The soul power within the Three-Eyed Golden Lion was drawn by the vortex in Ji Feng's Shanzhong, rushing toward Ji Feng's meridians!
That soul power filled with Ultimate Light and Ultimate Flame crashed into Ji Feng's meridians, and even though his meridians had been reinforced by Mu En's Ultimate Soul Power, he still felt a trace of tearing pain.
Fortunately, it was still bearable.
Scarlet King instantly flew into a rage, roaring, "Stop!!"
Ji Feng instantly stopped absorbing soul power, but control over the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's soul power was still in his hands.
The Northern Darkness Divine Skill was simply that tyrannical.
Absorbing soul power only had two conditions: first, the opponent's soul power was weaker than Ji Feng's; second, the opponent had relinquished control of their soul power.
As long as one of the two conditions was met, Ji Feng's Northern Darkness Divine Skill could seize the opponent's soul power.
Even if Ji Feng temporarily stopped absorbing, as long as the Shanzhong vortex was still spinning, the suction force it generated could firmly lock onto the opponent's soul power, and they could not reclaim control of their soul power.
"Despicable human!! Quickly let go of Lord Auspicious Beast!! Quickly!! Cunning!! Despicable!! I'm going to kill you!!"
Scarlet King was frantic with rage!
He never expected that Ji Feng, a level-20 Soul Scholar, could actually threaten a fifteen-thousand-year-old Three-Eyed Golden Lion!!
He desperately wanted to make a move, but the Three-Eyed Golden Lion was still in Ji Feng's hands!
That magical ability to absorb soul power only needed two seconds to take the Auspicious Beast's life!!
How on earth did a human accomplish this!
Where did such an ability come from!!
Why was the Auspicious Beast's Dual Ultimate Soul Power sucked into his body, yet he remained safe and sound?!
There were many questions in Scarlet King's brain, and excessive thinking caused wildness to retake the high ground.
Yet he still maintained a sliver of lucidity!
The Auspicious Beast was still in Ji Feng's hands, so he could not harm the Auspicious Beast!!
"Calm down, three-headed dog, we can talk now." Ji Feng's hands transformed into Dragon Claws, tightly gripping the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's neck.
The Shaoshang Point on his thumb could erupt with suction at any moment.
To Ji Feng, the current Three-Eyed Golden Lion was simply fish on a cutting board.
Scarlet King ignored Ji Feng's lack of manners, forcibly suppressing the fury in his heart.
He had to admit that Ji Feng now possessed the qualification to talk to him on equal terms.
"Human, what do you want to talk about?"
Scarlet King was also a veteran of the world; as long as negotiations were possible, solving things through talks was best.
Even if he killed Ji Feng, he was not guaranteed to preserve the Auspicious Beast's life.
If the Auspicious Beast died, Di Tian would not let him off either.
"My demand is very simple: a twenty-thousand-year-old Dragon-Type Soul Beast, plus ten kilograms of Rare Metal, any metal will do. Once you find them, I will let the Auspicious Beast go."
Scarlet King's six eyebrows twitched.
"Just like that?"
A twenty-thousand-year-old Dragon-Type Soul Beast was easy to find at random, as the Star Dou Great Forest was not lacking in them, and Rare Metals were even simpler. Usually, the cave of that Dragon-Type Soul Beast would collect these things, which soul beasts had no use for and merely kept because they looked nice.
Given Ji Feng's sinister degree, it wouldn't even be strange if he asked for a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
Ji Feng spoke up, "Just these. Once you bring them to me, I will immediately release the Auspicious Beast."
It wasn't that he didn't want more; the problem was that he wasn't like Huo Yuhao from the original work, who had Xuan Zi protecting him, so if he asked for too many things, he wouldn't be able to hold onto them.
If he offended Di Tian, and Di Tian ended up cooperating with Shrek Academy, then he truly would have no path to heaven and no door to enter on earth.
Just getting a soul ring would do. In this way, it could also be resolved within Scarlet King's capability, so he wouldn't need to report it upward.
If he truly asked for a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, Di Tian would definitely find out.
Di Tian was an Ultimate Soul Beast who mastered space, and he didn't know if the Blood Gate could block it.
In short, before Ji Feng became a Titled Douluo, he did not want to offend Di Tian.
Scarlet King immediately set off to search for a soul beast.
Ji Feng pinched the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, not moving an inch.
