Gagi! Golza!

In just one hour, soul boats had filled the sky above the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

The Heaven Dou Imperial Family's royal vessel lay across the southeastern corner.

A man with short silver hair stood quietly aboard the soul boat.

His features were delicate, his skin fair, and a long white robe draped over his body.

His entire bearing seemed tranquil, peaceful, and sacred.

His eyes in particular possessed a feminine softness, though he was a man, making him look like an angel fallen into the mortal world.

Yet this graceful man stood at the very center of a group of rough-faced experts.

At his side, the Heaven Dou Imperial Family's consecrators and generals all bowed, their expressions respectful.

"Your Highness, Crown Prince, all the major powers have arrived."

The graceful man addressed as Crown Prince was none other than the current crown prince of the Heaven Dou Empire, Xue Qinghe!

He was also Ning Fengzhi's foremost disciple.

When trouble befell the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, he was the first person Ning Fengzhi thought to ask for help.

Xue Qinghe gazed at the situation below. "Have you found its source?"

The general who guarded the nation cupped his hands. "Your Highness, it's a Soul Beast running amok! One of them seems to have gone berserk and is attacking the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect like mad!"

Xue Qinghe frowned slightly and looked into the distance below.

Though the source of the chaos had not shown itself, the tentacles that occasionally emerged from cracks in the ground confirmed the general's words: it was definitely not human.

Just what kind of Soul Beast dared attack the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect?

After all, Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo stood guard over the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and it also had its many experts and the accumulated foundations of its family.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect might be a support sect, but it ranked among the Upper Three Sects, and its trump cards and foundations were beyond ordinary people's imagination.

Yet the scene Xue Qinghe saw was one of utter chaos throughout the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

A transparent barrier completely separated the sect from the outside world, and even Sword Douluo could not break it.

Xue Qinghe had a feeling that the Soul Beast attacking the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was definitely not simply running amok!

Rumble!

As Xue Qinghe pondered, a tremendous crash suddenly rang out.

Inside the barrier, a fissure split the ground down the middle.

A pitch-black Soul Beast emerged from the earth, its terrifying bulk nearly as large as half a mountain.

Its single horn jutted fiercely, gleaming brightly. Its enormous black claws were as sharp as divine blades, and two pairs of long, slender fleshy tendrils extended from between them, swaying in the wind and giving off an eerie, oppressive presence!

"Grandpa, look! What's that?"

On a distant mountain peak, Dugu Yan stared at Gagi's enormous form and cried out.

Beside her, Poison Douluo Dugu Bo stood with his hands behind his back, dressed in green robes. The imposing pressure of a Titled Douluo made him awe-inspiring even without anger.

But when Dugu Bo looked at Gagi, a rare trace of gravity appeared on his face.

"This Soul Beast? I've never seen him before. His strength is at least at the three-hundred-thousand-year level!"

Dugu Yan exclaimed, "Three hundred thousand years? Grandpa, you're not joking, are you? Wouldn't that make him the equal of a Super Douluo?"

Dugu Bo said gravely, "There's no mistake. Watch closely: even Sword Douluo can't break through his barrier. Three hundred thousand years is a conservative estimate!"

Dugu Yan asked in puzzlement, "Then why haven't you seen such a powerful Soul Beast before, Grandpa? By rights, he should be as famous as the Snow Empress and the Sea Emperor."

"Ah." Dugu Bo sighed. "The world is vast, and nothing is too strange to exist. It's said that a Three-Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast appeared out of nowhere in the Star Dou Great Forest some time ago and even killed the Fire Emperor. Yan'er, whatever you do, don't go near. I have a feeling the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect will face a great calamity today!"

What Dugu Bo and his granddaughter thought was what everyone else thought as well.

Almost the instant Gagi appeared, countless people began investigating his background and gathering information on him, but in the end, they all came away empty-handed.

This Soul Beast seemed to have appeared out of thin air. Like the Soul Beast in the Star Dou Forest, it had no traceable background, and both were incomparably powerful.

Judging by Sword Douluo's performance in their fight, the Soul Beast before them definitely possessed combat strength no lower than the three-hundred-thousand-year level.

Two Three-Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts had appeared on the continent in less than three days. It was an astonishing turn of events.

High above everyone else, Spirit Hall's soul boat had long since arrived.

Bibi Dong had not come this time; Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo led the group.

When Chrysanthemum Douluo saw Gagi, his eyes nearly fell out of their sockets.

"Fuck, another one? Another three-hundred-thousand-year beast!? For fuck's sake, is there no end to this? Are they selling them wholesale? Are Soul Beasts all this fucking powerful now? How the hell are we supposed to get by?!"

Ghost Douluo remained silent, his face ashen. Clearly, he was deeply shocked as well.

