Kitty, Don't Die

"Boss, is little brother Lin Yu really that strong? I don't think I could even beat this Blazing Flame Mad Tiger. Can he?"

Wang Defa asked Ji Xuejun doubtfully. Lin Yu looked like he had only just entered a martial arts university at most. Could he really be that strong? Strong enough to contend with a peak seventh-tier magical beast?

"Probably won't be a problem. I don't know whether he can win, though. I've never seen him fight."

Ji Xuejun answered without turning around, her eyes fixed on every movement Lin Yu and the Blazing Flame Mad Tiger made, her entire body poised to act.

"..."

Wang Defa was speechless. She had no idea, yet she had agreed to let him go up and fight it alone? That was some nerve. Still, he knew Ji Xuejun's strength, so he was not too worried. He believed she would handle things if necessary.

Meanwhile, as Lin Yu approached, the Blazing Flame Mad Tiger, which had been lying there, twitched its ears. It seemed to sense Lin Yu's arrival, then opened its eyes and raised its massive head to look at him.

The Blazing Flame Mad Tiger slowly rose to its feet. Its ten-meter-long, five-meter-tall body was like a small mountain, immensely intimidating. It let out a thunderous roar at Lin Yu.

"Roar..."

A fierce gust swept over him. Lin Yu narrowed his eyes, his slightly long hair streaming backward in the wind.

Lin Yu stopped walking and grinned. He raised his right hand and casually crooked a finger at the Blazing Flame Mad Tiger.

"Holy shit... Is this kid provoking it?"

Wang Defa stared at Lin Yu in disbelief. Wasn't he supposed to be cautious? Why was this so different from what he had imagined?

"Boss, I think you should get ready to step in. Look at that Blazing Flame Mad Tiger's eyes."

"Stop talking nonsense. Watch carefully. I'll act when it's time."

Ji Xuejun replied without looking back, though Lin Yu's outrageous move had caught her off guard as well.

Just as Wang Defa had said, the Blazing Flame Mad Tiger's eyes now seemed to blaze with raging flames. Its front paws bent slightly, its hind legs tensed, and its huge body lowered, ready to pounce.

Faced with the Blazing Flame Mad Tiger's attacking stance, Lin Yu merely smiled calmly, his eyes narrowed.

"Come on, kitty."

As the offspring of a high-level magical beast, the Blazing Flame Mad Tiger naturally possessed considerable intelligence. Seeing that this little human was not only unfazed but continued to provoke it, it roared and kicked off with its thick, powerful limbs. Its mountain-like body charged toward Lin Yu at incredible speed.

The distance of around ten meters vanished in an instant. The Blazing Flame Mad Tiger swung a front paw fiercely at Lin Yu.

Boom...

As the massive claw came down, thick dust instantly billowed outward, obscuring where Lin Yu stood.

A trace of humanlike disdain appeared in the Blazing Flame Mad Tiger's eyes. That was it? He could not even take one slap, yet he dared provoke the tiger king?

"Hey, kitty, did you skip a meal? You're a little weak!"

A teasing voice came from within the dust. Shock flashed through the Blazing Flame Mad Tiger's eyes. What was going on? Shouldn't he have been slapped to death? Why did he sound completely unharmed?

"In that case, it's my turn. Get ready, kitty. Almighty Push."

As Lin Yu spoke, an irresistible force burst from beneath the Blazing Flame Mad Tiger's front paw.

Bang...

Both the dust filling the sky and the mountain-like Blazing Flame Mad Tiger were instantly blasted away by a tremendous repulsive force. As the dust dispersed, it revealed Lin Yu standing inside, completely unscathed.

After being sent flying by Lin Yu, the Blazing Flame Mad Tiger hit the ground. Driven by the enormous repulsive force, its huge body slid rapidly backward, its limbs carving a massive trench into the earth.

This human was no ordinary opponent. A humanlike look of shock appeared on the tiger's face as it finally came to a stop.

Its body, which it had always been proud of, had seemed utterly useless. The intense repulsive force had even caused minor injuries inside it.

The Blazing Flame Mad Tiger no longer looked down on Lin Yu. It sensed that the human before it was a formidable enemy.

