Fierce Tiger Becomes Big Cat, Assembly Point!

"Roar~"

A wave of intense pain struck, and the fierce tiger let out a shrill scream from its mouth, its gaze towards Lin Chen filled with fear. Even standing there, letting it attack, it couldn't harm him in the slightest. Instead, it had one of its sharp claws broken.

"Can you talk properly now?" Lin Chen looked at the colorful fierce tiger in front of him, glancing at its lower body. "I heard tiger penis is very nourishing. You're this big, you must be quite potent, right?"

"Rumors, all rumors! Tiger penis isn't nourishing!" The colorful fierce tiger shook its head repeatedly, then continued, "I'll talk, I'll tell you everything!"

Huang Qian, standing by the side, was dumbfounded. She thought Lin Chen was doomed to the fierce tiger's clutches, but she never expected his body to be so tough, able to shatter even the tiger's sharp claws.

"You only behave when I use force!" Lin Chen looked at the colorful fierce tiger, which was now as docile as a big cat, and pouted. "Stubborn bones!"

"Speak, where are you gathering, and how many strange beasts are there?"

The colorful fierce tiger didn't dare to hide anything and immediately replied, "We're gathering near a pool upstream of the stream. There are about twenty-odd strange beasts, and the strongest is a fourth-order one."

Twenty-odd strange beasts?

A sharp glint flashed in Lin Chen's eyes. The strongest being fourth-order, that would mean starting from tens of thousands of Origin Points. This trip was definitely worth it!

"Why are you gathering at Fire Forest Mountain?" Lin Chen asked the colorful fierce tiger.

Fire Forest Mountain had no special features. So many strange beasts choosing to gather here puzzled the Demon Suppression Division, and Lin Chen was equally curious why these strange beasts were congregating here.

"This..." The colorful fierce tiger hesitated slightly.

Lin Chen activated his Blood Qi True Flame and looked at the tiger with cold eyes. "You don't want to talk?"

"No, no!"

The colorful fierce tiger shook its head repeatedly. The Blood Qi True Flame made it feel a strong sense of mortal danger. It had no doubt that if the Blood Qi True Flame fell upon it, it would immediately turn into a barbecued tiger.

"Actually, I'm not entirely sure about this. This gathering was initiated by a fourth-order wolf-shaped 异兽," the colorful fierce tiger said, pausing slightly before continuing. "I heard through the grapevine that it was beaten up by other 异兽 in Qingzhou. It's gathering us this time to get revenge."

Beaten up by strange beasts?

Lin Chen was slightly taken aback. Beaten up by exotic beasts in Qingzhou? Doesn't that mean there are at least fifth-order exotic beasts in Qingzhou?

"Fifth-order 异兽?" Lin Chen frowned. He subconsciously thought of the orange cat that had guided him to Tang Jiajia back then. That guy's strength was definitely unusual; it was likely fifth-order, or even stronger.

"Take me to your gathering spot," Lin Chen said to the colorful fierce tiger.

"We've already dispersed."

The colorful fierce tiger glanced at Lin Chen and continued, "Everyone has scattered now, and I don't know where to find them."

Ugh~

Lin Chen's mouth twitched. You're a mystical beast, and you disperse to rest at night? Do you think you're cattle, who have to work overtime at night? Cattle have to work overtime at night!

Lin Chen's expression was grim, but he knew that hunting scattered strange beasts in the middle of the night would be highly inefficient. Helplessly, he had to temporarily abandon the idea of hunting strange beasts.

"When will you gather again?"

The colorful fierce tiger didn't dare to hide anything and quickly replied, "Tomorrow morning, by the stream pool, we will gather again."

Lin Chen nodded slightly. It was just waiting for one more night; he didn't mind.

"It seems we'll have to spend the night around here," Lin Chen said to Huang Qian. The tiger's den was clearly not a place to rest, with bloodstains and remains still present.

Lin Chen could only find an open space nearby for Huang Qian to rest. The colorful fierce tiger saw this and couldn't help but ask in a low voice, "Master, can Little Tiger leave now?"

"You want to go report back?" Lin Chen looked at the colorful fierce tiger.

"No, absolutely not!" The colorful fierce tiger shook its head repeatedly.

Lin Chen glanced at the colorful fierce tiger and said coldly, "Stay here obediently. If you dare to leave, I don't mind there being one less eunuch tiger in the world!"

The colorful fierce tiger felt a chill down its lower body and didn't dare to say anything more, only lying down in place and licking the wound on its broken claw.

Even though they had moved to a different spot, Lin Chen could feel that Huang Qian couldn't sleep at all. Anyone who had experienced so much in one day, six people coming out, five of them devoured by strange beasts, how could she possibly sleep?

"Origin: ."

"Reinforceable Martial Arts: Phoenix Undying Body First Layer (9/9), Dragon Roar Iron Shirt First Layer (9/9)."

Four ghosts, a total of two thousand points of Origin. They were all the weakest first-order ghosts. Coupled with the thousand points of Origin provided by the 异兽 at noon, Lin Chen's Origin finally broke through the 20,000 mark.

"Reinforce Phoenix Undying Body!"

Lin Chen, with a nervous heart, chose to reinforce Phoenix Undying Body again. This time, there were no further accidents. A warm current flowed from his dantian, and a strand of Blood Qi True Flame quickly solidified.

At the same time, the System panel also changed.

"Origin: 1000."

"Reinforceable Martial Arts: Phoenix Undying Body Second Layer (0/9), Dragon Roar Iron Shirt First Layer (9/9)."

Looking at the System panel, Lin Chen's expression darkened. "Damn it, so expensive! It even needs to advance?"

He thought this reinforcement would directly achieve the effect of reinforcing Phoenix Undying Body Second Layer once, but he didn't expect it would only advance the cultivation technique to the second layer, requiring another reinforcement to continue improving.

Although it was just an advancement, the addition of a strand of Blood Qi True Flame in his dantian did increase Lin Chen's strength, and his recovery and endurance capabilities both improved significantly.

"I need to find a way to get more Origin!"

Lin Chen sighed inwardly. The Origin required for System reinforcement was increasing, and just the second layer of the cultivation technique required hundreds of thousands of Origin. If he didn't speed up his acquisition of Origin, it would be far from enough!

As night turned into day, on the morning of the second day, Huang Qian packed up her sleeping bag early. She hadn't slept at all last night and now had dark circles under her eyes.

"We'll deal with these 异兽 today, and then we'll head back!" Lin Chen said, looking at Huang Qian.

Huang Qian nodded slightly. She knew very well that following Lin Chen was the safest option. If any of the strange beasts escaped, they could end her life. That's why, even if she couldn't sleep, even if climbing the mountain was exhausting, she had to stay with Lin Chen.

Meanwhile, the colorful fierce tiger beside them, its broken claw already scabbed over, could now walk with a limp. Lin Chen couldn't help but sigh, impressed by the strong recovery ability of the 异兽. In another two or three days, this fierce tiger would likely be back to its full strength.

After a simple breakfast, Lin Chen looked at the colorful fierce tiger. "Lead the way!"

The colorful fierce tiger nodded slightly, then led Lin Chen and Huang Qian towards the pool upstream of the stream. That was where the exotic beasts gathered.

The colorful fierce tiger was injured, and after about an hour of travel, the two people and one tiger finally arrived at the so-called gathering spot. Looking down from the hill, more than ten exotic beasts had already gathered at the pool.

Lin Chen didn't rush to the pool. He wanted to wait until all the exotic beasts had gathered before making his move. That way, he could eliminate all the exotic beasts in Fire Forest Mountain!