What? Two Emperor Soul Beasts Went Down So Easily?

In the Lake of Life, deep within the Star Dou Great Forest.

After the Sky Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape heard Yan Buhui greet them with a clap,

They were so frightened that they broke out in a cold sweat!

When had he arrived?

So quickly?

How long had it even been? How had he found his way here?

The Sky Azure Bull Python looked up and saw a red-haired young man. He was handsome, with a strong, muscular build and the bearing of an emperor. He looked like a Soul Beast overlord who had already successfully taken human form.

"You must be that fire phoenix, sir..."

The Sky Azure Bull Python asked, sounding slightly nervous.

"Heh, that's right."

Yan Buhui made no attempt to hide it. "My name is Yan Buhui, and my title is Flame Emperor. My true form is a 200,000-year-old Evil Fire Phoenix!"

"I live in the Land of Extreme Flame, where the heat is unbearable. Now I've come to your auspicious land to ask for a drink of water."

Yan Buhui joked.

"I'm afraid, sir, that you're not here for something as simple as a drink of water."

The Sky Azure Bull Python paused, considering his words.

How could a top-tier emperor Soul Beast like Yan Buhui readily leave his own habitat just for a mouthful of water from the Lake of Life?

Even a three-year-old wouldn't believe that.

Yet Yan Buhui had used it to fob off and frighten him and Er Ming. That was a bit much.

"Hahaha~ Sure enough, nothing gets past you, bull-headed snake."

Yan Buhui chuckled and continued, "Then I'll get straight to the point. I want..."

"What do you want?"

The Sky Azure Bull Python immediately asked.

"I want you two to be my muscle for the rest of your lives. In return, I'll give you cultivation resources even more abundant than what you have here. What do you say? It's a good deal."

Yan Buhui spread his hands as he explained.

"What if we refuse?!"

The Titan Giant Ape shouted angrily upon hearing the terms.

After all, he and his big brother, the Sky Azure Bull Python, were the emperor and overlord of the Star Dou Great Forest. How could they run off and become high-class hired help for some phoenix bird? Why give up being emperors to become lackeys scurrying at someone's beck and call?

"Heh heh..."

Yan Buhui suddenly sneered, his attitude changing. "If you refuse, you might die!"

"One more thing: I'm not discussing this with you, and I'm not asking for your consent. I'm informing you directly. Do it, right here, right now. Understand?"

"You've gone too far!!!" The Titan Giant Ape flew into a rage and threw a punch straight at Yan Buhui. "Titan's Strength!"

"Heh, a petty trick."

Yan Buhui raised a hand and released a crimson flame python formed from Fallen Heart Flame to meet the Titan Giant Ape.

"Er Ming, look out!"

Seeing Yan Buhui's fierce attack, the Sky Azure Bull Python shoved the Titan Giant Ape aside. Immediately afterward, he unleashed Sky Azure Annihilation Thunder, forcibly blocking Yan Buhui's light strike. Even so, the Sky Azure Bull Python felt his insides churn, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Ugh... as expected of someone at the 200,000-year age realm. A simple attack alone was enough to seriously injure me. His strength can't be underestimated."

The Sky Azure Bull Python muttered to himself.

The Titan Giant Ape, who had just been pushed aside, saw that his big brother was injured and hurriedly shouted, "Big brother! Big brother! Are you all right, big brother?!"

Yes, it was clear that the Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python were very close.

He had called him big brother three times in one breath.

"I... I'm fine."

The Sky Azure Bull Python waved him off, then replied to Yan Buhui, "We carelessly offended you, sir. Please forgive us!!"

"Tsk."

"Honestly, why do you Soul Beasts insist on showing off when you don't have the strength? Aren't you just asking for trouble?"

Yan Buhui smiled calmly. "Hurry up and make your choice. I don't have that much patience."

"Thank you for sparing our lives, sir!!"

The Sky Azure Bull Python's entire serpentine body trembled.

The power bursting from the red-haired young man before him was actually no weaker than the Soul Power unleashed by a Level 99 Limit Douluo. It was truly terrifying.

"Big brother, I'm so glad you're all right."

The Titan Giant Ape was still shaken.

He had nearly thought that if his big brother couldn't take that blow, he would lose his life, descend to the Yellow Springs, and go west to pay his respects to the Buddha. Unexpectedly, his luck and life had held, and he had managed to withstand it.

The killing intent and Soul Beast pressure bursting from Yan Buhui alone were enough to give the Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python a bitter taste.

And that was even though Yan Buhui hadn't used any domain skills.

Yet he carried all manner of bizarre flames and weapons.

However, the Sky Azure Bull Python's show of weakness had only been a calculated move.

"Well?"

"Either become my subordinates or die. Choose for yourselves. I won't force you."

Yan Buhui returned to the subject at hand.

"Sorry, sir, but we of the Sky Azure Bull Python Clan swear never to be slaves or servants! We will never toil like oxen and horses!"

The Sky Azure Bull Python suddenly grew defiant and shouted back.

The Titan Giant Ape, standing beside him, immediately responded:

"Me too!!!"

Hearing this, Yan Buhui felt as uncomfortable as if thorns were pricking his back, a bone were stuck in his throat, and he were sitting on a bed of needles.

Then he clapped his hands in admiration and said,

"Good, good, very good!"

"Your wings have grown strong, have they? Now you even dare talk back to me. How interesting. Don't you know how many years you've spent toiling like oxen and horses?"

With that, Yan Buhui raised his right hand, and several streams of meteoric fire rained down from the sky. He chanted and shouted,

"Phoenix Meteor Shower!!!"

In an instant,

Blazing meteors came crashing down at the Sky Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape!

Boom!

Boom!

The two thunderous impacts blasted another huge crater in the ground.

"Er Ming! Use your domain skill, quick!"

The Sky Azure Bull Python called out to warn the Titan Giant Ape.

"All right, big brother!"

The Titan Giant Ape immediately reacted.

He slammed both fists into the ground and bellowed, "Gravity Domain!"

Then the Sky Azure Bull Python twisted his serpentine body, and sky-azure thunder gathered on his horns.

He shouted in turn, "Slow Domain!!"

Faced with the combined suppression of the two domains,

Yan Buhui showed no sign of panic.

Instead, he stood firm, calm and composed.

His eyes, burning like flames, remained fixed on the two Soul Beast overlords, the Sky Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape.

"Heh!"

"You could have been good guard dogs, but you just had to struggle to the death, didn't you?"

Yan Buhui flung out a stream of Three Thousand Starry Sky Burning Flame.

The afterimage of an Ancient Void Dragon emerged from the flame.

"Go!" Yan Buhui said silently.

The conjured Ancient Void Dragon immediately let out a roar filled with draconic might, forcibly shattering the Sky Azure Bull Python's Slow Domain and the Titan Giant Ape's Gravity Domain!

Both beasts were sent flying, gravely injured!

"Th-this... how is this possible?!"

The Sky Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape cried out in disbelief. Their eyes had gone vacant, and their faces were filled with shock and confusion...

For a moment, the Sky Azure Bull Python, emperor of the Star Dou Great Forest, and the Titan Giant Ape, Soul Beast overlord, were at their wits' end. They floundered helplessly, panic rising in their hearts.

'Today's fifth update, presented for your enjoyment!'