A Freshwater Soul Beast? Who Do You Think You're Looking Down On? We're from the Sea!!

"Fine, fine. Then let me see just how terrifying the wrath of you, King of the Forest, really is."

"Attack!"

Ye Wen didn't waste any more words. He called to Evil Tiger and Xiao Bai, and the three of them charged forward.

"Evil Tiger, Xiao Bai, go deal with the Sky Azure Bull Python at the bottom of the lake. I'll handle the Titan Giant Ape."

"Yes, boss!"

"You're asking for death!"

The Titan Giant Ape flew into a rage. It leaped high into the air, then crashed down with its terrifying bulk, shaking the ground like an earthquake. Its enormous fist slammed toward Ye Wen.

"Heh." Ye Wen gave a cold laugh.

His body was about as big as the Titan Giant Ape's fist, and his own fist was dozens of times smaller. Yet that tiny fist sent the Titan Giant Ape stumbling back several meters.

"How is that possible?!"

Bang!

"What terrifying strength!" The Titan Giant Ape was utterly shocked. In many cases, a Soul Beast's strength came from its physical body, which was far stronger than a human's.

The Titan Giant Ape's advantage, in particular, lay in its overwhelming strength.

Yet this human had knocked him back in the very area where he was strongest, without even using a Soul Skill!

Was this for real?

Before the Titan Giant Ape could recover from his shock, something even more astonishing happened.

He watched as Evil Tiger and Xiao Bai transformed into two enormous Soul Beasts!

The gigantic Evil Tiger Orca King and Demon Soul Great White Shark King leaped through the air and plunged into the lake.

"Soul Beasts!"

"They're actually Soul Beasts!"

"What's going on? How can they turn into humans, then change back into Soul Beasts?"

The Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python were dumbfounded. They couldn't make sense of it.

They had never left the Star Dou Great Forest, so how could they know about Sea Soul Beasts? They didn't even recognize sea-dwelling Soul Beasts like the Evil Tiger Orca and the Demon Soul Great White Shark.

"Ptooey! Ptooey! What's wrong with this water? It makes my whole body feel awful!" Evil Tiger roared.

"You idiot, Evil Tiger! This is lake water, not seawater! Forget about that. Come with me to the bottom and deal with the Sky Azure Bull Python!"

Splash!

Evil Tiger and Xiao Bai disappeared beneath the lake's surface, diving straight down to attack.

By then, Ye Wen had already launched another assault on the Titan Giant Ape. He had seen through what the Titan Giant Ape was thinking and said, "Surprised? But you saw correctly. We really are Soul Beasts."

Bang! Boom, boom, boom!

The Titan Giant Ape struggled with all his might to fend off Ye Wen's attacks, unable to understand. "Soul Beasts?! How can you switch between human form and Soul Beast form? And what kind of Soul Beasts are you? Freshwater Soul Beasts?"

"Why? We've never seen you before!"

"Freshwater Soul Beasts? Who do you think you're looking down on?"

"We're from the sea!"

Ye Wen's voice echoed around them.

"What! Sea Soul Beasts?"

"Roar!!!"

Just then, the Sky Azure Bull Python's roar came from the bottom of the lake.

The Lake of Life began to churn violently. Before long, an enormous monster burst from the water. It had the head of a bull and the body of a serpent: the Sky Azure Bull Python!

Evil Tiger and Xiao Bai were viciously biting at its serpentine body.

The Sky Azure Bull Python thrashed wildly in pain, finally flinging Evil Tiger and Xiao Bai away.

"Sea Soul Beasts from the ocean—why have you come to our forest? What's the point of occupying this place and making us submit?" the Sky Azure Bull Python demanded.

"You'll understand soon enough."

Ye Wen had subdued them not only to strengthen his Soul Beast Force, but also to prevent Da Ming and Er Ming from sacrificing themselves for Tang San.

Besides, the plight of land-dwelling Soul Beasts was far worse than that of Sea Soul Beasts. Wasn't even a forest as vast as the Star Dou Great Forest just a gathering ground for Soul Beasts, kept inside the human world?

Didn't humans come in to hunt them whenever they pleased?

To put it bluntly, wasn't it just a bigger Soul Hunting Forest?

Even if they didn't sacrifice themselves for Tang San, they would eventually die at the hands of Bibi Dong and Spirit Hall.

By subduing them, Ye Wen was essentially saving their lives.

"No matter what your purpose is, we won't let you succeed!"

"Is that so? Your strength is too weak to change anything." Ye Wen shook his head. In the next instant, he unleashed the Demonic Whale Domain.

A huge Ice Crystal Cage enveloped all five Soul Beasts.

The Sky Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape couldn't unleash the terrifying power produced by Tang Hao's Explode Ring. They had no way to escape.

This Domain Skill was simply the best way for Ye Wen to capture Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.

"We're all Soul Beasts, so I'll defeat you in Soul Beast form."

"Roar!!!"

Ye Wen transformed into his Soul Beast form, revealing the terrifying bulk of the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King before Da Ming and Er Ming.

"Big brother, what is that thing?"

"How can he be so huge?! He's at least ten times bigger than me!"

"Second brother, I... I don't know either."

In anyone's eyes, Da Ming and Er Ming were already enormous. Yet before the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, they still looked tiny.

They stared at the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's terrifying size and aura, utterly horrified.

This Soul Beast was ridiculously powerful!

Had it cultivated for hundreds of thousands of years?

Da Ming and Er Ming had far too many questions.

"Let me tell you. I come from the most powerful Sea Soul Beast clan in the ocean—the Deep Sea Demonic Whales!"

Ye Wen's voice rang throughout the Lake of Life.

As Ye Wen's aura as a Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, with cultivation approaching a Million Year, spread through the area and his whale's roar sounded out, the commotion even startled a terrifying being sleeping in the Star Dou Great Forest.

Somewhere in the forest, a huge silver dragon suddenly awoke. It opened its eyes in an instant, and its Spiritual Power rapidly spread toward the Lake of Life.

This silver dragon was none other than Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena, the incarnation of the Kindness Part of the Dragon God, once the strongest Beast God Deity in the Divine Realm!

"Sea Soul Beasts? Deep Sea Demonic Whales."

"And Evil Spirit Orcas, and Demon Soul Great White Sharks. Strange. What's going on? How can these Sea Soul Beasts leave the ocean and come here?"

Gu Yuena was clearly well-informed. She wasn't like the Titan Giant Ape, who had never left the Star Dou Great Forest.

She recognized all three kinds of Sea Soul Beasts and knew they couldn't stay away from the ocean for long. By all rights, they should have died from dehydration before reaching the Star Dou Great Forest.

That was why Gu Yuena was so confused and perplexed.

What shocked her even more was that this Deep Sea Demonic Whale King had cultivated for nearly a Million Year and was only one step away from Becoming a God!

The Golden Eye Black Dragon King Di Tian, whom she knew well, had only cultivated for a little over seven hundred thousand years!

And what sort of being was Di Tian?

Countless Soul Beasts called him the Beast God. He belonged to the Dragon Clan, from the Black Dragon lineage. The Dragon Clan had carefully raised him in his youth, and the Dragon God himself had taught him. He was a Ferocious Beast of the Dragon Clan who had survived from the Dragon God's era.

And yet this Deep Sea Demonic Whale had cultivated faster than him?

Gu Yuena had many questions, so she decided to keep observing the battle at the Lake of Life.