Zhu Fan's Anticipation, the Natural-Born King, Emperor Blood Tiger!

Zhu Fan's Anticipation, the Natural-Born King—Emperor Blood Tiger!

Gurgle, gurgle...

An ordinary-looking carriage slipped silently out of Wu'an City's north gate under cover of night, without causing the slightest stir.

"Chengfeng, why do we have to be so careful leaving the city, like we're terrified of being discovered by Wu Ping City's spies?"

Only after they were ten li from the city did Zhu Fan, disguised as an ordinary coachman, finally fail to hold back and ask Dai Chengfeng inside the carriage in confusion.

"Why do we have to be so careful?"

Hearing this, Dai Chengfeng's eyes turned deep. "Because I spent five and a half months sharpening a 'sword,' all to create one chance..."

"A chance to kill in a single strike and take revenge!!!"

"Now that the cicada has already entered the net... I don't want any accidents!"

Hearing Dai Chengfeng's answer, Zhu Fan sank into thought. Five and a half months, all to create a chance to kill in a single strike?

And Wu'an City just so happened to spend five and a half months repairing roads... That military order Chengfeng issued before, the one that seemed utterly absurd, really was carefully thought through!

For a moment, Zhu Fan felt an incomparable anticipation in his heart. Just how was his nephew going to kill Wu Ping City in a single strike?

And would it be as beautifully fought as the defense of Wu'an City?

But he did not ask!

He trusted his nephew. All he needed to do was obey orders, then carry them out unconditionally!

"So that's how it is. Then your uncle will look forward to your command this time. It's just, Chengfeng..."

Zhu Fan suddenly stopped the carriage. "You still haven't said where we're going."

"And for your second Spirit Ring, which Soul Beast are you going to use?"

At this point, Zhu Fan still refused to give up. Cautiously, he tried to persuade him on His Majesty's behalf. "Also, Chengfeng, are you really not going to consider absorbing a Golden Wave Beast for your Second Spirit Ring at all?"

"Although I helped you conceal the fact that your Soul Power has already reached rank 20, causing His Majesty to misjudge the situation and not have time to send people to forcefully bring you back..."

"One day in the future, His Majesty is going to find out."

"When that time comes, aren't you afraid His Majesty will truly be angry?"

"And besides, there's nothing bad about a Golden Wave Beast. White Tiger Blazing Light Wave is a very powerful Soul Skill!"

Dai Chengfeng shook his head. "Uncle, stop trying to persuade me."

"White Tiger Blazing Light Wave is a very powerful Soul Skill? If you compare it to Blue Silver Entanglement, then it really is impressive. But when it comes to potential..."

"Blue Silver Entanglement?"

Before Dai Chengfeng could finish, Zhu Fan looked at him helplessly. "Controlling plants to entangle and attack—isn't that something any plant-type Soul Master can do?"

"What genius would waste a Spirit Ring just to let plants learn how to entangle and attack?"

At this point, Zhu Fan gave a faint sigh. "You even went out of your way to invent such an idiotic Soul Skill name. How hard on you..."

"Forget it!"

"Since you're so unwilling to absorb the Golden Wave Beast's Spirit Ring, Chengfeng, your uncle won't force you anymore."

"Uh..."

Looking at Zhu Fan, Dai Chengfeng wore a strange expression.

After all, under heaven, there really was such a genius, whose Soul Skill was Blue Silver Entanglement. But he had no way to explain how he knew that. Forget it. Uncle will meet that genius in the future.

With that thought, Dai Chengfeng stopped dwelling on it and said, "Uncle, go to Tiger Might Mountain Range. My target is there."

"Good!"

Zhu Fan cracked the Whip, and the carriage once again creaked and groaned as it slowly started moving.

Tiger Might Mountain Range began at Star Luo City.

It stretched endlessly westward, and Wu'an City sat at the westernmost end of Tiger Might Mountain Range. The Soul Beast Dai Chengfeng wanted to kill and absorb a Spirit Ring from was right there.

It was a Soul Beast called the Blood Tiger, unique to the area around Wu'an City.

It was said that this kind of tiger could feed on killing intent. Perhaps because Wu'an City had endured wars and Slaughter for hundreds of years, it suited their growth conditions.

Thus, they had made their home nearby.

As for why Dai Chengfeng wanted to obtain a Blood Tiger's Spirit Ring?

