Lu Xuan and Golden Crocodile Douluo drove straight onward, like two meteors tearing through the heavens.
They descended directly above the Lake of Life, the forbidden ground at the very heart of Star Dou Great Forest.
The Lake of Life, originally as tranquil as a vast piece of jade, abruptly changed the instant their auras descended.
The lake churned and boiled violently, raising terrifying waves dozens of yards high.
It was as though some ancient behemoth sleeping deep beneath the lake was about to burst from the water.
At the same time, earthshaking rumbles came from the primeval forest surrounding the Lake of Life.
Towering ancient trees fell one after another in swathes, sending dust billowing into the sky.
Clearly, some terrifyingly enormous being was charging madly toward them.
Boom!
With a deafening explosion of water, the surface of the Lake of Life was violently torn apart.
An enormous azure bull's head, like a small mountain, thrust forcefully out of the curtain of water.
A thick serpent's body followed, three hundred yards long and covered in azure scales.
It coiled within the boiling lake like a winding mountain range.
The Sky Azure Bull Python's eyes, like two enormous azure lanterns, locked firmly onto Lu Xuan in midair.
Suddenly, his icy vertical pupils contracted sharply, and an uncontrollable frenzy erupted.
He spoke in a human tongue, his voice exploding like rolling thunder throughout the Core Circle of Star Dou Great Forest:
"Human! Why... do you carry Sister Xiao Wu's aura?!"
Facing the earthshaking roar of this hundred-thousand-year forest overlord, Lu Xuan stood in the air, his expression as calm as a pool of stagnant water.
He lowered his eyes slightly, a cold smile without a trace of warmth curling his lips:
"Sister Xiao Wu? Do you mean that hundred-thousand-year soft bone