The Gap in Strength

Tang Yuan had only dared to brazenly challenge the Ancient Bristle Mastiff Bear at the Heaven Soul Realm Late Stage because he knew the Grand Yama Demon Lion possessed such a method.

Otherwise, entering the fray without some measure of reliance would likely have left it like those Battle Beasts such as the Heavenly Swamp Great Evil Python—reduced to the Ancient Bristle Mastiff Bear's plaything.

The Grand Yama Demon Lion's strange yet incomparably domineering appearance, its entire body blazing with black flames, once again stirred an uproar among the spectators.

Those disciples who had remained doubtful even after witnessing the Grand Yama Demon Lion's Celestial Phenomenon could not help but begin looking forward to this battle.

The disciples who had already supported and believed in Tang Yuan were so excited that they all rose to their feet, cheering without pause.

"Good lad!" Even Shen Tu Jiangshan could not help praising him.

The black flames radiating from the Grand Yama Demon Lion made even him sense a trace of danger.

It was not that they could truly threaten someone at his level, but they had at least gained some qualification to injure him.

The Celestial Phenomenon was a combat method Elder Shi had taught the Grand Yama Demon Lion after it had been tamed, so there was nothing strange about it displaying it now.

But these black flames were something it had never possessed before. This was a new ability!

That was why Shen Tu Jiangshan had not spared Tang Yuan his praise.

The measure of an outstanding Beast Tamer had never been limited to how obedient a Battle Beast was or how well it coordinated with its master. It lay in how much improvement the Beast Tamer could bring to the Battle Beast.

Naturally, it had to be beneficial improvement.