Craving Bear Paws

After the Evil Fire Phoenix's evil fire could be purified, Ma Xiaotao began showing a fierce possessiveness toward Gao Ren.

So when she discovered a very beautiful woman by her little Ren-Ren's side, she became deeply wary.

In the past, Gao Ren had always been the one keeping her company at night.

Ever since the Auspicious Beast started visiting Shrek Academy, Gao Ren had been spending somewhat less time with her at night.

On top of that, the Auspicious Beast was exceptionally beautiful in her humanoid form, and Gao Ren accompanied her whenever she visited Shrek Academy. As time went on, rumors began to circulate.

But the spark that ignited the dispute between Ma Xiaotao and the Auspicious Beast was Ma Xiaotao learning her identity.

The title of Emperor Auspicious Beast carried absolutely no weight before the ticking time bomb that was Big Sis Xiaotao.

Not to mention, the Auspicious Beast was one of the culprits who had squeezed Gao Ren dry until he was a weak-ass wreck.

Ma Xiaotao had never forgotten how Gao Ren's face had looked back then.

Drunk out of her mind, Ma Xiaotao had demanded a sparring match with the Auspicious Beast on the spot.

When Xuan Zi learned about it, he immediately appeared, intending to stop the match before it even began. He had no desire to see this inexplicably turn into a diplomatic incident.

Yet, to his surprise, the Scarlet King, who had always been fiercely protective of the Auspicious Beast, chose to let the two fight.

And as it turned out, the Scarlet King's choice benefited the Auspicious Beast more.

The Auspicious Beast had completed her humanoid transformation under the Silver Dragon King's supervision. Like a ferocious beast's transformation, hers allowed her to change from a soul beast into a human, then back into a soul beast again.

Then Ma Xiaotao became a speed bump.

Having only just advanced to a Six-Ring Soul Emperor, she could never have been a match for the Auspicious Beast, who possessed ultimate light and ultimate fire, with spiritual power as her primary attribute.

Expecting Ma Xiaotao to defeat, or even injure, the Auspicious Beast, whose strength rivaled that of a hundred-thousand-year soul beast, was essentially impossible.

After the Auspicious Beast whipped her around like a spinning top, Ma Xiaotao devoted every moment to cultivation as soon as she woke up, looking determined to defeat the Auspicious Beast herself and take Gao Ren back.

Gao Ren: Isn't this just drilling yourself into the tip of an ox horn?

Early the next morning, Xuan Zi flew straight out of Shrek City with Gao Ren and arrived at the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Before long, they spotted the Three-Headed Scarlet Demon Mastiff.

After they exchanged greetings, the Scarlet King led them into the Star Dou Great Forest.

With a ferocious beast guiding them, even when they entered the core region and encountered a large flock of flying soul beasts, the creatures all moved aside.

Such was the authority of a ferocious beast within the Star Dou Great Forest.

Meanwhile, at the edge of the Great Ferocious Land, an enormous dark-gold figure yawned and stretched.

"What should I eat today...?"

This dark-gold giant, who had just woken up, was none other than Xiong Jun, ranked sixth among the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts.

He was heading toward the core region to forage for food.

To find suitable food, Xiong Jun extended his senses to their fullest.

Soon, he detected a very familiar presence.

"The Scarlet King?"

At first, Xiong Jun paid little attention. After all, the Scarlet King was not on his menu.

But in the next instant, scarlet light suddenly blazed from his eyes.

"Humans! Those damned humans!"

The humans Xiong Jun had detected were Xuan Zi and Gao Ren, flying behind the Scarlet King.

To him, humans were always, first and foremost, murderers of his kin.

Thus, after discovering Xuan Zi and Gao Ren behind the Scarlet King, Xiong Jun immediately filled in the entire backstory in his head and concluded that the humans behind the Scarlet King were hunting him down.

When Xiong Jun detected Xuan Zi, Xuan Zi also detected Xiong Jun.

Although they had entered the Star Dou Great Forest at the joint invitation of Di Tian and the Auspicious Beast, the forest had always been a dangerous place.

So, even with the Scarlet King leading the way, Xuan Zi had not dared relax for a moment throughout their journey, constantly projecting his spiritual power to sense their surroundings.

In the next instant, Xuan Zi saw Xiong Jun spread his massive arms, making his already terrifying body swell even further.

His thick arms slowly rose, and dark gold dreadclaws of horrifying length sprang from his fingertips.

At that moment, dark-gold light seemed to flicker around Xiong Jun's sharp claws.

Those flickering streaks of dark-gold light expanded in a very short time, looking like black fissures.

Xiong Jun made a distinctly humanlike motion, swinging both massive arms upward in front of him and raking outward with his palms.

In the next instant, terrifying dark gold filled the sky!

Every claw transformed into a horrifying dark-gold blade over a thousand meters long, as though they would tear the entire sky apart!

Xuan Zi reacted with blinding speed. The instant Xiong Jun attacked, he had already completed his Martial Soul Possession, and intense yellow light surged out like a tide.

"Seventh Soul Skill, Martial Soul Avatar!"

A deep, muffled boom exploded in the air. Xuan Zi's body rapidly expanded within the yellow light, transforming into an enormous Godly Taotie Bull.

As the enormous Godly Taotie Bull hurtled backward, he condensed layer after layer of earth-element barriers, completely enveloping his body.

Then his entire Martial Soul Avatar curled up, combining with the earth-element barriers to shield Gao Ren at the very center, three layers within and three layers without.

Just as Xuan Zi completed all this, Xiong Jun's Sky-Rending Claw arrived.

The sharp claws tore through the several layers of earth-element barriers Xuan Zi had hastily formed, then collided violently with the Godly Taotie Bull avatar.

A terrifying shock wave spread in every direction, and dust obscured everyone's vision.

At the sight, the Scarlet King was utterly dumbstruck, from head to tail!

"Xiong Jun! Have you gone mad?!" All three canine mouths roared at Xiong Jun at once. "What the fuck are you doing?!"

After unleashing a Sky-Rending Claw, Xiong Jun rushed toward the Scarlet King at tremendous speed.

When he heard the Scarlet King cursing him, he could not help roaring back:

"Scarlet King, what's that supposed to mean?! I was saving you! Why the hell are you cursing me instead?!"

"You're not fucking saving me! You're fucking screwing me over!" the Scarlet King snapped back. "Those two humans are guests invited by the Auspicious Beast and Di Tian!"

"Humans are guests invited by the Auspicious Beast and Di Tian? What kind of joke is that, you stupid dog?!" Xiong Jun laughed in anger. "I clearly saw that human old man chasing you down just now!"

"Moo-!" Just as the two great ferocious beasts were furiously trading insults, a deep wave of sound scattered the dust, revealing the Godly Taotie Bull avatar once more.

"A-Ren! Are you all right?!" the Godly Taotie Bull asked in a panicked voice.

"Teacher, I'm fine. You protected me very well." Gao Ren shook his head, then looked toward Xiong Jun. He had never eaten the paws of a dark gold terrorclaw bear before.