Di Tian was furious, Xiong Jun was baffled? Where had the Rift-Splitting Black Dragon King come from!
Star Dou Great Forest, Core Circle, at the bottom of the Lake of Life.
Inside a separate space.
Although they were within a separate space, screened from the outside world's perception.
To the Sky Screen, this seemed not to exist at all.
On the Sky Screen.
On the left was Sea God Island, with its seven-against-seven wager of single combat.
On the right was Vast Sea Fortress, where Bibi Xi laughed wildly as she slaughtered the garrison.
Above the screen, bullet comments constantly refreshed.
The vast majority were unrestrained laughter from the Soul Masters of Xuanwu Continent.
The Soul Masters of Douluo Continent, however, could not laugh.
A silver light flashed, and a silver-haired woman slowly emerged.
The Silver Dragon King, Gu Yuena.
Behind Gu Yuena, several of Star Dou Great Forest's mightiest overlords all stood solemnly.
The Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King, Di Tian!
The Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, Xiong Jun!
The Demon-Eyed Demon Tree, Myriad Demon King!
The Hell Demon Dragon King, Zi JI!
The Emerald Swan, Bi Ji!
The Three-Headed Scarlet Demon Mastiff, Scarlet King!
These Ferocious Beasts normally looked down upon Douluo Continent, regarding human Soul Masters as livestock raised for their flesh and blood.
At this moment, without exception, they had all fallen silent.
Gu Yuena's purple eyes swept over the Ferocious Beasts present as she said coolly:
"The Sky Screen has appeared, spanning continents.
Xuanwu Continent is heading toward Douluo Continent.
Sea God Island's seven-against-seven wager of single combat, Bibi Xi's slaughter of Vast Sea Fortress's garrison.
But the turmoil in the human world is no more than an itch upon the skin.
I awakened you to hear your views on this Xuanwu Continent and that Sky Screen."
As her words fell, the Ferocious Beasts wore differing expressions.
After a long silence, Di Tian, who stood at the very front in black robes, finally took a step forward.
"My lord."
Di Tian cupped his hands as he spoke.
"What concerns me is neither whether those human lackeys on Sea God Island live or die, nor how many soldiers of Vast Sea Fortress that mad human woman named Bibi Xi has killed...
What truly concerns me is something Lu Ye, who called himself the 'Xuanwu Great Emperor,' mentioned earlier in the Sky Screen's bullet comments."
Di Tian raised his eyes, his face full of confusion, and said:
"He said... within the Xuanwu Empire, there is a 'Rift-Splitting Black Dragon King' with three hundred thousand years of cultivation!"
At this point, the Soul Power around Di Tian surged, nearly tearing apart the void:
"Absurd!
Utterly absurd!"
"Since Lord Dragon God fell and the bloodlines of the Nine Great Dragon Kings withered, the black dragon lineage has endured to this day, with only I, Di Tian, inheriting its pure royal blood and commanding all dark dragons beneath the heavens!
That so-called Xuanwu Continent sounds mysterious, as though its human civilization is highly developed.
But how could a 'Black Dragon King' appear out of thin air?
And even bear the name 'Rift-Splitting'?!"
Di Tian was truly furious.
Of the black dragon lineage that had survived to this day, he, Di Tian, was the only true dragon!
Where had this Rift-Splitting Black Dragon King come from?
"My lord, in my humble opinion, that emperor of the Xuanwu Empire, Lu Ye, is either bluffing, deliberately using exaggerated words to intimidate Douluo Continent's Soul Masters.
Or the creatures of Xuanwu Continent must be ignorant and ill-informed, forcibly bestowing the exalted title of 'Black Dragon King' upon some lesser dragon with a thin trace of mixed Dragon Clan blood, or even some mutant snake or lizard with wings!"
As the supreme guardian of the Dragon Clan bloodline, Di Tian would never permit any lowly mongrel to sully the supreme title of "Dragon King."
Yet a trace of unease flashed through the eyes of Zi JI, standing to one side, as she said quietly:
"Di Tian, we must not be careless.
This Xuanwu Emperor Lu Ye is someone of standing among humans, too.
