Return to the Star Dou Great Forest

Old Jack saw Tang Hao, and his mind went blank.

Tang Hao saw Old Jack, his brows knitting tightly.

He remembered that Ling Feng had just been lying in wait at Old Jack's house.

Old Jack might have some connection to Ling Feng.

In an instant, killing intent flashed in his eyes.

Without holding back at all, he directly summoned the Clear Sky Hammer and crushed Old Jack to death with a single blow.

Old Jack's head was blown apart by Tang Hao's hammer, and he died on the spot.

Tang Hao put away the Clear Sky Hammer and looked toward the place Ling Feng had flattened with a single sword strike.

A vicious scheme began brewing in his heart.

"Ling Feng, although I don't know why you were hunting me here,

this is the perfect chance to pin Old Jack's murder on you."

Tang Hao muttered to himself.

With that, he exerted force through his arm and grabbed Old Jack's lifeless body from the ground.

His figure flashed, and he brought Old Jack to the place where Ling Feng's sword had struck.

He threw Old Jack onto the spot of the sword strike and summoned the Clear Sky Hammer once more.

Lightning crackled across the surface of the Clear Sky Hammer. Holding it, Tang Hao pointed toward Old Jack.

Drawn by Tang Hao's Soul Power, the lightning flowing across its surface surged toward Old Jack.

The electric current crawled over his body, forging scorch marks as though he had been burned by lightning.

After finishing all this, Tang Hao carried Tang San and lay down beside Old Jack, waiting for the villagers of Sacred Soul Village to find him.

Tang Hao had already prepared his story, one that would paint Ling Feng as utterly vile.

In his version of events, he and Old Jack were the unfortunate victims, while Old Jack had merely been caught in the crossfire.

Misfortune was very easily able to earn the sympathy of others.

By using his own tragic circumstances to gain the sympathy of Sacred Soul Village's villagers, he could then remain here for a long time as a victim.

Tang Hao's scheme was perfectly calculated, and everything unfolded in the direction he had envisioned.

Tang Hao was successfully discovered and rescued by the villagers of Sacred Soul Village, and he successfully framed Ling Feng for Old Jack's murder.

He himself was taken in by the villagers of Sacred Soul Village and settled there under the identity of "Haotian," becoming Sacred Soul Village's only blacksmith.

The Star Dou Great Forest was vast. Even with Little Black's thousand-zhang body, he was but a drop in the ocean here.

Having been brutally beaten by Di Tian and several other ferocious beasts last time, Little Black was much more careful this time about concealing his aura.

Avoiding the core region of the Star Dou Forest, he searched its outer regions for suitable Soul Beasts.

As a Five-Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, Little Black possessed powerful Bloodline Power and moved through the forest as though nothing could hinder him.

Before long, he found a Soul Beast that had just advanced to ten thousand years.

Energy condensed into a thick arm, which stretched straight down and seized the ten-thousand-year Soul Beast in its grasp.

He raised it into the air and slowly brought it closer to himself.

Little Black stared at it with snake eyes as large as hills and said, "Little beast, little beast, meeting is fate!"

"Now, I'll give you two choices."

"First, obediently come back with me and sacrifice yourself to become the Soul Ring of the human brat my master brought back."

"Second, get taken back by me, killed by the human brat my master brought back, and then become her Soul Ring."

The little beast, which had not dared struggle before, suddenly began thrashing violently.

Both choices wanted its life!

The ten-thousand-year Soul Beast bared its fangs and growled low, gathering blazing flames tinged with a trace of sacred power in its mouth.

Seeing that the little beast had chosen "the second choice," Little Black did not bother being polite.

The energy-condensed arm slammed down with a Bam! Bam!, shattering the flaming energy in its mouth with one punch and knocking it unconscious.

He was about to leave the Star Dou Forest with the little beast.

However, just as he was about to leave, Little Black could not resist his curiosity and glanced longingly in the direction of the Lake of Life.

He would only go take a look—just one look. It should be fine as long as he did not enter the Lake of Life, right?

Those guys were beneath the Lake of Life, but they spent most of their time asleep.

As long as he was careful, he should not be discovered.

Besides, he had not beaten those two little fellows in forty years, and his fists were itching terribly now.

He wondered whether, after forty years, those two little fellows who had called him Big Brother after getting hammered by him still remembered him.

And those two little fellows, honestly!

They knew there were such terrifying beings beneath the Lake of Life, yet they had not told their big brother back then.

Even if they could not tell him outright, they could at least have warned him.

Then he would not have foolishly barged into the Lake of Life and gotten brutally beaten by those terrifying beings.

The more Little Black thought about it, the more indignant he became, feeling that those two little fellows had set him up.

Black light flashed around his body as his thousand-zhang form gradually shrank. In an instant, it had reduced to a hundred zhang.

Then his figure flashed, and he headed directly for the Lake of Life.

At the Lake of Life, sensing an incomparably powerful aura rushing toward them at incredible speed, the tranquil waters suddenly stirred. Ripples spread outward from the center of the lake.

The waves formed by those ripples rose higher and higher, while the surging waters grew ever denser.

"Moo!"

Two ox horns slowly emerged from the center of the lake.

A massive figure slowly rose from the center of the Lake of Life.

This shadowy figure was covered in azure scales, every single one radiating an utterly chilling power. Sunlight filtered through the dense forest and shone upon those azure scales.

At that moment, the giant beast revealed its true form.

It was a colossal beast with the head of an ox and the body of a serpent, emanating an incomparably terrifying draconic pressure.

As the giant beast emerged from the lake, water from the Lake of Life streamed down its body.

The Sky Azure Bull Python—the Forest Emperor—a mutated Soul Beast with a trace of Azure Dragon bloodline in its body. Its strength was exceedingly terrifying.

After the Sky Azure Bull Python appeared, a mountain-like figure leaped from the distant forest and landed beside the Lake of Life.

This giant ape's body was like stone, its arms knotted with powerful muscles. It radiated a wild aura, and a single punch seemed capable of smashing apart a mountain.

The Titan Giant Ape, a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast known as the Forest King, was likewise terrifyingly powerful. Its danger level was second only to the Sky Azure Bull Python.

The Titan Giant Ape raised its eyes toward the Sky Azure Bull Python in the center of the lake.

"Big Brother Da Ming, Big Brother Er Ming!"

The two terrifying giant beasts faced each other across the lake, yet before either could speak,

a clear, tinkling voice suddenly rang out. The next moment, a nimble figure appeared, stepping on the fallen leaves kicked into the air. She leaped and flipped through the air before landing steadily between the two giant beasts.

Her figure was graceful, her toes lightly raised, one rabbit ear perched atop her head, and her hands clasped behind her back.

Her tender skin made her look like a six-year-old girl.

"Big Sister Xiao Wu!"

Upon seeing her, both the Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python cried out excitedly.

The Sky Azure Bull Python, the Titan Giant Ape, and the Rogue Rabbit had grown up together. Both the Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python liked Xiao Wu.

However, Xiao Wu did not have romantic feelings for them that went beyond friendship. She simply regarded them as older brothers, older brothers who could protect her.

"Da Ming, Er Ming, Xiao Wu, you all sensed it just now too, didn't you?!"

A steady, mature voice sounded.

Hearing this, Xiao Wu, the Sky Azure Bull Python, and the Titan Giant Ape all turned toward the source of the voice.

"Mother! You came too." Xiao Wu called out sweetly, hurrying over to act spoiled.

She buried her head in her mother's chest and rubbed against breasts even larger than her own little face.

"Auntie!" Seeing that the newcomer was Xiao Wu's mother, Ah Rou, the Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python greeted her politely as well.

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