A Ringing Song

"Hahahahaha! You can't beat me! There's nothing you can do—I'm just this strong! You can't catch me! La la la la la la la la la la la! I beat you! Come at me all together! I'm not scared at all! Hahahahaha! You can't outdo me! La la la la la la lalalala! ..."

Compared to Juhua, who was desperately fleeing for his life, and Dugu Bo, who was seething with the desire to skin Li Yuan and Juhua alive, Li Yuan was undoubtedly the most relaxed one at the moment.

Having just smacked Dugu Bo right in the face with a keyboard, Li Yuan felt utterly refreshed. His thoughts suddenly cleared, and he could not help breaking into song.

As he sang, Li Yuan rode backward on Juhua's back, watching Dugu Bo chase after them. Every now and then, he even gave Juhua a slap on the backside.

That little display was arrogant to the extreme.

As for Dugu Bo and Juhua, their moods were considerably more miserable. Juhua in particular felt like his mentality had completely exploded.

For one brief moment, Juhua desperately wanted to make peace with Dugu Bo first, then beat Li Yuan, that little bastard, half to death.

He had never noticed it before!

His little slave looked so honest and refined, with thick brows and clear eyes, yet after getting drunk, he had turned into someone so punchable!

Fine, even though Juhua felt like his whole cat self was about to split apart, he ultimately did not join Dugu Bo in dealing with Li Yuan.

He had no choice. He simply did not trust Dugu Bo's character. Although Li Yuan, that little bastard, was being unbearably arrogant right now—so arrogant that Juhua wanted to beat him to death—

He was still a little better than that old poisoner, Dugu Bo.

Compared to the petty conflict between master and servant that he had with Li Yuan, the grudge between Juhua and Dugu Bo was truly irreconcilable.

Dugu Bo had stolen Juhua's opportunity and had even nearly cut off Juhua's chance of becoming a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. That was not a grudge that could be easily resolved.

The same was true for Dugu Bo. Juhua and Li Yuan had ruined his medicinal garden and turned the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes into a complete mess. That was the true irreconcilable enmity.

Thus, the man and beast ultimately failed to reach any kind of understanding, allowing the drunken Li Yuan to exploit the gap by accident.

He could act as arrogantly as he pleased without worrying about getting double-teamed.

And so, Juhua carried Li Yuan and raced toward the depths of the Sunset Great Forest, while Dugu Bo persistently chased after them.

Although Juhua was extremely fast, Dugu Bo was, after all, a Titled Douluo. The two sides fell into a stalemate for the time being. Dugu Bo found it difficult to catch a Ninety Thousand Year Netherlight Orange Cat known for its speed.

Likewise, Juhua found it difficult to shake off a Titled Douluo like Dugu Bo.

Fortunately, the Sunset Great Forest was ultimately Juhua's territory. Here, he held the home-field advantage.

The moment he entered the depths of the Sunset Great Forest, Juhua headed straight for the area inhabited by the Savage Baboons. As he ran, the Orange Cat did not forget to stir up trouble, calling out the Sixty Thousand Year Wild Baboon King. "Old Baboon, come out and help! A human is here to cause trouble—come out and get him!"

That Sixty Thousand Year Savage Baboon had been brutally beaten by Juhua a few days ago, even losing a layer of skin. Its injuries had yet to fully heal.

Hearing Juhua's voice from afar, the Wild Baboon King instinctively felt that something was wrong and prepared to make a run for it.

Before it could flee, however, Juhua had already raced over, with a human who looked extremely difficult to deal with following behind him.

Judging from his aura, he was most likely a Titled Douluo among Human Soul Masters.

At that sight, the Sixty Thousand Year Wild Baboon King nearly burst into tears.

But with Juhua already charging straight toward it, the Wild Baboon King could not worry about anything else. It hurriedly turned and ran alongside him.

Its strength was only comparable to a Human Spirit Douluo. There was no way it could defeat a Titled Douluo.

If it did not run now, who knew whether that human would attack it? The Wild Baboon King did not dare gamble its life on that. It had no choice but to flee with them.

However, Savage Baboons were not Spirit Beasts known for their speed. Before long, Juhua had overtaken the Wild Baboon King and run ahead of it.

"Tiger King, slow down! Slow down! Wait for me!" The Wild Baboon King was truly panicking now, terrified that it would get caught in the crossfire. It was no match for a Titled Douluo!

Juhua had intended to use the Wild Baboon as a shield anyway, so naturally he would not stop. Under the circumstances, he did not need to run especially fast—he only needed to run faster than the old baboon. "Don't be afraid, Old Baboon. Hold the line here. This King will go find reinforcements."

"That's right, that's right, Old Baboon. Stand here and don't move. I'll go buy you some oranges." Li Yuan, riding on Juhua's back, shouted as well, delighted to make the chaos worse.

"Find reinforcements? Don't move? By the time you come back, would I still be alive?" Although the Wild Baboon King did not understand the deeper meaning behind Li Yuan's words, it was not stupid.

It naturally knew that it absolutely could not stop now. If it stopped, it was done for.

So, the Wild Baboon King used every ounce of strength it had and desperately ran forward. It did not dare listen to Juhua or Li Yuan at all. In its heart, it cursed furiously. If the timing had not been so wrong, it would have wanted to fight Juhua first.

Fortunately, the Wild Baboon was freed from its predicament before long.

After all, this was the core region of the Sunset Great Forest, where there was no shortage of all kinds of high-level Spirit Beasts.

Although the Sunset Great Forest was the least impressive among the major Spirit Beast gathering grounds and could not even produce a single Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Beast, it had plenty of Ten Thousand Year Spirit Beasts.

There were even more than a dozen Spirit Beasts above Fifty Thousand Years if they were all counted.

To save their lives, Juhua and the Wild Baboon King could not afford to worry about anything else. The two beasts specifically ran toward the habitats of Ten Thousand Year Spirit Beasts.

Before long, Juhua's group had expanded. More than ten Ten Thousand Year Spirit Beasts of various kinds were running ahead in a mighty procession.

Dugu Bo alone chased behind them.

None of these Ten Thousand Year Spirit Beasts were pushovers, and there were quite a few powerful ones above Fifty Thousand Years among them. Such a Spirit Beast army would have more than enough strength to wipe out a small nation in the human world.

If they truly joined forces, the power they could unleash would not be much weaker than that of a Titled Douluo. They might even be considerably stronger than an ordinary Titled Douluo.