Chapter 22: The Disposal of the Auspicious Beast

Xu Jiujiu stopped and subconsciously looked behind her.

Immediately after, she was completely stunned.

"No... it can't be!"

What was going on with that San Yan Jin Ni?

It was rolling on the ground, clutching its head with both hands.

Xu Jiujiu had just felt like she was going to die, that Spirit Power pressure like needles on her back.

Of course, she knew what that was.

The manifestation of a Spirit-type Soul Master's Spirit Power; that was something only a very small number of powerful Spirit-type Soul Masters or Spirit beasts could achieve.

She didn't dare look back, only able to quicken her pace to flee for her life, constantly hypnotizing herself with "I can survive," "I can survive."

But now, who could tell her what had happened?

Xu Jiujiu secretly looked at Xiadie, her lips moving: "Xiadie, was it you?"

"A defensive measure given by my teacher." Xiadie nodded, bringing up Yilaikesi.

"So... that's how it is!" Xu Jiujiu's back was soaked with sweat, but she also let out a long sigh of relief.

If Xiadie had relied on herself to counter a terrifying existence comparable to a hundred-thousand-year Spirit beast, that would truly be too absurd.

What kind of monster would be capable of such a thing?

Xiadie was only a one-ring Soul Master; absorbing a five-thousand-year Spirit ring was still more reasonable than forcibly severely wounding a San Yan Jin Ni with the strength of a hundred-thousand-year Spirit beast.

Xu Jiujiu's expression of realization—whether from surviving a disaster or having her thoughts confirmed—made Xiadie breathe a sigh of relief.

"Looks like she believed it!"

If not absolutely necessary, Xiadie did not want to make a move.

The Auspicious Beast used a Spirit Power attack, which was something Xiadie was quite familiar with.

Her own Spirit Power was suppressed by the world and could not be released much, but using her Domain to go with the flow and guide the enemy's Spirit Power toward herself was still something she could barely manage.

Once the Spirit Power entered her Spirit Sea.

Then...

Could you, Auspicious Beast, be stronger than Yilaikesi?

Just bouncing it back was enough.

"Your Highness, Miss Xiadie." Manyi flew over, noting the fifty-meter range of Xiadie's Domain, but upon stepping in and sensing no abnormality, she paid it no mind.

Passing by the painfully wailing San Yan Jin Ni, Manyi arrived beside Xiadie and Xu Jiujiu.

"Grandma Manyi, it was Xiadie who saved me." Xu Jiujiu's voice trembled; she never wanted to experience that near-death feeling of a drowning person again.

A girl not yet fifteen, no matter how mature she appeared, would still instinctively be afraid during a life-or-death crisis.

Manyi comforted Xu Jiujiu and expressed her gratitude to Xiadie: "Miss Xiadie, I thank you on behalf of the royal family for your intervention."

"You are too kind, Your Excellency." Xiadie shook her head lightly, "This was also to save myself; the power my teacher gave me was just right to use at this moment."

Manyi was noncommittal toward Xiadie's answer.

As a Titled Douluo, even if not a Spirit-type Soul Master, the Spirit Power of anyone who could reach the Titled Douluo level would not be too weak.

Manyi had been too late to rescue, but she had noticed that when Xiadie released her Domain, the Spirit Power impacting Xu Jiujiu and Xiadie had all been drawn toward Xiadie.

This clever application of Spirit Power guidance was not simple at all!

Then, the San Yan Jin Ni began to tremble in pain as if having a seizure, rolling on the ground and screaming; it was clearly in trouble.

This concerned Xiadie's secret, so Manyi did not dare to ask too much.

"Your Excellency Manyi, do you have any way to seal the power of that Spirit beast?" Xiadie pulled the topic back, her gaze falling on the San Yan Jin Ni, which was rolling on the ground with a twisted, painful expression.

"Seal it?" Manyi looked in the direction of Xiadie's gaze, "Miss Xiadie, I do not have the ability to seal."

The Nebula Fan was an incomplete martial soul that required the Star Crown martial soul to be used in tandem to possess both wind and light attributes, but even so, the Nebula Fan had no sealing ability.

Perhaps the Star Crown martial soul had it, but clearly, Xu Jiujiu had only just broken through to Soul King and had no way to strip and seal the elements to make the San Yan Jin Ni lose all combat capability.

"Why seal this Spirit beast?" Manyi asked curiously, "Miss Xiadie's martial soul is related to the Death Attribute, but Spirit Power should also be useful."

