Ghost Possession

"Bang—"

Blazing flames rose, scorching the circling Wood Dragon;

A dragon claw lashed out, tearing apart the hard willow wood.

Amid a dull boom, wood chips flew everywhere.

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion lightly leaped forward and arrived before Liu Yuan. Clearly, he was no match for her.

"Be good and come back with me."

Go back with her?

Liu Yuan's heart sank slightly.

Was that his only choice?

But just then, an aged call suddenly echoed in Liu Yuan's mind. "Child..."

At that moment, Liu Yuan was like a traveler who had found water in the desert. His conflicted eyes suddenly lit up!

"Old sir! You're awake!?"

"You seem to have encountered some trouble." Electrolux's voice reverberated through the Spirit Sea. "I can help you. But I am only a wisp of a remnant soul, so I will need to borrow your body. Afterward, this wisp of a remnant soul will not be able to last long before completely dissipating."

Liu Yuan's heart tightened at those words. "Then, old sir, is there any way to solve this problem?"

For a moment, the Spirit Sea fell silent.

Electrolux seemed not to have expected a child he had only just met to ask such a question. After a moment of silence, he said, "I may need a small portion of your Gold of Life."

"No problem!" Liu Yuan agreed without hesitation. "You're helping me because of me. What does a little Gold of Life matter!"

"Good, good, good..." This answer, devoid of any falsehood, immediately put Electrolux in high spirits.

"Child, let this old man thank you first."

As soon as he spoke, "Buzz—"

The next second,

Liu Yuan's Spirit Sea was dyed gray, gray currents spreading outward as though formless and intangible.

This was the heaven-tier secret art—Ghost Possession!

At the same time, seeing that Liu Yuan had yet to respond, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion was about to make a move herself before Huo Yuhao and the others could stop her.

"Boom—"

A wave of spiritual fluctuations exploded outward, and terrifying spiritual power instantly blanketed more than half of the Star Dou Forest.

From the aftershock alone, Huo Yuhao, Bei Bei, and Tang Ya fell into a daze, completely losing their ability to think for a short time.

Even the Three-Eyed Golden Lion was so intimidated that she retreated again and again.

At that moment, three piercing howls rang out almost in unison. A dark-red figure charged forward and stood before the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, its jagged fangs radiating crimson-gold light.

Scarlet King had appeared.

Yet at this moment, both the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and Scarlet King sensed a pressure from Liu Yuan that even they feared. It was a level of power utterly different from their own.

"Human, who exactly are you!?"

At this moment, Liu Yuan was already radiating an indescribable brilliance. The instant his eyes opened, his originally black pupils had turned gray, filled with the weight of ages, as though they could see through everything in the world.

Even stranger, a gray Soul Ring slowly rose up. Yet the string of afterimages it left as it ascended made it impossible to discern its exact number.

Scarlet King now felt an inexplicable sense of suffocation, a feeling even more overwhelming than facing Di Tian!

"Who am I?"

Electrolux spoke indifferently,

"I do not remember who I am, either."

He lowered his gaze slightly,

His lifeless eyes seemed able to see through Scarlet King's soul. "Considering that your cultivation has not come easily, leave."

That aged tone struck Scarlet King's heart like a hammer, making him instinctively take a step back. Lowering his voice, he said, "Auspicious Beast, let us go."

This fellow was simply too strange!

Leave?

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion stared deeply at Liu Yuan.

No!

She had to find out what this guidance of fate was all about!

With that thought, a golden light suddenly bloomed. Her four claws stepped upon golden flames as she shot straight toward Liu Yuan like a streak of light.

At this sudden change,

Electrolux immediately extended a finger.

But just as he was about to act, a surge of Power of Fate spilled forth from the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.

And formed a connection with Liu Yuan.

"Hm..."

Sensing this, Electrolux withdrew his hand.

The next second, "Thud!"

Liu Yuan's head and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's head slammed together! The instant their foreheads touched, both Liu Yuan and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's bodies shuddered violently, and a strange power was quietly awakened.

Seeing this, Scarlet King panicked!

But the problem was that the Auspicious Beast and that human were so close now, and the Auspicious Beast had delivered herself right to him!

If anything really happened to the Auspicious Beast,

Di Tian would definitely tear him apart first!

In an instant, Scarlet King froze in place.

Moving was wrong, but not moving was wrong either.

At the same time,

When Liu Yuan and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's foreheads collided, Electrolux returned control of the body to Liu Yuan the instant their bodies stopped trembling.

Now, Liu Yuan only felt his mind go blank, his entire body muddled and dazed. He even had the illusion that his Spirit Sea had vanished.

Yet within the Spirit Sea, Electrolux condensed his own power into a single point, turning it into a gray bead hidden in a corner as he quietly watched everything unfold.

Strange, distorted halos wrapped around Liu Yuan and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's bodies. Their bodies actually became transparent, with flickering light appearing and fading between them.

Moreover, every shift in the light made Liu Yuan and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's bodies tremble slightly.

With their bodies at the center, the entire Star Dou Forest seemed to stir. An intense aura of Life surged toward them invisibly, pouring ceaselessly into their bodies.

As the distorted light grew ever brighter and enveloped the human and beast within it, a peculiar force spread outward, completely shutting Scarlet King out and sparing him from any further struggle.

Just as Liu Yuan was drifting in a daze,

[ Ding! ]

[ Ding! ]

Two soft chimes suddenly echoed through his mind.

But Liu Yuan had no time to pay attention to them.

Because he felt as though his consciousness had crossed through ancient ages and appeared within a dense forest. The Three-Eyed Golden Lion's life played before his eyes like fleeting scenes.

"Buzz—"

After an unknown amount of time, a layer of golden radiance suddenly erupted from where Liu Yuan and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion were touching. Liu Yuan's body was flung away in response, but Electrolux swiftly took control again the next second.

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion was much the same.

She swayed her body groggily, taking a few weak steps back. Scarlet King hurriedly shielded her behind him and watched Liu Yuan warily.

Electrolux said, "You should leave."

Scarlet King lowered his head and let out a low growl:

"Auspicious Beast, we should leave."

"Alright."

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion answered and turned to leave.

But after leaping only a short distance away, she suddenly looked back. By chance, her eyes met Liu Yuan's as he regained control of his body.

When their gazes met in the air, the human and beast's minds trembled slightly, and an inexplicable connection quietly formed.