The Sixty-Thousand-Year Dark Demon Evil God Tiger: I Want Both Its Evil God Bloodline and Inheritance
Ye Tian had not expected Qian Xunji to remain so wary of Bibi Dong.
But since Chrysanthemum Douluo had come along, Ye Tian could rest easy.
Chrysanthemum Douluo was an ambitious man, but while Qian Xunji held power, he could never gain the Angel Clan's complete trust.
Qian Xunji seemed to treat him and Ghost Douluo as confidants, yet he restricted their authority at every turn. He sent them on tasks any ordinary bishop could handle, never treating either of them like a true elder.
Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo had worked hard for years, only to discover that their status as confidants was a sham. It had shown them what kind of man Qian Xunji really was.
In Qian Xunji's eyes, birth mattered most.
Ordinary Titled Douluo like them, who had joined Spirit Hall from outside, would find it almost impossible to win his complete trust.
Ye Tian could use that to make Chrysanthemum Douluo see Bibi Dong as a ruler worth pledging himself to.
"Little Tiantian, are you sure you can get Chrysanthemum Douluo to follow me now?"
"From what I know, he and Ghost Douluo have already become Qian Xunji's confidants."
Bibi Dong thought Ye Tian was rushing things.
If Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo would only pledge themselves to her after she inherited the position of Pope, there was no need to hurry.
If they handled this badly and Qian Xunji learned her secret, she and Ye Tian could be in danger.
"Confidants?"
"Dong'er, you give Qian Xunji too much credit."
"Qian Xunji is narrow-minded. He only values members of the Qian Clan and family servants."
"Ordinary Titled Douluo who joined from outside, like Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, will never earn his trust."
"To put it bluntly, they're just obedient dogs at his beck and call."
"No matter how hard they work, they'll never win Qian Xunji's trust."
"He sees how eager they are to advance, so he uses that ambition to control them, pretending to give them important roles."
"I think they've both realized that by now."
"As long as you show him your extraordinary talent and grand ambitions, I'm confident Chrysanthemum Douluo will pledge himself to you."
Ye Tian had known Bibi Dong would worry, so he laid out his reasoning.
She had grown a great deal over the years, but she still needed to steady her mind.
"All right. We'll have to try."
"I hope Elder Ju knows which way the wind is blowing."
Ye Tian's reasoning made sense to Bibi Dong, so she agreed to try.
If she could bring Chrysanthemum Douluo to her side early, it would certainly help her.
A few days later, Ye Tian and Bibi Dong arrived at the Star Dou Great Forest.
Ye Tian did not rush to find Tang Hao and Ah Yin. He wanted to help Bibi Dong obtain her eighth Soul Ring and win over Chrysanthemum Douluo first.
There was still time. He was not worried about Tang Hao and Ah Yin running off.
If he was right, they would stay for a while near the place where Ah Yin had taken human form.
To obtain a Soul Ring as quickly as possible, Ye Tian and Bibi Dong headed straight for the Core Circle of the Star Dou Great Forest.
Nearly every Soul Beast there had cultivated for over thirty thousand years, and the Lake of Life was close by.
Just as Ye Tian began considering how old Bibi Dong's Soul Ring should be, he sensed an evil Soul Beast aura.
The power was foul and strong. It made his Auspicious Beast bloodline recoil as though he had encountered a natural enemy.
He also sensed a trace of divine power within that evil aura.
Ye Tian thought of every Soul Beast on Douluo Continent. Only the sixty-thousand-year Dark Demon Evil God Tiger could give off such evil power and have a connection to a Deity.
Across all of Douluo Continent, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger was an outright aberration among Soul Beasts.
It carried a trace of the Evil God Bloodline, giving it tremendous strength, the Evil God's supremely evil attribute, and a powerful devouring ability. At just ten thousand years of cultivation, it could challenge a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
Beyond its supremely evil attribute, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger also possessed wind, thunder, darkness, time, and space attributes.
But that same nature prevented it from cultivating on its own. It could only grow stronger by devouring other Soul Beasts.
In the original story, even Tang San, after becoming a Titled Douluo and wielding the Sea God Trident, had suffered terribly at the claws of the sixty-thousand-year Dark Demon Evil God Tiger. He had nearly died.
Tang San had survived only because he used his Purple Demon Eye to pierce the tiger's protective barrier in the Life and Death Arena, reducing it to its juvenile form along with him. He then killed it with the Godly Zhuge Crossbow.
Otherwise, Tang San might have died at its claws.
That made the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger an excellent choice for Bibi Dong's eighth Soul Ring.
Perhaps obtaining its Soul Ring would even give Bibi Dong a chance to receive the Evil God Inheritance.
Ye Tian could seize the opportunity to devour its bloodline and grow stronger himself.
"Dong'er, there should be a sixty-thousand-year Dark Demon Evil God Tiger ahead. It would suit you well."
"But it's strong—stronger than an ordinary Titled Douluo."
"When the time comes, have Chrysanthemum Douluo try to kill it."
"Once the tiger defeats him with ease, I'll kill it for you and show him what I'm capable of."
Ye Tian pinpointed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and sent Bibi Dong a voice transmission, laying out his plan.
"Little Tiantian, are you sure that sixty-thousand-year Dark Demon Evil God Tiger can defeat Elder Ju?"
"I find that hard to believe."
Bibi Dong was bewildered. This was the first time she had heard of a Soul Beast called the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
"Dong'er, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger is a unique Soul Beast. It's the only one on Douluo Continent. It carries part of the Evil God Bloodline, and its potential surpasses even the Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python."
"It may have only sixty thousand years of cultivation, but it doesn't fear the hundred-thousand-year Titan Giant Ape or Sky Azure Bull Python. Chrysanthemum Douluo doesn't stand a chance."
After that brief explanation, Ye Tian followed the aura toward the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
When Bibi Dong found it devouring a seventy-thousand-year Soul Beast, its appearance and aura stunned her.
The tiger was over eight meters long, its body pure black without a single fleck of another color. Its red eyes held a sinister gleam, and the character for "king" on its forehead was a brooding black, like a bank of mist.
Its tail was strangest of all. Far longer than an ordinary tiger Soul Beast's, it stood upright and ended in a massive hook that glimmered with an eerie light.
Its savage gaze and the aura rolling off its body sent a shiver through anyone who saw it.
Bibi Dong had seen the hundred-thousand-year Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python, yet neither had shaken her as much as this sixty-thousand-year Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
Even Chrysanthemum Douluo, hidden nearby, was startled at the sight of it.
Roar!
The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger seemed to sense someone approaching. It gave a low growl and glanced toward Ye Tian and Bibi Dong.
The moment it saw Ye Tian, it sensed the aura of an Elder Auspicious Beast on him.
As a powerful evil Soul Beast, it had no intention of respecting an Elder Auspicious Beast the way ordinary Soul Beasts would.
To the tiger, an Elder Auspicious Beast was the finest nourishment imaginable.
If it devoured Ye Tian, both its cultivation and its bloodline would improve markedly.
"Little Tiantian, that look in its eyes is terrifying. Why don't we get out of here?"
As Bibi Dong watched the enormous tiger advance toward them, fear began to grip her.
"Heh. This little tiger wants to kill me and devour my bloodline. It's got some nerve."
"Don't be afraid, Dong'er. You can call Chrysanthemum Douluo out now."
"Let the show begin!"
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