Returning to Star Dou

On the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest, Firefly, transformed into Sam, stood behind the diminutive Yu Wuyi, keeping watch over their surroundings.

After completing Xuanzi and Mu En's commission, his Acheron character card's roleplay progress had risen directly to 50%.

That rate of improvement was decent, but Yu Wuyi was not satisfied with it.

If he simply waited around at Wuyi All-Purpose House, whether commissions came his way was entirely a matter of chance.

The main reason for this was that the All-Purpose House was far too obscure.

He had been in this world for nearly three months, yet the only factions that knew of Wuyi All-Purpose House were Shrek Academy and the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Since Long Xiaoyao was not truly loyal to the Holy Spirit Church, the church could only count as half.

So, he intended to pick up the pace.

The method was exactly what he was doing now: personally paying them a visit and opening negotiations.

In the past, Yu Wuyi would never have entertained such a notion, since he had been unable to guarantee his own safety then.

But now, he not only possessed strength that surpassed the continent, but also had Firefly assisting him at his side.

Naturally, he no longer had anything to worry about.

Besides, there was an even more important reason for doing this.

That reason was remarkably simple, yet it was undoubtedly something he desired deeply.

It was the system's ability to bring character cards into reality.

Every character he played would become a real person after reaching 100%.

So long as he completed enough commissions, he could turn Wuyi All-Purpose House into a genuine power!

Though with his current strength, he had no enemies at all aside from the uncertainty of the God Realm.

Still, if one could keep growing stronger, who would want to stop?

And having a force of his own was enough to make anyone's blood boil.

Because Sam's secondary combustion state carried an overwhelming aura of intimidation and heat, they encountered virtually no soul beasts blocking their way.

Moreover, under Firefly's deliberate control, the flames caused no actual harm.

The two advanced slowly, one before the other. They encountered several fairly powerful soul beasts along the way, but all of them were frightened off by Sam.

Quite a few soul beasts merely watched from the roadside, however. They lacked the courage to rush forward, yet neither did they flee in panic.

The deeper they went into the great forest, the more pronounced this phenomenon became.

For some unknown reason, even ten-thousand-year soul beasts from far apart had gathered here without prior arrangement.

All the soul beasts watched as they entered the core region, a sight that reminded Yu Wuyi of an emperor traveling abroad.

But these soul beasts were not his subjects. Such unusual behavior was most likely being directed by someone behind the scenes.

As for who that person was?

This was already the core region of the Star Dou Great Forest. The only ones capable of doing this were those few.

Yet the other side apparently had no intention of stopping them, allowing them to proceed deeper with ease.

As they drew nearer, a pale green aura of life began to fill the air.

After taking only a few breaths, Yu Wuyi felt his entire body grow more energized.

He knew this was the life energy leaking from the Lake of Life, which also meant the Great Ferocious Land was close at hand.

After passing several towering ancient trees, the view suddenly opened up.

A verdant lake immediately came into view. The surface, like the purest emerald in the world, was occasionally rippled by invisible waves, while the life energy within was so dense that it gave off a faint mist.

The place humans called the Great Ferocious Land looked just like a paradise on earth.

Unfortunately, Yu Wuyi's attention was elsewhere.

By the lakeside directly ahead of them, four "people" stood silently, clearly waiting for their arrival.

These four were plainly the strongest beings in the entire Star Dou Great Forest.

The man at their head was Di Tian, leader of the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts.

The others were:

Bi Ji, ranked fourth among the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts.

Myriad Demon King, ranked fifth among the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts.

Bear Lord, ranked sixth among the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts.

And Crimson King, ranked eighth among the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts.

The fact that all of them faced him in human form was somewhat beyond his expectations.

He had originally thought there would be a fierce battle, after all. Few soul masters who had dared venture deep into the Great Ferocious Land had ever returned alive.

"Judging by this display, do you all know us? Or did you know we were coming?"

Yu Wuyi was the first to speak.

Di Tian clasped his hands behind his back and slowly walked over, answering in an even tone:

"I do not know you, but Crimson King knows the person behind you."

"The reason I allowed you in was because I wanted to find out."

He had already arrived before Yu Wuyi, staring at him coldly as pressure erupted from his body.

"Why do you people, who once severely wounded Crimson King, still dare to appear before us?"

"Do you take me for an easy target?!"

Unfortunately, this pressure had no effect whatsoever on either Yu Wuyi or Firefly.

Yu Wuyi's smile remained unchanged as he said dismissively:

"There's no need to pin that accusation on us."

"If your Crimson King hadn't ambushed us that day, we wouldn't have attacked him."

"If not for the fact that he seemed important to you, his final outcome would likely have been more than just severe injuries."

"In other words, we stopped out of consideration for you. Otherwise, all you would have seen would probably have been a corpse."

The hostile relationship between soul beasts and humans had lasted for countless ages. Calling them natural enemies would not have been an exaggeration.

With such a barrier in place, even the most persuasive words would seem pale and powerless.

That was why Yu Wuyi had never intended to use rhetoric to introduce Wuyi All-Purpose House to Di Tian.

Among soul beasts, there was an eternal law: the strong devoured the weak.

Only by displaying sufficient strength would they seriously consider what you had to say.

Otherwise, to them, it would be bullshit in one ear and out the other, not worth taking to heart.

And the most straightforward way to display strength was to fight!

That was why Yu Wuyi's words had been so arrogant just now—he wanted to provoke Di Tian!

This was the simplest way to make the other party communicate properly, provided that your strength was no weaker than theirs.

The pressure surrounding Di Tian grew much stronger. Clearly, those words had indeed worked.

However, Di Tian had lived for so many years that he naturally saw through such simple provocation.

But he did not care, because aside from that lord sleeping in the deepest part of the great forest, no one else on this continent could reach his level.

For the other party to be so fearless, they most likely possessed the power to severely injure him.

For example, that demigod-grade weapon from that day.

But as long as he knew about it in advance, such external power was nothing to fear.

He did not believe that a human weapon could possess other powerful special abilities while retaining demigod-level might.

If that were truly the case, Star Dou Great Forest should already have been surrounded by an army, or someone should have come to issue threats or warnings.

Wait, could that be why they had come?

Had humans really developed a weapon capable of dealing with him?

Looking at Sam behind Yu Wuyi, Di Tian found himself wavering at the sight of the armor that had been able to severely wound Crimson King.