The Ferocious Beasts' Defiance

However, the aura around her, dense and heavy like shattered stars, suddenly fluctuated violently!

The fine cracks on the cocoon of light abruptly widened, and the silver-purple energy spilling out became chaotic!

Her body swayed almost imperceptibly, and the pain she had been forcibly suppressing between her brows became instantly clear! Evidently, this brief awakening and exertion of power had placed an enormous burden on her grave injuries.

Gu Yuena forced herself to hold on, her profound silver eyes sweeping over Di Tian, who was kneeling on one knee, then over Bi Ji, Zi Ji, Xiong Jun, Wan Yao Wang, Scarlet King, and all the other core ferocious beasts.

Her voice suddenly rose, carrying an unquestionable, emperor-like majesty that imprinted itself clearly upon the souls of every ferocious beast:

"My injuries are severe. I will soon fall into slumber once more!"

"From this moment onward..."

Her gaze finally returned to Ling Han, each word weighing as heavily as a thousand jun:

"Ling Han shall be your Venerable Master!"

"While I sleep, his words..."

Gu Yuena's voice was resolute, like a divine decree:

"...shall be my words!"

"We obey the Sovereign's decree!!!"

Di Tian was the first to react. Without hesitation, he answered in a deep voice. His molten-gold vertical pupils turned toward Ling Han, instantly filling with absolute reverence and obedience!

In Ling Han's direction, he deeply lowered his proud head!

Bi Ji, Zi Ji, Xiong Jun, Wan Yao Wang, Scarlet King...

After a brief moment of utter shock, all the ferocious beasts sensed Gu Yuena's unquestionable will. They suppressed the stormy waves in their hearts and bowed toward Ling Han in unison, their voices filled with shock and newly budding reverence:

"We obey the Sovereign's decree! Greetings, Venerable Master!"

The instant those words fell, Gu Yuena seemed to have exhausted the last shred of strength sustaining her.

She looked deeply at Ling Han, her gaze filled with trust, entrustment, and an indescribable weariness.

Then silver light flowed around her, and her figure turned into a streak of radiance, instantly shooting into the silver cocoon of light, whose glow flickered unevenly and whose surface was covered in cracks.

The cocoon flashed violently several times before finally settling into a state even dimmer and more dormant than before.

Only that life aura, weak to the extreme, proved the Silver Dragon King's existence.

The space at the bottom of the lake fell into absolute silence.

Ling Han alone remained, standing quietly where he was.

Before him stood the newly appointed Venerable Master—him, who represented the supreme will of the slumbering Silver Dragon King.

Around him were the highest-ranking ferocious beast kings of the Star Dou Great Forest—the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King Di Tian, the Jade Swan Bi Ji, the Hell Demon Dragon King Zi Ji, the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear Xiong Jun, the Demon Eye Demonic Tree Wan Yao Wang, and the Three-headed Crimson Demon Mastiff Scarlet King.

At this moment, their gazes, carrying shock, reverence, scrutiny, and newly established absolute obedience, were all focused upon him.

The air seemed to have solidified, and the invisible pressure was a hundred times heavier than before!

Silence.

Absolute silence engulfed the entire space like icy lake water.

Only the dim, dormant cocoon of light gave off a life aura so faint it was nearly extinguished, proving the Silver Dragon King's existence.

Ling Han stood at the center of the vast lakebed, like the eye of a storm.

Six gazes—from the six ferocious beast kings at the very peak of the Star Dou Great Forest—were fixed upon him like tangible probes.

The emotions within those gazes were incomparably complicated:

Beneath Di Tian's absolute obedience lay a trace of scrutiny. Bi Ji's gentleness carried worry. Beneath Zi Ji's seductive appearance was undisguised scrutiny and doubt. Xiong Jun suppressed a wild, violent refusal beneath his massive frame. Countless demonic eyes on Wan Yao Wang radiated invisible spiritual pressure. Scarlet King's three heads exhaled scorching, violent auras.

The air was as viscous as solidified magma, and the invisible pressure was enough to make any Limit Douluo collapse in an instant!

This pressure came not only from the world-destroying might of the six ferocious beasts themselves, but also from this sudden transfer of power—one capable of overturning the entire balance of Star Dou!

A level 25 Soul Grandmaster had become the proxy of the slumbering Silver Dragon King's will, the "Venerable Master" of these unruly ferocious beasts with cultivation spanning hundreds of thousands of years!

Yet beneath this crushing pressure, enough to shatter one's soul, the corner of Ling Han's mouth slowly curled into a cold, domineering arc!

"Hmph!"

A deep, icy dragon roar, as though it had come from the primordial age, suddenly erupted from Ling Han's body! It did not pass through his throat, but resonated directly at the level of the soul!

"Roar—!!!"

The phantom of the Ice Hell Dragon Emperor appeared behind him with a thunderous boom! It had become more solid than ever before!

Its entire body was covered in deep-blue dragon scales as profound as Myriad Year Profound Ice, each one flowing with cold radiance capable of freezing time and space!

Its massive dragon head raised high, its pair of dragon eyes like two spinning stars of an ice hell, radiating supreme majesty that looked down upon all living things and ruled over all creation!

An even purer, more ancient, more domineering, terrifying dragon might erupted from Ling Han like a bursting flood of icy rivers, sweeping across the entire lakebed space!

This dragon might was no longer mere intimidation. It was suppression born from the most fundamental rank of bloodline itself! It was the rage of an emperor that stood above all dragonkind!

"Urgh!"

Xiong Jun, who bore the brunt of it, let out a pained grunt. His violent, savage aura was like a fire doused with a basin of Absolute Zero ice water, instantly extinguished!

His colossal body seemed to be viciously pinned down by an invisible giant hand. His dark-gold claws drooped weakly, and his huge bear eyes filled with terror and trembling born from the depths of his bloodline. Unable to control himself, he bent his unyielding spine!

Zi Ji gave a muffled groan, her seductive body swaying slightly. The scrutiny and doubt in her purple eyes were instantly replaced by horror!

She felt that the Hell Demon Dragon bloodline she had always taken pride in had encountered its true nemesis and ruler before this dragon might. Even her soul was trembling!

Scarlet King's three heads let out suppressed whimpers at the same time. The light in his six eyes, which burned with hellfire, rapidly dimmed. His scorching, violent aura was forcibly suppressed, his fangs retracted, and his enormous body lowered slightly, as though he had encountered his natural predator!

More than half of the densely packed demonic eyes on Wan Yao Wang's trunk instantly shut. Its invisible spiritual pressure was like a frozen spiderweb, breaking apart inch by inch!

Its withered tree body trembled faintly, as though it had felt absolute crushing suppression at the level of life itself!

Even Di Tian and Bi Ji, the two with the highest cultivation and steadiest temperaments, felt their souls tremble beneath the pure, supreme dragon might of the Ice Hell Dragon Emperor!

A trace of shock flashed through Di Tian's molten-gold vertical pupils. The slight scrutiny he had hidden before vanished completely, replaced by even deeper reverence!

The Life Green Light around Bi Ji also fluctuated, and the concern in her eyes was replaced by profound shock.

In the span of a single breath!

Under the supreme bloodline pressure of the Ice Hell Dragon Emperor, all six ferocious beast kings bowed their heads!

Some knelt, some bowed, and some pressed themselves to the ground! Not one of them dared show even the slightest doubt or disrespect again!