Douluo Continent, Huo Yuhao who returned from Sekiro

Chapter 197 Killing God Huo Yuhao (Daily 10,000 words)

Why do I say that?

Because Huo Yuhao not only prepared landmines at that ambush site, but also a large tactical smokeless stove, which was hidden under the campfire he left behind.

Hidden inside the smokeless stove were five pounds of dried Devil's Leaves, which Huo Yuhao had prepared for them, using charcoal roasting as his method!

Several hours have passed, and the wounded and the guards who stayed there to take care of them must be high by now, right?

Feeling your body gradually slip out of control, your muscles weaken, and even breathing becomes difficult, until you finally suffocate to death—this kind of death could be considered a form of torture, right?

Thinking of this, Huo Yuhao's lips curled into a chilling smile, a smile like that of a demon from hell, mocking the foolish mortals who dared to offend the majesty of the God of Slaughter.

As for why Huo Yuhao was so certain that these people were dead?

In addition to hiding five catties of charcoal-roasted demon leaves under the campfire, Huo Yuhao also buried a trigger-activated soul-guided cannonball under the campfire. Once it explodes, the sound will be over two hundred decibels, with a frequency of around sixty hertz.

Huo Yuhao certainly didn't understand things like decibels and Hertz, but he knew that once that shell exploded, it could travel at least six or seven kilometers. With Huo Yuhao's hearing, he could vaguely detect it from eight kilometers away. The fact that the shell hadn't exploded meant that the group of people hadn't destroyed the campfire he left behind!

With several more lives on his hands, Huo Yuhao showed no extra reaction; he was still pondering the enemy's tactical intentions.

Since the opponent hasn't attacked, they must have chosen to stay behind. To prevent Huo Yuhao from getting lost, they will inevitably split up and surround him, like a pair of giant scissors, forcibly controlling Huo Yuhao's direction of movement.

This proves that their enemies seem to be waiting for something. In this situation, what could they possibly be waiting for? They must be waiting for the Soul Emperor and the two Soul Kings in Shrek City!

It can only be said that masters all think alike. Even though his opponent hadn't shown himself, Huo Yuhao was still able to determine his opponent's tactical intentions based on his opponent's reactions over the past few hours.

Huo Yuhao frowned deeply. The combination of two Soul Kings and several Soul Masters was already enough to chase him like a dog. If the Soul Emperor and the two Soul Kings joined the encirclement, he would truly be left with no one to turn to.

He only had one fixed-mount soul-guided cannon shell, which he had to negotiate with Qian Duoduo for a long time to get his hands on. Now that it had been fired, the heavy soul-guided ray gun was usable after a few hours of cooling down, but Huo Yuhao's current soul power reserves were not enough to fire more than a few shots.

And those soul-guided cannonballs, having learned their lesson from Huo Yuhao's trap, would hardly fall for it again, no matter how stupid they were. Furthermore, Huo Yuhao's increasingly depleted mental energy meant he had fewer and fewer trump cards left to play.

No.

A determined look appeared in Huo Yuhao's eyes. If he continued to mingle with these guards in the mixed area, he would definitely be doomed. If he wanted to find a way to survive, he had to go deep into the core area!

But at that moment, a roar like a tsunami suddenly came from afar.

"roar--"

Huo Yuhao's expression changed drastically. That's the downside of the mixed zone; there are too many ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts. If any one of them sets its sights on him, it will be difficult for him to escape.

After stomping out the campfire at his spot, Huo Yuhao quickly took out cool water from his storage soul tool and poured it on the still-sparkling charcoal. With a hiss, the fire was finally extinguished.

Immediately following that deafening roar was a sharp, delicate cry, not as powerful as the previous roar, but extremely penetrating, and not at all drowned out by the roar.

Huo Yuhao's senses were incredibly sharp. Although his hearing was not as good as his sight, he could still vaguely tell that the roar came from at least three kilometers away from him.

Three kilometers is a very short distance for Soul Masters outside, but when marching through dense forest, the speed drops drastically, and the Soul Beast is at least ten minutes away from Huo Yuhao.

Immediately afterward, Huo Yuhao's eyes lit up. Here comes the unexpected turn of events!

At this moment, four words quietly surfaced in Huo Yuhao's mind, along with a story that the Divine Child had once told him.

'Shifting the blame eastward'

Consuming his soul power once more to activate the Moon's Concealment Spirit Descent, Huo Yuhao vanished into the forest and began sprinting at full speed. Within the woods, only a distorted figure could be vaguely seen, constantly shifting and flickering.

A few minutes later, Huo Yuhao extended the grappling hook in his hand and leaped onto a large tree. Just then, a deafening roar suddenly appeared, accompanied by a terrifying shockwave that seemed to overwhelm everything.

Huo Yuhao clearly saw that large swathes of trees to his left front were falling like harvested wheat. An extremely imposing figure also leaped over. When he landed with a thud, it caused the ground to tremble. Even with Huo Yuhao's current cultivation level, he felt dizzy, lost his footing, and almost fell from the tree.

Cursing under his breath, Huo Yuhao secretly felt lucky. The destructive power of this soul beast was beyond his imagination. If he hadn't deliberately kept his distance and chosen a sturdy tree, he would have been blown away.

The enormous figure was heading straight in his direction. Huo Yuhao could now see its appearance clearly: it was a giant, its entire body covered in black and white fur, with two heads on its shoulders. Its massive body was over ten meters tall. Both heads had a single eye, radiating a terrifying light.

A mixture of black and white light continuously emanated from its body, from which the shockwaves originated. And this release of shockwaves was merely to clear a path for itself. It charged and leaped. With its terrifying momentum, it seemed to be fleeing… Could this be an extremely rare variant of the Cyclops, the Twin Cyclops?

They've gone too far.

Huo Yuhao frowned sharply. The twin cyclops in front of him were clearly fleeing for their lives. The brains of cyclops were a great tonic for some soul beasts, and these soul beasts were all beings with top-level bloodline inheritances, which was clearly recorded in the inner courtyard books of Shrek Academy.

But precisely because of this, Huo Yuhao felt increasingly uneasy. He could use the twin cyclops to deal with the guards behind him, but what about the soul beast that was chasing the twin cyclops?

Is the other party a terrifying being with a lifespan of 20,000 years, 30,000 years, or even longer?

The closer it got to this point, the more Huo Yuhao dared not move. With pursuers behind him and demons in front, Huo Yuhao could not afford to make a mistake in his next step.

(End of this chapter)