Sky Azure Bull Python

The night was fading, and a sliver of morning light shone upon Su Yun Tao. By now, he had reached the core area of the Star Dou Great Forest. Facing the vast, beautiful, and wondrous lake before him, Su Yun Tao felt a myriad of emotions stirring within.

Just then, a disturbance erupted from the depths of the massive lake. A colossal bull's head suddenly rose from the bottom.

Looking at the human before it, the bull's head spoke in a human voice: "Er Ming, where is Sister Xiao Wu?"

The Titan Giant Ape spoke slowly: "Big Brother, Sister Xiao Wu has been taken hostage by this despicable human!"

"What!" With a thunderous boom, the bull's head suddenly reared up, revealing a massive body before Su Yun Tao's eyes.

It was over fifty zhang long. Although its body was more slender compared to the Titan Giant Ape, the aura exuded by this bull-headed, python-bodied monster was far more oppressive than that of the Titan Giant Ape. Clearly, this was the Titan Giant Ape's elder brother—the Sky Azure Bull Python!

"Human, what exactly do you want!"

Although the Sky Azure Bull Python was burning with anxiety and wore a fierce expression, it was clearly better at controlling its emotions.

Among the three hundred-thousand-year soul beasts—Xiao Wu, the Titan Giant Ape, and the Sky Azure Bull Python—the Sky Azure Bull Python was not only the strongest but also the most rational.

Xiao Wu was simple-minded by nature, perhaps even foolish. Although she possessed intelligence no less than a human's, her behavior was utterly pathetic.

In the original story, as a hundred-thousand-year soul beast, she did not cultivate properly after taking human form; instead, she wandered around, laughing and playing.

Before she had cultivated to level 70 to fully transform into a human, she went to Heaven Dou City, then to Martial Soul Hall, heading wherever it was dangerous, as if afraid she wouldn't run into a Titled Douluo.

Despite having a blood feud with Martial Soul Hall over her mother's death, she gave no thought to cultivation, focusing entirely on play, just like an ordinary little girl.

What Su Yun Tao couldn't fathom was that even an ordinary little girl would mature after experiencing the murder of her mother, yet Xiao Wu remained unmoved—and she had lived for a hundred thousand years!

Compared to Xiao Wu, the Titan Giant Ape was clearly more mature. As a hundred-thousand-year soul beast, its intelligence was not inferior to a human's, but its only flaw was its reckless and impulsive nature, which often made it unable to control its emotions.

In contrast, the Sky Azure Bull Python was clearly a more rational existence. Su Yun Tao felt that negotiating with it had a higher chance of success; at the very least, even in a fit of rage, it would absolutely not do something it would regret.

"Sky Azure Bull Python, Xiao Wu is in my hands now. I have come here specifically to negotiate with you. I can tell you clearly: Xiao Wu is my bargaining chip, and I must obtain something of equal value to her before she can return safely to the Star Dou Great Forest!"

As these words were spoken, the blood-red eyes of the two great soul beast overlords turned even redder. Both the Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python wore exceptionally ferocious expressions, though compared to the Titan Giant Ape, who was clenching its fists and itching to crush Su Yun Tao, the Sky Azure Bull Python appeared much calmer.

The Sky Azure Bull Python spoke: "Human, what exactly do you want? As long as you can ensure the safety of Sister Xiao Wu, I can give you what you want!"

"Good. An honest person doesn't resort to underhanded tactics, so I will be blunt. I want to embark on the path to godhood, but unfortunately, my talent is too low. The two soul rings I currently possess are one white and one yellow."

"Therefore, I need a hundred-thousand-year soul ring and a hundred-thousand-year soul bone. Furthermore, I must be able to fuse with both the ring and the bone!"

"Such arrogance!" the Sky Azure Bull Python said disdainfully. "Human, with your talent, you dare to dream of becoming a god! I truly don't know what to say to you!"

Su Yun Tao laughed: "Indeed, relying solely on my own cultivation, becoming a god is nothing but a joke."

"Although I know there are many divine inheritances on the Douluo Continent—for instance, the inheritance of the Angel God is in Martial Soul Hall, the Asura God in Slaughter City, the Ice Goddess in the Far North, the Death God in Death Canyon, and the Thunder God in Thunder Canyon."

"But with my conditions, even if I entered these places of inheritance, it would be impossible for me to obtain them. That is why I need your help!"

The Sky Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape looked at each other, their eyes revealing a trace of gravity. Clearly, they had not expected this insignificant human soul master to know of such top-secret existences—many of which were unknown even to them.

"Human, who exactly are you!" the Sky Azure Bull Python said in a deep voice.

Su Yun Tao said calmly: "Actually, I am not from this world. I come from another time and space, but I can tell you clearly: I know everything about this world! Including the deepest secrets hidden within your Star Dou Great Forest!"

The Sky Azure Bull Python wore a grave expression and said slowly: "Oh? The deepest secrets hidden in our Star Dou Great Forest?"

"I not only know that Xiao Wu will head to Notting Academy, but I also know that when you two were young, you were saved by Xiao Wu's mother, and you have accompanied Xiao Wu as she grew up. To you, Xiao Wu is more important than life itself!"

The expressions of the Sky Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape could no longer be maintained; the word 'shock' was written all over the two beasts' massive faces.

Seeing this, Su Yun Tao continued: "Not only that, I also know that behind this Life Lake, the true ruler of your Star Dou Great Forest lies in slumber."

"For example, the eight-hundred-thousand-year Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King—Di Tian! The four-hundred-thousand-year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear—Xiong Jun! The six-hundred-thousand-year Emerald Swan—Bi Ji! And the three-hundred-thousand-year Hell Three-Headed Mastiff—Chi Huang!"

At this moment, the bodies of the Sky Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape trembled slightly. Although they were hundred-thousand-year soul beasts with powerful innate foundations and extraordinary bloodlines, capable of suppressing a level 95 Titled Douluo, the shock brought by this little human soul master's words made them tremble involuntarily!

Su Yun Tao smiled: "That is not all. I even know that one of the two supreme Dragon Kings of the dragon race, the Silver Dragon King, is hiding in the core area of your Star Dou Great Forest! She is the co-ruler of all you soul beasts!"

The Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python gasped, their scalps tingling. Since becoming hundred-thousand-year soul beasts, this was the first time they had felt what true cold was!

"Human! How did you come to know these things!"

Su Yun Tao said faintly: "Sky Azure Bull Python, I have already said it: I know everything about your world!"

"Now, I want to become a god, so I need a hundred-thousand-year soul ring and soul bone. I have come today with sincerity. As long as one of you sacrifices yourself to me today, not only will Xiao Wu return safely to the Star Dou Great Forest, but I will also keep this vital secret for your soul beast clan! In the future, once I become a god, I will even look after your soul beast clan!"