A Terrifying Soul Beast That Battled a Soul Saint: The Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff!

Boom!

Another explosion rang out!

A tower-like figure collided violently with a golden beast. Azure spear light intertwined with golden claw marks as furious shockwaves swept in every direction, shearing off the surrounding trees within dozens of meters at their roots!

The tower-like figure was an old man around sixty years old.

Though he was called an old man, aside from his white hair and beard, he looked more like a burly warrior.

His upper body was bare, his muscles knotted like iron. He held a large azure spear wrapped in a cyan whirlwind, and every swing tore through the air with a piercing shriek.

Seven Soul Rings rose and fell beneath his feet.

Three yellow, one purple, three black!

Although it was not the optimal configuration, possessing seven Soul Rings still made him a genuine Soul Saint powerhouse!

The azure spear in his hand had now been completely enveloped in cyan light, seemingly transformed into a whirlwind. He had clearly activated his Weapon Soul Avatar.

His opponent was a golden beast.

The beast was roughly the size of an elephant, its entire body covered in gleaming golden fur that reflected a metallic sheen beneath the moonlight.

A black ghost-face pattern covered its head, rising and falling faintly with its breathing as though it were alive, adding several degrees of ferocity.

It had the body of a lion, yet also bore some canine traits. The mane around its neck stood upright like steel needles, while its blood-red eyes brimmed with killing intent.

The Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff was said to be the progenitor of all lion-type and canine-type martial souls. It was renowned for its fearless, death-defying fighting style and violent temperament. Once enraged, it would fight to the death.

Yet at this moment, the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff was covered in more than a dozen wounds of varying sizes.

Blade wounds, claw marks... all kinds of injuries crisscrossed its body, but spear wounds were the most numerous.

Those spear wounds accounted for two-thirds of the injuries on its body. The worst of them ran across its flank and nearly pierced through its entire hind leg. Flesh was turned inside out, and one could vaguely see the heart still pounding fiercely within its chest cavity!

Scarlet blood poured out continuously with its labored breathing, staining its golden fur red before dripping from the bends of its legs onto the ground, soaking the soil beneath it a dark crimson.

Any other soul beast would have collapsed from such severe wounds and turned into a Soul Ring long ago.

But this Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff seemed incapable of feeling pain.

It merely kept swinging its front claws, clashing against the long spear wrapped in cyan light in the burly man's hand.

Every collision between its icy claws and the long spear was like a muffled thunderclap exploding through the valley. Amid the rumbling blasts, loose rocks from the surrounding peaks rattled down.

The falling rocks struck the seven or eight scattered corpses nearby, covering their broken bodies.

There were both men and women among those remains. The horrifying claw and bite marks on their bodies made it obvious who had killed them.

Roar!

The Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff seemed to have gone mad from battle. It let out a low roar, its hind legs suddenly exerting force as its enormous body transformed into a bloody bolt of lightning and lunged at Luo Feng!

Its front claw swept out, smashing Luo Feng's soul skill. At the same time, five golden flashes tore through the air and shot straight for his throat!

Feeling the faint prickling pain at his neck,

Luo Feng's pupils contracted slightly. The second yellow Soul Ring beneath his feet lit up, cyan light wrapping around his legs as he drifted backward like a wisp of wind, narrowly evading the attack.

The claw marks that tore through the air grazed past his temple and slammed viciously into the cliff wall a hundred meters behind him!

Boom!

Shattered rocks sprayed out like rain, effortlessly piercing through the towering trees in the valley!

When the dust settled, five savage claw marks had appeared on the cliff face, each stretching for more than ten meters!

Luo Feng caught sight of that scene from the corner of his eye and drew a sharp breath inward.

If that claw had landed on him...

He did not dare think any further.

As expected of the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff! Their innate Domination Domain placed them far higher in the ecological hierarchy than the Titan Giant Ape, known as the King of the Forest, and the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, known as the Destroyer of the Jungle!

Within the Domination Domain, the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff was the absolute overlord.

Its eight-thousand-year cultivation, combined with the Domination Domain, had forcibly granted it strength comparable to a Soul Saint.

If it had possessed ten thousand years of cultivation, then with the Domination Domain's enhancement, even a Soul Douluo would likely have struggled to take it down!

Luo Feng was secretly alarmed, but when he glimpsed the cave behind the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff, the wariness in his eyes turned into burning desire.

The cave was deep and dark, its interior impossible to see.

But just moments ago, a golden figure had flashed past its entrance.

That was the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff's cub.

If he could capture it, countless forces would surely fight to buy it. He might even use the cub to secure a high position in Spirit Hall. By then, why would he need to keep doing the dangerous work of a soul master mercenary, with his head practically hanging from his belt?

"Today, you will die!"

The greed in Luo Feng's eyes became killing intent. He gripped the Wind Spirit Spear tightly as all seven Soul Rings beneath his feet lit up together, cyan light shooting into the sky!

Across from him, the blood-soaked Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff held nothing but madness in its crimson eyes.

As though it had sensed the greed in Luo Feng's gaze, the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff threw back its head and roared toward the heavens.

The roar shook the valley, carrying boundless fury and killing intent.

Its hind legs shattered the ground beneath its claws as its massive body became a golden bolt of lightning, charging fiercely toward Luo Feng!

Its front claw swept out, five cold flashes tearing through the air as they shot straight for his throat!

It wanted to tear apart this human who coveted its cub!

But Luo Feng merely chuckled. With a light tap of his foot, he drifted backward like a wisp of wind.

He was neither rushed nor flustered. As he evaded, he carefully sensed the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff's condition.

Soon.

He could feel that although the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff's attacks remained fierce, the layer of golden radiance surrounding it was visibly growing thinner.

It was weakening—or rather, its Domination Domain was dissipating.

As long as he continued dragging things out, perhaps he would not even need to make a move. Those horrifying wounds on the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff's body might cause it to die violently on its own.

The Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff seemed to have realized his intentions as well.

The killing intent in its crimson eyes did not lessen, but a trace of anxiety appeared within them.

As the Domination Domain weakened, the pain that had originally been suppressed gradually returned. Every time it swung a claw, the bone-deep wound along its flank sent searing, tearing agony through its body.

It knew it could not hold on much longer...

Roar!

The Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff let out an even madder roar, and its attack frequency suddenly increased!

Claw after claw came crashing down like a torrential storm, every strike carrying the force to tear everything apart.

Luo Feng frowned slightly, finding it increasingly difficult to evade.

But soon, he discovered a fact that sent him into wild delight.

The Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff appeared to have returned to its peak state, attacking even more ferociously than before, but its speed and strength were visibly declining.

This was its final burst before death. It could not hold on much longer.

Another quarter of an hour passed.

Bzz—

The layer of golden radiance surrounding the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff suddenly trembled...