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"It succeeded."
In the sea of consciousness, Chen Junting smiled and extended his right hand to the Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear. "From now on, we'll learn from each other, Mad King."
"Roar?"
"That's the name I gave you. I hope you like it. As for your last wish, I'll take you to see them immediately."
His gaze showed firm determination. "I promise."
The Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear watched him silently, making no sound. It simply nodded, giving its response.
Outside, the four of them were waiting.
When Chen Junting slowly regained consciousness, Huo Yuhao and the other three hurriedly gathered around him. "Senior brother Junting (Boss/Young brother Chen)."
"Don't worry, everything went smoothly."
Stretching his limbs, Chen Junting slowly stood up and looked toward Elder Song. But before he could speak, Elder Song said: "Since it's done, let's set off."
"Set off?"
Everyone heard this and was stunned.
Where to?
Chen Junting realized something, his brows slightly furrowing.
Could it be because of those three evil soul masters?
What did Elder Song find out from questioning them?
However, Chen Junting didn't ask these two questions aloud, but let Elder Song lead them deeper into the mixed zone.
But this was actually perfect—the Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear's den was in this direction. And the ten-thousand-year spirit-type soul beast needed for Huo Yuhao's fourth soul ring also required going deeper into the Star Dou Forest to find.
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Star Dou Forest, mixed zone.
"Roar—"
An ear-splitting roar echoed through the forest. Accompanied by the roar, a mountain-collapsing, sea-overturning terrifying shockwave destroyed the trees, causing large areas of forest to fall like wheat being harvested.
"Thud thud thud—"
Amid the continuous earth-shaking booms, an extremely burly figure suddenly leaped out from behind the fallen trees!
The moment it landed, it caused the earth to tremble.
The panic on its face showed it was fleeing in a hurry.
This soul beast was precisely a variant among Cyclops Giants.
Twin Cyclops Giant.
Its massive body stood over ten meters tall, covered in black and white fur, representing it as an extremely rare light and darkness unity. Its two heads on its shoulders each had a single eye, emitting intimidating light—it was truly a top-tier soul beast.
Soon, in its panicked flight, it stepped into a certain area.
The moment the Twin Cyclops Giant stepped into this area, overwhelming resentment, vicious energy, and bloody aura instantly enveloped it.
This made the already panicked beast lose its senses completely.
Just at this moment, a golden streak of light shot out like a small sun behind the Twin Cyclops Giant! With a swipe of its right paw, it slammed the Twin Cyclops Giant to the ground.
This soul beast had a lion-like form, dragon-like claws, and its body was covered in golden dragon scales, yet overlaid with semi-transparent crystal-like golden fur of peculiar texture. Its feet trod on golden flames, it had three eyes—the left and right eyes shimmered with golden light, while only the vertical pupil between its brows emitted a somewhat demonic red light, fully displaying its nobility.
It was precisely the Auspicious Emperor Beast—the Three-Eyed Golden Lion!
The Twin Cyclops Giant beneath its feet was precisely its prey.
However, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion now had no desire to eat, because it sensed that this land beneath its feet had seen numerous soul beasts die tragically, with many soul beast spirits crying.
If this were just soul beasts attacking each other in the forest, following the law of the jungle, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion as an Auspicious Emperor Beast wouldn't interfere. Even if humans hunted soul beasts to obtain soul rings, it wouldn't mind.
But the current situation was completely different!
As an auspicious beast, it seemed to feel the spirits wailing.
Humans had cruelly slaughtered numerous ten-thousand-year soul beasts!
It could feel it!
"Scarlet King!"
A cold and furious female voice roared from the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's mouth! The anger of the Auspicious Emperor Beast immediately made the Twin Cyclops Giant tremble uncontrollably, nearly losing control of its bowels.
"Roar—"
Almost the moment the sound fell, a terrifying shriek suddenly erupted. Mixed with its profound soul power, it instantly turned the two-headed Cyclops Giant beneath its claws to dust.
But this attack didn't affect the Three-Eyed Golden Lion in the slightest.
"Little Ancestor, who made you angry?"
The beast hadn't arrived, but its voice came first.
The next second, a dark red figure arrived powerfully.
This dark red figure was an extremely burly soul beast over five meters long, resembling a lion. It had three identical large heads, each over a meter in diameter, with interlocking canines releasing crimson-gold light.
It was precisely the Eighth-ranked Great Fierce Beast, with three hundred thousand years of cultivation—the Scarlet King whose true form was the Three-Headed Scarlet Devil Mastiff!
Just as it wondered who had angered the auspicious beast, when it stepped into this area, it understood the source of the auspicious beast's anger.
"Detestable humans!"
All three heads roared simultaneously, making all soul beasts within a ten-mile radius prostrate on the ground, not daring to move.
As if to vent its anger, "Roar—"
A low roar erupted simultaneously from all three of Scarlet King's heads. Intense dark red light burst forth from its body!
With a tremendous explosion, a deep pit instantly appeared!
"Scarlet King, this matter cannot be left like this."
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion came beside Scarlet King, speaking with extreme anger.
Scarlet King's six eyes turned icy cold as it roared.
"Of course it cannot be left like this!"
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Star Dou Forest, deep within the mixed zone.
Elder Song had already led Chen Junting and the others to a location.
And Elder Song was currently searching for something.
Seeing this, Chen Junting immediately called out to Electrolux in his sea of consciousness. "Master, can you check if there are similar formations in this area like those previously set up by the evil soul masters?"
"There are."
As he spoke, Electrolux's figure slowly appeared in Chen Junting's sea of consciousness. "This old man has already acted, applying certain measures to the nodes of those formations."
Hearing this, the corners of Chen Junting's mouth rose slightly.
Just as he was about to say something, "Roar..."
Suddenly, a low roar came from beside the spiritual body. Mad King appeared beside Chen Junting. As a soul spirit, upon hearing its voice, Chen Junting immediately understood its meaning.
"You mean your den is nearby."
Seeing the Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear nod, Chen Junting looked at Electrolux. With just a glance, Electrolux understood Chen Junting's meaning. "Merely a short distance—more than enough."
"Then Mad King, go back to say your farewells."
After his consciousness left the sea of consciousness, without anyone noticing, the fifth five-pointed star on Chen Junting's Seven Kill Sword flashed with an almost invisible black light.
Immediately after, not far from them, the figure of the Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear Mad King appeared. Just as it was about to leave, after only a few steps, it suddenly looked toward a certain direction!
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