Di Tian

In the Star Dou Great Forest, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion trudged dejectedly behind a figure.

The figure was exceptionally imposing, five meters tall, with three massive heads. Its mouths hung slightly open, revealing golden fangs.

By comparison, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion looked like a ball beside it.

It was clearly the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's bodyguard, the Three-Headed Scarlet Demon Mastiff, whose cultivation was nearing three hundred thousand years.

Yet the majestic Three-Headed Scarlet Demon Mastiff had its head lowered, its face showing a trace of fear and unease.

They passed through a deep, secluded forest path, walking for an unknown length of time before reaching its end.

And deep within that end stood a middle-aged man.

He stood two meters tall, dressed in a black robe patterned with golden lines. His features were stern, his black hair bore a streak of gold, and his golden eyes radiated an overwhelming pressure.

"Beast God!"

At the sight of him, the Three-Headed Scarlet Demon Mastiff immediately lowered its enormous body, anxiety coloring its voice.

"You truly are useless. You actually allowed the Beast of Auspice to appear outside!"

The man spoke coldly, his tone filled with anger.

The Three-Headed Scarlet Demon Mastiff began to tremble, yet did not dare argue.

"Please calm your anger, Beast God. It was this subordinate's failure!"

"Hmph! Of course you failed.

Look at the Beast of Auspice. She has been reduced to this state, all because of you!"

The middle-aged man snorted coldly, fury written across his face. The atmosphere around them instantly froze, and a dangerous, terrifying aura locked directly onto the Three-Headed Scarlet Demon Mastiff.

"This has nothing to do with the Three-Headed Scarlet Demon Mastiff. I was the one who shook it off.

If you want to blame someone, blame me, Di Tian."

Seeing that Di Tian was truly enraged, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion immediately stepped forward to defend it.

"Beast of Auspice, you are far too mischievous.

Why did you run outside alone? If you had encountered those Soul Masters, you might not have returned.

And how did you end up like this? You have lost a great deal of your origin power.

Even your fortune... Wait! Why has the fortune on your body decreased by so much?!"

When the Three-Eyed Golden Lion spoke, Di Tian could not help shifting his attention to her.

His tone was completely different from before, even if his words still carried a hint of reproach.

As he spoke, he examined the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's condition and discovered that she had lost some of her origin power.

But midway through speaking, his expression abruptly changed. In an instant, a terrifying, oppressive aura erupted from him as he glared in fury.

The Three-Headed Scarlet Demon Mastiff whimpered and flattened itself against the ground, trembling all over, having no idea why the Beast God had become completely enraged.

"The fortune on your body... has been reduced by half!

Where did that other half go?!"

Di Tian stared at the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, his expression exceptionally grim. Only upon closer inspection did he realize that half of the Star Dou Great Forest's fortune borne by the Beast of Auspice had vanished completely!

He questioned her coldly. This was the fortune of the Star Dou Great Forest—there could not be the slightest loss, let alone a full half.

If something truly went wrong, the number of Soul Beasts born in the Star Dou Great Forest in the future might plummet, and the bloodline potential of those Soul Beasts would likewise decline drastically. Even Soul Beasts over a hundred thousand years old would face greater difficulty breaking through.

If this continued over time, the overall strength of the Star Dou Great Forest would clearly weaken.

How could he not be alarmed and furious?

It was the first time the Three-Eyed Golden Lion had seen Di Tian so enraged, and she was frightened as well, unable to speak immediately.

"Could it have been those Soul Masters who stole the fortune from your body?!"

Di Tian practically ground his teeth as he spoke, while chilling, horrifying killing intent filled the air!

His first suspicion naturally fell upon those human Soul Masters.

Those Soul Masters were full of schemes. Normally, they hunted Soul Beasts for Soul Rings, but now they had actually set their sights on the fortune of the Star Dou Great Forest. This was simply going too far.

He wanted nothing more than to immediately return to his true form and charge into the human empires for a slaughter.

Still, he retained a measure of restraint. The reason was that the overall fortune of the Star Dou Great Forest had not yet suffered an obvious loss. Otherwise, he would have sensed it at once.

But only half remained on the Beast of Auspice, which meant the other half had been transferred elsewhere.

The Beast of Auspice naturally could not have transferred her fortune herself, so there was only one possibility: those Soul Masters had forcibly transferred it away!

"No, it was my own choice."

Seeing Di Tian so enraged, his face filled with killing intent as he even began to speculate, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion feared that he would rush out of the Star Dou Forest the next moment and slaughter Li Ming, so she hurriedly explained.

When Di Tian heard this, the anger on his face seemed to be abruptly choked off, revealing a flicker of astonishment. But it quickly returned as he walked toward the Beast of Auspice.

The pressure around him did not lessen at all, causing the Three-Headed Scarlet Demon Mastiff beside him to bury its three heads even deeper, not daring to raise them.

"What did you say?!"

Di Tian had already arrived before the Three-Eyed Golden Lion. His expression was terrifying as his authoritative, furious golden eyes looked down upon her. He spoke word by word, his voice heavily suppressed.

"No one forced me. I gave the fortune away myself."

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion did not back down and met Di Tian's gaze as she spoke.

"Do you know what you are saying?!"

Di Tian's face darkened. He felt terrible, as though his little padded jacket had suddenly stopped keeping out the wind and was full of holes.

He could not believe that the Beast of Auspice would say such a thing. That was the fortune of the Star Dou Great Forest! The Three-Eyed Golden Lion had actually dared to give it away, and she still looked utterly justified.

Even as the Beast God, he felt slightly short of breath, his head spinning.

"I do."

"Then why did you do this?!

Do you not know how important fortune is? It concerns the future of every Soul Beast in the Star Dou Great Forest!

You are the Beast of Auspice of our Star Dou Great Forest!"

Di Tian could no longer suppress his rage and began to roar.

"It is precisely because I am the Beast of Auspice that I made this decision.

I saw certain things through the Eye of Destiny. I had no choice but to do this!

This decision concerns the future of our Star Dou Great Forest. I had no choice but to do this."

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion did not believe she had done anything wrong. She was the Beast of Auspice of the Star Dou Great Forest, which was why she bore its fortune. It was her responsibility, so she had to do this.

Upon hearing this explanation, Di Tian's expression shifted slightly. His gaze flickered as though he were pondering something, but the anger on his face did not fade.

In his view, no matter what, the forest's fortune could not be given away, not even by the Beast of Auspice.

Just as he was about to say something else, another voice sounded.

"Di Tian, you are disturbing me."

The voice was soft and elegant, yet somewhat cool. It was clearly a woman's voice.

Di Tian's expression abruptly changed upon hearing this. He was about to say something, but then suddenly turned his head toward the Three-Headed Scarlet Demon Mastiff, which was lying on the ground and nearly burying all three heads into the earth. He coldly rebuked it.

"You, get out!"

With such an icy tone, the Three-Headed Scarlet Demon Mastiff naturally knew he could only be speaking to it. It immediately fled in disgrace.

After the Three-Headed Scarlet Demon Mastiff left, Di Tian's expression changed. He forced out a flattering smile and spoke gently.

"Lord, you have awakened?

It was this subordinate's fault for disturbing your slumber."

"Of course I have not awakened. That was merely sleep talk."

The elegant female voice sounded once again.