Encounter with a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear, Life Hanging by a Thread, Emperor Takes Over

"Di Tian, I had no intention of fighting you, nor of opposing the Star Dou Great Forest."

"One day. Give me one day, and we will leave the Star Dou Great Forest immediately afterward."

"What do you say?"

Mu En looked at Di Tian, seemingly trying to read something from his face.

But Di Tian merely laughed heartily as he looked down at Shrek's gathered powerhouses.

"What a joke, Mu En. This is my territory. It is not your place to negotiate terms with me."

As he spoke, Di Tian's overwhelming dragon might pressed down upon those below with an irresistible force.

Seeing this, Mu En closed his eyes, already prepared for a bitter battle.

Then he looked at the Shrek powerhouses behind him and shouted, "People of Shrek, today we shall measure the strength of this ruler of the Star Dou Great Forest!"

After seeing Mu En's actions, the surrounding Shrek Elders summoned their Martial Souls one after another, Soul Power surging around them.

The auras of the Titled Douluo interwove into an invisible net, confronting Di Tian's dragon might from afar.

The air instantly congealed. Even the sound of falling leaves became distinct. A great battle capable of shaking the entire Douluo Continent seemed ready to erupt at any moment.

Yet Di Tian showed no fear. Instead, he let out a low laugh.

"Mu En, stop putting on airs before me. Your condition has long since fallen from its peak. Do you think you can win?"

"Besides, even if all of Shrek attacks together, I have nothing to fear."

A heaven-shaking battle was on the verge of erupting in the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Meanwhile.

After Ye Chen made sure he had escaped the threat of the Human-faced Dragon Snake,

he wanted to find a way out of the Star Dou Great Forest. This place was filled with danger at every turn; he could die here at any moment.

But the Star Dou Great Forest was unimaginably vast, and Ye Chen had no map. Leaving was exceedingly difficult.

It could be said that Ye Chen was lost in the Star Dou Great Forest and was now searching for the way home.

After quite some time, Ye Chen continued exploring through the Star Dou Great Forest, stumbling over uneven ground.

Perhaps it was just his imagination, but walking alone through such a dangerous place, he always felt that terrifying Soul Beasts would leap out from behind the surrounding trees.

Ye Chen shook his head, tossing aside those strange thoughts and carefully continuing through the Star Dou Great Forest.

"It must be my imagination. There shouldn't be that much danger in the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest, right?"

But at that moment, the ground suddenly began trembling without warning. A black shadow crashed down from the treetops, and when its heavy bear paw hit the ground, it crushed the surrounding shrubs into powder.

It was a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear over four meters long. Muscles bulged beneath its dark golden fur, and its pair of bear claws, each nearly half a meter long, gleamed with a metallic chill.

"Not good, a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear! And one more than five thousand years old! Is Heaven trying to kill me?!"

Ye Chen's heart abruptly clenched. The moment he saw the enormous beast before him, despair filled his heart.

If it had been some ordinary Soul Beast, Ye Chen might still have had some hope of defeating one over five thousand years old.

But this was a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear, a Super Soul Beast. A hundred-year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear could contend with an ordinary ten-thousand-year Soul Beast, let alone a five-thousand-year one.

Though he thought this, Ye Chen still had to take a gamble and see whether he could save his own life.

When the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear saw Ye Chen, savage glints immediately flared in its eyes.

Seeing this, Ye Chen cursed, "Damn it!" and turned to run. But how could the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear let prey that had reached its mouth escape?

Its massive body was astonishingly agile, and it caught up to Ye Chen in an instant. Its terrifying, enormous bear paw swung toward him.

Ye Chen had not expected such a massive Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear to possess such horrifying speed. He hastily twisted aside to evade it.

Yet the edge of his right arm was still grazed by the bear's metallic claws. Agonizing pain struck instantly, and blood soaked through his clothes.

"It hurts!"

Ye Chen felt the horrifying claw wound on his arm. His entire arm was still trembling uncontrollably.

But he knew he could not give up. His path as a Soul Master had not yet ended—how could he die at the hands of a beast?

With that thought, enduring the intense pain from his arm, Ye Chen summoned his Martial Soul—the Emperor Aurora Sword.

"First Soul Skill—Emperor Aurora Slash!"

Ye Chen circulated all his Soul Power and unleashed the strike. But he had only just reached level twenty; how could his slash harm a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear capable of contending with Soul Beasts tens of thousands of years old?

As expected, when Ye Chen's Soul Power slash struck the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear, it did not leave even a trace of blood. It only caused the beast slight pain.

However, Ye Chen's attack completely enraged the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear. It threw back its head and released an earth-shaking roar.

Then its massive body charged at Ye Chen like a cheetah. Ye Chen hurriedly dodged, but he was still clipped by those metallic claws.

Ye Chen was slammed heavily beneath a large tree, and a mouthful of blood burst from his lips.

Watching the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear draw ever closer, Ye Chen still wanted to fight back, but his body, on the verge of collapse, would not let him stand.

"The gap is too great..."

Leaning against the trunk, Ye Chen felt his internal organs, knocked out of place by the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear's blow. There was almost no hope left in his heart.

The Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear came before Ye Chen, lifted him with its enormous paw, and examined its prey with savage eyes.

At that moment, far beyond Douluo Star, a dazzling ray of light suddenly shot out from a blazing planet.

The light moved at an incomparably fast speed. In the blink of an eye, it passed through countless planets and flew straight toward Douluo Star.

Holding Ye Chen, the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear slowly opened its huge jaws, intending to swallow him whole.

As Ye Chen hung in the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear's grasp, he stared straight up at the sky. Just as he was about to close his eyes and end his life,

"What is that?!"

A dazzling golden light shone upon Ye Chen, and the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear was blinded by it, unable to open its eyes.

When the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear opened its eyes again, the situation had reversed. An invisible golden force had seized it by the throat.

Looking down, the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear found that the weak and tender child had now been replaced by a suit of armor.

The armor was exceptionally imposing, combining the body of a dragon, the arms of an eagle, the shoulders of a tiger, the back of a mastiff, and the legs of a rhinoceros. Its golden armor, accented with silver, radiated kingly majesty from every part.

With Ye Chen's life hanging by a thread, the consciousness of the Heavenly Dao Emperor took over Ye Chen's body and summoned the Emperor Armor.

The Emperor Armor's body appeared small before the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear, yet the Emperor merely raised a hand, and the beast was squeezed so hard that it could not breathe.