The light in the sky distorted slightly.
Intense mental fluctuations spread out continuously, almost obscuring the sky within a radius of several thousand meters. The enraged emotion of the Evil Eye spread throughout the area. Any soul beast that came into contact with it, whether stronger or weaker than the Evil Eye, chose to retreat. In the core circle, no one would provoke an Evil Eye that was over 60,000 years old.
The distortion also dimmed the colors of the sky, creating a gloomy atmosphere. Time Deer couldn't help but feel nervous. The inexplicably flashing silver-white light on his body became even more dazzling. He was making some kind of backup plan. He kept darting through the deep forest. However, his escape also attracted the attention of other soul beasts. Realizing that the Evil Eye was chasing him, they immediately roared to warn the Evil Eye of its location.
Time Deer never expected that other soul beasts would help the Evil Eye tell him its location. He ran even faster.
A surge of soul power rose from the ground into the sky, immediately contacting the Evil Eye's spiritual energy fluctuations. Having pinpointed its location, the Evil Eye's speed suddenly increased, almost becoming a blur, destroying all vegetation in its path, scattering debris everywhere.
Seeing the Evil Eye's seemingly berserk state, Qian Duoduo and Huo Yuhao understood that the Evil Eye had found the direction and location of the Time Deer.
"Buzz." A faint golden light emerged from its eyes. Huo Yuhao immediately activated his simulation soul skill, and he and Qian Duoduo quickly blended into their surroundings.
This was mainly to avoid being discovered by the soul beasts aiding the Evil Eye; the Evil Eye clan's status in the Demon Forest was indeed astonishingly high.
Otherwise, the Time Deer would most likely have escaped.
"Whoosh." Several minutes later, upon reaching the foot of a mountain, the Time Deer's silvery-white radiance slowly receded into its body. Looking at the still endless forest and the killing intent emanating from behind, the intelligent Time Deer made its choice.
It quickly ran towards the mountain peak, which was over a thousand meters high.
In a mere half-minute, the massive body of the Evil Eye descended. Sensing the lingering aura in the air, it glanced at the mountain peak before resuming its pursuit.
The peaks weren't particularly steep, making them easy to climb. The higher one climbed, the stronger the winds from afar became, causing trees to twist and turn, and occasionally, monkey-like spirit beasts would scatter in fear.
A thousand meters wasn't a long distance. When the Time Deer reached the summit, there was no way back. He walked to the edge of the cliff, looked at the abyss-like scene, then turned to gaze at the only path leading to the summit, a resolute look in his eyes.
"Chirp." With a low groan, pain flashed in the Time Deer's eyes, and its body disintegrated, countless drops of transparent, viscous blood scattering across the ground.
The self-destruction caused the Time Deer to slump down, collapsing to the ground, its breath gradually turning towards death. Its eyes calmly gazed at the entrance to the summit.
Soon, tentacles climbed the boulders and trees, and sinister eyes gradually appeared—it was the approaching Evil Eye.
The mountaintop was spacious and lush with greenery, where the two soul beasts faced each other.
Glancing at the extremely weak Time Deer, the Evil Eye didn't attack rashly. The Deer's abilities made him uneasy, and he didn't want to be careless and fall into its trap.
This brief exchange allowed two people to quietly hide in the grass on the other side—Qian Duoduo and Huo Yuhao. Possessing a simulation soul skill, they almost blended into the wild grass.
"This deer is almost done for," Qian Duoduo transmitted telepathically.
Huo Yuhao took a deep breath. Since his teacher had instructed him to absorb both soul beasts, he couldn't let them go.
"Dean Qian, you attack the Evil Eye directly and suppress him with the strongest methods. I'll finish off the Time Deer," Huo Yuhao said solemnly.
"Okay." Qian Duoduo was the most suitable person to deal with a soul beast with high attack and low defense.
But things rarely go as planned. Just as the two had made their choice, the deer let out a few soft cries, clearly in animal language, which neither Huo Yuhao nor Qian Duoduo could understand.
"Yuhao, quickly retreat from the summit!" Suddenly, the voices of Bingdi and Tianmeng Ice Silkworm rang out in alarm.
