Three-Eyed Golden Lion, Imperial Auspicious Beast

Ice Empress was stunned at first.

Then her volatile temper was provoked.

A Cyclops not even ten thousand years old actually dared resist the pressure of the King of the Extreme North?

In truth, she had not fully released her pressure.

She had merely kept it at a level sufficient to suppress a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

After all, this was the Star Dou Great Forest. If her aura attracted other Beasts, things would be difficult to handle.

Yet the Cyclops had not chosen to collapse helplessly to the ground.

That was beyond her expectations as well.

She darted forward and waved her hand, releasing a streak of green light. The shimmering emerald ice light struck the Cyclops's abdomen, shattering it instantly as flesh and blood turned into icy powder and scattered away.

With her strength, a single blow could have reduced the entire Cyclops to dust.

But she wanted to eat its brain, so she could not be too rough.

Zi Yao followed behind her.

The Cyclops still had its last breath. Its powerful bloodline allowed it to survive for a while even after suffering such a devastating abdominal wound.

"Xiao Yao, this Soul Beast's cultivation seems quite suitable for you. What do you think?"

Ice Empress waited at the side for Zi Yao's answer, ready to start eating at any moment.

After a brief moment of thought, Zi Yao still shook his head.

The Cyclops possessed a Mental Attribute, and the coveted brain was the best proof of that.

But an ordinary Cyclops was still nothing special. Its Bloodline Power surpassed that of ordinary Soul Beasts, but it was far from the level of top-tier Soul Beasts. Naturally, Zi Yao had no interest in it.

"Hehe, then let's eat!"

Ice Empress decisively finished it off and began enjoying the Cyclops's brain.

Zi Yao was not particularly interested in it.

Unlike Ice Silkworms, the energy provided by Cyclopes was difficult for Human Soul Masters to digest.

Besides, it was a Humanoid Soul Beast. He would feel awkward if he actually ate it, so he took out the rations he carried with him and began eating.

Just then, the golden flash behind the Cyclops finally appeared. It ran like a small sun, then flashed and stopped not far from the Cyclops's corpse, seeming to freeze in surprise.

At the same time,

Ice Empress and Zi Yao, who had been eating heartily, were both startled as well.

That Soul Beast was over three meters long and eight chi tall at the shoulder. Its entire body was covered in dazzling golden fur, with especially fluffy fur around its neck. Its overall shape resembled a lion.

Yet its four claws were like those of a dragon, each standing atop a cluster of golden flames. Beneath its fur grew dense Golden Dragon Scales, and between its pair of golden eyes was a bewitching red vertical pupil.

"Three-Eyed Golden Lion?"

Ice Empress casually swallowed a tender piece of brain from her mouth.

She truly had not expected to encounter this legendary Ancient Auspicious Beast in the Mixed Zone. She did not know whether to call herself lucky or unlucky.

Because an Auspicious Beast of this level would definitely have a Beast-level powerhouse watching over it.

Please don't let it be Ten Thousand Monster King or Bear Lord...

She thought to herself.

Di Tian was surely in seclusion at the moment. There were quite a few Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest that had broken through Four Hundred Thousand Years, and the healing-focused Bi Ji was not much of a concern.

But whether it was Ten Thousand Monster King, who had already passed the Great Pass of five hundred thousand years and become a Peerless Fierce Beast,

Or Bear Lord, who had reached the level of a Four-Hundred-Thousand-Year Beast many years ago and wielded Ultimate Attack Power,

Neither was someone she could easily deal with at present.

After his brief surprise, Zi Yao quickly came back to his senses, his expression turning ugly.

Was I set up?

How could there be such a coincidence? The entire Mixed Zone was so vast, yet he happened to encounter the Three-Eyed Golden Lion as soon as he came Soul Hunting. It was not as if he were a Child of Destiny.

"Human?"

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion frowned at Zi Yao. It seemed to find the person before it unusually familiar. It actually spoke human language, and its voice was clear and pleasant, like that of a young woman.

But after a brief moment of confused thoughts,

It spotted the giant brain with less than half remaining and could not help becoming furious.

"You actually dared hunt the prey this Emperor had set its eyes on!"

"Uh, I think I can explain..."

Ice Empress guiltily wiped the juices from the corner of her mouth.

In order not to stir up the Soul Beasts, she had concealed all of her Beast aura after entering Star Dou, leaking out only a trace when capturing Soul Beasts.

"The evidence is right here. What else could you possibly argue? Damned human, do you know how long I chased that Cyclops for?!"

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion bared its snow-white fangs and transformed into a streak of golden fire as it pounced forward.

Ice Empress frowned.

As the King of the Extreme North, it had been many years since she had been provoked by either humans or beasts.

Faced with an attack comparable to that of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast,

She became slightly serious. Extreme Ice gathered in her hand, and she effortlessly seized the Three-Eyed Golden Lion by the nape and lifted it into the air.

Zi Yao was not surprised either.

Just as Xuan Zi had said in the original work, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion was respected because it could help Soul Beasts cultivate. It possessed only an Emperor's bloodline, not an Emperor's strength.

What could an Emperor that had not yet grown up amount to?

It could only be said that the Three-Eyed Golden Lion had been spoiled too much in Star Dou. Even when hunting, those Soul Beasts only dared flee and never dared fight back.

Over time, it had truly come to see itself as an Emperor.

But a Peerless Fierce Beast like Ice Empress would never acknowledge it.

Di Tian had earned the title of Beast God through battle. In the law-of-the-jungle world of Soul Beasts, did having a bloodline mean one could become an Emperor? Dream on.

"A Beast? You're a Beast, and you dare attack me?! I'll curse you during your next Heavenly Tribulation—"

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion widened its golden eyes and began shouting like a spoiled child.

"Shut up. You think you can invoke the might of a Heavenly Tribulation? Keep annoying me and I'll eat you!"

Ice Empress sneered.

If it were an Auspicious Beast from the Extreme North, she might have bowed in reverence and treated it with great respect.

But this Three-Eyed Golden Lion was merely the Auspicious Beast of the Star Dou Great Forest. If she did not dare kill it, did that mean she did not dare teach it a lesson?

As for a curse using the Power of Destiny?

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion was indeed powerful.

But among those who could grow to the level of Beasts, which one did not possess some Heaven and Earth Bloodline?

If an Auspicious Beast cultivated to the level of a Hundred Thousand Years, it might perhaps succeed.

But it was currently only a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. What right did it have to wield the Power of Destiny and curse her, a Four-Hundred-Thousand-Year Beast?

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion was frightened by Ice Empress.

Grievance and fear intertwined in its heart. Its watery golden eyes were filled with tears, on the verge of falling.

As a favored child of heaven, a born Auspicious Beast,

When had it ever suffered such humiliation?

"You're going to cry already?"

Zi Yao said gloomily from the side.

"I'm not!"

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion replied stubbornly. It looked Zi Yao up and down before asking, "What Beast did you transform from?"

"I'm not a Beast. I'm human."

Zi Yao replied calmly.

Human?

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion turned to look at Ice Empress, its face full of confusion.

The seventh-ranked Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion was actually together with a human boy?

The next instant, a sharp roar suddenly rang out nearby. Dark-red light almost illuminated the entire sky, and repeated howls sent birds and beasts scattering in all directions.

A Three-Headed Crimson Demon Mastiff over five meters long leaped before them. Its entire body burned with raging flames, while its terrifying fangs gave off a crimson-gold gleam.

Seeing the Three-Eyed Golden Lion being held by the nape, all three of its heads roared in unison, their sound waves shaking the heavens.

"If you don't want to die, put down the Imperial Auspicious Beast!!!"