"Rumble—"
Chu Feng waited for half a quarter of an hour before he sensed an extremely terrifying presence racing toward him.
The next moment.
The bright sky suddenly went dark! It was as if some terrifying being was about to descend. Every Soul Beast within dozens of miles prostrated itself on the ground, trembling.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—"
The next moment, a gale suddenly rose in the already restless forest. The terrifying hurricane instantly tore apart every towering tree within hundreds of meters.
In the blink of an eye, it cleared a vast patch of open ground.
Only Chu Feng, a lone bear, sat in the middle of it.
On the ground, a huge shadow shrank at a visible speed.
Chu Feng slowly raised his head, and saw a hundred-meter-long black dragon appear before him.
The dragon lowered its head, its enormous golden eyes fixed on Chu Feng.
The next moment, it folded its wings and dropped down like a meteor...
"Boom—"
As the black dragon landed, the entire Star Dou Great Forest seemed to tremble. Its power was terrifying.
A small Soul Beast with golden fur crouched on the black dragon's shoulder.
The golden-furred little beast was three meters long. Its entire body seemed made of translucent crystal, with a strange, tactile quality. Its overall shape resembled a lion, but it had four dragon claws, each treading on a ball of golden flame. Its muzzle was a little longer than that of lion-type Soul Beasts, and beneath its fur seemed to be fine golden scales.
Besides its usual pair of eyes, it had a third eye, which was a vertical pupil. The two ordinary eyes shone gold, while the vertical pupil gave off an eerie red glow.
At a glance, Chu Feng recognized the two figures before him: Di Tian and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion!
They looked imposing, but anyone who had read the original knew how miserable the two of them were.
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion needed no explanation. She was tricked to death.
As for Di Tian, he wasn't much better.
In Chu Feng's eyes, Di Tian was a pure unlucky bastard, a tool, and the world's biggest simp.
That unlucky bastard had plotted to become a god since the first Douluo story, only to be toyed with and killed in the end, becoming a stepping stone for the protagonist.
In Douluo II, he became Huo Yuhao's tool, taking a hit for him—and even taking a hit for Huo Yuhao's pet... It seemed he did the same in Douluo III...
Da Ming and Er Ming had worked for an entire book, but at least they were resurrected in the end. Di Tian worked for several books and got nothing—not even a single hair—and lost his life, too. Calling him the unluckiest bastard in Douluo would hardly be an exaggeration.
Thinking of this, Chu Feng mourned for Di Tian for 0.00001 seconds.
As Chu Feng sized up Di Tian and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, the latter two were also studying him.
But when they realized Chu Feng was a panda, both of them looked baffled.
"The Auspicious Beast... is actually a panda..."
"This... isn't what I imagined..."
Di Tian and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion muttered to themselves, both completely dumbfounded.
Generally speaking, Auspicious Beasts were born from the gathered fortune of heaven and earth. Their strength might not be great, but their bloodlines were always top-tier.
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion had the Golden Dragon Bloodline. Even if she weren't an Auspicious Beast, her bloodline would still be one of the finest.
But this newly appeared Auspicious Beast was of the most ordinary panda bloodline. How bizarre was that?
[You shocked Di Tian and received the body-tempering technique God and Demon Body Tempering Art]
[You shocked the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and received the cultivation method Star Contemplation Method]
Just then, the system notifications appeared, and Chu Feng was delighted.
In this trashy Douluo Continent, even a martial arts technique like the Mysterious Heaven Skill could have such a great effect. Now that he had two cultivation methods powerful enough to rank among the best in a top-tier fantasy world, wouldn't he be invincible?
The God and Demon Body Tempering Art was a body-tempering technique. Its effects might be weakened by Douluo Continent's thin spiritual energy and scarce natural treasures.
But the Star Contemplation Method was a way to cultivate spiritual power. As long as he trained diligently, killing someone with a glance wouldn't be out of the question.
