Douluo Continent: I, Huo Yuhao, am the Master of Spirit

Chapter 363 The Savior: A Gift and a Curse (Happy New Year)
The golden-haired lion-mastiff howled mournfully on the rock face, the eye pattern on its back emitting a faint glow.

Its injuries began to heal slowly; the burned fur grew back, the wound on its neck quickly scabbed over and stopped bleeding, and then new shoots emerged.

Upon seeing this, Medemos's golden eyes flashed with understanding. The creator of this secret realm did not want any casualties on either side. It was not a life-or-death battle, but merely a test.

He then ignored the golden-haired lion-dog. Since it had been teleported away, it meant it had been eliminated. Now it was time to help Bai E.

The golden lion raised its head high and roared like a victor, then Medemus began to run, crushing all obstacles like a golden wind, marching toward Bai'e.

Wood chips mixed with soil were scattered on both sides of the golden road, returning to the earth and becoming nourishment for those who come after.

Bai E is still locked in a stalemate with the Blue Demon Bird and the Thunderous Hell Vine. The Thunderous Hell Vine is slightly weaker in terms of bloodline than the Golden Lion Mastiff and the Blue Demon Bird.

However, due to its advanced age and the thundercloud in the core area, contrary to Bai E's initial guess, it is actually the strongest of the three soul beasts.

In Douluo Continent, terrain is actually very important. For example, in the far north, Xue Di dared to confront Di Tian head-on. On the sea, Hai Gongzhu was not afraid of the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler. If the other party dared to come, she dared to grab his tentacles.

Humans are similar; the combat power of sea spirit masters on land and at sea is almost on two different levels.

Thanks to the cultivation of numerous Thunderous Hell Vine, the core area of ​​the Disaster Mountain System has long been a paradise for thunder-attribute soul beasts.

The Thunderous Hell Vine will receive tremendous blessings here.

With the Blue Demon Bird providing support, Bai E couldn't do anything to the opponent for the time being.

The Destruction Stance actually consumes a lot of energy, which is only possible because the soul power of an ultimate soul master is of very high quality and very durable.

However, if this continues, Bai'e will have to consider burning Dream Coins.

As Mu En's disciple and the designated head of the Sea God Pavilion, he had a large amount of Dream Coins. Mu En would give him some from time to time and instructed him not to take out online loans.

MagicNet's Dream Coin Loan is so insidious, even Moon couldn't help but complain, it's practically an open conspiracy.

For any Soul Master, who would complain about having too many Dream Coins? They are truly life-saving items.

Who wouldn't want to unleash a final burst of power before dying? What if they survive? The current battle is fraught with suspicion; people don't want to fight opponents of similar strength unless absolutely necessary, for fear of escalating the conflict.

Some people on the mainland, unable to bear being stuck at the bottleneck, decided to go all in, betting on online loans and all their savings to break through the bottleneck.

News of people joining the Hall of Heroes after winning and committing suicide to start over after losing is commonplace on the Magic Network.

Shrek Academy's biggest worry is that its students might do something drastic and take out large online loans, which could be fatal!

Some people also discovered the clause about death that Huo Yuhao wrote in the loan agreement, stating that if he owed money, he would have to work even if he died.

Huo Yuhao never hid these rules; there were plenty of people willing to lend them out.

Just as Bai'e was considering burning Dream Coins to give the two of them a big boost, Medemos appeared behind them.

Undeterred by the thunder, the golden lion head transformed into a meteor and rushed straight to the battlefield. A smile appeared on Bai E's divine face as his first soul ring lit up. The Dawn Greatsword shone with a dark red light, and an aura of destruction licked the world. An ominous power enveloped the Thunderous Hell Vine and the Blue Demon Bird.

Bai E's first soul skill, which unleashes his destructive stance, is called Bloodthorn Crossing Death. It has a powerful defense-breaking function, and those hit by it will fall into a state of continuous destruction and erosion.

Now, Blue Demon Bird and Thunderous Hell Vine were drenched in sweat. In front of them was the Destruction Boy who was gathering his strength, and behind them was the Lion Boy who was eyeing them covetously.

