19: Chapter 19: A Shocking Appearance! The Dark Demon God Tiger! Divine Skill, Evil God's Thrust! Take it down!

"I feel like my bones are about to fall apart."

"Me too... my whole body, not a single piece of flesh feels like my own anymore."

In the thin morning mist, Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan supported each other, limping behind the group, mumbling listlessly.

Wang Qiuer walked in front, listening to their complaints without even bothering to turn her head, merely emitting a soft snort from her nose.

"You're complaining after just this little bit? With your current state, you still want to enter Shrek Academy?"

"We call this balancing work and rest!"

Tang Ya retorted unconvinced, "Besides, Big Sister Qiuer, don't you think this place... is too quiet?"

Her words also voiced Jiang Nannan's inner thoughts.

Ever since they followed Huo Yuhao and Wang Qiuer into the outer edge of the core area of the Star Dou Great Forest.

And prepared to traverse this continent's most dangerous Spirit Beast paradise, several days had already passed.

But in these few days, let alone encountering any powerful Spirit Beast, they had rarely even heard a decent beast roar.

The surrounding dense forest was eerily quiet, as if all the Spirit Beasts had collectively moved away.

"Isn't it good that it's quiet?"

Wang Qiuer glanced at her, "Do you want to be chased by thousand-year Spirit Beasts every day?"

"I didn't mean that..." Tang Ya shrank her neck.

Huo Yuhao, who was walking at the very front, turned his head at this moment and explained with a smile, "Don't worry, it's normal. With Na'er here, most Spirit Beasts don't dare to come near us."

As he spoke, Gu Yuena beside him was bowing her head, studying a small, unknown blue flower by the roadside with great interest, as if she were indifferent to everything around her.

But both Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan understood that the most unfathomable person in this group was this silver-haired girl who usually didn't speak much but always made them feel a faint, elusive pressure.

So she was... "clearing the field"?

Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan looked at each other, both seeing a trace of realization and awe in the other's eyes.

"Alright..." Tang Ya sighed and continued to drag her sore body forward.

However, just as they thought this journey of traversal would end in such a "peaceful" and boring atmosphere, a sudden change occurred!

A second ago, the air was still moist and calm.

The next second, an aura filled with pure malice erupted from the dense forest on the left without any warning!

Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan's faces turned pale in an instant; they felt as if their hearts had been gripped by an invisible hand, and even breathing became difficult.

Their Spirits were even trembling uncontrollably within their bodies; it was a fear stemming from the instinct of life!

"What is that?!" Tang Ya screamed in terror.

Almost at the same instant the aura erupted, the three people's reactions were extremely fast.

Gu Yuena raised her head, her purple eyes that had been studying the flower instantly becoming as deep as an abyss.

An invisible dragon's might, as if reigning over the World, flashed and disappeared.

Wang Qiuer stopped abruptly, her golden hair moving without wind, her body crouching slightly as she assumed a combat stance full of explosive power, her golden eyes rising with fighting Spirit.

And Huo Yuhao was even faster than the two of them.

Almost as a conditioned reflex, he activated his Spirit Eye Spirit to its limit.

Light scattered in his eyes, and everything around him turned into a World composed of lines and energy.

His Mental Energy, like an invisible giant net, instantly locked onto the source of that evil aura.

[A big guy has arrived.]

Electrolux's voice rang out in his Spiritual Sea, carrying a hint of interest.

[Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger, nine thousand years of cultivation, possessing the three attributes of Ultimate Evil, Wind, and Lightning. This kind of Spirit Beast is an existence that even gods envy. Kid, your luck is good.]

"Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger..." Huo Yuhao silently recited the name in his heart.

He knew this kind of Spirit Beast; in the legends of his previous life, this was one of the top-tier Spirit Beasts, possessing heaven-defying abilities, and once fully grown, it could even challenge gods!

Just then, that evil aura moved!

A blurred shadow mixed with black electric light shot out from the dense forest at a speed almost invisible to the naked eye!

Its target was not the seemingly strongest Gu Yuena or Wang Qiuer, nor was it the weakest Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan.

Its target was Huo Yuhao!

In its beastly intuition, this seemingly most harmless youth carried an aura that made it feel incomparably eager, yet also incomparably wary!

"Seeking death!"

Wang Qiuer shouted sharply, about to make a move.

"Master..."

Gu Yuena also slightly raised her hand, preparing to let this reckless creature understand what kind of existence it had provoked.

"Don't move."

Huo Yuhao's calm voice rang out.

"Leave it to me."

Before his words had even faded, his body had already moved.

He did not retreat, but instead took a step forward, meeting that black shadow head-on!

"Benefactor, be careful!" Tang Ya screamed in fear.

It was a fierce tiger over five meters long, its entire body covered in black fur, with a pair of evil, strange wings!

On its forehead, it was not the character "King", but a strange, eerie "Evil" character marking.

