67. Di Tian

Time seemed to pass slowly, but Lu Yuan couldn't tell exactly how much had gone by. The bright sunlight broke through the treetops, illuminating the surroundings and shattering the silence.

As he slowly woke up, Lu Yuan sat up and rubbed his throbbing head. He was perched on the back of the still unconscious Three-eyed Golden Lion. Suddenly, he felt something unusual when he touched his forehead. Tentatively pressing it again, he confirmed his suspicion.

Something was definitely wrong. There was a round object in the middle of his forehead, and it had a strange elasticity when he lightly touched on it.

Pushing the three-eyed golden lion aside, who showed no signs of waking up, Lu Yuan hurriedly took out a mirror from his storage space. With one hand holding the mirror and the other adjusting the angle, he tried to get a clearer view of the abnormality on his forehead.

It was clear that Lu Yuan wasn't used to using a small mirror, as he struggled to position it correctly. After a while, he finally managed to see his forehead and was startled. The mirror slipped from his hand, fell to the ground, and shattered into pieces.

However...

In that moment, Lu Yuan's feelings seemed to mirror the broken shards of the mirror. Um, excuse me, what should I do if I have a silver eye on my forehead? I'm online and it's quite urgent.

Gazing at the still unconscious Three-eyed Golden Lion, Lu Yuan suddenly asked, "So, is this what you were expecting, Three-eyed Golden Lion?"

Silence hung in the air, accompanied by a gust of noisy wind that forcefully intruded upon the awkward, yet somewhat philosophical atmosphere.

Lu Yuan's cheeks twitched uncontrollably as he plucked a golden hair from the three-eyed golden lion's head, unable to believe what he was seeing.

Alright, no response. He could just act like nothing had happened.

Although he didn't understand why the Three-eyed Golden Lion didn't follow the expected plot, it didn't stop him from continuing to follow the plot that should be followed.

According to the standard plot, what should the hero and heroine do after they accidentally make a mistake?

Typically, either the male protagonist wakes up the female protagonist first and then she wakes up, or vice versa. In short, one person wakes up first and locks eyes with the other person who wakes up later.

Eventually, the person who feels embarrassed first secretly pulls the blanket to cover their face, while the other person gets dressed, pretends to be calm, and finds a reason to convince themselves to avoid the awkward situation.

So, for a guy like Lu Yuan who goes with the flow, acts freely, and is out of character, it's better to skip directly to the next episode.

As for the Three-eyed Golden Lion, who entered the scene very slowly, let her enter slowly as a beast.

After all, in the Star Dou Great Forest, one can walk sideways like a crab without fear.

Finding a perfect excuse, Lu Yuan finally let go of the burden in his heart and peacefully ran away. Discarding the golden hair in his hand, he stood up, donned a black robe, and vanished in an instant.

However, he soon halted not far away.

His immense spiritual power erupted in an instant. The middle-aged man wearing bone armor squinted his eyes as he looked at the human in front of him. His gaze eventually landed on the golden hair beside Lu Yuan's black robe.

"Human, you have seen her."

That was a statement, not a question.

Looking up at the observer and the Red King standing behind him, Lu Yuan sighed softly, "Excuse me, are you the King of Ten Thousand Beasts or Di Tian?"

Being able to command and control the Red King indicated that this formidable beast held a higher rank than the Scarlet King.

With his black-blonde hair, middle-aged appearance, and imposing aura, it was safe to rule out the possibility of a female beast or Xiong Jun. Xiong belonged to the dark gold Dreadclaw bear family, and even in his transformed state, he would likely be a bald, muscular man, most probably with golden hair.

Therefore, the remaining possibilities were the King of Ten Thousand Beasts or Di Tian, two powerful beasts.

"It seems..... You know us well, human!"

In an instant, a massive dragon claw materialized in front of Lu Yuan's face, but it stopped just in time, showcasing absolute control over its power. The gusting wind blew off the hood of Lu Yuan's black robe, revealing his disheveled hair and the single silver eye that couldn't be concealed from Di Tian's sight.

"I may not know you well, but she certainly knows you well."

The young man calmly took a step back and stood his ground. "So, please remain calm, Beast God, and objectively assess the situation."

Staring intensely at the human before him, with a silver eye shining on his forehead, Di Tian roughly guessed what the other person had done.

Even if the Emperor Auspicious Beast hadn't perished, it was undoubtedly in grave danger.

The dragon claw paused momentarily, as if it intended to crush the human before it. But when Di Tian observed the composed and unperturbed demeanor of the human, he suppressed his anger and retracted his spiritual power, halting his movement.

He wasn't afraid of the opponent's fear. What he feared was the absence of fear from the other party.

For someone to be fearless, it meant that the opponent or the partner of the opponent possessed something that could threaten the life of the Three-eyed Golden Lion. Otherwise, he would never remain so composed.

Di Tian didn't dare to gamble that his claws wouldn't trigger a chain reaction resulting in the death of the Emperor Auspicious Beast.

If the Emperor Auspicious Beast truly perished, he would not only bear the condemnation of his own conscience but also lose all credibility with the spirit beasts who had reached the bottleneck stage. He would forever be labeled with the shame of the beasts.

Therefore, he couldn't afford to take that gamble. At the very least, he couldn't gamble without ensuring the safety of Auspicious Beast's life.

Gently raising his hand to touch the one-eyed eye on his forehead, the young man slowly pulled up the hood that had been blown off.

Completing the entire sequence of movements, Di Tian's suspicion grew stronger.

He silently signaled the Red King to make him understand. With a solemn expression, Di Tian said, "Human, you should know that this is the Star Forest."

"Nonsense, of course, I know."

Pulling out a map seemingly out of thin air, Lu Yuan awkwardly held it up against Di Tian.

"Look, everything is marked here. Hey! By the way, are you an illiterate?"

The shadows on Di Tian's face deepened. Despite mentally crushing the human before him countless times, Di Tian remained composed as he examined the map.

"It seems you can read. So..."

"What do you plan to do with big dog over there?"

Without looking away, Lu Yuan beckoned to the lurking Red King, who hesitantly approached. The Red King stopped and stood there with a puzzled expression, unsure of what to do, and turned to Di Tian for guidance.

'Idiot' Di Tian couldn't help but curse inwardly. Protecting the auspicious beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest should have been an easy task, but they had managed to mess it up.

The Auspicious Beast Emperor had been captured, and their stealth mission to rescue it had failed. Why in the world did the red king not transform into human form before attempting to sneak in?

Without transforming, a 300,000-year-old three-headed red devil dog would have been lurking there, and even a blind person could have detected it, okay?

In an instant, Di Tian had the urge to transform into his true form, grab the Scarlet King's three heads, and ask, "Are you an undercover agent sent by the humans?"

Three hundred thousand years of coexistence had been wasted, right?

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