Chapter 1: The Pawn of Fate Opens Its Eyes
"Useless! Get out of the Duke's Mansion and never come back!"
The cold, harsh voice, like a poisoned blade, fiercely pierced Huo Yuhao's ears. Along with these words, a thin figure was roughly pushed out of the Duke Baihu's side door by two armored guards, falling heavily onto the cold bluestone road.
"Bang!"
His forehead hit the hard ground, seeping traces of blood. However, what was more chilling than this physical pain were the disdainful and mocking gazes of the surrounding servants.
"Serves him right! A useless person who hasn't even awakened his Spirit, dares to defy the Second Madam?"
"Exactly. He doesn't even know his place; he's just a bastard born to the Madam."
"I heard his mother is seriously ill, and he wanted to beg the Second Madam to find a Spirit Master to treat her. What a pipe dream."
The discussions buzzed like flies, drilling into Huo Yuhao's ears.
He slowly climbed up from the ground, ignoring the wound on his forehead, and not looking at those gloating faces. He just raised his head, and with eyes that were deep and somewhat terrifying, unsuited for his age, he quietly looked back at the slowly closing vermilion-painted gate.
On the gate, the ferocious White Tiger totem seemed to roar silently, displaying the majesty and coldness of this mansion.
"Duke Baihu's Mansion..." Huo Yuhao silently repeated the name in his heart, a barely perceptible curve of his lips, mixed with sarcasm and sorrow.
Yes, his name was Huo Yuhao.
But not entirely.
Inside his body resided the Soul of an adult from a distant blue planet. There, he had been an ordinary person struggling at the bottom of society. An accident brought him to this World called "Douluo Continent," making him the forgotten illegitimate son of Duke Baihu Dai Hao.
For eleven whole years, he lived like a real child, trying hard to adapt to this World, relying on his equally humble and kind mother. He had once thought this would be an ordinary new life in a different World.
It wasn't until his mother fell ill from overwork and was confined to bed that he suddenly woke up.
This World was far more cruel than he had imagined. Without strength, there was no dignity, not even the right to live.
What made him even more chilling was that the deeper his understanding of this World became, a familiar yet strange name—"Tang San"—and various related "plots" began to uncontrollably surface in his mind.
Shrek Academy, Sea God's Pavilion, Tang Sect, Illusion, Wang Qiu'er... These fragmented pieces of information were like a pre-written script, foreshadowing his future Dao.
"Fate?" Huo Yuhao lowered his head, looking at his thin hands, feeling the faint spirit power fluctuations within this body, an indescribable irritation and resistance surging in his heart.
He didn't like this feeling.
It was as if his life was a chess game already set up, and he was just an insignificant chess piece. When he should move, where he should go, and even whom he would meet, and who would help him, all seemed to have been clearly arranged.
Even being driven out of the Duke's Mansion at this moment seemed to be the inevitable beginning of the "plot."
"Ridiculous..."
Huo Yuhao laughed self-deprecatingly. He raised his hand to wipe away the blood from his forehead, the confusion and vulnerability in his eyes replaced by an extraordinary calmness.
He no longer looked at the cold mansion, resolutely turned, and walked towards the Star Dou Great Forest.
His steps were not fast, but each step was exceptionally firm.
Since he couldn't choose his birth, couldn't change the beginning, then he would personally tear apart that so-called "script"!
He wanted to Awaken his Spirit, to acquire a spirit ring, to become stronger! Not to follow a predetermined trajectory, to become someone's hero, nor to prove anything to anyone.
It was only to truly hold his own destiny in his own hands... Outer perimeter of the Star Dou Great Forest.
The moist air was filled with the unique scent of soil mixed with plants. Sunlight filtered through the dense canopy, casting dappled light spots on the ground.
Huo Yuhao found a relatively safe spot and sat down cross-legged.
Here, he would complete the Awakening of his Spirit.
