"Lord, what happened? Human, speak up!" The one speaking was the Three-Headed Red Demon Mastiff. It was also one of the ferocious beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest, though its strength had not yet reached the level seen in the Absolute Douluo era.
But as a ferocious beast that had already survived two thunder tribulations, even after taking human form, it still displayed a ferocious appearance. Especially since it carried a portion of true dragon bloodline, it was quite loyal to Gu Yuena as well.
"Hu—" Ning Rongrong took a deep breath. She slowly rose from her half-crouch and gazed at Di Tian, who lay on the ground with his massive body still in a coma. "If Gu Yuena intends to destroy the human race on the Douluo Continent, I will stop her."
"You..." The Three-Headed Red Demon Mastiff, Red King, was just about to speak when Zi Ji reached out to stop him. "Are you certain that our lord will definitely have a problem?"
"I don't know. It's possible!" Ning Rongrong replied. "It doesn't matter whether you trust me or not. Honestly, I don't trust you all that much either. To tell you the truth, not long ago, I met with the evil god king from the divine realm."
As soon as Ning Rongrong's words fell, the entire space fell into absolute silence. One could even feel the furious anger radiating from some of the ferocious beasts. Ning Rongrong paid it no mind and calmly continued:
"I didn't tell her that Gu Yuena is on the Douluo Continent. But even if I didn't say anything, do you really think that as the oldest god king, after so many years, he couldn't find out any information at all?"
"Are you saying you're standing on their side?" Zi Ji furrowed her brows tightly.
"Neither I nor the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect will take your side—or even the Spirit Hall's side."
"Of course, we also won't take the divine realm's side. Whether you believe me or not doesn't concern me. In any case, the evil god king told me one thing—it's about the Dragon God Dragon Soul and Gu Yuena."
"Gu Yuena, that is, your lord, after absorbing the dragon soul, might be influenced and lose control due to the resentment of the dead god-level dragon clan in the Dragon Valley... or more precisely, the Dragon Tomb. I don't know exactly what will happen yet."
"Forget it. There's not much point in telling you all this."
Ning Rongrong sighed. She reached out and placed her hand on Di Tian's dragon scales. With her current strength approaching the Perfected Fourth Realm, even Gu Yuena on the Douluo Continent might not be overly wary of her.
If not for her personality, Ning Rongrong disliked this approach, though she had once considered using a life-and-death battle to break through to the Perfected Fourth Realm.
"Repair!" Around Ning Rongrong, strands of blazing white light emerged. Dots of light rapidly merged into Di Tian's body.
Vast zhenqi, with Ning Rongrong at the center, continuously spread outward.
Even including Xiong Jun, who currently had the strongest power among them, all the ferocious beasts were forced back seven or eight meters by this wave of energy.
"So... so terrifying!" Xiong Jun swallowed hard.
He had fought Ning Rongrong before, but compared to now, he felt that the previous encounter could not even be mentioned in the same breath. If she wanted to kill them now, it would probably take only a single thought.
After the previous defeat, Xiong Jun had calmed down through reflection and no longer had such a violent aura.
Not long ago, Ning Rongrong had once again frozen the entire Extreme North with a single sword.
It was practically a miracle.
With such immense power, Xiong Jun naturally dared not harbor any thoughts of resistance.
One minute, two minutes passed...
The zhenqi enveloping Di Tian lasted for about half a quarter of an hour before gradually dissipating.
"As expected, as long as it is transformed into heaven-and-earth origin energy and then degraded according to the rules of this world, it can achieve the conversion of zhenqi into soul power. It just requires extremely precise control."
The soul power of this world was indeed energy produced by degradation after being mixed with the Dragon God's rules.
In that case, helping Ning Fengzhi and the others break through might also be possible, but Ning Rongrong truly had no confidence in it.
Breakthroughs required extreme care, but repairing injuries did not need such slow and meticulous work.
Ning Rongrong repaired the part of Di Tian's soul that had been slashed by a blade.
Then, she slowly lowered her hand.
She exhaled deeply and glanced at the trembling ferocious beasts beside her, somewhat puzzled:
"Why did you all run so far away?"
