Chapter 509 - 505: Hidden Arrow
"ROAR!"
The Evil-eyed White Tiger let out a furious roar.
The sound shook the heavens and the earth as it charged straight for Hong Yu.
It pounced, its body a full ten meters long and over three meters tall—impossibly ferocious.
Its eyes glinted with a cold light that could make one’s heart shudder, and the sharp tusks within its gaping maw were like deadly Primordial Weapons, gleaming with a sinister chill.
"Get lost!"
Hong Yu felt an immense pressure.
A Tier Six Middle Level Desolate Beast was comparable to a Mid-stage Primordial Spirit Realm powerhouse.
Furthermore, this Evil-eyed White Tiger was a king among Desolate Beasts. It was said to possess a trace of the Divine Beast White Tiger’s bloodline, making it so powerful it could rival a Late-stage Primordial Spirit Realm powerhouse.
"BANG!"
A cyan light flowed around Hong Yu’s body.
This was the Cyan Celestial Transformation Dragon Technique manifesting its power, covering his body in Dragon Scales and making his strength robust and complete.
He threw a punch. The light of his fist shimmered, flowing like a field of stars.
The heavy impact stirred up a violent storm.
Hong Yu’s body shook violently as he was knocked backward.
The Evil-eyed White Tiger didn’t fare much better.
Its paw trembled and went numb. The force of the punch had fractured the bone.
"ROAR!"
A cyan light flowed within the Evil-eyed White Tiger’s eyes.
They were as eerie as two rising balls of Ghost Fire.
"How dare you, human! You dare snatch my prey? You’re courting death!" The Evil-eyed White Tiger couldn’t speak, of course.
But its evil eyes were strange.
The surging energy fluctuations coalesced into a conscious thought that exploded in everyone’s mind.
"We are both hunters, and they are the prey. Who emerges victorious simply depends on their own skill. You weren’t capable enough to hunt them down, and instead, my two brothers and I succeeded. That’s our luck, and our ability," Hong Yu said.
The Evil-eyed White Tiger was too strong.
He had already consumed too much of his strength in the previous battles.
He was unwilling to fight the Evil-eyed White Tiger any further.
After all, a Tier Six Desolate Beast was only worth four points. The risk wasn’t worth the reward.
But the Evil-eyed White Tiger didn’t see it that way. "In the White Tiger Mountain range, all living things belong to me! They can only be hunted by me, destined to become my meal. You are not qualified to touch them. Now that you’ve dared to snatch food from the tiger’s mouth, I will devour all three of you!"
"What a big kitty. I’m afraid in the end, it won’t be you devouring us, but me skinning you for a fur coat!" Hong Yu said coldly.
"Big kitty?"
The Evil-eyed White Tiger paused.
It clearly didn’t understand what that meant.
Yeban, off to the side, curled his lip and said lightly, "He’s saying you’re a cat! Meow, meow, meow!"
"ROAR!"
The Evil-eyed White Tiger froze for a moment, then let out a series of furious roars.
’Who am I?’
’I am the king of the White Tiger Mountain range, the great Tier Six Middle Level Desolate Beast, the Evil-eyed White Tiger!’
’And someone just called me a cat?’
"Human, you are courting death!"
The Evil-eyed White Tiger roared furiously and pounced again.
Its claws shot out from its thick paws like switchblades, sharp as daggers and as keen as if forged from refined steel.
It swiped viciously with its paw.
Three sharp blades of light slashed through the air, almost tearing through the void itself and causing space to tremble with a low BUZZ.
With a cold shout, Hong Yu took an Arrow Step forward, closing the distance with the Evil-eyed White Tiger.
He executed the Tyrant’s Walk, a technique he hadn’t used in a long time. With a Thunder Step, he crossed the sky as thunder rumbled.
He had just dodged a direct clash with the tiger’s claws.
Reaching the Evil-eyed White Tiger’s flank, he shot his right hand upward in a powerful uppercut.
"BOOM!"
The punch landed solidly. Its immense power struck the Evil-eyed White Tiger directly on the jaw.
The massive tiger’s body convulsed as it was sent flying backward.
"It’s not over yet!"
Hong Yu sneered.
