Douluo Dalu II: The Peerless Tang Sect

Chapter 112 The Three-Eyed Golden Lion!

Where are you going?

Before the dragon-lion soul beast could speak, Zhu Ziyang heard a domineering female voice, its tone accusatory. His expression changed slightly, realizing that this was something only those with a very deep level of spiritual power could do; at least, his current level of spiritual power was insufficient. The dragon-lion soul beast's words were clearly directed at the Great Star Radiance Unicorn, Luo Xingxi Ya. The reason he could hear it was entirely because he and the Great Star Radiance Unicorn were connected by mind.

"Sigh! How did I end up running into her!" The Great Starry Unicorn didn't answer the Dragon Lion Soul Beast's question, but instead muttered to itself with a rather melancholy air.

"What kind of soul beast is this?" Zhu Ziyang asked curiously.

"Her name is Three-Eyed Golden Lion, a lucky beast of the Star Dou Great Forest, also known as the Emperor Beast," replied the Great Star Radiance Unicorn.

"An auspicious beast!" Zhu Ziyang's heart skipped a beat. He immediately understood the source of the familiarity he felt towards the three-eyed golden lion—it was also an auspicious beast! His possessiveness intensified after learning the three-eyed golden lion's identity, relentlessly tempting and driving him, making him want to devour it, as if swallowing it would bring him immense benefits. Zhu Ziyang forcibly suppressed his desire and asked, "Can you tell me about the origin of this three-eyed golden lion?"

"Hmm." The Great Starry Unicorn nodded and replied, "The Three-Eyed Golden Lion was born only eight thousand years ago. Its birth alarmed all the kings of the Lake of Life, and the Beast God Di Tian even took it into his care, entrusting it to Lady Bi Ji for upbringing. If the Beast God is the emperor of the Star Dou Great Forest, then she is the crown prince. The significance of the imperial auspicious beast to the Star Dou Great Forest is extremely important. Since her birth, the cultivation speed of the soul beasts in Star Dou has doubled, and the bottlenecks they encounter have been reduced by half. In the past five thousand years, more than twenty soul beasts have broken through to the 100,000-year level. Even I was influenced by her to reach the 50,000-year cultivation level."

"Hiss~" Zhu Ziyang couldn't help but gasp, his eyes filled with awe and unease as he looked at the Three-Eyed Golden Lion. He instantly understood the significance of the Three-Eyed Golden Lion to the Star Dou Great Forest; this thing was a deadly time bomb for the human race. He knew about the abilities of auspicious beasts, but he hadn't expected them to be so terrifying.

Its existence has caused the Star Dou Great Forest to grow rapidly in strength, with the number and quality of its soul beasts steadily increasing. It won't be long before it surpasses the human race. The appearance of the first beast tide clearly demonstrates that the strength of the Star Dou Great Forest's soul beasts is already not far behind that of the human race.

To prevent the Soul Beast race of the Star Dou Great Forest from surpassing the human race in strength, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion must be eliminated. However, once the auspicious beast falls, the Star Dou Great Forest will inevitably erupt into chaos. Five ferocious beasts reside within the Star Dou Great Forest, including a Beast King with a cultivation level of 800,000! Currently, no human is its match. If the auspicious beast falls, a fight to the death between the Soul Beasts and the human race will ensue! Even if the human race ultimately wins, it will likely be a pyrrhic victory, with civilization reduced to a mere tenth of its former glory!

This is practically a dead end! Unless a god emerges among the human race before the soul beasts fully rise to power, capable of easily resolving this impasse, the human race and the soul beasts will be forced into a stalemate, with the balance of power shifting dramatically.

However, Zhu Ziyang suddenly realized that the Soul Master world seemed unaware of the auspicious beast that had appeared in the Star Dou Great Forest! As the front line of the human race's defense against the Star Dou Great Forest, Shrek Academy had not noticed the existence of this three-eyed golden lion, or perhaps they had noticed it but no one cared about it.

Zhu Ziyang rubbed his chin, his mind racing.

"Hey, human! How dare you enter the Star Dou Great Forest, riding a Starry Unicorn? Get down and die!" The Three-Eyed Golden Lion was furious that its question had not been answered. Seeing Zhu Ziyang sitting on the back of the Starry Unicorn, its eyes flashed with anger, and it spoke directly.

Her voice was clear and melodious, which greatly surprised Zhu Ziyang. He quickly asked, "Is this auspicious beast already a 100,000-year-old soul beast?"

"No, the auspicious beast's cultivation is only around 15,000 years. It's just that her bloodline is extremely powerful, which is why she can speak human language," the Great Star Radiance Unicorn explained.

"Fifteen thousand years!" Zhu Ziyang suddenly had a wicked thought and said, "Then can you beat her?"

"Please don't have any designs on the auspicious beasts!" The Great Starry Unicorn exclaimed excitedly upon hearing Zhu Ziyang's words. "Auspicious beasts generally stay within the core area, and even when they leave, they are always closely protected by a Beast King!"

