This golden-glowing beast has the head of a tiger, the body of a lion, and the tail of a python. It has a pair of horns on its head, its body is covered with golden scales, and its limbs are thick and powerful. However, its body length is about the same as that of a house cat, making it look quite cute.

"Awoo~" The golden-haired pheasant let out a soft cry and leaped onto Wang Ming's body.

"This little guy is too cute, is it a female?" Wang Ming picked up the Golden Sky-Facing Hou and was about to check the little guy's gender.

The little guy and Wang Ming were of one mind, and the two forelimbs tightly covered his private parts.

"Hehe, it's no use trying to cover it up, I saw it, you little beast."

"Awoo~" The golden-haired beast angrily tried to scratch Wang Ming with its claws, but its claws were too short, and it just scrambled around in the air.

"Hehe, okay, I'm not teasing you anymore." Wang Ming put the Golden Light Sky-Facing Hou back on his shoulder.

"Hmm, so, is the nine-headed hound male or female?" Wang Ming looked at the hellhound, which was lying on the ground with one of its heads releasing a cloud of extremely cold mist in the air.

The extreme cold and icy fog instantly froze the nearby polar wolves into ice sculptures, which then formed the Chinese character "公" on the ground.

"Okay, okay, I understand."

“Nine Heads, Little Golden Light is still young. As a male, and a senior, you must take good care of Little Golden Light.”

"Perfect timing, I just triggered a new secret realm, it'll be up to you in a bit."

"Awoo~" The golden-haired lion jumped off Wang Ming's body, ran to the side of the hellhound and rubbed against it, then jumped onto the hellhound's back.

The Hellhound didn't seem to resist the Golden Light Sky-Facing Hound jumping onto its back; instead, it nudged the Golden Light Sky-Facing Hound with its large heads.

Watching the two mythical beasts interact, Wang Ming smiled and then started the task of clearing the secret realm.

Clear the Secret Realm - Shadowy Ruins (SS Rank)

Introduction: In the ancient war between immortals and demons, the Lord of the Demon Realm used a demonic artifact to corrupt the minds of the spirit beasts of the Yuan Domain Continent, causing countless Yuan Domain spirit beasts to fall into madness and attack the Yuan Domain Continent together with the Demon Realm. After the war between immortals and demons ended, these spirit beasts could not recover, and as soon as the flames of war on the Yuan Domain Continent were extinguished, they could only be banished.

Requirement: Kill all the corrupted spirit beasts (level 65-70) in the Shadow Ruins.

"An SS-level mission, perfect for leveling up Little Golden Light." Wang Ming activated the mission, and a portal appeared. Wang Ming and his two pets went inside.

"System notification: You have entered the Secret Realm - Outer Edge of the Shadowy Ruins - Bone Forest. In this area, the monster drop rate is increased by 200%, and the experience points gained by players after killing monsters are increased by 200%. Players do not lose experience points after death. This place is extremely dangerous, please proceed with caution."

The trees in this withered bone forest were devoid of any life, shrouded in a heavy aura of death and decay, and a faint purple demonic mist emanated from the forest.

Among the demonic creatures, a few, each about half a meter long and shrouded in demonic energy, were staring at Wang Ming with their purple eyes.

Demon Flame Fox (Normal)

Level: 65

Realm: Level 5 of the Nascent Soul stage

life:

Attack: 3010

Defense: 2006

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Bone-Rotting Wolf (Elite)

Level: 66

Realm: Nascent Soul Level 6

life:

Attack: 4142

Defense: 2920

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The Demon Flame Fox resembles a fox, with black demonic fire clinging to its fur; it is a level 65 monster.

The Bone Wolf was made entirely of bones, without a trace of flesh or fur. Two pale purple will-o'-the-wisps burned in the eye sockets of its skull. It was a level 66 monster.

Upon seeing Wang Ming, they instantly became bloodthirsty, letting out a low growl as they charged towards him.

"Nine Heads, time to get to work!"

"The Fist of Sanction!"

"Breaking through the air with a punch!" Wang Ming called out to Hellhound and charged into the horde of monsters.

"System notification: Congratulations on killing the Demon Flame Fox (Normal). You have gained 5000 experience points, 5 merit points, and 25 bonus merit points."

"System notification: Congratulations on killing the Bone Wolf (Elite). You have gained 7500 experience points, 10 merit points, and 50 bonus merit points."

"System notification: Your cultivation technique, Soul Devouring, has been successfully activated. You have gained 1 point of power."

"System notification: Your cultivation technique is Soul Devouring..."

"System notification: Your pet, the Golden Sky-Soaring Hou, has leveled up and gained 3600 HP, 2250 MP, 450 Attack, 360 Defense, 10 Fire Attribute Enhancement, 10 Water Attribute Enhancement, 10 Metal Attribute Enhancement, and 10 Earth Attribute Enhancement."

"System notification: Your pet, the Golden Sky-Facing Hou, has learned a new skill - Fearless Charge."

The Golden Sky-Facing Hou is a physical melee attack pet, primarily using physical attacks.

Perhaps for this reason, compared to the Cerberus, the Golden Sky-Facing Hou gains more health and defense per level, but half the mana and significantly less elemental enhancement.

Under the slaughter by Wang Ming and the Hellhound, the Golden Light Sky-Facing Hou's body flashed with golden light, and its level rose like a rocket, gaining 10 levels in the blink of an eye.

The level 10 Golden Sky-Facing Hou has grown to about half a meter in size. More importantly, all of its attributes have increased several times, especially its defense, which has reached more than 4,000. With the 30% life steal bonus from its talent, ordinary monsters here can no longer cause it any effective damage.

As a divine beast, it also has its own pride. Having just reached level 10, it charged into the monster horde and attacked the monsters together with Wang Ming and the Hellhound.

In the end, under the attack of one person and two beasts, the monsters in the withered bone forest on the outskirts of the secret realm were all killed in less than half an hour.

The level of Hellhound was thus raised to 58, and the Golden Light Sky-Facing Hou was raised to 27.

"Hehe, nine heads, golden light, keep going."

One person and two beasts traversed the forest of withered bones and arrived at the depths of this secret realm.

"System notification: You have entered the Secret Realm - Deep Within the Shadowy Ruins - Soul-Eating Swamp. In this area, the monster drop rate is increased by 220%, and the experience points gained by players after killing monsters are increased by 220%. Players do not lose experience points after death. This place is extremely dangerous, please proceed with caution."

The Soul-Eating Swamp is a dark, inky swamp with a sunken terrain. The stench in the air is several times stronger than that in the Bone Forest, making people nauseous.

The black water on the surface of the swamp was as thick as ink, and distorted black shadows could be vaguely seen beneath the calm surface.

"Nine Heads, put on a show of frying fish."

Upon hearing this, Hellhound gathered a ball of lava in its mouth and then shot it into the swamp.

The black water in the Soul-Eating Swamp hissed and then suddenly burst open, followed by the roars of ugly monsters crawling out of the swamp.

Blackwater Armored Crab (Normal)

Level: 67

Realm: 7th level of Nascent Soul

life:

Attack: 3310

Defense: 2136

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Demon Soul Crocodile (Normal)

Level: 67

Realm: 7th level of Nascent Soul

life:

Attack: 3310

Defense: 2136

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Soul-Eating Demon Ape (Elite)

Level: 68

Realm: 8th level of Nascent Soul

life:

Attack: 4542

Defense: 3320