A golden Soul Beast shaped like a cross between a lion and a leopard, with a vertical eye on her forehead, charged out and pounced straight at Tang Tianlin.
It was none other than the Emperor Auspicious Beast, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion!
The instant the Three-Eyed Golden Lion approached, Tang Tianlin felt the Golden Dragon King Bloodline within him boil.
As though he had met a relative lost for many years, he faintly felt an urge to devour her.
As expected of the Golden Dragon King: upon encountering a bloodline of the same origin, his first reaction was not joy, but the urge to devour.
When fellow countrymen meet, their eyes-and mouths-water, huh?
Before Tang Tianlin could react, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion had already lowered her head and nuzzled into his arms, letting out a satisfied rumble.
Tang Tianlin smiled helplessly, suppressed the urge to devour her, and laid a hand on her furry head.
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion was so affectionate toward him entirely because of the Golden Dragon King.
Apparently, after the Golden Dragon King's defeat back then, some fragments of his essence had scattered into the mortal realm and happened to merge with the fortune flowing through the earth veins of the Star Dou Great Forest.
As an Auspicious Beast born from the Star Dou Great Forest's fortune, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion had naturally incorporated this scattered portion of the Golden Dragon King's essential bloodline.
That also explained why the Three-Eyed Golden Lion felt an innate closeness to him, while he only wanted to devour her.
With that thought, Tang Tianlin lowered his gaze to the scarlet-gold Soul Beast in his arms.
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion had her head tilted up, all three eyes fixed on him, her vertical pupil brimming with affection and even a trace