"Beast King?!" Zhu Ziyang was startled again and immediately lay down on the back of the Starry Unicorn, carefully looking around.

"Hehehe~ Just like a cowardly human!" Zhu Ziyang's reaction was seen by the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, who immediately burst into laughter, his tone full of mockery and arrogance, and said, "Come and kneel at the feet of this auspicious beast, and I may consider sparing your life."

"Auspicious Beast, please show some respect!" Zhu Ziyang remained silent in the face of the auspicious beast's arrogant attitude. Instead, the Great Starry Unicorn angrily declared, "This is the Child of Light! You cannot be so arrogant towards the Child of Light!"

"Tch~ So what if she's the Child of Light?" The Three-Eyed Golden Lion was extremely disdainful. She was an Imperial Auspicious Beast. From childhood to adulthood, which soul beast around her hadn't treated her with utmost respect? Apart from Uncle Di Tian and Aunt Bi Ji, she looked down on everyone else!

Zhu Ziyang then realized that there was no Beast King around. If there were, it would have already slapped him to death upon seeing him, a human, instead of letting him chatter with the auspicious beast. However, to confirm, he decided to test the waters. He propped himself up and instructed the Great Starry Unicorn, "Ask her if she snuck out."

"Alright." The Great Starry Unicorn didn't understand Zhu Ziyang's meaning, but it didn't refuse his request. After thinking for a moment, it said to the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, "You shouldn't be here. Go back to the Lake of Life!"

"No way!" The Three-Eyed Golden Lion retorted defiantly upon hearing the Great Starry Unicorn's words. "I finally managed to sneak out while the Crimson King was sleeping, I don't want to go back so soon."

The Crimson King, one of the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts, ranked eighth, is a three-headed Crimson Demon Mastiff with 300,000 years of cultivation, and a bodyguard for auspicious beasts.

Upon hearing the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's words, Zhu Ziyang was completely relieved. A wicked smile appeared on his face as he said to the Great Starry Unicorn, "Luo Xingxia, go and teach this guy who dares to offend the Child of Light a lesson."

"This..." The Great Starry Unicorn looked troubled and said, "Respected Child of Light, please do not make things difficult for the auspicious beast, it is very dangerous."

"Don't worry, we'll just give her a beating, we won't really hurt her," Zhu Ziyang said with a smile. This auspicious beast is a brat, we can't vent our anger without giving it a good beating.

"Well... alright." After hesitating for a moment, the Great Starry Unicorn gritted its teeth and agreed. As long as the Child of Light didn't really intend to kill the auspicious beast, there would be no problem. After all, it was the unicorn that made the move. It could just control itself a little, hold back, and drive the auspicious beast away.

After making her decision, the Great Starry Unicorn Luo Xingxia acted without hesitation. Her unicorn shone with golden light, and a wave of energy shot towards the auspicious beast.

"Ah! Damn it, how dare you attack me!" The auspicious beast never expected that a soul beast would dare to attack it in the Star Dou Great Forest. It felt that its dignity had been trampled on and roared angrily. A golden flame spewed from its mouth and collided with the energy wave of the Great Star Radiance Unicorn. The two energies were instantly annihilated.

Zhu Ziyang wasn't idle enough to let the Great Starry Unicorn act alone. This kind of thing needed to be resolved quickly, otherwise, once her parents arrived, it would be too late.

So, he leaped directly from the Great Starry Unicorn, his Silver Right Eye activating instantly, and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion was immediately imprisoned. However, to Zhu Ziyang's surprise, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion was only imprisoned for a moment before immediately recovering. It raised its head, glaring angrily at Zhu Ziyang. Zhu Ziyang had no time to concern himself with why his Silver Right Eye had failed; without hesitation, he released his Heavenly Frost Sacred White Dragon Martial Soul, and the Heavenly Frost Cold Qi activated instantly, this time imprisoning the Three-Eyed Golden Lion without any suspense.

He landed smoothly in front of the three-eyed golden lion's head, looking into its eyes filled with anger, intimidation, and fear, and couldn't help but feel a little smug. Because he hadn't activated it together with his soul bone skill, Zhu Ziyang's soul power consumption was less than two-thirds of his usual amount. He still had enough energy to teach this brat a lesson.

The effect of the Heavenly Frost's chill is to imprison the target's time and space, so Zhu Ziyang has three seconds to both admire the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's expression and teach her a lesson.

Just as Zhu Ziyang was about to make his move, the voice of the Great Starry Unicorn rang out: "Don't go too far."

He reached out and slapped the auspicious beast on the head without hesitation. The beast was furious at the blow, but could do nothing but watch helplessly. Zhu Ziyang slapped it again, this time on the head. The beast's three eyes now held only resentment, not anger.

With one second left, Zhu Ziyang planned to make a quick getaway after finishing his attack. Looking at the single, darting vertical eye on the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's forehead, he suddenly, as if possessed, lowered his head and pressed his own brow against the beast's eye.

This post led to an unexpected turn of events!

The postgraduate entrance exam scores are out, and I passed last year's national cutoff score. I'm devastated...

(End of this chapter)