Lin Le Fights a Tiger

He cooked and prepared the meal, and Lin Le put the meat and rice on to cook.

When the food was ready, Lin Le ate heartily, and the Blood Essence Treasure Liquid dripped from the lotus leaf.

A massive surge of essence flowed through his Blood Qi, transforming Lin Le's digestive system.

As Lin Le continued to eat, his stomach began to swell, eventually becoming as round as a woman six or seven months pregnant.

"Burp!" Lin Le let out a satisfied belch. The food on the stove, enough for a family of four to eat for a week, had already been completely consumed by him.

Sitting cross-legged on the ground, Lin Le accelerated the digestion of the food in his stomach. It wasn't until the sun began to set in the west that his stomach finally returned to normal.

Patting his belly, Lin Le estimated that his Viper Belly had been preliminarily trained.

Using his Inner Vision Divine Ability, he saw another drop of Blood Essence Treasure Liquid form on the lotus leaf.

Lin Le decided to use it again, this time practicing the Eagle Claw Technique. He already had the White Ape Spear, and the Five Tigers Severing Gate Saber felt somewhat redundant.

Since he was about to face a Yokai, it was more important to shore up his weaknesses.

Furthermore, stronger finger strength would also be beneficial for his spear techniques.

He practiced for an hour.

'As expected, the Viper Belly has greatly aided my martial arts practice.'

Lin Le finished his practice, looking at his now more slender and elongated fingers, and couldn't help but sigh.

In the past, the Blood Essence Treasure Liquid he could accumulate in a day was only enough to practice Tongbei Fist twice. Now, he could practice Eagle Claw Technique fifty times before exhausting it.

Even considering that Eagle Claw Technique was less profound than Tongbei Fist, his increased appetite, which was more than ten times what it used to be, was undoubtedly a major factor.

Lin Le picked up a piece of gravel and squeezed it with all his might. The stone cracked into several pieces.

Dropping the stone, Lin Le looked in the direction of the woods indicated by the farmer.

According to the farmer, the tiger was a nascent demon tiger, possessing some intelligence, equivalent to a Martial Master at the Blood Qi Gauze stage.

Before wild beasts become Yokai and step into the Qi Refining Realm, there is a stage called the Mortal Transformation Realm.

It is further divided into four minor realms: Sentient, where they initially gain intelligence; Speech Awakening, where they refine the hyoid bone and can speak human language; Meridian Awakening, where they begin to tap into their Bloodline power. At this minor realm, most wild beasts will enter the Qi Refining Realm and become Yokai.

The fourth minor realm is Form Transformation, where their physique approaches that of their Bloodline Ancestor. This is similar to the Fourth Limit of Body Refining Realm, and only exceptional talents can achieve it.

This was why, when the farmer said the tiger couldn't speak, Lin Le could confirm that the demonized tiger was equivalent to the Blood Qi Gauze stage.

Moreover, if it were any stronger, it would likely choose to eat people daily rather than once every seven days.

Ultimately, it was still afraid that the villagers, facing a hopeless situation, would fight back desperately and injure it.

If it were equivalent to a Martial Master at the Blood Qi Wolf Smoke stage, its fur alone would be impervious to weapons wielded by ordinary people.

'Beasts that have become spirits are still beasts after all. They are still afraid of getting hurt.'

Lin Le inexplicably recalled the words taught to him by the Elegant Man.

As Lin Le gazed at the small woods, a pair of eerie green eyes within the woods also looked greedily in his direction.

The rich Blood Qi, detectable even from a thousand meters away, made its mouth water.

It prowled within the woods, ultimately choosing to remain still because it wanted its chosen human traitor to test the waters.

If the human traitor wasn't tied up, it wouldn't matter; it could simply ambush and kill them. If they were tied up, that would be even better, saving it the risk.

It was aware that with such potent Blood Qi present, the prey's strength couldn't be low. It preferred not to get injured if possible, just as it had chosen two human traitors to guard a large group of food for it.

Lin Le sat in his room and began to refine his soul, continuing until dawn.

After reaching Second Zen, entering a meditative state was akin to light sleep. It occasionally replaced sleep and did not cause him to feel fatigued.

He lit a fire and cooked, and Lin Le ate another large meal, completely clearing out the household's food supply.

