Earth Tiger Versus White Tiger, Total Domination!

"Evil Eye White Tiger, possess!"

Dai Mubai's body swelled by a full circle as soul power surged through him. White fur covered his skin, tiger stripes spread from both arms to his neck, and a faint "King" pattern emerged on his forehead.

Three soul rings rose one after another from beneath his feet—yellow, yellow, purple. The standard configuration of a Soul Elder.

The aura of level thirty-seven burst forth without restraint, making the surrounding air noticeably hotter.

He was, after all, a direct descendant of the imperial family, with talent among the very best of his generation. So what if the other party was a four-ring Soul Ancestor? He had to fight this battle.

Not for pride, but for a man's dignity.

"First soul skill, White Tiger Protective Barrier!"

Dai Mubai let out a low shout. A milky-white barrier condensed around his body, and he charged forward like a tiger unleashed from its cage.

His hands formed claws as he lunged straight for Yun Tian's face with savage soul power. He was incredibly fast and ferocious, and this strike would have been enough to instantly cripple a soul master of the same rank.

Yet Yun Tian stood where he was. Beneath the armored visor, his calm eyes reflected Dai Mubai's rapidly approaching figure, and he did not move in the slightest.

He could not even be bothered to use his second soul skill.

Just as Dai Mubai's tiger claws came within two feet of the helmet, Yun Tian merely raised his right hand. The metal claw blades of the Earth Tiger Claw flashed coldly beneath the lights. He spread his fingers and precisely clamped down on Dai Mubai's wrist.

Bang.

A dull explosion erupted where they made contact, and the collision of soul power cracked the hotel floor even further.

Dai Mubai felt as if his hand had been caught in the grip of a mountain. No matter how he drove the power of the White Tiger Protective Barrier, his wrist could not advance even an inch.

His pupils contracted again.

Yun Tian merely tilted his head, his voice beneath the armored visor carrying a metallic chill. "That's it?"

The moment Yun Tian seized his wrist, Dai Mubai knew things had gone badly.

The strength of that metal-armored palm far exceeded his expectations.

He activated the White Tiger Protective Barrier and struggled with all his might. Layer after layer of ripples burst across the armor's surface beneath the milky-white glow, but that hand did not budge. It was like an iron clamp welded into the foundation.

"Break for me!"

Dai Mubai roared as his left fist, wrapped in the power of his second soul skill, slammed forward.

The White Tiger soul power within him erupted completely in that instant, and a tiger's roar exploded through the narrow hotel lobby.

"Second soul skill, White Tiger Fierce Light Wave!"

A milky-white shockwave of soul power gathered and burst from his fist, striking the very center of Yun Tian's chest armor.

The violent energy exploded the instant it touched the armor's surface, making the surrounding air hum.

Dust rose into the air.

The teacups on the counter were shaken onto the floor and shattered. The oil painting on the wall slipped crookedly and fell, while the chandelier hanging in the corner swayed violently, its patches of light dancing back and forth across the walls.

Once the dust settled, Dai Mubai clearly saw the scene before him.

Yun Tian's armor was completely intact.

Not even the faintest scratch had been left on the breastplate.

The brown metal gave off a gentle yet cold gleam under the lights, as though that White Tiger Fierce Light Wave had been nothing more than a slightly stronger gust of wind.

Even more terrifyingly, Yun Tian had not been pushed back half a step.

His feet remained planted in place, as steady as foundation piles set into the ground.

Dai Mubai's left hand was still held in its striking posture, his fist pressed against the armored breastplate and tingling slightly.

"Was that your full strength?" Yun Tian's voice beneath the visor was calm as still water. "It was a little weaker than those hundred-year soul beasts I saw on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest."

Dai Mubai's face flushed bright red. Rage mixed with humiliation surged through him, making the fur all over his body stand on end.

He possessed the White Tiger martial soul and was the second prince of the Star Luo Empire. Ever since childhood, he had always been the one crushing his peers.

But today, against someone his own age, he had unleashed two soul skills in a row, and his opponent had not moved at all.

"You bastard!"

"Third soul skill, White Tiger Vajra Transformation!"

Dai Mubai yanked his arm free from Yun Tian's clawed grip, while the soul power around him surged once more.

The tiger stripes on his chest spread across his entire body. His muscles bulged and knotted, and his physique nearly doubled in size in an instant.

The White Tiger Vajra Transformation was his strongest enhancement soul skill. It greatly increased his strength and defense, giving him the ability to fight above his rank for a short time.

At this moment, Dai Mubai was no longer thinking about things like winning back his pride.

He only wanted a draw—at the very least, he could not lose too disgracefully. At the very least, he wanted Zhu Zhuqing to see that he was giving it everything he had.

"Ha!"

Dai Mubai charged again. This time, his speed and strength had more than doubled.

He threw a punch at the side of Yun Tian's helmet while sweeping his right leg low at the same time, attacking on two fronts in an attempt to break his opponent's stable stance.

Yun Tian still did not retreat.

He merely turned slightly, angling the shoulder guard of the Earth Tiger Armor into Dai Mubai's punch. With a dull bang, the curved surface of the shoulder armor dispersed most of the impact.

At the same time, Yun Tian lifted and lowered his right leg, stepping directly onto the side of Dai Mubai's sweeping shin.

Crack!

Dai Mubai's shin felt as if it had slammed into a solid iron pillar. A piercing numb pain shot up from deep within his bones.

He staggered back three or four steps. When his left foot touched the ground, it was clearly weak, and he nearly failed to maintain the White Tiger Vajra Transformation.

The gap.

A naked, overwhelming gap.

Dai Mubai looked up at the brown-armored figure before him, who still stood in the same place, his breathing rhythm unchanged. For the first time, a genuine sense of powerlessness rose in his heart.

Just how strong was this man?

A four-ring Soul Ancestor with four purple soul rings was certainly terrifying, but could the difference between them, despite both being at the Great Soul Master realm, truly be this vast?

He had unleashed all three soul skills at level thirty-seven, yet the other party had blocked everything with one hand and one foot.

This crushing disparity could not be explained by a difference of just a few soul power levels. The armor's defensive power alone had already surpassed his understanding.

"You've had enough, right?" Yun Tian's voice came from beneath the armored visor. "You made three moves. Now it's my turn."

Yun Tian raised his right hand, the claw blades of the Earth Tiger Claw reflecting a cold, severe gleam beneath the lights.

He did not use any soul skill. He simply clenched his fist, gathered strength, and drove it forward. A simple Earth Tiger Fist, carrying dense earth-element power, pressed directly toward Dai Mubai.

The punch was not fast. It could even be called slow.

Yet Dai Mubai's pupils suddenly shrank, because he discovered that his body could not move.

The force of the punch bore down on him like crushing pressure, as though a mountain were slowly toppling toward him. He could neither evade nor retreat.

Bang.

Dai Mubai crossed his arms to block, but the punch blasted him off the ground. He flew backward nearly ten steps before barely managing to land.

His soles plowed two long scorched marks across the floor. The soul power glow of the White Tiger Vajra Transformation flickered violently over his body several times, nearly breaking apart.