In the Duke's Mansion, he was just a neglected bastard, naturally not qualified to enjoy the Family's Awakening ceremony. But this didn't stump him. With the "plot" knowledge in his mind, he knew how to guide the faint spirit power within him to communicate with his own Spirit.
He closed his eyes, his mind sinking into his body.
Following the method in his memory, he carefully guided that faint spirit power, letting it slowly flow through his Meridians. This process was tedious and dangerous; a slight carelessness could injure himself.
But Huo Yuhao's heart was calm.
His experiences in two lives gave him a mental resilience far exceeding that of his peers.
Time passed bit by bit.
After an unknown period, when that wisp of spirit power had circulated through the specific trajectory for cycle after cycle, Huo Yuhao's body suddenly trembled.
A strange suction came from between his eyebrows, followed by an indescribable sensation of coolness in his eyes. It was as if an invisible shackles had been opened, and the entire World, in his perception, instantly became different.
He could "see" the flow of the wind, "hear" the breathing of the leaves, and "feel" the vibration of an ant crawling a hundred meters away.
Everything, down to the smallest detail, was clear!
"Is this... the Spiritual Eye Martial Soul?"
Huo Yuhao slowly opened his eyes, a faint purple-gold light flashing in their depths.
He knew he had succeeded.
However, just as he was about to get up and experience this new power, a voice filled with exhaustion and terror, without warning, sounded deep within his mind.
"Who? Who will save me! I don't want to die!"
Huo Yuhao's heart tightened, his mental force instantly highly concentrated, vigilantly scanning his surroundings.
But besides the sound of the wind and insects, there was no one around.
"Is it an Illusion?" He frowned.
"It's not an Illusion! I'm here! In your mental sea!" The voice sounded again, with a hint of urgency.
Mental sea?
Huo Yuhao's thoughts stirred, and he sank his consciousness into the mental sea he had just opened up.
In that primordial Chaos space, an enormous, snow-white worm with ten golden tentacles was curled up, trembling. Its aura was extremely weak, as if it could dissipate at any moment.
"Tianmeng Ice Silkworm?" Huo Yuhao almost instantly recognized the identity of this huge creature.
In the plot, his biggest Golden Finger, a million-year Spirit Beast!
"You... you know me?" The Tianmeng Ice Silkworm was stunned for a moment, asking weakly.
"No." Huo Yuhao replied expressionlessly, but a storm raged in his heart.
It's here!
The gift of fate, or rather... the arrangement of fate, was delivered so precisely to his doorstep.
"How is that possible! I am the unique million-year Spirit Beast of the Continent, the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm! You don't know me?" The Tianmeng Ice Silkworm seemed a bit unwilling.
Huo Yuhao ignored its fussing, only asking coldly, "Why did you appear in my mental sea?"
This question made the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm instantly wilt. It said with a crying voice, "I... I was being hunted. To escape my natural enemy, I burned my Origin, and my Soul Emergence, only barely escaping. But my energy consumption was too great, and I'm about to dissipate. I just happened to sense that you awakened a mental-attribute Spirit here, so I... I came in."
It looked at Huo Yuhao cautiously, saying in an almost pleading tone, "Please save me! As long as you are willing to fuse with me and become my host, I... I will give you all my power! I will make you the strongest Spirit Master on the Continent!"
A million-year spirit ring, four powerful Spirit Abilities, and an unimaginably vast mental Origin... How great a temptation was all this to a young man who had just awakened his Spirit and had nothing?
Any other person would probably agree without hesitation.
However, Huo Yuhao fell silent.
His gaze penetrated the seemingly pitiful appearance of the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, as if examining something deeper.
Was this really just a coincidence?
Why him, of all people? Why at this particular moment?
It was as if an invisible hand had calculated that he would Awaken his Spirit here, and then precisely delivered this "great gift" to him.
This feeling made him very uncomfortable.
"What are you hesitating about?" The Tianmeng Ice Silkworm grew anxious. "I can't hold on much longer! If we don't fuse soon, I'm really going to Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering! At that time, your mental sea will also collapse from being unable to bear my dissipating energy, and we... we will all die!"
