Diamond Tiger

The Bloodthirsty Demonic Bear did not know why the Golden-Haired Man wanted it to eat grass, but it knew it had to obey the Golden-Haired Man before it.

After the Bloodthirsty Demonic Bear ate the Blue Silver Grass, it transformed into green life energy. As it felt the life energy within its body, the pain throughout its body gradually faded away.

The Bloodthirsty Demonic Bear bared its white teeth in a terrifying grin, as though thanking Ye Lan.

Ye Lan rubbed the Bloodthirsty Demonic Bear's head. This big head was quite nice to rub, and it felt pretty good.

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The Bloodthirsty Demonic Bear instantly turned husky-like, trying to rub its chin against Ye Lan.

Watching the demonic bear fawn over him, Ye Lan found it amusing and indulged the bear.

What Ye Lan lacked least was life energy.

This demonic bear was quite intelligent. Ye Lan planned to make it a beast traitor and have it lead him to powerful nearby soul beasts.

"From now on, your name is Xiong Er!" The Bloodthirsty Demonic Bear widened its bloody eyes and nodded its huge head.

"Xiong Er, are there any soul beasts nearby that you can't defeat?"

Xiong Er nodded. Ye Lan had asked cleverly. A soul beast Xiong Er could not defeat was one it had fought and lost to, yet could still escape from. If it were a soul beast capable of killing Xiong Er, then Xiong Er would not be standing before him—it would have become fertilizer for the Star Dou Great Forest.

"Take me there, Xiong Er."

Xiong Er gave the tree hollow a reluctant look and howled a few times, signaling that it would be leaving for a while.

A gentler bear roar came from within the tree hollow.

Hearing the sound of a female bear coming from the tree hollow, Ye Lan immediately covered his forehead. He now understood why such an intelligent Bloodthirsty Demonic Bear had been so enraged.

The Bloodthirsty Demonic Bear was in heat. They always appeared in pairs.

Ye Lan patted Xiong Er's thigh in consolation.

Thinking of the Diamond Tiger that usually bullied it, Xiong Er instantly grinned and excitedly led Ye Lan toward that Stinky Tiger, wanting Ye Lan to avenge it.

Xiong Er walked ahead of Ye Lan, then squatted down to signal for Ye Lan to climb on.

Seeing Xiong Er's gesture, Ye Lan immediately felt that this was an exceptionally intelligent Bloodthirsty Demonic Bear. It even knew how to curry favor with him.

Having never experienced riding a bear before, Ye Lan became interested. With one stomp, he instantly leaped onto Xiong Er's shoulders.

"Awooo!" Xiong Er howled excitedly and rapidly charged into the forest ahead.

Xiong Er made for a rather comfortable mount.

With the cushioning from the pads of its paws and the muscles in its limbs and thighs, it was far more comfortable than a carriage. The view from its back was excellent, and once Ye Lan had settled in, he began taking in the scenery of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Before long, Xiong Er brought Ye Lan to a spot halfway up a mountain.

"Awooo! Awooo, awooo, awooo!" Xiong Er vented loudly, as if it had found someone to back it up, its roars brimming with the bravado of a bear relying on a human's power.

Smack!

Ye Lan smacked Xiong Er on the head, signaling that it was too noisy.

Xiong Er wore a pitiful expression, thinking, Wasn't I roaring so loudly to lure out that Diamond Tiger?

Xiong Er only dared to retort inwardly. Its gaping maw obediently closed much smaller.

"Roar! Roar! Roarrr!" Before long, a series of fierce tiger roars sounded in the distance.

The tiger roars echoing from the distant thickets gradually drew nearer. The constantly trembling blades of grass among the bushes indicated that some creature was steadily approaching Ye Lan.

Clearly, this creature was extremely skilled at hunting. Ye Lan could hear it, but could not see it.

Ye Lan jumped down from Xiong Er's neck and decisively activated his Golden Eye.

With the Golden Eye's aid, Ye Lan quickly locked onto a Diamond Tiger that was continuously circling closer.

In just a few seconds, the distance between the man, bear, and tiger had narrowed to barely over twenty meters.

