"Could it be... she's in danger?"
A thought suddenly popped into Ning Beichen's mind, and the more he thought about it, the more likely it seemed. Otherwise, based on his understanding of Yang Qianrou, she wasn't an unreliable woman.
With this in mind, Ning Beichen remembered his soul connection with the two Beast Kings. He couldn't find Yang Qianrou, but he could find the whereabouts of the two Beast Kings through their soul connection.
Ning Beichen immediately began searching for the whereabouts of the two Beast Kings, but after searching an area of three thousand kilometers, he found no trace of them.
Ning Beichen didn't give up and continued to expand his search radius. Finally, he sensed the presence of the Golden Lion about six thousand kilometers away.
Ning Beichen's face lit up with joy. He hurried to contact the Golden Lion through their soul connection, but the Golden Lion did not respond at all, which made Ning Beichen frown.
"Could it be that the Golden Lion betrayed him?"
But Ning Beichen thought about it and found it impossible. With the soul connection with the Golden Lion, Ning Beichen could make the Golden Lion suffer eternal damnation with just a thought.
Unless the Golden Lion had gone completely mad, it wouldn't do such a foolish thing.
"Whatever, I'll go and see."
Ning Beichen followed the direction of the Golden Lion's location and soon arrived. Upon seeing the scene, Ning Beichen was enraged, and his killing intent surged.
The Golden Lion was covered in injuries, on the verge of death, its limbs bound by chains. A man was whipping it fiercely, no wonder the Golden Lion couldn't respond to him.
"Beast, how does it feel?"
The man holding the whip struck the Golden Lion's face with a whip that had many terrifying bone spurs. These spurs pierced the Golden Lion's face, and with a forceful pull from the man holding the whip, flesh and blood separated. Even its eyeballs gushed blood, causing the Golden Lion to yelp in agony.
Seeing this, Ning Beichen's eyes widened with fury. With a swing of his fist, the man whipping the Golden Lion exploded into a pile of minced meat with a loud crack.
The suffering Golden Lion, seeing the human who was tormenting it suddenly turn into a pile of minced meat, was momentarily stunned. Before it could react, the chains binding its limbs snapped.
"Master!"
Only then did the Golden Lion see Ning Beichen, its face filled with surprise and joy.
"Golden Lion, why are you alone? Where is Yang Qianrou?"
Ning Beichen asked.
"Master, the Rhinoceros King took Yang Qianrou and fled. These people are chasing him. Master, quickly go and save them."
The Golden Lion hurriedly said to Ning Beichen.
"Don't rush. What happened? Tell me in detail."
Ning Beichen asked.
The Golden Lion immediately told Ning Beichen everything that had happened. Only then did Ning Beichen realize that such a thing had happened while he was in seclusion, which explained why he couldn't find Yang Qianrou after emerging from seclusion.
"Can you still walk?"
After listening, Ning Beichen asked the Golden Lion.
The Golden Lion tried to stand up, but quickly slumped back down, saying dejectedly to Ning Beichen.
"No, they used a special sword to injure me, and I can't muster any strength."
"Let me see."
Ning Beichen asked the Golden Lion to lie on its side on the ground. He saw a hideous, centipede-like wound on its abdomen, and the flesh around the wound had already rotted and turned black.
Moreover, the slightest touch of the wound caused the Golden Lion to cry out in pain.
Ning Beichen tried it. When he touched the Golden Lion's wound with his hand, a strange red light emerged from the wound, attempting to attack Ning Beichen.
Ning Beichen pinched it with his hand, trapping the red light. He felt a stinging sensation in his palm, as if he were holding a ball of cacti full of thorns.
Ning Beichen snorted coldly and covered his hand with the power of crossing the sea of suffering. When the red light encountered Ning Beichen's power, it struggled desperately like a rabbit seeing a tiger, trying to escape Ning Beichen's palm.
However, how could Ning Beichen let it have its way? With a forceful pinch of his five fingers, the red light was crushed.
"That's all there is to it."
With a clear understanding, Ning Beichen placed his hand on the Golden Lion's wound again and channeled a stream of his power into it, instantly destroying the red sword energy hidden within the Golden Lion's wound.
"Try it now?"
Ning Beichen said to the Golden Lion.
The Golden Lion stood up and took a few steps. It then excitedly said to Ning Beichen.
"Master, I feel my strength has returned."
"Open your mouth."
Ning Beichen nodded and said to the Golden Lion.
The Golden Lion obediently opened its mouth. Ning Beichen took out a few pills and threw them in, saying.
"Rest for a while, and we'll go rescue them together."
"Yes, Master."
The Golden Lion immediately lay down obediently to recover its strength, thinking in its mind.
"I wonder what Master gave me that healed my injuries so quickly."
Not long after, the Golden Lion stood up with a radiant complexion and said to Ning Beichen.
"Master, my strength has been restored."
"That's good. Can you find out where the Rhinoceros King is?"
Ning Beichen asked.
"Yes, Master."
The Golden Lion replied.
"Take me there."
Ning Beichen leaped onto the Golden Lion's back and said.
"Yes, Master."
The Golden Lion carried Ning Beichen and galloped through the mountains, its limbs soaring, leaping a hundred meters at a time.
"Master, I've sensed the Rhinoceros King. It's in that direction."
The Golden Lion said.
"Chase after it."
Ning Beichen commanded.
The Golden Lion roared, and its hooves dug into the ground as it plunged into the forest. In an instant, there was chaos, and birds flew out of the forest in disarray.
Meanwhile, the Rhinoceros King and Yang Qianrou were surrounded by those people in a valley. They had been on the run for a month and were finally found.
The Rhinoceros King and Yang Qianrou were covered in wounds. After a month of pursuit, both of them were exhausted, finding it a luxury to even stand.
"Old Rhino, we can't escape this time. It's all my fault for dragging you down."
Yang Qianrou said despairingly to the Rhinoceros King.
"It's not your fault. It's this old rhino's fault for not being strong enough to protect you."
The old rhino said, covered in fresh and old wounds, the old ones not yet healed before new ones appeared, a truly gruesome sight.
"Yang Qianrou, old bull will go first. If you have the chance, survive."
The Rhinoceros King said a tragic sentence to Yang Qianrou, and then charged towards the humans with all his might.
The Rhinoceros King knew this might be his last charge, so he exerted all his strength.