Huo Yuhao still didn't speak, his brain working at high speed.
Refuse?
The consequence of refusing might really be, as Tianmeng said, both of them perishing.
Accept?
Accepting meant he would officially embark on the "arranged" Dao.
His silence made the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm feel unprecedented fear. It had never imagined that it, a dignified million-year Spirit Beast, offering itself as a spirit ring, would actually be disliked by a human boy.
Just as the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm was on the verge of despair, Huo Yuhao finally spoke.
"Fusion is possible." He said faintly, "But I have a few questions."
"Ask! Don't say a few, even a hundred are fine!" The Tianmeng Ice Silkworm was overjoyed, as if granted a great pardon.
Huo Yuhao's eyes sharpened, and he asked word by word: "First, who is this natural enemy you speak of? Second, why did you choose me? The Star Dou Great Forest is so vast; I'm not the only Spirit Master with a mental attribute Spirit, am I?"
His questions went straight to the core.
The Tianmeng Ice Silkworm clearly choked, its eyes a bit evasive.
Huo Yuhao sneered, "It seems this 'great gift' isn't so easy to take. Is there another existence behind you?"
"I..." The Tianmeng Ice Silkworm was speechless.
And at this moment, Huo Yuhao's mental sea suddenly shook, and a vast, majestic, sacred aura, as if from the Nine Heavens above, flashed by.
The aura was so fast that even the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm didn't notice it.
But Huo Yuhao caught it!
His Soul, in that instant, felt an instinctive tremor and... disgust!
It was it!
That pair of eyes that had been prying into his destiny!
Huo Yuhao understood instantly.
The Tianmeng Ice Silkworm was just the beginning. It was the first "beginner's gift package" given to him by the mastermind.
The corners of his mouth slowly curved into a cold arc.
"Alright, I won't ask anymore." He said to the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, "Let's fuse."
"Re... really?" The Tianmeng Ice Silkworm was both surprised and delighted.
"Really." Huo Yuhao's tone was calm and unwavering, "Because I have no other choice. And..."
He paused, completing the second half of the sentence in his heart.
"...And I really want to see what kind of great chess player this chess piece of yours will lead me to."
As his voice fell, he no longer hesitated, actively opening his mental sea.
A massive surge of energy instantly poured in, and countless unfamiliar memory fragments flooded Huo Yuhao's mind—the million years of loneliness and slumber of the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm.
But within this complex torrent of memories, he also "saw" something else.
Some images that did not belong to Tianmeng, nor to himself.
It was a handsome blue-haired man, holding a trident, high above, his eyes filled with the majesty of controlling everything.
The image flashed by.
Huo Yuhao's consciousness fell into slumber.
And before he completely fainted, only one last thought remained in his heart.
"Tang San... The game beginsChapter 2: A Million-Year Soul Ring, A Gift from the God King?
I don't know how long it took, but Huo Yuhao's consciousness slowly awoke from a state of Chaos.
He felt as if he had experienced an incredibly long dream. In the dream, he transformed into a silkworm, sleeping for a hundred thousand years on a ten-thousand-year-old mysterious ice bed, then hiding for another hundred thousand years in the cold deep sea. Finally, in the core area of the Star Dou Great Forest, he spent hundreds of thousands of years more, living in constant dread... The million years of loneliness and fear felt so real, as if they would completely assimilate his Soul.
"Wake up! Wake up quickly!"
An anxious voice shouted in his mental sea, abruptly pulling Huo Yuhao out of that endless abyss of sinking.
He suddenly opened his eyes, and what greeted him was still the familiar forest. Sunlight filtered through the gaps in the leaves, warmly shining on his body.
"Phew..." Huo Yuhao let out a long sigh of relief. The feeling of surviving a disaster left him with lingering fear.
"You're finally awake! You scared me to death!" Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's voice echoed in his mind, carrying obvious lingering fear. "Just now, during our Soul Fusion, you almost got lost in my memories. Fortunately, your mental core is tough enough, otherwise, we would both be finished!"
