Chapter 218: Gu Yun and the Evil Eye Tyrant

On another continent.

Gu Yun, leading three subordinates across the sea, arrived here, gazed at the overwhelmingly dense forest below, and let out a long sigh of relief.

"Did those two not keep up?" Gu Yun sighed again, halted with the three men behind him.

The three answered in unison: "Sir, those two likely didn't catch up; when we left, they never drew near again."

Gu Yun gave a slight nod, fully calming his restless heart, and lowered his eyes to scrutinize the forest beneath.

The forest before them lay in the continent's north, so its trees were not as lush as those of the Star Dou Great Forest, and it was mostly coniferous.

Moreover, from the sky one could see that the endless coniferous woods below were filled with many black‑gray trunks and leaves.

At this point the group had not entered, yet the swath of darkness already made the four present feel oppression.

After watching for a while, Gu Yun confirmed there was no danger ahead, and led the three to prepare to hide within the forest.

At that moment, one of the men suggested: "Sir, in the Douluo Continent's largest forest, the Star Dou Great Forest, there exists a terrifying being capable of defeating million‑year Soul Beasts."

"The scale of this forest, compared with the Star Dou Great Forest, is probably not far off; there must be extremely powerful Soul Beasts here. Should we take a detour?"

Upon hearing that, the other two immediately agreed: "Indeed, Lord Gu Yun, this place is certainly a land of great misfortune; we ants in the Higher World must be cautious."

Gu Yun couldn't help but furrow his brows.

Higher World?

A presence of great power?

To be honest, Gu Yun was very annoyed with Gu Yu.

Because he was far too cowardly.

Everyone else was a bunch of weaklings, yet he wouldn't dare act and only knew how to hide; even though Gu Yu's words made sense, Gu Yun remained annoyed.

Now, being blocked again, Gu Yun sneered: "Detour? Extremely powerful Soul Beast? Ha! We crossed the whole sea and didn't encounter one?"

The man was momentarily at a loss for words.

However someone still said: "Sir, perhaps during the previous war between the Beast God and the million‑year Soul Beast, all the remaining powerful Soul Beasts were slain, or they were so frightened they burrowed and dared not show themselves."

Gu Yun, a bit impatient, replied: "Stop giving me speculative 'perhaps' guesses; hearing such 'perhaps' now irritates me."

The three men remained silent.

Nevertheless, Gu Yun led the group into the forest, eyes alert, slowly moving inward to look for a place to hide.

Though still annoyed by Gu Yu's attitude.

Gu Yun still thought his words made sense.

But bypassing this place would embarrass him, so Gu Yun decided to tread carefully through the forest.

Or simply hide right within this forest.

After all, a Soul Beast cultivated for ten thousand years is beyond their ability, but a mere thousand‑year Soul Beast they could at least spar with.

Moreover, not everything inside can be a ten‑thousand‑year Soul Beast.

Their survival shouldn't be a big issue.

Thus, Gu Yun planned to bide his time there, and once he found a way to grow stronger, he would cultivate for a few hundred thousand years before leaving.

As for finding Xiao Xun'er.

They can't even survive right now.

How could they have the mood to look for her?

Especially since Xiao Xun'er is likely still in the hands of that strong one who can open portals between the two worlds—could they even imagine that?

Even after this "Great Escape".

Gu Yun even blamed the Gu clan chieftain.

Knowing that Xiao Xun'er went to the Higher World and fell into a great being's hands, why send us here to struggle?

It left them on edge all day.

Even their internal Dou Qi must be used cautiously.

Lest they overuse it by mistake.

They couldn't recover in this world.

"Be careful to restrain your aura; there are many Soul Beasts inside," Gu Yun's heart sank as he solemnly told the three beside him.

The others nodded and silently followed Gu Yun.

Along the way, no one spoke.

But Gu Yun, leading the way, initially took a curved path, slightly skirting the forest edge before gradually turning inward.

"Lord Gu Yun, let's stick to the forest perimeter; it's safer," someone couldn't help but speak.

Gu Yun sneered: "What uselessness, you're all so scared. Even after walking this long, we haven't encountered a single thousand‑year Soul Beast that could spot us?"

In the Dou Qi World, demonic beasts live far longer than humans; a thousand‑year powerful beast is at least a peak Dou Zong, a two‑to‑three‑thousand‑year beast starts at Dou Zun, even comparable to Dou Sheng.

As for seven‑to‑eight‑thousand‑year beasts, only Dou Di‑ranked ones can live that long, and beasts of a hundred‑thousand or million years are not even recorded, let alone heard of.

Thus, after so long without meeting any Soul Beast that could detect them, Gu Yun grew bolder, thinking that "thousand‑year Soul Beasts" aren't as numerous as he imagined.

He didn't realize he had already found countless hundred‑, thousand‑, and ten‑thousand‑year Soul Beasts.

While they pressed on, a bizarre‑looking Soul Beast suddenly caught the four's eyes.

It floated in the air, resembling a balloon, but what hovered was not a balloon—it was a gigantic eye.

Three meters in diameter, the silver‑white eye was surrounded by brown mottling, with sixteen soft tentacles hanging to the ground, trailing long.

Such a strange Soul Beast, even on Douluo Continent, had never been seen, yet its odd form attracted Gu Yun's attention.

"What is this thing?" Gu Yun looked at the one below, not realizing his own hundred‑thousand‑year Evil Eye Tyrant, curiosity shining in his eyes.

He had never seen such a bizarre creature at all.

Moreover, whether from its aura or otherwise, it seemed to regard them as weak as ants.

After a moment's thought, Gu Yun reached out and seized; the Ten Thousand Year Evil Eye Tyrant instantly lost all ability to move, the air around it seeming to solidify, binding it so it couldn't move at all.

"Can you speak?" Gu Yun asked.

In the Fighting Qi World, only Fighting Emperors can speak.

He felt that the Soul Beast before him was roughly on par with a Fighting Emperor.

It should be a Soul Beast of about two or three hundred years.

Ten Thousand Year Evil Eye Tyrant:???

At this moment it only felt that it had become beast‑stupid.

When did humanity ever have such a powerful existence?

It could actually suppress it to the point of having no power to resist.

Gu Yun saw that the Ten Thousand Year Evil Eye Tyrant couldn't understand his words, yet it didn't answer; he instinctively frowned and said, "I know you can speak. All you need to do is tell me how many thousand‑year and ten‑thousand‑year Soul Beasts are in this forest, and their approximate locations, and I'll let you go."

(End of chapter)