Dai Mubai thought for a moment and continued, "Here's what we'll do. There are at most 20,000-year-old Soul Beast around here. You two can use this cave as a center and train around this area. Zhu Qing and I will go check the core area. If we don't find anything, we'll come back. If Fatty, Pojun, and Niu Zhen break through, then you can look for suitable Soul Beast around here. If you have to leave, just mark your location, and we'll find you by the marks."
Seeing Dai Mubai's resolute attitude, everyone had no choice but to agree.
The next morning, Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing bid farewell to everyone and headed towards the core area.
The two had only walked about five miles when Dai Mubai stopped, looked into the distance, smiled, and called out, "Grandpa, come out for a moment."
Then Zhu Chengfeng emerged from behind a tree.
Zhu Chengfeng stroked his beard. Since he learned last time that Dai Mubai could spot him, he was no longer surprised.
He asked helplessly, "What is it now?"
Dai Mubai asked, "Are there other people?"
Zhu Chengfeng waved to someone in the distance. Another figure emerged from behind a tree further away, a burly man with a deep and imposing aura—it was Dai Tianhu, the Grand Elder of the White Tiger Sect.
He strode forward, clasped his hands in a respectful greeting, and said, "Greetings, Your Crown Prince."
Dai Tianhu's Martial Soul is also the White Tiger, and he is now at the peak of level ninety-two. His aura is restrained, like a lurking tiger.
After a moment's thought, Dai Mubai said seriously, "Grandpa, you don't need to go. Stay here to protect the others. The Grand Elder can go with us."
After all, Dai Mubai needs a powerful offensive type of Soul Beast, and Dai Tianhu, Power Attack System, is clearly more suitable for dealing with this type of Soul Beast than Zhu Chengfeng, Agility Attack.
Upon hearing this, Dai Tianhu grinned and said, "No problem, it's just a Soul Beast worth sixty or seventy thousand. I haven't stretched my muscles in a long time, this is a good opportunity to loosen them up."
Zhu Chengfeng glanced at Dai Mubai and nodded. "Alright, then be careful. Elder, Mubai and Zhu Qing are in your care."
"Don't worry." Dai Tianhu patted his chest.
Dai Mubai cupped his hands in greeting to Zhu Chengfeng, and then, together with Dai Tianhu and Zhu Zhuqing, they flashed away and continued towards the core area.
Zhu Chengfeng stood there watching their figures disappear into the depths of the dense forest, then turned and sped towards the cave.
Dai Mubai and his two companions arrived at the core area and searched for more than half a month.
The Star Dou Great Forest is home to numerous Soul Beast. While there are limited Soul Beast with a cultivation level of 100,000 years, there are quite a few with Soul Beast of 10,000 years or even more than 50,000 years.
In the past two weeks, although they have found some Soul Beast Soul Beast of suitable age, their attributes and traits do not match their needs.
There was a 50,000-year-old Red-Armored Earth Dragon with thick skin and incredible strength, but its elemental attribute was earth-based, which clashed with the murderous aura of the Gengjin White Tiger, and its age was also a bit too young.
There was also a 60,000-year-old Thunder-Patterned Leopard, extremely fast and with decent lightning attributes, but neither of them were what Dai Mubai wanted.
His Sixth Soul Ring requires Soul Beast that leans towards killing and destruction, or a powerful tiger species.
With Titled Douluo protecting him and a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Dai Mubai, with a "better to have nothing than something bad" mentality, preferred to spend more time rather than settle for less.
Dai Mubai knew very well that the age and quality of each Soul Ring directly affected how far he could go in the future, so he couldn't be hasty.
On this day, the three arrived deep within the core area, which was not far from the central area.
The surrounding trees were taller than before, and huge claw marks began to appear on the ground, deeply embedded in the tree trunks and rocks, clearly left by an extremely large Soul Beast.
Dai Tianhu walked at the front, his pace much slower than before, his tiger-like eyes scanning the surroundings, ready to deal with any sudden danger.
Suddenly, the three of them felt the surrounding light dim.
The sky was clearly cloudless and the sun was shining brightly, but in this forest, it was dark, as if an invisible black curtain was hanging over our heads.
Dai Tianhu stopped and raised his right hand, signaling the two to stop.
Dai Mubai also immediately and cautiously scanned his surroundings, quietly activating his Icefire Spirit Eyes, a faint red and blue light flashing deep within his pupils.
Zhu Zhuqing felt a deep unease and clung tightly to Dai Mubai's side.
The three walked slowly forward, the fallen leaves under their feet soft and yielding without making a sound.
roar!
A deep roar resounded, like muffled thunder from the sky.
Dai Mubai immediately noticed that in the woods not far away, a huge Soul Beast slowly stood up from its crouching position, staring fiercely in their direction.
It was a giant black tiger, its entire body pure black without a single blemish, and its red eyes were filled with a sinister aura.
The giant tiger was over eight meters long and over three meters tall at the shoulder. Its entire body was covered in bulging muscles, each muscle looking as if it were cast from black iron, gleaming with a cold, hard luster in the dim light.
The "king" character on its forehead is also black, almost blending into its black fur, making it virtually indistinguishable without close inspection.
What's most peculiar is its tail. Compared to ordinary tiger-type Soul Beast, its tail is much longer and stands upright. It is composed of many joints, with a huge barb at the very tip, gleaming with a chilling light, just like a scorpion's tail.
Dai Mubai gasped, his heart skipped a beat, and then an uncontrollable gleam of joy flashed in his eyes.
It's the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger!
The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger is a legendary creature in which God of Evil descended upon a White Tiger, causing it to mutate and transform White Tiger original light attribute into a dark attribute. At the same time, it grew black wings that symbolized corruption and a scorpion-tail-like Evil God Hook.
Judging from the age of this Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, it is about 65,000 years old, which perfectly matches my needs.
This must be the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger that Tang San killed in the original story.
The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger is a purely murderous beast, exceptionally ferocious, capable of killing with a single blow.
It also possesses multiple attributes such as evil, space, lightning, wind, and power, making it one of the top beings in the Soul Beast Realm.
Although it is not of the Metal Attribute, it is a top-tier tiger-type Soul Beast.
If I could obtain the Soul Ring of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, I might experience a truly extraordinary qualitative change.
Dai Mubai quickly calculated in his mind.
But this 65,000-year-old Dark Demon Evil God Tiger is probably no less powerful than an ordinary Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
Right now, it's not certain that Dai Tianhu, a level 92 Titled Douluo, alone can defeat them.
Even if they wanted to run, it was too late now.
The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger not only incredibly strong, but it also possesses spatial and flight abilities. Once it sets its sights on you, escape is impossible.
Dai Mubai glanced at Zhu Zhuqing beside him, then at Dai Tianhu in front of him, quickly weighing his options.
If he and Zhu Zhuqing joined forces to unleash the Hell White Tiger, and with Dai Tianhu's direct confrontation, they should be able to put up a fight.
Dai Tianhu seemed to have heard of this Ferocious Beast as well. He frowned and said in a deep voice, " Crown Prince Highness, this beast is not easy to deal with. It's a 65,000-year-old Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, with strength comparable to a top-tier Soul Beast of 100,000 years. I'm afraid I can't defeat it alone."
Dai Tianhu was right, but a resolute glint flashed in Dai Mubai as he said, "Elder, it's too late for us to run now; that beast has its eye on us. Let's try first. If the three of us join forces, we might have a chance."