Douluo: Martial Soul Iron-Eating Beast, Never a Slave

The deep, mysterious black eyes glanced at Zhao Mu and the other two.

That glance felt both unfamiliar and familiar to Zhao Mu.

This should have been the first time Zhao Mu had seen Heibai in this form, yet he felt that this was the real Heibai.

The true Demon God Iron-Eating Beast, not that clumsy, adorable bear.

He really wanted to ride it.

If the previous Heibai had been too small to ride, then this form was more than large enough. It would make an absolutely imposing mount.

Yet that same glance sent chills down Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan's spines.

Dugu Yan collapsed to the ground, unable to stop herself from trembling. It was the trembling of her Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul, an instinctive fear.

The suppression of a higher life form.

Was this still the little bear she had fed so freely, that cute little thing?

Would she even dare feed it again in the future?

Feed this terrifying creature?

Dugu Bo was, after all, a Title Douluo. His Martial Soul was no ordinary Jade Phosphorous Serpent, but the king of Jade Phosphorous Serpents—the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor.

Though he was not as visibly shaken as Dugu Yan, his heart was equally unsettled.

He could likewise feel the fear transmitted by the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor. Even that old man from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had never given him such crushing pressure.

Dugu Bo even had the illusion that if Zhao Mu's Soul Power reached level seventy and he entered his Martial Soul Avatar state, this suppression alone would leave Dugu Bo unable to use even half his strength.

If Zhao Mu reached the Title Douluo realm like him, perhaps Dugu Bo would not even have the courage to attack.

Heibai merely stood there, yet its aura alone was like the most powerful suppressive soul skill, making others tremble and hesitate to act.

"What kind of soul beast is this little bastard? It's several times, even a hundred times more terrifying than a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon. Could it be some mysterious soul beast that soul masters have never discovered?"

Heibai in its new form growled lowly, its heavy breathing continuously increasing the pressure on Zhao Mu and the other two.

After a pause, Heibai raised its massive head, opened its terrifying maw capable of tearing apart anything, and suddenly let out a roar.

"Roar!"

The roar surged outward, its sound waves slamming against the mountain walls surrounding the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. The earth shook and the mountains swayed, while even the deathly still waters of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well erupted with four enormous waves.

The roar not only made Zhao Mu and the others' eardrums ache, but seemed to pierce through heaven and earth as it spread in every direction.

Roar!

The thunderous roar seemed to announce the arrival of a king.

The sound came from the mountain hollow of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

The entire Sunset Forest.

At this moment, every soul beast trembled and prostrated itself, as shaken as Dugu Yan. Yet soul beasts felt it even more intensely than Martial Souls. They felt the greatest terror of their lives, their cowardly hearts gradually swallowed by fear.

Star Dou Great Forest.

The central region.

A lake lay there.

Its waters were clear, its surface calm, and the surrounding forest embraced it like a paradise.

Boom!

Suddenly, accompanied by violent tremors, a mountain-like figure landed beside the lake. Its entire body was pitch-black. Even on all fours, it stood seven or eight meters tall; if it rose upright, it would likely exceed ten meters in height.

It resembled an ape, yet also a gorilla. Its lantern-like eyes shone with a yellow crystal-like luster.

Its entire body was covered in bulging muscles, every inch brimming with explosive power. Combined with its huge frame, it exuded immense pressure.

The king of the forest, the Titan Giant Ape!

Yet the Titan Giant Ape was currently staring into the distance with a complicated expression.

Within that complicated gaze was an undisguised trace of fear.

As the Titan Giant Ape landed, the previously tranquil surface of the nearby lake suddenly began to boil.

Then, an enormous bull's head emerged from beneath the water. As it rose higher, it revealed a python's body beneath it—a bull's head and python's body, stretching a full hundred meters long.

Another overlord of the forest, the Sky Azure Bull Python!

"Big Brother, you felt it too, didn't you?" The Titan Giant Ape spoke in human words.

The Sky Azure Bull Python's eyes were just as complicated as the Titan Giant Ape's, and that complexity likewise carried a trace of fear.

"The continent may no longer remain peaceful."

"Big Brother, then Sister Xiao Wu..."

"Xiao Wu..."

Southwest of the Heaven Dou Empire, Fasinuo Province, Nuoding City.

"Xiao Wu, what's wrong?"

A boy who looked eleven or twelve years old, dressed in ordinary blue clothes and standing around 1.6 meters tall, was asking the girl in pink beside him with concern.

A belt embedded with twenty-four pieces of jade circled the boy's waist. His half-long black hair barely reached his shoulders. He could not be called handsome; rather, he had an ordinary, somewhat wretched appearance.

The girl in pink whom he was concerned about had smooth black hair braided into a neat scorpion braid that hung straight past her calves. Her watery eyes and slightly round, delicate little face made her not only beautiful, but also charmingly lively.

Her only shortcoming was perhaps the slight lack of development in her chest.

The girl shook her head and said softly, "Nothing. I suddenly felt my heart skip a beat. I'm a little scared."

At that, the boy immediately patted his chest and made a grand promise. "Xiao Wu, don't worry. As long as I'm here, I won't let anyone hurt you! Unless they step over my corpse first!"

"Xiao San..."

Beyond the continent.

The distant deep sea.

The Demonic Whale Sea Area.

In the deepest part of the pitch-black ocean, a massive, indistinct figure suddenly lit up. On closer inspection, it was a gigantic eye.

The eye remained open for a moment before slowly closing again, leaving only a muffled voice echoing through the depths.

"Soon. Only the final step remains... Sea God..."

At the same time, many clans of sea soul beasts also sensed the disturbance coming from the continent.

Sharks, whales, mysterious beings in the deepest sea, and even the distant Far North...

Sea God Island.

The outer sea.

A great white shark suddenly poked its head out of the water.

"How terrifying. It feels even more terrifying than the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King..."

Immediately afterward, the Seven Sacred Pillars of the Sea God lit up at the same time.

"The Sea God's Light? Has Lord Sea God sent down a divine decree...?"

Soon after, within the main hall of Sea God Island.

The seven Sacred Pillar Guardians arrived one after another.

"High Priest, what happened? Has Lord Sea God issued a divine decree?"

The activity of the Seven Sacred Pillars naturally could not escape the notice of these Sacred Pillar Guardians.

At the highest point of the hall.

The High Priest Bo Saixi, dressed in luxurious and magnificent ceremonial robes and holding a scepter, slowly turned around. Though she was already over a hundred years old, she possessed skin as delicate and smooth as a young girl's. Her beautiful, refined features, paired with silver hair falling loosely around her, made her breathtakingly beautiful.

Her calm, gentle gaze swept across the seven Sacred Pillar Guardians one by one. Bo Saixi slowly said, "Lord Sea God's decree states that a variable has emerged on the continent, one that may stir the peace of the sea."

"A variable on the continent?"

"Could Spirit Hall be making another move?"

Bo Saixi shook her head slightly. "This variable may not be related to Spirit Hall..."

After speaking, Bo Saixi looked earnestly at the Seven Sacred Pillar Guardians. "No matter what, the safety of the sea rests upon our shoulders."

"We will surely join the High Priest in safeguarding the tranquility of the sea!" the Seven Sacred Pillar Guardians swore in unison.

Bo Saixi gripped her scepter and gave it a slight wave.

Powerful energy fluctuations spread outward like ripples upon the water.