Three-Eyed Golden Lion Protects Tang Potian! Lin Xuan: This Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Looks Pretty Juicy

Lin Xuan watched the scene on the Sky Curtain and silently assessed it.

In Douluo Continent 2, a fifteen-thousand-year Three-Eyed Golden Lion could rival a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. This hundred-thousand-year Imperial Auspicious Beast on the screen had a deep foundation and possessed the dual supreme attributes of Ultimate Light and Ultimate Fire. Its ability to fight several Beast Kings at once was entirely consistent with its combat strength.

However, despite the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's top-tier stats, its lack of actual combat experience put it at a severe disadvantage. The Xiong Jun brothers were apex predators forged through mountains of corpses and seas of blood. Their Dark Gold Terrorclaws possessed the ability to tear through space and were specially designed to break all kinds of defenses. An Auspicious Beast like the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, which spent all year in the core region of the Star Dou Great Forest without ever venturing outside, could not compare to such seasoned killing machines. Once it fell into a war of attrition, defeat would be inevitable.

On the Sky Curtain, within the valley ruins.

Tang Potian's arm, which gripped the Black Iron Hammer, spasmed uncontrollably. He stared straight ahead at the two hundred-meter-tall Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bears, his mind going blank for a moment.

So this was a Beast King.

The energy shockwaves leaking from their clash alone were enough to level this entire area of Sunset Forest. The Soul Master legions raised by the Heaven Dou Empire's royal family did not even qualify as cannon fodder before such power. Even if every Soul Master in the kingdom were thrown into the battle, they would not be able to withstand a single strike from those Dark Gold Terrorclaws.

But he soon noticed something strange.

The ground beneath his feet had already turned into scorched earth, and the surrounding air was hot enough to melt steel, yet he remained completely unharmed.

Tang Potian cautiously stretched out his left hand and pushed forward.

His palm touched a barrier almost invisible to the naked eye. It was an energy shield flowing with a faint golden glow. It felt gentle and carried an unusual vitality.

This was the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's power.

It had separated out a considerable portion of its Fate Power to keep him firmly protected at its center.

The Chat Group had already exploded.

[Di Tian: Fool! Simply beyond stupid!]

Deep within the Star Dou Great Forest, the Lake of Life boiled. Di Tian's roar shook the heavens, and every Soul Beast in the core region lay trembling on the ground.

[Di Tian: As the Imperial Auspicious Beast, you carry the fortune of the Soul Beast race, yet you wasted Fate Power on a despicable human! Such behavior is unforgivable!]

This furious outburst instantly caused an uproar among the human Soul Masters.

[Ning Fengzhi: Unbelievable. Soul Beasts' hatred for humans is carved into their bones, yet this Auspicious Beast is willing to split off its origin power and resist its own kind for a human it has known for such a short time.]

[Qian Daoliu: Tang Potian was just trying to draw a clear line between himself and it, yet this Soul Beast knows how to distinguish gratitude from grudges.]

[Tang Hao: Do you see that? This is a bond that transcends race! Our ancestor being protected to the death by an Auspicious Beast proves that Soul Beasts have genuine feelings too!]

[Bibi Dong: Tang Hao, stop flattering yourself. Your ancestor never accepted Soul Beasts from beginning to end. This Auspicious Beast is the one throwing itself at him. You betrayed your sect for a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, but Tang Potian has not done anything so foolish.]

The human camp's worldview suffered a powerful impact. They were accustomed to the brutality and bloodlust of Soul Beasts, yet the golden Auspicious Beast on the screen displayed a purity that transcended racial boundaries.

Above the valley, sonic booms rang out without end.

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion had already exchanged several hundred rounds with the two Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bears.

Ultimate Fire and Ultimate Light intertwined into a dazzling net of destruction, continuously forcing back the Xiong Jun brothers. But the two Beast Kings were thick-skinned and tough-fleshed, and their Dark Gold Terrorclaws were indestructible. They endured the scorching of the ultimate attributes and steadily closed the distance. Every swing of their claws left black scars in the air that lingered for a long time.

"Roar!"

Xiong Jun found an opening. Its massive body suddenly sank, and its right claw tore through space before slamming viciously into the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's flank.

The golden light shattered.

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion was sent flying and crashed through a mountain behind it. It steadied itself and spat out a mouthful of golden blood. The blood fell to the ground and instantly dispersed into pure heaven-and-earth energy.

