Douluo Dalu 3: Purple-Gold Dragon God

But deep inside, Gu Yue reflected — when Xu Xiaoyan chose to spare the young Three-Eyed Golden Lion, Gu Yue both didn't understand and yet realized a truth. Humans were not all bad, but the bad ones were the majority. Even if some had kind hearts, they still always stood on the human side, never on the side of the soul beasts.

A faint yellow-white soul ring hovered and condensed above the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's body.

A bright light then suddenly flashed at its head — a skull bone! The Fate's Sorrow!

Tang Wulin's eyes were slightly bloodshot. He sat cross-legged on the ground, absorbing the soul bone before him.

"This child!" Shen Yi suddenly burst out. This was a survival test, yes, but it was also a test of humanity and heart. No matter how powerful a soul master was, without a just, kind, and upright heart, their power would only become a negative force for society and the Federation. Shrek Academy would never nurture such people.

"Girl, just watch quietly. Maybe here you'll see their true nature," Zhuo Shi said deeply. His impression of Tang Wulin had been strong — after all, Wu Zhangkong had praised him many times in communications — but today's display left him disappointed.

Cai Yue'er remained silent. The Three-Eyed Golden Lion, the Auspicious Emperor Beast, had only appeared once in the nearly twenty thousand years of Douluo Continent history. No matter how deep Shrek Academy's foundation, they couldn't just produce two of them, nor would they let others kill and absorb one. The virtual world was just that — virtual — but through deep spiritual immersion, it forcibly created the sensation of reality. That feeling was irreversible, like being in the real world, and everything inside was real in terms of spiritual theory.

'So… it can even be like this… let me think,' the Three-Eyed Golden Lion quietly listened to Gu You's explanation. Suddenly, it sensed something.

No!

A blaze of fire erupted from the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's body. Gu You had already completely released its restraints — an unbound twenty-thousand-year auspicious beast, fully capable of rivaling a hundred-thousand-year extreme-bloodline soul beast.

Gu You raised an eyebrow. 'Looks like Tang Wulin and the others ran off to this little Auspicious Beast's den and did something unforgivable.'

But he wasn't too worried. In the original story, Tang Wulin spared the little Auspicious Beast. Even if things had shifted here, the ending should be the same.

'Damn!'

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion roared in fury, its two golden eyes closing as its red vertical eye flashed with demonic light.

A strange pulling force spread — even Gu You was affected.

'This is… the power of fate!'

'All this over just wounding it? Did they have to pull out this much force?' Gu You's mouth twitched. He had a bad feeling.

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion opened its mouth wide, spraying out a golden blaze that instantly scorched an entire section of the world.

Realizing something was wrong, Gu You hurriedly activated his second bloodline ability to restrain it.

"Human! Didn't you say you'd help me? Why are you going back on your word?" The Three-Eyed Golden Lion was even burning its own life. Of course, Gu You couldn't allow that — with a twist of both hands, terrifying ice-sealing power froze the beast in place.

"I'll help you, of course. But I need to understand the situation first. You nearly incinerated everything just now — if I want to avenge you, I need something left to avenge," Gu You lifted his right hand, and the black soul ring over the massive bear corpse in the distance floated to him. This was the soul ring he had prepared for Xu Xiaoyan — top-quality, though with the risk of exploding on absorption.

Arriving at the cave, Gu You activated his Purple Demon Eyes. Seeing the scene inside, his blood surged with fury. A terrifying aura instantly shrouded everything around the cave.

Puh!

Tang Wulin spat a mouthful of golden blood. The oppressive aura directly forced his absorption to end — signaling his failure.

"Why!" Tang Wulin's eyes turned blood-red, his Golden Dragon King bloodline making him borderline frenzied.

"Why?" Gu You instantly teleported in front of him.

Pa!

A slap cracked across Tang Wulin's face, snapping him more awake.

"You think killing a baby soul beast and getting a ten-year soul bone makes you successful? Do you know how much of my effort you just wasted?" Gu You pressed his dragon claw to Tang Wulin's head. Just a moment of released dragon might forced the Golden Dragon King bloodline back into his body.

'Heh.'

Tang Wulin just let out a hollow chuckle.

"I really want to slap you dead right now. You think this special power is meant for things like this? Did you seriously believe the soul bone here was real? Use your brain — if Shrek Academy had things like this to spare, would they give them to you? This is a virtual world. Everything is fake! Don't let the illusion of reality blind you!!" Gu You threw Tang Wulin into the energy sphere that was restraining the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, simultaneously sealing his power. Now he could be left to stew.

At this moment, Gu You truly wanted to attack Tang Wulin — but it wasn't the right time yet. Not only was part of Tang San's divine consciousness in his mind, but there were also two true god protectors shielding him. If Gu You wanted to truly kill Tang Wulin and seize the Golden Dragon King's core, he would first need to handle those two nuisances. By his estimate, with his current power, once he reached Title Douluo level and broke the third Dragon God seal, gaining three divine rings, and added in some specific factors, he should be able to beat Tang Hao. If only he could get the Dragon God Core's super artifact — then he'd have a 100% chance.

"Ah! Stop biting me…"

Tang Wulin's screams rang out — utterly miserable. A powerless ordinary person, tossed into a den of wolf kings, especially enraged wolf kings… well, you can imagine what happened.

Xu Xiaoyan was especially frightened by this side of Gu You, while Gu Yue remained rather calm. Xie Xie still couldn't settle his nerves.

Gu You slowly walked to the little Three-Eyed Golden Lion's body, his green soul ring lighting up.

"Don't be afraid. I'm here," Gu You gently comforted the lingering spirit. Thankfully, both the soul ring and soul bone were still intact; otherwise, no matter how much life force he spent, it would've been useless.

"I will grant you life once more. May past matters and regrets be laid to rest." A vast surge of life force radiated outward from Gu You, the Son of Life's unique power — the truly broken ability to command life and death — fully showing its might now.

The little Three-Eyed Golden Lion floated up, its soul bone merging back into its head, the shattered soul ring transforming into radiant light and also fusing into its body.

Gu You's black hair gradually turned white. Granting life to virtual life — what an absurd irony. Yet he had done it. Whether the Spirit Ascension Platform's soul beasts formed from spiritual force or this…

Zhuo Shi outside could no longer sit still. If Gu You kept this up, he might truly create a living Auspicious Emperor Beast!

If it were anyone else, he wouldn't believe it — but…

(End of Chapter)

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