Huo Yuhao's black eyes looked at the still raging fire in the distance and said,
"Su Tong, you can stay at the camp."
"Take the opportunity to inspect the situation of the Destruction Statue, after all, it's related to the gods."
Su Tong nodded slightly and said,
"Okay, I understand, teacher."
At this moment, Emiya Kiritsugu also came down from the high platform and said,
"Boss, do you need the Root Third Team to accompany us?"
"There might be resistance forces in the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well."
Huo Yuhao shook his head and refused Emiya Kiritsugu's suggestion.
"No need."
"There are indeed some resistance forces inside the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well."
"Just a few hundred-thousand-year-old plant-type soul beasts."
"They're nothing in the Star Dou Great Forest, not any tough nut to crack."
"Root Third Team will wait here. You made quite a commotion just now, and someone might come to investigate."
"If anyone comes, you are responsible for driving them away.
If they are stubborn, just break their legs and throw them out."
Emiya Kiritsugu immediately nodded to indicate that he understood.
After the order was given, the enthusiastic members of the rear camp began skillfully reassembling the soul-guided cannons, each movement appearing as if they had practiced countless times.
These soul-guided cannons were equipped with cooling soul tools, so there was no need to worry about overheating; their simple structure meant they could be disassembled in five minutes.
Next, Kiritsugu Emiya directed the enthusiastic members to set up shielding and defensive soul tools around the camp, guarding against any potential enemies.
Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao slowly walked towards the raging fire.
The intense heat cracked the earth, and the dry soil crackled and popped.
Ice crystals and flames intertwined, and billowing smoke almost obscured the sky, turning the once azure sky into a blacked-out spectacle.
The fire even threatened to spread to both sides, but the multicolored poisonous miasma and phosphorescent cloud in the rest of Sunset Forest seemed to be consciously concentrating their power to suppress the flames.
Without further support, the fire was being gradually extinguished by the multicolored poisonous miasma; it was estimated that the miasma would replenish the land in two hours.
However, two hours was more than enough for Huo Yuhao.
"Crack!"
Huo Yuhao snapped a section of the shattered root of the Azure Phosphorous Seven Absolute Flowers, ignoring it, and proceeded to the wall of fire radiating intense heat.
The flames on the wall were menacing, scorching the air and distorting the light.
Huo Yuhao reached out towards the wall of fire, his eyes gleaming with a starry light.
His soul rings circled around his body, and the golden soul ring belonging to the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm began to flash, its holy and dazzling golden light momentarily overshadowing the crimson in front of him.
"Spiritual Empowerment!"
With the activation of his soul skill, the wall of fire suddenly stopped as if time had stopped, then the surging flames receded to both sides like a tide, a gap appearing abruptly in the long wall of fire.
Through this gap, Huo Yuhao could clearly see a canyon ahead.
The canyon was shrouded in a hazy, misty white light; it wasn't a barrier, but rather a boundary formed by the fact that the spiritual energy inside the canyon far exceeded that of the outside world.
Huo Yuhao passed through the wall of fire and approached the layer of white light.
He first reached his palm inside, where the warmth was much lower than outside.
It seemed the raging flames outside hadn't affected the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire inside.
Without hesitation, he plunged into the white light, officially entering this true treasure trove—the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire.
The first thing Huo Yuhao saw was a lake of icy white water, shrouded in a thin mist.
His spiritual power could sense the extremely low temperature within—the ultimate ice.
Opposite the icy white lake was a fiery red lake; even a glance was enough to feel its intense heat.
White and red, clearly distinct, the ultimate fire and ultimate ice colliding and frantically gathering the primordial energy of heaven and earth, even giving birth to life force from their collision.
The valley wasn't large, but it was densely packed with various plants.
Although Huo Yuhao couldn't recognize many of them, he could sense the soul power within them.
Even with just a cursory probe, his [Record] ability had already recorded five hundred new plant species, many of which were rare treasures.
Even Huo Yuhao was stunned by the sight before him.
Because the original description was rather vague, Huo Yuhao initially thought that the Thunderous Hell Vine Canyon and the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye should be similar.
