Twin-Heart Lotus

The Star Dou Great Forest!

Lin Feng held Ah Yin's hand as they strolled through the Star Dou Great Forest as leisurely as if they were walking beside a river.

Only the two of them could do that!

Danger lurked everywhere in the Star Dou Great Forest. Even a Titled Douluo had to tread carefully.

Lin Feng breathed in the faintly earthy air beneath the trees and glanced at Ah Yin beside him.

"Ah Yin, how about choosing a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring for your Eighth Soul Ring?"

"You already have formidable vitality, and you've eaten Whale Paste, which strengthened your body. Absorbing a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring isn't impossible."

Ah Yin's brows curved gently, her expression full of compassion.

"Cultivating for a hundred thousand years isn't easy for Soul Beasts, and they're intelligent. Let me talk to them first. If that fails, then we can fight."

Lin Feng knew that, as a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast herself, Ah Yin would be reluctant to kill one of her own kind.

He nodded. "No problem. Let's head straight into the depths of the Star Dou Great Forest."

Holding Ah Yin's hand, Lin Feng tore open space and traveled to the Lake of Life.

Above the Lake of Life, the sky suddenly split open.

The Soft Bone Rabbit Emperor, the Sky Azure Bull Python, the Titan Giant Ape, and Xiao Wu, who had yet to take human form, all stared at the rift in shock and anger.

"Who's there?"

Lin Feng descended from the rift with an arm around Ah Yin's waist.

The Soft Bone Rabbit Emperor's pupils contracted. Her lips parted, and horror spread across her delicate face.

"You?"

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

"A few months ago, you were only a Soul King absorbing your Fifth Soul Ring. How can you tear open space already?"

Lin Feng narrowed his eyes and fixed his gaze on the Soft Bone Rabbit Emperor.

"You know me? You even know I absorbed my Fifth Soul Ring a few months ago. So you were nearby..."

A chill ran through the Soft Bone Rabbit Emperor. She sensed killing intent—not overwhelming, but utterly pure.

As a hundred-thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit Emperor who had risen from one of the Star Dou Great Forest's weakest Soul Beast species, she had an exceptionally keen sense for danger.

The Lin Feng before her was someone she could not afford to provoke!

Cold sweat streamed down the Soft Bone Rabbit Emperor's face.

"It's a misunderstanding! All a misunderstanding!"

"We just happened to pass by and saw you absorbing a Soul Ring. We didn't disturb you."

As she spoke, the Soft Bone Rabbit Emperor kept shooting Ah Yin meaningful looks.

The Sky Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape also sensed the force of Lin Feng's presence.

But the strength of their bloodlines gave them a false sense of confidence. Perhaps they could take him on.

The Titan Giant Ape rose to its full height, its millstone-sized eyes glaring at Lin Feng.

"Aunt Ah Rou, why waste words on this human? He and the Blue Silver Emperor trespassed into the Lake of Life. Just kill him."

Ah Yin's eyes widened. She gritted her teeth and glared at the Titan Giant Ape.

That oaf had exposed her true identity the moment he opened his mouth.

If Lin Feng misunderstood, Ah Yin would have gladly killed the Titan Giant Ape herself.

She stole a glance at Lin Feng. Seeing no change in his expression, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief and patted her heaving chest.

Lin Feng and Ah Yin had an unspoken understanding. He turned his gaze to the Titan Giant Ape and swung a palm at him.

He used no Soul Skill, merely drawing on the energy of heaven and earth with the force of his presence to create a shockwave.

Boom! The Titan Giant Ape flew backward as though struck by a massive hammer, blood spraying from his mouth.

"Er Ming!"

The Sky Azure Bull Python's heart sank. Lin Feng had crushed the Titan Giant Ape with a casual strike. Just how deep did his strength run?

But Er Ming had been struck, and as his elder brother, he could not stand by and watch.

"Sky Azure Annihilation Divine Thunder!"

The Soft Bone Rabbit Emperor—Ah Rou—had been unable to stop the Titan Giant Ape, and fear already gripped her. When she saw the Sky Azure Bull Python make the same mistake, her face changed and she shouted.

"Da Ming, stop! Stop!"

"Please, don't fight..."

Lin Feng used Wolf Emperor Assault to flash forward, raised an Elemental Shield to block the Sky Azure Annihilation Divine Thunder, then punched the Sky Azure Bull Python so hard he saw stars. A dent appeared in his head, and he slumped to the ground like a dead snake.

Ah Rou used Instant Movement to put herself between Lin Feng and the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape. Grief filled her face as she pleaded desperately.

"My lord, we've cultivated for a hundred thousand years. It hasn't been easy. Please spare them. Let them live."

Even as she begged, Ah Rou kept signaling to Ah Yin, hoping she would speak up for them.

They had shown Ah Yin consideration back then. Instead of driving Lin Feng out of the Star Dou Great Forest, they had let him absorb several Soul Rings in peace.

Ah Yin lifted her chin slightly, exposing her pale, graceful neck. How the tables had turned.

A few months ago, Ah Yin had asked Ah Rou to do her a favor.

Now Ah Rou was asking the same of Ah Yin.

Ah Yin felt a surge of satisfaction. Still, for the sake of their shared origins as hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts, she took Lin Feng's arm.

"A Feng, why not leave it at teaching them a lesson? Cultivating for a hundred thousand years isn't easy, and I don't need their Soul Rings. There's no reason to kill them."

Lin Feng was willing to grant Ah Yin that much.

His gaze passed over Ah Rou and fell on Xiao Wu in the distance. The Soft Bone Rabbit bared her teeth at him but did not dare make a sound.

"Fine. I came to this core region only to find a hundred-thousand-year plant Soul Beast. If they can lead us to one, I'll spare them."

Ah Rou was overjoyed to hear there was a way out.

"Yes, of course! We know the Star Dou Great Forest better than anyone. Follow me. I know where to find a hundred-thousand-year plant Soul Beast."

Ah Rou told Xiao Wu to look after the Sky Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape, then led Lin Feng and Ah Yin toward the hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast she knew of.

Some time later!

They reached a lakeshore. Ah Rou pointed to the water.

"There's a Twin-Heart Lotus in this lake. It has cultivated for 190,000 years and is facing a Heavenly Tribulation soon. If it can't survive, the tribulation will kill it."

"But let's be clear: I only agreed to lead you to a hundred-thousand-year plant Soul Beast. This 190,000-year Twin-Heart Lotus qualifies. You can't go back on your word."

Lin Feng looked toward the center of the lake. There, two rainbow-colored lotus blossoms grew from the same root, radiating a powerful pulse of life.

His spirits lifted.

He could absorb the 190,000-year Twin-Heart Lotus's Soul Ring as his Eighth Soul Ring, then the 530,000-year Myriad Demon King's Soul Ring as his ninth.

Lin Feng waved a hand.

"You can go. We don't need you anymore."

Ah Rou was overjoyed. She cast a pitying glance at the Twin-Heart Lotus, but to save the Sky Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape, she had no other choice.