Chapter 74: Xu Jiujiu: “will We Win?”
When a touch of purple hue appeared on the horizon, the hazy sunlight passed through the thick clouds of the Catastrophe Mountain Range and scattered across this mountain system rife with disasters everywhere.
Huo Yuhao followed Xu Jiujiu and Manyi as they walked through the dense forest of the Catastrophe Mountain Range, and their group began gradually venturing deeper into the Disaster Mountain Range.
Manyi, due to the lesson from the Shattering Mountain Douluo, did not dare to venture deep into the core area of the Disaster Mountain Range.
She merely led Huo Yuhao and Xu Jiujiu to explore this area of the Catastrophe Mountain Range, searching for ten-thousand-year Star Elephant-type Soul Beasts.
However, it was obvious that the other party had eaten very cleanly; not a single ten-thousand-year Soul Beast could be seen.
Huo Yuhao was very curious about how big the stomach of that Golden Mane Lion-Mastiff was; it had not even burst.
In terms of big stomach.
The scenery of the Disaster Mountain Range was all the same, and the Soul Beasts came and went in just those few types; it was quite interesting at first.
Later it started to become boring and dull, and Xu Jiujiu asked next to Huo Yuhao:
“Mr. Gojo Satoru, what did you come to the Disaster Mountain Range to find?”
“Scouting for a Soul Ring?”
Huo Yuhao glanced at her and casually said:
“Came to find a golden, shiny thing.”
“A shiny thing?”
“A Gemstone-type Soul Beast?”
Xu Jiujiu pondered for a moment; in her impression, the only thing in the Disaster Mountain Range that could be associated with shiny was a Gemstone-type Soul Beast.
“Something like that.”
Huo Yuhao let her think whatever she wanted; he did not want to explain too much.
The terrain began to lower again over the next stretch of the journey, and Xu Jiujiu explained upon seeing this:
“Looks like we’re about to reach the Disaster Mountain Range.”
“The Disaster Mountain Range is divided into the Catastrophe Mountain Range and the Disaster Mountain Range; the Catastrophe Mountain Range counts as the outer perimeter, while the Disaster Mountain Range is the inner circle.”
Manyi stopped upon seeing this, and Xu Jiujiu and Huo Yuhao also stopped following her.
“Grandmother?”
Manyi’s facial expression was grave as she looked ahead at the plant forest system belonging to the Disaster Mountain Range; she knew they could not continue forward.
“Jiuer, time to head back.”
“Not a single ten-thousand-year Soul Beast can be found in the Catastrophe Mountain Range.”
“The Disaster Mountain Range is too dangerous; we cannot go deeper.”
“Your ten-thousand-year Soul Ring will have to be hunted in the Star Dou Great Forest.”
Then, Manyi looked at Huo Yuhao, her slightly cloudy eyes carrying a serious look.
“Young friend, although I don’t know what your purpose is for coming here?”
“But seeing that you are also a young talent, I remind you: ahead lies a bottomless abyss.”
“If you want to turn back now, I can take you away with me; if you want to continue deeper, then we part ways here.”
After hearing Manyi’s words, Xu Jiujiu also looked at Huo Yuhao and said:
“Gemstone-type Soul Beasts, there are plenty in the mixed zone of the Star Dou Great Forest; no need to venture deeper into the Disaster Mountain Range.”
Huo Yuhao shook his head and said: “That thing is only here.”
Manyi regretfully shook her head, grabbed Xu Jiujiu’s shoulder, and said:
“Then young friend, take care of yourself; Manyi and Jiuer will head to the Star Dou Great Forest now.”
Xu Jiujiu pursed her lips, still wanting to continue persuading Huo Yuhao, but Manyi stopped her.
In her view, she had already said everything she could; if the other party did not listen, it was their own business.
Manyi pulled Xu Jiujiu to turn back, but before they had taken a few steps, a terrifying aura began to oppress Manyi.
This Titled Douluo’s body hair stood on end, and her Spiritual Power continuously sent danger signals to her.
Even her Martial Soul Star Cloud Fan involuntarily appeared in her hand: two yellow, two purple, five black, nine Soul Rings surrounding her.
Even so, that sense of danger did not lessen in the slightest; instead, it grew even stronger!
“May I ask who you are?!”
The voice mixed with thick Soul Power almost resounded throughout the entire Catastrophe Mountain Range; Manyi seemed to want to intimidate that potential enemy in this way.
However, the forest remained so silent, as if a dark prison trapping every criminal imprisoned here.
Soon, a pressure as if to crush everything assaulted Manyi, shaking her Spiritual Power, and her wrinkled face now had not a trace of blood color.
It seemed her Spiritual Power had been shaken quite badly.
“Go!”