After a long while, Ghost Douluo said gravely, "Another one with no record, another one that's never appeared before. And I feel this Soul Beast's oppressive presence is even stronger than that magma... Oh, right, the Soul Beast His Highness the Holy Son told us to call Golza. Especially that barrier. Look, even Sword Douluo can't break through it. It's already comparable to a sect's defensive array."

Chrysanthemum Douluo said bitterly, "Damn it all. Twice in a row! What on earth is happening to this world?"

In fact, the appearance of Soul Beasts was a good thing for Spirit Hall.

Soul Beasts, especially high-level ones, meant high-level Soul Rings.

Spirit Hall had quite a few outstanding Soul Douluo and even Titled Douluo experts who, for lack of opportunity, had yet to obtain even a single hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring.

But while high-level Soul Beasts were a good thing, they couldn't be too high-level.

A hundred-thousand-year beast was manageable, but who the fuck could hunt a three-hundred-thousand-year one?

If Three-Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts were easy to hunt, someone would have set their sights on the Sea Emperor and the Ice Empress long ago. Yet both were still alive and well.

A Soul Beast at the three-hundred-thousand-year level was not something an ordinary person could fight. Even a Super Douluo could hardly be assured of victory.

At the foot of the mountain, the Heaven Dou Imperial Family's army had already formed its ranks.

Countless magic arrows and attacks slammed into the barrier.

Yet when those dense attacks, numerous enough to blot out the sky, struck the barrier, they raised nothing but ripples.

It wasn't that they had no effect. They just didn't do a fucking thing.

Xue Qinghe's face was as still as water. "You still can't break through?"

The general's voice trembled. "I have failed, Your Highness. Please punish me."

Though the general stood at the head of a nation's army, beneath one man and above ten thousand,

he scarcely dared breathe before this seemingly delicate and frail crown prince.

Everyone knew that when the crown prince was calm, he was gentle as water, but once he turned ruthless, he killed without batting an eye.

Xue Qinghe said mildly, "Never mind. Has the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect come?"

The general nodded. "They have. When he learned Your Highness had summoned him, Sect Master Yu came in person! He should be here shortly."

As the two spoke,

Rumble!

Another deafening crash rang out.

Inside the barrier, the earth shook violently once more!

At the central forbidden ground, layers of rock burst upward, and a vast underground chasm opened with a thunderous crash. The scorching breath of magma surged into the sky!

Heat waves swept across the land, and firelight dyed half the mountain range red!

A terrifying figure, towering like a mountain and covered from head to toe in hardened magma armor, slowly crawled out of the underground chasm!

Its rocky armor was fearsome, flames coiled around its body, and its oppressive might reached the heavens!

That familiar, terrifying presence instantly shattered everyone's psychological defenses.

The general's pupils contracted, and he cried out, "It's that beast! The giant magma beast from the Star Dou Great Forest!"

Every watching faction in the sky erupted in an uproar.

Only a few days had passed!

Golza, who had long been lying dormant in the Star Dou Volcano and whom everyone had judged would not emerge for the time being, had appeared again!

And what was more!

Two top-tier, three-hundred-thousand-year exotic beasts had appeared at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect at the same time!

"What on earth is going on? Why have two Three-Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts appeared here at once?"

"A coincidence? That absolutely can't be a coincidence!"

"Two terrifying Ferocious Beasts have both set their sights on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect?"

"Could the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect have done something to anger them?!"

Just as Golza appeared, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect arrived late.

Their leader was a man clad head to toe in ice-blue armor, with long black hair and a cold gaze.

The spectators' eyes lit up when they saw him arrive.

Many experts, especially the older ones, hurried forward to pay their respects. "Sect Master Yu."

The newcomer was none other than Yu Yuanzhen, patriarch of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, a level 95 Power Attack System Super Douluo whose reputation matched Sword Douluo's.

Ignoring their greetings, Yu Yuanzhen walked straight up to Xue Qinghe.

"How are things?"

Xue Qinghe's expression did not change at Yu Yuanzhen's direct question, devoid of any form of address. He gestured to the general with his eyes. "Give Sect Master Yu a detailed account."

The general obeyed and addressed Yu Yuanzhen. "Senior Yu, both Soul Beasts are at the three-hundred-thousand-year level and are extremely difficult to deal with. The first Soul Beast killed the Fire Emperor in the Star Dou Forest and then severely injured Bone Douluo. This newly appeared Soul Beast is even more terrifying. No one can break its barrier, not even Sword Douluo. That's why everyone here has been unable to go to their aid."

Yu Yuanzhen exclaimed, "Not even Chen Xin?!"

But a trace of contempt soon appeared in his eyes, and his expression turned somewhat haughty. "It seems Chen Xin's cultivation hasn't improved much all these years."