The many ferocious beasts: "..."
"We... we were worried about disturbing you."
Xiong Jun spoke first, wearing an expression that was both straightforward and yet full of shamelessness.
"Right, right." The other ferocious beasts quickly chimed in.
Too strong. Truly too strong.
Just from her aura alone, they—these existences at least comparable to human rank 96 Title Douluo—found it difficult to even approach her. If they forced their way closer, they would feel as though they might die in the very next moment.
Ning Rongrong did not pay attention to the storm raging in the soul beasts' minds. She sighed and said: "Di Tian's soul injury is very severe. Even I cannot wake him immediately."
"It will probably take about three more days for Di Tian to awaken."
"Three days is something we can wait for." Zi Ji replied.
The length of time was not that important. Although they were worried about the situation in the Dragon Valley, without Di Tian, they probably could not do anything anyway.
Zi Ji and several soul beasts who had taken human form walked up to Ning Rongrong. Using human etiquette, they deeply bowed in thanks.
To be honest, compared to the Silver Dragon King—who acted like a hands-off shopkeeper—Di Tian was truly the god of their Star Dou Great Forest. Di Tian awakening would be the best possible outcome.
"Ning Rongrong, if the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect ever needs help from the Star Dou Great Forest in the future, the Star Dou Great Forest will absolutely not refuse."
With Di Tian in slumber, Bi Ji absent from the Star Dou Great Forest, and Xiong Jun no longer being a troublemaker,
Zi Ji was currently the manager of the Star Dou Great Forest. Her words basically represented the Star Dou Great Forest's attitude toward the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
Given the lifespan of soul beasts, they would remember this favor for at least ten thousand years, or even tens of thousands.
"Mm, then I'll accept your thanks!" Ning Rongrong nodded without any pretense.
"If the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect encounters trouble in the future, as long as it doesn't touch the Star Dou Great Forest's bottom line, a little help would be fine."
Who knows what the future holds!
As for soul rings and soul bones, if the Silver Dragon King and Qian Renxue successfully resisted and lifted the Dragon God's rules, it could be considered a mutual alliance.
The Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect must continue its legacy. As for who would inherit it and how, Ning Rongrong did not care, but having an ally was still not bad.
"By the way, I remember Bibi Dong seems to be here as well. How is her situation?"
"If it's inconvenient, you don't have to say anything." Ning Rongrong said calmly.
It was not that she could not detect Bibi Dong's information, but Bibi Dong appeared to be in a state of closed-door death cultivation. Ning Rongrong did not dare disturb her casually.
She still did not know enough about gods. The divine aura on Bibi Dong was heavier than the last time she came.
"If it were someone else, of course not. But for you, it's fine to say." Zi Ji thought for a moment and spoke.
"Bibi Dong is willing to become the Forest God who protects the Star Dou Great Forest. She is now using the faith of the soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest to impact the divine realm."
"Impacting the divine realm... you mean condensing a god position!" Ning Rongrong sighed. "I don't think she can condense the god position of a first-level god."
Bibi Dong's talent was naturally not weak. With twin martial souls and being chosen by the Asura God.
In the original story, she also became a first-level god.
However, time was too tight. Not everyone could be like Ning Rongrong, borrowing the power of heaven and earth, the rules of heavenly tribulation, and special array structures to help someone condense a first-level god.
On the Douluo Continent—or more precisely Douluo Continent 1—the use of such methods was very weak. Condensing a god position on the Douluo Continent consumed heaven-and-earth origin energy.
Bibi Dong's current situation made it very difficult to achieve this.
"No, we have some certainty. We have already made preparations beforehand. All the soul beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest are lending their faith to support her."
"If even with this she cannot achieve a first-level god position, then what talk is there of resisting the divine realm?"
Zi Ji's voice was firm, as if helping Bibi Dong become a god would become the foundation for the Star Dou Great Forest's continuation.
Suddenly, a cold and oppressive aura came from not far away—repulsive and chilling.
"So that's how it is. Using the remaining Rakshasa power lingering in the body to ignite the divine fire?"
However, this bit of power is not enough!
(End of chapter)
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