Douluo Continent II: Senior Sister, Please Help Me Cultivate

Chapter 276 Catching a Little Auspicious Beast

As Chen Feng watched the auspicious beast and its bodyguard, the Crimson King, fly from the ominous land towards the core area, a plan immediately came to his mind.

The Golden Lion King is Xiong Jun's younger brother, and he has always been with Xiong Jun deep in the Great Ferocious Land.

Xiong Jun's strength is quite formidable. Even Elder Xuan, Elder Song, and Elder Lin were unable to capture the Golden Lion King without alerting Xiong Jun.

Chen Feng had originally planned to settle for a less desirable 100,000-year-old soul beast and instead target one that was easier to catch.

However, upon seeing the auspicious beast go out to forage for food, they immediately changed their minds.

While the auspicious beast is out foraging, you can easily capture it and exchange it for a 100,000-year-old soul beast.

(In the original story, after Xuan Lao captured the auspicious beast, he proposed to exchange it for a ten-thousand-year-old spirit beast. This made the Crimson King think he had misheard. Given the value of the auspicious beast, he wouldn't be surprised if Xuan Lao asked him to get a one-hundred-thousand-year-old spirit beast.)

Chen Feng, along with Elder Xuan, Elder Song, and Elder Lin, were hiding on the outskirts of the ominous place.

As Chen Feng watched the auspicious beast transform into a golden streak of light and gradually disappear into the distance, he immediately transmitted his voice to Elder Xuan and the other two beside him, saying, "Elder Xuan, Elder Song, Elder Lin, I have a plan, but I don't know if it will work."

In the perilous Star Dou Great Forest, Chen Feng and his group dared not speak directly; they all used telepathy.

Upon hearing Chen Feng's words, Elder Xuan also transmitted his voice, "Chen Feng, kid, tell me quickly what your plan is." Clearly, the monotonous week of waiting in the Star Dou Great Forest had left Elder Xuan somewhat bored.

Old Song, who was standing nearby, also transmitted his voice, "Little Chen, the Golden Lion King has been staying with Xiong Jun the whole time, so we can't do anything about it. If you have any good ideas, please tell us."

Old Lin nodded, indicating that Chen Feng could speak freely.

Chen Feng transmitted his voice, "Elder Xuan, Elder Song, Elder Lin, that golden light just now was the Emperor Beast of the Star Dou Great Forest. It is very important to the Star Dou Great Forest."

"As long as we capture this auspicious beast, exchanging it for a 100,000-year-old soul beast will be a piece of cake."

Upon hearing Chen Feng's words, the three elders' eyes lit up.

Elder Xuan, in particular, encountered the auspicious beast and the Crimson King when he went to the Star Dou Great Forest with Chen Feng last time, and even fought with the Crimson King.

After hearing Chen Feng's words, Elder Xuan thought about it more and more and felt that Chen Feng's method was feasible.

Why didn't he think of such a good idea?

In his eyes, that Crimson King was at most comparable to a level 97 Title Douluo, far inferior to him, a level 98 peak Title Douluo, and no match for him at all.

He's much easier to deal with than that bear king who's with the Golden Lion King.

Xiong Jun's true form is a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear. Its combat power is so strong that even in a one-on-one fight, Elder Xuan would not dare to say that he could defeat it. It is even possible that Xiong Jun could kill him instead.

On one side is a mythical beast with ten thousand years of cultivation, and on the other is the Crimson King, who is comparable to a level 97 Super Douluo.

On one side is the Golden Lion King, whose combat power can rival a level 95 Title Douluo and who possesses some golden bloodline, and on the other side is the Bear Lord, whom even he cannot defeat.

Furthermore, the former left the dangerous and ominous place and flew towards the core area of ​​the Star Dou Great Forest.

Is there even a need to choose? You should pick the softest persimmons to squeeze; how could Master Xuan not know this principle?

He immediately agreed to Chen Feng's method, intending to capture the auspicious beast and exchange it for a 100,000-year-old soul beast.

Old Man Song and Old Man Lin, who were standing to the side, nodded in agreement after hearing Chen Feng's words.

