vncnus Chapter 89 The Truth About the Auspicious Beast
Chapter 89 The Truth About the Auspicious Beast
Without further ado, Huo Yuhao released his third martial soul, the Holy Demon Angel.
A pair of broad, gray-gold wings suddenly unfurled behind him, surrounded by shimmering purple-gold light, along with three halos of different colors; it didn't even look like a martial soul.
Huo Yuhao's figure also changed. His hair quickly grew longer and turned gray-white, hanging down to his waist. His heterochromatic eyes, one purple and one gold, also turned cold.
In his Saint Demon Angel Martial Soul state, Huo Yuhao possesses a strange and wicked charm, both holy and corrupt, indescribably eccentric.
"Your third spirit attribute is extreme light and darkness? You really are a monster..."
Qiu'er had seen soul beasts with extreme attributes before, such as Di Tian, who was the ultimate darkness. But besides herself, the only other one with more than two extreme attributes was the Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena.
"No, no... In the end, this power was given to me by my master, not something I was born with."
"What I wanted to say was..." Huo Yuhao hesitated for a moment before asking uncertainly, "My uncle and teacher said I am the... Chosen One of the Douluo Continent, although I don't know if I deserve that title. But Miss Qiu'er is a divine beast that wields the power of destiny, so her existence must be closely related to the Douluo Continent, right?"
"You really know a lot..." Long Qiu'er chuckled. "Since you know you are the chosen one of this world, then I don't need to explain... I am similar to you, both of us were born in accordance with destiny and are beings favored by fate."
Huo Yuhao raised one hand and opened it in front of himself. The two halos of purple-black and light gold rotated like yin and yang fish. Although they were opposite to each other, they were surprisingly unified.
"Strictly speaking, the main body of this martial soul comes from another plane, a place called the Demon Plane, a world that is hostile to Douluo Continent."
Long Qiu'er blinked. "You mean...?"
Huo Yuhao let out a breath. "Logically speaking, a plane should naturally repel creatures from outside its own plane. However, the Demon Plane is not strong overall, yet it was able to connect with and invade the Douluo Continent, which is far stronger than it. That can only mean one thing."
Long Qiu'er said what Huo Yuhao hadn't yet said.
"The Douluo Continent itself has a problem."
Huo Yuhao nodded silently.
Nobody wants a thief eyeing their property to suddenly appear in their home, and even less wants someone to freeload off their home.
If this happens, it means your house has been broken into.
Long Qiu'er narrowed her eyes, her voice icy, "So, you know who that guy is?"
"I'm not entirely sure, but we can speculate based on the information we have so far."
Huo Yuhao put away the Yin-Yang fish of light and darkness in his hand. "What we can confirm is that when we exchanged memories, the deity who secretly attacked us was Tang San, the Sea God and one of the original Shrek Seven Devils who became gods ten thousand years ago."
Tang San, the God of the Sea...
Go back and tell the Red King to roast all the Soft-Boned Rabbits!
"My teacher intervened and blocked Tang San's divine sense, as well as a wisp of divine soul fragment contained within it. It's estimated that Tang San realized something was wrong and forcibly erased most of the memories in that wisp of divine sense in time. The information we can obtain is limited."
Huo Yuhao's voice became much more serious, "It is very likely that right now, Tang San is taking full control of the Douluo Continent."
"As a God King, he certainly wouldn't personally take control of the entire Douluo Continent. He'll most likely support a proxy. As for who that proxy will be, I think it'll be his family and friends."
Long Qiu'er didn't say anything immediately, but instead nodded thoughtfully, pacing around in a small area of the virtual [Douluo World].
The development of intelligence in spirit beasts is catastrophic compared to that of humans. It takes ten thousand years for a spirit beast to understand human speech, and only one hundred thousand years for a spirit beast to have intelligence comparable to that of humans.
However, as an imperial auspicious beast and a being of divine intelligence, her wisdom is by no means inferior to that of a 100,000-year-old soul beast. Moreover, she has a lot of free time, so she has a lot to think about.
She had wondered before why she was a mythical beast and not an ordinary soul beast.
Another point is that if the auspicious beasts of the past, like myself, were not threatened by heavenly tribulations and could cultivate with twice the results with half the effort under the influence of good fortune, then why did they not survive indefinitely, while the Star Dou Great Forest has been giving birth to auspicious beasts generation after generation?
This is illogical. The divine realm rejects the beast race, and there are no records of auspicious beasts becoming gods after being born in the Star Dou Great Forest or other places where soul beasts gather.
In fact... most auspicious beasts die violent deaths, and very few have more than 100,000 years of cultivation.
Why is that?
In fact, Long Qiu'er had her own guesses.
They came into being because of this, meaning that these auspicious beasts, who enjoy the favor of fate, are to risk their lives to fight against some insurmountable calamity, and then seize a chance for survival for other creatures that are not favored by fate.
Is fate fair?
It seems fair, yet it also seems unfair.
So... is her and Huo Yuhao's responsibility to exchange their lives for the lives of other creatures in this world?
Long Qiu'er clenched her fists. No!
She didn't want to die! She wouldn't let Huo Yuhao die! She wouldn't let Tang San, who tried to control her, die easily!
"No matter how intense the conflict between humans and soul beasts is, there is always a possibility of resolving it if we try our best. However, Tang San is the common enemy of all of us. As the saying goes, to fight external enemies, we must first pacify internal ones. It is obvious that we should deal with the Tang family first. I think Miss Qiu'er would agree with this."
How to build an unbreakable alliance?
They have a common and powerful enemy.
Long Qiu'er smiled. "No wonder you brought me here to talk about these things. You're afraid that thief might use his dimensional authority to overhear our conversation, right?"
"Better safe than sorry. Nobody knows how far that guy has progressed. Hmm... I think he hasn't completely taken control of Douluo Continent yet, otherwise the Chosen One would have been replaced by one of Tang San's own people long ago."
"I understand what you mean. At least on my side, I'm willing to become your ally. As for the ferocious beasts of our Star Dou Great Forest..." Long Qiu'er hesitated for a moment and did not continue.
The two of them were the ones who shared weal and woe, not the ferocious beasts that had endured countless ages.
Just as she had guessed, why didn't Di Tian protect her previous auspicious beast? Long Qiu'er didn't want to think about it too much.
Huo Yuhao expressed his understanding. He wouldn't presume to seek cooperation with those dominant soul beast overlords before he had produced complete results in matters of soul spirits.
When the two finished their conversation and left the [Douluo World], a tremendous "good news" arrived.
Zhang Lexuan and Ma Xiaotao really did come looking for us from Shrek Academy.