The raging wind abruptly stopped.
Ahead, the great black tiger dug its forepaws deep into the rock, forcibly halting its charge.
All the savagery drained from its scarlet eyes, and every hair in its neck mane stood on end.
The bloodline pressure of a Primordial Zhu Yan bore down from behind the two tiny figures ahead.
Run.
The black tiger violently twisted its massive body, bending its powerful hind legs to spring away.
Just then, Shi Hou pulled something out of thin air with his right hand.
Pitch-black petals wreathed in ink-dark fiendish energy exuded an uncanny fragrance that pierced straight into the soul.
It was the Black Fiend Lotus.
Carried by the wind, the strange fragrance slipped into the black tiger's nostrils, freezing it mid-retreat.
The black tiger unleashed a roar.
Its four paws drove against the ground, collapsing it. Its immense black body became a streak of dark light, hurtling straight at Shi Hou amid a nose-stinging, rank wind.
"Little One, here's something fun."
Shi Hou swept out his left hand, yanked the trembling Black Pig off his shoulder, and stuffed him into Shi Hao's arms.
Shi Hao's eyes lit up. He had long coveted Shi Hou's signature "rat-a-tat-tat" trick.
He seized Kang's two large ears, gripped his tail, and aimed his nostrils at the black tiger in midair.
Kang had been badly frightened by Zhu Yan earlier and was still seething with pent-up anger.
His mouth gaped wide, his little tusks protruding, and the ice-blue light being furiously compressed deep in his throat suddenly blazed.
"Fire!" Shi Hao shouted, giving the pig's tail a hard tug with his little hand.
Boom!!
An ice-blue beam as thick as a bucket gushed from the pig's nostrils, striking the black tiger square in the chest.
The black tiger remained poised