Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear

When they left Peach Blossom Valley, Zhu Huang took Tao Yaoyao with him, adding another great general to the Demon Court.

"Besides Yaoyao, what other Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts are there in our Star Dou Great Forest? Where are they, what traits do they have? Tell me everything you know."

Within the Death Grand Canyon, a towering human palace complex had now been built. It looked unexpectedly grand and beautiful, not at all inferior to human architecture.

Naturally, this was something Zhu Huang had ordered built over the past few months.

Not long ago, he had still been human, and now that he had transformed, he also lived in human form. He really was not used to living in a spider's nest.

So he arranged for a ten-thousand-year Wind-Roaming Falcon to sneak into Longxing City of the Star Luo Empire and capture a Soul King couple from the Defense Clan. Under the planning of those two master architects, countless Soul Beasts each used their soul skills, and in just a few months, this vast and towering Demon Emperor Palace was built.

As for those two Soul Kings from the Defense Clan, they naturally could only remain in the great forest and serve Zhu Huang. Once they left the Demon Emperor Palace, they had no way to survive at all, so they did not dare flee.

Of course, Zhu Huang had not mistreated them either. He bestowed a soul bone on each of them and promised that when the time was right, he would let them return.

Now Da Ming, Er Ming, and Xiao Wu had all moved into the Demon Emperor Palace. Although they still had not been able to transform, they could at least make an illusionary transformation. After seeing the comfort of the Demon Emperor Palace, they were no longer willing to live in caves.

And so, two burly men over two meters tall and a bright-eyed girl of fifteen or sixteen with a long scorpion braid appeared in Axuye Palace, where matters were usually discussed.

The other beautiful young woman, who looked to be in her twenties, was Tao Yaoyao, who had arrived not long ago. She and Xiao Wu sat on the right, smiling as they looked up at their lord, their beautiful eyes filled with affection.

Hearing Zhu Huang's words, the four great Soul Beasts each began to think. Tao Yaoyao had lived the longest, and her understanding of the Star Dou Great Forest even surpassed Da Ming and Er Ming's. She said softly, "My lord, besides the five of us, the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts I know of include the Black Water Mysterious Snake in Ghost Fog Swamp, the Blazing Lion in Flame Mountain, the Purple Lightning Peng King on Flying Peak, and the Nether Purple Fox in Ghost Fog Forest."

Xiao Wu added, "I know one too. That guy only recently broke through to a hundred thousand years. It's that big black bear in Sky-Scraping Cliff. That black bear is really fierce. It nearly ate me, and if Da Ming and Er Ming hadn't arrived in time, I'd have been done for. They managed to beat it back."

Tao Yaoyao said in surprise, "That big black bear actually broke through to a hundred thousand years? I didn't know that. When did it break through? It hid itself pretty well."

Xiao Wu chuckled. "Which one of us Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts doesn't hide ourselves as much as possible? Hardly any human Soul Masters know we exist. If they did, they would have come to hunt us long ago. That big black bear may be stupid, but even it knows to hide."

Zhu Huang did not find their conversation strange. There were still some hidden Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest. There were definitely more than just the few of them.

If nothing else, in the original work, Bibi Dong had three Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings between her two martial souls, and all of them had been hunted from the Star Dou Great Forest.

Among the five Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts Tao Yaoyao and Xiao Wu mentioned, some were known to Zhu Huang, while others were not. For example, the Black Water Mysterious Snake was one he had never heard of.

"Of these four Soul Beasts, the Black Water Mysterious Snake is the most mysterious. It hides deep in the swamp year-round, and almost no one has ever seen it. It is also the hardest to deal with. If it hides in the swamp, there is little we can do. That swamp is vast and deep, filled with poisonous insects. Not even goose down can float on it. None of us are water-attribute Soul Beasts, so our strength would be restricted in that swamp, and we would be unable to do anything to it."

Zhu Huang said, "Leave the Black Water Mysterious Snake aside for now. We'll start with that big black bear. We can avenge Xiao Wu while we're at it."

"Yay!"

Xiao Wu's face lit up with joy. "I know the way."

"Then let's go."

The five of them immediately followed Xiao Wu toward the deeper core of the Star Dou Great Forest.

A few days later, they saw a steep, towering cliff in the distance. From below, the cliff seemed almost perfectly vertical, thrusting straight into the clouds. Jagged rocks bristled across it like a forest of spears and halberds, giving off an immense sense of pressure.

Around the cliff, some bear-type Soul Beasts came and went, including quite a few with ten-thousand-year cultivations.

Da Ming and the others looked at the distant cliff with relaxed expressions. A mere Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast that had only just broken through was nothing in front of them. Any one of them would be more than enough to give that big black bear a hard lesson.

But Zhu Huang's face suddenly turned solemn. He stopped everyone and said softly, "There is a terrifying aura in that cliff. Although it is also bear-type, it is definitely not that big black bear. This aura makes even me wary."

"What?"

Xiao Wu looked stunned.

Zhu Huang said, "Are you certain that big black bear is only a hundred thousand years old?"

Da Ming's expression changed, and he said with absolute certainty, "The big black bear Er Ming and I drove off was even a little weaker than me. It is definitely no match for Your Majesty."

Zhu Huang nodded in understanding and said, "Then there is only one explanation. There is another, even more terrifying bear-type Soul Beast in Sky-Scraping Cliff. Judging from the sharp aura radiating from it, it should be a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear."

"A Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear?"

Da Ming and the others looked at one another. This was an emperor among bear-type Soul Beasts, its bloodline even stronger than that of the Titan Giant Ape, possessing terrifying defense and attack power. Yet they had never heard of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.

Zhu Huang already knew this Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's origin. It had to be Bear Lord, who ranked sixth among the Ten Great Savage Beasts. He had actually come out of the Lake of Life?

Then again, those savage beasts in the Lake of Life did not stay inside forever without ever coming out. It was normal for them to go out for a stroll now and then. He just had not expected to run into one himself.

If nothing unexpected had happened, Xiao Wu's mother in the original work should have been eaten by this bear.

Just then, Xiao Wu suddenly sniffed and murmured, "Mom's aura. I can sense Mom's aura. It's inside that cliff."

"Mom!"

Xiao Wu flew toward Sky-Scraping Cliff.

"Go!"

Although Zhu Huang did not want to deal with that group of savage beasts for the time being, now that they had run into one, he was not afraid. With his current strength, even among savage beasts, there were not many who could defeat him.

The group rushed quickly into Sky-Scraping Cliff. The terrifying aura they released along the way sent the nearby Soul Beasts into panic and also alarmed the master of Sky-Scraping Cliff.

"Who dares trespass on my Sky-Scraping Cliff?"

A thunderous roar exploded beside their ears. A massive black shadow leaped out from Sky-Scraping Cliff and landed with a bang, shaking the ground and sending dust billowing into the sky.

Everyone looked closely and saw that the black shadow was indeed a gigantic black bear. Standing upright, it was several dozen meters tall, thick and sturdy, with savage fangs bared and fierce eyes glaring at Xiao Wu.

The black bear grinned viciously. "So it's you, little rabbit. I let you run last time, and you still dare come knocking on my door?"

"We just caught that old rabbit, and now you've delivered yourself too. Perfect. Today, I'll wipe out mother and daughter in one pot."