Huo Yuhao sat up, stretched his somewhat stiff body, and looked inward.
He discovered that his mental sea had undergone earth-shattering changes. The originally chaotic and nascent space had expanded by dozens of times, and his mental force was like a vast, unfathomable ocean.
And in the center of the mental sea, a huge golden halo, emitting a soft white light, was quietly suspended.
Upon that halo, a miniature, somewhat illusory ice silkworm was coiled, which was Tianmeng.
"This is... my first spirit ring?" Huo Yuhao was somewhat shocked.
"Hehe, of course!" Tianmeng Ice Silkworm said proudly. "I am the first, and only, million-year spirit ring in the history of the continent! And, to perfectly fuse with you, I gave up becoming a physical spirit ring, instead choosing to become your 'Wisdom spirit ring'!"
"Wisdom spirit ring?" Huo Yuhao caught this unfamiliar term.
"That's right!" Tianmeng explained. "Simply put, I completely bound my Soul Origin to your Spirit, becoming a part of your Spirit. This way, I can not only bring you spirit rings and Spirit Abilities, but also retain my own consciousness. When you need it, I can help you control your Spirit, and even assist you in Cultivating!"
Huo Yuhao's heart stirred upon hearing this.
This was indeed much more Advanced than a simple spirit ring. Retaining consciousness meant that Tianmeng Ice Silkworm could become a "living database" and "auxiliary AI" on his Cultivation path.
"Sounds good," Huo Yuhao commented calmly, then asked, "What about the Spirit Abilities?"
When Spirit Abilities were mentioned, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm became even more excited: "I must tell you about this properly! Although I, your elder brother, am not great in combat, I am still a million-year Spirit Beast. The Spirit Abilities I give you are absolutely unprecedented!"
"Because we underwent Soul Fusion, I brought you four Spirit Abilities at once!"
"The first Spirit Ability is called 'Spiritual Detection'. With my mental force support, you can perform comprehensive, omnidirectional, three-dimensional detection. The range... in the Early Stage, it can probably cover an area of five hundred meters. As you continuously adapt to my power, this range will grow geometrically. Any disguise or stealth will be exposed before this Spirit Ability!"
Huo Yuhao's heart tightened. Five hundred meters! This was already an extremely terrifying range. On the battlefield, with this Spirit Ability, he would be like a mobile radar!
"The second Spirit Ability,'Spiritual Sharing'. You can selectively share the results of your Spiritual Detection with your designated companions, allowing them to also see everything you'see'. It's a divine skill for team combat, understand?"
Huo Yuhao nodded. The strategic value of this Spirit Ability was also immeasurable.
"The third Spirit Ability, 'Spiritual Interference'. You can launch a Soul Impact on all enemies within a designated range. At its lightest, it will make them dizzy and interrupt their Spirit Ability release. At its heaviest, it can directly knock them out or even turn them into idiots! A Sharp Weapon for group battles!"
"As for the fourth Spirit Ability..." Tianmeng Ice Silkworm deliberately kept him in suspense, chuckling, "This Spirit Ability is the essence of my million years of Cultivation, called 'Soul Impact'! This is a single-target strong control skill, ignoring physical defense and directly attacking the opponent's Soul Origin! As long as the opponent's mental force is not as strong as yours, once hit, their Soul will be instantly stunned, leaving them at your mercy! Even a Titled Douluo could fall for it if they're not careful!"
After hearing the descriptions of the four Spirit Abilities, even Huo Yuhao, who had lived two lives, couldn't help but gasp.
Too strong!
Each of these four Spirit Abilities was a divine skill! They perfectly utilized the advantages of the Spiritual Eye Spirit, maximizing the role of mental force. Control, detection, assistance, single-target attack... almost covering all aspects.
With these four Spirit Abilities, although he was currently only a One-Ring Soul Master, his actual combat power was probably already comparable to many three-ring or four-ring control system Spirit Ancestors!
