Douluo Continent: Long Live the Spirit Hall

Where the terrifying red light struck, not only were the forests destroyed, but the earth also sank dozens of meters, as if even the life of the soil and rocks had been taken away.

The red color gradually faded, and for the next month, no soul beast dared to approach that area.

The red in the sky gradually faded, the blood-red light subsided, and it returned to the core of the Demon Forest, emanating an angry aura from the heart of the forest.

The powerful emotional fluctuations seemed to permeate the entire forest, and countless soul beasts could feel the rage of the person who caused these emotions.

Although the iceberg was destroyed, the Evil Emperor still had no clue as to whereabouts of his son, and his anger remained unvented. Under these circumstances, he would never let the matter rest.

"While there are ice-type soul beasts within the Demon Forest, it's absolutely impossible for them to create something like this. Only humans or otherworldly soul beasts could accomplish this." Deep within the Demon Forest, a voice spoke to itself.

“Those creatures in the far north rarely leave the ice plains, and I can usually spot them as soon as they get close to the forest. Could it be humans? Do those weaklings have the guts? Although the possibility is small, I can't leave my child unsearched. The nearest human city might know something.” As that deep voice appeared, a beam of blood-red light rose from the depths of the Demon Forest, as if some peerless being was about to be born. The sky began to distort and then turned completely dark.

"I must find out what happened. My son must not be harmed." The pitch-black clouds slowly split open to both sides, as if the entire sky had been torn apart, and a huge eye reappeared.

A terrifying mental storm swept across the land, turning the sky instantly red, like a sea of ​​blood.

The intense mental fluctuations caused all the soul beasts in the entire Demon Forest to prostrate themselves on the ground, not daring to move an inch.

They could sense the wrath of the Evil Eye Tyrant, who reigned supreme over everything in the Demon Forest.

Now that their master is angry, they can only prostrate themselves on the ground in submission.

"Gather all the soul beasts! If the humans don't give me a proper explanation, then let them know what's what!" The Demon Tyrant's order was relayed, and the auras of 100,000-year-old soul beasts appeared throughout the Demon Forest. Many of these were members of the Evil Eye Clan, clearly members or even offspring of the Evil Emperor. At this moment, they were conveying the Evil Emperor's orders to the soul beasts within the Demon Forest, preparing to unleash a beast tide.

"The Evil Emperor is about to cause a big commotion. I'd better hide. I hope the people of Sun Moon City can hold out. Aren't they just mobilizing troops to prepare for another attack on Jingyang Mountain Range? I hope they can get through smoothly again." On the outskirts of Jingyang Mountain Range, Yan, who had been being cheeky, returned to the ruins behind the Fire Mulberry Forest. The three soul beasts he captured this time were of very high quality, so he needed to plan carefully and lay low for a while.

...On the city wall of the west gate of Sun and Moon City, countless guards stood ready. As the capital of the Sun and Moon Empire, Sun and Moon City rarely went into a state of war preparedness, but after the return of the group of powerful figures who had entered the Jingyang Mountains a few days ago, the entire Ming Capital was on edge.

The Jingyang Mountains are located very close to Sun and Moon City. The emergence of a new and powerful Soul Beast King there is not good news for the important figures in Sun and Moon City.

The royal family's prospective titled Douluo is now critically injured and on the verge of death. It is said that he may not be able to be saved, and things will only become more complicated then.

Xu Gongfeng is the uncle of the current emperor of the Sun Moon Empire, and the two have a close relationship. It is said that the royal family intends to make him the next Grand Master. If he dies like this, the royal family cannot possibly have no reaction at all.

But if we send troops to conquer the Jingyang Mountains again, and they provoke us one after another, we might trigger a beast tide, in which case everyone would be doomed.

Therefore, many nobles have been waiting for news at the royal court these days. Although everyone has their own thoughts, none of them want the beast tide to happen.

