Leaving those words behind, Ye Xingchen flicked his hand and left. Xiao Wu stood frozen in place, her face faintly flushed and tears glistening in her eyes.
Watching the retreating figure in white, she felt the little deer in her heart begin to leap wildly. Looking at the Soul Beast in her hands, its vitality already restored, she could not help murmuring to herself:
"Do you think this guy could be my Destined One? I've been away from Star Dou Forest and in the human world for so long. Maybe it was all so I could meet him!"
Meanwhile, deep within the Star Dou Great Forest.
Among the towering mountains, a small hill suddenly began to shift. Then two enormous eyes, like black holes, slowly opened.
The next instant, the entire stretch of towering mountains began to tremble as though an earthquake had struck.
Countless bird Soul Beasts and all sorts of small animals fled from the woods and mountains.
Among those mountains, a colossal ape slowly stood up. His body covered in dark red markings, he threw his head back and roared, then beat his chest and headed toward the forested plain nearby.
Plainly visible amid that forested plain was a lake at its center.
Beating his chest, the ape raced all the way there and quietly arrived before the lake.
Looking at the unfathomably deep water, he gave a low growl.
The next instant, ripples began to spread across the lake, and then two horns slowly rose from the water.
At the sight, the ape standing on the bank instinctively took two steps back as a shadow immediately engulfed him.
"Go on. Go and see her. Perhaps something happened for her to return here."
The enormous ape looked toward the voice and saw a colossal creature with