The next day, early in the morning.
Lan Mei left with a group of people.
Aunt Lan apparently knew who was taking Lan Mei to obtain her Soul Ring, and she was much more at ease.
Huo Yuhao did not see Yan Shaozhe, nor did he see any other Shrek students.
Deep within the Star Dou Great Forest, several figures had gathered beside a lake as beautiful as crystal.
Strangely, most of them were in human form, while two Soul Beasts remained in beast form.
One of them was over five meters long, tremendously burly, and somewhat resembled a mastiff. Yet it had three identical massive heads. Each head was over a meter across, and its terrifying canine teeth gleamed with a red-gold luster.
The other was a lion-like Soul Beast, with smooth golden fur and sturdy scales covering its four paws. A faint, gentle glow like Light Flame seemed to surround it. Its eyes were brilliant gold, but most peculiar of all was the third eye at the center of its brow, resembling a vertical eye and glowing an eerie blood-red.
She was the Auspicious Beast known as the Soul Beast amplifier, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
At this moment, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion seemed to be using some ability. Her entire body was enveloped in intense light. It was fantastical light, devoid of any destructive power, yet it carried the sensation of seeing through everything in the world.
"Auspicious Beast, did you sense anything?"
At the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's side, a handsome middle-aged man standing nearly two meters tall finally spoke. A lock of gold ran through his hair, and his aura was as weighty as a mountain. Any powerhouse from the human world would have recognized him at once—he was Di Tian, revered as the Beast God.