Nine Treasures City!

"I never expected to encounter the Auspicious Beast and Scarlet King here. What a fortunate meeting!" Du Busi stood with his hands behind his back, his expression neither grave nor relaxed.

The nine soul rings floating around him radiated a terrifying aura of oppression. The surrounding soul beasts were so frightened by it that they lost control of their bowels and bladders. Truly, one wave had barely settled before another rose.

The soul beast called the Auspicious Beast was the exquisitely beautiful one, while Scarlet King was far more renowned. If any knowledgeable outsider had come here, they would certainly have recognized that Scarlet King was ranked eighth among the Ten Great Beasts.

The Three-Headed Crimson Demon Mastiff! One of the continent's most powerful soul beasts.

"You killed Bear Lord's descendant!" Scarlet King noticed the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear's corpse lying on the ground. As for the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's corpse, he felt nothing about it. That soul beast had always disgusted the soul beasts of the soul beast world; they killed it whenever they saw it.

"Yes." Du Busi smiled calmly without denying it.

Scarlet King looked at Du Busi with indifferent eyes, but ultimately said nothing. His duty was to protect the Auspicious Beast, and he had never concerned himself with anything else.

Besides, in a sense, the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear and his Three-Headed Crimson Dog clan could be considered enemies. They had only reached a temporary alliance because of a certain powerful figure.

"You must have brought this human into the forest to obtain a soul ring." Scarlet King shifted his gaze toward Qin Ze.

Whoosh!

In an instant, a terrifying pressure bore down on Qin Ze, and his face immediately turned pale.

"Hmph!" Du Busi gave a cold snort. A powerful surge of Soul Power erupted from within him and directly forced back Scarlet King's oppressive Soul Power.

"We have already obtained the soul ring. We'll take our leave now." Du Busi gave the Auspicious Beast a deep look and immediately prepared to withdraw. If he were alone, he would not fear Scarlet King, but he had brought Qin Ze with him.

After saying that, and seeing Scarlet King offer no response, Du Busi grabbed Qin Ze and prepared to leave.

"Wait!"

Suddenly, a crisp, pleasant female voice interrupted Du Busi's movement.

Hearing the voice, Du Busi froze for a moment before looking toward the Auspicious Beast. He had seen her before, but he had never seen her speak.

The cyan glow in Qin Ze's eyes had already faded. He frowned at the Auspicious Beast. Just now, he seemed to have seen a woman with a head full of golden hair.

Her beauty had made his breathing quicken. There really was someone in the world who could be beautiful to such an extent. Unfortunately, he had only caught a fleeting glimpse, barely seeing anything before that breathtaking image blurred away.

"May I ask what the Auspicious Beast wants?" Du Busi asked, confusion rising in his heart.

Scarlet King also looked toward the Auspicious Beast. He had already tacitly permitted Du Busi to leave.

"What is your name?" The Auspicious Beast looked at Qin Ze. A trace of surprise flashed through her golden eyes. She had actually sensed the same Power of Destiny from a human.

Du Busi frowned slightly, unable to understand why the Auspicious Beast was asking for Qin Ze's name.

"My name is Qin Ze." Qin Ze met the Auspicious Beast's gaze.

"I'll remember you." The Auspicious Beast's crisp, pleasant voice rang out once more. After saying that, she turned and left.

Scarlet King gave Qin Ze a deep look. He could not understand why the Auspicious Beast had acted so strangely today, but he committed Qin Ze's name to memory as well.

Seeing the two soul beasts depart, Du Busi immediately grabbed Qin Ze by the shoulder and hurried out of the Star Dou Great Forest.

It took them only two hours to successfully leave the Star Dou Great Forest, after which they continued flying north.

Their destination was Nine Treasures City!

The Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect possessed a city that had been passed down since Ten Thousand Years Ago, known as Nine Treasures City. It had originally been called Seven Treasures City. After Ning Rongrong of the first generation of the Shrek Seven Devils Ten Thousand Years Ago evolved her martial soul from the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda into the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, the city's name changed as well.

Unfortunately, although it was called the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, there was not a single Soul Master in the entire sect with a Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda. The highest was merely the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda.

Over the past ten thousand years, only Glazed Tile Pagoda Soul Masters closest in time to Ning Rongrong had produced martial souls at the Nine Treasures level. Later, their bloodline gradually thinned, reverting to seven treasures. Though someone occasionally had the good fortune to evolve into an Eight Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, they ultimately could not compare with the glory of their ancestors' era.

Even so, the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda was still hailed as the continent's number one support-type martial soul, and the sect had no fewer than three Titled Douluo guarding it.

Its foundation was unimaginably formidable.

"I never expected to encounter the Auspicious Beast and that three-headed dog!" Du Busi muttered as they flew through the air.

"Senior, if you fought that three-headed dog, what chance would you have of winning?" Qin Ze asked curiously.

Du Busi lowered his head and thought for a moment before replying, "Scarlet King is a beast-king-level soul beast. If we both held back somewhat, I would have a sixty percent chance of defeating him. But if it were a fight to the death, I would have no absolute certainty."

"I see." Qin Ze nodded inwardly, gaining a clearer understanding of their respective combat strength.

Within the Star Dou Great Forest.

"What? That human also possesses the Power of Destiny?" On a gentle hillside, Scarlet King stared at the Three-Eyed Golden Lion with disbelief written across his face.

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion nodded. "I wasn't lying to you. Not long ago, I sensed an extraordinarily dense aura of Life. Its density was even greater than the energy contained within the Lake of Life in the central region. At the same time, that Life aura carried a trace of the Power of Destiny. Otherwise, why do you think I ran over there?"

"This is an enormous matter. I need to report it to Di Tian." Scarlet King's eyes flickered constantly. He now understood why the Auspicious Beast had acted that way today.

"Do whatever you want," said the Auspicious Beast. Her golden eyes flickered slightly, clearly concealing thoughts she had not voiced.

"Scarlet King, do you know what the human world is like?" The Three-Eyed Golden Lion turned her head and asked, her voice full of curiosity.

Scarlet King paused before answering, "The human world is filled with evil, slaughter, and war. It's a disgusting place."

"I feel like you're lying to me!" Distrust colored the Auspicious Beast's clear voice.

"If you don't believe me, go ask Bear Lord." A string of black lines crossed Scarlet King's forehead.

"Hmph! Bear Lord hates humans so much. How could he tell the truth?" The Three-Eyed Golden Lion snorted. "I'll go ask Sister Bi Ji!"

After saying that, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion darted toward the depths of the forest. Scarlet King, left standing where he was, immediately jolted in alarm. Oh no, Bi Ji would definitely tell this girl the truth.

With that thought, Scarlet King hurried after her. Dear lady, you can't just ask whatever you want! I'm the one who'll get beaten up!

Even with Du Busi carrying him through the air, it still took them a full three days to reach Nine Treasures City.

From the sky, a magnificent city steeped in history gradually entered Qin Ze's view.

As he looked at the oval-shaped city, Qin Ze's heart began to burn with excitement.

"Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, I'm here!"