20demayo Chapter 643 The Hunting Target: The Emerald Swan
Chapter 643 The Hunting Target: The Emerald Swan
Chapter 643 The Hunting Target: The Emerald Swan
"Thump, thump,"
Huo Yuhao could clearly hear his own heartbeat.
The light spots in his pupils constantly stimulated his nerves.
"Senior, allow me to prepare," Huo Yuhao said in his heart.
He needs to find an opportunity to explain his reasons and then leave the group.
After traveling another 500 meters, the group encountered two more groups of spirit beasts: the tiger-type spirit beast Swordhorn Tiger and the Spotted Centipede.
Zhang Lexuan clenched her fist, signaling everyone to take cover and stop advancing.
"Yuhao," Zhang Lexuan called out telepathically.
Huo Yuhao nodded, his eyes shining with white light. An invisible mental wave enveloped all the students, while simultaneously granting Zhang Lexuan and the others a god-like perspective.
"These three sword-horned tigers and that group of colorful centipedes are at most 60,000 years old, but even the lowest-ranking one has at least 30,000 years of cultivation. We're in big trouble," Zhang Lexuan said.
An ordinary Soul Emperor can barely handle a ten-thousand-year-old Soul Beast. If he's lucky, he might get injured but survive; if he's unlucky, it'll be a life-or-death struggle.
Although the students of Shrek Academy generally have excellent cultivation and aptitude, they can at most deal with soul beasts under 20,000 years old.
Suddenly, two groups of soul beasts, each with a cultivation level of over 30,000 years, appeared before them. Moreover, these soul beasts were skilled at hunting in groups, and the team was instantly put on the verge of danger.
"We are preparing to retreat," Zhang Lexuan said without the slightest hesitation.
In the team, Qiu'er and Wang Dong'er, who were responsible for the safety of the left and right flanks, were only at the Soul Emperor level, which was already the highest level in the team. The remaining students were all quasi-Soul Kings and quasi-Soul Emperors waiting for their Soul Rings.
Soul beasts have a unique characteristic: even when both sides are engaged in a life-or-death struggle, if humans appear, they will immediately stop and unite against the enemy.
If the two advanced predators join forces at the same time, Zhang Lexuan cannot guarantee that she can protect everyone.
Acquiring Soul Rings at the lowest possible cost is the hunting team's guiding principle.
Zhang Lexuan didn't want to trouble Vice Dean Cai Meier unless absolutely necessary.
Cai Meier also noticed something was wrong. Why were there so many soul beasts appearing in the core area after just entering the middle level?
"Shao Zhe hasn't returned yet. Could something have happened to Xing Dou?" Cai Meier frowned slightly, gazing into the distance, trying to pierce through the void to catch Yan Shao Zhe's whereabouts.
However, she failed.
Meanwhile, Yan Shaozhe ventured alone into the Star Dou Great Forest, flying towards the core area.
The tranquil forest was filled with a peaceful and serene scene, but to Yan Shaozhe, this scene was quite strange.
He flew all the way here and only saw a few ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts, but not a single soul beast with a cultivation of a hundred or a thousand years.
"There's a problem inside the Star Dou Great Forest. It seems we have to head back early today." Yan Shaozhe immediately concluded that it was not a good day for the hunting team to continue.
The hunting party is here to obtain spirit rings, not to deliver themselves to the core area.
Moreover, even he himself wasn't very confident about breaking into the core area.
"Let Mei'er lead the team back!" Yan Shaozhe formed a hand seal, and a flame suddenly ignited in front of him. He then quickly flew towards the hunting team in the distance behind him.
The next moment, a black line pierced through the flying flame, and a dark figure reached out and grabbed the flame.
"The weather is dry, so be careful with fire. Surely someone of Shrek Academy's dean level wouldn't be unaware of this?"
Yan Shaozhe's expression changed, and the surrounding light was instantly swallowed up, turning the area where he was located into a dark world.
"Who are you, sir?" Yan Shaozhe's body was engulfed in blazing golden flames, illuminating an area of five steps in radius and becoming the only source of light in the dark world.
"Who am I?" came the mocking voice of the shadowy figure.
Nine spirit rings floated behind Yan Shaozhe as he stood with his hands behind his back, rapidly scanning various pieces of information in his mind before combining them.
"This powerful aura, and the ability to drag me into this world, belongs to a ferocious beast!"
"Darkness, a perfectly concealed aura. Lord Demon Spirit, this must be our first meeting, isn't it?"
It is associated with darkness and is also adept at dissolving its own aura, making it most compatible with the mysterious demon spirit, one of the ten most ferocious beasts with the least information.
"This is the first time you've met me, but it's not the first time I've met you, Dean Yan Shaozhe of Shrek Academy." The demon snapped his fingers, and the originally dark world suddenly had a little light.
Looking at the demon spirit in front of him, dressed in a black robe, wearing a hood and mask that only revealed his eyes, Yan Shaozhe couldn't help but frown.
"I wonder if they are friend or foe." Yan Shaozhe's wings were burning with intense flames, and with a flap of his wings, he increased the brightness of the entire world a little more.
"Your Excellency, have you come because of my invasion of the Star Dou Great Forest? We signed a non-aggression pact with His Majesty the Beast God back then." Yan Shaozhe intended to first find out the demon spirit's purpose in seeking him out, since the other party had not shown any intention of attacking so far.
"No." A hint of a smile flashed in the demon's eyes.
Upon hearing the demon's reply, Yan Shaozhe's tense body relaxed somewhat.