"How about it? Is my big gift good enough?" Tianmeng Ice Silkworm boasted proudly.
Huo Yuhao was silent for a moment, then slowly said, "It's certainly good. So good... that it feels a bit unreal."
His tone was calm, but it made Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's proud laughter abruptly stop.
"You... what do you mean?"
Huo Yuhao did not answer directly, but instead asked, "Tianmeng, when I was unconscious, in your memories, I saw some scenes that didn't belong to you."
"What scenes?" Tianmeng's voice was a little shaky.
"A blue-haired man, holding a trident, looking very majestic," Huo Yuhao said, carefully sensing Tianmeng's emotional fluctuations.
"Blue... blue-haired man?" Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's voice clearly became flustered. "I... I don't know! I've slept for millions of years, how could I remember so much!"
"Is that so?" A cold smile appeared on Huo Yuhao's lips. "Not only did I see him, but I also felt that your memories don't seem to be complete. Many parts seem to have been artificially erased or modified. For example, who exactly is the 'natural enemy' you mentioned? Why is it that in your memories, the part about it only contains endless fear, but no clear image? This is illogical."
"Also, your reason for choosing to fuse with me is too far-fetched. You said you were about to experience Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering, but I just checked, and although your Soul Origin is weak, its cohesion is extremely strong, clearly protected by some kind of power. Even without me, you could have lasted at least another three to five days."
Huo Yuhao's words were like sharp knives, precisely stabbing at the loopholes in Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's statements.
These discoveries were details he keenly caught when he sorted through the complex torrent of memories after waking up.
That mastermind might be able to erase key information from Tianmeng's memory, but it couldn't erase the logical cracks in the memory itself.
"I... I..." Tianmeng Ice Silkworm was completely flustered, stammering for a long time without being able to utter a complete sentence.
Seeing its appearance, Huo Yuhao already understood in his heart.
Tianmeng, perhaps, didn't even know it was a pawn. The obsession about "finding a host" in its mind was very likely implanted by that blue-haired man—Tang San.
It was just a "beginner's gift package" with a pre-set program, whose mission was to be delivered precisely into his hands.
Thinking of this, the rebellious thought in Huo Yuhao's heart grew stronger.
He disliked this feeling of being arranged, but he also understood that before he had enough strength, forbearance and disguise were the best weapons.
So, he changed the subject, saying in a relaxed tone, "Forget it, no matter who sent you, and no matter what your purpose is. From today on, you are my spirit ring. We are now in the same boat. You'd better pray that I live a long time, otherwise, if I die, you'll also experience Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering."
His words, both soft and firm, immediately made Tianmeng Ice Silkworm breathe a sigh of relief.
"That's right! That's right! We'll be the best of brothers from now on!" Tianmeng quickly expressed his loyalty. "Don't worry, with your elder brother here, I guarantee you'll live a life of luxury, dominate the continent, and be invincible!"
"Alright, stop boasting," Huo Yuhao interrupted him. "Let's set a small goal first."
He stood up from the ground, brushed the dust off his clothes, and gazed into the distance.
"First, go to Shrek Academy."
This was the route already set in the "script."
Huo Yuhao chose to follow it, not out of resignation, but because he clearly understood that Shrek Academy, at this stage, was the safest place on the entire continent and the place where he could grow the fastest.
He wanted to go there to learn the knowledge of Spirit Masters, master the techniques of spirit tools, and meet those "destined" companions.
What he wanted to do was not to resist the plot that had already happened, but to accumulate his own power under the guise of following the plot, and to see the full picture of the chessboard.
"Tang San... you'd better arrange everything clearly for me."
A profound and sharp glint, unbefitting his age, flashed in Huo Yuhao's eyes.
"Because only then, when I overturn your chessboard, will it be even more interesting."
Having said that, he identified the direction, took a step, and walked towards the legendary monster academy.
The sunlight stretched his figure long. A boy of only eleven years old, carrying a million-year spirit ring and a manipulated fate, embarked on his path of resistance
Leaving the place of his Spirit's Awakening, Huo Yuhao was not in a hurry to travel.
