Douluo Continent: Starting from Awakening the Vermilion Bird Martial Soul

As if he knew he was about to die, he pointed in a direction that was the place where the carriage had fled earlier.

"I have a favor to ask of you: find our young lady and send her back to the Haotian Sect. The entire Haotian Sect will be eternally grateful."

After saying that, before Di Hong could ask anything, he breathed his last.

With a sigh, Di Hong stood up and gave him a slight bow. He hadn't taken it to heart before, but now he understood why these soul beasts were chasing after these people.

The faint fragrance mixed with the stench of blood in the air was specifically designed to lure soul beasts. Clearly, someone had plotted against these people from the Clear Sky Sect. No wonder so many soul beasts appeared on the outskirts of Sunset Forest; apparently, someone had lured them there.

Looking in the direction the carriage had fled, he still hesitated. Logically, he shouldn't have interfered in this matter. Who knew if there was any danger here? So many people from the Haotian Sect had died, including a Soul King. He was only a level 53 Soul King.

Sometimes, if you don't court disaster, you won't get into trouble.

But when he thought of the pleading look in the eyes of that Haotian Sect member before he died, he felt a little embarrassed not to go. Besides, why not take advantage of the Haotian Sect's favor? After all, they were the number one sect in the world.

However, it seems that these people are not all direct disciples of the Haotian Sect; some of them are from collateral branches.

After hesitating for a moment, he made his choice.

After his martial spirit possessed him, he flapped his crimson wings and flew in the direction the carriage had fled. Following the trail, he quickly caught up with the carriage using his flying speed.

Looking down at the carriage, and then at the corpses of Tang Lin and a ghost tiger not far away, they seemed to have died recently. They must have fought to the very end and perished together.

"I'm late?"

The carriage had been destroyed, and there were only two corpses—one human and one animal—around the area.

After landing, he searched around but found no useful clues. Just when he thought the person was dead, he found the broken marks in a bush and also found footprints. Most importantly, he smelled that faint fragrance, the same one he had smelled before.

Following the trail for a while, a few minutes later, he found a sachet lying on the ground.

Picking up the sachet and smelling it, I confirmed that it was the fragrance emanating from the sachet that attracted the soul beast. However, the fragrance was mixed with other spices, and it was impossible to smell it unless you looked closely. But soul beasts are different; their sense of smell is much more acute than that of humans, so they were sure they could smell it.

"Roar!"

The tiger roared in the mountains and forests, startling all the birds into flight.

A tiger's roar reached my ears; though it was quite far away, it was very clear.

Di Hong immediately rushed towards the direction from which the tiger's roar came.

In a cave.

The girl who had been hiding here earlier is now in a sorry state; her well-fitting long dress is torn in many places, and she has several abrasions on her body.

At this point, she had nowhere to run.

Chapter 18 Rescue

The tiger's roar reached her ears, and the girl's body trembled involuntarily. A trace of fear appeared on her delicate and beautiful face, but she had nowhere to escape now.

Looking out of the cave, she saw many wild beasts scattering and fleeing. She knew that a soul beast had found her.

She had never understood why these soul beasts kept chasing them, attacking them from outside Sunset Forest, and then launching a siege on them as if guided once they entered the forest.

Of the team of more than twenty people, he is now the only one left. No one knows what happened to the others, but they are probably all dead.

Now, she may never be able to go back.

At this thought, she couldn't help but shed two lines of tears. If she were a Soul Master, perhaps she wouldn't have suffered this calamity today. Unfortunately, there are no "what ifs" in life.

Outside the cave, a two-hundred-year-old tiger spirit beast was approaching the cave. As it walked, it suddenly stopped and sniffed the air. The enticing fragrance was gone, but it could still smell the scent of humans.

Following the scent, it headed towards the cave.

As the spirit beast drew closer, the girl hiding in the cave trembled uncontrollably. However, after the tiger spirit beast approached the cave, the wind suddenly changed direction. Unable to smell the beast, the tiger spirit beast lingered inside the cave for a while before crawling down at the cave entrance and falling asleep.

The girl hiding in the cave was even more frightened. She dared not move at all until the spirit beast left, and could only silently pray that the spirit beast would leave soon.

The cave was dark and damp, not a place to stay for long.

On the cliff.

Di Hong crossed his arms and looked down.

The sudden change in wind direction caused the tiger-like spirit beast below to lose its target, and the people in the cave were temporarily safe.

"Can't you even deal with a two-hundred-year-old soul beast?"

If they can't even handle a two-hundred-year-old soul beast, the only possibility is that the people in the cave aren't soul masters.

Looking at the sachet in his hand, and considering the other party's identity as a member of the Haotian Sect, he began to try to figure out who the person in the cave really was.

"He comes from the Haotian Sect, is not a Soul Master, and still uses a sachet."