However, upon seeing it with his own eyes, he realized that this place was far superior to the Thunderous Hell Vine Canyon.
The quantity of rare medicinal herbs alone far exceeded the weeds of the Thunderous Hell Vine Canyon!
None of the plants here were simple; even the Blue Silver Grass was a Blue Silver King here.
It was just a pity that there weren't many plants that had become Soul Beasts.
In the Douluo Continent, it was much harder for plants to become Soul Beasts than for animals.
"Human! Die!"
Just as Huo Yuhao was admiring the scenery of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye, the water of the distant Blazing Yang Spring suddenly surged, drawn out by an unknown force.
The crimson water drew a beautiful arc in the air, heading straight for Huo Yuhao's body.
The water contained the power of extreme fire; even a normal Title Douluo wouldn't dare to withstand this attack head-on.
Huo Yuhao didn't even glance at it.
With a flick of his left hand, the blazing Yangquan seemed to encounter an unknown obstacle, halting mid-air.
Despite its obvious forward momentum, it couldn't advance even a fraction of a step.
"What's going on?"
"Human, you've got some skill!"
A clear female voice entered Huo Yuhao's ears from all directions, seemingly trying to confuse him and prevent him from finding its true location.
Then, the Yangquan transformed, becoming a massive water sphere that enveloped Huo Yuhao completely.
The ground beneath his feet melted instantly, and Huo Yuhao, submerged in the red water, couldn't see anything.
"Just looking at the scenery, and you're disturbing me?"
"Are you tired of living, Babar?"
Huo Yuhao used telekinesis to forcefully tear apart the blazing Yangquan surrounding him, his mental detection starting at zero frames, instantly locking onto the target's location.
Kamui activated without any warning, disappearing from the space at incredible speed.
Having mastered the Spatial Crown for so long, Kamui now had no warning and could activate at any time with zero frames.
"Where is he?!"
The fiery apricot blossoms beside the crimson lake swayed, their mental energy scanning the surroundings.
The distant, blazing springs, having lost their target, floated silently in the air.
Then, instead of returning to the Yin-Yang Well, the spring water gradually contracted and stretched, slowly taking on a human shape, finally forming a fiery woman entirely crimson.
The fiery woman looked around, two flaming longswords appearing in her hands, searching for Huo Yuhao.
"Using spring water to mimic a human form, not bad."
"Your true fire attribute isn't at its peak, so you're using the Yin-Yang Well?"
The fiery apricot blossoms suddenly trembled, for the voice was right behind her.
"When?!"
Sensing danger, the fiery woman immediately rushed towards Huo Yuhao behind her.
Huo Yuhao observed the figure entirely composed of spring water with interest, then stretched out his hand towards her, his mental energy threads instantly connecting to the fiery woman, infusing her with his spirit.
Liehuo Xingjiaoshu immediately sensed that the fire maiden she had created was out of control.
Before its shocked gaze, the fire maiden knelt on one knee before Huo Yuhao, then pointed her flaming sword directly at Liehuo Xingjiaoshu.
"There's a bull!"
Liehuo Xingjiaoshu was completely stunned; it couldn't understand why its creation would suddenly betray it.
However, this wasn't the time to think about that. Ah Jiao clearly felt the undisguised killing intent behind her.
Huo Yuhao didn't tolerate Liehuo Xingjiaoshu either, directly drawing the Remnant Dream Blade from his right hand.
Liehuo Xingjiaoshu had just turned her head when she saw a magnificent longsword, its blade shimmering with countless bizarre and fantastical images, pointing directly at her body.
The aura emanating from that blade made Liehuo Xingjiaoshu feel as if she were being pricked by needles all over her body, causing her immense discomfort.
"I'll die!"
"Being hit by it will definitely kill me!"
Death flooded Liehuo Xingjiaoshu's mind like a tidal wave, her body trembling uncontrollably, too afraid to even move.
"Hey, Red and White Cabbage, why are you suddenly so quiet?"
"Weren't you talking quite loudly just now?"
