At night, the full, resplendent blood moon shone over the Star Dou Great Forest, dusting the earth with a thin layer of frost. In the still spring night, the moonlight seemed icy, whispering tenderly to crooked shadows and murky shapes. Walking through the woods beneath that hazy moonlight, along paths tangled with thorns, one found the ground wet with blood and melted frost, so soft it felt ready to give way.
Cat Girl Duoduo's gaze turned cold, and a chilling murderous aura erupted from her.
Those eyes were as calm as a lake, yet she felt as though a bloodthirsty demon lurked beneath its surface, ready to devour her.
She slowly turned her head. The lingering glow of the blood moon fell across her eyes, revealing a bloodthirsty yearning.
Her killing intent roared wildly, stabbing like needles into the minds of the three ferocious beasts—the Scarlet King, the Silver Wolf Emperor, and the Ape King—with bone-piercing cold.
Yet the three ferocious beasts stood unmoved, like withered old trees beneath a madly sweeping winter gale. They stood straight within that storm of killing intent without the slightest desire to retreat. Instead, refusing to show weakness, they unleashed the imposing presence befitting ferocious beasts. Their savage auras seeped into Cat Girl Duoduo's killing intent, and for a moment, it seemed as though snow filled the sky and ice sealed ten thousand miles, while bitter winds howled north and south. The soul beasts that had not yet escaped within a ten-mile radius tucked their heads down and trembled. Under the pressure of this clash of auras, their bodies were as stiff as icicles, and they dared not move.
Cat Girl Duoduo had originally thought the Scarlet King and the Silver Wolf Emperor would strike first among the three ferocious beasts. Unexpectedly, however, it