He had a vague idea: the person in the cave must have an extraordinary status within the Haotian Sect to warrant so many people risking their lives to protect her, and she was a woman. There was only one person he could think of.

"Tang Yuehua?"

According to his memory, only Tang Yuehua from the Haotian Sect fit these criteria.

"Interesting, I actually ran into Tang San's future aunt here."

But he couldn't care less who was in the cave now; saving lives was the priority. Who knew if something unexpected might happen? In his past life, he had seen in movies, TV shows, and anime that people were more likely to make noise in times of crisis.

Just to be on the safe side, it's best to drive this soul beast away.

After the martial spirit possessed him, five spirit rings—two yellow, one purple, and two black—pulsated around his body. He leaped into the air and threw a fireball at the sleeping tiger spirit beast.

The fireball landed next to the tiger spirit beast, instantly waking it up.

The soul beast was awakened, and the girl inside the cave was startled. If she hadn't covered her mouth, she probably would have screamed.

After being awakened, the Tiger Soul Beast looked up at the sky. It originally wanted to let out a roar, but it immediately cowered when it saw Di Hong. It realized that it was no match for him.

So it decisively fled the place. When a tiger roams the forest, it is bound to encounter creatures stronger than itself. It should know when to back down, just like that human, who had already overwhelmed it with sheer force of will.

If it goes up again at this point, it will really be courting death.

After the soul beast ran far away, Di Hong deactivated his martial soul possession state and landed at the cave entrance.

After surveying the cave, he called out, "Is anyone inside?"

Upon hearing Di Hong's voice, the girl in the cave was overjoyed. The sound that reached her ears was like heavenly music.

She couldn't wait to get up from her hiding place and quickly walked towards the cave entrance. At first, she could only see a blurry figure, vaguely identifying it as a man. The closer she got, the clearer the figure became.

Finally, she saw what Emperor Hong looked like at the entrance of the cave.

"Red hair, red eyes, tall and handsome."

She would probably never forget that figure for the rest of her life, and Di Hong also saw the girl's appearance.

With long blue hair and an exquisite face, although she had just cried, it did not affect her beauty. Instead, it added a sense of pity to her. She wore a well-fitting long dress, and although she was a little disheveled, her extraordinary temperament was still evident. Just by looking at her, one could tell that she came from a very noble and extraordinary background.

"It really is her." Di Hong did not sense any soul power fluctuations from the girl, so he was certain that the girl was Tang Yuehua.

The girl stopped in front of Di Hong, the panic on her face disappearing, but she was still somewhat shaken. What had just happened was arguably the most dangerous moment she had ever experienced since birth.

She will probably never forget what happened today.

The hero rescuing the damsel in distress is often the most touching scene.

Di Hong asked, "Are you from the Haotian Sect?"

The girl nodded slightly, then bowed respectfully to Di Hong: "My name is Tang Yuehua, thank you for saving me, young master."

"May I ask your name, sir?"

Di Hong waved his hand: "My name is Di Hong. I saved you because someone asked me to. Besides, even without me, that soul beast would probably have left after it woke up."

"May I ask, young master, how are the others who were with me?" Although she had some guesses, she dared not draw any conclusions before she was certain. She hoped that everyone was safe and sound. Since Di Hong was entrusted by someone, the person who asked him to do so must be from the Haotian Sect.

“They’re all dead.” Di Hong sighed and shook his head. He had no intention of hiding anything, since there was no point in hiding it anyway.

Upon receiving confirmation, Tang Yuehua staggered back a few steps, her body filled with sorrow.

Di Hong didn't know how to comfort her, so he could only wait for her to calm down first, since he wasn't good at comforting people.

On a cliff not far away, three masked soul masters saw Di Hong rescue the person. One of the soul masters couldn't help but want to take action, but was stopped.

"I'll go and take him down," said the Soul Master who had been stopped.

"He's a Soul King, and you, a mere Soul Master, think you can kill him?"

"Did you see what kind of spirit rings that person had just been equipped with?"

"A Soul King actually has two ten-thousand-year Soul Rings."

When they saw Di Hong's spirit ring configuration, they were all extremely shocked. They had never seen a spirit master whose fourth spirit ring was a ten-thousand-year spirit ring, and the other party looked very young.

“He should be the genius with innate full soul power from the royal family of the Kingdom of Silves,” another Soul Master said. They had been observing him for a while, but since he wasn’t their target, they hadn’t paid much attention to him.

Unexpectedly, the other party ruined their plan.

"What do we do now?" asked the Soul Master who had been stopped.

The leading Soul King said calmly, "We're retreating. Although we haven't completely completed the plan, we've almost done it. Of the people from the Clear Sky Sect, only that woman is still alive. She's not a Soul Master, so it doesn't matter whether she lives or dies."

Then he left, followed closely by the two Soul Masters.