Just as the Evil-eyed White Tiger was about to fly out of his range, Hong Yu shot his left hand up, his five fingers forming a claw, and grabbed its retreating paw.
At the same time, he yanked with tremendous force.
The pull was incredibly powerful, just enough to drag the Evil-eyed White Tiger back down toward him.
Hong Yu suddenly raised his knee, aiming right for the Evil-eyed White Tiger’s head.
"ROAR!"
The Evil-eyed White Tiger was already dizzy from the first punch. It had just begun to clear its head when Hong Yu’s knee struck it again, sending a few of its fangs flying. Its massive body was flung backward once more.
It crashed across the ground, carving a five-meter-wide trench in its wake.
The ground was littered with shattered rocks.
"HUFF!"
The Evil-eyed White Tiger shook its head. It still hadn’t fully recovered from the successive attacks.
"WAHAHAHA, tiger fangs! These are the fangs of a genuine Tier Six Desolate Beast! That’s another million Gold Coins in the bag!"
Yeban rushed forward, his eyes narrowed to slits and drool trickling from his mouth. He looked at Hong Yu with the face of a money-grubber. "Hong Yu, hurry up and kill this big tiger! I want to skin it. The hide will definitely sell for a huge price!"
"ROAR! Humans, you go too far!"
The Evil-eyed White Tiger glared furiously.
’Having my teeth knocked out is humiliating enough, but now they’re after my hide?’
At that moment, Feng Xue Xin stepped forward, crossing his arms. He looked at Yeban with a serious expression. "You really are going too far. An Evil-eyed White Tiger is so rare, how could you think of selling it?"
"ROAR!"
The Evil-eyed White Tiger nodded repeatedly.
It found Feng Xue Xin quite agreeable at the moment, thinking the human was speaking up for it.
However, when it heard Feng Xue Xin’s next words, it was thrown into utter chaos and fury.
Feng Xue Xin turned, stroking his chin as he sized up the Evil-eyed White Tiger. Then, with a serious face, he said to Hong Yu, "Junior Brother Hong, it doesn’t matter if you damage the other parts of this Evil-eyed White Tiger. But you have to leave the bones for me. I happen to have a few jars of fine wine, and tiger bone wine would be excellent. Hmm..."
Musing, Feng Xue Xin glanced maliciously between the Evil-eyed White Tiger’s legs and muttered, "And whatever you do, don’t damage the... tiger penis. We can take that back, make a soup, and the three of us can share it. A great supplement! It’s definitely a great supplement!"
Alright then.
One a money-grubber, the other a foodie—they were truly a pair of oddballs.
Hong Yu nearly stumbled and fell.
’I’m fighting for my life over here, and all they can think about is money and food?’
’Then again,’ he thought, ’a tiger penis is supposed to be really good for... that sort of thing!’
Hong Yu also looked maliciously between the Evil-eyed White Tiger’s legs and nodded seriously. "Alright. We’ll cut it off later and preserve it carefully. We’ll make soup when we get back to replenish ourselves. Lately, I feel like I can only piss two zhang against the wind. It’s time to replenish. Let’s try to get back to the magnificent scene of pissing three zhang against the wind!"
Feng Xue Xin: "..."
Yeban: "..."
The Evil-eyed White Tiger wanted to cry but had no tears: "..."
’Screw you!’
’I am a magnificent Beast King, the Evil-eyed White Tiger! Who doesn’t tremble in fear at the sight of me? And you people want to eat me? You want to eat *that thing* to boost your virility?’
"Bastards! You three bastards! I will bite you all to death!" the Evil-eyed White Tiger roared again and again.
A gray-and-white light began to swirl around its body.
"CRACK!"
Streaks of black and white energy condensed to form armor, covering its entire body like a series of Divine Dao Runes, unleashing an even more formidable power.
"Tiger Roar in the Forest!"
The Evil-eyed White Tiger opened its mouth, and a ball of white light condensed before its gaping maw.
The white light swirled, then suddenly expanded, transforming into a white, blazing sun that shot toward the three of them with a SWOOSH.
"BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!"
The beam of white light rolled across the ground.
Everywhere it passed, the ground was scorched, mountainsides cracked, the earth convulsed, and even the sky and earth seemed to lose their color.
