Auspicious Beast and Di Tian

Yao Yan hid beside the woods, staring fixedly at the Emperor Auspicious Beast with its golden fur.

After confirming with Xiao Ying dozens of times, he received the same answer every time: it had been simulated by that Mutated Snake Vine Flower.

"But how could a Plant Spirit Beast simulate an Auspicious Beast? And look so much like one?"

Even if it might be fake, the thought of attacking an "Emperor Auspicious Beast" still made him feel uneasy.

This was the princess of the Star Dou Great Forest!

On the Douluo Continent, two Emperor Auspicious Beasts would never appear at the same time. Its existence could double the cultivation speed of Spirit Beasts.

Thus, nearly all Spirit Beasts worshipped it and would never attack it. Any Spirit Beast selected by it as food could only flee and would not dare resist.

More importantly, a three-hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast followed at its side.

Without the strength of a Super Douluo, who would dare mess with it?!

Now, Yao Yan faced precisely that choice.

After lowering his head in thought for a moment, his eyes flashed as an idea came to him.

He pressed both hands to the ground and poured in Soul Power. Blue Silver Grass rapidly grew and intertwined, forming a youth carrying a Heavy Xuan Ruler on his back.

Yao Yan looked at the Grass Man's face and patted his shoulder. "Go on. If you win this fight, I'll give you a handsome new face."

The youth carried the Heavy Xuan Ruler without fear and charged straight at the Emperor Auspicious Beast.

Yao Yan swiftly retreated more than twenty meters away, calculating inwardly, If the Emperor Auspicious Beast is attacked, it will definitely summon other Spirit Beasts.

If it doesn't have that ability, then it must be fake...

All he had to do was watch the situation and run the moment anything went wrong.

Under Yao Yan's gaze, the youth soon came face-to-face with the Emperor Auspicious Beast.

The Emperor Auspicious Beast abruptly rose to its feet, its golden fur bristling as it let out a low growl, clearly a warning.

The youth said nothing and swung the Heavy Xuan Ruler at it!

He burst forward, gripped the Heavy Xuan Ruler in one hand, and leaped into the air, smashing it down at the Emperor Auspicious Beast's head!

Golden Flame rose from the Emperor Auspicious Beast's limbs as it threw back its head and roared!

"Roar—!!"

As it twisted aside to evade, its paws stomped fiercely on the ground, cracking the rocks beneath it. Then it used the force to leap up, its sharp front claws tearing viciously toward the youth's body.

Several savage "wounds" immediately appeared across the youth's body.

But the Emperor Auspicious Beast had miscalculated. He was made entirely of Grass Man, so he felt no pain.

Man and beast fought fiercely beside the pool, sending booming ripples across the tranquil water.

After several exchanges, the youth performed a sliding tackle and slipped beneath the Emperor Auspicious Beast. The Heavy Xuan Ruler in his hand abruptly expanded to two meters long.

Then he slammed it violently into its rear.

"Boom—"

The Emperor Auspicious Beast was sent flying three meters away and crashed into the rocks beside the pool, looking seriously injured.

Yao Yan quietly watched the scene from afar.

Something about it felt wrong. The Emperor Auspicious Beast was a fifteen-thousand-year Spirit Beast. Though it had not fully matured, it still possessed the strength of a Five Thousand Year Spirit Beast. How could it possibly be so weak?

It could not even deal with a Grass Man!

He also noticed that although the Grass Man's wounds looked terrifying, his Soul Power circulation had not been affected in the slightest.

"Could it be simulating injuries to frighten off the Grass Man?"

"And why was it relying only on brute strength instead of using its flame abilities?"

After thinking it over, Yao Yan concluded that this Auspicious Beast had indeed been simulated.

As for why the sounds of their battle did not resemble Vines or wood, that had probably been simulated as well.

"I really struck gold this time!" Yao Yan's eyes burned with excitement.

If he could hunt it down for a Soul Ring, he might gain an all-around skill capable of simulating appearances, sounds, and movements.

"You little Mutated Snake Vine Flower, watch me catch you in one go!"

Yao Yan's blood surged as he rose, preparing to step in and end the fight himself.