After all, the difficulty of making a move in a dangerous place is quite different from making a move in the core area or even the mixed area of ​​the Star Dou Great Forest.

Capturing a powerful 100,000-year-old soul beast in such a dangerous place is indeed very difficult. If not handled properly, Elder Song and Elder Lin might even suffer a setback.

Soon, Chen Feng and his group left the ominous place and quietly chased after the auspicious beast.

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The junction of the core area and the mixed area of ​​the Starry Sky Forest.

The auspicious beast scanned its surroundings with its three eyes, and soon spotted a suitable prey: a Bright Spirit Tiger with ten thousand years of cultivation.

As an imperial auspicious beast, its food is the brain matter of light-attribute soul beasts.

A luminous spirit tiger with ten thousand years of cultivation would be just right, and there are luminous attribute soul beasts with even higher cultivation levels.

However, Di Tian forbade it from eating those light-attribute soul beasts with higher cultivation levels.

If Di Tian could feed it high-level light-attribute soul beasts, it wouldn't have to come to the mixed zone of the Star Dou Great Forest every time to find food and shelter.

Instead, they would resolve the issue directly in a highly inauspicious location or the core area.

Auspicious Beast: (ì_í) Damn it, it always runs so far away, really, hmph!

(Based on the original story of the auspicious beast hunting the twin cyclops in the mixed zone, and through logical reasoning, the author provides a reasonable explanation for why the auspicious beast would appear here.)

The auspicious beast looked at the Radiant Tiger and felt its stomach growling with hunger, so it immediately prepared to hunt for food.

The auspicious beast transformed into a golden light, its four claws resembling dragons, radiating dazzling golden flames, and charged towards the Radiant Spirit Tiger.

Seeing the auspicious beast charging towards it, the Bright Spirit Tiger was so frightened that it turned tail and ran away without daring to put up any resistance.

But how could a luminous spirit tiger with a cultivation of only ten thousand years outrun an auspicious beast?

Although the auspicious beast's cultivation is only 15,000 years, it possesses near-perfect light and fire attributes. Even its body is incredibly powerful due to the bloodline of the golden dragon. Its strength is far beyond what the Light Spirit Tiger can match.

Soon the Radiant Tiger was captured by the auspicious beast, and then a golden ball of light pierced through the Radiant Tiger's skull.

Just as the auspicious beast was about to taste the brains of the Radiant Tiger.

Three old people and one young man, four humans suddenly appeared.

Looking at the auspicious beast, Elder Xuan waved his hand, and the earth-yellow energy transformed into a large hand, which, like catching a chick, grasped the auspicious beast in its palm.

"Ah!!" The auspicious beast burst forth with dazzling light, using all its strength, but still could not break free from Elder Xuan's restraints.

As the auspicious beast cried out, a dark red figure appeared.

It was none other than the bodyguard of the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, an auspicious beast of the emperor, and the Crimson King, ranked eighth among the ten fierce beasts, with a cultivation level of 300,000 years.

The Crimson King was over five meters long, extremely powerful, resembling both a dog and a lion, with three identical beast heads. Each head was over a meter in diameter, with sharp, terrifying, crimson-gold canines.

Looking at Elder Xuan, Elder Song, and Elder Lin, the Crimson King immediately felt immense pressure.

Not long ago, he had fought Xuanzi, and he knew Xuanzi's strength all too well. He was no match for this slovenly old human man.

In addition to Xuanzi, the other two human old women also put a lot of pressure on it.

Although it doesn't feel as powerful as Elder Xuan, it's definitely a top-tier expert among Super Douluo.

As for Chen Feng, he was ignored by the Crimson King. Anyone below the Title Douluo level was just an insect in the Crimson King's eyes, someone he could crush with a flick of his wrist. The Crimson King, with his three heads and six eyes, coldly stared at Elder Xuan, Elder Song, and Elder Lin, suppressing his anger as he said, "Bastards, do you even know who you've captured? You've captured an Emperor-level Auspicious Beast! If you dare touch it, you're making an enemy of all the soul beasts in our entire Star Dou Great Forest!"

