Dragon King Annihilation

"Uncle Ding, we haven't even reached the mixed zone yet, so how could we run into a pack of ten-thousand-year Crimson Flame Lions?"

The young girl, protected in the center, asked with a look of terror on her face.

"There is something wrong with the Star Dou Forest today. We encountered a ten-thousand-year spirit beast back in the outer perimeter. Let's find a way to leave the Star Dou Forest first; as for the spirit ring, we can come back to obtain it another day."

"Elder Ding, I'm afraid it won't be that easy to get away. The lion king of the pack hasn't even shown itself yet," one of the spirit saints said with a grave expression.

Indeed, the lion king had yet to appear, and the Crimson Flame Lions surrounding them numbered over twenty, five of which were ten-thousand-year spirit beasts, with the rest being at the thousand-year level.

Facing these twenty-plus Crimson Flame Lions, the five of them could easily handle the situation if they worked together, but the lion king remained hidden in the shadows, preventing them from focusing on the pack and forcing them to remain constantly vigilant against a sneak attack.

"Break through by force!"

Elder Ding shouted. They could not wait any longer; dragging this out would only attract even more powerful spirit beasts.

"Protect the young lady."

After Elder Ding gave the order, his spirit power surged, and he activated his seventh spirit ability—the Avatar of the Martial Soul.

His martial soul was the Azure Blue Eagle; frontal combat was not his forte, but he could still handle the small fry that had just crossed the ten-thousand-year threshold.

The four spirit saints had already activated their Avatars of the Martial Soul, shielding the young girl in the center as they retreated toward the edge of the Star Dou Forest.

The young girl also summoned her martial soul, which was a magnificent gemstone, casting a protective shield over the four spirit saints around her.

Lin Tian watched this battle from not far away, and... he saw a majestic Golden Lion King on the path they were retreating along!

The Golden Lion King was not hiding in the shadows; instead, it was guarding the only path they could take to escape.

"This Golden Lion King seems to possess no small amount of intelligence."

Lin Tian said, lost in thought.

Elder Ding, high in the sky, also spotted the Golden Lion King and immediately ordered the retreating party to stop.

"The lion king of this pack is not a Crimson Flame Lion King!" he shouted down to the group below.

He stared at the golden lion, which looked as if it had been cast from solid gold, and at the pair of golden pupils in its eyes. The description of this spirit beast instantly flashed through his mind: "It's a Golden Lion King!"

The Golden Lion King is a spirit beast with both light and mental attributes. They do not belong to a specific pride; instead, they roam between different lion packs, killing the existing king to become the new ruler!

Elder Ding felt a sense of dread. A sixty-thousand-year Golden Lion King had actually appeared on the outer perimeter of the Star Dou Forest. What on earth was happening inside the forest?

He had only accompanied the young lady out to obtain a fourth spirit ring; he never expected to encounter a pride led by a sixty-thousand-year Golden Lion King.

"Roar—!"

The lion king's roar echoed through the jungle. Receiving the king's command, the pack stopped merely circling and began their assault, with the thousand-year Crimson Flame Lions being the first to pounce on the four spirit saints.

"What a beautiful gemstone."

Lin Tian was quite interested in the young girl's martial soul and decided to capture her to study it.

As a dragon, isn't it perfectly reasonable to snatch a princess?

Although she wasn't a princess, she was likely a noble, and they were currently bullying spirit beasts. As a noble existence among spirit beasts, I should protect the weak.

"Yes, that's right. They bullied spirit beasts, so I'm teaching them a lesson. It's perfectly reasonable."

Lin Tian closed his vertical pupils, stopped looking at the pack attacking the group below, and nodded his dragon head heavily, successfully convincing himself.

"As a dragon destined to become the King of Spirit Beasts, my entrance must be full of style."

He channeled the Ultimate Darkness within his body. In an instant, the surrounding sky turned pitch black, just as it had when he descended into the world.

The darkness spread forward, instantly reaching above the lion pack and the human spirit masters.

