Eighty Thousand Years Against Level Sixty

After passing through the sparse forest at the perimeter, the four of them officially stepped into the Star Dou Forest.

Seeing such a scene for the first time, Su Yu could not help but feel shocked.

Here, layer upon layer of leaves obscured the sky. Sunlight could not reach the ground, leaving the surroundings dim.

Qian Renxue glanced at Su Yu and chuckled inwardly. He really is just a child, to be stunned by a place like this.

Qian Renxue reminded him, "Xiao Yu, don't stray too far from us from now on, understand?"

Su Yu nodded. "Don't worry, Brother Xue. I definitely won't leave your side."

Deep within Lake of Life, in the Core Area of the Star Dou Forest.

The instant Su Yu stepped into the Star Dou Forest, a gigantic silver-white dragon abruptly opened her eyes. A flash of crimson passed through her enormous pupils.

"Di Tian!"

As soon as she spoke, a black-haired, golden-eyed man in a black robe appeared before the silver dragon. He bowed respectfully. "Greetings, my lord. What are your orders?"

"At the outskirts of the Star Dou Forest, there is a power that makes my heart tremble. It should be on the same level as that Full Moon."

"Perhaps this power can also help me recover from my injuries. Go investigate it and bring it back."

Upon hearing the silver dragon's words, Di Tian looked overjoyed. "My lord, I'll go at once!"

Di Tian bowed respectfully once more, then vanished.

Meanwhile, Su Yu had successfully hunted a thousand-year Soul Beast and was absorbing its Soul Ring.

Seeing that Su Yu had entered meditation, Qian Renxue said, "I'll keep watch here. Go deeper into the Star Dou Forest and catch me a twenty-five-thousand-year light-attributed Soul Beast."

Snake Lance and Pufferfish nodded in acknowledgment before vanishing from where they stood.

In their view, there was not much danger at the outskirts of the Star Dou Forest. Mere hundred-year and thousand-year Soul Beasts could not threaten their young master, even if they triggered a beast tide.

As Qian Renxue kept watch over the surroundings, she recalled a piece of intelligence from two and a half years ago.

White Intelligence: Future: After Kun Years, Su Yu went to the Star Dou Forest and encountered an attack by Soul Beasts.

Half an hour passed. Noticing that the area remained peaceful, with no sign of any Soul Beasts, Qian Renxue murmured, "Could the attack happen when we leave?"

After failing to reach an answer, Qian Renxue shook her head and stopped thinking about it. "It's only white intelligence anyway. A ten-year Soul Beast, there's no—"

Before Qian Renxue could finish speaking, the space not far in front of her was torn open.

A man in black stepped out and stopped before Su Yu.

Di Tian's eyes remained utterly calm as he looked at Su Yu, who was absorbing his Soul Ring.

"Who are you?!"

Hearing Qian Renxue's demand, Di Tian slightly turned his head and gave her a sidelong glance.

Sensing the aura of light within Qian Renxue, Di Tian gave a soft sound of surprise. His expression turned astonished. "The Angel God's aura? Are you a descendant of the Angel?"

The moment those words left his mouth, Qian Renxue's pupils shrank to pinpoints.

This man had seen through her disguise at a glance?

What kind of joke was this?!

Every hair on Qian Renxue's body stood on end, cold sweat seeping from her forehead as unprecedented terror rose within her.

The person before her... no, was he really human?

Who exactly was he?

How could he recognize her ancestor's aura?!

"Young one, leave now. No one will be harmed."

Qian Renxue looked at Su Yu, countless thoughts racing through her mind.

After a flurry of thoughts, Qian Renxue gritted her teeth and shouted in a low voice, "Who exactly are you, sir? Why have you come?"

"You are not qualified to know my name."

Sensing the contempt in his tone, Qian Renxue clenched both fists. Then she slowly exhaled and summoned her Martial Soul.

Golden light flashed, and a peerlessly beautiful woman with skin whiter than snow appeared out of thin air.