"Roar..."

A huge pillar of fire shot from the Blazing Flame Mad Tiger's mouth toward Lin Yu. Watching the incoming flames, Lin Yu calmly raised a hand.

Sealing Technique Absorption Seal.

A shield formed before Lin Yu. When the pillar of fire struck it, it did not cause the slightest ripple and was simply absorbed, inflicting no harm on Lin Yu at all.

Seeing this, Lin Yu nodded in satisfaction. It seemed this Blazing Flame Mad Tiger posed no pressure to him. In that case, it was time for his true counterattack.

Wood Release, Wood Human Technique.

Lin Yu clapped his hands together, and a gigantic wooden humanoid rose from the earth with Lin Yu standing atop its head.

Lin Yu stood on the wooden humanoid's head, looking down at the stunned Blazing Flame Mad Tiger.

"Th-this... what is this?"

Wang Defa stared blankly at the thirty-meter-tall wooden humanoid before him and stammered. Was this really an attack from a third-tier Guardian? This was way too absurd!

"How the hell would I know?!"

Ji Xuejun also stared wide-eyed at the gigantic wooden humanoid beneath Lin Yu's feet. Did he really need her to provide backup? No matter how she looked at it, this thing was more intimidating than that Blazing Flame Mad Tiger!

"Kitty, don't die, okay?"

Lin Yu smiled faintly from atop the wooden humanoid's head. Though his wooden humanoid was not yet as powerful as that Senju cheat's, it would have no problem dealing with a fourth-tier magical beast!

"..."

The Blazing Flame Mad Tiger stood with its mouth open, staring blankly at the giant before it. Damn it, this was completely unfair! Wasn't this supposed to be a one-on-one fight? You brought a Gundam to a duel?!

Lin Yu had no idea what the Blazing Flame Mad Tiger was cursing in its heart. As soon as he finished speaking, the wooden humanoid clenched its fist and smashed it toward the tiger.

Boom!!

Boom, boom...

Awooo!!

Amid countless violent explosions, the earth itself seemed to tremble.

Fists the size of small mountains pounded the Blazing Flame Mad Tiger again and again. The tiger let out miserable howls and tried to resist, but beneath the wooden humanoid's overwhelming strength, its resistance seemed so weak and powerless.

Before long, under the wooden humanoid's merciless beating, the Blazing Flame Mad Tiger's cries gradually weakened.

Wood Release, Kōan Entering Society Palm.

Seeing that the Blazing Flame Mad Tiger had already been beaten to within an inch of its life, Lin Yu used the wooden humanoid to unleash Kōan Entering Society Palm just to be safe. A huge character for "seat" appeared in the wooden humanoid's palm, after which its hand pressed down onto the Blazing Flame Mad Tiger.

In the world of Naruto, Kōan Entering Society Palm could suppress tailed beasts. The character "seat" appeared on the caster's palm and was infused with chakra, creating wooden rectangular blocks capable of suppressing a tailed beast's chakra.

Here on Blue Star, however, this technique could suppress the spiritual power within a magical beast, essentially sealing the spiritual power inside its body.

Looking at the Blazing Flame Mad Tiger, now restrained by the wooden humanoid, Lin Yu nodded in satisfaction. This way, the tiger would not be able to cause any more trouble.

Lin Yu jumped down from the wooden humanoid's head. Just before reaching the ground, he used a low-powered Almighty Push and landed lightly. Then he walked toward Ji Xuejun and the others.

"Sister Xuejun, mission accomplished perfectly. There, it can't resist anymore!"

Lin Yu said to Ji Xuejun with a bright smile.

Ji Xuejun stared blankly at the Blazing Flame Mad Tiger, which looked like a dead dog, then at Lin Yu, who was spotless, as though he had merely gone for a stroll. Her expression was impossible to describe.

"Monster!!!"

That was the only word Ji Xuejun could think of to describe Lin Yu. She could have easily beaten this Blazing Flame Mad Tiger as well, but that was because she was a seventh-tier, marquis-level Guardian. Lin Yu, on the other hand, was only third-tier right now!!