The Legend of the Dragon King - Chapter 274

Chapter 274

Chapter 274 – The Ninth Trial

Tang Wulin harbored the same doubts as Xie Xie . Naturally, they would earn more points the longer they survive this trial, yet two hours had passed without the slightest peep . How could this be called a trial of survival then? It was easy to forage for food in a forest and survive .

“Should we go exploring?” Xie Xie asked .

Tang Wulin looked at the sky before answering, “Not yet, it’s still early in the afternoon . We’ll wait until nightfall . It’ll be safer if Xu Xiaoyan can use her Starwheel Ice Staff . ”

Impatience was their number one enemy . Tang Wulin refused to give in to anxiety, calmly contemplating the best way to help his teammates maximize their points .

Since we’re safe here, we can wait until everyone’s in their best condition before exploring .

The sun gradually sunk beyond the horizon . In the twilight, Tang Wulin stood up and quietly climbed up a tree to gaze into the distance .

The world he found himself in truly resembled the Great Star Dou Forest . In the last glimmers of daylight, he could make out trees as far as the eye could see .

Then a howl shattered the silence and flipped the forest upside down .

Tang Wulin broke out into goosebumps as terror racked his body, but . his blood essence chose that moment to flare up . It quickly dispelled his fear, his heart finally calming and returning to its earlier state .

What was that?

Then realization hit him and he climbed down the tree madly .

If just a single howl could upend the forest, just how terrifyingly powerful was this beast?

The Three-eyed Demon Ape, of which he had absorbed its spirit energy, was the strongest soul beast he had encountered so far . He could never forget the battle between the ten-thousand-year Three-eyed Demon Ape and Wu Zhangkong . Yet, this howl had shaken him to his very core!

The moment he landed on the ground, he saw his companions all had horror-stricken expressions .

“W-what was that sound? That scared me to death . ” Xie Xie was pale, his face aghast .

Everyone wore a similar expression, though Gu Yue was more restrained .

Tang Wulin grimly said, “I don’t know either, but it doesn’t seem too far from here . ”

Another roar thundered just as he spoke . Compared to before, this one was sharper and seemed to penetrate their bodies, instantly dispelling their fear .

This…

This is so strange!

“Let’s go take a look . ” Gu Yue said to Tang Wulin .

Tang Wulin nodded . “Let’s go . ”

There was no way a trial would be as simple as they first thought . Even if they didn’t check it out, perhaps the two soul beasts would come looking for them instead . It was far better to take the initiative to attack .

After all, regardless of who held the exam, there must be a way for examinees to pass the exam . .

Gu Yue released her wind birds to scout far ahead of them and the four began to advance toward the origin of the roar .

Tang Wulin took the lead, opening a path for his teammates while also doing his best to help mask their scent . Since they weren’t strong enough, this was all they could manage .

Gu Yue’s face twitched and she whispered, “There’s a valley up ahead on the left . It’s over there . My wind birds were dispersed by a gust of wind, though . ”

“Everyone, be careful . Follow closely behind me . ” Tang Wulin urged his blood essence to greater heights . Golden scales rippled into existence from his arm to his shoulder while a golden soul ring appeared beneath him . Not only did his blood essence aura mask their smell, it also calmed everyone’s nerves . At the very least, they no longer felt oppressed by the roars .

Just as Gu Yue had said, a lush valley lay before them as soon as they exited the forest . The closer they approached it, however, the more stifled they felt .

The four circulated their soul power to resist the waves of power emanating from deep within the valley . They proceeded cautiously and solemnly .

“We’re crawling from here onward . ” Tang Wulin dropped to the ground, and the pressure instantly lessened . The other three also copied him and together, they inched to the edge of the valley and peered over it .

They sucked in a deep breath at the scene before them .

Inside the valley, booms resounded as two lights over thirty meters in diameter clashed countless times .

. Every time they struck together, the earth trembled while the air whipped into a frenzy .

This…

A purple light appeared in his eyes . When Tang Wulin looked back at the two lights again, shock rooted him to the ground . They were a pair of soul beasts!

One shone with dark-gold light, its immense figure intimately familiar to Tang Wulin . They had encountered this beast several times before, and every encounter had struck fear into them .

It was the Duskgold Dreadclaw Bear, the ruler of the forest .

However, this bear was far mightier than the ones they met previously, a colossus towering over ten meters in height . Dark-gold light spilled from its body and flowed down its thick and solid arms . Every slash of its claws had the power to tear open the heavens and destroy the earth, sending boulders flying everywhere and leaving numerous deep gouges in the valley walls .

That should be a thousand-year Duskgold Dreadclaw Bear, right? Or maybe it’s a ten-thousand-year one?

A hundred-year Duskgold Dreadclaw Bear had forced a pride of Blazing Demon Lions to beg for mercy . A thousand-year one could rule as the absolute tyrant of the forest . So then, what about a ten-thousand-year one?

A ten-thousand-year Duskgold Dreadclaw Bear could easily tear apart normal hundred-thousand-year soul beasts! Its destructive power was simply incomprehensible .

Yet, this formidable beast was currently locked in battle with another no weaker than it .

Tang Wulin strengthened his eyesight further and examined the other light .

Inside the ball of blinding golden light was another soul beast .

It had body translucent like crystal, its form similar to that of a lion but with flaming draconic claws and a longer snout . Fine golden scales peeked out from beneath its fur . Most peculiar of all, it had a vertical slit on its forehead wherein its third eye rested .

Its two ordinary eyes were gold, but its third eye glared with a bewitching red glow .

What soul beast is that? Tang Wulin had never heard of such a beast, let alone seen one .

He turned to his friends and described what he just saw .

“Xie Xie, do you have any idea what that golden soul beast is?” Tang Wulin knew Xie Xie was the most knowledgeable of them all .

Xie Xie furrowed his brows . “From what you’ve said, I think I might know . Give me a moment to think . ”