Elder Xuan listened to the Crimson King's words and said, "Don't try to scare me with your mouth. If you really frighten me, I can crush you with my big hand and all those emperors and auspicious beasts will be nothing but corpses."

After saying that, Elder Xuan squeezed his large, earth-yellow hand slightly, and the auspicious beast, held in his hand, immediately showed a pained expression.

When the Crimson King saw that Xuanzi was actually holding the Emperor Beast, he was so frightened that he hurriedly said, "Xuanzi, stop right now! The Emperor Beast is the only auspicious beast on the continent today."

"If it dies, the entire Star Dou Great Forest will go mad. Then, my Star Dou Great Forest will unleash a beast tide and annihilate your Shrek Academy!!"

Seeing that the Crimson King was completely ignorant and was still threatening him, Elder Xuan tightened his grip on the Emperor Beast's earthen-yellow hand.

Imperial Auspicious Beast: ("＞＜)"

Seeing that the Emperor Beast's face was distorted from the pain of being pinched, the Crimson King immediately dared not utter any more threatening words.

The Crimson King softened and said in a low voice, "How can you let the auspicious beast go?"

Seeing that the Crimson King had given in, Elder Xuan remained calm on the surface, but inwardly he was overjoyed. Of course, he wouldn't actually destroy the Imperial Beast, even though Elder Xuan was a bit unreliable.

However, they also knew the importance of the Emperor Beast to the Star Dou Great Forest. After all, according to the ancient records of Shrek Academy, the Emperor Beast could increase the cultivation speed of the surrounding soul beasts.

If they really killed the Emperor Beast, the Star Dou Great Forest might actually launch a beast tide to attack Shrek Academy.

Elder Xuan immediately loosened his grip on the Emperor Beast's earthen-yellow hand.

The pained expression on the Emperor Beast's face disappeared, and it began to gasp for breath, clearly having been squeezed until it couldn't breathe.

Elder Xuan said to the Crimson King, "Our Shrek Academy students are currently lacking a spirit ring, and I think this Imperial Beast is just right."

Upon hearing that Xuanzi intended to transform the Imperial Beast into a Soul Ring, the Crimson King immediately panicked and exclaimed, "No! The power of the Imperial Beast is beyond your human capacity to absorb, and it would be of no benefit to you. If you wish to absorb a Soul Ring, I can find other Soul Beasts!"

(The original text states that it cannot be absorbed unless the auspicious beast sacrifices itself; otherwise, a soul master cannot absorb the auspicious beast's soul ring through normal means.)

Xuan Lao thought to himself, "Chen Feng is really smart. In the words he told me, he managed to confuse the Crimson King with just a few words."

At this moment, Chen Feng was safely watching the show from behind Elder Xuan and the other two.

Elder Xuan said to the Crimson King, "Crimson King, alright, since you put it that way, then it's not impossible to discuss it. How about this, you find me a 100,000-year-old soul beast with the spiritual attribute and exchange it for this auspicious beast."

Upon hearing this, the Crimson King immediately cursed, "Xuanzi, don't push your luck! Spirit attribute soul beasts are already rare. My Star Dou Great Forest doesn't have a single spirit attribute soul beast that's 100,000 years old."

Elder Xuan said, "Since there isn't one, I'll settle for second best. Just give me a soul beast with a noble bloodline. I think the Golden Lion King from your Star Dou Great Forest is perfect. That's the one."

Upon hearing Elder Xuan's still excessive demands, the Crimson King angrily retorted, "Xuanzi, the Golden Lion Emperor's bloodline is noble, and he has the potential to break through 100,000 years of cultivation in the future. Your demands are too much; I cannot agree to them!!"

Old Master Xuan scoffed, "If this won't work, if that won't work, what will work?"

The Crimson King Dog said with a ferocious expression, "Ten thousand-year-old soul beasts are extremely rare. At most, we can only provide you with a ninety thousand-year-old soul beast."

Elder Xuan said, "Since that's the case, I'll take the auspicious beast back with me. I don't believe what you said about the auspicious beast's soul ring being unabsorbable."

The Crimson King immediately backed down. If Di Tian knew that he had lost the precious auspicious beast, he would definitely not let him off the hook.

