Several men enveloped by pillars of lightning were reduced to wisps of green smoke, body and soul alike, in an instant. The pillars stood between heaven and earth, flashing continuously for the span of three breaths before slowly fading away. Among the half-dragons and flying dragons watching from all around, many of the weaker ones had bloody tears flowing from their eyes. Their eyes had been scorched by the blinding lightning pillars; without a certain period of rest, they would be unable to see anything.
The men and women who had emerged from the dense forest all raised their heads at once, glaring viciously at Lin Qi. A burly man with his hair matted behind his back, tall and powerfully built, at least a head taller than his companions, strode forward furiously. Clenching his right hand into a fist, he threw a punch at Lin Qi from afar.
A muffled tiger roar made Lin Qi's expression change drastically. He stared in disbelief as the force of the burly man's punch transformed into a lifelike dark-gold tiger and burst forth. The hundred-meter-long tiger ground its claws and bared its fangs like a living creature, whipping up a vile gale as it charged straight at Lin Qi. Though the giant tiger was still several hundred meters from him, an incomparably violent force field had already enveloped Lin Qi's body and begun warping the space around him.
Lin Qi's body easily withstood that mutated force field, which felt like countless giant pythons constricting and crushing him. But Bruslan beneath his feet cried out in pain. Invisible force-field tendrils wrapped around the dragon scales over half his body, and countless cracks appeared amid piercing sounds of shattering.
This was the Lin Hu Clan's secret cultivation art! Lin Qi's pupils abruptly contracted. He clenched his