Indeed, the "friend" the Nine-Headed Bat King wanted to introduce was none other than the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
Pure black from head to tail, with blood-red eyes, it measured eight meters long and bore wings on its back. A thin black mist wreathed its entire body. Its sleek contours and bulging muscles, together with the Evil God Hook on its tail, gave it an eerie mystique and a savage elegance.
It made a powerful visual impression, evoking deeply contradictory feelings.
Possessed by an evil god and mutated in body, this was another species that should never have existed in this world!
It immediately reminded Ren Tao of Guenhwyvar, Drizzt Do'Urden's magical companion in The Dark Elf Trilogy.
At that moment, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger was also studying him intently. Both held their formidable auras in check, forming halos fainter than mist around them. Whenever those halos touched, the air cracked explosively.
If I devour this human, I'll break straight through the hundred-thousand-year threshold. What would the Sky Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape amount to then?
Undisguised greed gleamed in the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's eyes.
Ren Tao understood its thoughts instantly. They were both of the "Devour" type, though their forms of devouring were different. Such thoughts might as well have been stamped into its brain; there was no need to guess.
"We certainly have plenty to discuss!"
Those words were not directed at the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger. Ren Tao glanced sideways at the Nine-Headed Bat King, who had already retreated far away to the edge of the forest clearing. Evidently, the bat was also wary of this suddenly erupting conflict catching an innocent bat like itself in the crossfire.
A bright moon rose above the forest.
They were near