Three-Eyed Golden Lion: My Kind, Here I Come!

Three-Eyed Golden Lion: My Kind, Here I Come!

As the treasured darling of the ferocious beasts, she could roam anywhere within the Star Dou Great Forest. Around her neck, she wore a Reverse Scale that concealed her aura, as well as an object linked to Beast God Di Tian.

So long as her heart rate rose even the slightest bit from nervousness or fear—

Then...

You would face the Crimson King Three-Headed Crimson Demon Mastiff, arriving with an anger buff.

If even the Three-Headed Crimson Demon Mastiff could not deal with you, then prepare to receive Beast God Di Tian's Dragon God Claw, tearing through space with his red rage fully stacked.

"The aura of destiny... he may be my kind."

The puzzlement in her eyes was gradually replaced by curiosity. She stepped forward on claws wrapped in Golden Flame, heading toward the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.

By now, Bei Bei had roughly understood Huo Yuhao's new Soul Skill.

Bei Bei fell into thought. Judging by Huo Yuhao's face, he was surely a sensible child. Besides, his hair was blue like Bei Bei's. It was just that Huo Yuhao's was a light aqua blue, while his own was dark blue. He would surely grow up to be a person of fine character, just like Bei Bei.

"Little Brother Huo, your Soul Skill is very good, but you must use it properly."

Oh? In the Original Work, didn't they even have Huo Gua use Mental Detection Sharing from outside the arena to help him?

Huo Yuhao nodded cooperatively. "Mm, I'll use this Soul Skill well. Let's keep heading deeper. Maybe we'll encounter a suitable soul beast."

The group continued onward. Before long, the road vanished, leaving only dense forest around them. A faintly oppressive aura drifted from the shadows.

A rustling sound suddenly came from the forest ahead, like leaves scraping against one another. At the same time, the air carried a stronger scent of blood.

Bei Bei immediately grew alert. "Careful. There's movement ahead."

At the same time, three options appeared before Huo Yuhao's eyes.

Option One: Walk fifty meters to the left. You will encounter a thousand-year Mandala Snake. Defeat it. Completion reward: One Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill

Option Two: Proceed straight ahead for ten thousand meters. You will encounter the Three-Eyed Golden Lion. Please live to see tomorrow's sun. Completion reward: Fire-element cultivation technique—Low-Grade Earth Tier (from Yao Lao's Naring)

Option Three: Defeat the Mandala Snake, then encounter the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and survive. Completion reward: Beast Fire—Purple Fire

Hm? Why was the Three-Eyed Golden Lion here too? Could it be that the new Soul Skill differed somewhat from the Original Work, allowing her to sense the aura?

Huo Yuhao glanced over the three options and immediately ruled out Option One. He swiftly analyzed the rewards for Option Two and Option Three.

A Low-Grade Earth Tier fire-element cultivation technique would be considered an exceptionally high rank in this plane.

But he already had the Burning Arts, so he had no need to consider other cultivation techniques for now.

Option Three was relatively more difficult, but likewise, its reward was extremely tempting: Purple Fire.

Obtaining Purple Fire would mean taking a huge step toward his goal of shaping an initial version of Buddha's Wrath Fire Lotus.

Huo Yuhao ultimately chose Option Three. He would take a gamble. Perhaps because of bonds, destiny, or something like that, he might survive after encountering the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.

"Xiao Ya, Yuhao, be careful. This soul beast's aura has already reached the thousand-year level." Bei Bei gave a warning and swiftly released his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul.

Two yellow and one purple Soul Rings rose from beneath Bei Bei's feet. Dazzling blue light instantly spread from between his brows, and streaks of blue-purple electricity burst out like tiny snakes, coiling around his body.

With Martial Soul Possession, Bei Bei's right arm grew by over half a foot. The entire arm became incredibly thick, covered in blue-purple scales, while his hand transformed into a rudimentary dragon claw.