The Crimson King gritted his teeth and said, "Xuanzi, fine, fine, ordinary 100,000-year-old soul beasts are fine, but don't even think about the Golden Lion King. I might agree, but the Bear King behind the Golden Lion King won't!"

Elder Xuan said coldly, "Since you can't make the decision, then tell the one who can. I'll give you two hours. After that, you won't get another chance."

Elder Xuan unleashed his soul power, "Red King, I will be waiting for you in the southern part of the outer edge of the Star Dou Great Forest. Remember, you only have two hours."

Flames erupted from the Crimson King's body, turning the surrounding ground into lava. "Fine, fine!! You just wait."

As soon as he finished speaking, the Crimson King transformed into a dark red light and vanished instantly.

Clearly, they've returned to the ominous place to find Di Tian.

Seeing that the Crimson King had disappeared, Elder Xuan laughed and said to Chen Feng, "Chen Feng, you're really smart. The Crimson King gave in right away."

Old Song, standing to the side, asked, "Won't this involve some risks?"

Old Lin smiled and said, "Hunting a 100,000-year-old soul beast is also risky. We have the Emperor Auspicious Beast in our hands, so the soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest won't dare to do anything to us."

Fifteen minutes later, on the southern outskirts of the Starry Sky Forest.

The three-eyed golden lion, a mythical beast of imperial power, which was now firmly bound, glared at Chen Feng, whom it had met twice before, and roared, "You cunning human, release me now!!"

The three-eyed golden lion spoke in human language, its voice clear, melodious, and captivating. However, the words that followed were the complete opposite of that beautiful voice.

"If you don't let me go, I'll make sure you all suffer a terrible death, endless bad luck, and then let the ferocious beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest kill you all!!"

Chen Feng listened to the curse of the auspicious beast with a calm expression. The power of destiny of the Emperor Auspicious Beast Three-Eyed Golden Lion sounded impressive, but in reality, it was just so-so.

At most, the red Eye of Destiny on its forehead might strike someone with a ray, causing them a period of bad luck. However, this bad luck is not severe, and for a powerful individual who has acquired great power, it is like a gentle breeze, having virtually no effect.

Chen Feng examined the auspicious beast and had to admit that although the Emperor Auspicious Beast Three-Eyed Golden Lion was a soul beast, its appearance was extremely gorgeous and beautiful.

Although it is also made of fur, the auspicious beast's entire body is like a translucent crystal, full of a strange texture.

Its overall shape resembles a lion, but its four claws are like those of a dragon, with a ball of golden flame beneath each claw. Its mouth is also longer than that of lion-type soul beasts, and beneath its fur is a layer of fine, golden scales with excellent defensive capabilities.

The three eyes are even more beautiful; the two normal eyes shimmer with a brilliant gold, while the third eye in the middle of the forehead is a vertical pupil that emits an eerie red light.

Chen Feng approached the auspicious beast, stroked its incredibly soft fur, and said with a smile, "You've got quite a temper. But you'd better keep your voice down. No matter how loud you shout, it's useless. Why waste your breath?"

The old man Xuan, who was standing to the side, looked at the auspicious beast and chuckled as if he had thought of something. "Chen Feng, there is a record in an ancient classic that I obtained from our Shrek Academy. It says that where there is an auspicious beast, all beasts are protected. Its status is supreme, and humans can guide it. Now is the perfect time to give it a try."

Imperial Auspicious Beast: (╬◣д◢)

The main attribute of a mythical beast is spirit, while fire and light attributes are only close to their ultimate values.

In the original work, both Hyotei and Genno gave explanations: one said it was the ultimate, and the other said it was close to the ultimate.

In terms of realm and strength, Elder Xuan is stronger than the Ice Emperor at her peak. Moreover, the Ice Emperor did not have a physical body at that time, and there was only a soul in Huo Yuhao's spiritual sea. In addition, the Ice Emperor's spiritual power was not strong enough, and she could not personally experience it, so her judgment was not accurate.

In conclusion, it is undoubtedly true that Elder Xuan, who was stronger and personally tested the auspicious beast's strength, made a more accurate judgment.

(End of this chapter)