"Pop~"
With a crisp pop, Lin Ke's Mystic Jade Shield shattered outright.
But the Black-Iron Knife lost its momentum as well and was about to fall.
"Rise!"
The Purple-Patterned White Tiger's demonic aura surged out and gathered around the little knife. It immediately curved nimbly through the air and stabbed at Lin Ke again.
Lin Ke's power of reform surged, gathering in his palm to form demonic power. Then he cast the Mystic Jade Shield again and grabbed the little knife outright.
However, the little knife had been steeped in the Purple-Patterned White Tiger's aura for so long that Lin Ke could not put it straight into his Storage Equipment.
So he gripped its handle and suppressed its struggles. "Move again, and I'll crush you."
Those words stunned the demons once more.
Move again, and he would... crush it?
How ferocious!
The Purple-Patterned White Tiger was startled too, but a moment later, he spoke again. "Impossible! You can't crush it. It's a treasure!"
"Haha, you're welcome to try!" As he spoke, Lin Ke tightened his grip, and the light of the Mystic Jade Shield shone from his hand.
The Purple-Patterned White Tiger let out an enraged roar and charged into close combat again.
Lin Ke showed neither fear nor hesitation. With one hand gripping the little Black-Iron Knife, he used the rest of his body to fight the Purple-Patterned White Tiger.
For several minutes, the man and tiger fought fiercely, neither yielding an inch.
But this terrified the demons as well.
"Does this mudskipper demon really have no ancient bloodline?"
"Impossible! There's no way he has one! His transformation is so perfect that only his lips look like a mudskipper's. He's only in the Second Realm, so he definitely has no ancient bloodline."
"But he's only at the middle stage