On the other side, Shen He had been injured badly as well. Because of their earlier collision, his Battle Saint Law had been shattered by a single punch from the Titan Giant Ape.
What had happened earlier seemed to last a long time, but in reality, it had only taken a few moments.
To get revenge on the Titan Giant Ape, Shen He altered the narration twice, then stopped caring about what would happen to Tang San's side.
Hearing the commotion caused by the Titan Giant Ape's furious roars in the distance, Shen He knew that whatever had happened after the narration was altered over there had to be quite exciting.
But as long as Tang San did not die and could continue letting him farm experience, no matter how disgusting things became over there, they had nothing to do with him for the time being.
"The Titan Giant Ape really is strong! If I charge in recklessly like that again, I'm a fucking idiot!"
After sighing, Shen He assessed his injuries. Then he sat down where he was, adjusted his breathing, circulated the Soul Power in his body, and began recovering from his wounds.
He had originally thought that, with the system's help, possessing the Sacred Body Martial Soul and the Nine Secrets: Dou meant he was at least fairly powerful. That had made him somewhat overconfident, but exchanging punches with the Titan Giant Ape just now had instantly sobered Shen He up.
Even with the system, he could not defeat a hundred-thousand-year-old soul beast. What right did he have to get carried away?
He still had to keep farming Tang San's wool, change the plot, and make the system stronger by becoming stronger himself!
[Host, you've finally figured it out. Weren't you very brave when you went up to exchange punches earlier?] [I'd thought I was going to have to replace you with a slightly smarter host.]
"System, how can you mock me like this?! Have you lost all your love?"
Hearing the system's long-unheard sarcastic remarks again, Shen He was undoubtedly embarrassed.
[What? You aren't going to alter the narration and heal your injuries?]
"Hmph, of course I know I can. Isn't this just a lesson for myself?"
Shen He answered the system with great confidence, but the instant he finished speaking, he regretted it.
As his Soul Power circulated, Shen He could clearly feel waves of stinging pain coming from his wounds. However, since he had just said that, he felt too embarrassed to keep using the system to recover. Thus, he could only concentrate on circulating his Soul Power to nourish his body.
A man's competitive spirit could be inexplicable sometimes.
After some time passed like this, Shen He's injuries eased somewhat, and his strength gradually returned.
"Roar!"
At that moment, a violent roar came from nearby, instantly putting Shen He on alert.
Looking in the direction of the roar, Shen He saw a golden-furred soul beast with an overall shape resembling a lion fleeing at high speed.
Aside from its normal pair of eyes, the soul beast also had a third eye. That eye had a vertical pupil. Golden light flickered in its two normal eyes, while the vertical pupil radiated an eerie red glow.
Behind the little beast was a massive tiger that was entirely black. Most unusual of all, its tail stood upright and was made up of countless segments of bone. At the tip of the tail was a huge stinger shimmering with a chilling, ghostly light.
Without even looking at the narration, Shen He recognized the two creatures. Wasn't this the Imperial Beast, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, and the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger?
Was the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger hunting the Imperial Beast, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion?
Where were the soul beasts protecting the Three-Eyed Golden Lion? Had she secretly slipped out to play and been discovered by the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger?
Wouldn't she be swallowed in one bite by the other side?
After only a few glances, Shen He understood why the Three-Eyed Golden Lion was being hunted by the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion clearly could not defeat the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger. The light- and fire-attribute Soul Power attack shot from her third eye was easily erased by a casual sweep of its tail hook.
The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger only needed an ordinary charge to crush toward the Three-Eyed Golden Lion like a teleportation, carrying a massive surge of evil power.
Not to mention the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's signature Dark Demon Evil Thunder. Layers of gray light condensed around its body into spherical gusts, and the area attack, formed from a mixture of wind, lightning, and evil attributes, forced the Three-Eyed Golden Lion to dodge and flee in every direction.
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion's originally golden fur had been covered in dust kicked up by the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's attacks, leaving her gray and dusty. She no longer looked like an auspicious beast at all and seemed no different from an ordinary little beast.
Seeing that her attacks had no effect on the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, while even its probing, playful attacks left her struggling desperately to survive—and had even injured her with its evil aura—the Three-Eyed Golden Lion knew that if things continued, she would certainly die.
It was at that moment that the Three-Eyed Golden Lion saw Shen He watching curiously from the side. To avoid being swallowed in one bite and becoming tiger food, she could only ask Shen He for help despite her reluctance, hoping that this unknown human was powerful enough to save her.
"Human, save me!"
A clear and moving female voice came from the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's mouth.
This was the first time she had ever asked for help from a human she disliked—one who disrupted the balance of the soul beast forest.
Seeing the Three-Eyed Golden Lion in danger and asking him for help, Shen He followed the principle that free experience was not to be wasted. He casually picked up a stone beside him and prepared to throw it at the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
Oh no, is this human an idiot?
He's using such a tiny stone against the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger?
This isn't two cats fighting, you know! Either she or the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger has combat power no lower than that of a soul beast nearing a hundred thousand years of cultivation!
When the Three-Eyed Golden Lion saw Shen He pick up the stone, she immediately gave up hope in him. In her eyes, Shen He was an idiot who wanted to use a stone against a soul beast.
The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger also did not take it seriously at all. What could a mere stone possibly do to it?
[Shen He threw a stone, causing minor damage to the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.]
Shen He naturally knew that, in his current condition, it was impossible for him to defeat the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, which possessed six different attributes. Thus, with a thought, he changed "minor" in the narration to "fatal"!
The seemingly tiny stone flew out. Under the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's utterly disdainful gaze—it did not even bother activating the Evil God Protection—it struck the creature directly in the forehead without the slightest obstruction.
The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, which had thought the stone could not even harm its fur, was sent flying heavily as if struck by lightning. The tiny stone seemed to possess a billion tons of force. It pierced straight through the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's body and blasted through its brain.
Even in death, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger did not understand why the small stone thrown by this apparently injured human, whose Soul Power fluctuations were not even that strong, could be so powerful that it killed the tiger outright.
The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, which had intended to catch the stone and toy with him afterward, died on the spot.
The sight of Shen He killing the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger with a single thrown stone left the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, who had called for help, completely stunned.
There had been none of the intense battle she had imagined. She had thought Shen He was an idiot for throwing the stone, but it turned out that she was the real idiot. How could there be such a powerful human?
And this human seemed to be injured as well. If he had not been wounded, could he have instantly killed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger with just a glance?
Had this human already become so powerful that his precise Soul Power fluctuations could no longer be sensed?
The heaven-defying strength Shen He displayed by killing the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger in a single strike had undoubtedly shocked the Three-Eyed Golden Lion greatly.
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