The Three-Eyed Golden Lion was blessed by the fortune of the Star Dou Great Forest and commanded the power of fate.
As long as she remained in the Star Dou Great Forest, she could increase the cultivation speed of every Soul Beast there.
Beyond that, she was immensely powerful, possessing both Ultimate Fire and Ultimate Light, along with heaven-defying spiritual power.
Her food was the brain matter of light-type Soul Beasts.
Why had the Three-Eyed Golden Lion appeared here? Had she wandered in while hunting a light-type Soul Beast?
"Human, you destroyed my toy! Your life will end here too!"
The Auspicious Beast spoke in human language, her voice overflowing with murderous intent.
Ji Feng's head was full of question marks.
What toy? Hadn't he just dismantled a small outpost of the Holy Spirit Cult? What did that have to do with the Auspicious Beast's toy?
Had this Auspicious Beast come from a hat factory?
Was slapping hats of blame on people her specialty?
Seeing Ji Feng's bewildered gaze, the Scarlet King grinned with all three mouths, mockery gleaming in all six eyes.
"Human, there's no harm in letting you die knowing the truth. Our esteemed Auspicious Beast deliberately left this house standing so she could watch you foolish humans slaughter one another. Hehehe, I have to say, watching you kill each other was pretty entertaining."
Soul Beasts lived extremely long lives. Some with powerful bloodlines could even live for hundreds of thousands of years.
Over such long lives, they had nothing to do beyond cultivating and eating.
Most Soul Beasts were not particularly intelligent and could only invent childish games to pass the time.
A murderous inn like the Old Woman's was a novelty to Soul Beasts.
It was hardly surprising that the Three-Eyed Golden Lion had been drawn to it.
Now that Ji Feng had destroyed her diversion, she was naturally beside herself with anger.
Although this Auspicious Beast had fifteen thousand years of cultivation, her life had followed an incredibly simple course. From birth, she had done nothing but cultivate and eat. Her mind was as blank as a sheet of paper, and she actually found something like this entertaining.
Once Ji Feng understood the reason, his heart settled.
It was just a brat throwing a tantrum over a lost toy. Find her a new one and distract her. That would do.
"So that's how it is. Miss Auspicious Beast, it seems you really haven't played with anything worthwhile! You can't even bear to part with one murderous inn. In our human world, shops like that are everywhere."
"What did you say?!"
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion was quite intelligent, so she could naturally hear the mockery in Ji Feng's words.
"I said you're a country bumpkin who's never played with anything and treats trash like treasure!"
At Ji Feng's taunt, all three of the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's eyes widened further. The Ultimate Light and Ultimate Fire around her showed faint signs of spiraling out of control.
Six jets of white vapor blasted from the Scarlet King's nostrils, whipping yellow sand into the sky!
"Lowly human! How dare you disrespect the esteemed Auspicious Beast!"
The Scarlet King roared, and Ji Feng instantly activated Martial Soul Possession!
Dragon scales covered his body, and his legs bent slightly as he gathered strength.
The moment the Scarlet King attacked, he would unleash Dragon Shadow Strike and charge straight into the Blood Gate.
He had just emerged from the Undead Demiplane, and the Blood Gate had yet to close. But neither the Three-Eyed Golden Lion nor the Scarlet King was a spirit, so they could not see it.
The Scarlet King circulated his Soul Power, preparing to spew raging flames from his mouths.
A faint unease stirred in his heart.
Why was this human's Martial Soul so peculiar? He had cultivated in the Star Dou Great Forest for years and had never seen a Martial Soul like it.
Even his bloodline felt suppressed.
My bloodline is that of a Hell Three-Headed Dog. Only Di Tian's Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King Bloodline can firmly overpower mine. Just where did this human come from, to be able to suppress my bloodline? No, this child absolutely cannot be allowed to live. I must kill him!
Raging flames scorched the sky. For a moment, four suns seemed to hang overhead!
