Douluo Dalu: Legend Of Xiao Yan

On the outskirts of Nouding City was the Fiery Bright Forest, housing 15-20 thousand spirit beasts. With most of the spirit beast's attribute: fire. Hence the name of the forest. Well, one of the two reasons for it's name anyway.

The forest isn't as infamous as the Star Dou Forest but is still known to many. With a confirmed hundred thousand year old spirit beast ruling the forest.

No one knows what the spirit beast is but it was proven a 100 years ago that there was a hundred thousand year old in the forest when a cult, with two hundred members, decided that it was a good idea to sacrifice the entire forest for their god, named Jashin or something, and started a massacre of spirit beasts.

They slaughtered every spirit beasts at first sight in the forest without any hesitation. Although the spirit beasts fought back their oppressors but the cultists were too strong. Their strongest member, the cult leader, was a rank 93 Titled Douluo known as the Blood Scythe Douluo. With his scythe, he killed all the spirit beasts that were a huge threat to his weak members and alongside his nine high priests, all Spirit Douluo from rank 81 to 89, led all of the members of the cult in a mindless bloodbath of the spirit beasts. The whole forest was engulfed in a miasma of blood and death.

And just as everyone thought that all the spirit beasts in the forest would be annihilated, a sudden pressure unlike anyone has ever felt before had come crushing down upon the cultists and the surrounding spectators.(what? You think no one would have noticed a 'cleansing' of this scale? Oh they noticed. But like any human with a brain they didn't move to help. After all, who would want to go against a Titled Douluo?)

The sudden pressure had made all who felt it to instantly fall to their knees, their heads bowed and every part of their body had run cold.

Due to the spectators having their heads facing the ground, they weren't able to see the event of what came next but one thing had stood out to them. Something they saw after hearing hundreds of horrified human screams coming from the forest. Something that had made a powerful rank 93 Titled Douluo to scream in pain and beg for mercy. Something, bright.

Bright Golden Flames. Spreading around the forest like a sea of flames, no, it was a sea of flames. A sea of immortal flames. Bathing the entire forest in it's brilliance. And what was more strange about it was that it didn't burn the forest at all.

From that day on, no one would dare to go there and start something foolish. Though after more than half a century someone did dare to go back inside and hunt some spirit beast for their spirit essence. But they would never hunt for any spirit beast other than for their spirit essence.

Even after a hundred years has passed, no one would be brave or dumb enough to go inside and kill two or more spirit beasts.

Now, like any story, a certain hero would arrive here and let it be it's stepping stone. His entrance would be legendary and mythical. He would start a bloodbath again in the forest, making him confront the rumored beast lord of the forest.

"..." Xiao Yan stood at the entrance of the forest wearing a black hooded cloak covering his entire body with it's hood up covering his face in it's darkness while having his spirit essence out on his back.

It's been three days since he arrived and decided to rebel against the wishes of his teacher. Well, not entirely. He said he wanted him to get stronger by his own hands right? Well his doing that right now. By rushing into one of the most dangerous forest in the two empires.

His expression was flat as he stared at the numerous warning signs around him. Telling him to turned back and leave.

"..." He ignored the warning signs and walked inside the forest while also ignoring the surrounding spirit beasts that were just doing what they normally do in their lives. But he stopped near a hamster looking spirit beast with red fur. Crouching down, Xiao Yan patted it's tiny little fat head and with a smile on his face he said.

"Cute."