Chapter 36: Next To Rush To The Battlefield: Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm
Huo Yuhao was wandering around the outer ring with the Shadow Cat at this time.
The outer ring basically consists of Ten-Year and Hundred-Year Soul Beasts, with Thousand-Year Soul Beasts being extremely rare.
To be honest, these Soul Beasts are quite durable; after being meticulously hunted by a bunch of Soul Masters for hundreds of thousands of years, they can still maintain such a massive scale.
It will still take Ten Thousand Years for land Soul Beasts to approach extinction; one can only say this world is too wondrous, as expected of an Extraordinary World.
It really is tough for Di Tian to unify the Soul Beast Clan into a single race.
It’s too difficult to make a group with an internal food chain develop a shared sense of identity.
Humans eating humans—apart from Hannibal, no one can do it; Tiger Type Soul Beasts preying on Rabbit Type Soul Beasts is just instinct.
Making Tiger Type Soul Beasts and Rabbit Type Soul Beasts identify with each other as a single group is also too much to ask of tigers and rabbits.
For example, during the beast tide siege on Shrek in the original work, with Rabbit Type Soul Beasts and Tiger Type Soul Beasts standing together, its primary worry wouldn’t be getting blasted to death by human Soul Tools, but rather guarding against Tiger Type Soul Beasts treating it as snacks.
Di Tian: “Soft Bone Rabbit, go fight side by side with the Six-Winged Demonic Tiger.”
Soft Bone Rabbit: “Ah?! Me.”
“Di Tian, are you sober?!”
In the eyes of Tiger Type Soul Beasts, rabbits are food; if not for Di Tian’s powerful strength, Tiger Type Soul Beasts would have eaten Rabbit Type Soul Beasts first.
Tiger Type Soul Beast: “Companion, tasty!”
So in Huo Yuhao’s view, the notion of the Soul Beast Clan is fundamentally imprecise, and talk of the Soul Beast Clan’s revival is even more nonsense.
It’s merely the lingering obsession of Di Tian, a remnant from the Dragon God era, with that Dragon Clan era.
A group that can never truly unite can’t stir up any waves.
The Shadow Cat is likewise a vivid example; it would rather get close to Huo Yuhao, a human, and act as a guide than trust other Soul Beasts.
Sure enough, the Shadow Cat grabbed Huo Yuhao’s pant leg, its little claws pointing toward a dense forest ahead, then kept gesturing.
“Meow, meow!”
Huo Yuhao pondered for a moment; during this time, he had long discovered that this Shadow Cat was extremely intelligent and particularly vengeful.
It kept guiding Huo Yuhao to gathering spots of Soul Beasts that had bullied it before; after Huo Yuhao controlled those Soul Beasts, it would run into the gathering spot and loot all their good stuff.
Then it would place the items in front of Huo Yuhao, squat down, and watch him with obsidian-like eyes, waiting for his allocation.
“You mean there’s good stuff ahead again?”
Huo Yuhao looked down at the Shadow Cat beside him.
“Meow!”
After getting confirmation, Huo Yuhao followed the Shadow Cat into the dense forest.
The trees in the dense forest were extremely tall, with thick branches full of natural savage aura.
The tree canopy blocked the sky, making this land especially shady.
As soon as Huo Yuhao stepped in here, he heard the roar of some unknown Soul Beast in the tree canopy.
His Spiritual Power probed slightly, and the recording ability activated.
“Wind Baboon: Commonly found in the outer ring of Star Dou Great Forest, Wind Attribute Soul Beast, with extremely long arms, often lives in groups, can release Wind Element energy balls from its mouth as an attack method, weak bloodline, rarely sees Thousand-Year Wind Baboons.”
“Meat is very tough, not suitable for braising or red-braising; recommend feeding directly to dogs.”
Huo Yuhao smiled after seeing the information.
“Looks like I’ve run into old acquaintances.”
“In the original work, I was nearly single-killed by Wind Baboons.”
Huo Yuhao released Spiritual Power fluctuations; all the surrounding Wind Baboons sensed the provocation and jumped down from the tree canopy, tightly surrounding Huo Yuhao and the Shadow Cat in the middle.
After sensing that all the Wind Baboons had arrived, his Spiritual Eye opened directly, and his Spiritual Power turned into nails that pierced into the brains of these Wind Baboons, controlling them.
The Shadow Cat leisurely leaped over the head of one Wind Baboon, heading straight for their lair.
Huo Yuhao could hear the sounds of looting from far away.
