Douluo Continent, Huo Yuhao who returned from Sekiro

Chapter 594 Thorns hide ghosts and monsters, glistening cliffs conceal evil spirits

Although Qian Daoliu didn't say it explicitly, the two of them knew just by looking at the exaggerated scene before them that this thing was probably man-made, designed to prevent anyone who might enter the depths of Sunset Forest.

Fortunately, in the face of extreme ice, all poisons are futile.

The two held hands tightly, their soul power flowing together. The chill of the Ice and Snow Emperors slowly spread out, forming a protective shield that froze the originally materialized poisonous mist into large pieces of ice shards, which fell to the ground with a crackling sound.

Walking towards the Azure Phosphorous Seven Absolute Formation, the view was like a seven-colored world. The plants on the ground were so vibrant and colorful that they almost completely covered the ground, obscuring the soil. Trees were scarce here, likely corroded by the deadly poisons.

On the ground, enormous skeletons would occasionally appear. These skeletons were also painted in a vibrant, multicolored hue. Clearly, these were not plants, but rather the remains of poisoned spirit beasts.

"Crack!" The sudden noise from not far away startled the two of them. Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er almost simultaneously gathered their soul power and looked in the direction from which the sound came.

A massive skeleton tilted to one side, its underside clearly corroded and brittle. Then, with a deafening crash, the skeleton collapsed to the ground, shattering into countless fragments. The iridescent colors on its surface intensified.

Even Qian Daoliu gasped at the sight. The poison here was so potent that it corroded even bones, gradually making them brittle and then melting them. One could only imagine how many corpses of soul beasts were buried within these multicolored plants!

The bones of soul beasts are always the hardest part of their bodies, and some can even be used by humans as special materials, such as the Ice Burst Hand Bone Staff in Huo Yuhao's hand.

Wang Dong'er murmured, "These soul beast corpses are already nutrients for the poisonous miasma, and then the miasma continuously attacks and kills other creatures, even birds flying overhead."

"As this continues, these poisonous miasmas grow stronger and stronger. Perhaps, thousands of years from now, Sunset Forest will become a forest of poisonous miasmas, a place where demons must be exterminated, where neither humans nor beasts can survive."

Huo Yuhao naturally understood this as well, and couldn't help but frown slightly.

It's important to understand that even if a human hunts soul beasts, they can only hunt the nine soul beasts they need in their entire life. Even if they help others hunt soul beasts and kill any soul beasts they encounter on the road, they might not kill more than a hundred soul beasts in their lifetime.

Even those soul masters who, in their pursuit of soul bones, spare no expense, hiding from Shrek Academy and the major empires, and digging out the lifeblood of the soul master world, killing one soul beast a day and working tirelessly for thirty years, would only amount to ten thousand soul beasts.

And who was the mastermind behind this toxic and treacherous place?

This is a high-level soul beast forest, second only to the Star Dou Great Forest and the Far North Land, with tens of millions of soul beasts. How many soul beasts are left in Sunset Forest now?

One in ten survives, one in a hundred, or one in a thousand?

As they continued forward, the seven-colored poisonous fog had lost its color, and instead, a dark green poisonous fog dominated. Although the extreme ice was still very effective at suppressing the poisonous fog here, the color of the shield formed by the cold air emanating from their bodies had begun to darken.

The poisonous miasma seemed to stick to his protective shield, and although it would freeze into dust and fall to the ground with a pattering sound, the rate at which Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er lost their soul power suddenly increased.

"Pat-pat-pat."

The sound of raindrops hitting the tent could be heard outside the tent flap. If this trip were just a camping trip, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er could probably comfortably hide in a small tent, listening to the pattering rain outside, and sipping hot tea.

However, this place is by no means a suitable spot for camping or enjoying nature. Instead, it is the graveyard of ninety percent of the high-level soul beasts in the entire Sunset Forest. Given the rate at which their soul power is draining, if they don't try to accelerate it soon, they might run into serious trouble.

"Let's charge forward in one go."

Huo Yuhao's soul power surged within him, and Wang Dong'er's butterfly wings unfurled behind her. The two of them rapidly advanced forward and soon arrived before the Azure Phosphorous Seven Absolute Formation.

The Wind Mantis Giant Shadow Slash was held in Huo Yuhao's hand. As the two moved rapidly, a dragon flash that seemed to suck the air out for a moment roared out and tore the Azure Scale Poison Array in front of them in two, looking as unbelievable as Moses parting the Red Sea.

The dense green poisonous fog was forcibly torn apart, and Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er's speed increased again as they rushed forward along the path that had been cut open.

But then, the scene Huo Yuhao least wanted to see happened. The surrounding emerald green poisonous mist surged towards them at an alarming speed, and then surged back towards Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er.

A poisonous array nearly a kilometer wide, enveloping the depths of the canyon behind them, would not be easy for even Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er to traverse in an instant.

Huo Yuhao's Dragon Flash couldn't reach that far; the poisonous fog had already sealed everything off again just a few hundred meters ahead.

This time, however, Huo Yuhao was not fighting alone. Wang Dong'er held Huo Yuhao's left hand tightly with her right hand, while she wiped her own left hand on the storage soul tool and pulled out a failed creation.

It was the very same Soul-Guided Air Compression Cannon that Huo Yuhao had used to fool Jing Hongchen!

Even Huo Yuhao himself never expected that the piece of junk he used to lower Jing Hongchen's guard would be rediscovered by Wang Dong'er. A compressed air cannon was fired, instantly shattering the poisonous fog in front of them. The two of them took advantage of the situation to accelerate again, and before the poisonous fog could close up, they went several hundred meters deeper into the poisonous array.

At this moment, the two were only a step away from the exit.

Suddenly, a dark shadow appeared silently within his mental detection range, sweeping towards them at an astonishing speed.

"Be careful," Huo Yuhao whispered.

Suspended in mid-air, this was undoubtedly the most dangerous moment. Wang Dong'er swung her right hand fiercely, and the dark golden blade instantly pierced through the thick fog, flashing through the air like lightning. It was the complete version of the Dark Golden Terror Claw.

It was a thick vine, dark blue in color and covered with colorful patterns, as thick as an adult's thigh, sweeping over like a giant python.

However, the Dark Gold Terrorclaw was the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's signature move, and Wang Dong'er was now attacking with all her might. A flash of dark gold light appeared, and the thick vine was instantly sliced ​​into numerous fragments that fell to the ground.

(End of this chapter)