"Nephew, you're here. And you brought a snack?"
The enormous Fire God Mantis was probably as big as a calf. Cold light flashed from his two axe-like forearms, and his compound eyes fixed on Lin Ke, murderous intent laid bare.
"No, no, Uncle! This is my master. I'll be following him from now on," the Purple-Patterned White Tiger hurriedly explained.
"Following him?" The Fire God Mantis's cold compound eyes reflected Lin Ke and the Purple-Patterned White Tiger. "He enslaved you?"
The next instant, the Fire God Mantis vanished from his spot and charged at Lin Ke.
Lin Ke remained unruffled, raising the Imperially Sanctioned Staff and swinging it at him.
Clang!!!
Metal rang against metal, and the Fire God Mantis flew backward.
"Yes, I enslaved him. What of it?" Lin Ke's expression was cold. "If I wished, I could enslave you too. What would you do about it?"
The Purple-Patterned White Tiger had come knocking on his own initiative. He had no one else to blame for being enslaved.
Had Lin Ke not also advanced to the middle stage of the Second Realm, the outcome of their fight would still have been uncertain.
In the world of demon beasts, victory was all well and good, but defeat generally meant death, or becoming a slave or servant.
The Purple-Patterned White Tiger had lost and become his spirit beast, and Lin Ke had yet to do anything to humiliate him.
Naturally, then, he was not afraid of this Fire God Mantis.
Clang! Clang! Clang! ...
In just a few seconds, a string of metallic impacts rang out as Lin Ke exchanged dozens more blows with the Fire God Mantis.
"Stop, stop, stop!" The Purple-Patterned White Tiger hurried forward to restrain his uncle.
He was also in the late stage of the Second