Hearing Di Qiu'er say that, Ye Guyi and the others had no idea how to respond. They simply stared with wide eyes, as though they had misheard her.
Their astonishment was understandable. What Di Qiu'er had just said was simply too hard to believe.
An eye-opener? How was she going to open their eyes?
By punching this twenty-thousand-year-old Heavenly Dragon Horse to death?
If that really happened, it would be downright ridiculous.
And so, under everyone else's puzzled gazes, Di Qiu'er openly revealed herself and strode forward, showing no intention of activating her martial soul.
Strangely, when the Heavenly Dragon Horse noticed Di Qiu'er, it initially reacted. The muscles of its aged body shifted, but after letting out a neigh, it simply sat back down.
The Heavenly Dragon Horse showed no resistance to Di Qiu'er's approach. It merely stared straight at her, something unusual stirring in the depths of its eyes.
Even from such a distance, Jiang Yue could clearly sense the confusion and worry emanating from the Heavenly Dragon Horse. It seemed unable to understand why Di Qiu'er had appeared here at this particular time.
It could not understand why, after only a short time apart, the Emperor Auspicious Beast had chosen to take human form and cultivate anew.
Nor did it understand why Di Qiu'er was acting so sneakily. Surely she had not come to bully an old fellow already on death's doorstep?
Wait... Only then did the Heavenly Dragon Horse realize that it was itself a light-attribute soul beast. Its body also carried a rich Bright Holy Dragon bloodline, placing it at the pinnacle of most light-attribute soul beasts.
And the Emperor Auspicious Beast before it normally fed on the brains of light-attribute soul beasts...
Surely not?
Even if she was the Emperor Auspicious Beast, if she