"Chance Encounter" with the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger!

Bibi Dong gave a soft snort and said nothing more, merely tapping the rim of her teacup with her fingertips.

Lin Fan knew she had already arranged his "vacation."

—After all, teachers were secretly protecting the Golden Class during their assessments. As long as they did not face mortal danger, the teachers would not intervene. Bibi Dong clearly understood that with Lin Fan's strength, a Six-thousand-year Soul Beast posed no threat at all.

"We set off first thing tomorrow morning." Lin Fan stretched and rose to his feet. "The sooner we get this done, the sooner vacation starts!"

Early the next morning, Lin Fan rode leisurely toward Sunset Forest in a carriage pulled by two century-old Bright Holy Horse Soul Beasts.

Sunlight spilled across the carriage. He sat with one leg crossed over the other, an apple in hand, looking as though he were on holiday.

"This is way more comfortable than being at the academy." He hummed a tune contentedly, as if this assessment were nothing more than an outing.

Two days later, Sunset Forest finally came into view. Towering ancient trees blotted out the sky, while the occasional low growl of a Soul Beast echoed in the distance.

Lin Fan jumped down from the carriage and said to the coachman, "Go wait for me at the Martial Soul Sacred Hall in Heaven Dou Imperial City."

"Yes, Young Master," the coachman replied respectfully.

Fifty meters behind Lin Fan, Lingyuan Douluo Xue Ying and Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan concealed their auras and followed quietly.

Yue Guan sighed helplessly and said in a low voice, "Xue Ying, having me along is enough. You should go back. Why did you have to come too?"

"Yue Guan, of course I'm at ease with you here." Lingyuan Douluo Xue Ying rubbed her temples helplessly. "But this was an order personally given by the Grand Priest. If anything happens to Lin Fan, I can't bear the responsibility."

Yue Guan shrugged and said no more.

The two continued to move stealthily, their gazes fixed tightly on the figure ahead.

Lin Fan stepped into the edge of Sunset Forest. Ancient trees towered all around him, and the air was permeated with the faint scent of Soul Beasts.

"A Six-thousand-year Soul Beast... should be closer to the central region. It should be pretty close to Ice and Fire Yin Yang too... Forget it. If I encounter one, I'll kill it. If not, I'll take the Immortal Herbs first..."

He muttered to himself, then glanced back at the empty woods behind him and suddenly shouted, "Hey! Hurry up and keep up!"

Before his words had even faded, he directly released his Martial Soul—the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul! Three pairs of pure white wings abruptly spread from his back, holy radiance flowing over them as he seemed like a god descending into the world.

The next second, he lightly tapped the ground with his toes. His pure white wings snapped open, whipping up a fierce gale as he shot into the sky and headed straight for the depths of Sunset Forest.

Whoosh—!

The wind howled. Lin Fan was astonishingly fast, and the air currents from his passage made the branches and leaves along the way shudder violently.

Lingyuan Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo, hidden in the shadows, were caught off guard and nearly left behind.

"This brat... did he do that on purpose?!" Yue Guan's mouth twitched as his figure flashed forward, quickly catching up.

Xue Ying gritted her teeth and accelerated. "Could he have discovered where we were long ago?!"

"Not sure." Chrysanthemum Douluo spoke as he flew. "But based on what you and I know about that little brat, he's probably just trying to bait us out."

After flying at full speed for half a day, Lin Fan finally reached the central region of Sunset Forest.

The place was gloomy and oppressive, with towering ancient trees that made it difficult for sunlight to penetrate. Lin Fan slowly descended, folded away his wings, and looked around.

Suddenly, the ground trembled slightly, followed by an earth-shaking roar from the distance!

Roar—!

A purple-black spider charged out of the dense forest. Its main body was more than one and a half meters wide, and its eight spear-like legs each exceeded three meters. Its scarlet eyes locked tightly onto Lin Fan.

"It's actually a six-thousand-five-hundred-year Man Faced Demon Spider!" Lin Fan's eyes lit up. "Not bad luck! I really am the chosen one!"

Lin Fan had completely forgotten how he had drawn the Red Level Assessment!

The Man Faced Demon Spider charged at him fiercely. Lin Fan neither dodged nor retreated. He raised his right hand, released his Angel Domain, and his Second Soul Ring shone.

Second Soul Skill, Angel Meteor Shower!

Three blazing fireballs instantly condensed and blasted toward the Man Faced Demon Spider.

Yet the Man Faced Demon Spider did not even spare him a glance. It directly drove all eight legs into the trunk of a nearby tree and fled at top speed.

"Huh?"

Lin Fan stared blankly at the fleeing Man Faced Demon Spider as the fireballs still forming immediately dispersed.

What was going on?

Why wasn't it playing by the rules?!

A six-thousand-year Soul Beast had actually fled without fighting him?

Before he could react, dozens more Soul Beasts rushed in from all directions. Yet they likewise ignored Lin Fan, fleeing madly as if something terrifying were chasing them from behind.

"Something's wrong..." Lin Fan frowned as he suddenly noticed that the light around him had rapidly dimmed.

Holy Light clearly illuminated the Angel Domain, yet the entire forest had fallen into an eerie darkness. More terrifying still, he could feel his domain being suppressed by an even stronger power!

"An Extreme Attribute?!" Lin Fan's pupils contracted.

The Angel Domain possessed the power of Extreme Sacredness. The only thing capable of suppressing it was an even stronger Extreme Attribute!

Roar—

A deep, oppressive roar suddenly rang out, making the entire forest tremble. Lin Fan jerked his head up and saw a massive black shadow slowly emerge from the woods not far away.

It was an enormous pitch-black tiger, over eight meters long, its muscles knotted with power. Its scarlet eyes were like two blood-red lamps, while the character for "king" on its forehead was black as ink and emanated a sinister aura.

Most eye-catching of all was its long tail, formed from countless bony segments, its hooked tip glinting with an icy, eerie light.

"Holy shit! The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger?!" Lin Fan's scalp went numb instantly.

This thing was a top predator among Soul Beasts, its combat strength comparable to a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast!

Forget fighting it—even running away might not be possible!

It was a vicious beast that even the Sacred Power of Sea God's Trident could not affect!

Without the slightest hesitation, Lin Fan fully unleashed his Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul. His Soul Power erupted wildly as he shot into the sky!

Whoosh—

However, before he had flown even ten meters, a terrifying suction force suddenly came from below!

"Could this be the Life-and-Death Arena?!" Lin Fan's expression changed drastically as his body was uncontrollably dragged back down.

"Damn it, I'm going all in!"

Gritting his teeth, he pulled a Golden Talisman from his Soul Tool—Qian Daoliu had poured immense effort into crafting it, and it could unleash the full-powered strike of an ordinary Titled Douluo!

Just as Lin Fan was about to chant the incantation and attack, two voices rang out at once!

Ninth Soul Skill, Withered Chrysanthemum, Wounds Across the Ground, Falling Flowers Break the Heart!

Ninth Soul Skill, Burning Kite Feathers, Falling from the Ninth Heaven, the Wind Passes and Leaves a Shadow of Sorrow!

They were Chrysanthemum Douluo and Lingyuan Douluo!

The enormous Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum shattered instantly, every petal spinning like a crescent blade and forming a massive golden tornado.

Golden kite feathers filled the sky, igniting like blazing fire as they poured down from the heavens with a shrill whistle that tore through the wind.

The Soul Skills surged toward the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger!

Yet just as the Ninth Soul Skills of the two Titled Douluo were about to strike the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger—