Sometimes, if you don't demonstrate your abilities, people will always be suspicious.
And sure enough, with the appearance of the 100,000-year soul ring, all doubts vanished.
Ju Zi and Ke Ke no longer had any intention of dissuading Huo Yuhao from going to Jingyang Peak alone.
With Huo Yuhao's support, the three of them tested the all-terrain soul tool the next day with exceptional success. All kinds of data were perfectly recorded. Of course, thanks to Huo Yuhao's prior mental detection sharing, they avoided encountering powerful soul beasts.
The near-death experience of the three in the original story was also gone.
The natural medicinal herbs of the Jingyang Mountains, nourished by the metal deposits, are naturally suitable for tempering the body. After the test, with Huo Yuhao's help, Ju Zi and Ke Ke collected some rare medicinal herbs, which would be great whether sold or used themselves. What
soul masters need most is total soul power and physical fitness.
As dusk fell, Ju Zi specially cooked a delicious meal to reward Huo Yuhao for his help, but it was Ke Ke who ended up enjoying it the most.
"With you two chefs around, life is really good," Ke Ke said, patting her slightly round belly with a contented smile.
Ju Zi retorted, "Of course, two people serving you."
"Hehe," Ke Ke chuckled. "
I'm leaving later. Remember to tell Teacher Xuan when you return to the academy," Huo Yuhao said calmly, sitting by the fire.
"You're planning to leave now?" Ju Zi and Ke Ke looked at him.
"That special change seems to only happen at night. I plan to go deep into the Jingyang Mountains tonight to search for it," Huo Yuhao said, holding a bowl of fragrant meat broth.
"Be careful," the two women didn't try to dissuade Huo Yuhao further, only reminding him to ensure his safety.
"Okay," Huo Yuhao nodded with a smile.
As the last rays of sunlight faded, Huo Yuhao waved goodbye to the two, "I'm leaving."
With that, he turned and headed deeper into the Jingyang Mountains. Ju Zi and Ke Ke remained, watching his retreating figure, motionless.
The moon was bright, the stars few, and a few thin clouds occasionally hung in the sky. The nocturnal spirit beasts began their hunting activities, and roars echoed through the forest.
A faint spiritual fluctuation lingered in the deep, dense forest, and a lithe figure moved nimbly like a monkey.
The spirit beasts encountered along the way felt an immense pressure wash over them, immediately shrinking back in fear until the pressure dissipated before peeking out again.
Gazing at the bright moon, Huo Yuhao clearly felt the immense help the Time Deer had given him. The 100,000-year-old Evil Eye had provided an astonishing boost to his spiritual power. It was no exaggeration to say that Huo Yuhao believed even many Super Douluo couldn't match his spiritual power level.
Moreover, during the era of Douluo Continent II: The Peerless Tang Sect, methods for cultivating spiritual power were incredibly scarce for Soul Masters. In terms of spiritual power alone, Huo Yuhao already stood among the top powerhouses on the continent.
"Strange." Suddenly, Huo Yuhao stopped, not because of the strange phenomenon of the moonlight being swallowed, but because in his perception, the sun mark on Zhu Lu had been activated. While providing him with faith power, it seemed to be closing the distance between them considerably.
And it was heading towards the Sun Moon Empire.
"Could it be that Zhu Lu has begun her surveillance mission?" Huo Yuhao thought to himself.
But just then, the bright moonlight began to distort in mid-air, strands of light being pulled apart. Huo Yuhao's heart stirred slightly, "She's here."
He quickly advanced deeper into the mountains, and soon Huo Yuhao arrived outside the layered peaks. The core of the Jingyang Mountains, Jingyang Peak, was oval-shaped, with numerous peaks and somewhat complex terrain.
Many ten-thousand-year-old Soul Beasts roamed among them, making it quite dangerous.
Even a titled Douluo would be extremely cautious if they entered this place, but Huo Yuhao was clearly an exception. With the release of his spiritual detection, he could see all the powerful soul beasts and avoid them in advance.
Standing on a tree branch, he looked up and the scene of the moonlight being swallowed became clearer. Faintly, Huo Yuhao felt that he could hear some kind of wolf howl, as well as the roars of other kinds of soul beasts.
"The sound is coming from the direction where the moonlight is being pulled and swallowed." Frowning slightly, Huo Yuhao thought for a moment and immediately decided to go and see.
He continued forward, crossing several mountain peaks, and the roars of soul beasts around him became clearer.
Finally, Huo Yuhao saw Jingyang Peak, known as the core of the Jingyang Mountains. It was a mountain peak over three thousand meters high, majestic and magnificent, surrounded by undulating dense forests.
