The Beast King's Counterstrike

Keke burst onto the scene with overwhelming force, forcefully intervening in the struggle of the six sacred beasts and single-handedly reversing the situation, setting the entire arena ablaze. This adorable little beast had revealed extraordinary divine abilities, holding its own against four sacred beasts without falling behind. Now it leaped up and charged onto the back of the Golden Lion King, attacking with overwhelming power and igniting the emotions of every spectator. Man and woman, young and old, all cried out involuntarily, and cheers rang out through the Xuanhuang Arena.

The Golden Lion King's overwhelming strength was clear to everyone. It could almost sweep through experts of the Spirit-Treasury realm, yet now it was being forced onto the defensive by a little beast. This unexpected appearance of Keke surprised everyone, and the crowd shouted wildly.

"The little beast!"

"The little thing!"

"The seventh sacred beast!"

At this moment, Keke dared not let down its guard. It was dealing with the Golden Lion King's third vertical eye. Around that eye, divine flames danced and flickered, as if it might open at any time. An extremely terrifying, strange power had not yet been released, but already it gave people a feeling of intense dread.

Absolutely terrifying!

One eye represented destruction, another represented reincarnation. What kind of power lay within the third vertical eye? No one could guess. But undoubtedly, it would be even more terrifying, even more powerful!

"Ya-ya…" Keke seemed somewhat anxious. Although it had immobilized the Lion King's golden body, the third head could not be fully bound by the seven-colored light. It could still slowly twist. Moreover, the area around the third vertical eye was even harder to envelop with seven-colored radiance, as if it formed its own world of heaven and earth. Besides the leaping divine flames, countless light-formed curse characters floated around it, exuding an ancient, weathered feeling, like sacrificial texts offered to the unseen, summoning some kind of power into the world.

Flash!

Seven-colored light flickered. Keke waved its little claws repeatedly, fiercely striking toward the third vertical eye. Light blazed, colors shimmered, and multihued mist swirled, but the sacred light could not take effect—it could not seal that eye.

A formidable foe!

For the first time, Keke had met an opponent it could not easily defeat.

In the private box, Xiao Chen was very nervous, afraid something might happen to the little one. The Golden Lion King was so young yet possessed such terrifying great divine abilities—it could be called a heaven-defying young beast. Earlier, when passing by a Heaven-Numbered private box, he had vaguely heard an old man say a few words, suggesting that the Golden Lion might have an unimaginably great origin!

In the arena, although the Golden Lion King was suspended in midair, the third head was not greatly affected. The vertical eye on it seemed about to open a crack!

Keke had already turned its seven-colored light into a blade shape and was slashing fiercely. Flowing light splashed like a string of shooting stars, continuously scattering in all directions.

Everyone found it thrilling. This was a true peak clash of sacred beasts.

"Ya-ya-ya…" Feeling it was hard to break open the well-defended "turtle-shell eye," the little one huffed angrily, then leaped down to the ground, wielding the seven-colored light shroud to seal the Golden Lion King and smash it heavily onto the ground.

Boom!

The arena shook violently. The Golden Lion was slammed onto the ground, sending dust and sand flying. A huge pit appeared on the surface, and around its edge, half-foot-wide fissures radiated outward in all directions. It was easy to imagine how immense the impact force was. At the same time, one could imagine how powerful the Golden Lion's physical body was. Under Keke's unparalleled divine ability, it had not been injured. It shook its golden mane vigorously and stood up with stately authority.

But how could Keke give it a chance to breathe? The seven-colored light shroud fell again. No other moves—lift and smash! It repeated the process. Even the mighty Golden Lion King, with a body harder than fine metal, could not endure such torment. When it was slammed into the cracked earth for the sixty-third time, blood was seeping from the Lion King's mouth and nose.

The Golden Lion King, once so formidable and seeming invincible, had now been beaten until it bled by the little beast! It had been constantly trying to open its third vertical eye, surrounded by flickering divine flames and faintly visible runes, but it could never manage to open it. The technique seemed to consume immense energy, and this time the Lion King's attempt was forcibly stopped by Keke.

Throughout this process, the other three beasts watched with cold eyes. They made no move, because the Golden Lion King was too overbearing, and having an unknown but even more overbearing creature teach it a lesson suited their wishes.

Boom!

After another twenty-odd slams, the Golden Lion King had been subdued by Keke. Though its gaze remained icy cold, it no longer tried to break free of the light shroud. It had already sensed that Keke's power surpassed its own, and it could not break free.

Blood streamed from its mouth and nose. The golden mane was stained crimson, the blood shining with a glorious light, mixed with traces of golden brilliance.

