The Ghost Leopard

When Luo Yan left the Great Soul Fighting Arena, he also told You Chunping that he might not come by for the next few days.

After crazily racking up Resentment Points over the past few days, he had sensed that the audience was becoming slightly resistant to his words.

He needed to let things cool down for a few days.

Otherwise, if he kept at it, they would probably become completely immune in another couple of days.

After leaving the Great Soul Fighting Arena in Suotuo City, Luo Yan wandered around aimlessly with Xiao Wu once more before taking her back to the hotel.

Da Ming and Er Ming had already taken Zhu Zhuqing to the Star Dou Great Forest, leaving just the two of them at the hotel.

Luo Yan took the opportunity to give Xiao Wu some guidance in her cultivation.

Meanwhile, Da Ming and the others, who had set out that morning, returned to the Star Dou Great Forest as the sky gradually darkened.

When they reached the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest, Da Ming set Er Ming and Zhu Zhuqing down and transformed back into human form.

"Er Ming, go capture those two Ghost Leopards.

"One of them should have just passed three thousand years, while the other reached ten thousand years three years ago. They're both perfect for Big Sis-in-law!"

On the way back, Da Ming had been thinking about which Soul Beasts to hunt for Zhu Zhuqing.

He had lived in the Star Dou Great Forest for many years and knew a great deal about most of the Soul Beasts there.

The Ghost Leopards he had mentioned lived on a hillside not far from the Life Lake.

He had dealt with them before he became a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. Back then, the Ghost Leopards had occasionally harassed them, relying on their speed, and the two sides had clashed quite a bit.

Da Ming planned to settle things with them while he was at it.

"Da Ming, those two Ghost Leopards have the Scarlet King backing them. If we capture them, won't that..."

Hearing Da Ming, Er Ming hesitated.

He wasn't particularly concerned about the strength of the two Ghost Leopards.

What worried him was the Scarlet King behind them.

After they became Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, they had gone to confront the Scarlet King, seeking revenge.

But back then, the Scarlet King had warned them to stop bothering the Ghost Leopards.

Of course, the Ghost Leopards had also offered them a substantial apology.

"What are you afraid of? I don't believe the Scarlet King would come all the way to the human world to cause trouble over two mere Ghost Leopards!"

"Give it some time. Who knows whether the Scarlet King will even be a match for us then!"

Da Ming had once been somewhat wary of the Scarlet King and the other Ferocious Beasts.

But now that they were following Luo Yan, they were no longer Soul Beasts. With the Myriad Demon Art, their cultivation was no longer as slow as before, and they weren't bound by the rules or a cultivation limit.

Given a little more time, it might be the Scarlet King who feared them.

Hearing Da Ming's words, Er Ming remembered that he was no longer a Soul Beast and stopped hesitating. "All right, I'll do as you say!"

"Sis-in-law, wait here for a bit. I'll be right back!"

After saying this to Zhu Zhuqing, he turned and left.

Zhu Zhuqing stood quietly to one side, listening to the brothers talk.

Hearing Da Ming and Er Ming call her Big Sis-in-law, she felt a faint, inexplicable delight.

She was quite puzzled by the Ghost Leopards and the Scarlet King, but didn't say anything. She trusted that the people Luo Yan had sent wouldn't make a mistake.

All she wanted was for Da Ming and Er Ming to hunt a Soul Beast for her so she could absorb its Soul Ring.

"Luo Yan, I definitely won't let you down!"

Zhu Zhuqing was still a little nervous about absorbing a three-thousand-year third Soul Ring, as Luo Yan had asked her to.

Before long, a roar came from the depths of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Da Ming frowned when he heard it.

It was the Ghost Leopard's cry for help, probably from the ten-thousand-year Ghost Leopard after Er Ming attacked.

He and Er Ming might be able to put up a fight against the Scarlet King.

But the Scarlet King wasn't alone; he had plenty of followers.

That meant they couldn't stay in the Star Dou Great Forest for long. If the Scarlet King came out from the core with his followers, they might not be able to protect Zhu Zhuqing.

Thinking this, Da Ming transformed back into his true form.

"Sis-in-law, Er Ming should be done soon. Get on my head. Once he's back, I'll take you both out of the Star Dou Great Forest!"

"That fellow, the Scarlet King, is a Three-Headed Red Demon Mastiff with a cultivation of over three hundred thousand years. We can't beat him yet, so we'll have to avoid him for now!"

He gestured for Zhu Zhuqing to climb back onto his head. Once Er Ming returned, they would leave at once.

As long as they got out of the Star Dou Great Forest, the Scarlet King definitely wouldn't dare follow them and cause trouble.

Zhu Zhuqing didn't refuse and leaped back onto Da Ming's head.

The two of them waited quietly for Er Ming to return.

Da Ming wasn't too worried about Er Ming's safety.

Unless the Ferocious Beasts in the depths of the forest had set an ambush ahead of time, there wasn't a single Soul Beast in the entire Star Dou Great Forest capable of threatening Er Ming.

Rumble! Rumble!

After a while, Da Ming felt the ground shaking again and again. A moment later, Er Ming's aura began drawing closer.

There was no aura of another Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast behind Er Ming.

Seeing this, Da Ming breathed a sigh of relief.

"Da Ming, we need to run! The Scarlet King is probably coming out!"

From a distance, Er Ming, in his true Titan Giant Ape form, spotted Da Ming and immediately shouted.

He was holding two black lumps, one in each hand. Looking closer, they were two black Soul Beasts—the Ghost Leopards Da Ming had just mentioned.

All four legs of the Ghost Leopards had been broken, and their mouths had been smashed.

They were still in decent condition, but they couldn't escape or make a sound.

Once he reached Da Ming, Er Ming punched both Ghost Leopards unconscious.

Then he transformed into human form and carried the two Ghost Leopards onto Da Ming.

Before Er Ming could say anything else, Da Ming took off, shot into the clouds, and sped away.

"Roar!"

Not long after Da Ming and the others left, a Soul Beast over five meters long and exceptionally imposing arrived where they had been.

It resembled a lion, but had three identical heads, each over a meter in diameter. Its terrifying fangs gleamed crimson gold.

It was the Scarlet King, one of the ten great Ferocious Beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest—the Three-Headed Red Demon Mastiff.

"Damn Titan Giant Ape!"

From the aura left behind, the Scarlet King knew that Er Ming was the one who had attacked the Ghost Leopards.

Staring in the direction Da Ming and Er Ming had disappeared, the Scarlet King released a powerful aura that made every Soul Beast within five hundred meters tremble.

The Ghost Leopards were among his favorite consorts.

Er Ming had taken them away just like that, leaving him furious.

But just as Da Ming had said, he didn't follow Er Ming's aura out of the Star Dou Great Forest.

"Roar!"

Only after Er Ming's aura had completely vanished did the Scarlet King finally roar where he stood, then turn and return to the restricted zone at the Lake of Life.

Meanwhile,

after leaving the Star Dou Great Forest with Er Ming and Zhu Zhuqing, Da Ming didn't head straight back to Suotuo City.

The two Demons and one human went to a deserted place.

After sensing that the Scarlet King wasn't following their auras, Da Ming stopped for the time being.

He descended from the sky and set Zhu Zhuqing and the others down.