Di Tian vs. Xiong Jun!

A Soul Beast that didn't like fighting wasn't a good Soul Beast.

Xiong Jun had long been dissatisfied with Di Tian, though his dissatisfaction wasn't with Di Tian's actions, but with his status as one of the Star Dou Beast Gods.

Why should you, Di Tian, be the Beast God?

Having never suffered Di Tian's brutal beating, Xiong Jun was incredibly bold. He felt that he was no worse than Di Tian. If Di Tian could sit in the position of Star Dou Beast God, then why couldn't he, Xiong Jun, sit there too?

Are kings, nobles, generals, and ministers born to their stations?

If this were a different world, Xiong Jun would definitely count as the leader of a rebel army, though he might also be a nameless extra who got beheaded within three days.

Still, that courage deserved encouragement.

And Di Tian?

As one of the Star Dou Beast Gods, Di Tian also bore the responsibility of protecting Gu Yuena. That responsibility meant he could not act entirely as he pleased. He had to think every step through three times before taking action.

Maintaining unity within the Star Dou Great Forest naturally fell within Di Tian's responsibilities as well.

Therefore, when faced with Xiong Jun's provocations, Di Tian usually turned a blind eye. Only the last time, when that idiot Xiong Jun had cursed far too viciously, had Di Tian been unable to resist teaching him a lesson.

And that fool Xiong Jun had even launched a Sky-Rending Claw at him while Di Tian had not been using his full strength and was merely playing around. Caught off guard, he had been injured. Once Di Tian got serious, he had pinned Xiong Jun to the ground and beaten him senseless in minutes.

That was why Xiong Jun had behaved himself for such a long time.

Perhaps because he had gone too long without a beating, Xiong Jun actually felt like he could do it again and started acting bold once more.

It was one thing to cause Di Tian trouble over trivial matters. Di Tian was too lazy to bother with him. Otherwise, if Xiong Jun truly enraged him, Di Tian was afraid he might use the Dragon God Claw and slap Xiong Jun to death in one strike.

The Star Dou Great Forest would lose one Beast King tool.

Yet this idiot Xiong Jun had actually given Lin Yun attitude right in front of Di Tian. How could Di Tian tolerate that?

"Xiong Jun, I hope your strength is as great as your mouth." Di Tian, revealing his true form as the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King, stood twice as tall as Xiong Jun. His ferocious dragon head lowered as he looked down at Xiong Jun.

He could grow even larger, but there was no need. This size was more than enough to deal with Xiong Jun.

"Whether this lord is strong or not, we'll know after we fight!" Xiong Jun roared and immediately unleashed his ultimate move.

His thick right paw rose high, and five blade-like claws suddenly sprang out. Intense dark-gold light flared in an instant. The sharp, ultimate Gold Attribute Soul Power carved deep ravines into the ground around Xiong Jun.

Sky-Rending Claw!

Xiong Jun's strongest attack!

A cold smirk flashed through Di Tian's enormous vertical pupils. He also raised his right claw, and a black phantom faintly emerged from it, radiating dazzling seven-colored light.

Dragon God Claw!

Xiong Jun probably never could have imagined that Di Tian had never intended to toy with him in this battle. From the very beginning, Di Tian had intended to beat him viciously!

He had used his strongest technique, the Dragon God Claw, right from the start. He was clearly aiming to beat Xiong Jun half to death—or all the way to death if he could not kill him.

In the Original Work, even when Di Tian used the Dragon God Claw in human form, he had gravely injured Xiong Jun with a single slap. Not to mention that Di Tian was now using the Dragon God Claw in his true form!

Bear claw and dragon claw collided, each carrying terrifying momentum.

But to Xiong Jun's utter shock, his proud killing technique, the Sky-Rending Claw, was instantly crushed by Di Tian's Dragon God Claw with overwhelming force!

Under Xiong Jun's disbelieving gaze, Di Tian wore a savage grin as he viciously slammed the Dragon God Claw into his body!

Boom—

BOOM!!!

"No, Di Tian! Stop!"

Slap!

Bang bang bang!

"Aah!!!"

Three hours later, Di Tian returned to human form with a thoroughly satisfied expression. After glancing at Xiong Jun on the ground, who was taking in more air than he was breathing out, he nodded in satisfaction.

His chest was still rising and falling. As long as he wasn't dead, it was fine!

"What an exhilarating battle!"

In the distance.

Lin Yun blinked, then nodded with an equally satisfied expression.

Not long after Di Tian left, Lin Yun had asked Bijie to bring him to Xiong Jun's territory, because he had a feeling that obtaining a Soul Ring from Xiong Jun this time would not go smoothly.

A battle was inevitable!

Di Tian vs. Xiong Jun—what an exhilarating battle! Though it had only been Di Tian's one-sided beating of Xiong Jun, Lin Yun had still enjoyed the show immensely.

"Little bastard, my grudge-holding is far beyond your imagination! Di Tian is pretty great too. He actually helped me fulfill my desire to beat Xiong Jun up. I'll have to reward him handsomely later!" Lin Yun muttered so quietly that no one could hear him.

"Hm? What did you say, Honored One?" Bijie tilted her head and asked curiously.

"Nothing. Bijie, go treat Xiong Jun so he doesn't really lie on the ground for a month!" Lin Yun said with a smile.

"It wouldn't matter much if he lay there for a month, but if a Titled Douluo happened to come in and kill him, the Star Dou Great Forest would suffer far too great a loss!"

Bijie nodded. "Yes, Honored One."

Then Bijie stepped through the air toward Di Tian and Xiong Jun. At the same time, the wings folded behind her gradually spread open. Their pure white feathers slowly turned emerald green, and a rich aura of life gradually spread out.

Xiong Jun, Xiong Jun, what am I supposed to say about you? Bijie shook her head inwardly as she looked at Xiong Jun, who had nearly lost consciousness on the ground.

It would have been one thing if you provoked Di Tian. For the sake of the Star Dou Great Forest, he would not hold it against you too much. But you even dared to give Honored One attitude. Weren't you just asking for a beating?

How could the intelligent and perceptive Bijie fail to see through Xiong Jun's reckless actions? It was just that she could not take the initiative to warn him, and even if she did, Xiong Jun would not listen.

But it was fine. One beating would fix it.

If one wasn't enough, then two would be. There was nothing that couldn't be solved with fists. If it couldn't be solved, that only proved your fists weren't hard enough.

As it happened, Di Tian's fists were very hard. Xiong Jun would probably behave himself for a long time to come.

Emerald light carrying abundant life force flowed into Xiong Jun's body. The skin torn open by Di Tian's Dragon God Claw healed at a visible rate, while his dark-gold fur gradually grew back.

To be fair, Xiong Jun really did not want to get up right now. It was simply too embarrassing.

The harsher his boasts before the fight, the harsher Di Tian's blows had been when he pinned him down and beat him senseless.

No, even harsher than that.

He was practically a wolf of a dragon.

After Bijie had healed most of his injuries, Xiong Jun had no way to keep lying there and playing dead. He sat up in one motion, only to see Di Tian looking at him with an ambiguous smile.

"Xiong Jun, how was that? Are you convinced now?"

"If you're not convinced, this seat can accompany you for another round of stretching your muscles!"