"This Spirit beast has three Extreme Attributes, perhaps..."

Manyi meant to see if Xiadie could absorb the San Yan Jin Ni.

Judging solely from what had just happened, Xiadie might truly have the ability to absorb a ten-thousand-year Spirit beast, especially with that terrifyingly subtle control over Spirit Power.

"No." Xiadie interrupted Manyi, "We cannot touch this Spirit beast."

The soul of Tang Shenwang's one-third daughter, Tang Wutong, was inside it, and it was also related to the destiny of the Star Dou Great Forest.

The San Yan Jin Ni was being watched by Tang Shenwang, and Di Tian also treasured it to death.

If something really happened, the Star Dou Great Forest would surely launch an unprecedented beast tide.

Xiadie did not consider herself a good person, but she did not want to cause a beast tide.

This was also why Xiadie had only bounced back the opponent's Spirit Power to slightly confirm the relationship between the soul in the beast's brain and Tang Wutong; that was all, she didn't even dare to get any closer.

Seeing Xu Jiujiu and Manyi looking over in confusion, Xiadie explained:

"I heard my teacher say that the Auspicious Beast San Yan Jin Ni is the good omen of the Star Dou Great Forest. Wherever the Auspicious Beast exists, the cultivation speed of Spirit beasts will greatly increase, and even the probability of successfully passing a tribulation is greatly increased."

"Hiss—"

Hearing this, Manyi and Xu Jiujiu gasped.

Manyi was the first to recover, her gaze cold and sharp: "In that case, it should be killed even more. This Spirit beast dared to attack us, and its abilities are outstanding; using it as Miss Xiadie's Spirit ring would not be a waste."

The Star Dou Great Forest was not far from the Star Luo Empire; if the Spirit beast forces grew stronger, what would happen then?

As she spoke, Manyi made a throat-slitting gesture.

Xiadie rolled her eyes speechlessly.

Did these people really not consider the consequences?

"Your Excellency Manyi, there are at least three Fierce Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest comparable to Level 99 Titled Douluo, as well as the continent's number one healing-type Spirit Beast, the Emerald Swan Bi Ji, who is also comparable to a Level 99 healing-type Titled Douluo."

"If the Auspicious Beast dies, can you bear the consequences?" When Xiadie spoke to the two, she deliberately used a Domain to isolate the sound, avoiding being heard by the Auspicious Beast.

"This..."

Xiadie's words left Xu Jiujiu and Manyi shocked and numb.

Apart from Shrek Academy, the Douluo Sanguo did not know much about the Star Dou Great Forest.

But they could still judge that four Limit Douluo-level Spirit Beasts were a great terror that the Star Luo Empire could not withstand.

"The Star Dou Great Forest, that strong?" Xu Jiujiu's voice trembled slightly, "Then why do they..."

"Why do they allow Spirit Masters to enter the forest, right?" Xiadie took over the topic, "Spirit Beasts are not a harmonious group by nature; Fierce Beasts look down on ordinary Spirit Beasts, and those who haven't become 100,000-year Spirit Beasts don't even have the qualifications to be looked at squarely by Fierce Beasts."

"Look at what the San Yan Jin Ni just did."

"She was clearly hunting for food, and perhaps even playing."

This is the era of the Peerless Tang Sect, not the era of the Dragon King Legend.

Di Tian in the era of the Dragon King Legend deeply realized the dangers brought by slow death and began to cherish all the Spirit Beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest.

"S-so that's how it is."

Compared to Xu Jiujiu, who was still confused about absorbing a Spirit Ring at that time, Manyi truly realized the situation.

She had said so; how could a mere 20,000-year Holy Light Pegasus have the ability to be chased for so long by the San Yan Jin Ni, who was comparable to a 100,000-year Spirit Beast, only to be killed by her, Manyi, in the end?

Thinking of this, Manyi smiled bitterly: "It seems we have suffered an unprovoked disaster!"

Or perhaps, the Holy Light Pegasus wanted to divert the disaster, which is why it turned its head and flew toward them.

But this was no longer important.

"If Sister Jiu Jiu and Your Excellency Manyi cannot seal the Auspicious Beast, then I will do it!" Xiadie sighed.

"If we don't take measures against the Auspicious Beast, I'm afraid we won't be able to walk out of the Star Dou Great Forest."

Xiadie stepped forward and arrived near the San Yan Jin Ni.

Manyi and Xu Jiujiu did not know what Xiadie was going to do, and after exchanging a glance, they quickly followed.