"Y-you're the Three-Eyed Golden Lion?" Chen Mo's pupils widened in shock.
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion declared haughtily, "At least you have some discernment, human. That's right! I am the sovereign of the Star Dou Great Forest, the Emperor Auspicious Beast—the Three-Eyed Golden Lion!"
"Xiao Mo, don't just stand there. Let her go!"
Du Busi hurriedly spoke up.
He had recognized the Three-Eyed Golden Lion too.
She might have looked small, with only ten thousand years of cultivation.
But if anything happened to her...
It could drive every soul beast into a frenzy, perhaps even trigger a beast tide!
The voices of the Ice Empress and Snow Empress rang out in Chen Mo's mind at the same time.
"You idiot, what are you doing? Let her go!"
"Xiao Mo, we can find another soul beast, but you absolutely must not harm the Three-Eyed Golden Lion."
After hearing the two empresses' words...
Chen Mo had only one response.
A ten-thousand-year Three-Eyed Golden Lion was an existence on par with a hundred-thousand-year soul beast.
I'm just a level-forty Soul Elder. Could I possibly hurt her?
Just as Chen Mo set the Three-Eyed Golden Lion on the ground...
A mass of blazing flames hurtled toward them.
Du Busi flashed forward, snatched the Three-Eyed Golden Lion back up, and blocked the flames.
"ROAR!!!"
An immensely powerful soul beast, over five meters long and somewhat resembling a lion, sprang out of the forest.
Each of its heads was more than a meter across, and its terrifying fangs gleamed scarlet-gold.
The Scarlet King.
One of the rulers of the Star Dou Great Forest!
Ranked eighth among the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts, with three hundred thousand years of cultivation.
Its true form was a three-headed scarlet demon mastiff.
As the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's personal bodyguard...
The moment the