Chapter 23: Dog Blood Storyline

  Having been ambushed once, Huo Hai began to pay attention to threats from the trees. The Star Nematodes that split up to scout out the road would not only observe their surroundings but also take note of what was above them in the trees.

  Without the permission of Huo Hai, these star worms would not eat anything indiscriminately. Although their stomachs are very large, in fact, they have a strong resistance to hunger and can survive for several months without eating. If they don't digest all the food they ate before and use it to strengthen themselves, they can even go for years without eating or drinking and still be able to survive.

  The survival problem of the star gu, Huo Hai never worries about it, unlike Xiao Jin, who has to eat something every few days. Huo Hai has not yet reached the level where he can use his own spiritual power to replace food and feed the gu worm.

  Proceed with caution all the way forward. The numerous star moths are all Ho Hai's eyes and ears. Constantly searching for items or probing enemy intelligence, there is no one more formidable than Ho Hai in the entire Nan Shan forest.

  It's just a small bug, and even if others see it, they won't pay attention. Who would have thought that such a small beetle could be a dangerous murder weapon? The deeper he went into the forest, the more messages Ho Hai received from Xing Huan, all of which were about the card.

  Point cards, this is what Hua Haitian deliberately asked for, Xing Huang won't eat. After discovering, it's not directly reporting to Hua Hai, but several together, bringing the card back. The power of Xing Huang is very strong, and its flight ability is extremely powerful. A small card doesn't count as anything. After the first day passed, Hua Hai counted and found that he had collected nearly a hundred cards in his hand.

  "A day's collection of cards and I'll be qualified to enter the Imperial City Academy, I wonder if others have this ability to achieve this." Huo Hai was very satisfied with his own collecting ability, these cards were all picked up for free.

  That night, just as Hao Hai was about to rest, he finally found the first Spiritual Beast. "Bolt Lightning Mouse, we meet again, heh heh, the grudge from before should be repaid now." This Spiritual Beast was precisely the Bolt Lightning Mouse that only had a Spiritual Blood Boundary.

  Huò Hǎi's soul was fully merged, and he had no essential difference with Huò Hǎi in this world. Seeing his enemy, the hatred from the depths of his soul made Huò Hǎi unwilling to let go of these things. With a stir in his heart, several star wasps flew out immediately.

  "Zhi... zhi..." The Thunder Mouse was the mortal enemy of the Star Wasp. A large amount of light flashed by, and the Star Wasp landed on the Thunder Mouse's body, starting to gnaw at it. The Thunder Mouse, in unbearable pain, could only release lightning and roll around on the ground, unable to do anything else. After a moment, it was bitten to death by the Star Wasp. Things killed by the Star Wasp were not something that Huo Hai would use as food.

  "Huh, the consumption is so great, could it be because of the spiritual power attack. So that's how it is, it seems like I need to be careful when using the Star Gu later." Huo Hai felt the information transmitted from the Star Gu and understood that the previous attack wasn't useless after all.

  Xīng Huì normally eats a large amount of things, but it's not entirely for self-improvement. After all, it's a Gu worm, there isn't much room for improvement.

  So many things, after being digested, will transform into a special kind of energy. The residue will be spat out and cleared away when Huo Hai is not paying attention. This energy is the precious resource that heals wounds and even resists hunger in daily life.

  Normally, when receiving physical attacks, Xing Huang can only use his body to withstand them. Of course, Xing Huang's physical hardness is also very high. However, when facing spiritual attacks, or even attribute attacks formed by spiritual power, physical hardness becomes useless. What Xing Huang uses to resist lightning is entirely his own spiritual power. That's right, having been nurtured by spiritual power, Xing Huang himself also possesses a certain amount of spiritual power.

  Moreover, with its own characteristics being very similar, these spiritual powers form an exceptionally hard shell. The consumption of thunder and lightning will transform the stored power into recovery from consumption. Just that one strike earlier had consumed nearly half of the Star Nailing Puppets' internal powers.

  "In the future, when killing these spiritual beasts with special attributes, you must strike to kill in one hit and not give them a chance to resist." Huo Hai carefully remembered this lesson. Learning it now is better than having problems at a critical moment of life and death.

  At night, Huo Hai had no experience and could only release the Star Gu. On the one hand, he was on high alert for his surroundings, lest he be ambushed by others at night. On the other hand, it was also to let the Star Gu eat all the insects that approached him. There was no tent, nor any other outdoor survival tools. This night, Huo Hai didn't sleep a wink in the first half of the night.

  Today's events were just too many. For the first time, someone ambushed me, and someone wanted to kill me. I killed for the first time, and even ambushed two people. Found the Thunder Mouse to avenge myself, although it wasn't the one from before.

  Even the first time living in the wilderness, everything made Huo Hai, a soul from another realm, feel very unadapted. In a daze, it wasn't until the second half of the night that Huo Hai finally fell asleep. This sleep lasted till dawn.