"Oh no, we've attracted an even more powerful spirit beast!"

Elder Ding felt as if he could see the Grim Reaper beckoning to him; he didn't even have the strength to resist anymore.

Because, within the darkness, he could vaguely see... a dragon!

"Humans, you dare penetrate deep into the Star Dou Forest and slaughter my subjects at will? You deserve to die!"

A deafening roar echoed from the dark firmament.

As the voice rang out, the lion pack ceased their attack. Sensing the faint, pervasive dragon might, they all prostrated themselves on the ground.

Elder Ding landed on the ground and stood in front of his young lady, his face ashen, yet he still spoke respectfully:

"Respected Dragon King, we did not slaughter spirit beasts at will. We only intended to hunt for a fourth spirit ring in the outer perimeter, but we were surrounded by a Crimson Flame Lion pack led by the Golden Lion King and were forced to fight back."

Lin Tian ignored the Spirit Douluo's explanation entirely. His ferocious dragon head emerged from the darkness, his scarlet vertical pupils looking down at the group without a hint of emotion. He didn't waste a single word.

Iron chains suddenly manifested from the void, and in an instant, the four spirit saints were tightly bound, stripped of any ability to resist.

As for Elder Ding, he received special treatment from Lin Tian, who utilized a control-type innate spirit ability—the Dark Demon Cage.

Beneath his feet, a cage radiating a thick, dark aura rose from the ground, with an exquisite demon dragon carved into its top.

The moment the cage formed, it isolated Elder Ding from the outside world, causing him to lose all perception of his surroundings. He thought of the young lady still outside and steeled his resolve, trying to break free from the prison.

But the next second, he realized how naive he had been; inside this cage, he couldn't even use a single spirit ability.

The cage was very fragile before it fully formed, but once it took shape, as long as Lin Tian did not permit it, the person inside would never see the light of day again.

In an instant, everyone was subdued, leaving only the young girl who had been well-protected all along. She had collapsed to the ground, apparently frightened unconscious by Lin Tian.

Lin Tian ignored her and looked toward the Golden Lion King behind him. It was currently prostrate on the ground, its gaze toward Lin Tian tinged with a hint of respect.

As a sixty-thousand-year-old spirit beast with mental attributes, its intelligence was already quite remarkable. The reason it had appeared in the outer perimeter was that it had sensed a dangerous aura from the dense origin of darkness when Lin Tian descended into the world.

Now that the master of this aura stood before it, it appeared exceptionally respectful.

"You are not bad. Come back to the core area with me."

Lin Tian's words left the Golden Lion King no room for refusal. The Golden Lion King had no right to refuse, either; if it did, Lin Tian would make it experience his most powerful innate spirit skill.

"Roar—!"

The Golden Lion King raised its head high and let out a loud roar at Lin Tian.

Lin Tian's vertical pupils narrowed. He hadn't expected this Golden Lion King to have such backbone. Without a moment's hesitation, the surrounding dark attributes converged before him, slowly forming a magic orb imbued with the power to annihilate everything.

This was Lin Tian's strongest innate spirit skill, which he called—Dragon King Annihilation.

"Mas... Master."

The Golden Lion King used its mental power to transmit the sound, struggling to utter these two words.

Lin Tian was stunned upon hearing this. Could it be that the lion's roar had meant submission? It wasn't a provocation after all?

Since he had already condensed it, he couldn't let it go to waste. He looked up at the sky, a thought suddenly occurring to him.

"Might as well set it off like a firework. Consider it a celebration for taming my first subordinate."

The magic orb suddenly shot into the sky at high speed, expanding continuously until it finally transformed into a storm as black as ink.

Lin Tian named it: [Storm of Final Annihilation].

Inside the storm, there was not only extreme darkness and extreme annihilation but also the six elements brought by the Silver Dragon's blessing.

The eight elements collided and merged continuously, ultimately forming an ultimate explosion that extinguished all things!