Whether in the private boxes or the common rooms, every spectator facing the crystal screens had their emotions fully ignited. This little beast was too heaven-defying! It had put down the Golden Lion through sheer force alone. At this rate, killing it would not be a problem either.

Of course, everyone also felt a sense of regret. If the Golden Lion were killed like this by the little thing, it would be a great pity. They had not yet seen what terrifying power the third vertical eye contained. They urgently wanted to see the clash between the unknown little beast and the Golden Lion's third eye.

Having successfully neutralized the latent threat, Keke was no longer nervous and began to knock the Lion King around as it pleased.

The three sacred beasts beside them moved. If this continued, they would no longer be able to check the little beast. It would defeat them one by one. The Golden Lion King had already received enough punishment.

The White Tiger charged from the left. An incarnation separated from its body, surrounded by countless metallic characters, stirring up a surge of energy as it lunged at the little beast.

Gold, the Golden Ape, moved its Undying Nine-Life Body at the same time, mixing golden light with purple heavenly thunder, then suddenly merging together and striking toward the little beast.

Five-colored brilliance shone as the Peacock King attacked from the sky. This time, it was certainly not just simple divine light. Since even the Lion King's Destruction Eye and Reincarnation Eye could not do much to Keke, the Peacock King used Chaos Azure Feather, which had once pierced Reincarnation itself.

The little beast sensed danger sharply. Whoosh— It vanished from its original spot. It did not try to meet the attack head-on but dodged the terrifying combined strike.

The deep earth was like flammable paper thrown into a furnace, instantly turning to ash, vanishing without a sound. Where the little beast had just stood, the three sacred beasts had struck a bottomless chasm.

Keke seemed to have been genuinely startled. Very human-like, it patted its heart in belated fear, then glanced at the Golden Lion, which was crouching coldly nearby, and with a whoosh shot toward the three sacred beasts.

It was going to go on the offensive now.

Flash!

Seven-colored light swept aside Gold and sent the White Tiger flying, then five layers of light screen descended together to envelop the Peacock King.

Keke's spiritual perception was very sharp. It had already sensed that among the three sacred beasts, the Peacock King posed the greatest threat to it, on par with the Golden Lion.

Five-colored radiance blazed, within which a cyan sword light slashed down toward the seven-colored light screen, actually breaking through and descending!

The dense Chaos Azure Qi did not make a hissing sound, but rather a rumbling roar that split the air, deafening, like a meteor falling to earth or a tsunami crashing into a mountain. The sound was immense beyond measure.

The earth silently sank and collapsed, shattered and turned to nothing by the azure light swept down by the Chaos Azure Feather.

This was the reason for Keke's unease—the Chaos Azure Feather!

Keke charged up into the sky. The seven-colored light suddenly blazed to an inconceivable brightness, like ten suns hanging in the void, wrapping around the little beast as it shot up amid the dense azure sword light.

This was an extremely dangerous process. Every spectator could see that the dazzling seven-colored light outside Keke's body was rapidly dissolving. Everyone held their breath, waiting tensely for the outcome.

In the private box, Xiao Chen's palms were slick with cold sweat. He had not expected Keke to be so aggressive, daring to go straight up against the legendary Chaos Azure Feather, which was said to cut through anything. This was unlike its usual playful, mischievous nature. It was the first time Xiao Chen had seen such a proud side of the little beast.

Despite the dazzling seven-colored light screen fading, just as it was about to collapse completely, it pierced through the dense Chaos Azure Qi, and Keke lunged at the Peacock King.

But at that moment, a terrifying energy fluctuation suddenly surged up from the ground. A blood-red light and an inky black light robbed the world of all color, as if they tore through the void itself. In an instant, they shot up!

The Golden Lion King had struck!

Though it could not open its third vertical eye for the time being, its Destruction Eye and Reincarnation Eye could open at any moment. At this instant, when Keke's defenses were at their lowest, the Lion King, whose gaze had been fixed coldly on the battlefield, finally struck. The Destruction Eye and the Reincarnation Eye opened in succession!

The blood-red light flooded over Keke. The inky black light opened the Gate of Reincarnation, shrouding that entire region!

This sudden turn of events left everyone feeling suffocated. It was too abrupt! The Golden Lion King's ability to seize an opportunity was terrifyingly sharp. How could one defend against it in such a situation?

The entire Xuanhuang Arena fell into a deathly stillness. Almost everyone was frozen, staring blankly at the crystal screens.

Heaven and earth lost their sound. At this moment, it was quiet to the extreme.

Xiao Chen's heart sank.