The little beast looked like a lion, but her four paws resembled a dragon's, and her golden fur was like satin. Besides her normal pair of eyes, she had a third, red vertical eye on top of her head. She was none other than the Emperor Auspicious Beast of the Star Dou Great Forest, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
The instant the Scarlet King's aura vanished completely, she snapped her eyes open.
Fear first flashed through her golden eyes, then quickly turned into an indescribable secret delight.
She pricked up her ears. Sensing no signs of Di Tian or the other Ferocious Beasts waking, she covered her mouth with her paws.
Her eyes brimmed with liveliness: I'm free? No one's watching me?
She leaped down from the branch and landed without a sound, as though treading on a ball of golden flame.
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion glanced back into the depths of the Star Dou Great Forest, a trace of resolve flashing in her eyes.
She had wanted to go out and see the world for ages. Who could stand being shut in the Core Circle as a mascot every day?
At that thought, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion darted away, turning into a streak of golden light as she sped toward the outskirts.
What she did not know, however, was that less than ten minutes after she left.
In the deepest reaches of the Star Dou Great Forest, within the Dragon Lair shrouded year-round in chaotic mist.
A pair of abyss-like golden vertical eyes suddenly opened in the darkness!
The entire Star Dou Great Forest seemed to stop breathing at that moment.
Di Tian's aura was like a volcano suddenly awakening after ten thousand years of slumber. A terrifying pressure, countless times stronger than the Scarlet King's, erupted from deep within