Douluo Continent, Huo Yuhao who returned from Sekiro

Chapter 199 The Auspicious Beast Was Short-Lived (Daily Excerpt)

Fortunately, the little beast didn't notice Huo Yuhao's presence. After sniffing around, it left without even glancing up at Huo Yuhao, who was hiding in the treetop. Instead, it let out another excited howl and headed towards the twin cyclops.

Huo Yuhao breathed a sigh of relief. In just one day, he had first encountered the twin Cyclopes, each possessing both light and dark attributes, in the mixed zone, and then...

What's the name of this golden-haired lion?

Huo Yuhao asked Qian Daoliu and Tianmeng Ice Silkworm in his spiritual sea with some curiosity.

"Golden Lion."

When Tianmeng Ice Silkworm heard the nickname Huo Yuhao had given the other party, it couldn't help but chuckle.

"It's called the Three-Eyed Golden Lion. I never expected you to encounter it. Don't be fooled by its mere ten thousand years of cultivation; its strength is astounding. Even most titled cultivators would have a headache if they encountered it. It possesses the dual extreme attributes of ultimate fire and ultimate light."

Be nice.

Huo Yuhao now understood why Qian Daoliu said the Three-Eyed Golden Lion was a perfect match for the Angel Martial Soul. The main attribute of the Six-Winged Holy Angel Martial Soul is light, and the secondary attribute is fire. Both of these attributes are extreme. In addition, the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul also has a bit of wind attribute, making it the true ruler of the sky.

If a martial soul with these attributes could absorb a three-eyed golden lion with the attributes of ultimate fire and ultimate light, how strong would the improvement effect be for that soul master?

Thinking of this, Huo Yuhao couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth slightly.

When the Spirit Hall was destroyed, the happiest person must have been the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, right?

After all, the only ones in the world who want to hunt down the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and have the ability to do so are probably the group of Soul Masters with Angelic Souls in the Spirit Hall. With the Spirit Hall gone, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion has truly lost a Damocles' sword hanging over its head.

But so what if they have two extreme attributes? The Twin Cyclops are still soul beasts with both light and dark attributes, and they are still being chased and devoured. If having more attributes alone could make them be spontaneously protected by all soul beasts, then the current king of the Star Dou Forest should be the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger recorded in ancient books.

After all, according to records, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger possesses five major attributes: extreme darkness, time, space, lightning, and wind. However, according to Huo Yuhao's understanding, the last Dark Demon Evil God Tiger appeared ten thousand years ago, and it was the Sea God Tang San, one of the original Shrek Seven Devils, who killed it.

Seemingly sensing Huo Yuhao's doubts, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm twisted its body slightly and explained, "The Three-Eyed Golden Lion's strength lies not only in its dual extreme attributes, but also in its unique characteristics."

"The Three-Eyed Golden Lion is an ancient auspicious beast. In ancient times, we soul beasts ruled the continent, and any auspicious beast that appeared was revered as an emperor. Therefore, auspicious beasts are also known as imperial auspicious beasts."

"On the entire continent, there can never be two auspicious beasts at the same time. In other words, the three-eyed golden lion you just saw should be the only auspicious beast on the continent."

"In the habitat of auspicious beasts, all soul beasts grow at twice the normal speed, and the chance of a 100,000-year-old soul beast breaking through its bottleneck is doubled."

At this point, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm rolled its body and said, "Speaking of which, if it weren't for this auspicious beast in the Star Dou Forest, I might have reached the end of my lifespan due to divine punishment the moment I broke through the million-year mark, and I might not have even been able to wait for you to come to the Star Dou Forest and become your intelligent soul ring."

So, Tianmeng and he still owe that three-eyed golden lion a favor?

Huo Yuhao couldn't help but feel a little strange. This was an exclamation about the wonder of fate. Fate was like a series of unobservable threads that connected everyone. If Tianmeng Ice Silkworm hadn't brought it up, Huo Yuhao would never have known that he had interacted with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion many years ago.

"Brother Meng, don't we still owe that three-eyed golden lion a favor from that day?"

Huo Yuhao's words almost made Tianmeng Ice Silkworm jump up: "Have you forgotten when I was surrounded by these soul beasts in Star Dou Forest? Back then, this little thing was the loudest, trying to gnaw on my head, saying that although my head wasn't of the light attribute, it was cool and refreshing, so it could be eaten as dessert!"

Hearing Tianmeng's complaints, Huo Yuhao realized that she had such a grudge against the auspicious beast, and couldn't help but find it a little funny.

"Then, Brother Tianmeng, are auspicious beasts short-lived? Why is this auspicious beast only 15,000 years old? Where did all those ancient auspicious beasts you mentioned go?"

At this point, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm seemed quite pleased with itself.

"You don't know this, but there's an old saying in your human world: a doctor cannot heal himself. Auspicious beasts are similar. Although auspicious beasts can increase the probability of other soul beasts surviving their heavenly tribulations, they are helpless against their own heavenly tribulations. Ninety-nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine years is the limit for an auspicious beast."

Huo Yuhao naturally understood why Tianmeng Ice Silkworm was so proud. At least in terms of lifespan, Tianmeng was probably ten times longer than the auspicious beast. In its eyes, the auspicious beast was truly a short-lived ghost.

"Of course, not all auspicious beasts die under the heavenly tribulation. After you humans appeared, it became very difficult for auspicious beasts in the Douluo Continent to die of old age."

"Um?"

Huo Yuhao let out a soft exclamation. Why was that? Didn't Elder Qian just say that even when he was at level ninety-nine, he didn't dare to hunt that auspicious beast that only had five thousand years of cultivation back then?

Just then, Qian Daoliu's explanation rang out at the perfect moment.

"The groups of Soul Masters and Soul Beasts are very contradictory. Yuhao, when there are no human Soul Masters who reach level 100 and become gods in Douluo Continent, we and the Soul Beast world will be in a delicate balance. We both have the ability to perish together, so neither of us will challenge the other's bottom line. Auspicious Beasts are the bottom line for Soul Beasts."

"But when a level 100 Soul Master becomes a god, this delicate balance will be instantly broken."

"The bottom line of the soul beasts will automatically be lowered. Let the auspicious beast die, it doesn't matter. Anyway, it may reappear at any time. At the same time, soul masters still need the soul rings produced by soul beasts to continue to improve. So the two sides will enter a new balance."

After Qian Daoliu explained it this way, Huo Yuhao understood the reason. Yes, soul beasts can break away from soul masters and go it alone, but there has never been a god-level powerhouse among them. At best, they can only keep each of the ninety-nine level Limit Douluo of the Spirit Hall in check.

While god-level powerhouses emerge in the human world at a rapid pace, the Soul Master community cannot grow independently of Soul Beasts. Therefore, even if god-level powerhouses appear, they would not choose to wipe out all Soul Beasts, thus doing something as unethical as biting the hand that feeds them.

Therefore, even if a god-level powerhouse appears on the human side, it is impossible for them to directly wipe out the soul beast race. At most, they can only give the soul beasts a warning and kill a mythical beast to make an example of them.

(End of this chapter)