Huo Yuhao was confused, but as always, he listened to advice.
Without hesitation, ignoring the dispelling of his simulated soul skill, white dragon wings unfurled from Huo Yuhao's back. He grabbed Qian Duoduo's shoulder and leaped off the cliff beside the pile of weeds. His wings spread, and he soared into the sky, far from the summit.
"There's a trap!"
Qian Duoduo was clearly bewildered after being pulled off the cliff by Huo Yuhao, but Huo Yuhao's explanation relieved him. However, he also realized that their location had been exposed, and a sneak attack was no longer an option.
The white dragon's wings shimmered, attracting the attention of Evil Eye and Time Deer. Both were startled; who would have thought that humans existed on this remote mountaintop?
The appearance of humans often provokes the killing intent of spirit beasts.
Especially since Evil Eye was preparing to hunt his prey, he was even more unwilling to let anything go wrong.
Silver light gathered in his pupils, and just as Evil Eye was about to eliminate Huo Yuhao and Qian Duoduo, the spiritual energy surrounding him suddenly trembled.
It was an indescribable aura of danger.
Evil Eye's pupils contracted, and he turned and left, as if he had made a firm decision, without the slightest hesitation.
At the edge of the cliff, Time Deer looked up and softly called out to Huo Yuhao, thanking him.
Because of Huo Yuhao's sudden appearance, he had attracted Evil Eye's attention, giving him an opportunity to counterattack.
Even as the evil eye hesitated and prepared to attack Huo Yuhao and Qian Duoduo, the scattered blood of the Time Deer seemed to ignite simultaneously, emitting countless points of light. Time around them seemed to slow down, reducing the evil eye's escape speed to an alarming degree. The evil
eye frantically channeled its spiritual power, layers of silver-white ripples within its pupils deflecting the attack, but even this was incredibly slow.
The dangerous aura the evil eye sensed came from the power within this blood.
Its three-meter-diameter eyeball trembled a few times, realizing it couldn't break free of the restriction, and a look of horror quickly surfaced on its face.
Throughout its escape, the Time Deer had burned its own primordial bloodline; this blood contained its last remaining power, which was why it had deliberately mutilated itself, splattering blood everywhere—it was waiting for this moment.
Huo Yuhao had given it enough time to unleash its power, preventing the evil eye from escaping and ultimately causing its failure.
As the points of light appeared in the blood, a dazzling silver-white light immediately shone from the Time Deer, rising like a blazing flame.
The Time Deer's body instantly transformed into a silvery-white energy body, and the scattered light points gathered and completely merged into its body. The next moment, under the watchful eyes of Huo Yuhao and Qian Duoduo, the Time Deer, like a beam of light, crashed fiercely into the body of the Evil Eye.
With a whoosh, the Time Deer completely burrowed into the Evil Eye's body. As it disappeared, the light spots in the blood-soaked ground vanished, the time-slowing effect instantly dissipated, and the Evil Eye's speed returned to normal.
Panicked that an enemy had entered his body, the Evil Eye panicked. His terrifying mental power spread out, distorting space. His silvery-white soul power swirled around his body, trying to find the Time Deer hiding within, but to no avail.
The next moment, the frantically checking his body stopped, for another silvery-white light suddenly shone from his body. This light, like a vacuum cleaner, continuously pulled in various elements from the air and forcefully injected them into his body.
Under these circumstances, the Evil Eye's cultivation level rapidly increased.
Like a force-feeding method, the Evil Eye's cultivation level quickly rose from 80,000 years to 90,000 years, and then advanced step by step, his soul power becoming far, far stronger.
When a crimson hue appeared on the Evil Eye's body, an astonishing scene unfolded: dark clouds began to gather in the sky, rolling thunder appeared, and the occasional roars were deafening.
"A Heavenly Tribulation?" Huo Yuhao and Qian Duoduo stared at the sky, their expressions turning grave.
"This Time Deer used its own life to forcibly raise the Evil Eye's cultivation to the 100,000-year level, but the Evil Eye, lacking a solid foundation, simply couldn't withstand the Heavenly Tribulation's onslaught. This is trading life for life!" Qian Duoduo, witnessing everything, was somewhat amazed by the Time Deer's actions.
