Douluo: The True Eye

Chapter 27: A Successful Soul Hunting Operation

The next morning, on a road far from Sea God Lake, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong walked side by side.

Because Wang Dong didn't speak, Huo Yuhao naturally didn't speak either, and both silently completed the journey.

Their destination was the entrance of Shrek Academy, but Wang Dong was returning to his sect, while Huo Yuhao was going to participate in soul hunting.

“See you next month.” Waving to Wang Dong, Huo Yuhao didn't dawdle and went straight to the teacher leading the soul hunting team.

This soul hunt was led by a Soul Saint powerhouse with a seventy-third level soul power, a strong attack type soul master whose martial soul was the Flame Lion King's mutated martial soul, the Molten Flame Lion. Besides Huo Yuhao, there were three other students participating.

Although only the top three teams in the freshman assessment have the qualification to request Shrek Academy to send a teacher to help hunt souls for free.

However, other students can join the soul hunting team by paying a certain amount of gold soul coins. This is also a routine way for ordinary students to obtain soul rings, after all, the benefits and risks of soul hunting coexist.

Compared with wild soul hunting teams, the Shrek Academy, with its reputation and guarantee, is naturally more reliable, so the charging standard of Shrek Academy is often much more expensive.

Within the inner courtyard, if you want teachers or elders to assist in soul hunting, unless you have extraordinary talent and are particularly valued, ordinary students need to accumulate contribution points from daily tasks.

Looking at Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong seemed to want to say something, but only waved his hand and softly said, “Goodbye.” Then, he turned his head and left as if fleeing.

Witnessing this scene, the Soul Saint powerhouse didn't say much. He was also a teacher in the inner courtyard, and he was used to seeing students with good relationships parting.

Scanning the team, the Soul Saint powerhouse said: “My name is Lie Yong, you can call me Teacher Lie. Director Du must have given you my information, so I won’t introduce myself further.”

“Soul hunting has always been risky. Even though we are going to the periphery of the Star Dou Forest this time, we must not be careless.”

“In the intricate forest environment, even I, as a Soul Saint, cannot guarantee a safe return every time.”

After a pause, he continued: “If you are not confident, you can leave now. Once you enter the Star Dou Forest, it will be too late to regret it.”

“I will not take action against ordinary ten-year or newly-broken hundred-year soul beasts. You four will deal with them. I will only take action against soul beasts with a cultivation base of five hundred years or more.”

“Any other questions?”

The three students shook their heads, indicating that there were no problems. Huo Yuhao didn't say much either. Anyway, if something unexpected happened, the unluckiest one would definitely not be himself, who was the most prepared, probably.

“Alright, you three are all twentieth-level soul masters. This time, you are going to obtain your second soul ring. Communicate with each other about your martial souls and soul skills to avoid accidents during the battle.”

The other three briefly introduced their martial souls.

Two were weapon martial souls, one was a shield, and the other was a bow, respectively defensive and agile attack type soul masters. Their first soul skills were using the martial soul itself to unload force and block, and the other was a wind-attribute arrow attack with extremely fast speed.

The last person was more special. The martial soul was a support type beast martial soul, the Mad Sound Queen Bee. The first martial soul was a group enhancement type soul skill.

With her current soul power, she can provide a speed increase for up to five soul masters for a maximum of ten minutes. As for the enhancement intensity, it varies depending on the soul master's own physical fitness, and it is not a particularly powerful soul skill.

“Well, defense type, agile attack type, support type, control type, this configuration should be no problem for dealing with ordinary soul beasts. Alright, since there are no problems, let's set off now.”

Immediately, Lie Yong led the four twelve-year-old students towards the Star Dou Forest.

Before stepping into the range of the Star Dou Forest, Huo Yuhao activated the most basic form of the Eye of Truth.

Through the Eye of Truth, he observed the various traces in the forest, thereby always leading the team to avoid those soul beasts that were not their hunting targets and were more difficult to deal with.

At the same time, Lie Yong was sitting in the center of the team, watching in all directions and listening to all sides, sensing the surrounding soul beast aura.

Although the area they were active in was only the outer periphery of the Star Dou Forest, it was also possible for thousand-year-level soul beasts to appear, and this level of soul beast was definitely not something a one-ring soul master could deal with.

However, Lie Yong glanced at Huo Yuhao, who was calmly guiding the direction of the team from the rear, and nodded secretly.

Although nominally it is soul hunting, the teachers leading each soul hunting team also shoulder the task of scoring the students participating in the soul hunt.

In order to discover those special students who may not have an advantage in frontal arena battles, but are adapted to this kind of sudden outdoor environment.

'The performance of the other three is mediocre. This student named Huo Yuhao has good observation skills. He has such observation skills even when he doesn't activate his soul skills. No wonder he can be a core student in the first grade.'

'Not only is his performance in the arena battle good, but his performance in the wild is also quite calm and steady, um, not bad.'

Before long, the group was lucky enough to encounter their first target soul beast.

A small bird, only the size of a palm, was shuttling through the flowers, and it seemed that this flower was bloomed by a plant-based soul beast master called the Wind Chime Grass, which was about five hundred years old.

The small bird hovering and collecting honey on it was a wind-attribute soul beast known for its speed, the Sonic Hummingbird.

Moreover, it seemed that its cultivation base should have just broken through five hundred years, which was just right for the twentieth-level agile attack type soul master in the team, and the soul master was also excited to see a soul beast that met his needs.

Seeing this situation, Lie Yong beckoned, not letting the students swarm up, but directly entered the state of martial soul possession, but at this time he controlled and restrained his aura very well.

Only his right arm turned into a crimson lion's paw, and then, a crimson palm print shot towards the Sonic Hummingbird, knocking it directly unconscious with just the right amount of force.

Then, his right palm clenched slightly, and the palm print circled around, grabbing the unconscious Sonic Hummingbird back.

At this time, accompanied by the Soul Saint's scorching soul power, although it didn't kill this Sonic Hummingbird with only five hundred years of cultivation, the hummingbird was also covered in wounds, with burn marks all over its body, and it was clear that it wouldn't live long.

Whether it was the control of his martial soul or the use of his soul power, the experience and methods possessed by this Soul Saint leading the team were far beyond what a few first-year students could compare to.

Huo Yuhao focused on memorizing the soul power circulation and meridians used by the Soul Saint when he controlled his martial soul to unleash a soul power palm print.

The student whose martial soul was a bow-type weapon martial soul quickly stepped forward to finish off the soul beast that had lost its ability to move, and then began to absorb its soul ring.

Under Lie Yong's protection, the absorption process went smoothly. Although the age of this Sonic Hummingbird was not at its limit, it was very suitable for the soul master's martial soul's attributes and type.

Lie Yong nodded and said faintly, "Continue."

Then, with the air of an expert, he walked with his hands behind his back, leading the group of students to continue walking in the forest.

It seemed that good luck favored Huo Yuhao and his group, as another target soul beast entered their sight before dark.

A giant tortoise with a huge body, covered in hard rock skin, and also growing a heavy tortoise shell, appeared before everyone.

The giant tortoise moved slowly, and even when it saw unfamiliar humans, it didn't react much, simply retracting all the exposed parts of its body into its shell.

"Rock Tortoise, can any of you tell me its specific cultivation age?" Lie Yong wanted to test everyone present, so he asked.

Just as the other three were recalling, Huo Yuhao directly said, "The method of identifying the cultivation age of the Rock Tortoise is its shell."

"Rock Tortoise shells below a thousand years are earthy yellow, and every ten years, the rocks that make up the shell will fuse together. Initially, there are ten pieces."

"And every hundred years of cultivation, one of the tortoise shells will merge into the other tortoise shells, until it finally becomes one, Rock Solid and Seamless, then it becomes a thousand-year soul beast."

"And on the six tortoise shells on this Rock Tortoise's back, one of the tortoise shells is composed of seven纹路, so its cultivation age is about six hundred and seventy years, with an error of no more than thirty years."

"Well, there are no other soul beasts around, so this big turtle is up to you, I'll guard you," Lie Yong said with a satisfied nod.