Most striking was the scorpion tail behind it, longer than its own body, with a barb at the end flashing with a heart-stopping, eerie light!

Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger!

Its sharp claws, flashing with black lightning, had already struck down towards Huo Yuhao's head!

This strike was enough to smash a boulder into powder!

However, facing this thunderous blow, there was not the slightest panic on Huo Yuhao's face.

His Spiritual Detection clearly captured every trace of the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger's claw movement, and he could even see every twitch of its muscles clearly.

In Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan's eyes, Huo Yuhao stood motionless as if he had been scared silly.

But in the eyes of Gu Yuena and Wang Qiuer, Huo Yuhao's movements were nothing short of art.

He merely sidestepped slightly, and the strong wind brought by the sharp claws blew his hair.

The claw tip, which could tear through steel, brushed past his nose tip, narrowly missing him.

Not a hair's breadth off!

The blow missed, and a trace of astonishment flashed in the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger's eyes.

It hadn't expected that this seemingly weak human could dodge its full-force attack.

It let out an angry roar, and its scorpion tail, like black lightning, struck towards Huo Yuhao's back from an incredibly tricky angle!

That was its innate divine skill, Evil God Stab!

"Watch out behind you!" Jiang Nannan blurted out a warning.

Huo Yuhao, however, acted as if he had eyes in the back of his head; he didn't even turn around, leaning forward in an incredible posture.

At the same time, he exerted force with his feet, his whole body sliding across the ground as if he had no bones.

The small space where the scorpion tail stabbed even distorted slightly due to the extreme power, but it still didn't even touch the corner of Huo Yuhao's clothes.

Two consecutive attacks missing completely enraged this overlord of the forest.

"Roar!"

It roared at the sky, and the black lightning on its body flared brightly!

Countless Dark Demonic Evil Lightning bolts, like black raindrops, bombarded towards Huo Yuhao, covering the sky and earth!

This was an area-of-effect attack, unavoidable!

"Yuhao!" Wang Qiuer's heart tightened.

However, Huo Yuhao still did not choose to face it head-on.

His figure began a peculiar evasion amidst the dense black lightning.

Every step he took was in the gaps between the lightning bolts, and every twist of his body perfectly dodged the fatal attacks.

He was like the most brilliant dancer, dancing an elegant and thrilling dance in that web of lightning composed of death and destruction.

In just a few short seconds, hundreds of Dark Demonic Evil Lightning bolts did not hit him once!

"This... how is this possible?!" Tang Ya was dumbfounded.

She couldn't understand how Huo Yuhao had done it.

That was simply not something a Spirit Master, or even a human, could do!

Only Huo Yuhao knew that this was entirely due to his terrifying Mental Energy, which had already reached the peak of the Spiritual Domain realm, and the bug-like insight and predictive ability of Spiritual Detection.

Within the range of Spiritual Detection, every attack from the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger had a clear trajectory and path in his eyes.

All he had to do was make evasive maneuvers in advance.

It looked extremely thrilling, but in reality, everything was under control.

"Enough playing."

Huo Yuhao said softly.

He couldn't drag this out any longer; the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger's commotion was too big and would soon attract other unnecessary trouble.

Just as the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger, furious from repeatedly missing its attacks, was preparing to launch an even more powerful attack, Huo Yuhao took the initiative to strike.

His method of attack was simple and unadorned.

He simply raised his head, and his glowing eyes met the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger's eyes, which were filled with tyranny and evil.

Spiritual Shock!

"Hum!"

A Mental Energy, yet vast as the sea, transformed into an invisible spike and fiercely stabbed into the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger's Spiritual Sea!

"Awoo!"

The Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger let out a shrill scream, the sound filled with pain and terror.

It felt as if its head were about to be torn apart!

Its massive body also stiffened for a moment due to this intense pain.

When experts clash, the outcome is decided in an instant!

Now is the time!

Huo Yuhao's figure moved.

His first spirit ring, that seemingly plain white spirit ring, lit up.

His right hand was already covered in a layer of fine, diamond-like ice crystals before anyone noticed.

The aura of Ultimate Ice flashed and disappeared!

His body, like an arrow off the string, instantly crossed the ten-meter distance and appeared in front of the stiffened Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger.

Then, he struck with his palm, gently imprinting it on the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger's forehead, right on that evil "Evil" character.

This palm strike made no sound.

But the power of Ultimate Ice, mixed with the necromantic power specifically targeting the soul taught by Electrolux, instantly surged into the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger's body.

The Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger's massive body trembled violently.

The tyranny and madness in its eyes receded like a tide, replaced by endless fear and... submission.

Its power, capable of tearing apart Divine Souls, was completely detonated within its Spiritual Sea.

"Bang."

The nine-thousand-year Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger fell straight to the ground just like that, its life force rapidly fading away.