The fact that the Lion Boy was able to come here means that the golden-haired lion has already left the scene. With the protection of the deity, he certainly won't die, but he's probably seriously injured.

The two soul beasts were sandwiched between two auras of destruction and savagery.

Thunderous Hell Vine touched the Blue Demon Bird with its dark purple leaves, using its mental power to ask if it could teleport them to escape the encirclement.

The Blue Demon Bird shook its head like a rattle drum. It could easily run away on its own, but carrying the Thunderous Hell Vine would be tantamount to suicide. Although its spatial power was at a high level, it only had seven thousand years of cultivation, and its blue bar wasn't long enough.

Carrying a ten-thousand-year-old Thunderous Hell Vine, one can't go far at all, and also has to worry about being locked onto by the Yellow-Purple Youth's Destructive True Intent. The power of destruction is no joke; if you get touched by it, you'll have to pray to the gods for your life.

"Screech! (I can run, but you can't.)"

Thunderous Yama Vine grew anxious, its leaves trembling rapidly as it frantically sent messages to the Blue Demon Bird.

"You dare to call yourself the progenitor of the phoenix? You're utterly pathetic."

"Not as good as Big Yellow, at least it actually dares to go for it!"

"Don't tell me you're trying to run away on your own. We're brothers!"

The Blue Demon Bird's forehead formed the character "井" (well), and it fiercely pecked at the Thunderous Hell Vine beside it with its sharp beak, crying out:
"Screech, screech! (You're just bullying Big Yellow, you call yourself a brother? You're a cousin, not even blood brothers!)"

"Screech! (Let me go, I'm running away!)"

How could Lei Mingyan Yu Teng let it escape? It immediately wrapped its vines around it and then electrified it to cure its internet addiction.

"Hmph? Trying to escape? You're the ones who angered them. I told you long ago to just put on a show and let them in, but you insisted on testing their mettle."

"Now it's all right, I've tested my own worth."

"I don't care, we may not have been born at the same time, but we must die together!"

The Blue Demon Bird was convulsing from the electric shock, feeling incredibly good, its eyes rolling back in its head. Bird-type soul beasts are known for their fragile defenses.

Just as the two beasts were fighting amongst themselves, Bai E's dark red sword light and Medemos's golden lion head were less than ten meters away from them.

The two beasts were already embracing each other, silently chanting Huo Yuhao's name and praying for his protection. The whistling sound of the surrounding air was like the tolling of a death knell.

"Boom!!!"

Just as the attack was about to strike the two beasts, the thunderclouds in the sky began to rumble, and purple lightning almost instantly began to gather.

Countless bolts of lightning ripped through the sky and struck the earth with tremendous force, churning up massive amounts of soil and filling the mountains with the stench of earth. As a result, a large-scale earthquake struck the mountain range.

A high-intensity hurricane appeared on the outer edge of the mountain range, and various natural disasters occurred at the same time, blatantly demonstrating the power of nature.

The attacks of Bai'er and Medemos were blocked by the thunder. The two retreated and prepared for their second round of attacks.

"Visitors, please stop." "You have passed the King's test, so please do not harm them."

A pleasant female voice rang out on the battlefield, and Lei Mingyan Yuteng and Lan Mo Niao breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing it.

They exchanged a glance and realized that they had been embracing each other at some point. The Blue Demon Bird pushed away the Thunderous Hell Vine with disgust and wiped its body with its wings, as if there was something unclean about it.

The Thunderous Hell Vine next door was doing something similar.

Soon, a dark purple Thunder Hell Vine with golden patterns stretched out from the canyon.

She is Xiao Yan, the child of the 100,000-year-old Thunderous Hell Vine, named by Huo Yuhao himself, and became the manager of this place.

Xiao Yan glanced helplessly at the two beasts behind him and said:

"Look what you've done, you've made a complete mess of things."

"Go and take Dahuang back to heal its wounds."

Both the Thunderous Hell Vine and the Blue Demon Bird lowered their heads like quails as they went to find the golden-haired lion-mastiff resting on the rock wall.

