Douluo Continent: Becoming a disciple of Jing Liu, illuminating all the gods

Chapter 59 The Three-Eyed Golden Lion

"You're that guy from Shrek Academy." The three-headed spirit beast, which resembled a lion, actually spoke in human language, but its voice was still full of anger.

Elder Xuan roared, "Red King, considering the agreement between our academy and your Star Dou Beasts, I won't make things difficult for you. Step aside and hand over that golden-haired lion behind you." His anger had reached its peak. If Huo Yuhao died, how could he explain it to Elder Mu?

The Crimson King roared, "Damn it! Do you even know who it is? If you dare touch it, you're making an enemy of all the soul beasts in our Star Dou Great Forest!"

Elder Xuan coldly stared at the Crimson King. "I don't care who it is. All I know is that it killed, and even devoured, our Shrek Academy's most important disciple. You should understand that although you rank eighth among the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts, you are still no match for me. If you want to die with it, I don't mind. Anyway, I won't be able to explain it to the academy when I get back. So I might as well kill it all."

As he spoke, Elder Xuan took a step forward. A terrifying aura instantly pressed down on the Crimson King like a mountain.

"Wait a minute!" The Crimson King was getting impatient. Although its cultivation had surpassed 300,000 years and it ranked eighth among the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts, it was indeed no match for the human before it. Sending a distress signal now was too late. Even the top experts of the Star Dou Great Forest would need time to arrive from the Ferocious Beast Zone. And this human wouldn't give it that much time.

"Wait for what?" Elder Xuan said coldly.

The Crimson King said, "Human, do not make a move. The creature I am protecting is the Emperor Beast of the Star Dou Great Forest, and the only one of its kind on the continent. If it dies, the entire Star Dou Great Forest will go mad."

Elder Xuan was startled. Although he had heard of auspicious beasts, in his memory they were only beings that appeared in legends.

"I don't care if you go crazy or not, I'm going to go crazy now." Elder Xuan did not back down; Huo Yuhao's "death" had completely thrown him into a state of panic.

"Let me finish," the Crimson King said urgently. "The Imperial Beast is called the Three-Eyed Golden Lion. Generally speaking, it will not attack you humans unless you attack it first. Its food is only the brains of soul beasts with the Light attribute. Let me ask it if it really killed your people."

Faced with a life-threatening situation, especially with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion facing a life-or-death crisis, even as a ferocious beast, the Crimson King had no choice but to submit to Elder Xuan.

Hearing this, Elder Xuan finally calmed down a bit. Yes! Is Huo Yuhao really dead?

Just then, a powerful and terrifying aura suddenly appeared, emanating from not far away. That ferocious intent was clearly the aura of another ferocious beast.

Both Elder Xuan and the Crimson King were stunned upon sensing this aura. The Crimson King was greatly puzzled. This was a super soul beast just like himself, but why did this cold aura feel so unfamiliar? It seemed to have appeared once before, but it disappeared in an instant before he could search for it.

After a moment of stunned silence, Elder Xuan was overjoyed. This was clearly the aura Huo Yuhao had when simulating a 100,000-year-old soul beast! He wasn't dead!

Huo Yuhao was of course not dead. The reason he reacted a little slowly was that, faced with the terrifying pressure released by the two powerful figures during their confrontation, he needed the ability to go and inform them! Only after being reminded by Bingdi was he able to simulate Bingdi's aura again while being suppressed and unable to move, thus conveying the message that he was still alive.

Elder Xuan understood what was going on, but the Crimson King didn't! However, in its view, the arrival of a ferocious beast was always a good thing for it and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion. With cultivation exceeding 100,000 years, soul beasts possessed intelligence surpassing that of ordinary humans. They would never easily engage in combat with each other. Moreover, there was an auspicious beast here that all soul beasts had to protect with all their might; it firmly believed that the newcomer would definitely help it. With the combined power of the two ferocious beasts, it was no longer afraid of Elder Xuan. Even if it couldn't win, protecting the Three-Eyed Golden Lion would be no problem at all.

A deep roar erupted from the Crimson King's three massive heads, accompanied by a burst of intense dark red light. Its three heads seemed to swell to an even larger size, exuding an aura of carnage and bloodshed as it charged towards Elder Xuan. Its roar was essentially a cry in the common language of soul beasts: "The auspicious beast is here! Come and protect me!" With sufficient power to contend with its enemy, how could the Crimson King, one of the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts and the king of canine soul beasts, possibly compromise with a human?

Elder Xuan, relieved to find Huo Yuhao alive, immediately devised a plan. He roared to the sky, revealing his true form as the Gluttonous Divine Ox. The two powerful figures clashed fiercely.