Manyi grabbed Xu Jiujiu’s shoulder and incidentally took Huo Yuhao along, flying straight toward the depths of the Disaster Mountain Range.
Their rear was blocked by some unknown existence.
Manyi had not clearly sensed what it was that had just oppressed their group, but Huo Yuhao had sensed it clearly.
Within his Spiritual Detection range, a Soul Beast with golden fur all over its body and a black dog face was intimidating them from a dense forest.
He had just wanted to use Spiritual Power detection on the Golden Mane Lion-Mastiff to record it in the Illustrated Record when he was interrupted by Manyi.
This old woman unexpectedly turned out to be quite kind; she did not forget Huo Yuhao even while escaping.
However, in the instant he was carried into flight by Manyi, Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Detection captured a mocking smile appearing on the black dog face of the Golden Mane Lion-Mastiff.
Then it closely followed behind the three people.
Huo Yuhao immediately understood that the so-called Golden Mane Lion-Mastiff was not always without reason; in its normal state, it still possessed the intelligence of a normal ten-thousand-year Soul Beast.
“Good grief, it has taken us as prey?!”
“A mere beast!”
Huo Yuhao thought to himself inwardly, an unnamed fire beginning to burn from the bottom of his heart.
No one liked the feeling of being treated as prey, and Huo Yuhao was no exception.
He had originally only wanted to obtain information on the other party, but now he somewhat wanted to have dog meat hotpot.
Manyi carried Huo Yuhao and Xu Jiujiu flying straight toward the core area!
Whenever Manyi veered slightly off course, that terrifying aura would immediately lock onto the three people’s bodies.
Huo Yuhao was fine; his Spiritual Power was thick and he did not need to mind such intimidation.
Xu Jiujiu was in a bad state; she simply could not withstand that aura!
Even with Manyi’s help to reach there, she was still pale-faced, almost losing combat ability!
“Damn it, that thing is forcing us to fly toward the core area!”
Manyi was no fool; halfway through the flight, she realized the other party was doing it on purpose.
She gritted her teeth, ignoring that terrifying aura like a primordial beast and forcibly turning her flight direction.
Flying toward the outer perimeter of the Disaster Mountain Range.
In Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Detection, after that Golden Mane Lion-Mastiff realized it could not scare this Titled Douluo Manyi with just its aura.
It began gathering Soul Power in its mouth, and almost in an instant, a golden shockwave assaulted the three people.
The golden shockwave shattered all obstacles along the way; whether trees or rocks, they all turned into debris in this golden vibration and scattered in the air.
Manyi immediately activated the fifth Soul Ring of the Star Cloud Fan; a stream of airflow glowing with starlight accompanied her swing and began intercepting that golden shockwave.
The collision of one gold and one blue attack almost shattered space; the powerful impact sound could be heard throughout the entire Disaster Mountain Range.
Countless trees bent over as if experiencing the Tunguska explosion, and hundred-year Soul Beasts and thousand-year Soul Beasts trembled in their respective territories.
However, Manyi’s Star Cloud airflow clearly held the upper hand; the golden shockwave was gradually resolved and then pushed back.
Manyi was delighted inwardly.
“No need to run; the other party is just bluffing, we can win!”
Manyi placed Xu Jiujiu and Huo Yuhao in an open area, used her sixth Soul Skill Star Cloud Barrier to draw a circle on the ground, letting the two stay here, and then said:
“Stay here and do not move!”
“I’ll be right back!”
Xu Jiujiu placed her hands in front of her chest, saying with a face full of worry:
“Will you win?”
Manyi confidently smiled and said: “Definitely can win!”
She had already tested earlier that the other party’s strength should be at the level of just stepping into Titled Douluo at level ninety.
She herself was a veteran Titled Douluo; winning was definitely no problem.
Huo Yuhao’s face immediately showed magnetic field-level shock.
He suspected whether his ears were malfunctioning; someone wanted to engage in close combat single challenge with the Golden Mane Lion-Mastiff?!
Before Huo Yuhao could speak, Manyi had already rushed over.
Xu Jiujiu saw Huo Yuhao’s expression and comforted him by saying:
“Grandmother is a veteran Titled Douluo with very powerful strength.”
“She will come back soon after dealing with the enemy.”
Huo Yuhao had no doubt about this, because in his Spiritual Detection, Manyi did indeed return very quickly.
However, she was slapped back by the Golden Mane Lion-Mastiff with one paw.
This Titled Douluo’s round trip took only one minute.
Relying on the protection of three level seven absolute defensive Soul Tools, Manyi did not end up like the Shattering Mountain Douluo.
However, all three Soul Tools were completely shattered, and her internal organs were also injured!
She fell to the ground and due to the impact, slid all the way to beside Huo Yuhao and Xu Jiujiu.
