Sacred Fire Will Cleanse You!

This Bright Tiger King was an excellent match for Zhu Rong's Blade of Sanction, both in terms of attribute and age.

Even in the primeval forest, they might not have found a soul beast this suitable.

But Tang Hao did not know that it did not matter what kind of soul ring Zhu Rong absorbed. The soul skill he gained would always be the optimal one.

"Smack..."

Seeing Zhu Rong standing there in a daze, Tang Hao slapped him on the head and reminded him:

"Kid, what are you spacing out for? Kill the beast and take its ring!"

He had only knocked the Bright Tiger King unconscious and had not harmed it.

Zhu Rong had to kill it himself before he could absorb the Bright Tiger King's soul ring.

Under the rules of Douluo Continent, whoever dealt the final blow before a soul beast died was the only one who could absorb its soul ring.

Who knew whether that was determined by the world's will or by the soul beast itself.

If Dugu Bo used his poison to poison a soul beast, did the soul beast count as having been killed by Dugu Bo, or by the poison?

"I'll have to try it when I get the chance!"

Tang Hao's slap jolted Zhu Rong awake. Only then did he come back to his senses. He stopped thinking about all that nonsense and decided to get the soul ring first.

His martial soul, the Blade of Sanction, had already been summoned.

Same as before, he swung both hands gripping the Blade of Sanction and unleashed a barrage upon the unconscious Bright Tiger King.

"Roar..."

Blazing flames churned over the Tiger King's head. After roughly two seconds, the Bright Tiger King woke up from the pain! The instant it awoke, the agony made it roar at the air.

Zhu Rong was neither too close nor too far away, about ten-odd meters from it.

The Bright Tiger King's furious roar was like a compressed air cannon, sending the surrounding trees swaying and staggering in the wind...

Zhu Rong happened to stand directly in the path of its roar. Instantly, his head buzzed, his ears went partially deaf, and his feet involuntarily took several steps back.

Zhu Rong did not feel the Tiger King's aura in the slightest. He had merely suffered something akin to a sonic attack...

"What a set of lungs!"

Zhu Rong clicked his tongue. If he used his complete martial soul, or went all out, this four-hundred-year Bright Tiger King might not amount to much at all.

But Tang Hao was watching him like a tiger from the side. As a pathetic Level Ten weakling, he could not possibly display such high combat power!

"Just wait, Tang Hao! You only have a few good years left!"

If the plan failed, Zhu Rong still had a trump card that could kill Tang Hao with absolute certainty!

What Zhu Rong was thinking had nothing to do with the Bright Tiger King.

Enduring the burning agony in its eyes, it forcibly located Zhu Rong through scent. Then, with a flap of its wings, it shot forward more than ten meters in an instant and arrived before him.

Like a tiger with wings, it truly had wings!

With his experience of killing the Mandala Snake, Zhu Rong had targeted the Bright Tiger King's eyes in his first wave of attacks. At the time, it had still been stunned and had nowhere to dodge.

By the time the Bright Tiger King awoke from the pain in its eyes, its eye sockets were already empty.

"A man has to be ruthless to stand firm!"

"Roar..."

In an instant, the Bright Tiger King had reached Zhu Rong. It raised one paw high and swatted down at him.

Too fast!

A hundred-year soul beast was actually this terrifying!

Zhu Rong had no way to dodge. He could only cross the two sacred swords before himself to block the attack.

"Bang..."

The Bright Tiger King's paw struck the Blade of Sanction with perfect accuracy. After only an instant of contact, Zhu Rong was sent flying backward.

As one of the most elite soul beasts, the Bright Tiger King feared not even true dragons of the same level.

Some true dragons whose attributes it countered could even be killed by it if they were careless.

This showed just how high the Bright Tiger King stood among soul beasts!

Even though this Bright Tiger King had only four hundred years of cultivation, ordinary ten-thousand-year soul beasts might not necessarily be its match!

Tang Hao had only managed to knock it unconscious by catching it off guard. Otherwise, he would have had to put in at least some effort!

"Roar..."

With another howl, the Bright Tiger King pounced toward Zhu Rong, who had fallen to the ground. It wanted to kill the human who had destroyed its eyes...

After being blasted away, Zhu Rong felt awful.

Fuck, was this really a four-hundred-year soul beast? Why did it feel like he might not be able to kill it even if he went all out?

Blocking that strike just now had nearly dislocated the hands gripping his sacred swords!

"As expected of a legendary divine beast! Zhu Rong isn't its match, even though it's already blind..."

Tang Hao watched from the side with great interest.

This hundred-year soul beast possessed combat power even greater than that of ordinary ten-thousand-year soul beasts. Wasn't it perfectly normal for Zhu Rong to be no match for it?

"Time to stretch my limbs a little..."

Just because Zhu Rong could not defeat the Bright Tiger King did not mean Tang Hao could not.

Seeing the Bright Tiger King press its advantage and charge at Zhu Rong once more, Tang Hao could no longer sit still. In the blink of an eye, he appeared before Zhu Rong.

Tang Hao clenched his right fist and pushed off with his calves, spinning once in front of Zhu Rong just as the Bright Tiger King pounced.

With a bang, the Bright Tiger King lunging at Zhu Rong seemed to have used its head to catch Tang Hao's fist. As its tiger head collided with Tang Hao's fist—

The same scene happened again!

Only this time, it was the Bright Tiger King that was sent flying...

"Kid, hurry! Give it the finishing blow!"

What was with Tang Hao's sudden burst of hot-bloodedness?

At his age, he should stop getting so fired up, alright? This sort of thing ought to be left to the younger generation!

"Blade that burns for eternity, judge the sinful tiger before you!"

Golden light flickered in Zhu Rong's eyes as the Soul Power within him continuously poured into the two sacred swords. The Blade of Sanction immediately bloomed with incomparable radiance...

"Whoosh..."

As the raging flames on the sacred sword came into contact with the air, they continuously let out whooshing sounds.

"Let Sacred Fire cleanse you!"

This was the feeling—this lofty feeling of judging everything.

Zhu Rong stopped showing off. His spiritual power locked firmly onto the target as both hands gripping the sacred sword swung toward the Bright Tiger King.

Bright Tiger King: ...

It was one thing for you to gang up on a tiger, but you even made it sound so righteous!

Had it ever occurred to you that this tiger also belonged to the sacred attribute...

The Bright Tiger King, which Tang Hao had beaten until it had only one breath left, died with resentment beneath Zhu Rong's attack...

"Whew..."

Zhu Rong let out a breath of stale air, his eyes fixed firmly on the already-dead Bright Tiger King.

He did not dare let his guard down in the slightest. Who the hell would have thought this four-hundred-year soul beast would be so strong?

That Mandala Snake from before was not even worthy of carrying this Bright Tiger King's shoes!

Victory obtained. Obtained one Hero Replicator.

Obtained 500 Gold Soul Coins.

Obtained one fish bone.

Zhu Rong: ...

What use was a fish bone? To make soup?

"This is only a few consecutive wins, and a Hero Replicator actually dropped!"

This round of rewards truly left Zhu Rong stunned. Even his gaze toward the Bright Tiger King became somewhat unfocused.

He had never expected that, after only a few days of "harvesting crops" and getting a few consecutive wins, an item like the Hero Replicator would actually appear!