Li relaxed. This white tiger was merely at the end of its strength.
Although the white tiger looked at Li with extreme helplessness, it no longer attacked him, only panting incessantly. Li did not kill it and simply walked into the cave on his own.
Killing depended on the circumstances. Such a miraculous white tiger was bound to have some connection or lineage. If he insisted on harming it, its kin might sense what he had done. In that case, it was better to spare it. Perhaps one day, like that group of lion demons, it might save his life.
Only after entering the cave did Li realize just how enormous it was. A powerful restriction had been placed at its entrance, sealing it shut. Presumably, the restriction had weakened over the passage of time, allowing those vicious beasts to discover it, and it had ultimately fallen into Li's hands. Li carefully examined the cave and found that it was large enough for a terrifying being like the Sky-Controlling Ape Demon to walk straight inside.
The tunnel was long. Li walked for nearly a quarter of an hour before reaching its end. In truth, there had only been a single path through the cave. Yet as he proceeded, it seemed to grow wider and wider. When he finally reached the end, he froze. At the deepest part of the cave stood a lion, raising its head in a wild roar!
No, it should not have been called a roaring lion. It was only a skeleton, its stark white bones utterly stripped of flesh. Yet as Li looked at that grim skeleton, he felt as though he could see a mighty male lion standing there, roaring furiously at the sky!
It was the skeleton of a male lion, posed as though