In the sky, some huge soul beasts flew, and on the ground, powerful soul beasts exuding dangerous auras moved about, mainly of the metal element.
But Huo Yuhao's gaze instantly locked onto something. The moonlight, falling behind Jingyang Peak, seemed to melt into it like cotton candy meeting water.
This scene piqued Huo Yuhao's interest.
"Yuhao, there's a peculiar fluctuation within that mountain peak; it's what caused the moonlight to merge into it," Ilex's voice suddenly rang out.
"A special fluctuation?"
Huo Yuhao looked around, wondering why the people of the Sun Moon Empire seemed to have never noticed anything like it.
Thinking it, he acted immediately, leaping towards the foot of the mountain.
"Subtle spatial fluctuations... could the interior of this mountain connect to a special world not belonging to the Douluo Continent?" Ilex pondered.
As Huo Yuhao approached the foot of the mountain, his pupils suddenly contracted. Under his mental detection, several hundred-thousand-year-old soul beasts appeared within his range.
In an instant, Huo Yuhao hid in a towering tree, releasing a simulated soul skill to conceal himself, while simultaneously using his mental power to suppress his aura to the extreme.
If the soul beasts sensed his human aura, they would likely erupt in a frenzy.
At the foot of the mountain, in a relatively flat area, several enormous soul beasts lay quietly to one side.
Beside these hundred-thousand-year-old soul beasts lay some lower-age soul beasts, and even some thousand-year-old ones.
Although the soul beasts were different, Huo Yuhao could clearly sense that they all possessed a similar attribute, regardless of their cultivation level, emanating a faint, pure silver light.
"Woo."
Before Huo Yuhao could observe for long, a muscular and slender wolf-like soul beast suddenly stood up. A tuft of silver-white fur on its forehead was crescent-shaped, and it was howling excitedly.
"Silver Moon Wolf King." Huo Yuhao raised an eyebrow. It still possessed the aura of a ten-thousand-year-old beast. If he wasn't mistaken, it should be the one from the original story.
As if issuing a command, the Silver Moon Wolf King instantly caused all the spirit beasts prostrate on the ground to rise, bow their heads respectfully, and face the foot of the mountain.
"Whoosh."
Just as Huo Yuhao was wondering how different spirit beasts could coexist peacefully, a silver light suddenly rose from the ground, turning the thousands of wild grasses on the ground crystal clear. A blinding white light flashed by, and even Huo Yuhao couldn't help but close his eyes and turn his face away.
Astonishingly, the light seemed to also block the perception of spiritual power; it could be said that the moment the light appeared, Huo Yuhao was practically blind.
The special change came quickly and went quickly. After a flash, Huo Yuhao quickly looked back and his eyes widened.
He didn't know when, but a huge silver-white halo had appeared between the mountain peaks and cliffs, with wisps of light seeping out from within, like a whirlpool at sea, attracting outsiders to enter.
As the silver-white halo, over fifty meters in diameter, appeared, the soul beasts strode into it in an orderly fashion, as if entering another dimension, passing through the cliff and disappearing without a trace.
Huo Yuhao hurriedly leaped down from the tree and arrived in front of the halo. His body was immediately covered with a large amount of silver-white light, like a veil.
Inside the halo, the vortex spun continuously, as if possessing a magical power that drew him in.
"Teacher, do you think I should go in?" Huo Yuhao was unsure what was inside and naturally dared not be careless.
"The aura within these soul beasts is consistent with the light emanating from your body; both originate from the moon. Interestingly, their aura is not innate but acquired. The world within this halo may contain something special that can improve the bloodline of these soul beasts. Yuhao, you can go and take a look." Ilex considered for a moment and offered his suggestion.
"Alright." As soon as Ilex finished speaking, Huo Yuhao made his choice and quickly stepped inside.
"What is this?"
As Huo Yuhao passed through the light circle, he immediately sensed a peculiar power sweeping across his body, as if checking something. Once it confirmed it wasn't something else, the power vanished instantly.
But before he could feel anything more, a blinding white light flashed again, and Huo Yuhao closed his eyes once more.
The wind blew, gently caressing his face; the fresh air carried a delicate floral fragrance, and a gentle stream flowed nearby, its sound crisp and melodious.
Huo Yuhao suddenly opened his eyes, and in that instant, everything became clear.
Just as Electrolux had said, within the light circle lay a secret realm not belonging to the Douluo Continent, similar to the Dragon Tomb.
There was no soul power in the air, but instead, there were peculiar silver light patterns. The sky was also silver, with a huge moon's shadow suspended there, surrounded by a large amount of bright moonlight that was eventually absorbed.