Behind her stood a golden phantom with six wings on its back. Flames wreathed its body, while five Soul Rings—yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black—rose beneath her feet.

A god-tier Martial Soul—the Six-Winged Angel!

"Fifth Soul Skill, Angel Holy Sword!"

With a low cry from Qian Renxue, a golden longsword appeared in her hand out of thin air, its tip pointed at Di Tian!

"Heh, admirable courage."

"A mere level-sixty Soul Master dares draw a sword against me?"

Di Tian sneered as his aura burst forth. "Who gave you the courage?"

At that moment, the purple Soul Ring trembled, and Su Yu suddenly opened his eyes.

The smile on his face had not even fully formed before it froze in place.

Did I wake up too fast and see a level-sixty Soul Master fighting the eight-hundred-thousand-year Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King?

Su Yu shut his eyes, then opened them again. The scene before him had not changed at all.

"If I saw a beautiful big sister, I could at least say my dream had come true, but seeing a Black Dragon... I've got nothing."

"Heavens, you can't mess with people like this!"

Before Su Yu could finish complaining, Di Tian extended his right hand and grabbed him.

Then Di Tian waved his left hand, and a spatial rift immediately appeared.

Holding Su Yu, Di Tian plunged straight into it.

The spatial rift then closed, leaving Qian Renxue where she stood.

Elsewhere, after being brought inside Lake of Life, Su Yu was terrified, but his mind was racing as he considered why this being had attacked him.

Before long, Su Yu was brought before the silver dragon.

The instant he saw her, Su Yu's thoughts went blank.

It was the instinctive reaction every living being had upon seeing something beautiful.

He abandoned all unnecessary thoughts and devoted himself entirely to appreciating that beauty, unable to spare attention for anything else.

Clearly, her beauty had surpassed the boundaries of race, as though she were the embodiment of a concept.

The silver dragon slowly opened her eyes, her enormous pupils fixed on Su Yu. "It truly is on the same level..."

Only then did Su Yu's mind recover from its crash, and he keenly caught her words.

What is she talking about?

What does she mean, the same level?

"Human, release your Martial Soul. Let me see it."

No, Sister Na!

While finding bitter amusement in his heart, Su Yu summoned his Martial Soul.

A bronze-colored flash appeared, and the Brass Book was already resting in Su Yu's palm.

A trace of crimson flashed through the eyes of the silver dragon—Gu Yuena—and the Brass Book began turning its pages without wind.

Amid the rustling of turning pages, the underlying rules of the world appeared before Gu Yuena and Di Tian.

...When a Soul Master breaks through to the Title Douluo rank, they must absorb a Soul Ring...

...When a Soul Beast dies, it will inevitably produce a Soul Ring and may produce a Soul Bone...

...Every hundred thousand years, Soul Beasts must undergo a Heavenly Tribulation...

...As a Soul Beast's age increases, its Heavenly Tribulation will gradually grow stronger...

...The increase in the Heavenly Tribulation exceeds the rate at which Soul Beasts grow stronger...

...Soul Beasts are forbidden from becoming gods...

The instant Gu Yuena and Di Tian clearly saw those words, invisible contamination surged toward them like a tidal wave.

"Roar!"

Di Tian's gaze instantly sharpened. With an earthshaking roar toward the sky, he cut off the subsequent contamination.

Gu Yuena, however, did not react at all.

Though severely injured, she still possessed power on the level of a god.

"Human, what is your Soul Skill?"

Facing Gu Yuena's question, Su Yu immediately repeated the effect he had previously described to Qian Renxue.

After hearing it, Gu Yuena said thoughtfully, "Only that?"

Su Yu's expression did not change as he nodded.

"Show me."

Just as Su Yu was about to use his Soul Skill, Gu Yuena added, "Establish a rule that no one may lie here."

Su Yu's mouth fell slightly open as he stared blankly at the Silver Dragon King before him.

As a member of another species, Su Yu should not have been able to understand a dragon's expression.

Yet at that moment, he could still make out a faintly sly smile on Gu Yuena's face.