The Golden Horned Beast That Cannot Escape

Another day, another time Xu Xin was snatched away by Liu Ting and the others...

Xu Ai got dressed and walked out of the bathroom, feeling helpless.

It was no fun taking a bath when someone kept snatching Xu Xin away mid-wash!

Especially since Xu Xin hadn't even finished getting dressed yet!

She was carried off completely bare (???).

The time was now the end of 2060.

Three years ago, influenced by Xu Ai's charm, the Willow Leaf Squad harem had all moved in with her!

And it had nothing to do with the Gravity Chamber!

In short, Xu Xin was constantly being snatched away. If it weren't for the broad-minded comfort of Jiang Fang, Ye Yu, and the others, she would have made sure to see if Liu Ting's backside was swollen!

Over these three years, Earth had undergone massive changes, the first being the transition of martial artists.

Having lost the threat of monsters, the status of martial artists had become quite awkward. In response, all major powers began taking action to find a new path for them.

First, led by Huaxia, the Extreme Martial Arts Hall and the Thunder Dojo abolished the profession of martial arts instructor, replacing it with martial arts teachers in schools.

There were plenty of schools in the base cities; assigning two or three to each school could solve a portion of the martial artists' transition issues.

At the same time, new cities were being built, which would create more places where martial artists were needed.

Next was the military; the Extreme Martial Arts Hall and the Thunder Dojo disbanded their martial artist squads, as there was no longer a need to hunt monsters.

In their place, the military martial artist legions were born.

The soldiers in these armies didn't just fight wars; they were also needed for guarding the borders of new cities and participating in construction work. After all, with the strength of martial artists, getting things done was much easier than for ordinary people.

Finally, the two major martial arts halls, along with the Huaxia Military, established the Heaven Earth and Human Rankings!

The Heaven Ranking was the list of the top one hundred strongest martial artists globally: Hen Ren was first, Hong second, Thor third, Xu Ai fourth, Luo Feng fifth...

The Earth Ranking was the list for Warlord-level martial artists, while the Human Ranking was for genius martial artists under the age of 30.

Once you entered the Heaven Ranking, you couldn't be on the Earth or Human Rankings, and once on the Earth Ranking, you couldn't be on the Human Ranking.

Those who made the rankings received resource support and rewards.

This ranking system was designed to stimulate the continued emergence of martial artists!

Beyond that, there were all sorts of other changes, but they were all led by Huaxia!

There was no helping it; after all, of the top five powerhouses on the Heaven Ranking, four were from Huaxia, and the last one, Thor, was half-Huaxia anyway.

"But having said that, why haven't Luo Feng, Hong, and Thor returned yet?"

Luo Feng had retrieved the spaceship from the No. 12 Ancient Civilization ruin at the end of '57.

By the beginning of '60, Babata had finished repairing the ship and had even specifically invited Hen Ren to go along, but Hen Ren had refused.

So, he took Hong and Thor out for a trip, and they had been gone for nearly a year...

"Did something happen? Did they run into space pirates?"

They shouldn't be that unlucky. With Luo Feng's wealth, he would definitely have bought some Star Level slaves for protection. As long as they didn't run into Universe Level pirates, they wouldn't be in trouble...

It couldn't be that they actually ran into Universe Level pirates, could it?

Xu Ai had a headache, but there was another matter that was also very troublesome, and that was...

"The year '60 is almost over, where did the Golden Horned Beast go!?"

That's right, '60 was the year of Earth's great crisis, the Swallowing Beast campaign.

The Swallowing Beast was the Golden Horned Beast. Not long after its birth, it would be tricked by the two monster emperors this year and lead the monsters to attack humanity.

Humanity rose up to resist, even using nuclear bombs, but it was useless! Even Hong and Thor fought to the death and ended up as vegetables...

In the end, five Planetary Level powerhouses sacrificed themselves, leading Luo Feng to risk his life to possess it. Its final fate was to become the cheat that would carry Luo Feng through almost the entire novel!

So...

"Where on earth did the Golden Horned Beast go!?"

Xu Ai had been planning for the moment the Golden Horned Beast appeared, Hen Ren would use an illusion to send it to sleep, then wait for Luo Feng to come and possess it.