The instant he took his first step, the Emperor Auspicious Beast struggled to its feet and let out an earth-shaking roar!

"Roar—!!"

The vertical eye on its forehead slowly opened, and a golden beam of light shot into the sky.

An overpowering aura of majesty erupted from its body and spread throughout the entire forest!

The next instant!

Violent tremors came from the Dense Forest Not Far Away, and the surrounding trees began swaying wildly. Yao Yan turned to Look Towards them and saw dozens of Spirit Beasts swarming in from all directions.

"It... it's actually real?" Yao Yan froze in place, cold sweat sliding down his temple.

At that moment, only one thought remained in his mind: Run!!

Just as he turned around, a question popped into his mind. If it's real, why hasn't Scarlet King appeared?

"By all rights, he could crush me to death with one hand. Why would he allow the Emperor Auspicious Beast to be attacked?"

"It seems it must have a secret." Yao Yan looked at the Auspicious Beast, already having formed a guess.

But no matter what secret it hid, it had to die here today!

A cold gleam burst from Yao Yan's eyes. He condensed a Blue Silver Overlord Spear in his hand and charged forward. At the same time, his spiritual power erupted, and the surrounding Blue Silver Grass rapidly swelled.

It tightly bound the still swaggering "Emperor Auspicious Beast."

He had to completely erase it before the Spirit Beast horde arrived.

The Emperor Auspicious Beast twisted its body with all its strength and finally broke free from the Blue Silver Grass, only to feel a bone-piercing chill descending from above.

It abruptly looked up!

A youth stood in midair, holding a green spear aloft. With the sunlight behind him, he looked like a god descending from heaven.

The youth thrust his spear down!

"Boom—!!"

The Blue Silver Overlord Spear pierced into its body and exploded with a thunderous blast. A three-meter mushroom cloud rose around them as dust filled the air.

The approaching Spirit Beast horde suddenly stopped, letting out puzzled growls as they failed to understand why the Auspicious Beast's aura had suddenly vanished.

After questioning one another for a while, they each returned to their territories.

Once the dust settled, a five-meter-deep pit had appeared in the previously level ground.

There was no trace of the Auspicious Beast in the pit. Only a plant split into several pieces remained—the mutated Snake Vine Flower.

A Purple Soul Ring slowly condensed from its remains and floated nearby.

Yao Yan jumped directly into the pit, and his first Soul Ring suddenly lit up. "First Soul Skill, Blue Silver: Tree Realm Birth."

Several thousand Blue Silver seeds scattered through the area, breaking through the soil, sprouting, and growing into tough Blue Silver Vines.

Yao Yan controlled the Vines to cover the pit, then arranged the remaining Blue Silver Grass around it.

Within three meters of the pool, the area became a Blue Silver Forest.

Yao Yan touched Xiao Ying's forehead and smiled. "Wait here for me. I'll be done soon."

Xiao Ying chirped softly and nodded obediently.

Yao Yan guided the Purple Soul Ring into the Blue Silver Grass. An immense amount of energy and powerful spiritual power surged wildly into his body!

That spiritual power grew increasingly fierce and slammed directly into Yao Yan's mind, startling him!

"Soul Shock?!"

The world immediately spun around him. When he opened his eyes again, he found himself in a Dense Forest.

A young Emperor Auspicious Beast appeared ahead, seemingly newly born. With wide eyes, it curiously examined a fresh sprout that had just emerged from the soil.

It bit open its front paw and dripped a drop of blood onto the tender sprout.

"So that's how it is." Yao Yan suddenly understood.

After finishing this, the little Auspicious Beast slowly walked into the distance.

Just as Yao Yan wanted to follow it, the previously clear sky abruptly filled with dark clouds. The rolling clouds poured like ink, pressing down so heavily that it was hard to breathe.

Bolts of lightning exploded within the clouds, and rumbling thunder roared like giant dragons, deafeningly loud.

Yao Yan abruptly looked up!

Deep within the dark clouds, an incomparably massive dragon head slowly emerged. Its Dragon Pupils, burning with Golden Flame, shone like two dazzling stars as they locked firmly onto Yao Yan below!

"Di Tian!!!"