The surging power felt like a stampede of ten thousand beasts.
The earth trembled and cracked apart.
Sand and stone flew, the ground shattered, and trees collapsed into dust. The entire mountain peak shuddered as if it had been sliced in two by Deities.
"This attack is quite powerful. Looks like I’ll have to use some real techniques!" Hong Yu took a deep breath.
A faint golden light coiled around his arm.
Inside his Dantian, the Infinite Primordial Embryo bloomed with radiant light. Streams of golden energy surged like a torrent, gathering in his arms.
Piercing Void Spear Technique, First Technique—Unstoppable!
As the spear thrust forward, everything seemed to be shrouded in a dark radiance.
The Spiritual Qi in the area was instantly assimilated. A profound power wrapped around the Godslaying Spear, glowing with a surging radiance. With a BOOM, it slammed into the giant white ball of light.
"RUMBLE!"
The two forces collided.
Both were incredibly potent and sharp forms of light and energy.
They competed, contended, fought, and gambled against one another!
"BANG! BANG! BANG!"
The collision created a terrifying storm of energy, a violent force that could sweep across the world and bring Annihilation to all living things.
"Damn it, it’s too strong! We have to get away!"
"Let’s wait in the air. If Hong Yu is in danger, we have to intervene!"
The two of them, Feng Xue Xin and Yeban, instantly flew into the air.
They stared anxiously at the battle below. The moment Hong Yu fell into a disadvantage, they would intervene to help.
"BANG!"
The clash between the two energies seemed to have reached its peak.
Both sides exploded simultaneously.
"RUMBLE!"
A scorching shockwave of energy instantly swept across the landscape.
It engulfed the 1,300-meter-high mountain peak. Rocks and the mountainside itself shattered, turning to rubble. The rubble cracked into fine sand, and the sand was then vaporized, directly annihilated into dust.
"WHOOM!"
A mushroom cloud shot straight into the sky.
The mushroom cloud towered a thousand meters high, thick and powerful. Rumbling forces like Thunder intertwined within it, as if Thunder Dragons and electric serpents were coiling and writhing inside. The energy was so terrifying that no one dared approach.
Even Feng Xue Xin and Yeban felt a mortal threat and swallowed hard. "Where’s Hong Yu? How is he?"
"BANG! BANG! BANG!"
From within the mushroom cloud, another series of terrifying energy fluctuations erupted.
Each impact burst forth with a brilliant radiance, like a world-ending thunderous judgment. This was Hong Yu and the Evil-eyed White Tiger clashing at the core of the violent energy.
"Damn human, you have enraged me!"
The Evil-eyed White Tiger let out a terrifying roar.
Through the thinning mushroom cloud, one could see its cyan eyes suddenly rotate. The pair of jade-like eyes actually overlapped!
It was a pair of overlapping pupils.
"SWOOSH!"
A black light shot out, sinking into the unprepared Hong Yu’s body.
"What is this?"
A trace of astonishment flashed in Hong Yu’s eyes.
Then, his face went slack with confusion, and a layer of gray clouded his eyes, leaving them vacant and without consciousness.
"ROAR!"
The Evil-eyed White Tiger roared, extremely excited. Its innate talent, the evil eye, could affect another’s soul and consciousness.
In the Ancient Era, the strongest Evil-eyed White Tigers could even use this ability to subdue powerful Ancient Martial Artists and enslave them as puppets. This was the origin of the legend of "acting as a jackal for a tiger"!
"Hmph, become my puppet!"
The Evil-eyed White Tiger roared in excitement.
However... just as it was about to further turn Hong Yu into its puppet, its fur stood on end. It felt a chilling premonition.
The Evil-eyed White Tiger’s charge came to a sudden halt. It looked up in horror.
It saw a hidden arrow, wreathed in sharp Flowing Light, shooting toward Hong Yu’s head at extreme speed. The arrow was unbelievably fast and immensely powerful, radiating the might that only a High-Tier Primordial Weapon could possess.
The sudden arrow caught everyone off guard; no one had time to react.
It was about to blast Hong Yu to smithereens.
If there was no miracle, Hong Yu was sure to die!