But the thing just wouldn't show its face. Earth wasn't huge, but it certainly wasn't small either. Even though Hen Ren was Star Level and could cover the entire globe with her spiritual consciousness amplified by the Jie Secret.

That was limited to indiscriminate attacks; she still couldn't perform a targeted search, as that would consume too much mental energy...

"If I remember correctly, this Golden Horned Beast cub was an egg spat out by a World Lord level Golden Horned Beast at the end of its life, condensing its vitality."

"And in the original story, the Golden Horned Beast cub evaluated the planet based on its inherited memories. Once it reached Star Level, Earth would pose no threat to it. Looking at it from this perspective..."

"That World Lord level Golden Horned Beast would choose a planet suitable for its cub's growth. After all, the inherited memories come from its ancestors. In other words..."

Xu Ai froze, feeling a bit incredulous.

"Could it be that because Hen Ren is too strong, the Golden Horned Beast World Lord determined that its cub wouldn't survive long if it were born on this planet, so it didn't choose Earth!?"

After all, Hen Ren was a monster who was Star Level, possessed a Nine-Fold Domain, had reached the threshold of the Law of Water, the threshold of the Law of Space, and had even comprehended three essences of the Law of Water.

Moreover, Hen Ren wasn't even 30 yet. As long as that Golden Horned Beast World Lord wasn't stupid, it definitely wouldn't think its cub could beat Hen Ren...

This is just great! Without the Golden Horned Beast, can Luo Feng really grow up?

Don't even mention those theories of predestined fate; Swallowed Star and even Snow Eagle Lord never had such things!

"I'll just take it one step at a time..."

In early '61, just as Xu Ai was cuddling with Xu Xin, Luo Feng finally returned.

"Why were you guys gone for so long?"

Hen Ren flew up to the spaceship hovering above her villa and asked, puzzled.

However, upon seeing Luo Feng, Hen Ren became even more confused.

"You're at Planetary Level seven? How did you cultivate so fast?"

Could it be that he encountered some kind of fortuitous opportunity? But why did it take Hong and Thor a whole year to break through just one rank? That's way too slow...

Did Luo Feng hog the opportunity all to himself?

"Well, uh..."

The group hesitated for a moment, but eventually decided to tell Hen Ren the truth.

"So, on Mars, Luo Feng possessed the Golden Horned Beast, one of the twelve peak bloodlines of the Star Behemoth, and is now destined to reach the World Lord level?"

After all that back and forth, this brat had actually run off to Mars!

But that makes sense; Mars's metal resources are no less than Earth's, and the quality is even superior.

Dark Iron Ore is a B8-grade metal, and Dark Iron Essence is a C8-grade metal. Setting aside the messy spaceship wreckage on Earth, Mars is indeed more suitable for the Golden Horned Beast to grow up safely.

Although Dark Iron is difficult to digest, by the time Luo Feng and the others arrived, that Golden Horned Beast already possessed Star Level three strength.

Fortunately, Hong and Thor had triple and double domains respectively, with strengths at Planetary Level eight and nine, and Luo Feng's spaceship had quite a few Laser Cannons...

The Golden Horned Beast cub sustained some injuries under the attacks from the spaceship, 'Shi Da Bian Le'.

Immediately after, the three fought a life-or-death battle; Hong and Thor were severely injured, and in the end, Luo Feng possessed the Golden Horned Beast while on the brink of death...

"Hmm, that's some real good luck..."

Hen Ren nodded in relief.

In the original story, the Golden Horned Beast was battered quite a few times.

Injured by nuclear explosions, injured by Laser Cannon attacks, and injured by the life-or-death battle with Hong and Thor.

After the five heroes sacrificed themselves, a powered-up Luo Feng attacked it recklessly, and only then did he successfully possess it...

This time, it was only hit by a few Laser Cannons, Hong and Thor were severely injured, and then Luo Feng successfully possessed it in a desperate struggle. It was indeed much luckier than the tragic events of the original story...

However, the fact that Luo Feng ended up possessing the Golden Horned Beast anyway...

"Could there really be such a thing as predestined fate?"