  No one came to disturb, even the insects were eaten clean by the star worms. Maybe among the people camping in the wild, he was the happiest one. Early in the morning, Huo Hai woke up and shook his head. "Right, there should be a card in the Burrowing Mouse's den yesterday." Huo Hai widened his eyes, how could he forget this thing?

  People from Huang Cheng Academy arrived at Nan Shan, but they set up after sealing the mountain for a long time. And it was also explicitly stated that the more dangerous, the greater the benefits to be gained. Ben Lei Mouse, isn't that dangerous enough?

  It may not be a big deal to itself, but the Thunder Mouse is a spiritual boundary beast that can use thunder and lightning with its spiritual blood. Its body is not large, but it is very fast, and if others encounter it, they will definitely not be able to dodge it easily, which is already quite dangerous.

  Huo Hai muttered to himself as he opened the nest of the Thunder Mouse. Sure enough, inside, he found over a hundred cards. This one harvest was more than what he had gained from the entire previous day. "It seems that in order to gain a huge harvest, the best method is to hunt high-level spiritual beasts. Heh heh, this time, I must earn enough points."

  With momentum, Huo Hai felt light and easy as he walked. Since he didn't have to use his own hands, he might as well eat while walking. This skill of eating while walking was something he had honed since his school days.

  "Wait, what's that sound of fighting? Could it be another assassination attempt?" Huo Hai suddenly heard a voice, this time it was his own, and Xing Huang hadn't run too far away. Huo Hai's curiosity grew, and he cautiously approached the source of the sound.

  The closer they got, the clearer the sound of fighting became. The situation was chaotic, and Xing Huang couldn't give Hao Hai any clear information; everything had to be seen with his own eyes. All Xing Huang could tell Hao Hai was that there were people fighting here. Moreover, it was two groups of people, mutually entangled in battle. Hao Hai approached cautiously, and with his current cultivation level, as long as he was a bit careful, he wouldn't be discovered by anyone.

  "This can't be so cliché, yet I've encountered this kind of plot." After taking a clear look at the situation below, Huo Hai didn't know how he should react. This was clearly not an ambush, but rather they had run into each other.

  Two groups of people, should all be members of a large family, one group is indeed the He family's people, but this person Ho Hai does not recognize. It can only be distinguished from their clothes that these people belong to the He family. The He family has many teams, but it's not just one or two branches.

  Another team, I don't know who it was. Because all the people were killed clean. No, there is still a strand of life, desperately resisting, and it's a beauty. That's why Ho Hai would feel dog blood.

  "Two groups of people fought each other to the death, and in the end, only a beautiful woman was left. It seems that I'm supposed to play the hero and rescue her. You guys are really professional, just as I arrived, you've all died cleanly, not one person left behind. If these people were here to abduct civilians, it would be even more troublesome." Huo Hai commented while thinking to himself whether he should go help or not.

  Suddenly, a young man with a lewd face jumped out of the He family's team. His handsome face was completely ruined by this lewdness. "Haha, Ji Mengji big sister, I didn't expect to meet you here."

  Ji Mu shot him a cold glance, snorted: "He Wang, you bring so many people to attack me, what do you want to do? Hurry up and withdraw, otherwise, once I get out, I will not let you off easy." The He family had many children, naturally not every one of them received attention. This He Wang was the third son of the He family, but not the son of the head of the household, could only be considered a legitimate child.

  He didn't think He would be so unlearned and useless, yet he spent his days idling about, not doing anything good, with a terrible reputation. Unexpectedly, this time he came in, he actually brought so many people, even daring to ambush himself. Ji Mu wanted to use words to scare him off.

  Heh, since it's already been done, there's no need to be afraid: "Haha, I'm not afraid of these things. You're such a noble and lofty young lady, normally you probably don't even have the thought of looking at us common people, who knows if you'll take a liking later?"

  The crowd surrounded Ji Mu in the middle, and the noise grew louder. Ji Mu's face turned iron-gray, this bastard wanted to do what, she had already thought of it. "You shameless scoundrel, I won't let you succeed. If you let me go now, I'll still give you some reward."

  He Fan snorted and said disdainfully, "Repaying kindness? Ha! What repayment can compare to you being the young mistress of our He family? As long as we become a couple, from then on, you'll be one of us. When the time comes, even if your father were to say something, he wouldn't dare to lose face." He Fan felt like everything was under his control now.

  In fact, Ji Mu himself was only after her beauty. But the Ji family behind her was different, as one of the top families in the Western Border. Once he married her, with the help of his family's power, it would be easier for him to gain power in the family struggle.

  The master of the house, Ji Mai, is now too powerful, suppressing these collateral branches and even other direct descendants, making it hard for them to turn over. This time, He Wang's encounter was not accidental, but rather he had sent someone to keep an eye on Ji Muo's team from the moment they entered. When no one was around, he made his move. Without any unexpected events, He Wang has already secured a sure win.