The Star Dou Great Forest, this paradise for Spirit Beasts, was both a dangerous place and the best training ground for him now.
He needed to quickly familiarize himself with his dramatically increased strength, especially the four Heaven-Defying Spirit Abilities.
"Spiritual Detection, activate."
Huo Yuhao silently chanted in his heart, the Spiritual Eye Martial Soul between his eyebrows glowed slightly, and an invisible mental force ripple spread out from him, silently expanding in all directions like ripples on water.
The next moment, an incredibly clear, three-dimensional model of the World was constructed in his mind.
Within a radius of five hundred meters, every blade of grass, every tree, every insect, and every ant was captured in his vision.
He could "see" a Soft Bones Rabbit with ten years of cultivation gnawing on a Clear Spirit Plant three hundred meters to his front-left; a twenty-year cultivated Iron Thread Snake coiled up and feigning sleep a hundred meters underground to his back-right; and a colorful, fifty-year cultivated Illusion Butterfly quietly retracting its wings and disguised as a withered leaf in the tree canopy above his head.
This feeling was like having a God's Eye view; the entire World held no secrets from him.
"Too…too incredible!" Even though Huo Yuhao was mentally prepared, he was still shocked by the powerful effect of this Spiritual Detection.
"Hehe, what's this!" Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's smug voice rang out, "This is just the effect of the preliminary Fusion! When your spirit power increases later and your sea of mental force expands, covering an entire city with your detection range will be effortless!
By then, no enemy ambush or Heaven And Earth Treasure will escape your eyes!"
Huo Yuhao took a deep breath, suppressing the excitement in his heart.
He understood that Tianmeng was right.
With just this ability, he was already in an unbeatable position.
As long as he remained vigilant, it was almost impossible for any Spirit Beast in the outer Star Dou Great Forest to pose a threat to him.
Over the next few days, Huo Yuhao continued to practice his Spirit Abilities while heading in the direction of Shrek Academy.
He tried using "Spiritual Interference" to attack those ignorant hundred-year Spirit Beasts, watching them flee in panic or even faint directly under the invisible impact, which gave him stronger confidence in his life-saving abilities.
He also tried combining "Spiritual Detection" with "Spiritual Sharing."
Although he had no companions to share with now, he could simulate projecting the detected images precisely onto a certain leaf, practicing fine control over his mental force.
As for the most powerful "Soul Impact," he did not use it lightly.
This was his trump card, and he did not want to expose it too early before encountering a true life-or-death crisis.
On this day, Huo Yuhao was resting under a large tree, roasting a fat rabbit he had just hunted.
Just then, two powerful spirit power fluctuations suddenly entered the edge of his constantly active "Spiritual Detection" range.
"Hmm?" Huo Yuhao's heart stirred, and he immediately focused his attention.
They were a young man and a young woman, appearing to be about fifteen or sixteen years old.
The girl wore a black tight-fitting outfit; her figure was petite, but her eyes showed an unyielding stubbornness.
The boy wore a blue long gown; his face was handsome, and his temperament was gentle, but there was a hint of hard-to-hide fatigue between his brows.
Both of their spirit power was not weak; especially the young man in blue, whose spirit power fluctuation was at least above rank twenty-five, making him a Spirit Grandmaster.
"Beibei, how are you? Can you still hold on?" The girl in black supported the young man in blue, asking worriedly.
The young man called Beibei shook his head and said with a wry smile, "It's nothing, Sect Leader Tang Ya.
It's just excessive spirit power consumption; I'll be fine after some rest.
It's a pity, though, that Man Faced Demon Spider still got away."
"It's all my fault!" The girl named Tang Ya blamed herself, "If it weren't for helping me obtain my second spirit ring, you wouldn't have consumed so much."
"Silly girl, why are we still talking about these things between us?" Beibei gently stroked her head, "We are the last two people of the Tang Sect; if I don't help you, who will help you?