To the Red King's utter dismay, the ferocious beastly aura that had appeared, even stronger than its own, vanished in a flash, leaving no trace. And when it tried to negotiate with Elder Xuan again, Elder Xuan wouldn't give it the chance.

The result was unsurprising: faced with Elder Xuan's overwhelming power, even as a ferocious beast, the Crimson King could only barely protect itself, and was forced to retreat step by step in its struggle to survive.

However, aside from Elder Xuan's all-out attack in his rage, both he and the Crimson King restrained themselves. With their combined strength, a full-scale battle would be a disaster for the Star Dou Great Forest, something no one wanted to see, including Elder Xuan.

The intense yellow light was viscous like liquid, and a cage formed from the power of the earth suddenly rose up, locking the Crimson King firmly inside.

The Red King's three large heads roared madly, and black lines emerged from its dark red fur, as if it were an eruption of a volcano trying to break free of the cage.

"stop."

Chen Qiye had already placed his sword against the neck of the three-eyed golden lion.

With three heads and six eyes blazing with fury, the Crimson King roared, "How dare you! You dare kill the auspicious beast! We, the Starry Sky Clan, will surely bring utter devastation to your human world!"

Chen Qiye said calmly, "Who said I was going to kill it?"

Upon hearing Chen Qiye say he wouldn't kill the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, the Crimson King immediately calmed down. Being a being of extremely high intelligence, it asked in a deep voice, "What do you intend to do?"

Chen Qiye said calmly, "Not good. Find me a high-quality spirit-type soul beast with a cultivation level of around 15,000 years. Trade it for this one."

The Crimson King was stunned. What kind of condition was this? Compared to auspicious beasts, a spirit-type soul beast with 15,000 years of cultivation was like a firefly compared to the bright moon! It even doubted whether it had heard correctly. It wouldn't have been surprised if Elder Xuan had asked it to get a 100,000-year-old soul beast.

Elder Xuan said coldly, "What? Can't you understand Qi Ye's words? I'll give you two hours. You won't be allowed to leave after that. I think this Three-Eyed Golden Lion has a cultivation of over ten thousand years. I don't mind making it my disciple's soul ring."

The Crimson King said urgently, "No! The Three-Eyed Golden Lion is a mythical beast of our time. Its power is beyond what you humans can absorb. It would be of no benefit to you humans either. Fine, I'll agree to your conditions. But how can you guarantee the safety of the mythical beast? How can I trust you?" Elder Xuan sat heavily on the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, and the yellow light intensified. "Crimson King, you must understand that you have no choice. You have no right to negotiate with me. I will wait for you on the northern edge of the Star Dou Great Forest. Remember, you only have two hours. The only thing I can tell you is that your Star Dou Great Forest is adjacent to our Shrek City. Unless absolutely necessary, neither of us wants war between us, although we are not afraid of war."

The three heads of the Crimson King changed their expressions. Seeing Elder Xuan's cold and stern face, its sharp canine teeth twitched. "Alright, I'll trust you this once." As soon as it finished speaking, it didn't delay any longer. In a flash, it turned into a dark red light and disappeared instantly.

However, at this moment, in Huo Yuhao's spiritual sea, Bingdi was about to fight Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, and the spiritual sea was violently turbulent.

"You really dare to come up with anything! If something goes wrong, I'll be killed here too!" Bingdi really wanted to beat up Tianmeng Bingcan right now.

Tianmeng Ice Silkworm also said helplessly, "You can't blame me for this. I just felt that there was a soul beast that was very suitable for Huo Yuhao, so..."

Once both sides had reached a stable point, Huo Yuhao emerged from a short distance away.

With Elder Xuan's perception, it was impossible for him not to notice Huo Yuhao. However, in his rage, he was bound to make mistakes. The Crimson King on the other side was also suppressed by Elder Xuan.

With Huo Yuhao's arrival, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion also started causing trouble.

"You wretched humans, get off me! If you hurt me, I'll make sure you suffer a terrible death and endless bad luck!"

"Threatening us? Don't think this is the first time I've seen a mythical beast like you. I know a thing or two about your so-called auspiciousness. You're nothing more than someone with a strange ancient bloodline, able to influence the spiritual energy of the land through your bloodline aura. Your so-called auspiciousness is all nonsense. And you want to bring us bad luck? Believe me, I can torture you half to death right now. Those guys in the ferocious beast zone treat you like a treasure, but that's all you are. If I kill you, they might actually get angry and launch a beast tide to attack the human world. But you're alive and well. Don't think too highly of yourself. Those ferocious beasts that have cultivated for hundreds of thousands of years treat you well, but they only see you as a precious treasure, not an emperor. Your title of 'Emperor Auspicious Beast' is just a nice-sounding name. Whether you're a human or a soul beast, you should have some self-awareness."

