Encountering the Three-Eyed Golden Lion here was unexpected for Yuwen Tuo, and it also caused him to encounter a ferocious beast like Crimson King too early. After all, Crimson King was the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's bodyguard.
Yuwen Tuo secretly reached into his embrace, grasping Snow Emperor's doll. If a battle was unavoidable today, he couldn't afford to worry so much. His precious summoning opportunity was originally intended for another purpose.
Just then, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion jumped in front of Crimson King, saying something in the language of soul beasts. This time, Yuwen Tuo couldn't understand. He realized that it seemed he could only understand the Three-Eyed Golden Lion when she directly communicated with him; when ordinary soul beasts conversed, he was still completely clueless.
"Little brother, this Three-Eyed Golden Lion is helping you persuade Crimson King, saying you didn't harm it, and asking Crimson King not to harm you," Snow Emperor transmitted mentally. Although she was a humanoid soul beast, she was still a soul beast after all, and could understand what the Three-Eyed Golden Lion was saying.
"The Imperial Auspicious Beast is not inherently evil. You just fed her delicious food and showed her goodwill, so she naturally won't harm you. However, Crimson King is different. That fellow is very irritable.
Little brother, get ready. If there's danger, summon me or Snow Emperor at any time," Ice Emperor said, already prepared for battle. Her strength was not far from Crimson King's, and their rankings were seventh and eighth respectively, but her Ultimate Ice was superior to Crimson King's Hellfire. If it came to a real fight, she was confident she could win.
"Understood!" Yuwen Tuo certainly wouldn't lower his guard. His hand never left Snow Emperor's doll. Fortunately, Crimson King still respected the Imperial Auspicious Beast's wishes, and this battle seemed unnecessary.
"Human, since the Auspicious Beast is pleading for you, I will spare your life today. After absorbing your spirit ring, immediately get out of the Star Dou Great Forest," Crimson King said. As long as Yuwen Tuo didn't harm the Imperial Auspicious Beast, it didn't care about a single Blood Demon Berserk Bear at all. Although they were all soul beasts, one should not think that soul beasts were all one family.
In reality, the soul beast world operated on the law of the jungle, and the number of soul beasts killed by humans might not even be as many as those killed through cannibalism among soul beasts themselves. In the original novel, this fellow also casually caught a 10,000-year Purple Spirit Direwolf and gave it to Huo Yuhao as a spirit ring, all for the sake of the Imperial Auspicious Beast.
Moreover, he seemed to have overlooked one point: if the Three-Eyed Golden Lion were to unleash its full power, the current him might not be its opponent. After all, although this creature was only 15,000 years old, it possessed the combined powers of Destiny Power, Ultimate Fire, Ultimate Light, and the Golden Dragon Bloodline.
When it erupted, it was no less powerful than a 100,000-year soul beast. In the original novel, had it not encountered Xuan Zi, a Level 98 powerhouse whom even Crimson King couldn't defeat, its power would never have been seized by Huo Yuhao.
After warning Yuwen Tuo, Crimson King turned around and walked deeper into the forest. The Three-Eyed Golden Lion followed a few steps, then turned back to look at Yuwen Tuo a few more times before quickly catching up to Crimson King.
Yuwen Tuo turned around and walked towards the black spirit ring. He didn't possess the spirit ring storage device that would appear in later eras. If a spirit ring blasted out like this wasn't absorbed within an hour, it would dissipate. Now was the best time to absorb it, because Crimson King's recent appearance had startled away all the soul beasts nearby, and he wasn't afraid of being disturbed.
Yuwen Tuo arrived at the center of the spirit ring and sat down cross-legged. Sensing the hunter's soul power, the spirit ring contracted, circling around Yuwen Tuo's body. Yuwen Tuo extended his palm, and the purest Fire Elephant Power burned in his palm. The spirit ring settled into the fourth position.
The soul shock of a 30,000-year-old soul beast was quite potent, but even without considering Yuwen Tuo's own formidable spiritual power, he still wore the 400,000-year Ice Jade Empress Scorpion's skull on his head. The 30,000-year soul shock hadn't even reached Yuwen Tuo's spiritual sea before being blocked by the 400,000-year skull.
As for the impact of the spirit ring's power on his physical body, it was protected by Snow Emperor's 700,000-year Snow Emperor's Heart. Although this wasn't a torso bone, this external spirit bone, which protected the heart, was probably more reliable than a general torso bone. The poor Blood Demon Berserk Bear's final struggle unfortunately met the Ice and Snow Emperors of the Extreme North, unable to even stir up a ripple.
An hour later, Yuwen Tuo's soul power converged. Around his body, four spirit rings — yellow, purple, black, and black — quietly rotated around him. At this moment, his cultivation was Level 48, not simply Level 41. After all, he had absorbed Snow Emperor's spirit ring and external spirit bone at Level 39.
How could Snow Emperor's power only elevate him by one level? Had it not been for Snow Emperor being controlled by the God-Sealing Platform during her human transformation process, leading to a failed transformation and significant loss of soul power, she might have even helped Yuwen Tuo directly break through Level 50.
The Star Dou Great Forest had fresh air, unlike the impure air in cities, making it a good place for cultivation. The soul beasts here had also been startled away by Crimson King and wouldn't return for a short period, so it was also very safe. Therefore, Yuwen Tuo did not leave immediately after completing his cultivation.
Instead, he continued to meditate for a night, sorting out the soul power within his body. His level had increased too much in one go, and these soul powers came entirely from two different attributes—ice and fire. If he didn't use the Divine Fire Clone mind method to convert all his soul power into pure Divine Fire Supreme Dao True Qi, it might slightly affect his foundation.
"Whew!"
The next morning, Yuwen Tuo awoke from his meditation, gently exhaling a cloudy breath. Divine Fire Clone was indeed the strongest mind method; in just one night, his soul power had been completely assimilated. It could be said that although Yuwen Tuo was only a Soul Sect, the quality of his soul power might not even be matched by Soul Douluo or even Title Douluo.
"Hmm?" A pleasant purr came. Yuwen Tuo opened his eyes and saw the Three-Eyed Golden Lion looking up at him, its three eyes fixed on him.
"You're called... Tuo! Right? Tuo, I want to eat fish!" The Three-Eyed Golden Lion spoke this as soon as it opened its mouth. It had been holding back all night yesterday. It couldn't get the Xuanyuan Sword's Sacred Path power for now, but good food absolutely couldn't be forsaken. What Yuwen Tuo made was a thousand times more delicious than the fruits it usually ate in the forest, or even its staple food, the brain fluid of Light Soul Beasts.
Usually, Crimson King would also catch fish for it and roast them, but those had no taste at all, lacking seasonings and honey, and the cooking temperature was never controlled properly; it was either burnt or half-raw. After tasting the food made by Yuwen Tuo, a Title Chef, it hadn't eaten anything else from yesterday until now. Eating brain fluid was just for growth and cultivation; delicious food was for enjoyment. This perfectly fulfilled the saying, "I could have endured the darkness, had I not seen the light."
Yuwen Tuo's face was lined with black. You ran all this way just for this? You're the "Gao Qiqiang" of soul beasts, speaking so dominantly. I'm not your soul beast minion; why should I make you fish to eat?
But soon, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion told Yuwen Tuo why.
"Human, hurry up and get some for the Imperial Auspicious Beast."
The massive Three-Headed Crimson Demonic Mastiff leaped out, glaring fiercely at Yuwen Tuo and threatening him. It was all this human boy's fault for making their family's Imperial Auspicious Beast picky. Last night, the child suddenly went on a hunger strike, and even Di Tian couldn't do anything about it.
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