The air temperature abruptly rose, and moisture evaporated continuously, forming a cage of steam around them!
The fire elements were instantly drained away. Had a fire-type Soul Master been here, they would certainly have struggled to breathe!
Suddenly, a clear voice stopped him!
"Stop!" the Three-Eyed Golden Lion said.
The Scarlet King immediately interrupted his Soul Skill.
The three blazing suns vanished, and fire elements filled the air once more.
The Scarlet King had three hundred and ninety thousand years of cultivation, but even he dared not disobey the Auspicious Beast's orders.
She commanded the power of fate! What if that power turned against him and made him an unlucky wretch?
Physical injuries could heal, but something as mysterious as luck could not simply be restored at will.
Ji Feng looked at the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and knew his gamble had paid off.
This Miss Auspicious Beast really was interested in the human world.
"Tell me about the human world," the Three-Eyed Golden Lion said to Ji Feng, forcibly suppressing the impulse stirring in her bloodline.
Yes, her bloodline had reacted.
This human's Martial Soul had actually stirred the trace of the Golden Dragon King's bloodline within her!
The Golden Dragon King!
Legend held that the Dragon God had been split in two, becoming the Golden Dragon King and the Silver Dragon King.
Within the Three-Eyed Golden Lion was a trace of the Golden Dragon King's bloodline.
That trace had always lain dormant inside her. Even Di Tian's Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King Bloodline could not awaken it.
Yet now, a human had stirred it!
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion's curiosity about Ji Feng reached its peak. She had already cast the house and the Old Woman to the back of her mind.
The human before her clearly held more secrets and was much more fun!
Ji Feng had no idea how much was going on in Miss Auspicious Beast's head. He could only faintly sense that he was safe.
"Tell you? If I were that eloquent, would I need to risk my life here? Miss Auspicious Beast, if you trust me, connect the Eye of Destiny on your forehead with the space between my brows. I can transmit my memories of the human world to you and let you experience my life."
The Scarlet King immediately sensed something amiss!
"Esteemed Auspicious Beast, he wants to steal your power of fate! This human is too crafty. Don't believe his lies!"
The Scarlet King grew anxious. He had followed the Three-Eyed Golden Lion for a long time and knew her temperament.
An impatient, restless brat who never used her brain was the easiest kind to fool.
"Shut up. This human is only level twenty. He hasn't even obtained his second Soul Ring. Could he possibly hurt me?"
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion walked toward Ji Feng.
"Human, if you deceive me, I'll tear you into ten thousand pieces!"
The Auspicious Beast often observed the Old Woman's life and had been deeply influenced by her. Even the way she spoke was remarkably similar.
Ji Feng nodded and pressed his forehead against hers.
A gust of wind blew past, lifting a few fallen leaves.
Nothing happened.
In the original Douluo II, Huo Yuhao had been a spiritual-type Soul Master and possessed a third eye between his brows. Only then had he been able to draw in the Auspicious Beast's power of fate and obtain the Eye of Destiny.
Ji Feng was neither a spiritual-type Soul Master nor someone with a third eye. Even his soul was not from this world.
How could he possibly stir the Auspicious Beast's power of fate?
Seeing this, Ji Feng found everything proceeding just as he had expected.
"Miss Auspicious Beast, you need to open up a little. How can I fill you up if you keep guarding against me like this? Open up. Come on, is this your first time? It's all right. It'll hurt at first, but afterward, it'll start feeling good."
The closer she came to Ji Feng, the more restless the trace of Golden Dragon King bloodline inside the Auspicious Beast became!
Ji Feng's words were like a demonic voice, pouring into her mind through her bloodline.
The power of fate did not react at all, as though this was meant to happen.
Ding!
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion relinquished control over her Soul Power!
The vertical pupils in Ji Feng's eyes lit up!
Now!
Full power! Northern Darkness Divine Skill!
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