The Evil Eye clearly sensed something was wrong, its pupils filled with fear, and it hurriedly tried to let out a shriek to alert the powerful members of its clan to come to its aid.
But at that moment, because the Time Deer was still increasing the Evil Eye's cultivation, the Heavenly Tribulation concluded that the Evil Eye hadn't chosen to transform into a human but instead intended to withstand the tribulation. Instantly, lightning descended from the clouds, an incredibly thick bolt of lightning streaking across the sky and exploding on the mountaintop, instantly eclipsing the world, its terrifying majesty resounding throughout the Demon Forest.
It's no exaggeration to say that all the soul beasts instinctively shrank back, their eyes revealing fear of the Heavenly Tribulation.
Especially those soul beasts about to break through to the 100,000 or 200,000-year mark dare not face the Heavenly Tribulation, because their soul power is already unstable due to the breakthrough, and the aura of the Heavenly Tribulation will trigger their soul power, causing them to undergo tribulation prematurely.
With a rumble, the dense mountain peak was bombarded, and terrifying lightning directly tore the mountaintop apart, creating a huge gap, as if a palace had been destroyed by a cannonball and collapsed.
At this moment, Huo Yuhao understood why Bingdi and Tianmeng had told him to leave the mountain peak. If he hadn't left, he would have been affected by the lightning of the Heavenly Tribulation.
In fact, Bingdi and Tianmeng Ice Silkworm were also dumbfounded at this moment. They only sensed danger, but they didn't expect it to be this dangerous.
As for the Evil Eye, which was the core target of the Heavenly Tribulation, with just one strike, eight tentacles on his body were broken off. The remaining four tentacles were also fragile and about to fall. But the attack of the Heavenly Tribulation was not limited to this. The terrifying power of the Heavenly Tribulation was still destroying inside the Evil Eye's body.
His powerful spiritual sea was shattered, like a broken mirror. Strands of spiritual energy leaked out uncontrollably, like a deflated balloon, beyond repair. His eyeballs shattered, scattering large amounts of silvery-white blood.
"Bang." With one blow, the Evil Eye lost all ability to resist. His life force weakened to the extreme, and he collapsed onto the shattered ground, barely breathing.
He never imagined that he would die at the hands of the Heavenly Tribulation... Although becoming a 100,000-year-old soul beast was what he longed for, it was definitely not this kind of longing.
In the sky, the deep Heavenly Tribulation thunderclouds still existed, and the thick lightning, like thunder dragons, still surged. A suffocating aura poured down from the horizon, and the entire forest trembled.
However, Huo Yuhao knew that the Heavenly Tribulation would not continue. A 100,000-year-old soul beast would only experience the Heavenly Tribulation three times in total. After experiencing it once, it would be on the verge of death, and the Heavenly Tribulation would slowly dissipate. It wouldn't necessarily use up all the power of the Heavenly Tribulation three times.
Huo Yuhao looked down, and from his perspective, a dense, silvery-white figure separated from the Evil Eye lying in the ruins. Upon closer inspection, it was none other than the Time Deer.
At the same moment the Time Deer appeared, the tribulation clouds in the sky slowly began to dissipate.
"This Evil Eye couldn't withstand it even once; the tribulation won't continue. Yuhao, seize the opportunity." Qian Duoduo naturally understood this as well, reminding Huo Yuhao to act, lest the soul beast die and they lose the soul ring.
At this moment, the Time Deer was on its last breath, its body ethereal. Its gaze fell upon Huo Yuhao, who was suspended in the air.
A weak cry escaped its lips.
"Yuhao, Time Deer is calling you over," Tianmeng Ice Silkworm hurriedly reminded him.
Hearing this, Huo Yuhao paused for a moment, then looked deeply at Time Deer. "Dean Qian, let's go."
Qian Duoduo nodded.
The two flew into the ruins, and their skin immediately felt a stinging sensation—the lingering aura of the Heavenly Tribulation.