Rock Tortoises are timid by nature, and even when facing natural enemies, they respond defensively. Their innate soul skill is Shell Shatter, and they can reduce the attacks of outside predators by shattering a纹路 on their rock tortoise shell.

The intensity of the attack reduction increases linearly according to the total number of tortoise shells. Even a Rock Tortoise with only one tortoise shell completely transformed has a defense that is considered outstanding even among thousand-year soul beasts.

Therefore, although the Rock Tortoise itself has no offensive abilities, there are indeed not many soul beasts in the soul beast world that would choose the Rock Tortoise, this tough bone that can't be chewed, as prey. Therefore, the Rock Tortoise's greatest natural enemy is defense-type soul masters who covet their innate soul skill.

Clang clang clang, accompanied by a group of soul masters scraping, only one layer of the Rock Tortoise's shell was shattered, and the remaining six tortoise shell纹路 seemed to be mocking everyone.

In fact, Lie Yong's purpose was to let the bow martial soul weapon soul master who had just obtained his second soul skill practice, after all, he had to verify the second soul skill he had just obtained through actual combat.

The Rock Tortoise has strong defense and no offensiveness, so it is naturally the best target.

Seeing everyone except Huo Yuhao, who had not stepped forward to attack from beginning to end, Lie Yong waved his hand and used the simplest martial soul possession.

Then, with absolute power, he shattered the remaining tortoise shell of the Rock Tortoise, revealing the Rock Tortoise's fragile and seriously injured body.

"Alright, finish it off, this place is not bad, the others go find a place nearby to set up camp and prepare for the night," Lie Yong waved his hand and said to the shield martial soul weapon soul master who was holding a low-level melee soul tool and walking up excitedly.

One night passed, with four students taking turns guarding the night, while Lie Yong would only take action when the students encountered danger.

Although the Star Dou Great Forest at night was not very safe, due to Huo Yuhao's choice of location, there were no special encounters this night.

In the following days, the group also found a suitable soul ring for another soul master whose martial soul was the Beast Martial Soul, Mad Sound Queen Bee.

Coincidentally, this soul ring was produced by the Mad Sound Queen Bee, the same family as the martial soul, with about six hundred years of cultivation, which can be regarded as a top choice.

"Well, we have almost walked through the outer area of the Star Dou Great Forest. Going further is the mixed area. This is where spirit attribute soul masters are more troublesome."

"After all, spirit attribute soul beasts are rare, and most spirit attribute soul beasts are active alone, so they are difficult to find."

Lie Yong glanced at Huo Yuhao and continued, "However, since the academy has promised to do its best to obtain the most suitable soul ring for you, it will naturally not break its promise. We will return to the city to rest for a while, and then I will take you deep into the mixed area."

Hearing this, the other three had no objections. After all, they had already obtained their favorite soul rings, and naturally did not want to take any more risks and continue to stay in the Star Dou Great Forest.

Huo Yuhao also nodded. In fact, he had learned from Tianmeng Iceworm about a place suitable for his soul beast not long after he arrived.

That is the territory of the Big Head Spirit Apes, and although that area is also located on the edge of the outer and mixed areas of the Star Dou Great Forest, it is also one of the optional routes for Huo Yuhao and his group to return to Shrek City at this time.

This is also the result of Huo Yuhao constantly modifying the route and then guiding it during the soul hunting actions in the past few days.

"Okay, then let's go back to the city first. Maybe if we are lucky, we will encounter a suitable soul beast on the way back," Huo Yuhao did not refuse, but began to lead everyone to the gathering place of the Big Head Spirit Apes.

In the outer area of the Star Dou Great Forest, these Big Head Spirit Apes can be regarded as a relatively powerful group. In addition, with their spirit attributes and the characteristics of group living, the strength of this group is far beyond what ordinary lone soul beasts can compare to.

And this information was also obtained by Tianmeng Iceworm when he suppressed the outer area of the Star Dou Great Forest with his spiritual power during his fusion with Huo Yuhao. In just about a year, such a huge Big Head Spirit Ape group should not have disappeared.