The Useless Scarlet King

"Yuhao, is this the Soul Beast you feel is right for you?"

Chen Yuan looked at Huo Yuhao with a smile, but for some reason, Huo Yuhao had a feeling that he was about to have a terrible time.

"Yes-yes, Brother Chen, what's wrong?"

"Yes, Chen Yuan, the Soul Power fluctuations on this Soul Beast are only about ten thousand years old. Why are you so surprised?"

Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi were puzzled; it was the first time they had ever seen Chen Yuan with such a forced smile.

I felt the air pressure around me had become chilly.

"That thing is called the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, an ancient auspicious Auspicious Beast. Legend has it that in places where it gathers, all the Soul Beast Soul Beast there will grow faster and have a greater chance of surviving the Heavenly Tribulation."

"Based on its age, its true combat power is roughly equivalent to Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. Let's not even talk about whether we can hunt it down."

Even if we successfully hunt them down, we will definitely not leave this Star Dou Great Forest today!

Upon hearing this, the others, except for Chen Yuan, also understood the importance of the Soul Beast before them.

If we really hunt it down, all the Ferocious Beast in the Star Dou Great Forest will immediately launch Beast Tide, which will be the largest Beast Tide in history!

They don't need to worry about that, because they will definitely not be able to leave the Star Dou Great Forest.

"Hmm, Chen, I didn't expect you to have such extensive theoretical knowledge?"

Xuan Zi suddenly appeared and sized up Chen Yuan, his eyes looking at him as if he were looking at some rare animal.

It's truly remarkable that among the geniuses of their Martial Soul Department, there is a student with such extensive theoretical knowledge.

It's not just Shrek; the entire Soul Master World places greater emphasis on practical combat. Generally, the younger the genius, the shallower their understanding of theoretical knowledge.

Basically, it's either because Soul Master's talent for cultivation is lacking, or because they only start learning theoretical knowledge after their cultivation level has reached a sufficiently high level.

Xuan Zi rolled up his sleeves and disappeared from the spot, clearly heading to catch the Three-Eyed Golden Lion beast.

Xuan Zi's idea was simple: since this Soul Beast was so important, wouldn't it be easy to capture it and use it to threaten the Star Dou Great Forest into handing over a few more Soul Beast?

As soon as Xuan Zi left, a gentle and graceful senior student from the Inner Court, who looked to be about twenty-five or twenty-six years old, appeared in front of them.

Upon seeing this person, Bei Bei immediately became timid and hesitant, appearing extremely embarrassed.

That's right, the person in front of us is Zhang Lexuan, the Grandmaster of the Inner Court, who is also Bei Bei's childhood sweetheart.

"You little brats, do you know how dangerous Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast are? How dare you trespass here?"

As soon as Zhang Lexuan appeared, she reprimanded the group, saying they were being so reckless in the Star Dou Great Forest; what if something happened?

Seeing that the group had lowered their heads, looking as if they knew they had made a mistake, Zhang Lexuan sighed.

"Alright, let's wait for Xuan Zi to capture that Soul Beast. If it's really as important as Junior Brother Chen Yuan said, it should have a Soul Beast protecting it."

Just as Xuan Zi charged toward the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, a sharp whistle rang out, and a huge, fiery red figure blocked the way between Xuan Zi and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.

Three enormous heads, each over a meter tall and identical, each with terrifyingly long canine teeth, roared, sending trees for miles around swaying wildly, and causing all the Soul Beast to prostrate themselves on the ground.

Ranked eighth among the Ten Great Fierce Beasts, the 300,000-year-old Three-Headed Scarlet Demon Mastiff, the Scarlet King!

"You're that human from the Shrek Academy?! What do you want?! How dare you attack the Auspicious Beast beasts of our Star Dou Great Forest! Do you want to unleash Beast Tide upon Star Dou?!"

Upon hearing the Scarlet King's words, Xuan Zi was extremely surprised. He had previously thought that Chen Yuan's words were somewhat exaggerated, but now, seeing the Scarlet King's reaction, Xuan Zi realized the importance of the Three-Eyed Golden Lion to the Star Dou Great Forest.

Xuan Zi didn't say much. All his Soul Ring appeared, and the phantom of the Godly Taotie Bull appeared behind him as he charged fiercely towards the Scarlet King.

The Scarlet King was merely Ferocious Beast had existed for 300,000 years, and its strength was far inferior to that of the Level 98 Xuan Zi. Moreover, Xuan Zi's target was the Three-Eyed Golden Lion behind the Scarlet King, not a direct confrontation with the Scarlet King.

Just as the Scarlet King lunged at Xuan Zi, intending to fight him head-on, a strong yellow light appeared in Xuan Zi's Xuan Zi. Beside the Scarlet King, a cage formed from earth element suddenly rose up, locking the Scarlet King firmly inside.

This cage couldn't hold the Scarlet King for long. A red light emanated from the Scarlet King, and with a roar, he shattered the cage.

However, that little time was enough for Xuan Zi to catch the Three-Eyed Golden Lion. She was just a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast; how could she possibly escape Xuan Zi's capture?

The Scarlet King had just broken free from control, was furious, because the Three-Eyed Golden Lion had been controlled by Xuan Zi, and Xuan Zi could take the life of the Three-Eyed Golden Lion at any time if he wanted to.

"Humans! Release the Auspicious Beast! Otherwise, I, Douluo I wreak havoc on the human world! It will be a fight to the death!"

"Who said I was going to kill it?"

"So what do you want to do?"

When the Scarlet King heard that Xuan Zi had no intention of killing the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, his attitude softened a bit.

"Give me a 15,000-year-old spirit-type Soul Beast, a 20,000-year-old Heavenly Dragon Horse, a 20,000-year-old Hawksbill Turtle, and—well—a 400-year-old Emerald Swan or an Life Evergreen Vine."

