The Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff Had Just Survived Its Tribulation, and Evil Soul Masters Delivered Breakfast?

"Boss, it looks like it's about time!"

"In a moment, Third Brother and I will distract that soul beast from the side, then you can extract its soul!"

Another half hour or so passed.

The Lightning Tribulation in the sky grew weaker and weaker.

It felt like it was ending with a whimper.

There had only been seven bolts of lightning in total.

Then... that was it.

"Good! The three Zhong brothers are going to strike it rich today!"

These three evil soul masters were all Soul Douluo.

Moreover, they were blood brothers.

They were Zhong Litian, Zhong Lidi, and Zhong Liren!

They excelled at extracting the souls of soul beasts and refining them into their own puppets.

In the original story, they had wanted to hunt a Dark-Gold Dreadclaw Bear cub, only to be stopped by Huo Yuhao.

But today, the three brothers planned to pull off something big.

They wanted to hunt the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff that had just survived the Hundred-Thousand-Year Tribulation.

"Hehehe, Eldest Brother, Second Brother, you're being far too cautious!"

"That thing may have survived the Hundred-Thousand-Year Tribulation, but it hasn't even let out a roar!"

"For all we know, it's already on its last breath!"

Zhong Liren, standing at the rear, showed a disdainful expression as he watched his two brothers assign their battle tasks.

His words immediately reminded the others.

"That's right. This soul beast is probably nearly dead. We're definitely reaping the fisherman's profit!"

"What are we waiting for, then? Let's go over now!"

"Don't let anyone else, human or soul beast, seize the opportunity first!"

Humans were creatures who loved to fantasize.

But they could not really be blamed.

The Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff truly differed from other soul beasts.

When other soul beasts successfully survived a tribulation, they would certainly throw back their heads and roar, proclaiming their strength.

Yet this Fierce Beast with a human soul was currently doing something utterly baffling.

He used his sharp claws to draw circles, squares, and even lightning symbols into the ground.

It seemed he was reviewing the experience of surviving the tribulation just now.

Those crooked diagrams vaguely resembled advanced college mathematics.

"One burst of effort, then decline, then exhaustion..."

"Looks like this Hundred-Thousand-Year Tribulation wasn't much after all. No wonder that little rabbit managed to get through one!"

The Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff lay on the ground the entire time, intently using knowledge he had learned in school to reason things out.

He paid no attention whatsoever to the movement around him.

Seeing this, the three evil soul masters began deluding themselves again.

"Mm, although its aura hasn't weakened much, it's lying on the ground and can't move!"

"Look at its claws. They're already scratching wildly at the ground out of control!"

"Brothers, charge with me! Wealth and glory depend on today!"

"Attack!"

At Zhong Litian's low shout—

The three brothers released their martial souls almost simultaneously.

"Buzz!"

An icy, sinister burst of Soul Power erupted from their bodies in an instant.

The next second.

Three enormous phantom black snakes slowly emerged behind them.

Their bodies were more than ten meters long.

They were pitch-black all over.

Pairs of scarlet eyes looked especially horrifying in the darkness.

They were the three brothers' martial souls.

Netherworld Snakes!

And all three possessed identical martial souls.

Combined with the fact that they were biological brothers, their coordination was practically that of one person.

"The usual plan!"

"Second Brother, take the left!"

"Third Brother, circle around from behind!"

"I'll restrain it head-on!"

The moment Zhong Litian finished speaking—

The three of them rushed out at once.

Eight Soul Rings.

Rose from beneath each of their feet almost simultaneously.

Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black!

Such a lineup would absolutely count as a formidable force in the outside world of soul masters.

Not to mention that the three brothers' martial souls possessed special abilities.

"Netherworld Snake, Soul Binding!"

"Boom!"

Three gigantic black snakes shot up from the ground in an instant.

Their bodies twisted as they lunged directly toward the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff lying on the ground, trying to coil around him.

"Hahaha!"

"A Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring!"

"A Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone!"

"And the soul of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast!"

But when they were less than fifty meters away from the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff—

The Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff, who had been lying on the ground all along, suddenly raised his head.

"Hmm?"

"What are those?"

"Snakes?"

"Three of them?"

He immediately perked up.

The Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff's eyes lit up at once.

"Isn't this spicy strip delivered right to my door?"

"Isn't this a free extra meal?"

At that moment.

The three Zhong brothers charging forward had no idea.

That their prey—

Had already begun considering where to take the first bite out of them.

"I got struck by lightning a few times just now, so I'm conveniently a little hungry. You'll do!"

"Get into my mouth already!"

He ignored the actual bodies of the three evil soul masters.

They were old and ugly; their meat was definitely rancid.

But those three spicy strips were irresistibly tempting!

"What?!"

"You dare face our three brothers' martial souls head-on? Everyone, attack together!"

Zhong Litian laughed when he saw the direction in which the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff was charging.

A snake martial soul's attack method was a deadly constriction.

He had been wondering how to get close enough to trap his opponent.

Yet this stupid dog had actually rushed right at them!

But... the next moment.

A scene that left the three brothers dumbfounded appeared!

"Slurp!"

What kind of move was that?

The Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff opened his huge mouth as if he were eating noodles.

Then he inhaled.

Zhong Litian's martial soul was completely swallowed by him.

Then came Second Brother Zhong Lidi, followed by Third Brother Zhong Liren...

The three enormous snakes, in less than three seconds—

Were all swallowed by that terrifying golden-haired monster.

And he looked as though he was thoroughly enjoying himself.

These were martial souls refined by evil soul masters using their own Soul Power!

They inherently carried horrifying negative energy and were even more venomous than ordinary poisonous snakes.

How could this happen?

"Cough, cough, cough!"

"Pfft!"

Almost at the same time, the three evil soul master brothers collectively spat out a mouthful of black blood.

Although their bodies had undergone special refinement and become neither human nor ghost—

Having their martial souls forcibly stripped away was agony akin to being thrown into a vat of boiling oil.

"Hahaha! I never expected your evil soul master spicy strips to come with their own seasonings!"

"The first one was five-spice flavored. The second seemed to be spicy. I couldn't make out the third!"

"Got any more?"

"Give me some more!"

This was simply rubbing salt in the wound!

After swallowing their martial souls, the golden-haired, blue-eyed beast still looked unsatisfied.

And after completing his tribulation.

His human speech had become even more fluent, while his tone carried a sinister edge.

It made one shudder after hearing even a single sentence.

But just as the three men were terrified out of their wits—

A horrifying low roar came from a distant mountaintop!

"Roar!"

"You little bastard!"

"I finally caught you!"

"You dared hunt the descendants of my Dark-Gold Dreadclaw Bear clan. You're dead today!"

Oh?

I'd just finished a little snack, and now I was being served a feast?

This was Xiong Jun, with four hundred and seventy thousand years of cultivation, wasn't it?

The ancestor of the Dark-Gold Dreadclaw Bears.

Those bear paws had to taste incredible...