Reborn as Huo Yuhao, but also in Battle Through the Heavens

Chapter 12 Entering the Monster Mountain Range

Enter the Monster Mountain Range.

Although it was early morning, the weather was already quite warm. Huo Yuhao and his companions walked along a forest path, the unique sweet and pungent smell of the mountain forest filling their nostrils.

"Now that we've arrived at the Monster Mountain Range, your combat training can begin. I won't intervene unless there's immediate danger to your lives. Even if you only encounter a Tier 1 monster, Yuhao, you are not allowed to intervene," Yao Chen suddenly emerged from the Ancient Flame Ring and gave these instructions.

Little Fairy Doctor was startled by the sudden appearance of the spirit. "Ah! A ghost!"

Upon hearing this, Yao Chen revealed a sinister smile, manipulating his mental power to simulate a face covered in blood. "Hehehe, I died a horrible death! You little brat, you'd better let me devour you!"

"Ah! Don't eat me! I'm poisonous!" Little Fairy Doctor cried out in terror, grabbing Huo Yuhao's hand and trying to run away. "Brother Yuhao, let's run!"

Huo Yuhao was speechless. "Teacher, please stop joking."

"Teacher?"

"Hehe, I'm their teacher." Seeing that his target was startled by his success, Yao Chen dispelled the simulation and revealed a satisfied smile.

"Ah, hello teacher!"

"Hehe!" Yao Chen chuckled, stealing a glance at Huo Yuhao's amusing expression, and said, "You can call him that too."

Seeing this, Xiao Yan was displeased: "This old man clearly absorbed my Dou Qi for a year before accepting me as his disciple!"

……

The sun was slowly getting hotter, and the dappled sunlight piercing through the tree canopy was already quite dazzling. Hearing the occasional roars of beasts around him, Huo Yuhao's eyes gleamed with golden light. He had already activated his mental detection, keeping a close eye on Little Fairy Doctor, who was leading the way, and Xiao Yan, who was lagging behind.

Yao Chen's earlier statement, "Don't act unless there's a life-threatening danger," had truly made Huo Yuhao sweat. An image of a scruffy old man with a chicken leg and a gourd of wine involuntarily flashed through his mind. Therefore, even after walking for several hours, Huo Yuhao dared not relax, suppressing the stinging pain in his mental sea and maintaining full mental detection at all times.

"Achoo! Achoo!" Yao Chen, who was hiding, sneezed several times in a row. He was unaware that he had just suffered the most vicious insult of his life. He rubbed his nose and focused intently on his disciples.

"Hey, can you guys slow down a bit?!"

As the temperature in the forest rose, sweat dripped down Xiao Yan's body. Due to the pressure of the Xuan Heavy Ruler, every step he took sank deep into the soil, and he gradually fell behind Huo Yuhao and Little Fairy Doctor.

"It's already noon, let's take a rest first. It would be troublesome if we didn't have the strength if danger came."

Huo Yuhao and Little Fairy Doctor stopped, waiting for Xiao Yan to finally inch his way over. Xiao Yan then lay down directly in front of them. Little Fairy Doctor looked at Xiao Yan, who was sprawled on the ground, and asked curiously, "Why are you carrying a coffin?"

Xiao Yan did not answer. Apart from panting, his brain was no longer able to issue a second command.

Once Xiao Yan had caught his breath, Huo Yuhao took out a Qi-restoring pill from his storage ring. After Xiao Yan swallowed the pill and regained his energy, Huo Yuhao took out a water bottle and some dry rations and distributed them to the others.

After briefly sensing Xiao Yan's recovered Dou Qi, Huo Yuhao said to him, "This Xuan Heavy Ruler is truly amazing. Originally, because of your cultivation method, your progress would have been very slow, but now you've made considerable progress."

"You like it? Why don't you carry it?"

Huo Yuhao looked at Xiao Yan, who was full of resentment, and said jokingly, "I can carry you, but you'll probably only be able to be the younger brother from now on."

"Pshaw! You wish!"

Amidst continuous laughter and chatter, the group recovered and were just about to set off when Huo Yuhao suddenly asked Little Fairy Doctor a question.

"Do the mercenaries from Qingshan Town only take this one route into the mountains?"

"No, apart from our Wan Yao Zhai which has a fixed route, the other mercenaries are all random. What's wrong?"

"It's nothing." Huo Yuhao didn't intend to explain for the time being, but simply slowed down so that Xiao Yan could keep up.

After resting, Xiao Yan and Little Fairy Doctor were both relaxed. Just as Xiao Yan was about to complain that there weren't many magical beasts in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, the magical beast he had been longing for appeared in Huo Yuhao's mental detection.

