Douluo: The Glory of the Peerless Angel

Chapter 152 Fate's Mandate: The Gift of the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and the Bounty of the Demon King (4K)

"I didn't do anything bad, this auspicious beast just wanted to... wanted to..."

The three-eyed golden lion looked around, racking its brains to come up with an excuse.

"Listen to me, we don't want to."

Ling Bai pulled the three-eyed golden lion to his side and placed a hand on its body: "Don't hand over the fate that was saved with great difficulty to others so easily."

The three-eyed golden lion trembled, knowing that its little scheme had failed, and its tail drooped down like a feather duster.

The ability to connect attributes and fates, once the most cherished by the imperial auspicious beast, was now being offered to Ling Bai. It wanted to see Ling Bai's memories, as if this would allow it to participate in his past life.

"What are we going to do with you like this? You're so kind to me, you'd practically give me your whole heart." Ling Bai leaned against the three-eyed golden lion. "If you ever fall in love in the future, you'll definitely be the devoted type."

"Pooh!"

The three-eyed golden lion bristled and roared, "Isn't the 'sacrificial type' what you used to call a 'simp'? You're insulting me!"

"Don't be angry, don't be angry."

Ling Bai quickly stroked the three-eyed golden lion's fur and said with a smile, "Of course, the auspicious beast of the emperor is not a sycophant, but Di Tian and the others have been protecting you for the past ten thousand years, so you are too unguarded against the outside world and too soft-hearted. You must change this in the future."

"It's clearly you who don't know what's good for you, yet you say I'm soft-hearted." The Three-Eyed Golden Lion grumbled, "This auspicious beast offered to attract your attributes, so why didn't you just pretend to cultivate? Why did you have to refuse?"

Do you even know what it means to be protected by fate? Didn't you tell me before that you were unlucky? Share my fate with you, and I'll guarantee you smooth sailing from now on, making you the destined strongman!

Hearing this, Ling Bai couldn't help but chuckle. It was just a casual joke he'd made one night, but the Three-Eyed Golden Lion had remembered it. This feeling of being remembered was incredibly heartwarming. He gently patted the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's head and said softly:

"Destiny negates our efforts. If we are born destined to be a certain way, then we might as well just lie down and not bother with any cultivation. The world can correct itself and push us onto that predetermined path."

I've never believed in fate; I only believe in my hands, in the strength of my palms and fingers.

He slowly clenched his fist toward the sky, as if seizing a moment of opportune time. The three-eyed golden lion gazed at the figure beside him, its golden eyes clear and bright, like the bright moon, shining and warming the heart.

"I can't bear to see you go, and our intertwined fates will become the bond between us, so that we can meet again no matter where we are."

Even the darkness couldn't erase the clarity in the three-eyed golden lion's eyes. This imperial auspicious beast had a majestic and powerful appearance, but its eyes were bright and sparkling like a puppy's, as if it would never leave the person it had chosen.

"I'll let you masturbate a little longer, you can stay for a few more months, okay?"

The human with blond hair truly won over the heart of the soul beast, the obedient girl. The novel experiences of the year left behind memories far more vivid and colorful than the monotonous life of ten thousand years.

"No, there are people in the human world waiting for me to return safely." Ling Bai's tone was gentle yet firm.

"Oh……"

The three-eyed golden lion looked down at its toes, and Ling Bai vaguely felt that it seemed to have grown two rabbit ears on the back of its head, and it was lying there pitifully.

"Are there many humans in the human world who are as interesting and powerful as you? What are they like?" the three-eyed golden lion asked, blinking its eyes, its expression unfathomable.

"No, I am unique too."

Ling Bai first proudly praised himself, then pondered for a moment and slowly said:

"In fact, the human world and the world of spirit beasts are the same, with both sunny skies and cold rain, and flowers and thorns coexist."

If you enjoy the respect the world of Soul Beasts gives you, then you must accept the monotonous and boring life every day.

Having witnessed the brilliant aspects of the human world, I am inevitably bound to also bear witness to its sordid side, characterized by prioritizing self-interest and engaging in deceitful maneuvering.

"I see..."

The three-eyed golden lion nodded in a daze, and Ling Bai wasn't sure if it had actually heard him.

With the bright moon hanging in the sky and the Starry Sky Forest shrouded in darkness, Ling Bai decided to stop meditating and instead chat with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion to say a proper goodbye.

The human and the beast chatted freely about all sorts of things: the Star Dou Great Forest, Shrek Academy, the Four Great Empires...

Finally, the conversation turned to romantic gossip. Miss Ruishou, her three eyes gleaming, said that the two ferocious beast aunties, Emerald Swan Biji and Hell Demon Dragon King Ziji, both liked Ditian, and sometimes even clashed with him. Red King and Ten Thousand Demon King stepped in with a wry smile to act as peacemakers, while Xiong Jun, always eager for chaos, shouted, "Fight! Fight!"