It was not merely because of their ability to devour killing intent, but even more because this kind of Blood Tiger was completely different from ordinary tiger-type Soul Beasts!

As the saying went, one mountain could not hold two tigers.

Even here on Douluo Continent, this saying still applied.

Tiger-type Soul Beasts all preferred to travel alone.

But Blood Tigers were different!

They actually lived in groups. However, this was not because they were too weak and needed to huddle together for warmth, but because among the Blood Tiger race, out of every ten thousand Blood Tiger cubs, there was a very small chance that a natural-born king would emerge—an Emperor Blood Tiger.

An Emperor Blood Tiger's appearance was not very different from an ordinary Blood Tiger's, but its strength was worlds apart, all because they were born with an extremely special domain.

Within this domain, it was not only the Emperor Blood Tiger...

Other ordinary blood tigers would also receive its enhancement. Speed, strength, defense—everything would be comprehensively boosted.

"If I absorb the Emperor Blood Tiger's Soul Ring and gain this kind of domain-type Soul Skill, then pair it with my White Tiger Spirit... in the future, on the battlefield, I'd practically be a tiger with wings!"

"Even if I only gain the most basic Soul Skill that devours killing intent, it would still fit perfectly with my White Tiger Spirit!"

For a moment, Dai Chengfeng's eyes were filled with anticipation.

Because the Tiger Might Mountain Range was not far from Wu'an City, even though traveling by carriage at night was inconvenient, by early the next morning, Dai Chengfeng and Zhu Fan had still arrived at the foot of the Tiger Might Mountain Range.

Dai Chengfeng gazed at the ancient trees towering before him, at the endless, incomparably steep and dangerous mountain range, and said softly, "So this is the Tiger Might Mountain Range!"

Zhu Fan nodded. "That's right."

"Because the imperial family's Spirit in our Star Luo Empire is the White Tiger, there are many mountains and ranges with 'tiger' in their names. And the Tiger Might Mountain Range is considered one of the most dangerous and precipitous among them."

As Zhu Fan spoke, he took out a map and confirmed their position.

After quite a while, he handed the map to Dai Chengfeng, pointed at it, and said, "Chengfeng, look. Blood tiger groups are usually distributed around the northwestern end of the Tiger Might Mountain Range, and right now, we're probably here."

Dai Chengfeng nodded, then turned to look at a rugged beast trail not far away.

"In other words, if we follow the direction of this beast trail, we should be able to find the blood tiger pack?"

"Exactly."

With Zhu Fan's confirmation, Dai Chengfeng took a deep breath. "Then let's go."

"Let's try to obtain the Soul Ring I want today..."

"Tomorrow, we rally the troops and take revenge!"

The two no longer hesitated. Following that rugged beast trail, they stepped into the forest that blotted out the sky.

An hour later.

Watching Zhu Fan once again kill a roughly three-thousand-year-old Shadow Leopard with a single claw...

Dai Chengfeng only wanted to say, "As expected of the Tiger Might Mountain Range, famed for its danger and steepness!"

Along the way, he could no longer remember how many times they had been attacked by Soul Beasts.

Fortunately, however, with Zhu Fan, a Soul Douluo, present, not a single Soul Beast was able to reach Dai Chengfeng alive.

Until the two of them walked for roughly another four hours, and the sky gradually darkened.

Logically speaking, night should have been the time when Soul Beasts were most active, and it should only have been more dangerous than during the day.

But strangely...

The two of them were not attacked by any Soul Beasts again.

In the forest that blotted out the sky, faint spots of sunset could be seen falling across the treetops. All around them was a terrifying stillness and pressure. Only the occasional faint chirp of insects rang out within the silence...

Yet it seemed like a futile struggle, instead adding a few more shades of deathly quiet.

Suddenly!

Awooo—!

A long tiger's roar, wrapped in chilling killing intent, rang out through the silent forest.

In an instant, countless birds that had been resting quietly on the branches took off in a flustered flutter, feathers drifting down through the air.

Many small animals hiding nearby were frightened so badly that they collapsed to the ground, trembling all over, unable even to flee.

Dai Chengfeng and Zhu Fan, however, could not help exchanging a glance, a flash of surprise and delight passing through their eyes.

"A blood tiger?!"

P.S. Brothers, if you have any good Soul Skill ideas, feel free to leave a comment. I want to use everyone's imagination as reference and see whether any of you are truly astonishing talents. (I definitely won't say it's because I haven't thought up all the Soul Skills yet.)