The source of that moonlight was the distant sky, clearly injected from the outside.
Now Huo Yuhao understood why the moonlight from the outside world had merged into Jingyang Peak; it was being absorbed by this world.
But where had those soul beasts gone?
Scanning his surroundings, Huo Yuhao didn't see any trace of soul beasts. He was in a dense forest.
The plants seemed no different from those on Douluo Continent, but their vitality was much stronger.
The only thing that made him uneasy was the absence of any insects or animals.
Thinking this, Huo Yuhao was about to use his mental detection soul skill to find his way when suddenly, a beast's roar came from not far away.
Without hesitation, Huo Yuhao followed the sound.
In less than two minutes, the dense forest ahead seemed to reach its end and began to thin out. However, Huo Yuhao's pace slowed down as he stared at the world beyond the forest with utter astonishment.
It was a vast, seemingly endless plain covered with countless strange plants, somewhat resembling sunflowers from Plants vs. Zombies. At the top of each plant hung a silver fruit, which the soul beasts were greedily devouring.
The roar just now came from a 100,000-year-old soul beast. It wasn't an angry roar, but a comfortable one.
Huo Yuhao watched as the 100,000-year-old soul beast ate the fruit. The next moment, its body emitted a dense silver light, then its body went limp and it collapsed. Its thick skin seemed to become transparent, revealing the blood vessels inside, with wisps of light constantly flowing through them.
Although the specific effects of the fruit were unclear, it was definitely a good thing.
"Interesting. The creator of this secret realm must be someone of great importance. The strength of the confinement they created even surpasses mine." As Huo Yuhao stared at the soul beast, Ilex clicked his tongue and said with some admiration.
"Stronger than the confinement you created?" Huo Yuhao raised an eyebrow. If that was the case, this place was definitely similar to the Valley of Love and Destiny, a remnant of a god.
But he had never heard of any god being related to the moon.
At least, it had never been mentioned in the God Realm.
"Look ahead, can you only see an endless plain?" Ilex said with a smile.
"That's right." Huo Yuhao nodded. Emerging from the dense forest, they found themselves on a plain, nothing more.
Ilex said, "Actually, the plain isn't very large. It's just that an invisible barrier makes it appear much bigger. If I'm not mistaken, you need to touch it yourself for it to become visible."
"Don't worry, the barrier is probably protecting what's inside. Even if you touch it, there won't be any danger."
Huo Yuhao became interested.
"This secret realm only allows outsiders to enter when it's absorbing the moon's power; otherwise, there's absolutely no possibility of anyone entering."
Ilex pondered. "You'd better hurry. If I'm not mistaken, both those soul beasts and you will be rejected by the secret realm and expelled in a few minutes at most."
Knowing he would be expelled, Huo Yuhao immediately had an idea. He released a simulated soul skill, concealing his presence, and swiftly headed towards the depths of the plain.
The soul beasts were still eating fruit and didn't notice him. After advancing for two minutes, suddenly, with a bang, Huo Yuhao crashed head-on into an invisible obstacle.
"Damn it!"
Just as Huo Yuhao was in pain, a dazzling light suddenly appeared. Forgetting his pain, Huo Yuhao looked up and was immediately stunned. What should have been an endless plain before him now had a massive light barrier, separating the plain from the world within. A
brilliant silver-white light flowed from the barrier, containing countless patterns, its cool aura truly like a ghostly moon. The
moon's shadow in the sky, along with the appearance of the barrier, radiated a deep, ghostly light, almost covering the entire secret realm.
The soul beasts that had been slowly devouring the fruit stopped completely, respectfully prostrating themselves on the ground. Only Huo Yuhao remained standing.
The Sun God Pillar in his spiritual sea remained unyielding.
When the ghostly light fell upon the barrier, a full moon-shaped pattern of light condensed at the level of Huo Yuhao's eyes.
Witnessing everything, Huo Yuhao was completely at a loss for what to do, but he had read quite a few online novels in his previous life.
It was obvious that this light pattern was a key factor in opening the light shield, like a keyhole.
But he didn't have it.
"Huh." Suddenly, Huo Yuhao stopped. The center of the full moon light pattern was missing a piece, and its shape was that of a crescent moon.
Only a crescent moon remained, curving to the right.
"This is the key to opening the light shield." Huo Yuhao understood, but still shook his head helplessly. Who could find this thing?
"Buzz."
Just as Huo Yuhao sighed, an invisible force began to emerge between heaven and earth. In an instant, Huo Yuhao and the soul beasts were enveloped in the bright moonlight and vanished from the secret realm in a flash.
The full moon pattern flickered a few times before finally fading away.
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