Faced with matters of the heart, the invincible Di Tian was momentarily stunned. The Three-Eyed Golden Lion seemed to empathize, pounding the ground in anger and shouting:

"Soul beasts are ruled by the strong, and the most ferocious beast in the world should conquer the opposite sex to inherit bloodlines. If I were Uncle Di Tian, ​​Aunt Bi Ji and Aunt Zi Ji wouldn't be able to escape me; they'd give me a hundred dragon babies!"

"hiss--"

Such outrageous words made Ling Bai gasp. Then, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion seemingly casually spoke up:

"Hey, someone as amazing as you must be super popular in the human world. Do you have a lot of admirers? Do you already have a partner?"

If it were Ning Tianhan, Ruoruo, or the others, this would definitely be a matter of life and death. After all, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion is a soul beast, and Ling Bai had no need to hide it from it, so he answered decisively:

"When choosing a partner, a Soul Master prioritizes talent. Countless girls from both the inner and outer academies of Shrek Academy have confessed their love to me, but I only have one partner who has done everything for me."

No way, you actually have it!

The three-eyed golden lion's eyes darkened slightly, and a cross-shaped vein bulged on its forehead. It took a deep breath, barely suppressing the nameless rage in its heart, and gritted its teeth, saying, "Are you going to stay at Shrek Academy from now on?"

"Three years from now, I will take the Shrek Academy graduation exam."

Three years.

The three-eyed golden lion memorized the date and continued to ask:

"And what about these past three years?"

"There's a lot to do." Ling Bai squinted and counted on his fingers. "We need to get the ultimate fire from the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well to solve the problem of the martial soul. We also need to go to the Sun and Moon Continent to kill some people. Those people have a grudge against the Star Dou Great Forest. Back then, they formed a group and broke into Star Dou, killing seven 100,000-year-old soul beasts, which forced you to launch the beast tide."

"Noumenon Sect!"

Di Tian had mentioned the origins of that group of people, and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion was seething with hatred.

"Slay them! Kill seven Title Douluos to avenge Xing Dou!"

"I tried my best..."

"Oh right, didn't you just say you wanted to use extreme fire to solve the problem of your martial soul?"

"Yes, you've seen my second martial soul, the Death Prison Spider Emperor. It's a god-level evil martial soul on the same level as the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger. It requires ultimate light and ultimate fire to advance to the first martial soul, the Six-Winged Angel, in order to completely eliminate the hidden dangers of the Death Prison Spider Emperor."

The three-eyed golden lion realized what was happening and exclaimed, "So you ambushed me and stripped me of my ultimate light bloodline!"

Ling Bai said apologetically, "I'm sorry, I really had no choice. I couldn't find the ultimate light anywhere in the entire Douluo Continent, so I had to resort to underhanded tactics against you."

"Fine, I'm magnanimous, I'll forgive you!"

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion snorted softly. Ling Bai hadn't taken the Ultimate Light for nothing; he gave the Gold of Life as compensation. Later, he hunted down a large number of ten-thousand-year-old Light-type Soul Beasts and a hundred-thousand-year-old Soul Beast, the Holy Sun Heavenly Spirit Tiger, and its brains were all swallowed by it.

The bloodline of ultimate light has long been replenished, and is even stronger than before.

They chatted and laughed, spending the last night together until dawn broke and the first light of day appeared.

"Remember this, this auspicious beast will never owe you anything!"

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion bid farewell with a bright, sunny smile and a relaxed, cheerful tone:

"goodbye!"

After speaking, he transformed into a golden streak of light and rushed into the depths of the Starry Sky Forest.

"goodbye."

Ling Bai watched the three-eyed golden lion depart before heading to the hawksbill turtle clan's habitat to retrieve the golden hawksbill turtle.

As soon as we approached the pool, we heard the golden hawksbill turtle's powerful voice giving a speech:

"Hawk tortoise clan, your king is leaving!"

Don't be sad, don't be anxious, have faith!

a thousand years!

Your king will return in glory ten thousand years with his tortoise offspring!

Ling Bai smiled helplessly and waited quietly for the Golden Tortoiseshell to finish its speech before they traversed the Star Dou Great Forest together and headed out into the outside world.

The golden hawksbill turtle kept muttering to itself the whole way: "Is your pool big enough? Is Miss Spirit Tide Turtle beautiful? Isn't my dark golden shell cool?"

"rustle……"

Just as the two were about to step out of the Star Dou Great Forest, a man with a sinister aura suddenly appeared in front of them and slowly walked towards them. As they walked, the trees sprouted branches wildly, forming a blockade. Each tree grew a strange eye that emitted a yellowish-green light.

The fifth of the ten most ferocious beasts is the Demon-Eyed Demon Tree, the King of Ten Thousand Demons.

The timing of the Demon King's appearance was too subtle. Ling Bai's eyes narrowed slightly, while the Golden Tortoise Shell was on high alert. Having regained its 100,000-year-old true form, it was not afraid and did not attack the Demon Eye Tree, which it was good at. It just subconsciously became vigilant.

"Enough with the nonsense, I only have two things to say."

The Demon King got straight to the point, presenting Ling Bai with a crystal-clear ruby ​​wrapped in a branch. Without even touching it, Ling Bai could easily feel the surging heat emanating from within the gem.