Huo Yuhao stood beside its carcass and slowly exhaled.

The entire process, from the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger's appearance to its collapse, added up to less than a minute.

Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan were completely petrified.

Their brains were completely in a state of shutdown.

A... seven-and-a-half-year-old child, with only one ten-year spirit ring, killed a seemingly terrifying Spirit Beast nearing ten thousand years in one move?

Was there something wrong with this World?

Wang Qiuer and Gu Yuena looked at each other, both seeing a trace of approval in the other's eyes.

They knew that Huo Yuhao hadn't used brute force, but technique, that Mental Energy far beyond ordinary people's imagination, and a terrifyingly precise grasp of combat opportunities.

"Elder Yi, we can begin." Huo Yuhao said in his heart.

[Hmm, get ready, its soul is very stubborn, it might be a bit painful.]

Huo Yuhao sat cross-legged and placed his hands on the top of the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger's head.

He began to circulate the "Soul Resonance Technique", and at the same time, Electrolux's necromantic magic began to guide it.

A purple spirit ring slowly emerged from the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger's carcass.

At the same time, a phantom, mini Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger shadow was also pulled out of the carcass by an invisible force.

The light shadow let out a silent roar, seemingly putting up a final resistance.

But Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Sea was its cage.

The moment it was sucked in, the Tianmeng Iceworm, coiled in the Spiritual Sea, lazily opened its eyes and yawned.

A soul pressure belonging to a million-year Spirit Beast instantly suppressed this little tiger's soul into submission.

Coupled with Electrolux's pressure belonging to divine consciousness.

The Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger's pitiful resistance instantly crumbled, and it obediently signed an equal Soul Spirit contract with Huo Yuhao's soul.

Outside, that purple thousand-year spirit ring merged into Huo Yuhao's body.

His Soul Power began to climb at an astonishing speed!

Level 25... Level 26... Level 27!

In one go, he rose three levels!

When he opened his eyes again, there was an additional deep purple spirit ring at his feet.

spirit ring configuration: White, Purple.

Although it still looked strange, it was much more normal than having only one ten-year spirit ring.

At the same time, a massive stream of information flooded into his mind.

All of the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger's skills—Time Reversal, Dark Demonic Evil Lightning, Evil God Claw, Shadow Escape, Evil God Protection, Space Tear, Evil God Stab... could all be used by him through the Soul Spirit method!

Even that heaven-defying Evil God Domain!

What surprised Huo Yuhao even more was that a jet-black Spirit Bone slowly emerged from the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger's left leg.

Left Leg Bone!

When Huo Yuhao's hand touched it, the Spirit Bone instantly turned into a stream of light and merged into his left leg.

An incomparably overbearing, yet also incomparably insidious skill appeared in his mind.

Evil God Stab!

Activated by the Spirit Bone, it would create a black hole, suck the opponent into an alternate space, force the opponent's age to reverse to a juvenile state, and then engage in a fight to the death!

Huo Yuhao's mouth couldn't help but curl up slightly.

This skill... was simply tailor-made for someone like him who liked to challenge those of higher levels!

"Are... are you okay?"

Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan cautiously approached, looking at Huo Yuhao as if they were looking at a monster.

"I'm fine." Huo Yuhao stood up and stretched his body, "And I even got a pretty good Spirit Bone."

"Gulp."

Tang Ya swallowed hard.

From this day on, she and Jiang Nannan never complained about Wang Qiuer's training again.

They finally understood completely just how big the gap was between themselves and these "monsters".

If they didn't work hard, they probably wouldn't even have the qualifications to cheer for their benefactor in the future.

And Wang Qiuer, after observing them spar one more time, finally gave her latest evaluation.

"Hmm... barely watchable."

Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan, upon receiving this evaluation, almost cried with joy.

Having left the range of the Star Dou Great Forest, the subsequent journey became much smoother.

They hired a spacious carriage and traveled leisurely for another five days.

On this day, when the carriage crested a hill, a majestic, massive city filled with a sense of historical weight finally appeared in everyone's view.

On the towering city walls, a lifelike, hideous, and peculiar monster head was carved.

Shrek City!

Everyone subconsciously let out a sigh of relief; the fatigue of the long journey seemed to dissipate significantly the moment they saw this city.

Huo Yuhao stood at the front of the carriage, and the coachman, having a good eye for things, gave up his seat to him.

He looked at the city, both familiar and strange, against the wind, his heart filled with a myriad of emotions.

He was back.

In his previous life, when he arrived here, he was a helpless youth filled with confusion and hatred.

And in this life...

He glanced into the carriage at Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan, who were curiously looking outside.

Then he looked beside him at Gu Yuena and Wang Qiuer, who were standing on his left and right like peerless beauties.

Everything had become different.

Shrek Academy's enrollment was in three days.

In this life, he would step into that academy known as the cradle of monsters with a completely different stance.