Deep within Sunset Forest, towering Ancient Wood blotted out the sky and sun. Dappled sunlight filtered through gaps in the branches and leaves, casting shifting patches of light across the leaf-strewn ground.
The air was thick with the damp scent of grass and trees, occasionally mixed with the low growls of Soul Beasts, adding even more mystery and danger to this ancient forest.
Lu Jing, Qian Renxue, and Wang Dong'er walked side by side along a forest path, their steps steady as their vigilant gazes swept over their surroundings.
Porcupinefish Douluo followed behind them with Xiao Wu. This Title Douluo-level strong person had restrained most of his aura, acting like a silent guard—protecting them while secretly observing these three extraordinarily gifted youngsters.
"Something seems to be happening up ahead."
Qian Renxue suddenly stopped. Her purple eyes narrowed slightly as she looked toward a dense thicket to the left.
Her Angel Martial Soul was naturally sensitive to light aura. At that moment, she could clearly sense a pure and powerful surge of Light Power radiating from not far ahead.
Wang Dong'er stopped as well. The phantom of the Light Goddess Butterfly flickered behind her, its wings gently fluttering as the rainbow-colored motes it released probed the surroundings like radar. "It's a very powerful Soul Beast aura, with at least fifty thousand years of cultivation."
Following their gazes, Lu Jing smiled. "Looks like we've found something."
The three exchanged glances, then quickened their pace in tacit agreement and approached the source of the aura.
After passing through layers of brush, an open clearing in the forest appeared before them—
At the center of the clearing, a snow-white unicorn was bowing its head and drinking water.
Its form was elegant, its limbs long and slender. The spiraling horn atop its head radiated dazzling