The battle was fierce. Every yokai could feel it in the air.
Yet only Fūyō, now utterly consumed by battle frenzy, felt an ever-growing pressure. Such pressure should never have come from a yokai as young as Mingye, even if he was the leader of the Wolf Tribe and overlord of the Western Country.
A glimmer of clarity remained in Fūyō's frenzied eyes. His fighting spirit soared to its peak, each blow stronger than the last.
But Mingye kept pace effortlessly, even answering with greater force.
Fūyō understood that he had met the strongest enemy of his life. He had a premonition that this would be his hardest, most exhilarating battle!
"Born for battle, never stopping until death!"
Fūyō let out a long roar. His tiger's roar stirred the wind, profoundly affecting the currents throughout the world around him.
At that very moment, Fūyō's demon power actually surged again. He was breaking through his limits, surpassing himself!
The stronger his opponent, the stronger he became!
Mingye now understood the talent of Fūyō of the White Tiger, who was fighting him. It was among the finest innate abilities in the world: growing stronger against stronger opponents.
Those who possessed such a talent were usually battle maniacs, tempering their demon power through battle after battle and becoming ever stronger.
And in combat, especially under overwhelming pressure, yokai with this talent could unleash strength far beyond anything they had displayed before!
Mingye admitted that Fūyō's talent might rival Sesshomaru's. Through their exchanges, he had also sensed his opponent's age. Fūyō was only slightly older than him.
He, too, was a yokai with formidable strength despite being less than a hundred years old.
Yet his combat strength still fell well short of a Great Yokai's!
"If you became a Great Yokai, perhaps you could