"You dare to attack my barrier and disturb my seclusion? Do you want to die?"
Emperor Tian's deep voice rang in their minds.
However, at this moment, Ma Hongjun felt a little relieved.
As long as Emperor Tian didn't kill him as soon as he came out, it proved that things could be discussed.
Now that Emperor Tian took the initiative to ask questions, it was a good sign.
The next thing was left to Da Ming and Er Ming to tell.
As a human, Ma Hongjun should not interrupt at this time.
Otherwise, it would be easy to draw the fire to him. Emperor Tian might not do anything to Da Ming and Er Ming.
But he would have no psychological burden on Ma Hongjun.
Da Ming pointed at Xiao Wu and respectfully told Emperor Tian.
"Beast God, we did not mean to offend or disturb you. We really need the help of the Beast God.
This is Xiao Wu. She was injured by a human evil soul master a few months ago..."
Emperor Tian listened calmly to Da Ming's story while looking around at Ma Hongjun and Er Ming.
It beckoned Xiao Wu over. With its strength, it could see Xiao Wu's true form at a glance.
Slightly surprised, Di Tian began to examine Xiao Wu's injuries.
"The power of a god!"
Di Tian murmured in astonishment.
Within its dragon claws was a wisp of black energy extracted from Xiao Wu.
A god—
this was a wish Di Tian had yearned for for many years.
At this moment, ripples appeared on the lake's surface once more, and a jade swan emerged.
Unlike the previous white swan, this one was green, its feathers as lustrous as jade.
Its eyes were gentle and pure.
After emerging, it nestled close to Di Tian.
This was Bi Ji.
Di Tian handed Xiao Wu to Bi Ji.
"How is it? Can you revive her?"
Di Tian asked.
Green light flickered around Bi Ji, streams of green energy flowing into Xiao Wu's body, her brows slowly furrowing. Bi Ji
said, "This power is so troublesome!"
She exhaled a wisp of green light, enveloping Xiao Wu, and then placed her on the lotus platform.
"I can only protect her life from further decay for now; I have no way to remove the black energy for the time being,"
Di Tian nodded, for it was, after all, the power of a god.
"We can use the Ice Marrow to freeze her, temporarily saving her life. We can unseal her when we find a cure,"
Bi Ji suggested.
Da Ming and Er Ming were slightly disappointed at not being able to save Xiao Wu.
However, hearing that Xiao Wu's life could be saved, they were relieved. Mainly, it was the attitude of the Beast God and Bi Ji towards Xiao Wu that gave them a sense of security. With
Xiao Wu's matter temporarily settled,
Di Tian questioned Da Ming and Er Ming about the situation in the Star Dou Great Forest.
Apart from the recent deaths of some soul beasts in the battle against the evil soul masters, nothing major had happened.
However, the large number of soul beasts killed this time weakened the Star Dou Great Forest.
Not only the soul beasts killed by the evil soul masters
, but also the spider clan controlled by them were nearly depleted in this battle.
Although this battle was against the evil soul masters, it consumed the power of the Star Dou Great Forest.
This made Di Tian frown deeply.
A god had finally appeared, but he was unfriendly to the soul beasts.
Di Tian's initial enthusiasm cooled considerably.
Finally, Di Tian's gaze fell upon Ma Hongjun.
He was the only outsider here.
Ma Hongjun knew Di Tian would definitely question him, but he hadn't expected Di Tian to be so patient, only bringing up his affairs at the very end.
Ma Hongjun's Chaos Spear had managed to destroy the barrier set up by Di Tian; this strength forced Di Tian to take him seriously.
"Why is this human here!"
Di Tian didn't directly ask Ma Hongjun, but instead asked Da Ming.
Da Ming suddenly remembered why Ma Hongjun was here; did he know Xiao Wu was injured?
However, Da Ming couldn't speak ill of Ma Hongjun, after all, Ma Hongjun genuinely cared about Xiao Wu.
"Your Majesty, he's Xiao Wu's human friend, someone she met in the human world. He has no ill intentions towards us.
When Xiao Wu's identity was exposed in the human world, it was he who protected her and persuaded her to return to the forest."
Da Ming answered irrelevantly, subtly shifting the focus to Ma Hongjun, as it too was worried the Beast God would be angry with him.
"Oh!"
Di Tian pondered for a moment, and both he and Bi Ji scrutinized Ma Hongjun again.
After all, there were very few Soul Masters who were friendly to Soul Beasts.
Da Ming's simple words just now, upon closer examination, revealed the test involved.
Xiao Wu was a 100,000-year-old Soul Beast; for a Soul Master to resist the temptation and release her, Ma Hongjun was undeniably a decent person.
Now that the question had been directed at him, Ma Hongjun felt it was time to speak up.
Otherwise, Di Tian truly didn't take him seriously at all.
"Xiao Wu is my friend, helping her is only right!"
"Your friend? You're friends with us Soul Masters?"
Bi Ji repeated in surprise, her voice tinged with doubt.
"Friends with Soul Masters. What's wrong with that?"
Bi Ji added, "I just saw you have seven Soul Rings, and more than one Soul Bone."
Indeed, women viewed things differently.
