I, Xiong Jun, Will Not Yield!

Spirit Hall, Offering Hall.

Huo Yuhao had just finished the medicinal bath specially prepared for him by Golden Crocodile Douluo, and before leaving, he made a point to visit Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo.

"Teacher, Teacher Golden Crocodile."

Huo Yuhao bowed respectfully and stated his intentions.

"I am heading to the Star Dou Great Forest tomorrow to obtain my third soul ring, so I will be away for some time."

Golden Crocodile Douluo's eyes lit up. "Oh, you brat, you've finally reached level thirty!"

It had taken Huo Yuhao over a year to go from level twenty-seven to level thirty.

For an ordinary soul master, this speed of advancement was incredibly fast.

It was the standard progression speed for a soul master with innate soul power of level seven or eight.

However, for Huo Yuhao, who possessed innate level ten soul power, this speed was impossibly slow.

"Yuhao's situation is far too unique."

The cultivation speed of Soul Beasts was naturally slower than that of humans. Since Huo Yuhao had awakened a Soul Beast bloodline, Qian Daoliu understood why his cultivation had slowed down.

"Indeed," Golden Crocodile Douluo sighed with deep emotion.

He thought of his own Golden Crocodile King clan, which had always been the cream of the crop among beast spirits; they were the ones who usually suppressed other soul masters with the sheer might of their spirits.

Yet, now that an Ancestral Dragon Spirit had appeared, that bloodline suppression left him completely helpless.

"Even if Yuhao is only level thirty now and merely an auxiliary soul master, how many people would dare to look down on him?"

At the mention of the title "auxiliary soul master," Golden Crocodile Douluo couldn't help but twitch his lips.

The "auxiliary soul master" label was Huo Yuhao's greatest lie!

What kind of auxiliary soul master could go toe-to-toe with a peak Douluo of the power-attack beast spirit type in physical combat?

Golden Crocodile Douluo, who had initially worried about whether Huo Yuhao would encounter danger while hunting for his soul ring, felt his concerns vanish instantly.

If Huo Yuhao were to get injured or face peril from a soul beast meant for his third soul ring, he would immediately bash his head against the pillars of the Offering Hall!

"I will have someone prepare a carriage to take you to the Star Dou Great Forest."

Although they didn't need to intervene in the soul hunting itself, providing transport was the least they could do.

As for Huo Yuhao's safety once he entered the Star Dou Great Forest, there was no need to consider it at all.

"Teacher, there is no need for such trouble. That person already knows I have broken through to level thirty and will take me there personally."

Huo Yuhao had caused quite a stir when he reached level thirty, and it was only because Gu Yuena had acted immediately to set up a barrier that no major commotion had ensued.

"Since you have reached level thirty, return to the Star Dou Great Forest quickly. Di Tian and the others have already located that soul beast with time and space attributes."

The order for Di Tian and the other fierce beasts to search for the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger had been given by Gu Yuena when she had taken the time to return one day.

After passing on the order, she had naturally returned to the Huo Family to continue her duties as his "bodyguard."

If Gu Yuena hadn't mentioned it, Huo Yuhao would have thought she had forgotten all about it.

Star Dou Great Forest, Core Area.

Space distorted, and two figures appeared out of thin air above the Lake of Life.

Gu Yuena wore a long silver dress, an ethereal aura radiating from her entire being.

"Sovereign, My Lord."

Sensing Gu Yuena's aura, Di Tian emerged from the Lake of Life and knelt on one knee before the two of them.

Gu Yuena nodded at Di Tian. "Has the location of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger been found?"

Di Tian stood up. "It has been found. I did not expect that during the time we were sleeping and cultivating, a new Dark Demon Evil God Tiger would appear, and it has already grown to a cultivation level of sixty thousand years."

Sixty thousand years—how many soul beasts must it have devoured to reach such a level!

A ten-thousand-year-level Dark Demon Evil God Tiger was already capable of challenging a hundred-thousand-year soul beast.

In its current state, it was not something the Azure Bull Python or the Titan Giant Ape could handle.

The Azure Bull Python, who had been standing silently to the side like a piece of background scenery, turned pale upon hearing of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's existence.

But in the presence of the Beast God Di Tian, and especially before the Sovereign whom even Di Tian treated with such reverence, he dared not make a sound.

Fortunately, Xiao Wu was not here today; otherwise, given her personality, she might very well have offended this Sovereign.

"Sixty thousand years—Yuhao can certainly absorb that."

Just then, the other fierce beasts, who were much slower than Di Tian, emerged one after another from the depths of the Lake of Life.

The moment they appeared, they heard this remark from Gu Yuena.

"Sovereign."

The great fierce beasts bowed to Gu Yuena in succession.

Among them, a burly man with a frame like an iron tower, his golden eyes filled with a violent aura, looked toward Huo Yuhao with clear dissatisfaction.

It's this weak human again!

Previously, the Ice Silkworm that could have been used for the cultivation of the Great Beasts was taken away and sacrificed to him, becoming this human's soul ring.

And now, after mobilizing all their Great Beasts—and even after he had sacrificed the life of one of his own kin to track down the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger—it was to be used as a soul ring for this human once more!

"Sovereign, why must we help a human like this!" Xiong Jun's aura surged violently, his overwhelming pressure bearing down on Huo Yuhao.

The air suddenly froze.

Di Tian's expression shifted: "Xiong Jun, do not be disrespectful to Sovereign!"

"I am not being disrespectful to Sovereign! Humans hunt our kin and seize our soul rings and soul bones! Yet now, we are all expected to make concessions for a single human!"

Xiong Jun glared at Huo Yuhao, his eyes practically spitting fire.

Huo Yuhao's expression remained calm; he did not speak.

He was not surprised that Xiong Jun felt dissatisfied.

If anything, he was actually quite surprised that Xiong Jun had managed to endure until now.

"You seem to have quite an opinion of me?" Huo Yuhao's voice was laced with coldness. Despite being a meter shorter than Xiong Jun, he seemed to be the one standing high above.

As Huo Yuhao spoke, a dragon-shaped phantom emerged in the air.

The moment the phantom appeared, an overwhelming bloodline suppression caused every Soul Beast present to drop to their knees with a thud.

In an instant, the phantom returned to Huo Yuhao's body.

Two dragon horns appeared on his forehead, and his eyes turned completely golden, reflecting Xiong Jun's figure within them.

An ancient and majestic aura erupted from within him, as if a dragon that had slumbered for ten thousand ages was awakening.

Xiong Jun possessed the bloodline of the Behemoth.

The Behemoth fed on the Dragon Clan, and because of this, he held little reverence for Di Tian, the Beast God who flowed with dragon blood, and even harbored thoughts of replacing him.

If not for the fact that Gu Yuena's strength was so overwhelming that he knew he was no match for her, he likely wouldn't have been willing to call her "Sovereign" at all.

But the moment Huo Yuhao's Ancestral Dragon Spirit appeared, Xiong Jun realized that his body was... terrified!

He wanted to roar, to break free from this fear.

Yet, under Huo Yuhao's gaze, which lacked even a ripple of emotion, Xiong Jun's body and soul involuntarily began to submit to him.

Xiong Jun's head hung low, his golden eyes filled with bewilderment and... fear.

Was it truly such an existence that his ancestors had fed upon in the past?