After gathering his thoughts, Chen Mochuan put them aside and refocused on his original goal.
Fortunately, the live-action video of [Wind-Howling Ferocious Tiger VS Crimson Flame Ferocious Lion] was exactly what he needed right now. It captured the crucial moment when the Ferocious Tiger roared to intimidate its enemy, so he had more than accomplished his goal of finding material to study for Tiger Roaring.
With a Tier Four Wind-Howling Ferocious Tiger to observe, he believed he would soon master this special sonic attack.
Still, he was curious about the person who had filmed it. A Core Formation Realm Martial Artist so powerful had ventured deep into the Wilderness Zone specifically to record a live-action video like this, then made it freely available for everyone to watch. Such unselfish generosity and magnanimity were truly admirable.
Chen Mochuan glanced at the recorder's username: "Eye of Truth-Breaking."
A thought struck him. He opened the creator's profile to see if they had posted any other material suitable for practicing Tiger Roaring.
Two striking declarations were engraved beneath the username "Eye of Truth-Breaking":
[Hunting Ferocious Beasts for twenty years, tearing the Wilderness Zone apart through my lens!]
[Note: After filming, I killed every Ferocious Beast that "starred" in my live-action videos, to eliminate future threats. Ferocious Beasts and humanity are irreconcilable; we can never coexist. Remember: stamp out evil to the very last root!]
The word "starred" in the declaration was both icy and darkly humorous, making it abundantly clear that "Eye of Truth-Breaking" felt absolute hostility toward Ferocious Beasts and believed in killing them without mercy.
Chen Mochuan couldn't help feeling a chill. He hadn't expected that the two Tier Four lion-and-tiger Ferocious Beasts he'd just watched had both been killed by "Eye of Truth-Breaking" in the end.
He sorted the videos by date, starting with the oldest, and began browsing the live-action footage posted by "Eye of Truth-Breaking."
"Eye of Truth-Breaking" didn't bother with any mystery. Each video's contents were clearly spelled out in its title, making it easy for Chen Mochuan to sift through them. With his extensive knowledge of Martial Arts General Knowledge, he could tell at a glance which Ferocious Beast had "starred" in a given video.
As he quickly skimmed the titles, he saw that all the more than one hundred live-action videos "Eye of Truth-Breaking" had filmed depicted Ferocious Beasts fighting, and every one was available for free.
From the earliest footage, featuring First-Order Ferocious Beasts fighting twenty years ago, to duels between Tier Four Ferocious Beasts in recent years, the videos not only recorded the fighting habits of countless Ferocious Beasts but also traced, in broad strokes, the growth of "Eye of Truth-Breaking's" own martial cultivation.
From First-Order Ferocious Beasts twenty years ago to Tier Five ones now... This "Eye of Truth-Breaking" has had a truly legendary rise in power! Chen Mochuan mused.
When he came across a live-action video posted at the beginning of this year, the two Ferocious Beasts "starring" in it had already reached Tier Five.
Even a gravely wounded, dying Tier Five Ferocious Beast could lash out with enough force in its final moments to make an ordinary Core Formation Realm Martial Artist die with it!
"Eye of Truth-Breaking" had hunted two of them at once and calmly filmed the encounter. Their power and unfathomable methods far surpassed anything Chen Mochuan had imagined.
This only made him more curious about "Eye of Truth-Breaking's" real identity.
Yet "Eye of Truth-Breaking" had apparently never shown their face in any of the live-action videos. The creator's public message board was full of guesses, but no one knew who they really were.
Chen Mochuan felt a little disappointed, but didn't dwell on it. His top priority was still to practice Tiger Roaring.
He finished browsing all the live-action videos. A few had even more views than the lion-and-tiger fight, but the lion-and-tiger duel was still the best material for practicing Tiger Roaring.
For now, he decided to focus on studying the tiger's roar. Once he made progress with Tiger Roaring, he would watch the other live-action videos to broaden his knowledge of Ferocious Beasts and prepare for any encounters he might face in the future.
He returned to the lion-and-tiger video and spotted the two most-liked comments.
[As expected, the bleached-maned one can't beat the tattooed one. The ancients never lied! (231,000 likes)]
[This Crimson Flame Ferocious Lion can't even roar like a lion. It actually got intimidated by the tiger's roar instead. Looks like it still has a long way to go in its cultivation~ (216,000 likes)]
Chen Mochuan smiled. He casually liked both comments, then opened the live-action video again and dragged the progress bar straight to the moment when the Wind-Howling Ferocious Tiger roared to intimidate its enemy. He began watching it over and over, studying it with total concentration.
As he watched again and again, Chen Mochuan gradually immersed himself in every detail of the tiger's roar:
When the Wind-Howling Ferocious Tiger roared, the muscles along its neck bulged, and its throat vibrated at some extremely high frequency, as if compressing and releasing a mass of high-pressure gas. The surrounding wind resonated with it, intertwining with the Ferocious Tiger's surging Blood-Qi to form a terrifying sonic wave.
Although a live-action video couldn't perfectly capture the Ferocious Tiger's full presence, even the small glimpse of its wild, domineering aura that the camera caught offered Chen Mochuan a crucial bridge to understanding the young Martial Artist's Tiger Roaring.
He even suspected that the young Martial Artist who had created Tiger Roaring might have benefited from watching this video, too.
Closing his eyes, Chen Mochuan began imitating the vibration frequency of the Ferocious Tiger's vocal cords in this virtual wilderness. He tried to direct his Blood-Qi toward his throat and produce a low hum.
Yet after practicing repeatedly, the sound he made still fell far short of the real Tiger Roaring he was hoping for. It was nothing more than a low growl, lacking the soul-shattering force of intimidation. It couldn't form an effective sonic attack at all.
He tried placing his fingers against his throat to carefully feel how the muscles vibrated as he made a sound, but he still couldn't pinpoint that crucial point of resonance with his Blood-Qi. After many rounds of experimentation, he was no closer to figuring it out.
It feels like I'm missing the last, most crucial spark of "spirit"...
Chen Mochuan furrowed his brows and pondered for a moment. Then, a thought struck him.
Maybe the pressure of actual combat is the spark that'll ignite that flash of inspiration.
With that, he didn't hesitate. He exited the live-action video, logged on to the Heaven Martial Battle Net, and started ranked matchmaking, hoping to find the spark that would bring Tiger Roaring to life through a high-intensity fight.
His current rank was Black Iron (990 points). If he won this match, he would advance to Bronze.
According to the Heaven Martial Battle Net's matchmaking system, promotion matches usually paired players against stronger opponents. That suited Chen Mochuan perfectly.
He didn't care much about winning or losing any one match. What he wanted more was to seek a breakthrough under pressure and take his martial arts to the next level.
Matchmaking didn't take long. His ranked opponent's information soon appeared on the interface:
Anonymous [Rank: Black Iron (990 points), Matches: 197 (Wins: 106, Losses: 91, Draws: 0), Win Rate: 53.8%, Blood-Qi Value: 4.51] VS Ye Ziheng (Previously Encountered) [Rank: Black Iron (996 points), Matches: 92 (Wins: 60, Losses: 32, Draws: 0), Win Rate: 65.2%, Blood-Qi Value: 5.55]
Chen Mochuan's gaze sharpened. He remembered the name "Ye Ziheng" all too well. Combined with the "Previously Encountered" label, he was certain this was the very person who had ended his fifteen-match winning streak and handed him his first defeat on the Heaven Martial Battle Net.
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