Douluo Continent: Angel Saint Huo Yuhao

Chapter 150 Favor
Deep within the dense forest, nestled among the stars.

"Three lives—"

With a long, drawn-out roar, a seemingly petite and weak figure leaped out of the forest.

There was no dazzling brilliance, nor any soul power fluctuations that sent shivers down one's spine; all that remained was a deafening roar that crashed down from the sky…

"...The Soul-Suppressing Cauldron!!"

A powerful shockwave erupted as the angry roar landed, causing the ground within a radius of tens of meters to tremble violently under the force of the attack.

Beneath the heavy cauldron, the soil churned and then roared amidst the dark golden light.

A colossal bear, its lower body buried deep in the soil, was seen carrying a giant cauldron on its shoulder, and it unleashed a golden ball of light brimming with terrifying energy as it turned its paws upwards.

With just a single, fully charged strike of his soul power, he blasted away the heavy, black cauldron that was pressing down on him, leaving a dark golden bear claw mark on the cauldron's wildly vibrating walls.

"Qiang!"

The giant cauldron, which had been flying more than ten meters away, disintegrated with a sound. Then, under Xiao Xiao's flick of his finger, which was suspended in the air, he forcefully grabbed the two cauldrons and threw them from back to front, creating two loud whooshing sounds as they broke through the air.

With the energy exchanged, Xiao Xiao's petite body was sent flying backward like an arrow under the Crane Controlling Dragon Capture technique. She flipped over and stepped on the third Soul Suppressing Cauldron to stop herself, shouting, "Wang Dong!"

"clear--"

A radiant figure appeared in response, descending from the sky. The light blades folded from its wings swirled and twisted into a cross shape, striking directly at the giant bear below: "Butterfly Light Cross Slash!"

"Roar!"

Faced with this life-threatening, powerful attack, the giant bear, its legs trapped in the mud, roared in panic and no longer held back. The dark golden light covering its right paw converged into the shape of a sharp blade.

Just as it was about to swing its claws, Xiao Xiao, who had retreated to a distance, stretched out her hands towards it. The Soul-Suppressing Cauldrons that had flown to its sides slammed down from both sides the instant Xiao Xiao clasped her hands together.

"The cauldron trembled!"

As the heavy cauldron carrying dangerous energy surged towards them, the giant bear instinctively stretched out its two claws to block to the sides, but its arms were trapped by the strange suction force on the cauldron's walls, and the soul power gathered at the tips of its claws was also scattered by the ripples.

"…roar?"

The giant bear, feeling all its skills fall silent, spoke in bewilderment, twitching its stretched-out arms, and then looked up at the approaching cross-shaped light slash.

"--roar?!"

With a mournful howl filled with resentment and confusion, the massive Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear took a blow head-on that would make even a Soul Emperor pale. It collapsed to the ground, its upper body charred black, revealing a deep, bone-deep wound on its head.

"That's a tough thing."

Wang Dong, panting heavily with more than half of his soul power depleted, kicked the unconscious head of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear: "It's still breathing! Its defense is ridiculously strong!"

She had already pushed the power of that move to its maximum, reaching a level comparable to a Soul Emperor's ten-thousand-year-old Soul Skill, yet she still couldn't kill him in one blow, only leaving a deep wound on his skull.

According to her estimation, she would probably have to wait until her cultivation level reached the peak of the fourth ring before she could hope to completely blast open the head of this soul beast.

"This guy is not only strong in defense..."

Xiao Xiao, catching her breath and still somewhat shaken, walked over, her gaze falling on one side of the forest: "Their attack power is absolutely terrifying!"

There, the towering trees of the entire forest were cut in two with smooth, mirror-like cuts, the surfaces of which still shimmer with golden light to this day.

"Tsk... If that blow had landed squarely, I would have been cut in half."

Xiao Xiao touched the gash on her waist, her face pale. The giant bear had released its skill with almost no charging process.

With a single extension of her right claw, a golden claw over six feet long grew out. Each swing was like a hot knife through butter, instantly cleaving tree trunks and rocks in two. Had she not been meticulous enough to have prepared a cauldron to guard her side beforehand, she would now be dragging her half-body, waiting to die.

She thought that with Wang Dong by her side, she could easily hunt souls like on a vacation and get a suitable fourth soul ring... but it almost turned into a life-or-death battle royale.

'What on earth is happening to the Star Dou Great Forest? Even on its outskirts, we can see these terrifying creatures.'

The two looked up at each other and saw doubt and worry in each other's eyes.

They were able to escape this surprise attack only because of their strength. If an even more troublesome guy had appeared, they would have been buried here.
"Huh? Wait a minute..."

Just as Xiao Xiao was about to find a safe place to rest, Wang Dong reached out and grabbed her: "Since it's already been beaten like this, why don't we take a look at its spirit rings? If they're suitable, we can go straight back today."

"Me? Absorb it?"

Xiao Xiao stared in disbelief, pointing back and forth with her finger: "Judging from its performance just now, its combat power is at least equivalent to a Soul Emperor, and its age is probably over 30,000. Where would I get the physique to absorb that?"

She is still a blank slate, uncorrupted by the soul bone. Although her physique has improved through years of effort, she has not yet reached the level of absorbing across ranks.

Even if you give her a black ring, there's nothing she can do...

"Give it a try~ Didn't you also feel that its soul power fluctuation was very low just now? I guess this guy belongs to one of those powerful races that can cross ranks."

Wang Dong urged her to speak up, as she also wanted to see exactly how many years this guy had lived.

"Okay then..."

Xiao Xiao sighed softly, manipulated the Soul-Suppressing Cauldron to return to one, and then flipped the cauldron over and placed it on the head of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear. She forcefully activated the cauldron's vibration, turning its power inward, but found that the bear's life force was still intact.

After catching his breath, he unleashed another full-power Cauldron Break, finally killing the ridiculously strong soul beast with its double attack.

However, at the very moment the soul beast died before her eyes, Xiao Xiao frowned under a strange fluctuation and looked up at the sky with a blank expression.

For some reason, she's been feeling something brewing above her head lately, as if she's received some kind of divine intervention...

Favor?

As if echoing her thoughts, the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear in front of her, which had completely lost its life force, slumped down on its right arm, from which a faint fluctuation of soul power emanated.

'No way? '

Feeling the fluctuations emanating from the corpse, Xiao Xiao couldn't help but twitch her eyelids slightly, even ignoring the dense purple ring rising from the soul beast's body.

Because there was more than one soul energy fluctuation on the corpse!
"No way? Two soul bones?"

……

"No way?"

In the grand hall filled with intense divine light, the sea god, enveloped in a blue aura, stared with a slight tremor in his eyes at the newly lit star emerging from the mist: "Two stars?"

This is a symbol representing the convergence of fortune and the favor of another dimension, and it is also a core entity that connects the fates of everyone.

But... how can there be two chosen ones in one era!

"Could it be?"

Poseidon's gaze swept over the star that was gradually becoming obscured and invisible, then glanced at the stellar fortune that resonated faintly with the new star, and a burning intensity gradually surged in his pupils: "...It's an Imperial Auspicious Beast!"

(End of this chapter)