Her red dress was tattered, blood spilled from the corner of her mouth, and she was seriously injured.
Xu Jiujiu was full of worry, no longer minding to hide her identity.
“Manyi Grandmother, are you alright!”
Manyi staggered to her feet, dispelled the Star Cloud Barrier, and said weakly:
“It’s the Soul Beast that seriously injured Shattering Mountain before!”
“I have a long-distance Space Teleportation Soul Skill; Jiujiu, I’ll take you away!”
Huo Yuhao was already in tears inwardly, thinking to himself:
“Sorry, shouldn’t have secretly called you old woman; even in this situation, you’re still thinking of taking this stranger brother away.”
“Grandmother is reliable! She really steps up when it matters!”
However, in Huo Yuhao’s spiritual perception, that Golden Mane Lion-Mastiff was rapidly charging toward this side.
And Manyi was currently activating her fifth Soul Skill, Star Teleportation.
However, this Soul Skill apparently was not instant teleportation; it actually required channeling!
Huo Yuhao shook his head at the two and said: “Too late, the other party is coming!”
Manyi, upon hearing this, did not doubt and directly said:
“Star Teleportation can perform precise teleportation after channeling, but it can also be instant!”
“However, the location is unknown.”
“Heh, young friend, we’ve known each other for a bit; you come in too, and wherever we teleport to afterward will be up to fate.”
Huo Yuhao did not like gambling on luck; under the shocked gazes of Manyi and Xu Jiujiu, he directly stepped out of the range of Star Teleportation and said:
“No need for that.”
“You two continue channeling.”
“A mere beast, leave it to me.”
Xu Jiujiu hurriedly said: “Even Manyi Grandmother is no match; come over quickly!”
Huo Yuhao gave a thumbs up toward the rear, letting them not worry.
Soon, the Golden Mane Lion-Mastiff arrived in front of the few people; seeing that familiar spatial aura, it immediately understood that this group of guys wanted to run.
“Roar!! (Hmph, want to run?!)”
Then its hind legs suddenly channeled force, directly shattering the ground; its sharp claws carried golden-red Soul Power and viciously slapped toward the area where the three people were.
“Amaterasu!”
Black eternal unextinguishable fire burned around the three people; the intense high temperature forced the Golden Mane Lion-Mastiff to halt its attack.
Manyi said in shock: “Extreme Fire!”
Huo Yuhao’s azure blue eyes revealed a confident smile as he said:
“Told you to continue channeling.”
“I am the strongest.”
It was not over yet; Huo Yuhao used the first Soul Skill of his Spiritual Eye — Spiritual Endowment.
Endowing the surrounding Amaterasu fire with spirit, turning it into a pseudo-living thing.
The black flames from hell immediately began to activate and take shape; a black long dragon coiled beside Huo Yuhao.
The ferocious dragon head formed from black flames roared angrily at the Golden Mane Lion-Mastiff, and the Golden Mane Lion-Mastiff was not willing to show weakness and also began the pre-battle trash talk segment.
Then, under the shocked gazes of Manyi and Xu Jiujiu, one dragon and one dog collided together.
The Amaterasu Dragon tightly wrapped around the Golden Mane Lion-Mastiff’s body, the black flames constantly burning the opponent’s body.
Upon sensing the temperature and adhesion properties of this flame, the Golden Mane Lion-Mastiff immediately covered its body with a layer of golden Soul Power to prevent it from burning its flesh and blood!
Its sharp claws tore at the Amaterasu Dragon’s body, but since the opponent had no physical body at all, it was all force with nowhere to apply.
That black flame of the opponent constantly ignited its own Soul Power; the loser of this war of attrition would definitely be itself!
At this moment, Manyi’s Star Teleportation finally finished channeling.
“Jiujiu, time to go!”
Xu Jiujiu looked at Huo Yuhao upon hearing this and said:
“Mr. Gojo Satoru, leave together!”
Huo Yuhao shook his head and said:
“This kind of Soul Beast is exactly my target.”
Manyi’s pupils suddenly contracted, shocked that a rank six Soul Emperor’s strength was actually this powerful.
“Extreme Fire………”
“Young friend, Manyi and Jiujiu owe you a favor; if you have matters in the future, come find me in Star Luo City.”
“I will definitely do my utmost!”
Xu Jiujiu hurriedly said at the moment before teleportation:
“Mr. Gojo, you must win!”
As soon as the words fell, they disappeared from this space; they should have returned to Star Luo City.
Huo Yuhao turned back to the Golden Mane Lion-Mastiff still entangled in combat with the Amaterasu Dragon and confidently said:
“Guaranteed win, prison bro.”
Thank you everyone for your support; the third ring of the Spiritual Eye is decided to be the Thunderclap Hellvine.
