Power of Destiny

In the blink of an eye, the golden figure had quietly arrived near them.

It merely concealed itself, watching the group from the shadows.

Yet the Spirit Saints and Spirit Emperors in the group had not noticed anything at all. This showed that the Soul Beast's spiritual power was enough to rival theirs, allowing it to evade their senses.

Seeing the dead Unicorn on the ground, its little face scrunched up.

Even though it had never known this Soul Beast, they were both Soul Beasts of the Star Dou Forest, and it still felt somewhat uncomfortable.

However, it had not forgotten the purpose of sneaking out this time.

Its gaze immediately locked onto the figure in a conical hat and black veil, seated cross-legged beside the Unicorn's corpse.

Its small face turned grave as well.

It saw an unusual sight.

Above that figure, powerful auroras blazed in a vast expanse of colors, spreading across a large portion of the sky.

Its mouth fell slightly open, and a trace of shock appeared in its intelligent golden eyes.

"How could there be such powerful fortune!"

It exclaimed inwardly in astonishment.

As one of the rare Beast of Auspice between heaven and earth, it was the manifestation of the Star Dou Great Forest's fortune, gathering and representing the fortune of the entire Star Dou Great Forest.

Yet even so, the fortune it possessed still could not compare to that of the figure before it.

This Soul Beast was none other than the Emperor Auspicious Beast of the Star Dou Great Forest, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.

As a Beast of Auspice, it brought enormous benefits to Soul Beasts. Wherever it stayed, Soul Beasts would grow much faster, and it could even help Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts break through their bottlenecks.

Naturally, such an existence held an exalted status within the Star Dou Great Forest.

It normally would never appear in the outer regions. For one thing, there were many Soul Masters here, making it highly dangerous.

For another, its uncle would not allow it.

It had used a few small tricks to delay its uncle slightly, allowing it to sneak out.

The reason it had come here was because it had detected a powerful fortune appearing in the Star Dou Great Forest.

On the one hand, it was curious what kind of Soul Master could possess such exaggerated fortune. Could he possibly be the emperor of some empire?

On the other hand, matters were rather complicated.

Over the past half year, it had sensed the fortune around itself constantly weakening. That meant the fortune of the entire Star Dou Great Forest was steadily declining.

It had lived for many years, yet such a thing was exceedingly rare. Even during special periods when Soul Masters poured into the Star Dou Great Forest in great numbers, the decline had never been so obvious.

It had tried to find the reason, observing the secrets of heaven with its Eye of Destiny. Yet it had only vaguely seen a human city standing amidst the clouds, where every person walking within possessed formidable strength.

But why had it seen a city above the clouds? It could not understand it no matter how much it thought about it, and it had remained puzzled for a long time.

Until a few days ago, when it had finally received a hint from destiny and sensed something.

Now, it was even more certain that the decline of fortune was undoubtedly connected to the person before it, who possessed immense fortune.

However, destiny's guidance was exceedingly mysterious.

There could be many explanations for why the fortune of the Star Dou Great Forest was connected to him.

He might be the culprit behind fortune's decline, but it was also possible that the key to resolving the weakening fortune lay with this person.

Thus, it would not act rashly. It needed to observe from closer range.

With that thought, the eye on its forehead quietly opened. This was its Eye of Destiny, capable of both observing and manipulating destiny.

Even the four Spirit Saints remained completely unaware of what it was doing.

The next moment, joy clearly appeared on its face. It saw that cloud city on the other party's body, and it could not help feeling excited. It had truly found it!

Its spiritual power immediately approached the city without making a sound.

When its spiritual power truly landed upon him, the cloud city before its eyes suddenly vanished. In its place appeared something extremely strange. Its surface glowed gold, and it had several pairs of wings. It looked like an insect, yet it did not seem to be a living creature.

Its spiritual power continued to extend, passing through the surface of that strange object, only to discover an even stranger arrangement within.

Then something suddenly caught its attention. Looking at one of the cube-shaped objects, its heart began pounding uncontrollably. It felt an immense attraction toward it, as though it was extremely similar to the Power of Destiny.

This was destiny's guidance!

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion finally confirmed that destiny's ultimate guidance was this cube-shaped item!

Without hesitation, it poured its spiritual power into it.

In an instant, it felt its thoughts racing forward at an incomparably terrifying speed. It took only a moment to travel from one end of the world to the other.

And within that moment's scenery, it saw many scenes called destiny.

Yet after only an instant, it could no longer endure that state and withdrew.

Its body suddenly shuddered, its face filled with disbelief. The secrets of heaven it had glimpsed just now were far clearer than anything it had ever seen before.

Through the Eye of Destiny, it saw countless future paths and learned that the person before it was critically important to the Star Dou Great Forest.

Its little face twisted into a knot, full of hesitation, as though it faced a momentous decision concerning the survival of the entire Star Dou Great Forest.

It did not know how long it hesitated before an angry roar suddenly rang out and rapidly spread through the entire Star Dou Great Forest.

Every member of the Red Tiger Mercenary Group turned serious. Merely from that roar, they could tell that its owner was unquestionably powerful.

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion's expression changed slightly. Turning back, others could not tell, but it knew that its uncle was looking for it.

Looking once more at Li Ming, who was absorbing the Soul Ring, it knew it had to do something. This was the crucial decision it had to make as the Emperor Auspicious Beast.

Its expression became incomparably solemn, and the eye on its forehead looked toward Li Ming once again.

Without anyone noticing, it separated half of the Fate Power it commanded and sent it forth, pouring it into that cube-shaped object.

Its face visibly paled. This seemed to consume a tremendous amount of its strength, but it was still not enough!

Its gaze sharpened as it used the Eye of Destiny to manipulate destiny.

In an unseen realm, most of the auroras around it separated, transforming into streams of multicolored light that crazily poured into Li Ming's body.

This was the fortune power of the Star Dou Great Forest. Now, it gave half of it to Li Ming, attempting to forcibly establish a connection with him.

Yet destiny was fair. Although it had forcefully achieved this result through the Power of Destiny, it ultimately had to pay a price.

And most of that fortune was the price.

At this moment, Li Ming appeared half-transparent in its eyes. It saw two Soul Rings floating beside him, while his head, left leg, and right arm all shone with light.

Its eyes flickered as it extended an invisible hand and tapped Li Ming's Skull Bone, left leg, and right arm respectively.

In an instant, vast amounts of aurora crazily burrowed into those three areas. Seeing that little aurora remained, it tapped one of Li Ming's Soul Rings as well. At that moment, the auroras were completely divided up.

Just as it was about to close its Eye of Destiny, it suddenly looked at the Soul Ring Li Ming was absorbing.

The properties of this Soul Ring were quite compatible with its own power.

After thinking for a moment, it tapped the Soul Ring. But this time, it did not pour aurora into it. Instead, red and white light surged from its body.

In an instant, its face visibly withered, and its aura became incredibly feeble, as though more than half its blood had been drained.