Feeding the Three-Eyed Golden Lion

"Whatever you need, just say the word!"

"There is nothing I will not grant!"

At this moment, Di Tian was in an unprecedentedly good mood.

Everything this little fellow had done benefited the Soul Beasts, more than enough to prove his loyalty to them.

Most importantly, he had brains.

That was precisely what Soul Beasts lacked most, so naturally Di Tian would support him wholeheartedly.

"Now that I have returned, there are two matters in which I need Beast God's help. First, I need to use humans to research even more powerful Soul Tools. But once this door is opened, unforeseen variables will inevitably arise later. When that happens, Beast God may need to act and erase those variables."

"Second, one of my Soul Tool research projects requires Yao Ling's assistance."

As Jiang Heng stated his requests, Bi Ji had already healed Xiong Jun and Scarlet King's injuries. She came to his side and helped treat the horrifying wound Xiong Jun had left on his chest.

In truth, the most capable helper he needed for his plans was King of Ten Thousand Monsters. However, that one was too powerful and too deeply scheming, so Jiang Heng had set his sights on Yao Ling instead.

"Agreed!"

Di Tian agreed without even thinking.

As for Yao Ling, he would naturally not refuse. He was still waiting for Sheng Long to forge a Level 9 Soul Tool specifically for him!

Jiang Heng had not intended to linger. Once he had explained everything, he planned to leave. Yet just as the conversation ended, the Auspicious Beast, Three-Eyed Golden Lion, poked her head out from behind Di Tian.

"Sheng Long, did you bring me anything tasty?"

The Auspicious Beast came to Jiang Heng's side and rubbed herself against him.

Her bright eyes were filled with longing.

Seeing the adorable little creature, Jiang Heng's heart softened slightly. He picked her up and rubbed her head.

"How could I forget what I promised you?"

"These are foods humans like. See whether you like them."

As he spoke, Jiang Heng took out portions of food unique to the human world from his Storage Soul Tool.

The moment the Auspicious Beast saw those colorful pastries, her eyes immediately lit up.

She broke free from Jiang Heng's arms and rushed toward the snacks and food he had placed on the ground.

Di Tian frowned slightly at the sight.

For safety's sake, he was extremely resistant to the Auspicious Beast coming into contact with human things.

If these things had not been taken out by Sheng Long but by Xiong Jun, Di Tian would have acted immediately.

"Pah!"

"Pah! Pah!"

"Sheng Long, did you lie to me? Is this really what humans like to eat?"

"How can it taste worse than slugs?"

The Auspicious Beast took a bite of the pastry Jiang Heng had brought out, and her expression immediately changed. She spat it out forcefully, a remarkably humanlike look of grievance appearing on her face.

Still unwilling to believe it, she sampled the others, but every one of them tasted awful.

"This is the difference between humans and us!"

"Food they consider delicious tastes awful to us, while food we consider delicious is not to their liking either."

"Soul Beasts are Soul Beasts, and humans are humans. They cannot be lumped together."

Jiang Heng came to the Auspicious Beast's side and gently comforted her, then took out food Soul Beasts enjoyed from his Storage Soul Tool.

He had carefully selected these pastries. They were indeed things humans liked to eat, though not every human liked them.

Cilantro-flavored pastries, fish mint-flavored cakes, catnip-flavored cookies...

All of them were delicacies!

The purpose was to gradually dispel the Auspicious Beast's yearning for the human world.

Seeing this, the smile returned to Di Tian's previously tense face.

This Sheng Long truly suited his tastes.

Why had he never thought of using this method before?

Having lived for so many years, Di Tian had visited the human world more than once. Naturally, he could tell what tricks lay behind the food Jiang Heng had brought out.

"Fine, Silver Fish is still tastier."

"Human food is far too awful."

After eating some of the food Jiang Heng fed her, the Auspicious Beast's mood finally improved somewhat.

"Be good, go play!"

"When I return next time, I'll bring you other fun things."

Jiang Heng rubbed Three-Eyed Golden Lion's head, gave her a few reminders, and sent her off to play.

"Stop rubbing my fur. You've made it all ugly."

The Auspicious Beast hurriedly escaped Jiang Heng's clutches and ran off to play carefree with Scarlet King.

Seeing the carefree look on Three-Eyed Golden Lion's face, Jiang Heng suddenly felt that, as a Soul Beast, there was still a small piece of beauty worth protecting.

But all of that had one prerequisite: maintaining the current state of affairs.

"Sheng Long, come with me!"

Just as Jiang Heng was about to bid farewell, his departure was interrupted yet again.

Although Jiang Heng had no idea what this was about, he still obeyed Di Tian's order and followed him to a secluded place.

"Sheng Long, that Star Breaker claw strike you used against Xiong Jun earlier—did you learn it from a human Soul Master?"

Only after Di Tian acted to seal off the surroundings did he speak.

"Replying to Beast God, I did indeed learn that claw strike from a human Soul Master."

Jiang Heng grew even more curious about what Di Tian wanted.

Could it be that he wanted to learn his self-created combat technique, Star Breaker?

There was absolutely no need.

With Di Tian's cultivation, he could fully see through the essence of that Self-Created Soul Skill.

If he wanted to learn it, he might be able to master it simply by studying it privately for some time. There was no need to lower himself and ask Jiang Heng for guidance over something so trivial.

"There are no other Fierce Beasts here, so there is no need to be so formal."

"When it is just the two of us, call me Big Brother."

Di Tian made his expression as gentle as possible. Without waiting for Jiang Heng to react, he continued.

"That self-created Soul Skill of yours is indeed powerful, but you still have not brought out all of its strength."

"I have to admit that human Soul Masters are uniquely gifted in this regard. They not only fuse Soul Power with spiritual power, but also integrate their spiritual power and their own will into it, thereby unleashing formidable strength. That is something I will need to study as well."

"The reason I say you have not perfectly brought out all its power lies in this: our Dragon Clan possesses something humans do not—bloodline and the talents contained within it."

"Watch carefully. This is something entirely new that I comprehended from your self-created Soul Skill. Though it is only a prototype for now, its power is already considerable. I call it Dragon God Rage!"

As Di Tian spoke, his right hand transformed into a dragon claw in the next instant, carrying immense power and a crushing will as it struck toward Jiang Heng.

"This is..."

Only by facing Di Tian's attack head-on and experiencing it personally did Jiang Heng understand what a true gap in strength was.

With his current strength, if he disregarded all costs, he could be said to have few rivals beneath a Level 99 Limit Douluo.

Yet when facing Di Tian's claw, he could clearly feel that despairing, crushing pressure. There was no possibility of dodging, nor did he have any thought of resisting.

The gap was simply too great.

"No, how can I admit defeat!"

Jiang Heng gritted his teeth, hardened his heart, and boldly struck out at Di Tian.

Sea Overturning!

This time, Jiang Heng did not use a dragon claw. Instead, he clenched his five fingers into a fist and used every last bit of his strength to resist.