"My Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon is the number one Beast Martial Soul under heaven, with destructive power unmatched on the continent! A mere barrier can't stop my lightning!"

"Tian Heng, form the array. I'll break the barrier myself!"

Yu Yuanzhen strode away, laughing.

He had two reasons for acting personally.

The first was that, many years ago, he and Sword Douluo Chen Xin had fought to a draw in a continent-wide sect ranking contest.

But because he had used an enhancement potion, his sect had been ranked third among the Upper Three Sects, behind the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Yu Yuanzhen had harbored resentment over it all these years.

When he learned that Sword Douluo could not break the barrier, Yu Yuanzhen was delighted. This was an excellent chance to prove he was stronger than Sword Douluo.

The other reason concerned the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect's interests.

Though the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect were rivals, they maintained close business ties in private. Many of the potions the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect's disciples used for cultivation had to be purchased from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

If the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect were destroyed, it would bring the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect nothing but harm.

Everyone's gaze followed Yu Yuanzhen, waiting for him to act.

Among the crowd, an ordinary, unremarkable middle-aged man with shoulder-length black hair stood quietly.

He looked perfectly ordinary and inconspicuous among the crowd, yet whenever people approached him, they unconsciously moved aside.

It was as if a powerful presence surrounded him, making people fear him from the depths of their souls and keeping them from approaching.

The middle-aged man looked at the confident Yu Yuanzhen and shook his head gently.

"Level 95 isn't enough."

His tone was calm and light, as though the level 95 Yu Yuanzhen were merely a wet-behind-the-ears junior in his eyes.

And he truly was qualified to think so.

For he was Di Tian!

That day, after sensing Golza's presence, Di Tian had emerged from seclusion.

Tens of thousands of years had passed since he had last entered seclusion.

Though Di Tian had been in seclusion for those tens of thousands of years, no changes on the continent had escaped his notice.

He knew all about the Soul Beasts in particular: which powerful ones had been born and which had perished.

Yet Golza's appearance that day had taken him by surprise.

Before then, he had never sensed Golza's presence.

It was as if the Three-Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast had appeared out of thin air.

And only a few days later, another Three-Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast had appeared. How could Di Tian not be surprised?

So Di Tian immediately took human form and came here.

And when he saw the two Soul Beasts with his own eyes, the storm raging in his heart only grew fiercer.

The Soul Beast spewing magma from its body actually had a magma crystal core hidden within it.

And the methods of the Soul Beast that could create barriers were so ingenious that even Di Tian could not help applauding them.

Di Tian asked himself: even if he were the one attacking, breaking that barrier would take some effort.

So when he saw how confident Yu Yuanzhen was, he could only sneer inwardly.

Sure enough, as though to prove Di Tian's words,

when the azure arcs of lightning struck the barrier, it merely shuddered violently before settling back to normal.

Yu Yuanzhen was dumbfounded.

His attack had actually... failed...

"Sect Master Yu, this..."

Yu Yuanzhen's face turned ashen. "Again!"

After another succession of bombardments, Yu Yuanzhen had used nearly every Soul Skill he possessed, yet he could not do the slightest thing to the barrier. All he could do was rage helplessly.

Clearly, the barrier could not be destroyed by brute force.

Inside the barrier, Ning Fengzhi was frantic with worry.

Large numbers of Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciples died nearly every second.

The vast sect grounds, a great foundation built over tens of thousands of years, had been devastated by the two behemoths.

Ning Fengzhi's heart was bleeding.

And what drove him to the brink of despair was that his daughter was still missing, her fate unknown!

"Who is it? Why are you doing this to my Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect?!"

"If I find you, I'll tear you into ten thousand pieces!!!"

Ning Fengzhi roared until he coughed blood.

By now, even if he were a complete fucking fool, he could see that the appearance of these two Soul Beasts was no coincidence.

Someone had to be directing them from behind the scenes!

Controlling two Three-Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts at once went far beyond a Soul Master's limits. Such a feat was nearly divine!

Just what kind of exalted being possessed such terrifying power to overturn heaven and earth?!

Ning Fengzhi racked his brains, but could not think when he had offended such a person.

Meanwhile.

A thousand miles away, outside Spirit Hall, on a secluded, desolate mountain.

Black mist curled through the air, and Qi rose from the earth.

Qian Lingye sat alone atop the mountain, his eyes tightly shut and his hands forming a seal. Surging darkness essence enveloped his entire body.

His thoughts crossed ten thousand miles, establishing a connection with Golza and Gagi.

Sensing that Golza and Gagi had already made their move, Qian Lingye's lips curved slightly upward.

"There shouldn't be a problem leaving things over there to them."

"It's time for me to condense my First Soul Ring too!"