Let's go, find a place to rest first, and then recover our spirit power."
Tang Ya…Beibei…Tang Sect…Hearing these familiar names, Huo Yuhao, who was roasting the rabbit, curled his lips into a meaningful, cold smile.
They're here.
This precisely measured, coincidental encounter was finally taking place.
If everything before was just speculation, then at this moment, he could be ninety-nine percent certain that his fate was being pushed forward, step by step, according to a predetermined script by an invisible hand.
He did not move, nor did he even turn his head; he just quietly added a piece of firewood to the bonfire, as if completely unaware that anyone was approaching.
He was waiting.
Waiting for a "reasonable" moment to intervene.
Sure enough, not long after, a shrill roar accompanied by violent spirit power fluctuations erupted from the direction where Tang Ya and Beibei were.
Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Detection immediately transmitted the image.
He saw a huge, pitch-black, terrifying spider with eight hideous long legs and a face strikingly similar to a human's, madly attacking the two with its fangs that glowed with a faint green light.
A Man Faced Demon Spider! And judging from the spirit power fluctuations it emitted, it was at least a thousand-year-level!
"Oh no! It's that beast from before! It actually caught up!" Tang Ya's face changed dramatically.
"Sect Leader Tang Ya, quick, go! I'll hold it off!" Beibei pushed Tang Ya away, and two spirit rings on his body suddenly lit up, one yellow and one purple, while Dragon scales appeared on his arms—it was his Spirit—the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon!
"First Spirit Ability, Wrath of Thunder!"
"Second Spirit Ability, Thunder Dragon Claw!"
Beibei roared and charged towards the Man Faced Demon Spider.
But at this moment, he had already consumed a great deal of spirit power, and facing this thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider, known for its speed and potent venom, he felt powerless.
In just a few rounds, Beibei had several new wounds on his body, and his movements became sluggish.
"Pfft!"
The Man Faced Demon Spider seized an opening, and its eight spider legs shot out like spears, instantly piercing Beibei's defense, with one of them savagely stabbing into his calf.
"Beibei!" Tang Ya let out a cry of alarm.
Beibei grunted, his body staggered backward, and the calf that was stabbed turned dark black at a visible speed.
The Man Faced Demon Spider's potent venom!
"Hahahaha! Now you can't escape!" The Man Faced Demon Spider spoke human words, letting out a series of piercing, sinister laughs, "The male's flesh and Soul essence are mine, and the female's Soul will be the core of my next web!"
Saying that, it moved its eight long legs, slowly approaching the already incapacitated Beibei and the desperate Tang Ya.
The shadow of death enveloped the young man and woman.
It was also at this moment that Huo Yuhao, who had been watching from the sidelines, finally moved.
He did not rush out directly, but a purple-gold light flashed in his eyes.
"Third Spirit Ability, Spiritual Interference!"
An invisible, imperceptible mental force shockwave, like a storm, instantly swept across a hundred-meter radius.
The Man Faced Demon Spider, marching towards victory, its hideous human-like face suddenly stiffened, and its eight eyes simultaneously showed confusion and pain.
Its head felt as if it had been struck by a heavy hammer; the intense pain and dizziness instantly halted its movements.
Although this Spiritual Interference could only affect it for a brief one or two seconds, for true experts, these one or two seconds were enough to decide life or death!
"Now!"
Huo Yuhao's voice, like a thunderclap, simultaneously echoed in the minds of Beibei and Tang Ya.
This sudden voice startled both of them.
But Beibei's combat instinct made him instinctively seize this opportunity.
He endured the numbness brought by the potent venom and poured all his remaining spirit power into his right arm.
"Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon!"
Accompanied by a roar, a thick phantom of a Thunder Dragon roared out, fiercely striking the Man Faced Demon Spider's stunned human-like face.
Boom!
The violent power of thunder instantly erupted, directly shattering the Man Faced Demon Spider's head, sending green fluid and broken carapace flying everywhere.
