Star Dou Great Forest, the edge of the Core Zone.
The once tranquil forest was now drowned in a suffocating pressure.
The air felt thick and heavy, as if it had turned into viscous mercury—every breath demanded tremendous effort. Overhead, dense black clouds had gathered at some point, hanging low as though they might collapse at any moment and crush the entire forest beneath them.
Liu Yuan stood beneath a towering ancient tree, his brows tightly furrowed, his gaze fixed straight ahead.
Not far from him, the Snow Empress was half-kneeling on the ground, both hands pressed gently beside the unconscious Auspicious Beast.
Soft, pure ice-blue spirit power continuously flowed from her palms, carefully injected into the Auspicious Beast's body. She was using her own refined Origin power, attempting to guide and awaken the beast's dormant consciousness.
"Is it still not ready?" Liu Yuan asked, his tone calm, but his speaking speed noticeably faster than usual.
He could clearly sense it—those terrifying, extreme auras had already torn through spatial barriers like demons crawling out of Hell, rapidly approaching this place.
Ten miles… five miles… three miles…
That targeted malice stabbed against his perception like steel needles.
"Almost…" The Snow Empress gritted her teeth, beads of sweat forming on her forehead. "Master, give me a little more time."
She didn't dare let her focus waver even for an instant.
"The Auspicious Beast's Origin was damaged. Although your medicine repaired its physical body, its spirit is still in a self-sealed state. I need to guide it to wake up."
"Tch… what a hassle."
Liu Yuan let out a helpless sigh.
So this was the price of doing good deeds?
If it were any other situation, he would have activated Extreme Speed and slipped away long ago. But now—for the System's [Mega Kyogre Random Ability] reward, and for the Snow Empress's plea—he could only grit his teeth and stay.
"It seems… it's too late."
Liu Yuan suddenly lifted his head, his eyes narrowing slightly as he looked toward the void ahead.
"They're faster than I expected."
Just as the words left his mouth—
BOOM—!!!
A deafening explosion shook the heavens, as if the sky itself had shattered.
The space in front of them violently collapsed, a pitch-black裂缝 expanding in an instant into a massive spatial tunnel. Endless dark qi surged out like a flood from a broken dam, swallowing all light within several miles.
"There! The Auspicious Beast is there!"
Along with an excited shout, several figures descended amid world-shaking pressure.
At the forefront stood a man in black robes, golden hair flying wildly, his eyes blazing like twin golden suns—
Beast God Di Tian.
Behind him followed the mountain-like Bear Lord, the Myriad Demon King wreathed in surging demonic qi, the Scarlet King engulfed in hellfire, and the anxious Bi Ji.
The top combat forces of the Star Dou Great Forest had arrived in full.
In an instant, spirit power fluctuations in the area became chaotic. The terrifying pressure made the earth tremble and the forest wail.
Di Tian's golden eyes immediately locked onto the golden figure lying on the ground.
When he saw that the Auspicious Beast—though still unconscious—was breathing steadily and its wounds had healed, the rage in his eyes, which had nearly burned the world, finally subsided a little.
Fortunately… it's alive.
As long as the Auspicious Beast lived, there was still room to turn things around.
But then Di Tian's gaze shifted.
It fell upon the figure channeling spirit power into the Auspicious Beast.
His pupils shrank violently.
"Snow Empress?!"
Disbelief filled his voice.
"Why is she here? Why would the ruler of the Extreme North Land appear in the Core Zone of my Star Dou Great Forest—and beside the Auspicious Beast?"
It was completely inconceivable.
As one of the Three Kings of the Extreme North, the Snow Empress rarely left her domain, let alone came here to involve herself in matters concerning the Auspicious Beast.
Did she save it?
Or… did she also covet it?
Countless thoughts flashed through Di Tian's mind, leaving him momentarily uncertain.
Then, from the corner of his vision, he finally noticed Liu Yuan, who had been standing there the entire time.
"A human?!"
In an instant, Di Tian's expression darkened like stormy waters, and his killing intent surged explosively.
He had only just suppressed his fury toward Xuan Zi. Now, seeing a human here ignited instinctive disgust and rage.
For Spirit Beasts, killing humans required neither evidence nor reason.
Better to kill a thousand by mistake than let one go.
Especially when it concerned an existence tied to the fate of the entire race—Di Tian would never allow any uncertainty to remain.
"Scarlet King!" Di Tian barked coldly.
"Your subordinate is here!"
The Scarlet King, who had long been itching for action, stepped forward at once.
"Kill him," Di Tian said indifferently, waving his hand as if swatting a fly. "Don't dirty the Auspicious Beast's place."
"Understood!"
A cruel grin spread across the Scarlet King's face. His three massive heads swayed in unison, eyes gleaming with ruthless intent.
"Kid, you're really unlucky."
Speaking in human language, the Scarlet King lunged forward, his enormous body charging like a blazing mountain toward Liu Yuan.
"ROAR—!"
While still midair, the middle head opened its bloody maw, spewing a torrent of dark red hellfire infused with corrosive destruction, blasting straight toward Liu Yuan.
Though it was only a casual attack, this was the eighth-ranked Vicious Beast—a terrifying existence with over three hundred thousand years of cultivation.
This single strike was more than enough to annihilate an ordinary human Titled Douluo.
Facing the overwhelming hellfire, Liu Yuan's expression turned solemn.
"I knew it would come to this."
He did not hesitate in the slightest.
With a single thought, he summoned the two divine beings slumbering within him.
"Time to work."
"Mega Rayquaza!"
"Primal Kyogre!"
HUM—!!!
The instant Liu Yuan's voice fell, time itself seemed to freeze.
Two incomparably vast and terrifying auras erupted from his body, instantly affecting the entire sky above the Star Dou Great Forest.
The dark clouds stirred violently, churning like a furious sea.
"ROAR—!!!"
A desolate, ancient dragon's roar—seemingly echoing from primordial chaos—tore through the clouds and resounded across the heavens!
A beam of brilliant emerald light descended like a blade of divine punishment, ripping apart darkness and piercing heaven and earth.
Within that pillar of light, a divine dragon spiraled down.
Its body was entirely emerald green, long and vigorous, as though forged from jade and starlight. Golden whiskers flowed majestically, streams of light extending from both sides of its lower jaw. Every scale on its body shimmered with a metallic luster, and with each coil, the surrounding space groaned under the pressure.
Mega Rayquaza.
The God of the Sky.
Then—
A second, dazzling blue radiance erupted.
The sea answered the call.
Primal Kyogre had arrived as well!
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