Chapter 47: The Might of the Overlord
The next day, Lin Yang and Xiao Wu packed their prepared supplies into their storage soul tools and set off light.
Leaving the town, the two of them sped along the road.
At first, there were still traces of human activity around, but the closer they got to the Star Dou Great Forest, the more the environment approached a primitive state.
The dense forest that blotted out the sun was like an endless sea of green, but beneath this beautiful scenery, no one knew how many hidden dangers were concealed.
Here, Hundred-Year Spirit Beasts were merely the bottom of the food chain, and Thousand-Year Spirit Beasts could only survive by being extremely cautious.
Only Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Beasts were qualified to occupy a territory, while Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Beasts were the undisputed overlords of the entire forest.
Without a doubt, this... was a paradise for Soul Beasts!
Although it was Lin Yang's first time in the Star Dou Great Forest, its notorious reputation made him stay fully alert.
As for Xiao Wu, besides being vigilant, she also felt a sense of comfort, relaxation, and excitement.
This was her home, the place where she truly lived.
The two of them flew along; with Blindfold active, they could directly ignore lower-age Soul Beasts.
As they went deeper, Thousand-Year Spirit Beasts gradually began to appear.
However, these two or three Thousand-Year Spirit Beasts were not his target; the Soul Beast he chose this time had to be at least nine thousand years old.
As for ten-thousand-year ones, he had considered them as well.
He just didn't know if his current Spiritual Power could withstand the Spiritual Shock of a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.
It would be a joke if he accidentally turned himself into an idiot.
As they continued deeper, Lin Yang and Xiao Wu also began to move with caution.
Just then, a sudden change occurred!
Roar—!
An extremely heavy roar, like the heavens and earth venting their fury, suddenly came from a very distant place. Even so, the sound made Lin Yang and Xiao Wu's eardrums tremble.
Immediately after, the entire Star Dou Great Forest seemed to come alive.
Birds took flight in alarm, and ten thousand beasts stampeded!
Even some Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Beasts located in the depths of Star Dou had begun to migrate outward.
This was the might of a forest overlord; a single roar could cause turmoil throughout the entire forest.
"What on earth is that fellow Er Ming doing, making such a huge scene?" Xiao Wu couldn't help but complain while covering her ears.
Feeling the constant vibrations from the ground, Lin Yang looked at Xiao Wu and said in a low voice,
"He's probably looking for you. Go and take a look."
Xiao Wu hesitated for a moment but finally stomped her foot.
"Then... I'll head back for a bit. Er Ming might really have come out because of me."
"Mm, go ahead!" Lin Yang nodded.
"Then you be careful, I'll be back soon."
"No need, we'll meet at the inn when the time comes."
"That works too!"
After they made their agreement, Xiao Wu turned around and transformed into an afterimage, charging toward the depths of the forest.
With a few leaps, she disappeared into the dense woods.
After Xiao Wu left, Lin Yang took a deep breath and began to search for a Soul Beast suitable for himself.
The Titan Giant Ape's roar had triggered a small beast tide within the Star Dou Great Forest.
This was miserable for those hunting Soul Beasts in the forest; they cursed in anger and fled outward without looking back, wishing they had two more legs.
Under these circumstances, continuing to hunt was clearly not a wise move.
Lin Yang, however, did the exact opposite.
Although the beast tide caused chaos, it also brought out many Soul Beasts that were rarely seen on ordinary days.
That meant there would be many more choices for a Soul Beast.
However, along the way, he didn't encounter any particularly satisfactory Soul Beasts.
Of the pre-selected Soul Beasts, either their age was too low and he looked down on them, or their age was too high and he had to give them a wide berth.
Unsurprisingly, Lin Yang gained nothing on the first day.
But he wasn't in a hurry; the Star Dou Forest was vast and boundless, and he hadn't even searched one-tenth of the Mixed Zone.
As night fell, Lin Yang found a hidden cave to hide in. He simply ate some dry rations and jerky to make do for a meal.
After eating, with a thought from Lin Yang, the purple Soul Ring beneath him flashed. He closed and opened his eyes, and his pupils instantly turned from black to blood-red.
He wanted to see what the Little Rabbit was doing.
Just as he connected to the Little Rabbit's vision, two rays of piercing light crashed into his eyes like high beams, catching him completely off guard.
It nearly blinded him.
Tears instantly flowed from the corners of his eyes.
Lin Yang cursed under his breath and quickly controlled Blindfold to mask that layer of blinding light.
Blindfold allowed him to roughly "see" the strength of a Soul Master.
The stronger the power, the more piercing and solid the light on their body would be.
He had previously relied on this ability to lock onto Tang Hao's position, and it had also helped him avoid many powerful Soul Masters in Soto City.
Soul Masters wouldn't display their aura at all times; the light on them was mostly condensed and did not dissipate, so Lin Yang had grown used to it.
Yet these two forest overlords were like high-wattage lightbulbs, proclaiming their existence at every moment.
Of course, Lin Yang was also well aware that they were doing this to intimidate ten thousand beasts and warn human experts.
After turning off this "Power Filter," Lin Yang finally clearly saw the forms of these two behemoths.
They were more oppressive than he had imagined; even through Blindfold, that mountain-crushing pressure rushed toward him.
Once it erupted, it would surely cause the heavens and earth to change color.
Yet at this moment, these two overlords standing at the peak of Soul Beasts appeared somewhat... constrained in front of a young girl.
Especially that Titan Giant Ape, whose single roar could disturb the peace of the entire Star Dou Great Forest, now seemed deflated in front of Xiao Wu.
It even showed some cautious, slightly clumsy attempts to curry favor.
Although it was quite an eyesore when paired with such a massive body, the scene was truly amusing.
After confirming Xiao Wu was safe and sound, Lin Yang disconnected Blindfold. He then took a deep breath, collected his thoughts, and entered shallow meditation to maintain enough energy for tomorrow.
Night in the Star Dou Great Forest was not peaceful, especially after just experiencing a small beast tide.
Many Soul Beasts' territories had been disrupted or encroached upon, and conflicts between Soul Beasts were on the verge of breaking out.
All night long, hissing, roaring, and colliding sounds of various Soul Beasts constantly echoed from both near and far, only gradually quieting down at dawn.
At the break of dawn, Lin Yang had already emerged from his hiding cave and began continuing his search for a Soul Beast.
In the end, he actually found a nine-thousand-year Crimson Gold Beast.
The Crimson Gold Beast possessed both gold and fire attributes, which fit perfectly with his Nichirin Blade Martial Soul.
Lin Yang felt a surge of joy and was just about to launch an all-out attack when—
"Roar—!"
A roar filled with violent rage suddenly exploded from the depths of the dense forest. Rolling sound waves swept over, making Lin Yang's ears ring.
Before he could figure out what was happening, the Crimson Gold Beast acted as if it had seen a Demon, its aura instantly collapsing.
It didn't even care about Lin Yang in front of it, transforming into a Scarlet-Gold Light and diving into the dense forest without looking back, disappearing without a trace in the blink of an eye.
At this moment, Lin Yang couldn't care about anything else either.
To make a nine-thousand-year Crimson Gold Beast so terrified, that beast roar just now definitely came from a Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Beast.
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