Douluo Continent: The Holy Evil Emperor.

Chapter 71 Manipulating Fate

"Holy crap, how did I run into this little devil?" Ye Qing's eyes widened, cold sweat soaking his back.

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion really couldn't do anything to Ye Qing. Even though its combat power was comparable to that of a 100,000-year-old soul beast, its lack of speed was a fatal flaw, making it impossible for it to catch up with him.

But the Red King is different!

That was a super ferocious beast of the 300,000-year level, the Three-Headed Crimson Demon Hound! It was being compared to a level 97 Super Douluo powerhouse. Even if Ye Qing was arrogant, he didn't think he could escape from the Crimson King who was already prepared.

However... isn't the Red King ready yet?

Ye Qing suddenly grinned and waved at the three-eyed golden lion: "Bye-bye, little girl!"

call out!

A black streak of light flashed through the tree canopy, turning into a blur and disappearing instantly, leaving only the three-eyed golden lion staring blankly at the leaves gradually falling from the tree canopy.

"???" The three-eyed golden lion was dumbfounded.

"That's...a human?"

Immediately afterward, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion flew into a rage: "Damn human, how dare you call me 'little girl'!"

The Crimson King, who was secretly guarding the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, had noticed Ye Qing's departure. It could catch up with Ye Qing if it wanted to, but as a guardian, its first priority was to ensure the safety of the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.

A flash of fiery red light appeared, and the Crimson King's more than ten-meter-tall body appeared behind the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, its three heads looking at the Three-Eyed Golden Lion with concern.

"My beast, are you alright?"

The three-eyed golden lion shook its head, turned back to look at the Crimson King, and said, "I'm fine, Crimson King."

But the thought of Ye Qing calling him "little girl" and "mocking" him made the Three-Eyed Golden Lion grind its teeth in anger.

The Crimson King could only express its helplessness. It had indeed sensed Ye Qing's presence, but in its perception, Ye Qing was merely a human Soul Master who was not even at the Soul King level, pitifully weak, and not worthy of its personal intervention.

But who would have thought that this weak and pathetic human could be so fast?

If prepared, even if the human was very fast, the Crimson King was confident that it could catch up with him. But by this time, the human had already disappeared, and it was not a soul beast that was good at speed.

We had no choice but to give up.

"Why would this weak human enter the core area alone?" The Crimson King was a little puzzled, but it quickly realized something else.

"Auspicious Beast, I'm afraid you can't go hunting today. A human has already spotted you. You must come back to the Lake of Life with me now. The human who saw you must die. This matter needs to be decided by Di Tian."

Faced with the Crimson King's solemn gaze, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion could only nod, though somewhat reluctant.

The fiery red soul power swirled around the three-eyed golden lion, and the Crimson King transformed into a shooting star, soaring into the sky and heading towards the Lake of Life.

The Imperial Beasts are the lifeblood of the Starry Sky Forest, and humans are not allowed to threaten them. Any human who sees the Three-Eyed Golden Lion must die, for the fate of Starry Sky cannot be lost.

It is conceivable that once Di Tian issues the order, Ye Qing will be besieged by countless soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest.

However, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion did not have the same sense of crisis as the Crimson King. It was supposed to be wandering aimlessly when it went out hunting, but when it approached the area it had just been in, the Eye of Destiny took the initiative to guide it in that direction.

Especially when it met Ye Qing's gaze, the power of fate actually conveyed a vague message to it.

Those were just some fragmented images.

It was subdued, forced to undergo a destiny-guided process, and then something seemed to enter its body, making it no longer like itself. After that came fragmented pieces that couldn't be pieced together at all, and finally, its entire body was engulfed in flames, turning into a...

Rose gold spirit ring.

"So...this is my end?" The Three-Eyed Golden Lion was carried by the Crimson King, but its three eyes were filled with confusion and resentment. "Power of Destiny, what are you trying to tell me? I will die? Is this my inescapable fate?"

It could not see the message that the power of fate was conveying to it, nor could it see what exactly happened in that process.

It could only sense that it was in pain, confused, and sad in the scene, and finally died with regret.

This fate... it doesn't want to accept.

Amidst intense emotional turmoil, the Eye of Destiny between the three-eyed golden lion's brows quietly closed. Ye Qing's smiling face reappeared in its mind. Following the aura it had sensed before, a wisp of destiny power separated from the Eye of Destiny, connecting it to Ye Qing from afar.

"Is it him, this human?" When the Three-Eyed Golden Lion opened its eyes again, it had already been taken back to the Lake of Life by the Crimson King. Di Tian and Bi Ji were standing in front of it, looking at it with concern.

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"Little guy, are you alright?" Brigitte reached out and touched its head, asking gently.

Di Tian remained silent. The Crimson King had already told him what had just happened, and its opinion was the same as his own. Di Tian also believed that it would be safer to leave the human who had seen the auspicious beast in the Star Dou Great Forest forever.

"Let that human remain in the Star Dou Great Forest forever. I will give orders to the soul beasts in the core area to find him and kill him," Di Tian said calmly, without a trace of killing intent, as if he were simply asking what to eat for lunch.

After all, he was just a weak human being.

"Wait!" The Three-Eyed Golden Lion suddenly spoke, its melodious female voice as clear and crisp as pearls falling onto a jade plate.

Di Tian's expression remained unchanged, still calm: "What's wrong?"

After hesitating for a while, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion decided to tell what it had seen in the power of destiny. After all, Di Tian and the others had watched it grow up and protected it from childhood to adulthood. They were the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's most trusted relatives. If it couldn't even tell them, then who else could it confide in?

Di Tian's expression finally changed, becoming serious with a hint of terror: "You mean, you saw those events and your death within the power of destiny?"

The rage of the Star Beast God gradually accumulated, and the Lake of Life, which was originally like a paradise on earth, was stained with a gloomy black.

"Yes, but not because of that human just now." The Three-Eyed Golden Lion's tone was somewhat confused and uncertain. "According to the prediction of fate, I shouldn't have even met him. It was because of the appearance of this human that the trajectory of fate changed and allowed me to see the predetermined future."

"He... seems to be able to help me break this predetermined future and reverse my fate of being destined to die."

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P.S.: The power of fate is a bit mysterious. With a slight twist, the protagonist, a human not bound by fate, gets to manipulate the threads of destiny.

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