This arrogant thousand-year Spirit Beast, without even having time to let out a scream, crashed to the ground, its life extinguished.
The crisis was resolved.
Beibei gasped for breath, looking at the Man Faced Demon Spider's corpse, his face filled with lingering fear and…confusion.
Tang Ya also looked around blankly: "Who was speaking just now?"
"It was me."
A slightly childish voice came from behind a nearby tree.
The two looked in the direction of the voice, only to see a thin young man, appearing to be only about ten years old, with black hair and black eyes, and a delicate appearance, slowly walking out, holding a golden-brown roasted rabbit leg.
It was Huo Yuhao.
"You saved us?" Tang Ya looked at Huo Yuhao, somewhat disbelieving.
Huo Yuhao shrugged, took a bite of the rabbit leg, and said indistinctly, "Sort of.
I saw you were about to die, so I just lent a hand."
His gaze, seemingly unintentionally, swept over Beibei's dark black calf, and he said lightly, "The Man Faced Demon Spider's venom, if not detoxified within thirty minutes, even a deity cannot save you.
You now have about twenty-five minutes left."
After speaking, he ignored the two, walked to the bonfire, and continued to enjoy his lunch.
This calm and detached attitude left both Tang Ya and Beibei stunned.
It was Beibei who reacted first.
He struggled to bow to Huo Yuhao, sincerely saying, "Thank you, little brother, for saving our lives!
I am Beibei, and this is my companion, Tang Ya.
May I ask for little brother's name?"
"Huo Yuhao."
"So it's Brother Yuhao." Beibei's complexion had grown worse due to the spreading venom, but he still forced himself to say, "We will never forget this kindness today.
It's just…we are currently poisoned, I'm afraid…"
"You're lucky." Huo Yuhao interrupted him, reaching into his worn backpack and pulling out a pure white Spiritual Plant that emitted a faint fragrant scent, which he tossed over.
"This is a White Jade Ginseng.
Although it's not very old, it's enough to cure the Man Faced Demon Spider's venom."
This White Jade Ginseng, of course, he had found nearby using his Spiritual Detection.
Tang Ya quickly took the Spiritual Plant, gave Huo Yuhao a grateful look, and immediately helped Beibei sit down, crushing the Spiritual Plant and applying it to his wound.
After doing all this, she walked in front of Huo Yuhao and bowed solemnly.
"Brother Huo Yuhao, thank you!
You saved us again!
I am Tang Ya, the Sect Leader of the Tang Sect.
In the future, if you need any help, just say the word, and I, Tang Ya, will never refuse!"
"Tang Sect?" Huo Yuhao looked up, a hint of "curiosity" appropriately appearing in his eyes.
"Yes! It's the Tang Sect, which once flourished and was founded by our ancestor, the Sea God Tang San!" Tang Ya spoke of the Tang Sect with pride in her eyes.
Huo Yuhao sneered inwardly.
Sea God, Tang San.
Sure enough, all clues pointed to that high and mighty God King.
He feigned surprise with an "Oh," then lowered his head, continuing to gnaw on the rabbit leg, as if completely uninterested in this Sect renowned throughout the continent.
His indifferent reaction, however, made Tang Ya somewhat at a loss.
Just then, Beibei's voice came: "Sect Leader Tang Ya, come here for a moment."
After Tang Ya walked over, Beibei whispered something to her.
A moment later, Tang Ya walked back, her face showing a hint of expectation and seriousness.
"Brother Yuhao, I see you are alone.
Where are you heading?"
"Shrek Academy." Huo Yuhao was concise.
"What a coincidence! We are also going to Shrek City!" Tang Ya's eyes lit up, "It's like this, I see you have extraordinary talent, possessing such strength at such a young age.
Are you interested in joining our Tang Sect?"
It's here.
Huo Yuhao thought to himself.
This "logical" invitation, this "fated" script.
He looked up at Tang Ya's sincere and expectant face, silent for a moment.
Then, he slowly nodded.
"Sure."