The Powerful Dark Demon Evil God Tiger

"Your Highness, based on our previous investigations, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger should currently be hunting soul beasts within the territory of a Soul-Eating Spider King in the mixed zone."

The speaker was a middle-aged man, Snake Shadow, the chief person in charge of Web on Shrek Academy's side. With the strength of a Soul Douluo and a martial soul known as the Stealth King Snake, he possessed exceptional concealment abilities. Thus, he and another Soul Sage whose martial soul was a chameleon had been assigned to track the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.

Beside him stood Xu Tianchen and Long Xiaoyao, who had come to obtain Xu Tianchen's fourth Spirit Ring. As soon as dawn broke on the second day, the two had set out from Mingdu and flown all the way toward the Star Dou Forest.

Snake Shadow had been waiting for them at the entrance to the Star Dou Forest. He then led them toward the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's approximate location, relieving the chameleon Soul Sage who had gone ahead to keep watch.

"Why would this Dark Demon Evil God Tiger hunt soul beasts in the Soul-Eating Spider King's territory? Don't ten-thousand-year soul beasts normally have an especially strong sense of territoriality?"

Xu Tianchen asked in confusion. Even Long Xiaoyao beside him was curious, turning his gaze toward Snake Shadow. After all, even some powerful hundred-year and thousand-year soul beasts claimed territories of their own. The Soul-Eating Spider King was an exceptionally violent soul beast, yet it could tolerate another powerful soul beast hunting on its turf.

"According to our observations, both of those beasts are highly intelligent. They seem to have reached an agreement. The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger helps the Soul-Eating Spider King clear out the masters of neighboring territories, while the Soul-Eating Spider King provides it with cover. We've seen Scarlet King hunting down that Dark Demon Evil God Tiger more than once."

Xu Tianchen recalled that the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger seemed to have been pursued by Scarlet King before. Could it have ambushed the Three-Eyed Golden Lion? That was why it did not dare openly claim a territory and could only reach an agreement with the Soul-Eating Spider King, borrowing another's nest to lay its eggs.

The more Xu Tianchen thought about it, the more likely it seemed.

As they gradually ventured deeper into the Star Dou Forest, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, who had been lying beside the Lake of Life, suddenly seemed to sense something. She sprang up from the ground and hurried toward Di Tian's location.

"Di Tian, I sensed that strange fate again."

Hearing the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's voice, Di Tian's massive coiled dragon body stirred. His golden dragon eyes snapped open, and dragon might surged outward. Then, with a flash of light, the dragon body vanished, replaced by a man dressed in black. A hint of surprise flickered in his eyes as he looked at the Three-Eyed Golden Lion with a loving smile.

"Come. I'll take you this time."

"Okay."

Afterward, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion led Di Tian out from the Lake of Life.

Meanwhile, Xu Tianchen, who had already found the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, knew nothing of this. He was currently enjoying a brutal battle between two colossal beasts.

A fifty-thousand-year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear versus a twenty-thousand-year Dark Demon Evil God Tiger!

On one side was the fifty-thousand-year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, known as the "Earth Ripper." On the other was the twenty-thousand-year Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, an outrageously powerful soul beast possessing six attributes: evil, darkness, wind, lightning, space, and time!

Two terrifying auras collided with a thunderous crash. The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's scarlet eyes gleamed with sinister red light, while the Evil God Hook behind it, like a scorpion's tail, rose high into the air. The barbed tip flickered with deep, ominous radiance, and black mist around its body corroded the surrounding environment.

The Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear facing it refused to yield. Its massive body resembled an immovable mountain, its terrifying dark-gold claws glimmering faintly as its berserk aura bore down on the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.

"Roar!" The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger attacked first, its body vanishing amid a gust of raging wind. When it reappeared, it was behind the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear. Its thick, powerful tiger claw, infused with Evil God Power, slammed heavily into the giant bear's abdomen.

Though the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear looked enormous, it was exceptionally agile. It spun sharply, raising its massive bear claw to meet the tiger claw.

With a violent bang, the explosive sound detonated across the area. Berserk shockwaves spread outward from the two beasts, snapping the surrounding trees in half.

The Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear staggered back several steps from the impact. Before it could steady itself, however, a bloody wind rose again, and the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger vanished once more.

A sense of danger struck again. The Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear let out a furious roar and swung its enormous dark-gold bear claws. Five dark-gold claw marks, as though capable of tearing space apart, slashed toward the empty air.

It was the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's signature skill—Dark Gold Terrorclaw!

The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger abruptly appeared, and the Evil God Hook behind it fired an energy sphere containing the four attributes of wind, lightning, darkness, and space. It smashed fiercely into the Dark Gold Terrorclaw. The violent collision of energies sent ripples through the surrounding space.

As time passed, the battle between the two colossal beasts entered its most intense stage. The Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear had gone completely berserk, its golden fur mottled with blood.

But the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger was not faring well either. Its wings hung limply against its body, and it was covered in wounds. As the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear roared and charged toward it on heavy footsteps, a taunting smile actually appeared on the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's savage face.

Its long tail, transformed from the Evil God Hook into an Evil God Spike, began to swing. A small black sphere appeared between it and the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear. Then it erupted with intense black light, instantly becoming a massive black hole three meters in diameter.

The two colossal beasts were sucked into the black hole as it appeared. However, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger was covered in a layer of black light, while the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear had no such protection.

"This is the Life-and-Death Arena!"

Xu Tianchen recognized the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's formidable skill. This skill could pull an opponent into another dimension for an arena battle, but only the surviving side could leave.

However, protected by that layer of black light, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger would not be affected by the arena's rules and regress into its juvenile form. It would enter with its current strength intact.

"Master, once the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger appears, unleash your strongest skill and attack it. Make sure to cripple its ability to resist in a single blow. We can't give it a second chance to use that skill."

Xu Tianchen said to Long Xiaoyao as he watched the vanished Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear and Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.

"Alright." Long Xiaoyao naturally knew about the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and understood that if it were allowed to cast the Life-and-Death Arena again, everyone present might die.

He released his martial soul, transforming through possession by the Dark Holy Dragon. Then nine Spirit Rings—yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, red, red—appeared around him.

At the same time, his fifth and seventh Spirit Rings lit up. As the two enhancement skills took effect, Long Xiaoyao's aura surged sharply once more.

Then the black hole that had vanished reappeared. The massive body of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear crashed onto the ground, its life force completely extinguished. A black Spirit Ring rose from its body. The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger also folded its wings, its scarlet eyes sweeping coldly over the corpse on the ground.

Just as it was about to raise its head and let out a victorious roar, it discovered a figure suddenly appearing above its head.

Long Xiaoyao hovered in midair, his ninth Spirit Ring blooming with eerie red light. A sphere of light mixed with berserk energy immediately condensed within his dragon claw.

"Eighth soul skill, Dragon Emperor's Alternate Dimension!"

The sphere of light shot straight down at the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger below.