Bi Ji's implication was, since you're friends with Soul Masters, what about your Soul Rings and Soul Bone?
"I'm friends with spirit beasts, but not all spirit beasts can be my friends.
I kill spirit beasts, and I've also killed humans.
And without these spirit rings and spirit bones, I'm not qualified to be friends with spirit beasts.
Humans can be good or bad, and so can spirit beasts.
Friendship isn't about race, but about fate."
Ma Hongjun's words silenced the spirit beasts present, who pondered his meaning.
This inherent conflict exists between spirit masters and spirit beasts.
Friendship is so difficult!
"What's your relationship with those evil spirit masters? Why did you suddenly come here?"
Di Tian wasn't so sentimental; it had never been kind to humans.
"Those evil spirit masters are followers and slaves of the evil god, my enemies.
Actually, this matter is related to me.
I eradicated the evil spirit masters' power in the human world, so they hid in the Star Dou Great Forest to develop.
I didn't expect them to cause so much trouble.
Now, the Evil God Cult is our common enemy.
As for why I suddenly appeared here, you might not believe it.
I was just passing by and thought I'd come here to check on Xiao Wu's situation."
Ma Hongjun didn't hide anything and honestly explained. Moreover, there was no need to hide anything; he didn't have a strong hostility towards the spirit beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest.
Besides, it was best not to lie in front of the Emerald Swan. After
roughly clarifying these matters,
the atmosphere at the scene eased slightly, and Di Tian finally withdrew his killing intent.
Bi Ji's gaze towards Ma Hongjun held more goodwill.
"Never set foot in the Star Dou Great Forest again. There are no roads here; this is the home of soul beasts.
Also, go back and tell human soul masters never to enter the Star Dou Great Forest again."
Di Tian immediately issued an order to leave, and asked Ma Hongjun to deliver the message.
"You should send an envoy to tell the three major powers in the soul master world. My voice carries little weight in the soul master world; it's useless for me to speak,"
Ma Hongjun said with a slight smile.
"Hmm~"
Di Tian snorted coldly, looking at Ma Hongjun with icy eyes.
"With your strength, you can't possibly be without status among humans.
If someone with your strength is insignificant in the human world, does that mean humans are all that powerful now? Whether
you deliver the message or not is irrelevant. I will make soul masters who enter the Star Dou Great Forest pay a bloody price, letting them know through death that they cannot enter the Star Dou Great Forest."
Di Tian wanted to establish a new rule as soon as he appeared.
However, this would inevitably exacerbate the conflict between soul masters and soul beasts.
As the largest gathering place for soul beasts, the Star Dou Great Forest is the source of most soul masters' soul rings.
If human soul masters are isolated, it's tantamount to cutting off their path to advancement.
The soul master world will definitely not let this go.
Di Tian's return is about to ignite a war between soul masters and soul beasts.
Sure enough, this world is about to be in turmoil again.
A powerful figure always stirs things up when they appear.
"Now, leave the forest. Considering you helped the soul beasts, I won't pursue the matter of you destroying the barrier."
Ma Hongjun glanced at Di Tian, with its golden eyes, black scales, and sharp dragon claws.
"I can't beat it!"
After assessing the situation in his mind, Di Tian's strength was unfathomable; Ma Hongjun had no confidence in defeating him.
If he could, he really wanted to beat it up.
It's too damn arrogant.
Look around, how friendly is Bi Ji? He
glanced at Xiao Wu again; she was enveloped in Bi Ji's energy essence, her face no longer so pale and weak.
With Bi Ji there, saving Xiao Wu's life shouldn't be a problem.
As for reviving Xiao Wu, let Tang San handle that.
His brother's wife only needs appropriate care; there's no need to worry.
Ma Hongjun was about to fly away
when suddenly the lake surface rippled again.
A dark golden figure rushed out.
"Don't let him go!"
The voice was loud.
It was a dark golden terror bear, enormous, even more robust than a Titan Ape.
Its dark golden bear fur was dripping with the lake water it had just brought out,
gleaming coldly.
"Bear King!"
Ma Hongjun immediately recognized it.
This was a ferocious beast over 400,000 years old, approaching 500,000.
Its strength was immense, second only to Di Tian in the Star Dou Great Forest.
Moreover, its dark golden terror claws had once injured Di Tian.
"Not good!"
Ma Hongjun felt uneasy.
The bear suddenly called out to him, clearly intending to attack.
Considering that Ma Hongjun had used the Martial God Spear spirit when breaking the barrier,
and the Martial God Spear's fourth spirit ring came from a ten-thousand-year-old Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear,
and that he also possessed a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's palm bone in his right hand,
none of this could have escaped the bear's senses.
If it were any other spirit beast race, Ma Hongjun wouldn't be so terrified.
But the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear was different.
This race was extremely rare;
in the entire Star Dou Great Forest, they could probably be counted on one hand.
And the bear was a ferocious beast that had lived for over four hundred thousand years.
The Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bears in the Star Dou Great Forest were definitely related to it by blood.
Judging from its appearance, it had a bear-like temper.
This matter was going to be difficult!
Sure enough, the bear spoke again, its voice unusually cold.
"Human, you carry the aura of my Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear."