"All right, we'll do as you say, Yang!"
Da Ming and Er Ming nodded without objection.
If anything happened to the Auspicious Beast afterward, or if the ferocious beasts led by Di Tian held them accountable, they would simply shoulder the responsibility.
In fact, if those ferocious beasts led by Di Tian emerged a little later, their cultivation ages might already rival Di Tian's group by then. What would they have to fear?
Of course, for now, that existed only in their rosy fantasies.
Scritch, scratch-
Setting aside those pleasant daydreams, Da Ming got to work, carving a message beside the Lake of Life to inform Di Tian and the others when they emerged.
Once he finished, Ji Yang asked Da Ming and Er Ming about the important matter he had nearly forgotten.
"Da Ming, Er Ming, roughly how strong are you now? What level of human Titled Douluo would you be equivalent to?"
Ji Yang asked.
With his spiritual power, he could vaguely sense that Da Ming and Er Ming possessed strength at least on the level of Super Douluos, but he could not tell their exact levels or how powerful they would become if they unleashed their full strength.
"About the peak of a Level 96 Super Douluo! That's only because our bloodlines evolved. Otherwise, we'd be somewhere around Level 95 to Level 96!"
"And if we draw further on our bloodline power and throw everything we have into a fight, we might reach a level comparable to a Level 98 Super Douluo!"
"But afterward, we'd be weakened for at least a few months."
Da Ming and Er Ming answered after some thought.
This was something they had never dared imagine before.
Yet with Ji Yang's help, they had achieved it.
They were deeply grateful to Ji Yang for that.
Xiao Wu was likewise immensely grateful to Ji Yang, and she was also delighted by the achievements of her two dear younger brothers, Da Ming and Er Ming.
"The peak of Level 96, with a chance of reaching Level 98 if you go all out? That's more than respectable!"
Ji Yang's eyes lit up.
After all, Da Ming and Er Ming had only just passed two hundred thousand years and become ferocious beasts, yet they could already stand shoulder to shoulder with the best among Super Douluos.
How terrifying was that!
Even Scarlet King, Zi JI, and Myriad Demon King would probably feel inferior if they came.
Sure enough, a powerful bloodline was the key!
Only a powerful bloodline could forge even greater combat strength.
Ji Yang was filled with emotion.
With that, his earlier goal had essentially been achieved.
Even if Da Ming and Er Ming were not so ridiculously powerful that they could fight Super Douluos wearing Three-Word Battle Armor, their strength was enough for him.
Two ferocious beasts with the strength of Level 96 to Level 98 Super Douluos, plus two soul spirits with the strength of Level 95 Super Douluos.
With their current resources and strength, as long as deities did not interfere with the mortal world and Spirit Hall and Sea God Island did not pour out in full force against them, they could already stride unchecked across the Douluo Continent.
"Then let's make the arrangements and get ready to leave the Star Dou Great Forest! Next, we'll head to the Sunset Forest, use the immortal herbs there to advance further, and help Xiao Wu enter her mature stage while we're at it!"
Ji Yang glanced at the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and Xiao Wu beside him, then addressed Da Ming and Er Ming again.
Goodbye, Star Dou Great Forest. Today, I'm off to the Sunset Forest!
"All right!"
Da Ming and Er Ming looked eager to get going.
"Wonderful!"
Beside them, Xiao Wu burst into jubilant cheers.
She was so happy that she could not help planting several enthusiastic kisses on the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's head, earning a disgruntled eye roll from her.
This tiny, tiny little rabbit who took human form actually dared to kiss me, a noble Auspicious Beast!
Hmph-
Since you're so close to the human who gives me Soul Power Pills, I'll forgive you this once and let it slide!
Ji Yang's group soon finished their preparations.
Calling them preparations was a bit much. All they really did was have Da Ming and Er Ming summon the hundred-thousand-year King Kong Terrorclaw Bear to formally take over as guardian of the Lake of Life.
They also caught some soul beasts with respectable cultivation ages to refine into pills for future needs.
Especially now that the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, a "glutton," had joined them, their demand for pills had surged even further, making it all the more necessary to stock up.
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion thus learned where the pills, including Soul Power Pills, came from, and she found it astonishing.
For that reason, Ji Yang and the others also made the Three-Eyed Golden Lion keep it secret from Di Tian's group.
Faced with their threat of "break the agreement and you won't get any pills," the Three-Eyed Golden Lion obediently agreed.
Personally, though, she did not care about it at all.
Even watching soul beasts being miserably refined into pills did not change that.
In her eyes, aside from Di Tian and the other ferocious beasts who were her family, all other soul beasts were either food or playthings.
Why would a noble Auspicious Beast like her care about the lives of playthings and food?
Of course, by now, her "family" probably also included Da Ming, Er Ming, Ji Yang, and the others.
Xiao Wu barely counted as half a member!
"Let's go!"
With the preparations complete, Ji Yang gave the order and prepared to lead the group to the Sunset Forest.
"Then we'll take to the air!"
At his words, Da Ming and Er Ming took hold of Ji Yang and Xiao Wu respectively, ready to fly toward the Sunset Forest.
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion, meanwhile, lay on the Titan Giant Ape's shoulder.
There was one notable difference: Da Ming and Er Ming now looked worlds apart from before.
The reason was that they had used their abilities as two-hundred-thousand-year soul beasts to assume human form.
Da Ming had become a middle-aged man with long azure hair and broad, imposing shoulders.
Er Ming had become an extraordinarily burly middle-aged man with short hair like steel needles, his torso and limbs packed with powerful muscles.
Their human appearances reflected some of the characteristics of their true forms quite well.
Moreover, they matched their appearances in the comic even more closely.
At least, that was how Ji Yang saw it.
At Ji Yang's suggestion, the two had also chosen new names for their human identities.
Those names came from their bloodlines and true forms-Azure Dragon and Tai Tan.
In private, however, they still went by Da Ming and Er Ming.
Whoosh-
Da Ming and Er Ming took off from where they stood.
They were fast, covering several hundred meters in just a few seconds.
And that was not even their top speed.
With a Super Douluo's flying speed, covering a hundred li in the blink of an eye was easy.
They were flying so "slowly" only out of consideration for Xiao Wu and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
The two girls were still too weak to withstand the effects of flying too quickly and could easily feel unwell.
Ji Yang, on the other hand, could reach this speed himself thanks to his Phoenix Wings external soul bone, so he felt no discomfort.
However, with his current cultivation, flying at such a speed would consume a great deal of soul power, and he could not sustain it for long.
That was clearly unnecessary.
Indeed, even at their current speed, he could not be bothered to expend extra effort or consume his own soul power, choosing to leave everything to Da Ming and Er Ming.
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