Then, he used the Great Devourer Art to aid digestion.

After refining the essence, Lin Le took his spear and went outside.

As soon as he stepped out, he sensed several gazes falling upon him, but Lin Le paid them no mind and walked towards the woods.

Behind him, seeing Lin Le head towards the woods, the villagers' mouths gaped open slightly, their eyes showing surprise, disdain, and hope.

Arriving at the edge of the small woods, before Lin Le could issue a challenge, a Striped Great Worm slowly emerged from the trees. It was about ten feet long, not including its tail.

As soon as it appeared, it fixed its gaze on Lin Le, as if looking at a delicacy.

Last night, from a distance, it had only a vague impression. Now that it was up close, it realized how delicious this Blood Food before it was.

If it ate this, it was sure to undergo a great transformation!

This thought appeared in the Striped Great Worm's mind without any reason.

With that thought, greed surged, and the Striped Great Worm no longer hesitated. It was determined to eat Lin Le today, even if it meant getting injured.

The Striped Great Worm pressed its two front claws lightly onto the ground and leaped, pouncing down from mid-air.

Lin Le calmly watched the charging tiger.

In a flash, as Lin Le saw the tiger pounce, he swiftly dodged, moving behind the Striped Great Worm.

The tiger, finding it hardest to attack from behind, placed its front paws on the ground, twisted its waist, and attempted to flip Lin Le over with its hind legs.

Lin Le agilely dodged once more.

Seeing it couldn't flip him, the tiger roared, its voice like thunder on a clear day, shaking the very forest.

Next, the tiger raised its iron-rod-like tail and swept it violently. Lin Le once again skillfully evaded.

It turned out the tiger's attacks on humans were limited to pounce, flip, and scissors. If all three moves missed, its momentum was already halved.

The tiger, unable to catch Lin Le with its scissors move, roared again and turned to pounce once more.

Seeing the tiger pounce again, Lin Le swung his spear with both hands, channeling all the Blood Qi in his body, and brought it down with a fierce chop from mid-air.

This strike was a killing move: White Ape Cleaves the Sun!

Bang!

Lin Le timed it perfectly. The spear struck the striped great worm squarely on the forehead.

Crack! With a single blow, Lin Le's spear snapped.

After all, it was made of wood. Though fine wood, it was still ordinary wood.

This tiger had become a spirit. It was an exaggeration to say its tendons and bones were harder than fine iron, but they were certainly no weaker than coarse iron.

Coupled with Lin Le's already extraordinary strength, the collision between the two during the spear strike, causing the shaft to break, was not surprising.

The tiger roared, charging again like a mad beast.

Lin Le quickly leaped back another ten paces.

Although the spear shaft breaking was unexpected, the damage dealt was significant. The spearhead, forged from fine iron, had embedded itself in the tiger's forehead.

And with this charge, the tiger placed its front paws right in front of Lin Le.

Lin Le would not pass up such a good opportunity. He tossed aside the broken half of the spear shaft, grabbed the skin on the tiger's head with both hands, flipped over, and rode onto the tiger's neck, forcefully pressing its head down.

The tiger struggled desperately, but the previous blow had left it somewhat dazed, unable to muster any strength.

Lin Le pressed down on the tiger with all his might, refusing to loosen his grip. Then, he kicked the spear blade embedded in the tiger's head.

The spear blade was kicked away, widening the wound on the tiger's head.

The tiger cried out in pain, its claws digging into the ground, creating a dirt pit.

Lin Le increased the pressure with his arms, shoving the tiger's mouth into the dirt pit it had dug.

The two began to stalemate, but who could outlast whom?

Lin Le glanced at his divine ability Inner Scenery. The newly refined Blood Essence Treasure Liquid flowed into his body, restoring his Blood Qi and stamina.

Finally, the tiger was subdued by Lin Le, its strength completely depleted.

Lin Le held the tiger's head firmly with his left hand and drew out his right. Raising his fist, as hard as iron and stone, he poured all his strength into pounding the wound on the tiger's head.

After fifty to seventy punches, the tiger's skull was shattered. Blood gushed from its eyes, mouth, nose, and ears.

Once he confirmed the killing karma and merit had been credited, Lin Le released the tiger and let out a long breath, his body feeling somewhat weak.