Arriving before the Evil Eye, which was barely clinging to life, Huo Yuhao's right palm glowed with dark golden light, releasing five dark golden claws like sharp blades. These claws then pierced into the Evil Eye's eyeball, stirring it violently. The
Evil Eye's last breath vanished completely, and slowly, dense soul power gathered, forming a soul ring that made Huo Yuhao and Qian Duoduo gasp.
It was actually a blood-red soul ring, a cold aura emanating from it, strange light patterns flickering slightly. It originated from the Evil Eye clan and possessed a faint spiritual fluctuation.
"This Evil Eye actually retained its temporarily boosted cultivation level?" Qian Duoduo stared at the soul ring in astonishment.
"It was the Time Deer that helped." Huo Yuhao's gaze shifted to the Time Deer beside him, and the two stared at each other.
He sensed a trace of time soul power remaining on the Evil Eye's body, used to maintain the lifespan of the soul ring. This time soul power dissipated only after the soul ring truly appeared.
"He helped?" Hearing this, Qian Duoduo subconsciously looked at the Time Deer, her heart filled with doubt.
"Chirp." The Time Deer calmly looked at Huo Yuhao.
"He said thank you," Tianmeng Ice Silkworm translated.
Huo Yuhao's eyes flickered slightly, unable to understand why the Time Deer thanked him.
But there was no time to explain. The Time Deer's breathing quickened a few times, and it seemed about to die. Suddenly, Huo Yuhao had a flash of inspiration. He placed his finger on the Time Deer's forehead, infusing it with a wisp of subtle spiritual power, leaving his own aura while protecting the Time Deer's soul.
He, Huo Yuhao, still possessed necromancy.
Transforming a soul beast into an undead wasn't impossible.
He just didn't know if the undead's time attribute would be preserved after the transformation.
"Fine, the Time Deer helped him obtain a 100,000-year spirit ring, and he kept the Time Deer alive in another form. "
The next moment, the Time Deer's aura vanished, and with a buzzing sound, a jet-black spirit ring rose.
Two spirit rings, one on the left and one on the right.
Qian Duoduo suppressed his inner doubts and said in a deep voice, "Time attribute is rare, but a 100,000-year spirit ring is even rarer. Elder Mu told me before that with the help of the auspicious beast's power of destiny and the immortal herbs you once ate, you have the ability to absorb spirit rings to the limit. Can you fight for a 100,000-year spirit ring?"
Huo Yuhao's eyes flashed, "Dean Qian, please protect me. I want both of these spirit rings."
"Ah?" Qian Duoduo was stunned. After realizing what was happening, he was about to say something, but Huo Yuhao had already sat cross-legged. With the appearance of a wisp of cold air, Huo Yuhao's martial soul transformed into the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, and he used his spiritual power to guide the spirit rings over.
They immediately entered an absorption state.
"You brat!" Qian Duoduo exclaimed in surprise, quickly trying to stop him. How could an ice-attribute martial soul absorb a time-attribute soul ring? If something went wrong, how would he explain to Elder Mu?
But it was too late. He could only watch helplessly as Huo Yuhao entered the state of absorbing the soul ring. However, to Qian Duoduo's surprise, when the dark soul ring landed on Huo Yuhao's head, the resulting fluctuations were very smooth, without any ripples, as if it were a natural process.
"Could it really work?" Qian Duoduo murmured.
A bone-chilling cold began to accumulate, and the area around Huo Yuhao froze.
"Integrate the time power contained in the soul ring into your ice-attribute soul power. Time, space, and life are the three attributes least likely to reject other attributes," Ilex instructed.
Huo Yuhao nodded secretly, amidst the tense atmosphere between Ice Emperor and Tianmeng Ice Silkworm.
Outside, dense frost began to envelop the soul ring, separating wisps of energy and then infusing them into the body. With each separation, the Time Deer soul ring dimmed slightly.
Since it was a ten-thousand-year spirit ring, there would inevitably be a soul shock. However, in his consciousness, Huo Yuhao saw the Time Deer's soul calmly watching him.
There was no shock. The man and the beast gazed at each other from afar until his consciousness returned. When Huo Yuhao opened his eyes again, the spirit ring had already been absorbed, and only half an hour had passed—it was incredibly smooth.
"Really?" Ice Emperor and Tianmeng Ice Silkworm were astonished.
"I told you, didn't I?" Ilex chuckled.
"Ahem." Tianmeng Ice Silkworm coughed. "I admit, I was speaking too loudly earlier."
Ilex shook his head with a smile and fell silent.
"How was it?" Qian Duoduo asked hurriedly as soon as he saw Huo Yuhao succeed. It was the first time he had seen someone absorb a ten-thousand-year spirit ring so quickly. Normally, it would take at least two hours for someone to absorb their fifth spirit ring.
"Everything is fine."
Huo Yuhao's expression was strange. Two spirit rings rose from beneath his feet, both black.
He had been hiding the color of Ice Emperor's spirit ring, but soon he wouldn't need to hide it anymore.
After briefly experiencing the soul skill that the Time Deer had given him, his expression changed slightly.
Time Control.
Yes, this was the soul skill that the Time Deer had given Huo Yuhao.
But how well the Time Control soul skill would perform remained to be seen; Huo Yuhao would have to experience it for himself.
After absorbing it, the age of the Time Deer's soul ring also appeared, not particularly high, exactly at the 50,000-year level.
"Whoosh."
A layer of ice suddenly condensed in Huo Yuhao's palm. Strangely, the surface of the ice also had a peculiar ripple, with faint time fluctuations spreading from it.
"Ice and time have combined?" Qian Duoduo observed the ice, a hint of surprise in his eyes.
Huo Yuhao nodded and said, "That's right, but the specific testing can only be done after returning to Mingdu. The only thing that's certain is that the Time Deer's soul skill is more like a support-type soul skill. If we can obtain the soul skills that the Time Deer used before, it will be a huge win."
"As long as it's not a soul skill like the one that burrows into the enemy's body, everything is fine," Qian Duoduo complained.
Huo Yuhao grinned, then waved his hand, storing the Time Deer's corpse into his soul tool. He then looked at the Evil Eye, where the 100,000-year soul ring still radiated its majesty.
"Will it work?" Qian Duoduo couldn't help but ask.
"Yes," Huo Yuhao said decisively. Without the Ice-Fire Alchemy Body, without the second awakening of his martial soul, and without this soul beast's attribute being mental, he naturally wouldn't be able to absorb the 100,000-year soul ring. But unfortunately, he had all three.
Without further ado, Huo Yuhao sat cross-legged again, a faint golden light appearing in his eyes, and the spiritual power of his Spirit Eye began to draw the 100,000-year soul ring towards him.
The 100,000-year-old soul ring was drawn in, and a deathly, cold, and ferocious atmosphere immediately spread. Huo Yuhao felt a chill creep into his mind.
Strangely, although the soul ring's energy was immense, causing Huo Yuhao's meridians to throb with pain in an instant, it lacked a sense of hostility; everything proceeded smoothly as if by magic.
The Heavenly Tribulation had likely even destroyed the soul of the Evil Eye.
...
A raging wind blew past his ears, and cold eyes gazed into the distance. A murmur echoed, "You attacked Mingde Hall, abducted my daughter, and instead of leaving the Sun Moon Empire, you went towards the Demon Forest."
A faint purple light shone down from the sky, and a cold laugh filled with killing intent followed. "Very well, then I won't need to search for you in the Heavenly Soul Empire. If my daughter dies, I'll take everyone from your Body Sect with me."
"Whoosh."
Terrifying dark purple soul power surged outwards, leaving ripples in the sky like streaks, as if swallowing up the light and plunging it into darkness.
She was none other than the Demon Emperor.
Originally, the Demon Emperor's destination was the Heavenly Soul Empire, but while traveling, she tentatively activated the Whale Pearl to search for her abducted daughter. This attempt had failed countless times, and she hadn't expected success, but this time, there was a response.
Her daughter had appeared, in the Demon Forest, abducted by those damned Body Sect members. Her reappearance meant the Body Sect intended to kill her.
Extreme rage surged in the mother's mind; only killing intent remained.
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