Emperor White Tiger Avatar, Li Jinglong's Shock

Hearing Zhu Fan's warning, Dai Chengfeng did not turn his head...

But he could still feel the blazing heat of flames coming from behind his heart.

"In that case..."

Dai Chengfeng twirled the spear in his right hand, and the spear flower wreathed in Innate Geng Metal Qi spun through the rain curtain. Then he stabbed it fiercely behind him.

At the same time, he silently chanted in his heart, Emperor White Tiger Avatar, descend!

Roar—!

Once again, a tiger's roar rang out.

Compared with the tiger's roar from the illusory Emperor White Tiger Avatar when Dai Chengfeng had released the White Emperor Domain earlier...

This tiger's roar exploded together with the rolling thunder in the sky, sweeping up a violent gale, as if it could shake heaven and earth.

The next instant.

An Emperor White Tiger Avatar, two meters tall, with blood-colored tiger eyes and formed purely from killing intent, descended!

It merely stood there in silence, yet the killing intent emanating from its entire body made people instinctively feel a chill of fear. Even the well-trained warhorses around them collapsed directly to the ground under the pressure of that powerful aura, letting out low whinnies.

And watching this scene, Li Jinglong's pupils suddenly shrank.

His flaming fox claw should have slammed into Dai Chengfeng's body.

But now, with the sudden descent of the Emperor White Tiger Avatar, he had no time to circle around it. In the end, his claw could only be forced to rake across the Emperor White Tiger's solid tiger body, flames burning.

Roar!

The Emperor White Tiger roared in pain and fury, its voice like rolling muffled thunder.

In an instant, the surging killing intent around it was like materialized black-red lightning, howling toward Li Jinglong together with the spear Dai Chengfeng had thrust out.

Li Jinglong's expression turned stern. "Second Soul Skill: Crimson Fox Fire Wall!"

The Fire Fox Spirit behind him suddenly blazed several zhang higher, and the raging flames formed a solid wall of fire, protecting him tightly within.

The lightning of killing intent struck the fire wall, producing a dense series of "puff, puff" sounds. The black-red killing intent and crimson flames corroded and canceled each other out.

As for the spear wreathed in Innate Geng Metal Qi, although it sliced through the fire wall with its extreme sharpness...

It was still blocked for an instant.

Thus, Li Jinglong merely tilted his head slightly and dodged the attack.

Dai Chengfeng watched this scene, a hint of gravity flashing through his eyes.

As expected of a Soul King. Even a twofold ambush at such close range can be resolved by him so easily.

Soul Power is the true kingly path!

Thinking this, Dai Chengfeng's movements did not pause in the slightest. "First Soul Skill: Innate Geng Metal Qi!"

In an instant.

Golden Innate Geng Metal Qi shone like countless tiny stars, attaching itself to the Emperor White Tiger's body.

At the same time, he immediately pulled back and retreated, drawing closer to his uncle.

Opposite him, Li Jinglong's fox claw had already only managed to pierce into the Emperor White Tiger Avatar with difficulty. Now, as it collided with the sudden arrival of the Innate Geng Metal Qi, a sharp, piercing clash of metal rang out, and for the moment, it could advance no farther.

"What a troublesome brat!"

Li Jinglong frowned slightly. "Especially this white tiger that suddenly appeared out of thin air. I estimate that even an ordinary Soul Ancestor would be unable to take it down in a short time."

"He's clearly only at two rings. Although the Dai Family's White Tiger Spirit is very powerful, it absolutely shouldn't be like this... hm?"

However, before Li Jinglong could finish speaking, his pupils abruptly widened, and he could hardly believe his eyes.

"Hiss!"

He even instinctively sucked in a breath of cold air. "Purple?"

"A purple second ring? Th-th-this... how is that possible!"

Li Jinglong only felt his scalp go numb. "The limit for a second ring should be around seven hundred years, shouldn't it? How could his second ring possibly be a thousand-year one..."

