After Beating the Young, the Old One Came

The terrifying force passed through without any obstruction, yet the tiger's body still missed its target.

There was not the slightest ripple before it, as if it were fighting the air.

This filled the tiger's eyes with panic.

It did not fear powerful enemies, nor did it fear powerful soul masters, but this invisible thing frightened it.

Meanwhile, Chen Ye stood nearby as well.

The tiger had already grazed the edge of his body.

However, the tiger's strength could not compare to Tang Hao's. The shockwave it stirred up was unable to force him out.

Unless the tiger could pounce directly onto him, it might be able to make his body reappear.

Otherwise, even if its claws barely brushed across his body, they would only slide through empty space.

Still, this tiger's difficulty surprised Chen Ye.

This was merely an ordinary thousand-year soul beast. Judging by its body length, it was still in its growth stage, with a long way to go before adulthood.

That was why Chen Ye had chosen to act so decisively.

If it had been a stronger adult tiger, Chen Ye probably would not have made a move.

Though he did not know what species of soul beast it was, its strength and intimidating presence were truly formidable.

Tiger-type soul beasts in particular held a high status among soul beasts.

But things had already come to this, and Chen Ye had no reason to hesitate.

He raised his hand slightly. Within the illusion, the bow in his hand vanished.

His left arm transformed into a silver-gray dragon claw, sharp energy spreading from his hand.

In his right hand, he held a short blade condensed from spatial power.

Chen Ye suddenly shot forward. The instant he arrived behind the tiger, he still chose a sneak attack.

This time, however, the dragon claw formed from the Space-Time Dragon's power tore viciously across the tiger's body.

A roar rang out. The tiger abruptly turned around, then fiercely swiped a claw through empty air.

Behind it, Chen Ye raised his hand at the same time. The Space-Time Blade in his hand did not pause for even a moment as it slashed directly toward the tiger's head.

At that moment, the tiger roared again.

This time, it finally pinpointed Chen Ye's location and immediately lunged forward.

As its massive jaws snapped shut, Chen Ye let out a muffled groan.

His body was released from its Time-Space Miniaturization state.

Clearly, the tiger had struck his core—his torso—and forcibly broken the Time-Space Miniaturization skill on his body.

But Chen Ye's arm had already arrived.

The Space Blade in his hand slashed toward the tiger's head without hesitation.

The strongest ability of spatial power was to tear apart space directly. This kind of power could rip through most defenses.

Even though he only had one soul ring, had only recently obtained it, and possessed merely level 13 soul power—

Facing a tiger even stronger than an ordinary three-ring soul master, he had still gained the upper hand through a sneak attack.

As the spatial blade swept past, nearly half of the tiger's head was sliced off.

Unfortunately, the spatial blade's cutting depth was limited. Or rather, his entire body had already been violently flung away by the tiger.

Clutching its head, the tiger let out an ear-splitting roar.

But with half its head split open, its death was already inevitable.

Chen Ye calmly rose to his feet.

Blood dripped from his body as well, but his expression remained utterly indifferent. He raised his hand, and the Space Blade appeared once more.

With no other offensive methods available at present, the weapon transformations he could achieve through his one-ring strength and his control over time and space were themselves a powerful means of attack.

He nocked an arrow on the Space Bow. With a sharp whoosh—

The tiger tried to dodge, tried to resist, but the arrow tore open the space before it in an instant and burrowed inside.

The next second, the arrow reappeared at the tiger's already severed neck.

As the arrow completely cut through the arteries in its neck, blinding blood sprayed across the ground.

The tiger's body then collapsed, utterly losing all signs of life.

Watching this, Chen Ye calmly walked forward.

A pale purple soul ring appeared before him. Its color was very light, clearly indicating that it had only just reached the thousand-year level.

But Chen Ye did not care about that.

To kill a three-ring opponent with his one-ring cultivation—he himself found such a feat astonishing.

When his hand touched the purple soul ring, it rushed into his body in an instant.

Chen Ye raised his hand. The soul ring, which had originally been pale purple, instantly turned into a true purple.

Looking at the purple soul ring in his hand, Chen Ye's body trembled slightly.

His soul power, which had reached level 13 after his breakthrough, instantly broke through to level 15.

Feeling this change, delight appeared in Chen Ye's eyes.

He then raised his hand and slashed down with the Space Blade, directly cutting off one of the tiger's front paws.

He planned to bring the paw back and make soup for his younger sister.

Chen Yue's current constitution definitely could not handle the flesh and blood of a thousand-year soul beast, but soup made from it should be quite useful.

It should also be a great tonic.

So Chen Ye took off his coat and wrapped the tiger paw, already stained red with blood, in it.

Holding the tiger paw, Chen Ye had just stood up and was about to cut off some other parts, planning to eat some tiger meat first.

But the very next second, an earth-shaking roar rang out from the depths of the forest.

A towering tiger's roar echoed through the land.

Two tiger roars erupted at the same time.

At the same time, two terrifying auras from the depths of Soul Hunting Forest locked onto this direction in an instant.

The auras came quickly, but Chen Ye reacted even faster.

Although he had nearly exhausted his soul power, his speed was certainly not slow.

Without pausing in the slightest, he rushed toward the outskirts of Soul Hunting Forest, his body leaping forward at high speed.

The instant he neared the sentry post, he entered an invisible state.

He suddenly clenched his hand forward, and his entire body, along with the tiger paw he carried, teleported away in an instant.

Now that his soul skill had reached the thousand-year level, the range of his spatial teleportation had reached around fifty meters. That was already a considerable distance.

After several flashes, he had crossed past the patrolling Spirit Hall guards and reached the outer area.

Then, at an even faster speed, he began sprinting madly toward the perimeter.

His speed was indeed fast, but the soul power within him was being consumed just as quickly.

Seeing the Spirit Hall guards stationed at the entrance, he extended his hand. His entire body directly passed through space and crossed over the guards, rushing out in an instant.

The guards did not see him. Of course, even if they had, they might not have cared.

After all, those two earth-shaking tiger roars had also alarmed the Spirit Hall guards.

Countless guards picked up their weapons and began gathering at the outskirts.

A figure also appeared nearby, with a full four soul rings around his body.

The man looked into the distance as he swiftly approached the sentry post established by Spirit Hall, his brows slightly furrowed.

"Such terrifying creatures... What could have made those two creatures so enraged?"

"Even if they are not ten-thousand-year soul beasts, they must be very close to that level."

"Why are two peak thousand-year soul beasts suddenly chasing humans out from the depths?"