Faced with the most mysterious demon spirit among the ten ferocious beasts, Yan Shaozhe had to remain vigilant. Several elders of the Sea God Pavilion had studied the various abilities of the ten ferocious beasts.
The beast for which the least information has been collected is the demon spirit.
How scarce is the information?
Even the Ice Emperor and Snow Emperor, who are located in the forbidden zone of humans, have at least some information that Shrek Academy has, while the information on the demon spirits is only one page long.
Aside from the name "Yao Ling," being listed among the Ten Ferocious Beasts, having abilities related to shadows, and being Di Tian's right-hand man, there was no other information recorded on it.
The thin sheet of paper was also the reason why Yan Shaozhe was so wary.
Elder Mu once speculated that the ranking of the Ten Ferocious Beasts was written by the world for soul beasts like Di Tian, who had profound cultivation. It was just arranged according to how many years they had lived. No one would know the true ranking of their combat strength.
The demon spirit is ranked last among the ten ferocious beasts, but who knows exactly how strong it is?
"Since you didn't come here because of my trespassing into the Star Dou Great Forest, then what is it for?" Yan Shaozhe's face regained its gentle smile.
The demon stroked his chin and gave a shocking answer to Yan Shaozhe.
"Seeing you flying around having a great time, I came over to chat for a bit. A person of Shrek Academy's dean level, you should be carrying some top-quality tea, right?"
Yan Shaozhe touched his ears, confirming that there was nothing wrong with his body.
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The demon intercepted me and dragged me into this realm, all for a packet of tea leaves?
Is this a soul beast?
Why do you speak in such an old-fashioned, affected way?
Without thinking twice, Yan Shaozhe took out a can of tea that he had taken from Ye Nanxiao and handed it to the demon spirit with his soul power.
"Oh, Maojian tea, good stuff. No wonder it's the dean of Shrek Academy." The demon spirit took the tea canister, weighed it slightly, and felt that the tea canister in her hand was quite heavy.
Yan Shaozhe's smile became somewhat stiff. He increasingly felt that the person standing in front of him was not a ferocious beast, but a scoundrel from the martial arts world.
The spirit put away the tea canister and slowly sank into the shadows. "Dean Yan, thank you for the tea. See you next time, bye~"
The next moment, the light of the world returned to Yan Shaozhe's eyes. Without lingering, he transformed into a golden lightning bolt and fled.
The demon spirit slowly peeked out from the shadow of a giant tree, its gaze fixed on the fleeing Yan Shaozhe.
"I forgot to ask this person if they knew the strategist. Oh well, I'll ask them next time I run into them."
While Yan Shaozhe was being forcibly talked to by the demon spirit, the hunting team, led by Zhang Lexuan, had already slowly retreated.
Two dying soul beasts were being carried by several students; they were the Sword-Horned Tiger and the Spotted Centipede.
While the two soul beasts were fighting, Zhang Lexuan used Huo Yuhao's mental detection to quietly capture one of the soul beasts from each other.
The two groups of spirit beasts, already locked in a fierce battle, were completely unaware that one of their own beasts was missing.
"Senior Sister! I've made an important discovery—it's a soul beast that's compatible with my soul beast!" Huo Yuhao suddenly transmitted his voice to Zhang Lexuan.
"Hmm? You found a suitable soul beast? Where is it?" Zhang Lexuan frowned slightly, glanced back, and confirmed that the sword-horned tiger and the spotted centipede that had been fighting were not chasing after her.
"Over there, I can feel it moving!" Huo Yuhao pointed in a different direction from where the sword-horned tiger centipede was fighting.
Zhang Lexuan frowned, glanced in the direction Huo Yuhao was pointing, and hesitated.
They took advantage of the chaos to capture two soul beasts and then retreated, fearing that the sword-horned tigers would detect their scent after the fight and chase after them.
"Senior Sister, I have a concealment soul skill that can perfectly hide my aura and scent. Moreover, I can sense that the soul beast is very suitable for my martial soul. This is an opportunity not to be missed!" Huo Yuhao stopped.
Fortunately, he and Zhang Lexuan were the two who stayed behind to cover the rear; otherwise, stopping there would have blocked the main force.
"Yuhao, something's not right in the Star Dou Great Forest right now! What if something happens to you while you're alone?" Zhang Lexuan said seriously.
"Senior Sister, once the opportunity is missed, it will be gone forever. Besides, as long as I catch that soul beast, I can leave. I also have many soul tools from Mud Sauce Laboratory on me, which is enough to save my life!" Huo Yuhao gestured to the starlight sapphire ring and belt on his hand.
Zhang Lexuan pondered for a moment. She couldn't sense Cai Meier's presence, but she figured Dean Yan Shaozhe was still in the forest. Even if Huo Yuhao was in trouble, if he sent out a distress signal, either Dean Yan Shaozhe or Dean Cai Meier would be able to provide immediate support.
Furthermore, they had already withdrawn from the Star Dou Great Forest by then, leaving the two deans without any worries.
"Okay, be careful! I'll come find you later!" After saying that, Zhang Lexuan transformed into a phantom and chased after the main group.
"I'll apologize to Dong'er later." Huo Yuhao turned and headed towards the location of the golden light.
"Hurry up, kid, or that soul beast will escape and waste all my hard work!" Tang Qi urged.
The hunting trip took Huo Yuhao only about half an hour, thanks to his full-speed travel.
When Huo Yuhao hid in a giant tree and activated his martial soul to see clearly the soul beast that Tang Qi had chosen for him, his heart, which had just calmed down, started beating rapidly again.
"My God, Senior, you chose the Emerald Swan as your soul beast!"
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