Occasionally, there were sounds of timber cracking.
It seemed this group of Wind Baboons hadn’t bullied the Shadow Cat a little.
Soon, the Shadow Cat dragged a big pile of stuff, squeezing through the Wind Baboons to reach Huo Yuhao’s side.
Many of these items were human belongings, likely from unlucky Soul Masters attacked by the Wind Baboon group.
Among them, four emerald-green fruits stood out particularly.
Huo Yuhao picked up one and examined it closely.
“Well now, Wind God Fruits; this group of Wind Baboons has some assets!”
Wind God Fruit is a Wind Attribute treasure; ordinary Soul Masters eating it can directly gain Wind Attribute for their Martial Soul.
Wind Attribute Soul Masters eating it can greatly enhance the quality of their Wind Attribute.
If the quantity is sufficient, it could even forcibly create an Extreme Wind.
Once this fruit appears on the market, it will undoubtedly stir up a storm of blood and carnage.
Who wouldn’t want their Martial Soul to gain an extra attribute?
Even Elder Song of Shrek Academy with the Martial Soul Blue Shadow Divine Eagle and Xian Lin’er with the Martial Soul Blue Flame Dragon would join the competition.
Fruits that can improve Wind Attribute quality—these Wind Attribute Titled Douluo would absolutely not let them go.
But they weren’t of much use to Huo Yuhao; he didn’t need Wind Attribute himself, and controlling Wind Elements could be easily achieved with Alchemy.
So Huo Yuhao handed two Wind God Fruits to the Shadow Cat, which happily rubbed against his hand upon seeing them.
Then, right there in front of this group of Wind Baboons, it ate the two Wind God Fruits; the originally pitch-black fur of the Shadow Cat began to gain several cyan stripes.
These stripes spread all the way to its four limbs.
Then a strong wind rose around it, kicking up dust, from which several cyan blades shot out toward distant ancient trees.
The ancient trees fell with a crash, as smooth as a hot knife through butter.
At this moment, the Shadow Cat’s aura surged, reaching Hundred-Year Soul Beast level.
It excitedly jumped onto Huo Yuhao’s shoulder and licked his face.
Huo Yuhao leisurely led it out of the dense forest, leaving behind a group of heartbroken Wind Baboons.
Because Huo Yuhao had only controlled their bodies, not their minds, they watched with their own eyes as their homes were looted and treasures stolen.
The outer ring of Star Dou Great Forest is very monotonous, with just those kinds of Soul Beasts; the vast majority are in the mixed ring and core ring areas.
The outer ring is full of the old, weak, sick, and disabled.
Huo Yuhao led the Shadow Cat intending to head toward the Star Luo Empire direction, after all, in the original work, that’s the direction he entered Star Dou Great Forest from.
But this place is too vast, endless to the eye; finding a seven-meter Ice Silkworm here is like searching for a needle in a haystack.
“Go this way.”
Just as Huo Yuhao was getting a bit annoyed, a soft, all-embracing voice like water resounded in his ear.
That voice was so gentle, nourishing the spirit like sunlight.
Huo Yuhao almost couldn’t hold back and called out “Mother.”
“Should’ve known not to smash the tile.”
Who the voice belonged to gave Huo Yuhao no doubt; it could only be Plane Consciousness.
It couldn’t be Tang San, or things would really be dire.
“Good child, head south.”
Huo Yuhao chose to follow this motherly voice and proceeded south.
But he still kept his guard up; Kamui was at the ready, and if any problem arose, he would directly enter Kamui Space.
Fortunately, that voice was indeed Plane Consciousness, not some Tang-surnamed God King.
Huo Yuhao clearly sensed a profound, immeasurable Spiritual Origin appearing ahead.
The owner of that Spiritual Origin also sensed Huo Yuhao and excitedly crawled toward him.
Until a white-jade-colored Ice Silkworm with a round, plump head, seven meters long, and ten golden patterns on its body appeared before Huo Yuhao.
“Finally found a Spiritual Attribute Soul Master for bro.”
“Bro’s heart is already in tears.”
“Are you dazzled by bro’s charming body?”
Huo Yuhao’s mouth curved up as he said, “Ten out of ten, even nine points of beauty.”
Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm’s two antennae twitched as it said, “This kid’s so scared by bro he can’t even speak straight.”
“Alright, time’s tight, task is heavy; let bro in first, I’ll explain later.”
“Don’t worry, it won’t hurt much.”