This magical beast was only at the second tier level. Huo Yuhao thought about it and figured that Xiao Yan would likely have a hard time dealing with it, so he took out a one-meter-long single-handed knife from his ring.

This was crafted by Huo Yuhao after he mastered the art of weapon crafting and purchased a considerable amount of metal and gemstones from the Mittel Auction House. He had originally intended to use these materials to create a second-grade spiritual weapon, but unfortunately, he was limited by the Qi Gathering Spiritual Patterns and was unable to achieve his goal.

"Danger! A second-tier magical beast!" Upon hearing Huo Yuhao's voice, Xiao Yan and Little Fairy Doctor stopped and nervously looked around. Xiao Yan took the Xuan Heavy Ruler off his back, and Little Fairy Doctor also took out several medicine bottles.

Soon, rustling sounds arose from all around, making it impossible to discern their direction. In the blind spot of the three, a giant snake opened its massive jaws, instantly condensing a chilling white energy, which it aimed at the leader. This was its innate ability, gained upon reaching the second tier; any opponent struck by this icy light, even those of the same tier, would be instantly frozen into ice.

Just when it thought it had succeeded, Huo Yuhao, the target of the attack, seemed to have eyes in the back of his head. He slashed out with a blade of light, shattering the energy beam spewed out by the giant snake.

After arriving on the Dou Qi Continent, Huo Yuhao spent a year training in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, where he had already encountered many magical beasts. Although these magical beasts didn't possess the unreasonable soul skills of some soul beasts on the Douluo Continent, they were even more treacherous. Even some low-level magical beasts possessed a high level of intelligence.

The magical beast before them was a Crimson Ice Serpent, a second-tier ice-attribute magical beast. Just as Huo Yuhao was about to attack, Xiao Yan charged forward, wielding the Xuan Heavy Ruler.

"You ice-attribute bastard, take this!"

The Crimson Ice Serpent's determined attack was blocked. Be alert, it was about to retreat when it saw a small insect, only a one-star Dou Zhe, rushing towards it. Enraged, it bit the Xuan Heavy Ruler and swung its upper body forcefully, sending Xiao Yan flying into the air.

Upon seeing this, Huo Yuhao's expression changed. He stomped his legs repeatedly, and a series of compressed air sounds rang out. Almost instantly, his body appeared on the head of the Crimson Ice Serpent. He mobilized his battle qi, channeled it into his longsword, and thrust it down forcefully. As the battle qi was injected, the spirit patterns on the longsword lit up, and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth surged in. An icy blue blade shadow enveloped the blade, piercing through the Crimson Ice Serpent's scales and penetrating its brain.

"hiss--"

Before Little Fairy Doctor could even throw out her medicine bottle, the battle was essentially over. Huo Yuhao leaped away from the snake's head, ignoring the Crimson Ice Serpent that was rearing up and emitting a deathly cry. He expanded his mental energy into the air, locking onto Xiao Yan's location, and shouted, "Teacher!"

"Get out of the way!"

With his hands gripping the Xuan Heavy Ruler, Xiao Yan descended headfirst at incredible speed. Seeing Little Fairy Doctor and Huo Yuhao dodge past the Crimson Ice Serpent, Xiao Yan breathed a sigh of relief. Instantly, he activated his Qi Control Technique, causing his body to spin rapidly, like a drill heading straight for the Crimson Ice Serpent.

"Whirlwind Mysterious Heavy Ruler!"

The dying Crimson Ice Serpent stood upright as Xiao Yan drilled into it from head to tail, causing its entire body to explode instantly.

Xiao Yan landed on one knee, one hand supporting the Xuan Heavy Ruler. Just as he was about to show off, a wave of dizziness hit him, and a surge of evil energy rose from his lower abdomen and rushed straight to his throat.

"vomit!"

After checking that Xiao Yan was not missing any limbs, Huo Yuhao breathed a sigh of relief, then gave Xiao Yan a light tap on the head to relieve his dizziness.

"Ouch!" Xiao Yan said somewhat embarrassedly after vomiting up his breakfast. "Um—I really couldn't help it. I won't be so impulsive next time!"

You want a next time?! Huo Yuhao narrowed his eyes, took out a bottle of medicine from his storage ring, and handed it to Xiao Yan.

"For concentrating the mind and replenishing energy."

"You've finished the Qi-restoring pills?" Xiao Yan asked, puzzled, but without thinking much of it, he took the bottle and poured it into his mouth.

"Didn't you think that move I just made was cool?" Xiao Yan was about to show off when he suddenly clutched his stomach and rushed towards the bushes.

"Huo Yuhao! Why are all your medicines like this?!"