But despite the shock and confusion in his heart...

The killing intent in Li Jinglong's heart also surged at the same time. If this child is not eliminated, he will surely become a great future threat to my Heaven Dou Empire!

In an instant, Li Jinglong no longer paid any mind to his own defense. "Fourth Soul Skill: Crimson Fox Fire Claws!"

His hands suddenly ignited with raging flames, transforming into two enormous fire claws that grabbed viciously toward the Emperor White Tiger with mountain-toppling force.

The powerful impact and high temperature instantly evaporated even the rain that had just fallen.

Seeing this, Dai Chengfeng raised his right hand. "White Tiger, slaughter him!"

In an instant, the Emperor White Tiger Avatar opened its Blood Basin Mouth, and black-red Slaughter Qi rapidly gathered within its mouth until it turned into a dark orb wreathed in black-red lightning.

It spat it out in one breath, and it crashed fiercely into Li Jinglong's Fourth Soul Skill.

Boom—!

A violent roar erupted like a heavy bomb exploding in the center of the battlefield, and a powerful wave of air spread wildly in all directions with the two of them at its center.

The torrential curtain of rain was pushed outward in every direction by the blast, forming a rainless area dozens of meters across.

Mud and broken stones on the ground were swept up by the air wave, shooting out in all directions like Hidden Weapons.

Several of the warhorses collapsed on the ground failed to dodge in time and were struck by the incoming stones, letting out miserable neighs...

Blood instantly dyed the ground beneath them red.

Dai Chengfeng waved a hand, laying down a layer of Innate Geng Metal Qi before him.

At the same time, borrowing the force of the impact, he finally returned to Zhu Fan's side.

"Chengfeng, are you all right?"

Looking at Dai Chengfeng as he returned, Zhu Fan's eyes were filled with tension. He had not expected that being briefly Entwined would almost lead to a grave mistake.

"Uncle, I'm fine."

"That's good, that's good..."

Zhu Fan could not help letting out a long breath.

Then a flash of excitement and admiration crossed his eyes. "Good lad, that Second Soul Skill of yours really opened your uncle's eyes! So strong!"

"Li Jinglong is a Soul King, yet even with a sneak attack, he still couldn't take you down!"

Hearing this, Dai Chengfeng merely shook his head lightly, not the slightest bit Proud in his eyes.

After all, he knew very well that he was still far from being Li Jinglong's Opponent. The reason Li Jinglong had been unable to do anything to him for that short time was because the battlefield's killing intent was thick, which just happened to meet the conditions for the Emperor White Tiger Avatar's descent.

Without the Emperor White Tiger Avatar...

Under Li Jinglong's sneak attack, with his Innate Geng Metal Qi and powerful physique, he most likely would not have died, but serious injury would definitely have been unavoidable.

And just as the two spoke.

The smoke spread, and the figure of the Emperor White Tiger Avatar once again appeared indistinctly within the steam.

There were several places on its body burned by flames, its fur slightly curled, with wisps of blue smoke still rising from it.

Though Li Jinglong was at the Soul King realm, that impact still sent his entire body sliding back several meters.

"I refuse to accept this!"

Li Jinglong gritted his teeth, looking at Dai Chengfeng, who had returned to Zhu Fan's side, utterly unwilling to accept it.

"This old man thought victory was in his Grasp. After all, he was only a two-Loop soul master. But I never expected..."

"What the hell!"

"How could this possibly be the strength a two-Loop Soul Grandmaster should have?! Even an ordinary Soul Elder might not be his Opponent!"

At this moment.

Even as an enemy, when Li Jinglong looked at Dai Chengfeng in the distance, a flash of appreciation and admiration could not help passing through his eyes.

"What a pity he is not one of my Heaven Dou Empire's people..."

Then.

Li Jinglong waved a hand. "All Heaven Dou Empire soldiers, the whole army retreats! Target, Golden Citadel Pass."