Inside the Sun and Moon City Imperial Palace, the empire's dignitaries were discussing the situation when a general, his armor disheveled, rushed into the hall.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, there are soul beasts outside the city..." The general was clearly terrified by what he saw, and his speech was somewhat unclear. However, many important figures in the empire, including the emperor, understood what he meant: there were soul beasts outside the city, and they were not ordinary soul beasts.

This news left everyone bewildered. Before they even went to the Jingyang Mountains to cause trouble, a spirit beast had already approached them. It seemed that this battle was inevitable.

Chapter 309 Unexpected Disaster

Outside Sun and Moon City, darkness was spreading from the western sky. Although no spirit beasts had actually appeared yet, the oppressive force emanating from the sky made it difficult to breathe.

Upon receiving the order, the city defense troops on the city wall immediately sprang into action, deploying various defensive soul-guided devices.

Although Sun and Moon City had not experienced war for many years, its garrison was in excellent order. The situation in the New World was turbulent for many years, and as the true elite guarding the capital, each of them was a veteran selected from the frontier and experienced in great battles.

Although the pressure from the sky made them all pale, they still gritted their teeth and did what they had to do.

There are quite a few Soul Masters among the city guards of Mingdu, most of whom are nobles or officers who have been promoted. A large number of them have settled in Mingdu, and now that their hometown is in danger, how could they not fight desperately?

On the city wall, cannons pointed into the distance. Although these soul-guided cannons were cumbersome and crude, they were still powerful, especially when facing a large army attacking the city.

A general has gone to the palace to report the situation, and the city guards have already prepared their defensive equipment. The western city is the main defense zone, and the troops that were gathered here in fear of a retaliatory beast tide from the Jingyang Mountains have all converged on this area.

When news of the soul beast attack reached the important figures in Mingdu, the true powerhouses of the Sun Moon Empire were mobilized. One after another, powerful figures with remarkable auras gathered in the East City, and even hidden old monsters were brought out, all to ensure the safety of Mingdu.

Inside a city tower in the eastern part of Mingdu, a group of figures with considerable auras gathered. One of them wore a golden crown robe resembling a dragon robe. Although he looked old, he was still full of vigor.

"Old Ghost Xu, your royal family has really gotten into big trouble this time." This group of powerful figures were all leaders of various families and forces in Mingdu, with at least the cultivation level of Soul Douluo. At this moment, however, they were separated, and an old man stepped forward to criticize the royal family.

Before the old man in the golden robe could speak, a middle-aged man who looked to be in his fifties angrily said, "Old He, you are being presumptuous. With a formidable enemy at hand, instead of thinking about how to repel them, you spout wild words. What are your true intentions?"

"Ming Hongchen, if your Hongchen family is willing to be the Xu family's dogs, don't drag us all into this." Old Monster He, the elder who spoke first, suddenly slammed his cane down, and the aura of a Title Douluo instantly swept across the entire hall.

"This incident was clearly caused by the royal family's repeated provocations against the soul beasts of Jingyang Mountain Range. The Xu family must take responsibility for this."

"All of you shut up for now. This matter is probably not so simple." Just as the old man in the golden robe was about to speak, a frail old man suddenly rang out. It was a withered old man who had not spoken to anyone since he entered. At this moment, he was looking up at the west from the entrance of the main hall of the city tower.

"Didn't you guys notice? The entity the royal family provoked in the Jingyang Mountains is suspected to be the Sun Worm King, which should be of the light and fire attributes. How could it bring such dark and ominous clouds? This direction seems to point to that even more terrifying entity."

"The Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler. The Evil Emperor? How could it suddenly appear? We clearly reached an agreement with it back then." The ancestor of the Sun and Moon Royal Family, the old man known as Old Ghost Xu, also changed his expression, staring solemnly at the increasingly dense dark clouds.

"Everyone, prepare to make your move. If it really is the Evil Emperor, then this will be disastrous." The withered old man in black robes spoke again. Surprisingly, this time no one objected. All the powerful figures who knew about the Demon Forest were aware of just how terrifying that peerless ferocious beast was.