After all, two fists could not beat four hands. Its lack of real combat experience was thoroughly exposed in the prolonged battle. The large-scale energy clashes rapidly drained its Soul Power.

Xiong Jun's elder brother did not pursue the Three-Eyed Golden Lion. Its eyes, filled with sinister red light, suddenly turned toward Tang Potian below.

It understood.

The reason this Auspicious Beast had been so constrained and repeatedly made positioning errors was because it had to divide its attention to maintain the protective shield around that human.

"Be good and return to the Star Dou Great Forest. Di Tian is still waiting for you."

Xiong Jun's elder brother let out a deep, savage laugh. Its enormous body turned into a streak of black-gold lightning, crossing straight over the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's defensive line as it dived toward Tang Potian.

The enormous Dark Gold Terrorclaw rapidly expanded in Tang Potian's pupils.

In that instant, all the blood in Tang Potian's body seemed to stop flowing. Certain death. He did not even have the strength to raise the Black Iron Hammer. Under the lock-on of a five-hundred-thousand-year Beast King, he could not even self-destruct his Martial Soul.

Just as the Terrorclaw was about to fall.

A golden afterimage crashed into view from the side.

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion abandoned all defense and pushed its Fate Power to the limit. It did not use any soul skill. Instead, it used its own body to slam fiercely into that Dark Gold Terrorclaw.

Bang!

The bone-cracking sound made teeth ache as it echoed through the sky.

The Dark Gold Terrorclaw pierced through the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's back. Golden blood sprayed across the heavens. The Three-Eyed Golden Lion let out a pained cry, and its massive body slammed heavily into the scorched earth before Tang Potian, smashing out an enormous crater.

Mud splattered onto Tang Potian's face.

He froze.

The Black Iron Hammer slipped from his hand and struck the ground.

This Soul Beast was truly using its life to protect him.

Why?

He had clearly said that humans and Soul Beasts would forever be mortal enemies. He had clearly rejected its kindness and had even cursed its kind with the most vicious words.

Within the crater, the golden light around the Three-Eyed Golden Lion rapidly dimmed, and the Eye of Destiny was forced shut. It panted heavily as golden blood stained the surrounding ground red. The wound on its back was deep enough to expose bone, while the tearing energy left behind by the Dark Gold Terrorclaw continuously ravaged its life force. It had completely lost its ability to fight.

Xiong Jun's elder brother landed not far away and licked the golden blood from its claws.

Xiong Jun also closed in from behind, sealing off every route of escape.

A hopeless situation.

The Chat Group fell silent. Everyone knew that what came next would be a massacre without any suspense. The people of the Clear Sky Sect clenched their fists, while even those of Spirit Hall stopped mocking them.

Amid that suffocating despair.

The sky changed color.

The sky above Sunset Forest, originally shrouded in night and dust, suddenly filled with a strange dark-red hue.

Then, the temperature abruptly soared.

This was not the pure Ultimate Fire of the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, but an extremely violent heat filled with an aura of destruction. The air twisted violently under the high temperature, while the remaining trees on the ground instantly ignited and turned to ash. The Soul Beasts on the outskirts of Sunset Forest fled outward like mad.

The Xiong Jun brothers stopped and abruptly looked up at the sky. Instinctively, they sensed a deadly threat.

The dark-red clouds split apart.

A sea of flames poured down from the sky, blotting out the stars and moon.

At the center of the sea of flames, a slender figure slowly descended.

The man wore a green robe and held an ancient Furnace Martial Soul in his left hand. Complex patterns were engraved across the furnace's surface, while a magnificent multicolored fire lotus floated quietly above its opening, pulsing with a heart-palpitating radiance.

He did not release any Soul Rings.

Merely standing there caused the surrounding space to collapse and reform without end. That pressure, which stood above all living beings, made even the two Beast Kings breathe heavily.

Lin Xuan looked at the green-robed figure on the Sky Curtain, a smile curling at the corner of his mouth. Time to show off again.

"Hahahaha!"

A wild laugh pierced through the sea of flames and resounded across all of Sunset Forest.

The Mysterious Person looked down at the two Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bears below. There was not the slightest fear in his eyes, only the frenzy of a hunter spotting top-grade prey.

"I merely came to seek the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes in Sunset Forest. I did not expect that, besides the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, there would also be two Terrorclaw Bears to serve as Soul Rings."