Returning to Familiar Grounds, Hunting the Lion King
Sunset Forest is located in the center of the Heaven Dou Empire, but its area is much smaller than that of Star Dou Great Forest.
There are quite a few Soul Beast in Sunset Forest, but only a handful can reach a cultivation level of over ten thousand years. These Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast are all overlords of their respective regions.
However, Sunset Forest is the most friendly place for low-level Soul Master among the three major Soul Beast gathering places. There are many kinds of hundred-year and Thousand-Year Soul Beast here, and the quality of the Soul Beast is also better than that of the Soul Hunting Forest controlled by the Spirit Hall.
The only downside is that the danger is slightly higher, after all, it is Soul Beast Forest.
In the Original Work, the Shrek Seven Monsters obtained their fourth Soul Ring almost entirely in Sunset Forest, and the effects were quite good.
Su He naturally had a chosen target in mind, which is why she came to Sunset Forest to obtain her Fifth Soul Ring.
Su He's Second Spirit Ring came from a 1,700-year-old Radiant Lion King, which provided Su He with the powerful long-range attack Soul Skill, Golden Lion Blazing Light Bullet. Its blinding effect greatly helped Su He in Soul Fighting.
This time, Su He's target was the Forty-Thousand-Year Radiant Lion King, the elder of the little Radiant Lion King from back then, who had once fought a great battle with the Mighty Lion Douluo.
A lifespan of 40,000 years is just right for Su He's Fifth Soul Ring.
The two walked quickly through the Sunset Forest. Having been there once before, Su He had some recollection of the location of the Radiant Lion King.
If Su He remembers correctly, it's somewhere in the northwestern part of Sunset Forest.
That was the territory of the Radiant Lion King. The Radiant Lion King, which was 40,000 years old, was powerful enough to rival an 85th-level Soul Douluo among human powerhouses, and had few rivals in the Sunset Forest.
Su He was certain that the Radiant Lion King would not leave his territory.
After traveling for about two more hours, Su He sensed a familiar aura, one that shared the same origin as his Second Spirit Ring.
Upon learning that Su He had sensed the aura of the Radiant Lion King, both Golden Crocodile Douluo and Su He Concealment their own auras.
The Radiant Lion King is a flying Soul Beast, and to kill him, you must ensure he doesn't have time to escape, which requires a very high level of strength from the Soul Master.
Only a being of the ultimate level like Golden Crocodile Douluo has the confidence to subdue the Radiant Lion King with a single blow.
The two pushed aside the weeds in front of them, and a familiar figure came into view.
The appearance of the Radiant Lion King has not changed much. As always, it possesses both strength and beauty, with platinum-gold mane, a white body, and wings on its back, making it majestic and awe-inspiring.
The only difference from before was that this Radiant Lion King's aura contained a hint of ferocity, and its cultivation level had reached about 43,000 years, a significant improvement compared to a few years ago.
Su He suspected that this Radiant Lion King might have been devastated by the hunting of its offspring and had begun to focus all its efforts on increasing its strength, but this was of no use against the Level Ninety-Nine Golden Crocodile Douluo.
Just as the two were slowly advancing to within about a hundred meters of the Radiant Lion King, the latter finally noticed something was wrong. He sniffed the ground with his huge nose, then let out a deafening roar at Su He and Golden Crocodile Douluo, before flapping his enormous wings in preparation for taking off to observe the strength of his opponents.
"We've been discovered." Golden Crocodile Douluo frowned. "It's alright."
With a flash, Golden Crocodile Douluo appeared above the head of the Radiant Lion King.
Without any unnecessary movements or even attaching Martial Soul, a layer of unknown white power appeared on Golden Crocodile Douluo's hand, and he punched down at the body of the Radiant Lion King.
The Radiant Lion King, whose wings had already spread and taken to the air, was directly knocked to the ground by the Golden Crocodile Douluo. It twitched a few times and struggled to get up.
At this moment Su He had already leaped behind Golden Crocodile Douluo, waiting for her Teacher to subdue the Radiant Lion King. Upon seeing Su He, the Radiant Lion King let out a roar filled with boundless hatred.
It's him, the human in front of me. A few years ago, he brought people to turn its child into Soul Ring and External Soul Bone, and now he's going to attack it again!
In order to maximize the resentment of the Radiant Lion King, Su He spread her Radiant Crystal Wings.
Looking at the External Soul Bone that were ninety percent similar to his own wings, the Radiant Lion King immediately guessed the origin of the Radiant Crystal Wings.
It fell after its child died!
Then it looked up at the Golden Crocodile Douluo standing in front of Su He, as immovable as an iron tower, and let out its final desperate roar.
"Roar!!!"
The Radiant Lion King was in utter despair; with 43,000 years of cultivation, it had long since awakened its sentience.
Originally, it had been working hard all these years to increase its cultivation and become stronger so that one day it could avenge its child's death. However, its enemies came to its door first, wanting to take its life.
How could the Radiant Lion King not despair!
Su He and Golden Crocodile Douluo showed no emotion whatsoever when they saw the Radiant Lion King.
Blame it on this guy not being strong enough.
Having strong strength is the foundation for survival in the Douluo Continent, which is the fundamental reason why Su He must go out to train, even if it will make his beloved Xue'er sad. Su He has no choice but to go.
"Roar!" The Radiant Lion King glared fiercely at Su He with his bloodshot eyes, then made a decision, and his body began to swell.
It was determined to abandon its cultivation of over 40,000 years, even if it meant its body was reduced to ashes, rather than let its enemies obtain its Soul Ring!
"Why bother?" Golden Crocodile Douluo said indifferently, extending his right hand and gently grasping. The Radiant Lion King seemed to be grabbed by something out of thin air, and its swelling stopped.
"Before me, you don't even have the right to self-destruct." The voice of Golden Crocodile Douluo rang out and entered the ears of the Radiant Lion King.
Upon hearing this, the latter's expression instantly froze, and he remained motionless.
Golden Crocodile's words employed a mental attack, severely damaging the Radiant Lion King's spirit before Su He could absorb the Soul Ring, thus greatly facilitating Su He's absorption of the Soul Ring.
Although Su He had a history of Cross-Level Spirit Ring Absorption, with even her fourth spirit ring reaching an age of 17,000 years, Golden Crocodile Douluo was still willing to take the safer approach.
Su He's encounter with the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger in the Life-and-Death Arena still fills him with lingering fear; he might not have seen his disciple again.
Su He, possessing her martial spirit, walked up to the vacant-eyed Lion King of Light.
The indestructible claws of the Abyssal Golden Lion plunged into the neck of the Radiant Lion King, and warm blood gushed out.
The Radiant Lion King was killed by Su He without even a final howl or struggle.
A dark Soul Ring slowly emerged from the body of the Radiant Lion King. Su He expressed her gratitude to the Golden Crocodile Douluo and then began to absorb the Soul Ring.
Soon, Su He will become a true Soul King!