The next moment, a pitch-black shadow shot out from the forest. The source of the earlier rustling sound had appeared.

It was a snake-type soul beast—the Mandala Snake.

"Wow, a thousand-year Mandala Snake! Perfect. Bei Bei, I want this one." Tang Ya was not frightened but delighted, crying out joyfully.

The Tang Sect's inherited "Summary of Experience and Theories on Blue Silver Grass Soul Ring Configurations"—written by some unprofessional Grandmaster.

Tang Ya was already exceedingly familiar with it. According to its records, a thousand-year Mandala Snake was undoubtedly one of the most suitable Soul Rings for her.

Huo Yuhao fell silent for a moment, then gave it some thought. "Sister Tang Ya, Blue Silver Grass is so adaptable that it can even grow in barren soil. Doesn't that mean the Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul has tremendous potential for growth in the area of vitality?"

Tang Ya clearly did not get what Huo Yuhao meant. She said with a giggle, "That's right. Blue Silver Grass is incredibly tenacious. Sometimes, I can even see Blue Silver Grass growing from cracks between bricks on top of walls!"

Huo Yuhao blinked. "Then, Sister Tang Ya, have you ever considered absorbing Soul Rings with life attributes for the Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, carrying vitality through to the end?"

"Huh? I really haven't thought about that. Mainly because the Tang Sect has used that same Soul Ring configuration generation after generation."

Tang Ya froze for a moment. As the current sect master of the Tang Sect, she normally would not let an outsider cause even the slightest shake in the theories passed down by the Tang Sect's Grandmaster.

But Huo Yuhao was no ordinary person. He too had aspirations of establishing a sect, and he shared the same ambitions as her.

So Tang Ya seriously considered what Huo Yuhao had just said.

She already had two Soul Rings, and her Soul Skills were Blue Silver Bind and Parasite.

If she truly followed Little Yuhao's suggestion and took a path focused purely on vitality, Parasite would not be affected much. But Blue Silver Bind...

"Sister Xiao Ya, just take my words as a reference. In the end, it's still up to you." Huo Yuhao had said all he could. This was as much as he could help.

"First Soul Skill, Thunder Dragon Claw!"

Bei Bei was currently locked in battle with the Mandala Snake. Intense Soul Power fluctuations surged from his right hand as blue-purple lightning rapidly condensed into a thunder dragon claw, slamming toward the Mandala Snake.

The Mandala Snake was extremely cunning. Bracing itself on its tail, it sprang fiercely upward into the air. Its long tail lashed through the air, sweeping toward Bei Bei in an instant like a streak of pink light.

Huo Yuhao interrupted Tang Ya, who was still thinking. "Let's help Brother Bei Bei deal with the Mandala Snake first."

"Oh, okay." Tang Ya suppressed the thoughts in her heart and joined the battle.

"Blue Silver Bind, Parasite!"

Tang Ya's two yellow Soul Rings lit up in succession.

A cluster of Blue Silver Grass burst forth beneath the Mandala Snake without warning. Then, as if blooming, it suddenly split into dozens of blades of Blue Silver Grass. They rapidly spiraled upward, tightly binding the Mandala Snake and beginning to exert the effects of Parasite.

Seizing the opportunity, Bei Bei used his strongest third Soul Skill, Wrath of Thunder, increasing his attack by fifty percent and enhancing the lightning attribute of Thunder Dragon Claw.

Just as the battle was in full swing, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's incomparably miserable voice suddenly rang out in his mind. "It's over, Yuhao!"

"Is the Three-Eyed Golden Lion coming?"

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was startled that Huo Yuhao knew, but his heart was already filled with dejection and sorrow. He could no longer speak.

Several thousand meters away, within the dense forest.

A strange soul beast resembling a lion, with four dragon-like claws, golden fur all over its body, Golden Flame swirling around it, and scales covering its body—

It was the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, racing toward them.

"My kind, wait for me! Here I come!"