Chapter 15: Di Tian, The Gathering of Savage Beasts
Just as Lin Yu subdued the Bear Lord and took Huo Yuhao upon its back, transforming into a dark-gold stream of light that sped toward the North.
A few miles away from the site of their battle, at the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest's core zone.
Several suffocatingly powerful figures were quietly hidden in the shadows of the ancient trees. The surrounding air seemed to solidify due to their presence. At the head of the group was the man with a cold face and an aura as deep as an abyss and as terrifying as hell—the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King, Di Tian!
Behind him stood several beings of varying forms, all radiating a terrifying pressure: the Emerald Swan Brigitte, the Demon-Eyed Magic Tree Wan Yao Wang, the Three-Headed Scarlet Demon Hound Chi Wang, and the Hell Demon Dragon King Zi Ji. The top combat power of the Star Dou Great Forest was nearly all gathered here.
They had not just arrived.
From the moment the conflict between Lin Yu and the Bear Lord began, the violent energy fluctuations and the signature aura of the Bear Lord's Tearing the Heavens Claw had acted like a torch in the dark night, drawing the attention of these Savage Beasts early on.
"Di Tian, what are we waiting for!" Chi Wang's middle head let out a low growl, his three pairs of crimson eyes burning with fury. "That idiot Bear Lord is annoying, but for a human to dare run wild in the Star Dou core zone—and it might be related to that fat worm Tianmeng—he's seeking death! We—"
"Shut up, Chi Wang!" Di Tian's low voice rang out, carrying an unquestionable majesty that instantly suppressed Chi Wang's agitation.
Di Tian's golden dragon pupils were locked onto the direction where Lin Yu and the Bear Lord had disappeared, his gaze filled with unprecedented gravity! It wasn't that he didn't want to act. As the guardian of the Star Dou Great Forest and the Beast God, any powerful existence that dared to provoke them here—be they human or soul beast—should be punished. Especially when the Bear Lord unleashed the Tearing the Heavens Claw; that destructive wave of power was enough to make any Titled Douluo tremble.
Brigitte's eyes also showed concern; she had sensed the rage beneath the Bear Lord's violent attack.
However, just as Di Tian prepared to intervene and had even begun secretly gathering strength, an extremely subtle yet soul-shaking aura suddenly radiated from the center of the battlefield!
That aura...
Di Tian's body stiffened for an almost imperceptible moment.
Domineering! Noble! Ancient! It was as if it originated from the source of all power and bloodlines, carrying the primal might of pure destruction and creation! This aura was too familiar! So familiar that the brand deep within his soul began to resonate!
It had an indescribable similarity to the aura of the supreme Lord in his heart—the Silver Dragon King, Gu Yuena! It was the source-aura belonging to the Dragon God, the Co-Lord of Soul Beasts!
But it was also different.
If the Lord's aura was like the deep, vast starry sky, containing the wisdom of the universe and the ultimate mysteries of the elements with a cold majesty... then the aura sensed just now was purer, more violent, and more direct!
It was like the core of a blazing star releasing endless light and heat, filled with a primitive sense of power and an absolute dominance that looked down on all things! Its sheer ferocity and purity of strength made Di Tian instinctively feel a trace of reverence from the depths of his bloodline—this was absolutely not something an ordinary dragon could possess!
"How is this possible..." Great waves rose in Di Tian's heart. "This aura... can actually rival the Lord? Even... in certain traits?!"
He didn't dare think further. But one thing he was absolutely certain of: this was definitely not an aura a human could emit! This youth who looked human must be, in essence, a terrifying existence on the same level as himself and the Lord—perhaps even more ancient and noble!
"Di Tian, what's wrong?" The most meticulous, Wan Yao Wang, noticed Di Tian's abnormality. His countless eerie pupils flickered with shock and suspicion; he too had caught the fleeting, heart-palpitating aftershocks of that pressure. "That aura just now...?"
"That aura..." Brigitte also spoke softly, her emerald eyes full of shock and confusion. "Why do I feel it is like the Lord's, yet not quite the same?"
While the Savage Beasts were stuck in suspicion, the changes on the battlefield left them slack-jawed. The anticipated scene of the Bear Lord's violent counterattack or the human's desperate struggle did not occur. On the contrary, through their powerful mental perception, they realized that after that heart-shaking pressure erupted, the Bear Lord—who had been raging and vowing to tear everything apart a second ago—became frozen in place as if under a petrification spell!
Then, a scene occurred that made all the Savage Beasts nearly think their senses were malfunctioning:
The arrogant and untamable King of Darkgold Terrorclaw Bears, who wouldn't even give face to Di Tian, actually prostrated himself on the ground in a nearly fawning manner! His low, awe-filled, and even ecstatic roar drifted clearly to them: "Revered Master... please mount my back!"
"He... what did he do?!" Chi Wang's three heads lost their voices simultaneously, their eyes nearly popping out of their sockets.
The Bear Lord—the same Bear Lord who valued his dignity more than his life—actually took the initiative to bow and submit, becoming a mount?!
Zi Ji also found it hard to believe. "He subdued the Bear Lord? So easily? So... completely?"
Wan Yao Wang's voice carried a tremor he didn't even notice himself. His countless compound eyes were filled with wariness and calculation toward this unknown power. They knew the Bear Lord's strength all too well; to be able to suppress and subdue him so nonchalantly, this level of strength...
The shock in Di Tian's heart was beyond words, but he forcibly suppressed his roiling emotions. The Bear Lord's total submission served as evidence that his previous perception was no hallucination! That existence definitely possessed a pressure that the Bear Lord could not resist even at the bloodline level—a pressure on the same tier as the Lord! Furthermore, the opponent seemed to have made some kind of promise that drove the Bear Lord wild; otherwise, the Bear Lord could not be so willing.
"Do not move!" Di Tian's voice was more serious than ever before, even carrying a tension he hadn't noticed. "That is not an existence we can easily provoke. The aura he emits makes even me feel reverence."
As soon as these words were spoken, the other Savage Beasts were all horrified! To make the Beast God Di Tian feel reverence?! This was simply unheard of!
By the shore of the Lake of Life in the core zone of the Star Dou Great Forest.
The space distorted slightly, and Di Tian's figure emerged quietly as if merging from the shadows. He knelt on one knee by the lake, his posture respectful. Before him, the lake water was as calm as a mirror, reflecting the stars in the sky. Deeper down, a vast and ancient aura hovered on the edge of sleep and awakening.
"Lord." Di Tian's voice was low and urgent, carrying an uncontrollable vibration.
Ripples appeared on the lake surface, and a dreamlike figure, not appearing to belong to the mortal realm, slowly condensed. The Silver Dragon King, Gu Yuena, hovered above the lake. Her silver hair fell like a waterfall, her purple eyes were deep, and her exquisite face carried a hint of displeasure at having her meditation interrupted—but more so, a sense of gravity at Di Tian's urgency.