"You! Do you believe I'll fight you to the death right now?!"

Upon hearing the Soul Beast that Xuan Zi wanted, the Scarlet King let out a series of roars. Ten-thousand-year-old spirit-type Soul Beast were easy to find; there were plenty in the Star Dou Great Forest.

The Hawksbill Turtle Soul Beast is easy to deal with, but the Heavenly Dragon Horse —there aren't many of those in the Star Dou Great Forest, let alone the Emerald Swan and the Life Evergreen Vine later on.

The Emerald Swan are members of Bi Ji's clan and are healers of the Star Dou Great Forest; the Life Evergreen Vine grows only in the Lake of Life, possessing incredibly vigorous vitality, and is basically a delicacy that only Ferocious Beast like them can enjoy.

These Soul Beast were just sent to Xuan Zi by Zhang Lexuan. They couldn't possibly show themselves in front of a 300,000-year-old Scarlet King, otherwise the situation would likely become deadlocked.

Hearing the Scarlet King's roar, Xuan Zi plopped down on the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and impatiently picked at his ear.

The yellow light in Xuan Zi's hand grew even more intense, getting closer and closer to the Three-Eyed Three-Eyed Golden Lion Three-Eyed Golden Lion's neck, threatening to kill it at any moment.

"Scarlet King, you have no choice now! You have no right to negotiate with me! You only have two hours! I'll be waiting for you in the Outer Zone Star Dou Great Forest!"

"Good!"

The Scarlet King gritted his teeth, immediately turned around, and flew away.

With so many Soul Beast, it can't capture them all in a short time by one beast alone; it must go back and get reinforcements!

It refused to believe that once it had gathered Bi Ji Di Tian, and even Xiong Jun and the Ten Thousand Demon King, this level Level 98 human powerhouse would still dare to threaten it.

Only after the Scarlet King far away did Chen Yuan and the others reveal themselves.

Chen Yuan watched the Scarlet King Scarlet King walk away, wondering whether he should hunt it down later to make his eighth or ninth Soul Ring.

In the end, Chen Yuan temporarily abandoned this idea, mainly because the Scarlet King was neither the Ultimate Fire nor did it have any strong Dragon Clan bloodline.

Its only two notable features are its 300,000 years of cultivation and its Hellfire, which is close to the Ultimate Fire.

"Hey Chen, what do you need that Emerald Swan and that Life Evergreen Vine for? And you only want the four-hundred-year-old ones? I don't think anyone in our academy needs those kinds of Soul Ring, right?"

"No, Xuan Zi, it's a younger sister from my village. She's almost at the age where she needs her First Soul Ring First Soul Ring, and I was thinking of preparing one for her."

"Hmm, not bad, not bad, you haven't forgotten your roots."

Hearing Chen Yuan's explanation, Xuan Zi was very satisfied. What Shrek needed was a student like Chen Yuan who didn't forget his roots.

If they treat children from their own village this way, what about the academy? Wouldn't it be even better?

The group looked at the Three-Eyed Golden Lion trapped by Xuan Zi. The moment Huo Yuhao saw the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, he had a feeling that he had to confront the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's vertical pupil.

Just as Huo Yuhao was about to approach, Chen Yuan strode forward and flung the somewhat dazed Huo Yuhao away.

This sudden commotion naturally attracted the attention of the others.

They looked at Chen Yuan Chen Yuan in confusion, not understanding why he suddenly attacked Huo Yuhao.

"Huo Yuhao, what do you want to do?"

"Brother Chen—I just have this feeling, I want to touch it between my eyebrows."

"Get that idea out of your head! Do you know how important the Three-Eyed Golden Lion is?! If anything happens to you, Shrek Academy will be the first to suffer!"

"We've already made enough money kidnapping the Auspicious Beast, do you really want to take the pot too?"

If Huo Yuhao actually succeeds in the Attribute Assimilation, then Chen Yuan's trip will have been in vain. In reality, the situation is far less dangerous than Chen Yuan described.

To ensure that Huo Yuhao would not want to be associated with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion Attribute Assimilation again, Chen Yuan exaggerated the consequences.

Xuan Zi was somewhat surprised by Huo Yuhao's reaction. He also knew a little about the Three-Eyed Golden Lion. Similar to the vertical pupil between the eyebrows of the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, legend has it that as long as one makes contact with the Auspicious Beast, one can receive auspicious protection.

However, this was ultimately just a legend. After learning the importance of the Three-Eyed Three-Eyed Golden Lion Three-Eyed Golden Lion, Xuan Zi couldn't let anything happen to it.

These people are the future of the Shrek Academy; it would be terrible if something happened to them.

"Yes, Yuhao, you were too reckless. The Three-Eyed Golden Lion One can't be harmed, otherwise it will trigger a war between the academy and the Star Dou Great Forest."

"Yes, Xuan Zi, I know I was wrong."

Huo Yuhao glanced at Three-Eyed Golden Lion, and finally, with a heavy heart, banished the thought from his mind.

Seeing Huo Yuhao distance himself from the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, Chen Yuan breathed a sigh of relief.

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion absolutely cannot die, otherwise who knows if the Heavenly God King Tang has any way to take away its Golden Dragon Bloodline and fortune?

The best solution is to extinguish the Three-Eyed Golden Lion Man's curiosity about the human world; that way, there won't be so many troublesome things later on.

A more intense earthy-yellow light appeared in Xuan Zi's hand, carrying the others Three-Eyed Golden Lion towards the Outer Zone.

This is still Mixed Zone, who knows if some high-level Soul Beast will suddenly appear? Anyway, we've basically got the Soul Beast we need, so it's safer to get to the Outer Zone.