The Three-Eyed Golden Lion Wants to Snatch the Power of Destiny!

Chapter 16: The Three-Eyed Golden Lion wants to snatch the power of destiny!

Regardless of the outcome, the fact remained that he had arrived ten thousand years in the future.

He looked at Zhang Lexuan, who had collapsed from severe injuries, and the two other young girls not far away who had fallen into a coma. The ground was littered with severed limbs and arms, along with one or two soul bones.

"Clear the battlefield!"

"Collect all soul bones, and strip off every single storage soul tool!"

"Gather the bodies of all our fallen brothers!"

Looking at the three soul bones radiating pitch-black soul power, the five or six storage soul tools, and the corpse of a hundred-thousand-year soul beast—which itself contained a hundred-thousand-year soul bone—Huo Si swallowed hard.

He had struck it rich; he had truly struck it rich this time.

Although the losses were immense, the returns were equally impressive: a hundred-thousand-year soul bone, a hundred-thousand-year soul beast corpse, three additional soul bones, and half a dozen storage soul tools.

Of course, none of that was the most important thing.

Huo Si lowered his head, his gaze lingering briefly on Zhang Lexuan before shifting to the red-haired and golden-haired girls who still showed signs of life.

The names Zhang Lexuan had spoken moments ago flashed through his mind.

"Ruoruo, Wu Ming..."

"They must be the Gold-Binding Rope Han Ruoruo and the Golden Crow Wu Ming from the Shrek inner courtyard!"

"One is an eight-ring Soul Douluo, the other a seven-ring Soul Saint..."

Huo Si looked down at Zhang Lexuan, the golden light in his eyes growing brighter.

A profile for Zhang Lexuan automatically popped up in his mind.

Zhang Lexuan, who suffered the tragedy of her family being wiped out in her youth, escaped disaster by hiding under a bed...

(It is absurdly ridiculous that powerful soul masters capable of annihilating Zhang Lexuan's family could miss a child. I strongly suspect her memories were tampered with, and that Dragon God Mu En was involved in a conspiracy.)

She was later saved by Dragon God Mu En, who designated her as the fiancée of his great-grandson.

At just over ten years old, she was a three-ring soul master. Later, she became the genius of Shrek's Sea God Island, a talent unseen in a thousand years, and the senior sister of the inner courtyard.

She broke through to Soul Saint at twenty, sweeping through the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament to claim first place.

Around twenty-two, she broke through to Soul Douluo, her eighth soul ring being a hundred-thousand-year one!

Aside from Huo Gua and the twin soul fusion of Wang Dong, she was the true genius of this era!

"This is the greatest harvest of all!"

Two eight-ring Soul Douluos and one Soul Saint—all geniuses carefully selected by Shrek.

"Commander, collection is complete. What should we do with these girls?"

Looking at the girls with long hair in black, gold, and red, Huo Si swallowed again.

A bold idea instantly took root in his mind.

The talent of these three was extraordinary; they were guaranteed to reach the Title Douluo level. If Zhang Lexuan were to return to the Douluo I era, she would be a force capable of crushing almost anyone as a Title Douluo.

Even without reaching the Title Douluo level yet, her eighth hundred-thousand-year soul ring meant she had nothing to fear from ordinary Title Douluos.

"Take them. Prepare to withdraw from the Star Dou Great Forest!"

The wild idea in his mind grew even more reckless.

If he could completely control these three and gain their protection...

He had saved their lives. It wasn't too much to ask for them to protect him in return, was it? A life-saving debt.

Huo Si decisively activated the Plane Star Gate.

"Prepare to evacuate!"

At Huo Si's signal, the first special forces soldier entered the Plane Star Gate to secure the other side.

The next moment, the remains of dozens of soldiers who had sacrificed themselves for the plane were transferred.

"They died to protect me...!"

"Their contributions to the Douluo plane must never be forgotten!!"

"And I will absolutely not allow their remains to be left behind in a foreign world!!!"

Having recovered his soul power, Huo Si signaled for the last special forces soldier to step into the Plane Star Gate.

"Pioneer Commander, I will await your return in the Dragon Kingdom!"

Leaving those words behind, Chen Bin stepped into the Plane Star Gate.

Douluo Plane Research Institute.

As the Plane Star Gate opened once more, everyone in the entire institute swarmed forward.

"What's the situation? What exactly is happening over there?"

The first special forces soldier to step through the Plane Star Gate had already begun his explanation.

"After the Planar Pioneer added the first soul ring to his second martial soul, we were transported to another spacetime."

"That's right, the Planar Pioneer said it was ten thousand years after the Douluo Continent!"

"We encountered a very powerful Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. We fired all our missiles, but only managed to heavily wound it. Fortunately, we ran into a young girl hunting soul beasts there; she was young, about the same age as the Pioneer, yet she was already a seven-ring Soul Saint."

Through the explanation, everyone learned about Huo Si and the level of danger they had experienced.

"Where is the Planar Pioneer?"

"Why hasn't he returned yet, and where is the person you were supposed to protect?"

Elder Gong glared at Chen Bin, who was the last to walk out.

"Elder Gong, the Pioneer officer is..."

Before he could finish his sentence, the Plane Star Gate flickered violently, and in the next instant, it shut down completely.

"What is going on!"

Elder Long, who had just arrived, saw the Plane Star Gate close and immediately grew anxious.

The entire Douluo Plane Research Institute was instantly plunged into a tense atmosphere.

Meanwhile, Huo Si was facing another problem.

In the Star Dou Great Forest, a noble soul beast with three eyes and golden fur raised its head, staring at the place where a powerful force of fate was converging.

"A kin?"

"Impossible, how could there be the scent of a human!"

Thump, thump, thump!

The soul beast was incredibly fast, disappearing into the forest in the blink of an eye and appearing right in front of Huo Si.

"Human, how dare you hunt a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast!"

Huo Si saw the talking soul beast clearly and was stunned.

"You... you... the Three-Eyed Golden Lion!"

Huo Si had been preparing to take the corpse of the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and leave with Zhang Lexuan and the others.

He hadn't expected his Soul Power to be insufficient, and when he turned around, he saw the Auspicious Beast of the Star Dou Great Forest, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.

"Human, who exactly are you!"

"Why do you possess the same power of fate flowing through you as I do, and... it's even stronger than mine!"

The power of fate?

Huo Si was full of question marks, but his top priority now was to evacuate the Star Dou Great Forest.

He summoned the Plane Star Gate directly.

When the Three-Eyed Golden Lion saw the Plane Star Gate appear, a terrifying force of fate enveloped the area, and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion widened its eyes.

"A Fate Martial Soul, with so much fate—if only it could be bestowed upon my soul beast clan."

A madness flickered in the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's eyes. If it could seize the power of fate from the person before it, wouldn't it be able to break through to the hundred-thousand-year level instantly by relying on that power?

How was the power of fate plundered again?

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion pondered for a moment and quickly found the breakthrough point according to the memories of where the power of fate was stored.

It lunged toward Huo Si, pressing itself against him in the next instant.

"Don't worry, as we are both masters of fate, I will not kill you."

"I will only borrow a tiny bit of your power of fate to let me break through to the hundred-thousand-year level, just a tiny bit...!"

Huo Si watched as the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, its eyes glowing with golden light and the third eye on its forehead slowly opening, moved rapidly toward him.

Huo Si retreated step by step, his second martial soul becoming unstable and dissipating entirely.

"No... don't, you... don't come over here!"

Hum!

As the third eye on the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's forehead pressed against Huo Si, a golden light instantly pierced through the Star Dou Great Forest, and a terrifying force of fate was triggered!