the dust was blown away by the wind, a small mountain was revealed to have been nearly cleaved in two.
The golden-haired lion-dog, terrified, wished its parents had given it two more legs and instinctively sprinted towards the core area at top speed.
"Roar!!! (Run, you dead legs!!!)"
The golden-haired lion-dog's domineering aura had somehow dissipated, presumably shattered by Huo Yuhao's strike.
Intense pain surged through its brain, but it dared not stop! It forced its four legs to accelerate.
"Roar!! (Why are humans so strong!)"
"Roar!! (As long as I can reach that place!)"
Huo Yuhao couldn't understand its rambling. He raised his longsword again and swung it once more, unleashing a massive gust of wind that struck the golden-haired lion-dog.
This time, without its domineering aura, the golden-haired lion-dog, now with reason, didn't dodge, taking the wind pressure directly!
Golden-red blood stained the colorless hurricane.
The golden-haired lion-mastiff's black face showed no pain, but rather ecstatic joy.
"Roar!! (Foolish human, this is my escape route!!!)"
Using the wind pressure, it quickly flew towards the core area. For it, even being struck by lightning by that grass was much more comfortable than being hit by black arrows.
Unfortunately, what awaited it in the core area was not safety, but a Thunderous Hell Vine that had been poised to strike.
"Child of Nature, stop."
"I will finish the rest."
Hearing the clear female voice, Huo Yuhao stopped wielding his long sword. His spiritual eyes were already noticeably swollen.
He estimated that if he used Amaterasu a few more times, his eyes would shed blood tears.
Even if Sasuke obtained the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, he wouldn't dare to use Susanoo and other eye techniques like Huo Yuhao.
It was only because the amount of Tianmeng's spiritual essence was large enough to replenish the eye power consumed in time, preventing the spiritual eye Mangekyou Sharingan from falling into a state of depletion.
Huo Yuhao deactivated the complete Susanoo and landed on the ground of the Calamity Mountains, retaining only the fourth stage.
A white giant stood majestically on the earth, while on the outskirts of the Calamity Mountain System, a number of bloodthirsty spectators watched the battle.
After all, Huo Yuhao's attack was incredibly powerful; his complete Susanoo was like a mountain, and such a large target was hard to miss in the air.
However, no one dared to enter the Calamity Mountain System at this moment. Among the onlookers were several Soul Saint-level Soul Masters, who clearly felt that even the aftershocks of the collision could take half their lives.
The roar of the golden-haired lion-dog shattered the eardrums of many of the bloodthirsty spectators.
"So exciting! To see such powerful beings clash, even dying here would be worth it."
These guys endured the excruciating pain in their eardrums, admiring the powerful figure of the white giant of the Calamity Mountain System.
They didn't care at all whether they would be killed by the aftershocks.
Huo Yuhao didn't care about them; as long as they didn't interfere with him, that was enough.
At this moment, the golden-haired lion-dog had already rushed to the core area. Before it could even rejoice, a bolt of purple lightning struck its head.
It was momentarily stunned, and then it went numb.
Because it saw a vine, each tendril shaped like a bamboo joint, its entire body a dark purple.
It was none other than the Thunderous Hell Vine, the one it feared most!
At this moment, its dark purple body faintly revealed golden lightning-like patterns.
Terrifying lightning elements began to fill the surroundings, and the golden-haired lion-dog clearly felt the surrounding lightning elements as if a volcano was
about to erupt. The golden-haired lion-dog's pupils suddenly contracted, and it instinctively turned to leave the core area.
But as soon as it took a step, it was slapped back by the wind pressure from Huo Yuhao's longsword.
"Trying to run?!"
"Roar!! (No!!)"
The Thunderous Hell Vine didn't care about that. It was already almost unable to suppress its cultivation, and today was the perfect opportunity!
"Dog King, you have harmed so many of my brethren! Today, let this heavenly tribulation wash away our sins!"
"Child of Nature, please leave this place immediately!"
"I am about to trigger the lightning tribulation!"
As soon as the words fell, countless lightning chains tightly bound the golden-haired lion-dog.
If it weren't injured, it could easily break free.
But having been beaten so badly by Huo Yuhao, it truly has no chance of recovery.
Hearing Lei Ming Yan Yu Teng's words, Huo Yuhao immediately manipulated his Susanoo to retreat to the Cataclysmic Mountains, quietly observing the movements in the distant core area.
