A Sudden Shock in the Lake

"Look, quick—it's the spirit boat!"

"Young Hero Ye's Cloud Winged Tiger King really brought the spirit boat over!"

"It worked, Master, it worked!"

When the enormous spirit boat appeared in everyone's sight, the people who had been staring fixedly at the lake erupted in cheers. Ma Yue, the Beast Taming Sect's chief disciple, cheered in delight like a child.

The instant the spirit boat came into view, Ye Zhen felt as though all strength had drained from him.

The Cloud Winged Tiger King had taken more than half an hour to reach the opposite shore, yet steering the spirit boat back had taken two hours. Throughout those three hours, Ye Zhen had remained taut and intensely focused, and his back was already soaked through with sweat.

Under normal circumstances, it was nearly impossible for a Pulse Forging Realm expert to soak even heavy clothes with sweat.

Roar!

The moment the spirit boat reached shore, Cloud Winged Tiger King Xiao Mao let out an incomparably excited roar, leaping up and pouncing toward Ye Zhen.

Just as everyone thought the Cloud Winged Tiger King's massive body would knock Ye Zhen down, Little Cat's form rapidly shrank from over a hundred meters to the size of a palm. Like a pet, it threw itself into Ye Zhen's arms, without a trace of a tiger king's majesty remaining.

Ye Zhen gently stroked Little Cat, soothing the wildly excited creature as he listened to its joy at having completed the challenge.

"I've dealt with Monster Beasts for half my life, but this Cloud Winged Tiger King is the first Monster Beast I've ever seen with such profound intelligence. Other Monster Beasts with exceptional spiritual nature probably do not possess even a tenth of the Cloud Winged Tiger King's!"

As he praised it, Yang Yiguan looked