"You—you're talking nonsense." The three-eyed golden lion's voice was noticeably louder.

Elder Xuan sneered, "I'm talking nonsense? I've already been very polite. If you had no use to me, or if eating your flesh would grant immortality, just look at how those ferocious beasts would treat you!"

Suddenly, a certain entertainer intervened.

Chen Qiye happened to slide off the Three-Eyed Golden Lion. The instant Chen Qiye's forehead touched the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's vertical eye, both his and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's bodies trembled violently.

The Eye of Life on Chen Qiye's forehead was instantly activated by the strange power contained in the vertical eye of the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, quietly opening up. However, because his forehead was already pressed against the vertical eye of the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, Elder Xuan, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao could not see this.

Strange, distorted halos of light enveloped Chen Qiye and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, making them appear almost transparent, their light flickering faintly. With each shift in the light, Chen Qiye and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's bodies trembled slightly.

The immense life force originally contained within the Eye of Life's Gold surged forth wildly, pouring into the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's body. The wounds the Three-Eyed Golden Lion had previously suffered healed at an astonishing speed. Centered on Huo Yuhao and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, the entire Star Dou Great Forest seemed to stir. A dense life force surged towards them invisibly, continuously infusing their bodies.

The distorted light grew stronger and stronger, enveloping the bodies of the man and the beast, while a strange force repelled Elder Xuan.

Wang Dong frowned, his eyes flashing with golden light. For some reason, looking at the distorted light before him, he had a strange feeling, as if something of his was being taken away. But this feeling was so faint that he couldn't quite put his finger on it.

But an invisible force drew this power away.

As Chen Qiye's consciousness gradually returned to normal, his sea of ​​spirit reappeared in his perception. To his surprise, he discovered that something seemed to have been added to his sea of ​​spirit; its volume had at least doubled, and a faint aura emanated from it. His Eye of Life also underwent changes.

The light emanating from the Eye of the Living Being, originally brimming with life, was mostly green. To him, it was merely a place residing in Electrox, where a wisp of his spiritual power remained—his second sea of ​​consciousness. The Blade of the Living Being's Watch was also there, ready to be used at his disposal at any time.

"Buzz—"

A layer of golden light suddenly burst forth from the point of contact between Chen Qiye and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion. Chen Qiye's body was thrown into the air and spun twice before stabilizing himself.

The three-eyed golden lion swayed unsteadily, stumbling back a few steps. Its third eye had turned from gold to black, though it only lasted for a moment before returning to gold. The entire process was clearly witnessed by Elder Xuan, Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao.

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion appeared somewhat weak and stopped struggling. It simply stared blankly at Chen Qiye, who had been placed on the ground by Elder Xuan and also looked bewildered.

Chen Qiye seemed to sense something as well, and his gaze fell on the three-eyed golden lion. The two, one human and one beast, met in mid-air, and they both felt a slight tremor in their minds, especially their third eye, which felt slightly numb. A strange sensation appeared.

Chen Qiye felt as if his spirit had traveled through a distant era, and his consciousness appeared in a dense forest.

Suddenly, everything around turned gold, the dazzling gold even causing the plants within its reach to turn the same color. These plants grew wildly at an astonishing rate, and on the ground, a colorful egg with a gold base appeared.

A crisp cracking sound rang out, and a crack began to appear on the surface of the golden egg. The crack quickly extended, and with a "click," a tiny claw poked out of the eggshell, followed by a small head.

Its golden fur was a little damp, making it look like a puppy. It struggled to crawl out of its eggshell and then turned around to eat its own eggshell piece by piece.

The crisp "crackling" sounds rang out continuously, and a faint golden light began to appear on the small, puppy-like beast.

Suddenly, a brilliant golden light descended from the sky, like a pillar of light connecting heaven and earth, directly enveloping the "puppy" who had just finished eating the eggshell.

The slime on the "puppy" gradually disappeared under the golden light. In an instant, its body had grown from one foot long to one meter long, and its golden fur became transparent like crystal. The dazzling golden light rippled outwards in circles.

It let out a high-pitched howl as it looked up at the sky: "Little Dog's" forehead suddenly split open, and an eye that seemed to be able to see through heaven and earth appeared.

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion also witnessed the entire story of this world, leaving him with only two words of shock!

(End of this chapter)