"Let's go out together." The old man in the golden robe, who was also the patriarch of the Sun Moon Empire's royal family, sighed and took the lead. The others followed suit.

Beams of light rose from the city walls, each beam representing the soul power of a powerful being. There were approximately several hundred powerful beings above the Soul Saint level, but in the battle against beings of the Calamity level, most of them were of little use.

A seven-ring Soul Saint is an unattainable pinnacle in the eyes of ordinary people, but in the eyes of a true peerless expert, it is nothing at all.

The ones who can truly determine the outcome of this conflict are those few figures at the very front of the city wall.

"But Your Majesty the Evil Emperor is here. I am the Grand Elder of the Sun and Moon Empire. May I ask what brings you here today?" The old man in the golden robe, who was also the patriarch of the Xu family of the royal family, stood at the front. A terrifying sun suddenly rose from his body, and golden light shone brightly across the sky. The rising sun illuminated the earth and dispelled much of the darkness brought by the dark clouds.

With the intervention of the Xu family patriarch, the panic in the eastern part of the city was greatly stabilized. Many people in the east of the city looked up at the sky, their eyes wide with anticipation for this battle between the world's top experts.

This isn't because these people are reckless or anything like that. In the current state of Dongcheng, almost all the civilians who could be evacuated have already been moved away. The remaining people are basically the army and powerful individuals who have been summoned to resist the soul beasts. They cannot possibly retreat, so of course they have to keep a close eye on the situation.

A blazing sun shone down on the earth, and this solar martial spirit, after rising into the sky, suddenly expanded to a diameter of nearly a hundred meters, demonstrating the power of this royal ancestor, who was definitely not an ordinary titled Douluo.

Above the sky, golden light dispelled large swathes of dark clouds, and soon collided with the black mist sweeping in from further away.

Golden light shone down, and the churning dark clouds in the distance paused briefly before colliding violently with the golden light.

In the sky, the light flickered, and finally, after the inky darkness receded abruptly, it burst forth with an even deeper crimson hue, directly scattering the sunlight and plunging the eastern city of Mingdu into darkness once more.

This astonishing scene was witnessed by many people. Some cheers that were about to erupt suddenly stopped. Everyone understood that this newcomer was extremely terrifying.

"The Sun and Moon Royal Family, how dare you!" A cold voice resounded throughout the heavens and earth. When this voice appeared, it seemed that only its voice remained in the world. In the rolling black clouds that contained blood, a huge eye, like the eye of the heavens, looked down at those figures.

"Your Majesty, Evil Emperor, what has provoked your anger?" Beside the golden-robed elder, a withered old man in black robes stepped forward. Behind him appeared a massive black toad figure, possessing a power that could rival that of the Evil Emperor.

"Toads are highly poisonous, and you are a member of the Red Dust Clan." The one-eyed being in the sky, also known as the Evil Eye Tyrant, slightly narrowed his eyes when he saw the old man, clearly showing some apprehension.

The Hongchen family is a very special family within the Sun Moon Empire. They are loyal supporters of the royal family, and their names are also quite unique.

Most families pass down their lineage through surnames, but the Hongchen family inherits its name from the mortal realm. Furthermore, their martial spirits are quite unique; siblings may possess different martial spirits, but they are almost always toads—highly venomous toads.

The toad is one of the five primordial poisons, extremely venomous. Therefore, once the martial soul of this race is cultivated to the level of Title Douluo, it becomes extremely fearsome.

The Evil Emperor was not afraid of the tiny human in front of him, but the human's deadly poison might worsen his injuries, which was unacceptable to him.

The black-robed elder of the Hongchen family remained vigilant and continued to gather poison.

"We hope that Your Majesty the Evil Emperor can tell us everything. If there is any misunderstanding, we can discuss and resolve it."

"It's a misunderstanding. You've prepared so many people to deal with the soul beasts so early on, how could that be a misunderstanding? Where do all these coincidences come from?" The Evil Emperor's icy voice rang out.