"Ultimate Fire..." Ling Bai murmured.

The Demon King said calmly, "The auspicious beast stripped away its ultimate fire bloodline and asked me to deliver it to you. It said that the flames of the Emperor Auspicious Beast are unmatched by any other soul beast, and it hopes to help you have no more worries."

Please thank her for me.

Ling Bai held the ruby ​​containing the ultimate fire bloodline of the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, which represented the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's purest sentiment.

"Now let's talk about the second thing."

The Demon King stood before Ling Bai and the Golden Tortoise Shell, his eerie eyes fixed on Ling Bai, and said:

"The evil spirit beast would be very useful to you, wouldn't you like to take on the bounty?"

"Who is the reward offered?"

"The Demon Eye Evil Tree is my child," said the King of Ten Thousand Demons. "Ten thousand years ago, one day I suddenly had a whim to cultivate an offspring."

Our Demon Eye Tree clan can split off roots to cultivate offspring that perfectly inherit the bloodline within us, and so can my child.

Three thousand years ago, I suddenly discovered that it had fallen into the form of an evil soul beast, devouring countless plant-type soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest and rapidly breaking through to a cultivation level of 100,000 years. It awakened some evil abilities that specifically countered plant-type soul beasts, and even I personally couldn't kill it. In the end, it escaped from the Star Dou Great Forest.

"My bloodline connection with the Demon Eye Evil Tree remains, indicating that it is still alive, but it is very far from the Star Dou Great Forest, seemingly on that continent that collided with it."

"Sun and Moon Continent?" Ling Bai asked.

"Yes, that is the territory ruled by the Evil Eye Tyrant." The King of Ten Thousand Demons looked wary. "Once the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts set foot on the Sun and Moon Continent, they will inevitably suffer the merciless attack of the Evil Emperor. However, if the Demon Eye Evil Tree is allowed to grow, it is hard to guarantee that it will not make a comeback one day and threaten the plant-type soul beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest."

These past few days I've been observing your two martial souls, one holy and one evil. I've heard about the Six-Winged Angel's martial soul talent, how it converts some of the soul power after killing evil soul masters and evil soul beasts and uses it for its own purposes. Your evil martial soul also needs a soul ring to attach to it.

The Demon Eye Evil Tree has transformed into a soul beast with both evil and spiritual attributes; its soul rings and soul bones are sure to suit you.

If you kill the Demon Eye Evil Tree, bring the evidence to see me in the Star Dou Great Forest, and I can give you a soul bone left behind by a 100,000-year-old plant-type soul beast breaking through its heavenly tribulation as a reward...

"Human, are you interested in taking my bounty?"

The Demon King stared at Ling Bai with a hint of anticipation. The Demon Eye Evil Tree was effective against plant-type soul beasts, and given the growth rate of the evil soul beasts in the territory ruled by the Evil Eye Tyrant, it was highly likely that they had broken through the cultivation level of 200,000 years.

Tens of thousands of years from now, when its cultivation surpasses that of its nominal father, the threat posed by the Demon Eye Evil Tree will not be much less than that of the 100,000-year-old Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, because high-level plant-type soul beasts have the ability to instantly assimilate low-level plant-type soul beasts!

The Demon King felt like it was sitting on pins and needles, knowing it couldn't let the Demon Eye Evil Tree grow unchecked. The appearance of Ling Bai gave it hope, so it decisively decided to take out a 100,000-year-old soul bone to lure Ling Bai to the Sun Moon Empire to kill the Demon Eye Evil Tree.

"With zero investment and huge profits, I have no reason to refuse."

There's a new item on the task list: Demon Eye Evil Tree = 100,000-year Soul Ring + two 100,000-year Soul Bones + Favorability with the Demon King. Who wouldn't want to do this deal?

"readily!"

The Demon King laughed loudly, raised his palm as a knife and cut off a little finger. Not a drop of blood flowed out, and the severed finger regenerated instantly, but the little finger turned into a piece of dry wood.

"These are my roots. Even if you are thousands of miles away, you can use them to sense the location of the Demon Eye Evil Tree."

"it is good."

Ling Bai put away a section of the Demon King's original body, which had been cultivated for over 500,000 years. This item alone was a treasure that all plant-type soul masters in the world dreamed of.

I look forward to your good news.

The Demon King dispersed his iron-chain-like branches, allowing Ling Bai and the Golden Tortoise to leave the Star Dou Great Forest.

Meanwhile, at the Lake of Life, the three-eyed golden lion, which had actively stripped itself of the bloodline of the ultimate fire, gazed into the distance with a calm and undisturbed expression.

"The bloodline of the Imperial Beast is not so easy to obtain."

The three-eyed golden lion spoke softly, its golden body enveloped in light, slowly transforming into a large cocoon, from which resounding dragon roars echoed.

She was never the kind of person who was bland and gentle.

Your destiny is in your own hands!

Since you are unwilling to share my fate, then I will force my way into yours!

The person who has formed a bond with you...

It should be me!

(End of this chapter)