The Auspicious Beast Disappears, Di Tian Attacks!

Star Dou Great Forest, core region.

This was the place where the forest's life force was most concentrated. The lake water was as green as emerald, radiating vibrant vitality.

Beast God Di Tian, who had been in secluded cultivation, suddenly snapped his eyes open. His golden vertical pupils were filled with disbelief and monstrous rage.

"The Lucky Beast... the Lucky Beast's aura has vanished?!"

Not only that, he could clearly feel that the massive fortune that had originally shrouded the Star Dou Great Forest, shielding the myriad Soul Beasts, had vanished entirely in an instant!

It was as if it had been forcibly severed by something!

"Dammit! How is this possible?!"

Di Tian let out a heaven-shaking roar.

"Who?! Who touched the Lucky Beast?!"

Following Di Tian's roar, several terrifying auras surged into the sky from every corner of the core region.

"What is it? What happened?"

A voice as low as rolling thunder rang out. Immediately after, a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear with a body as massive as a mountain tore through space and strode over. It was none other than Bear Lord, one of the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts.

Following closely behind, Zi Ji, Myriad Demon King, Bi Ji, and the other Ferocious Beasts arrived one after another, their faces filled with shock and confusion.

"Di Tian, what exactly happened? Why are you so agitated?"

There was a hint of anxiety in Bi Ji's gentle voice. As an Emerald Swan, she was the most sensitive to life force, and she had naturally sensed the abnormal fluctuations in the forest's fortune, as well as the inexplicable sense of oppression in her heart.

Di Tian's face was terrifyingly grim, and black flames seemed to be burning within his golden vertical pupils.

"The Lucky Beast has vanished."

"Along with it... the fortune of our Soul Beast clan is gone too."

"What?!"

As soon as these words were spoken, all the Ferocious Beasts were struck with horror.

The importance of the Lucky Beast to the Soul Beast clan went without saying; it was the key to their rapid growth and breaking through bottlenecks, and it was the future hope of the Soul Beast clan.

Now that the Lucky Beast had vanished and their fortune was severed, it was essentially cutting off the roots of the Soul Beast clan!

"How could this happen? Wasn't the Lucky Beast under the protection of Crimson King? How could it disappear for no reason?"

Myriad Demon King's face, which resembled old tree bark, was filled with incredulity.

"Hmph! It must be the work of those detestable humans!"

Bear Lord had the most explosive temper. Upon hearing this, he flew into a rage, slamming his two massive bear paws together with a thunderous crash that sounded like clashing metal.

Speaking of this, Bear Lord's anger flared even higher, and he roared furiously:

"That good-for-nothing Crimson King! He's truly incapable of accomplishing anything and only ruins matters! If he can't even protect the Auspicious Beast, what use is he?! In my opinion, we should just twist off all three of his heads!"

The other Beast Kings were also filled with resentment toward Crimson King at this moment.

After all, protecting the Auspicious Beast was the top priority. For Crimson King to have actually lost the Auspicious Beast was nothing short of dereliction of duty!

"Enough!"

Di Tian let out a cold shout, cutting off the beasts' argument.

He closed his eyes, carefully sensing Crimson King's aura.

"Crimson King is currently... on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest."

When he said the words "outskirts," Di Tian's expression grew even uglier.

"Not long ago, I sensed that a battle between human experts had broken out there. Although that was an internal conflict among humans, as long as it didn't affect our Soul Beasts, I couldn't be bothered to care. On the contrary, the more human experts who die, the better it is for our Soul Beasts."

"However..."

Di Tian snapped his eyes open, killing intent boiling within them.

"That idiot Crimson King! I explicitly warned him time and time again not to take the Auspicious Beast near that place! How could he have treated my words as wind passing by his ears?!"

"Now that the Auspicious Beast has vanished and its aura of fortune has been severed, it must be related to that human battle! Perhaps... the Auspicious Beast has already been dragged into it!"

Hearing this, even the usually good-tempered Bi Ji couldn't help but frown.

"If that is the case, then Crimson King is truly unforgivable."

"Di Tian, what should we do now?"

Zi Ji asked.

"What else can we do? We go to settle the score with that piece of trash, of course! And we must retrieve the Auspicious Beast!"

Di Tian let out a cold snort, his entire body instantly transforming into a bolt of black lightning as he sped off in the direction of the Star Dou Great Forest's outskirts.

"Follow me! This is a matter concerning the fate of the entire Soul Beast race! If any accident has truly befallen the Auspicious Beast, we will make the humans pay in blood!"

On the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest, by the side of the tranquil stream.

Crimson King stood like a statue, staring blankly at the surface of the water.

The three large heads hung low in dejection, six eyes filled with despair and helplessness.

Just moments ago, it had watched with its own eyes as that golden figure plunged headfirst into the river, and then... there was nothing left.

Not a single splash, not a trace of aura.

The Auspicious Beast seemed to have been swallowed by the river, vanishing completely from its senses.

"It's over... everything is over..."

Crimson King muttered to itself, its entire body trembling uncontrollably.

It could already foresee the terrifying punishment it would face once Di Tian discovered the Auspicious Beast was missing.

Would it be skinned and deboned? Swallowed alive? Or locked away in that sunless prison for all eternity, never to see the light of day again?

Just as Crimson King was sinking into despair, a pressure of extreme terror suddenly descended.

"BOOM!"

A pitch-black figure appeared out of thin air above Crimson King's head. Those golden vertical pupils looked down at it coldly, as if gazing at an ant that could be crushed with a flick of a finger.

"Crimson King!"

Di Tian's voice exploded in Crimson King's ears like rolling thunder.

"Where is the Auspicious Beast?!"

"I entrusted the Auspicious Beast to you for protection, and this is how you protect it?! Speak! What method did the humans use to snatch the Auspicious Beast away?!"

Looking at the enraged Di Tian before it, as well as the Bear Lord, Myriad Demon King, and the other Great Beasts who had arrived in his wake, Crimson King collapsed to the ground in terror.

Crimson King stammered, its voice thick with a sob.

"The... the Auspicious Beast... it jumped into the river... and then its aura just vanished..."

"Jumped into the river?!"

Upon hearing this, Di Tian was almost driven to laughter by his own fury.

"Are you trying to tell us that the Auspicious Beast jumped into the river and died?! That its aura vanished in an instant?"

"It's the truth!"

Crimson King felt so aggrieved that tears were about to fall.

"The Auspicious Beast jumped into this river, and then... then it just disappeared! I tried to find it, but I couldn't find it anywhere!"

Di Tian cast a cold glance at Crimson King, then turned his gaze toward the unremarkable little river before them.

In his perception, this river was indeed rather peculiar.

Although it looked ordinary, deep beneath the riverbed, it felt as if some power that even made him feel a sense of trepidation was hidden there.

"Playing god!"

Di Tian let out a cold snort. As the strongest being currently known on the Douluo Continent, he did not believe there was anything in this world that could stop him.

"Since you said the Beast of Auspice is in the river, then I will overturn this river! Even if I have to drain every drop of water from it, I will find the Beast of Auspice!"

"If the Beast of Auspice is not in this river, Crimson King..."

Di Tian swept a cold glance at Crimson King. Although he would not go so far as to kill him, a punishment was inevitable.

Just at this moment, the small river splashed, and a figure slowly rose from beneath the surface. He sat on a bluestone, holding a fishing rod, looking quite leisurely.

"It really was a human playing tricks!"

Seeing this scene, Bear Lord was incensed and was about to lunge at Lin Feng to seize him!