At that distance, the Diamond Tiger finally revealed its perfect body. It was eight meters long, with a tail over two meters in length, bringing its total length close to eleven meters. Dark claw-like stripes ran across its earthy golden fur.

The Diamond Tiger's eyes gave off an air of sharpness, while the dark King-pattern on its forehead added an imposing majesty to the tiger.

This Diamond Tiger was around two thousand years old, far stronger than the Bloodthirsty Demonic Bear.

Just as Ye Lan was admiring the Diamond Tiger as though watching a nature documentary, Xiong Er rose onto its hind legs, repeatedly beat its chest with both paws, and continuously let out provocative bear roars.

The Diamond Tiger did not indulge Xiong Er either, directly ignoring the Golden-Haired Human beside it.

The Diamond Tiger lowered its body halfway, the bulging muscles along its back showing that the speed it could unleash in this pounce would be anything but ordinary.

In the blink of an eye, the Diamond Tiger had already leaped more than ten meters.

Seeing that this Stinky Tiger's speed had risen by another great deal, Xiong Er's heart immediately tightened. It quickly lowered its body, ducked its head, and hid behind Ye Lan.

"Such a cowardly bear. Why are you so timid?" Ye Lan laughed and scolded, though his movements were anything but slow.

Using Flash Step to propel himself forward, man and tiger were about to collide in midair. The Diamond Tiger was briefly stunned by the Golden-Haired Human who had suddenly appeared before it, but it no longer cared why it was not fighting the bear.

The Diamond Tiger swiftly swiped its right paw at Ye Lan's head. The five silver claws on that tiger paw sprang out like loaded springs.

Facing that right paw, Ye Lan had already seen through the Diamond Tiger's intentions. He raised his left arm and struck the inner side of the tiger's foreleg with the back of his hand. At the same time, golden Soul Power gathered in his right fist as he punched the Diamond Tiger squarely in its fierce right cheek.

This punch felt completely different when it struck the Diamond Tiger than when it hit Xiong Er. Hitting Xiong Er was like striking a sandbag, but hitting the Diamond Tiger was like striking a diamond, the rebounding force immensely powerful.

Feeling bone-deep pain shoot through his arm, Ye Lan instantly twisted his body and added a kick to the Diamond Tiger's abdomen as it flew off in another direction from his right punch.

The Diamond Tiger's abdomen was still incomparably hard! After using that kick to land steadily, Ye Lan instantly analyzed the difference between the Diamond Tiger and Xiong Er.

Xiong Er could use the cushioning of his flesh and skin to reduce the damage he took, while the Diamond Tiger was incomparably tough. Anyone attacking it would suffer rebounding force, though the Diamond Tiger itself would also take greater damage.

Just as Ye Lan had expected, the Diamond Tiger kept shaking its head after being kicked to the ground by Ye Lan.

It took a while for the Diamond Tiger to recover from its dizziness. Seeing how tough and resistant to blows it was, Ye Lan immediately became interested and thought of an idea.

"Again!" Ye Lan's fighting spirit surged.

With that, Ye Lan instantly charged at the Diamond Tiger, unleashing a Meteor Kick! A black moon shadow streaked through the air, its edges gleaming with golden moon blades.

Having already suffered once, the Diamond Tiger naturally would not choose to clash head-on with the Blond Youth again. Instead, it changed its strategy.

The Diamond Tiger instantly mobilized every muscle in its body and shifted sideways in a way even Ye Lan found unbelievable.

After shifting several meters sideways, the Diamond Tiger had room to exert force. Using that space, it spun and twisted its body, its eight-meter-long tiger form moving in tandem with its several-meter-long tail.

Smack!

The tiger tail's swing produced a sonic boom in the air.

Unable to stop himself in midair, Ye Lan took the strike head-on.

A strip of his clothes was whipped apart, cloth scraps flying as red muscles were exposed.

But those muscles had not been reddened by the Diamond Tiger's Tiger Tail Whip. They were Ye Lan's Self-Created Soul Skill, Blood Armor!