"Why are you acting like an ostrich now?"
"Please regain your unruly demeanor from before, I'm not used to it."
Although Liehuo Xingjiaoshu seemed to have a very volatile temper, she hadn't fought many battles, relying purely on instinct in combat.
For a moment, she didn't know how to deal with this situation.
Although a top-tier plant-type soul beast, if it were to truly fight a genuinely cultivated 100,000-year-old soul beast from the outside world, the one most likely to lose would be Liehuo Xingjiaoshu.
"Tch, can we reconcile?"
Liehuo Xingjiaoshu's originally clear voice trembled slightly.
Huo Yuhao looked at the tall, red cabbage before him and said calmly,
"At this moment, are you perhaps joking?"
"To save your life, you're actually begging for mercy without any dignity?"
"I despise you."
Just then, a gentle yet somewhat tense voice appeared from the other side of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
"Um, um, could you please let Jiaojiao go?"
"We were wrong in this matter."
"Please forgive it."
Huo Yuhao looked towards the source of the voice, which was a large pink flower growing in the center of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well lake.
A sweep of his spiritual power revealed the other party's identity through the Record Authority.
Huo Yuhao looked at it and said,
"Youxiang Qiluo Immortal Beast?"
"Heh, you're in charge here?"
Youyou was a little surprised, not expecting Huo Yuhao to recognize it at a glance.
Hearing Huo Yuhao's question, it nodded and then shook its head.
Huo Yuhao said,
"What does that mean?"
"Nodding and shaking your head?"
Youyou said softly in a gentle voice,
"Xiangxiang is asleep. I am the manager here."
Huo Yuhao continued to press,
"Who is Xiangxiang?" "
Next time, just say it all at once. My patience is limited."
Youyou hurriedly lowered its large pink petals, its originally gentle tone now filled with panic.
"Yes, yes!"
"I understand. Please don't hurt Jiaojiao."
"Xiangxiang is Qiluo Tulip, also a 100,000-year-old soul beast. She is the real person in charge here."
Huo Yuhao frowned and said,
"Asleep?"
"You wake up all the 100,000-year-old soul beasts in the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well. How can they sleep at this age?"
Youyou hurriedly swayed its petals, just about to contact Qiluo Tulip and the others through its mental power, but was interrupted by them.
"No need, I already know everything."
"Honorable guest, Jiao Jiao was at fault first. I can grant you permission to choose an unintentional immortal herb here."
Huo Yuhao smiled, looking at the immortal herb in the distance that perfectly matched his aesthetic sense, and said,
"Just one?"
"Is it possible that if I kill you all, all the immortal herbs in this area will be mine?"
The Fiery Apricot beside Huo Yuhao was somewhat angry.
"You!..."
It was about to say something when it was forced back into its stomach by the Dream-Breaking Blade that was so close at hand.
After a long silence, Qiluo Tulip earnestly said to Huo Yuhao,
"You'd better not do this."
"You know this place and know Youyou."
"Then you must know who this place once belonged to."
Huo Yuhao chuckled and exclaimed,
"Wasn't it Dugu Bo from ten thousand years ago?"
"What? Did he leave some backup plan?"
Qiluo Tulip fell silent again, then said directly,
"It was Tang San, the Sea God from ten thousand years ago."
"This is his territory; please abide by the rules here."
"Of course, I can also begin a test for you. If you pass the test, you can take seven plants here."
"Your previous promise still stands; you can take eight plants."
"Our test is not difficult for you; you can pass it easily."
"But if you really want to use force, please believe me, our destruction is mutually guaranteed." As soon as
Qiluo Tulip finished speaking, the aura of five hundred-thousand-year-old soul beasts rose again throughout the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
Huo Yuhao smiled at the Qiluo Tulip and said,
"I see."
"You still don't understand what happened."
"That Sea God Tang San can't manage this place right now."
It seems tjss confused the Youxiang Qiluo Immortal Item with the Qiluo Tulip; the Youxiang Qiluo Immortal Item from Douluo Continent III simply disappeared.
(End of Chapter)
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