"You despicable humans actually ask me why? For years, your human soul masters have been hunting down the soul beasts of my Demon Forest. Is this a misunderstanding? We soul beasts haven't launched beast tides to invade your cities for many years, yet you humans keep coming to harass us, killing my people, harming them to obtain soul rings to enhance your own strength. Can this really be a misunderstanding?" The black-robed elder of the Red Dust Clan was silent for a moment, then raised his head and said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty, the Evil Emperor, we naturally understand this problem, but… humanity needs the power to protect itself. You just mentioned…" The beast tide—if it weren't for the existence of Martial Souls and Soul Masters, we humans would be utterly powerless to resist it. To put it another way, could you control all the Soul Beasts and prevent them from attacking humans? Furthermore, the Empire has issued laws prohibiting hunting Soul Beasts in the Demon Forest. People like us can only venture to the Jingyang Mountains near the Demon Forest at most. I'm not arguing about anything, even if there are Soul Masters who secretly infiltrate the Demon Forest to hunt. But I want to say that the number of humans who have gained anything over the years far exceeds the number of human Soul Masters you've killed. These things are inherently reciprocal.”

"You're right, these things are indeed reciprocal, so I won't care about most of the Soul Masters who enter the Demon Forest. However, my son is missing." The Evil Emperor's voice suddenly became intense at the end.

"My son, a 100,000-year-old soul beast, disappeared in the Demon Forest. An iceberg was left behind where he disappeared—this is the power of ice. Within the Demon Forest, there are no soul beasts skilled in this power that could defeat my son. And the soul beasts further north—if they appeared, I would sense them immediately. If not them, then it's only you, and you've gathered so many powerful figures here. What, are you already waiting for my revenge?" The Xu family patriarch hurriedly explained, "Your Majesty, please don't misunderstand. We've gathered here not to deal with you, but because of the powerful figures from the Jingyang Mountains recently…"

"Jingyang Mountain Range, there was indeed some movement a few days ago, using the power of fire and light. Has the Sun Worm Clan produced an emperor? But that has nothing to do with me. I just want to know, where is my son..." The Evil Eye Tyrant Overlord glanced in the direction of the Jingyang Mountain Range to the west. A hundred-thousand-year-old soul beast had appeared there. Normally, it might have cared a lot about that, but now, it had no such thoughts. Its cold voice was filled with savagery and madness. It no longer wanted to hold back.

The black-robed elder of the Red Dust Clan also sensed that something was wrong with the Evil Emperor, but could only say in a deep voice, "Your Majesty, I want to tell you that we don't know anything about your son, and no one else does. I hope you can calm your anger and not start another conflict..."

"You're threatening me, very well." The Evil Eye Tyrant was never one to reason. Now that he was convinced that everything was related to humanity, he was far from calm. As his voice abruptly stopped, a beam of red light crashed down. Seeing this, the powerful figures on the city wall all took action, and a great battle was inevitable.

Chapter 310 Return to Douluo Continent

"This behemoth is finally about to be born. All the time and effort I've put in has been worthwhile." Deep within the underground ruins of the Jingyang Mountains, Yan stared intently at the pocket bathed in green light, brimming with vitality. His gaze became exceptionally fervent.

Inside this pocket were the three Behemoth eggs. After a long wait, he could sense that the life force of the three eggs had reached its peak; they were about to hatch.

Yan watched all this with great anticipation, and before long, a strange fluctuation echoed within the ruins.

Strange sounds, like the clanging of metal, echoed within the main hall of the ruins, while golden waves of light continuously spread outwards.

In the center of the suspended pocket, the most powerful golden egg erupted with intense energy fluctuations. The vigorous vitality it displayed at this moment even surpassed that of the Azure Bull Python Daming and the Titan Giant Ape Erming that Yan had previously encountered.

