"Roar!"
Bai Xiao threw back his head and let out a long howl, directly revealing his true White Tiger form. A massive white tiger, a hundred zhang long, with hanging eyes and a white forehead, stood in the air. Geng Metal Qi coiled around his body, while the "King" marking on his brow radiated dazzling golden light.
"Lin Yan, you forced my hand!" the white tiger spoke in a voice like thunder. "Today, I'll show you the true strength of the West Mountain White Tiger Clan."
He shook his enormous White Tiger body, and the Geng Metal Qi between heaven and earth instantly surged toward him in a frenzy. Empowered by that Geng Metal Qi, the Tiger-Head Saber immediately transformed into a colossal saber phantom that obscured the sky, crashing down upon Lin Yan.
Wherever the Tiger-Head Saber passed, space shattered inch by inch like glass, revealing pitch-black rifts of nothingness. He had nearly expended all his mana in this strike, determined to kill Lin Yan on the spot.
Facing this incomparably sharp slash, Lin Yan did not dare let down his guard. His hands rapidly formed seals as Xuanhuang Light surged around him. An ancient, heavy suit of dark gold armor appeared out of thin air and instantly covered his entire body. Patterns of mountains, rivers, and Earth Veins naturally emerged across its surface, faintly resonating with the earth beneath his feet.
At the same time, the Earth Spirit Seal transformed into a Thousand Zhang Mountain, pouring down countless streams of Xuanhuang Qi and protecting Lin Yan within them. On the bottom of the great seal, the two profound Dao Patterns for "Earth Spirit" bloomed with dense divine light, drawing upon the Earth Vein Power within a radius of ten thousand li, as if the entire land were overturning