Judging by the Sky Screen's live broadcast, the Xuanwu Empire is teeming with talent, with no shortage of Titled Douluo.
Would he really need to rely on bluffing to draw attention?
What if that 'Rift-Splitting Black Dragon King' is not a lesser dragon, but a lost branch of pureblood dragon descendants from after the divine war all those years ago?"
Di Tian's expression abruptly darkened, and he was about to retort.
But another sinister voice suddenly rang out.
"Heh heh, let's put the matter of the Black Dragon King aside for now.
This old tree thinks our little brother Xiong Jun's mood right now is probably far more colorful than even Di Tian's, isn't it?"
The speaker was none other than the Myriad Demon King.
The Myriad Demon King's eyes shifted slightly as he fixed a half-smiling gaze upon the most powerfully built, savage-looking giant of a man beside him.
None other than the king of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bears, Xiong Jun!
Provoked like this by the Myriad Demon King, Xiong Jun instantly flew into a rage and roared like rumbling thunder:
"You old Myriad Demon freak!
Why the hell are you staring at me with that snide attitude?!
Is your hide itching? Want a taste of my Sky-Rending Claw?!"
"Don't be so quick to lose your temper, Xiong Jun."
The Myriad Demon King sinisterly pointed at the golden bullet-comment screen hovering overhead, his tone utterly mocking:
"Didn't you see the earlier bullet comments about your Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear clan?
Over on Xuanwu Continent, a bullet comment signed 'Young Lord of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Clan' was making quite a lively racket!
That fellow claimed to be a pureblood Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear with a hundred thousand years of cultivation, and even mocked his kin on Douluo Continent as 'uncivilized mud-dwelling beasts'!"
On Xuanwu Continent, cultivation was incredibly easy for Soul Beasts, and their cultivation advanced very quickly.
Because Xuanwu Continent was Lu Changqing's tortoise shell.
In essence, it was an enormous "grotto-heaven blessed land"!
Through his "Slumber" system, Lu Changqing grew stronger as he slept.
And the energy he released while sleeping was enough for the whole of Xuanwu Continent to keep growing stronger!
To put it simply, Lu Changqing's true body could be understood as an enormous "Auspicious Beast"!
Yes, the Auspicious Beast Xuanwu!
With a leisurely gaze, the Myriad Demon King walked step by step to Xiong Jun's side:
"Xiong Jun, we've known each other for hundreds of thousands of years. Who on all of Douluo Continent doesn't know?
The Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear clan is savage and solitary by nature, its bloodline domineering in the extreme, its insistence on territory surpassing even that of true dragons.
Across the entire continent, there are extremely few living Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bears.
Apart from you, the other Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bears basically only have cultivation in the ten-thousand-year range."
"But what about Xuanwu Continent on that Sky Screen?
A Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear with a hundred thousand years of cultivation, which defeated a two-hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor beyond its level.
Within their clan, it is actually merely a 'young lord'?!"
The Myriad Demon King's voice abruptly rose:
"What does it mean for a race to have someone called a 'young lord'?
It means that not only do Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bears exist on Xuanwu Continent, but they have already formed a rigid royal and clan hierarchy!
More importantly, it means that above that hundred-thousand-year 'young lord,' there slumbers at least one bear ancestor of four hundred thousand years, five hundred thousand years, or something even older and more terrifying!"
"Xiong Jun, as the undisputed monarch of Douluo Continent's Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear clan, explain to everyone...
Exactly which crack in the rocks did these bears of Xuanwu Continent spring out of?!
Could your clan have been amphibious reptiles back then, too, swimming across the endless deep sea to settle on Xuanwu Continent?!"
Those heart-piercing words instantly froze the atmosphere.
Hearing them, Xiong Jun's face was also filled with disbelief and alarm!
"How... how the hell would I know?!"
Xiong Jun let out a bestial roar.
"In the bloodline memories I inherited, the Ancestor was born in the primordial wilderness, nurtured by heaven and earth, and tore giant dragons apart for food!
Not a single memory ever told me that on Xuanwu's back at the other end of the ocean, there was actually another tribe of Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bears!"