He could maintain a posture like this for an entire day.
The Auspicious Beast's Eye of Destiny was pressed right against Ji Feng's, and within its eyes, there was not the slightest trace of fear-only curiosity.
"Human, where are your memories?"
"Didn't you notice? I was lying to you. Be careful from now on; consider this tuition for your lesson today."
"You weren't lying to me. I can feel it. It really is possible to exchange memories, except you also didn't expect that you couldn't do it, even though you thought you could."
Clearly, the Auspicious Beast was not very fluent in human language, but Ji Feng was able to understand its meaning.
It meant to say that Ji Feng hadn't deliberately deceived it.
"As expected, you have the Eye of Destiny; it's not easy to fool you. Indeed, memories can be exchanged, but that Child of Destiny is not me. You will meet him in the future."
Ji Feng didn't want to say much more. In the future, this Three-Eyed Golden Lion would meet Huo Yuhao, exchange memories with him, later even transform into Wang Qiu'er, go on adventures together with Huo Yuhao, and finally sacrifice herself to become Huo Yuhao's Sixth Soul Ring.
He was afraid that he would trigger a butterfly effect and end up with some unfavorable developments.
The best course was to follow the original work's progression so that he retained the ability to foresee the future.
However, Mu En had been killed by him, so the future was definitely affected.
This... Ji Feng hadn't wanted that either.
Tiresome.
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion looked at Ji Feng, its gaze filled with fanaticism.
"Destiny? I am destiny! I shall control destiny!! Human! Come on!"
What did that mean?
Ji Feng was left completely baffled by the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's sudden fanaticism.
Come on with what?
"Hum--"
A layer of golden light suddenly erupted from the spot where Ji Feng and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion made contact!
Ji Feng was bounced off by the force, his two Dragon Claws exerting strength simultaneously. His left arm erupted with holy radiance, and his right arm burst with blood-inked malevolence!
The twin arm soul bones simultaneously enhanced Ji Feng's strength, which was the only reason he prevented the Three-Eyed Golden Lion from breaking free of his control.
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion swayed its body in a somewhat dazed manner.
Its third eye actually changed from its original gold to black. Although it reverted to gold in just a split second, that fleeting change was still captured by Ji Feng.
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion no longer struggled; its gaze was vacant as it stared blankly at Ji Feng.
Ten thousand years' worth of the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's memories flooded into Ji Feng's mind!!
His spiritual power surged upward instantly, and he felt his brain become much clearer, greatly improving his control over his own body!
Suddenly, Ji Feng thought of something!
"You-do you know where my cultivation technique came from?"
With their memories exchanged, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion might know the secret of his transmigration!!
This was his greatest secret!
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion's gaze remained vacant.
"What? Weren't you born knowing it in Dragon-Sighting Village? Just like us soul beasts, you were born knowing how to cultivate!"
Ji Feng could sense that the Three-Eyed Golden Lion wasn't lying.
It had only obtained memories of Ji Feng after he transmigrated to Douluo.
It seemed this power of destiny could only pry into the Douluo World; it couldn't touch his past life on Earth.
"Right, I was born knowing it. Ah, it seems this secret is known to you; you must keep it well guarded for me," Ji Feng said.
"What kind of secret is that? We soul beasts are also born knowing how to cultivate."
"A typical soul beast mindset. In any case, don't talk nonsense. Later on, if you want to enter the human world, remember to turn into this appearance."
Ji Feng pulled a picture card out of his pocket. On it was drawn a Japanese female celebrity, "Nagi Hikaru."
In high school, he had studied art, taking the art examination to enter the 985-tier Jiangnan University. Doing a sketch or simple drawing was an absolute breeze.
Usually when he had nothing to do at home, aside from practicing his cultivation, he could only rely on this picture card for self-solace. Besides, practicing the Northern Darkness Divine Skill didn't require guarding one's primal yang.
After looking at this photograph, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion blinked its innocent eyes at Ji Feng.
"So you like this kind. Then where am I supposed to find you?"
"The Sun Moon Empire."
Amidst the dialogue between human and beast, a dark red light suddenly flashed, and the Three-Headed Scarlet Demon Mastiff Scarlet King reappeared within Ji Feng's line of sight.
In his claws, he grasped a Dragon-Type Soul Beast that radiated a primal aura.
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