The golden-haired lion mastiff licked its wound and followed the two beasts to Xiao Yan. The golden-haired lion mastiff obediently rubbed against Xiao Yan's branches and leaves, its ears turned into airplane ears, and its tail kept wagging, looking adorable.

After Huo Yuhao created them, he entrusted them to Xiao Yan for care. In a sense, Xiao Yan was their adoptive mother.

Xiao Yan pointed to the canyon behind them with its branches, signaling the three of them to go back.

The three beasts, those with heads, lowered their heads; those with tails tucked their tails between their legs; and those with nothing lowered their voices and sheepishly returned to the canyon.

Xiao Yan looked at the two of them and said:

"Please come in, both of you. The rewards you deserve are in the canyon."

Bai E had already deactivated his destructive form. After exchanging a glance with Medemos, they both nodded to Xiao Yan.

"Then, please follow me."

The dark purple vines began to retract, and Bai E and Maidemos followed closely behind as they passed through the dimly lit passage. The rock walls here were covered with alchemical runes, which was an alchemical barrier set up by Huo Yuhao and controlled by Xiao Yan.

After passing through the passage, both Bai'er and Medemos stared wide-eyed.

It was a blue-purple world, with countless rare and exotic plants growing on the ground. On the rock walls on both sides, a large number of Thunderous Hell Vines grew, their branches and leaves trembling as if welcoming the two of them.

Xiao Yan's voice reached their ears again.

"Your Excellencies, your rewards are ahead."

Medemos and Baier followed the voice and continued forward, carefully avoiding stepping on the flowers and plants on the ground, some of which they recognized and some of which they did not.

All the herbs he recognized were rare and precious plants that had long since disappeared from the outside world.

Following the sound, the two of them arrived at an open area, where the reward the woman had mentioned came into view.

Lightning crackled across a dark purple right arm bone, emanating a terrifying aura. Bai E and the others had encountered ten-thousand-year soul bones at Shrek Academy, so they could naturally sense that the quality of this soul bone far exceeded ten-thousand-year, probably a hundred-thousand-year soul bone.

On the other side was a golden-red torso bone, its aura suggesting it was ten thousand years old, with a black soul ring above it.

Maidemoss immediately felt a strong attraction; his martial soul was leaping with joy, yearning for this soul bone and soul ring.

"Here is a ten-thousand-year soul ring, a hundred-thousand-year soul bone, and a ten-thousand-year soul bone. You can distribute them as you see fit."

"After you have absorbed the spirit ring and spirit bone, you can also choose two immortal herbs here. I will introduce them to you."

After Xiao Yan's voice subsided, Maidemus looked at Bai E and said:

Which one do you want?

Bai Er chuckled and scratched his head, saying:

"You choose first, I don't care."

Medemos had anticipated Bai E's reaction, and sighed, pointing to the ten-thousand-year soul ring and soul bone, he said:
"That spirit ring and spirit bone have a strong attraction for me, so I want them."

Bai E, laughing like a Samoyed, nodded happily and said:
"Okay, then I'll take that 100,000-year-old soul bone."

However, Bai E hesitated for a moment before saying:

"Maidemus, that's a ten-thousand-year-old soul ring. Judging from its aura, it might be quite old. Can you handle it?"

Medemos crossed his arms and said:

"The word 'retreat' does not exist in my dictionary."

"The item is right in front of us. Since we're here, let's give it a try."

Hearing Bai E's concerns from the rock wall, Xiao Yan spoke up to explain:
"Don't worry, this spirit ring has been here for a long time, and the will within it has long since dissipated in the thunder."

All you need to do is withstand the powerful soul force within.

I suggest absorbing the soul bone first, then the soul ring; this will significantly reduce the difficulty.

Medemos had already walked to the Soul Bone and begun to absorb it.

Despite Xiao Yan's assurance, Bai E was still somewhat uneasy and did not choose to directly absorb the 100,000-year-old soul bone. Instead, he stood beside Maidemus and waited.

He was never careless about the safety of his companions, just as he always had in his dreams.

The destiny of a savior is both a blessing and a curse.

Whether for the world or for an individual, savior is never a good word.

　Happy New Year! Wishing all readers to become more handsome every year and make a fortune in 2026!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)