The two kings of the Star Dou Great Forest are top-tier 100,000-year-old soul beasts. While powerful figures like Bibi Dong, Qian Daoliu, and Poseidon might be stronger, their vitality is still inferior, as most 100,000-year-old soul beasts are as large as small mountains.

In Yan's memory, apart from the Goddess Blazing Flame, which he couldn't sense in detail, and the few level-ten divine beasts in the Qin Emperor Universe, the two Forest Kings were the creatures with the most vigorous life force that he had ever encountered.

However, at this moment, the newly born golden creature displayed an even more vigorous vitality than them, which was simply unbelievable.

"Gurgle!" With a series of cracking sounds, the golden eggshell shattered, a piece of the shell was pushed open, and a small head appeared in Yan's sight. First the head, then the limbs, and finally the little guy made an incomprehensible gurgling sound as it came into this world.

The golden little creature looked like an ugly, skinny monkey with sparse fur and wrinkled skin.

In fact, most newborn animals are like this, and human babies are the same; they are not very good-looking when they are first born.

After making two gurgling sounds, the little guy sank into the source of life. After taking two gulps of the life-energy-rich liquid, it seemed to have been replenished with energy and gained strength. Then it opened its mouth and made a series of crisp cracking sounds.

The golden eggshell became the little guy's first meal. As he began to eat, the little guy's body began to radiate an extraordinary golden light, and his originally sparse fur began to grow thicker.

"Goo-giggle..." When the little guy's goo-giggle sound rang out again, the golden light had dissipated, and what appeared in front of Yan was a strange little golden monkey, somewhat like a golden snub-nosed monkey, round and quite cute. When Yan looked over, it even responded with a call.

A golden light suddenly appeared in Yan's vision. The next moment, he felt his trouser leg tighten. He looked down and saw that the little guy, who had been in his pocket, had somehow slipped to his feet and was sniffing his scent.

Yan carefully bent down and reached out. When his palm touched the fluffy, round head, the little guy did not resist. Instead, he looked up and smiled.

"Gurgle gurgle..." Yan couldn't help but reach out and pinch the little guy's round head, just like a newborn baby. The little guy looked a bit chubby, and it felt quite nice to touch. However, the little guy didn't seem to like it and made two resistant cries.

Yan noticed his displeasure and didn't insist on pinching his little monkey face. Instead, she picked up his round body and examined him carefully.

"This little guy was just born, yet his physical attributes are already comparable to the top-tier soul beasts. If I had harbored malicious intent, I'd probably be dead by now." After checking the little guy's data, Yan couldn't help but marvel. The Golden Behemoth truly lived up to its reputation as a terrifying divine beast that devoured dragon beasts; it was an existence born solely for slaughter.

The little guy was clearly just born, but his muscles, bones, and skin had reached an extremely terrifying level, and most of Yan's attacks couldn't break through his defenses at all.

Furthermore, this little guy's strength and muscle density are terrifying, and his reaction speed is even faster than Yan's. Given how close they are now, if Yan were to harbor even the slightest malicious intent, he himself would likely be the first to fall.

Although it sounds outrageous, it's true. The little guy looks like he was just born, but he's already more difficult to deal with than a typical 100,000-year-old soul beast.

This powerful creature can hunt down adult dragons even before it reaches adulthood, making it incredibly terrifying.

"Crack! Crack!" Just as Yan was examining the little guy's body, two more crisp sounds rang out. It turned out that the little guy's brothers and sisters, the other two Behemoth eggs, had also hatched.

Yan stopped what he was doing and looked at the two beast eggs with the little golden behemoth. Cracks quickly appeared on them, and then the process of the little guy being born was repeated.

The observant Yan quickly noticed the difference between the little guy and his two kin. Although the two newly born Behemoths resembled the golden little guy, most of their fur was still a bright silver color.

Furthermore, their reaction time, speed of action, and physical fitness are far inferior to the little guy in Yan's arms.

Yan naturally understood that the little guy in his arms was indeed of extraordinary bloodline, while the other two were the real young Behemoths.