As expected of the second-place Shock System. It was so much more generous than the first-place Survival System.
But Chu Feng didn't have time to cultivate just then. Getting into the Soul Beast Core Circle was the most important thing.
"Hiya~ I'm the Three-Eyed Golden Lion. I'm an Auspicious Beast, just like you~"
After studying him for a while, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion jumped down from Di Tian and slowly approached Chu Feng. Her clear, melodious voice reached his ears, instantly making him feel refreshed and at ease.
He wasn't usually one to obsess over voices, but the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's ethereal, lovely voice was truly irresistible.
"Hello, my name is Chu Feng, and I'm a panda~" Chu Feng held out his chubby paw and smiled awkwardly. He was still used to his human form, and this panda body looked downright ridiculous.
"Ah, your name is Chu Feng..."
"How come you have a name?"
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion was surprised to hear Chu Feng's name.
After all, special beings like her, born of heaven and earth, had no parents, so naturally they had no names.
Di Tian and the others had given her plenty of names, but she thought they were all hopeless at naming things. Every single one was some awful name like "Little Gold," "Little Rui," or "Little Three."
Chu Feng had such a nice name, and that made her envy him.
"I gave myself this name."
"I've been in contact with humans and learned some things about them."
Chu Feng casually made up an explanation.
"Where are you from?"
"I can sense that your cultivation is already no weaker than that of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. Why have I never seen you before?" Di Tian slowly walked over, still extremely wary.
Although he couldn't see any flaws in the panda before him, he felt that this was the biggest flaw of all.
He had witnessed the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's birth with his own eyes, but this panda had suddenly appeared out of nowhere. It was far too strange...
The other party had a hundred thousand years of cultivation, so by rights he must have lived for nearly ten thousand years. But Di Tian had lived in the Star Dou Great Forest for hundreds of thousands of years and had never discovered this panda.
Forget a panda with a hundred thousand years of cultivation—even a Soul Beast with such an inferior bloodline would be lucky to reach ten thousand years of cultivation.
He would sooner believe this was some new Soul Guidance Technology made by human Soul Masters, deliberately designed to create an Auspicious Beast so it could get close to them—or even harm the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and strike at the very foundation of the Soul Beasts.
Thinking of this, Di Tian looked at Chu Feng with hostility, his dark golden pupils shining with an intimidating golden light.
"Di Tian!!"
"What are you doing?!"
"Chu Feng is my friend. He means no harm! You're not allowed to bully him!"
Seeing Di Tian's strange behavior, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion immediately protested. She glared at him angrily, baring her little tiger teeth and looking fierce in the cutest way.
She had finally met one of her kind. How could she let Di Tian bully Chu Feng?
Though she didn't know where Chu Feng had come from, she was certain he was an Auspicious Beast and meant no harm to her or to the Soul Beasts.
That was enough!
"Senior Di Tian, I'm indeed not a Soul Beast from the Star Dou Great Forest. I'm from somewhere else. Even if I told you exactly where, you wouldn't know the place," Chu Feng explained calmly.
A thoughtful look flickered in Di Tian's golden eyes at Chu Feng's explanation, and much of his hostility and wariness faded.
After all, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion had vouched for him. He probably meant no harm.
As for his origins, they would find out sooner or later.
"Chu Feng, don't take Di Tian seriously~ I'll take you to the Lake of Life. That's where we're based, and there's no threat from humans there. It's very safe!" Seeing this, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion eagerly invited him.
She was afraid Chu Feng might be frightened away by that jerk Di Tian. She had finally found one of her kind, and no matter what, she was going to keep him here today.
Besides, Chu Feng seemed to have been in contact with humans. Although she had lived for so long and seen human Soul Masters, she had never interacted with them.
She was very curious about the human world, too. But Di Tian, the Scarlet King, and the others never told her anything about the outside world, and they kept insisting that the human world was dangerous. It frustrated her to no end.
"Okay."
Chu Feng nodded and agreed.
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