In his mental detection, the concentration of lightning element in the core area was rising at an extremely rapid rate, like an active volcano.
This lightning element began to connect with heaven and earth, and the thunderclouds overhead began to change, countless purple lightning bolts brewing within, ready to strike at any moment.
Huo Yuhao clearly felt a stinging sensation from his own mental power. He instinctively continued to observe the lightning tribulation, which also targeted mental power.
Tianmeng Ice Silkworm and Golden Tortoise Shell trembled in their mental sea, not daring to move an inch.
"Yuhao, that tribulation lightning is approaching the power of a 400,000-year-old soul beast undergoing tribulation."
"Maybe we should move further away."
The golden tortoiseshell chimed in,
"Me too!"
Huo Yuhao looked speechlessly at the two "accessories" in his spiritual sea, but continued to retreat until the surrounding lightning element concentration returned to normal.
It was at this moment that the self-destructing tribulation lightning of the Thunderous Hell Vine was successfully prepared.
A bolt of purple lightning carrying an aura of destruction struck down from the thunderclouds, first hitting the Thunderous Hell Vine.
The Thunderous Hell Vine let out a mournful cry, its golden lightning patterns growing brighter, and then some of the tribulation lightning was guided by it to the head of the golden-haired lion-dog.
The golden-haired lion-dog was now completely exasperated, the extreme pain causing it to howl to the sky.
Even Huo Yuhao, who was in the Cataclysmic Mountains, could hear that roar!
It wasn't over yet; the first tribulation lightning was just an appetizer. Ten more similar bolts of purple lightning followed, the golden-haired lion-dog in extreme pain, but it could no longer make a sound.
The lightning tribulation destroyed its throat, and the golden patterns of the Thunderclap Hell Vine began to crack; it was nearing the end of its life.
The final lightning tribulation struck, a bolt of lightning so dark it was almost black.
The destructive element within it overwhelmed the lightning element, though we detected a small amount of lightning element within the destructive element.
This was clearly aimed at killing the Thunderclap Hell Vine; anyone unaware would think the Thunderclap Hell Vine had cuckolded the God of Destruction.
The final lightning tribulation completely reduced the Thunderclap Hell Vine and the golden-haired lion-mastiff to ashes, but Huo Yuhao heard a hearty laugh.
"Child of Nature, thank you. My soul ring and soul bone are there, and there are some of my brethren in the core area."
"I hope you will treat them well."
The voice quickly vanished from the heavens and earth, just like those soul beasts that failed their tribulations.
"Yuhao, it's alright. The lightning element over there has returned to normal."
Huo Yuhao looked up at the sky; the thundercloud was still there, but it had shrunk considerably.
The white giant began to move its legs, and the tremors of the earth made all the soul beasts tremble and hide their forms.
The core area was now a scene of utter devastation, the aura of destruction permeating the entire space. Perhaps in the future, some soul beasts would gain the attribute of destruction as a result.
In the location observed by his spiritual eyes, a blood-red soul ring floated in the air, a purplish-black right arm bone beneath it.
A black soul ring and a golden-red torso bone were also nearby.
In the distance was a canyon, where many Thunderous Hell Vines grew.
Huo Yuhao counted twelve in total:
two ten-thousand-year vines, seven hundred-year vines, and three thousand-year vines.
They all conveyed to Huo Yuhao emotions of closeness and sorrow.
This canyon was the greatest secret of the Calamity Mountain System, and the ultimate answer to the thunderclouds in the sky.
After calming them with his spiritual power, Huo Yuhao went to the foot of the hundred-thousand-year soul ring and began to absorb it.
He was only level twenty-eight at the moment, but he could still absorb this soul ring.
Because the hundred-thousand-year soul ring contained extremely high energy, enough to allow him to reach level thirty during the absorption process.
This soul ring had no will, and absorbing it was similar to absorbing a hundred-year soul ring, only requiring him to gradually process the enormous energy
to prevent it from bursting his meridians.
As the last rays of sunlight faded, Huo Yuhao successfully absorbed the spirit ring without will, reaching level thirty-three.
Three spirit rings—one gold and two red—surrounded Huo Yuhao's body.
Information about his third spirit skill also appeared in his mind:
"Mind Thunder Domain and Heart Thunder Tribulation."
(End of Chapter)
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