"An Evil Soul Master among Soul Beasts?"
At those words, a name instantly surfaced in Long Aoyu's mind.
The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger!
Ordinary Soul Beasts absorbed the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and cultivated diligently. Only the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger struggled to cultivate on its own and had to devour the Soul Power of other Soul Beasts or human Soul Masters to grow stronger.
This was very similar to Evil Soul Masters, with only one difference-
Evil Soul Masters chose to walk an evil path.
The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, however, was born with this bloodline gift; it was not a choice made later in life.
Du Busi narrowed his eyes slightly. "About three li ahead, that aura... it's steeped in viciousness, utterly evil and repulsive."
He turned toward Long Aoyu. "Wait here. I'll go take a look."
"Master, I'm coming too."
Du Busi glanced at him without refusing and said quietly, "Stay close. Don't make a sound."
Master and disciple crept forward without a sound.
After passing through a dense thicket, they came upon a relatively open forest clearing.
At the center of the clearing stood a peculiarly shaped Soul Beast. Its body was about eight meters long, its tail tip about three meters long. Black-and-white tiger stripes covered its body, and its tail ended in a scorpion-like hook.
Black feathered wings grew beneath its ribs on either side. Its eyes were blood-red, and black mist coiled around its body.
Du Busi stared at the Soul Beast for several breaths. His pupils contracted slightly, and he blurted out in a low voice, "A Scorpion Tiger? No... this isn't Zhang Peng's Scorpion Tiger Martial Soul. There are differences."
"It really is that beast!" Long Aoyu stared fixedly at the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
Du Busi narrowed his eyes, sweeping his gaze over the Soul Beast several times. A rare trace of gravity entered his voice.
"The Holy Spirit Cult has an enshrined elder named Zhang Peng whose Martial Soul is a Scorpion Tiger. It looks seventy or eighty percent like this brute. But Zhang Peng's Scorpion Tiger is a subspecies with a degraded bloodline. This one-"
Du Busi paused. "This one may well be the source of the Scorpion Tiger's bloodline-a true Dark Demon Evil God Tiger!"
Having fought Zhang Peng before, Du Busi had consulted ancient texts and learned of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's existence. Now, he had recognized it too.
Du Busi looked back at Long Aoyu.
"The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger is said to possess the Evil God's bloodline. It has six attributes-evil, space, time, strength, lightning, and wind-and ranks among the very highest tier of Soul Beasts."
"Even the Titan Giant Ape and the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear fall more than a single tier short of it!"
"Roar!!"
The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger sensed their presence. Its blood-red eyes turned toward the thicket, and it lowered its body with a growl.
As Du Busi watched it, his eyes gradually brightened. "Around sixty thousand years... Xiao Yu, if you can absorb this brute's Soul Ring, it'll be far better than absorbing an ordinary sixty-thousand-year Soul Beast's."
"What do you think?"
"This is the one, Master!"
Long Aoyu's full-body body Martial Soul was extraordinarily accommodating. It could absorb Soul Rings of any attribute, and the stronger the bloodline, the better.
"Good. This one, then."
Du Busi nodded and stepped out from behind the thicket. "Stand back. I'll handle this myself!"
The next instant, nine Soul Rings burst forth around Du Busi-yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, red, red, red!
Bloody light spread from the three Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, and the air throughout the forest clearing seemed to congeal.
A Level 98 Super Douluo.
A body Martial Soul with a gold-grade awakening!
Green markings appeared across Du Busi's body as his aura continued to soar.
"Roar!"
The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's blood-red pupils abruptly contracted. Spreading its wings, it unleashed black lightning and blue-green whirlwinds from their tips. All four paws drove against the ground, and it lunged at Du Busi in a blur.
Its wind and lightning attributes merged, making it too fast for the naked eye to track.
But Du Busi was faster!
Without even moving his feet, he merely turned slightly sideways and thrust a palm forward.
Dark green poisonous mist instantly condensed in his palm, and his hand intercepted the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger squarely in its charging path.
Palm met claw, and lightning exploded.
Du Busi did not budge, but the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger was hurled backward. Its right forepaw turned pitch-black as poisonous mist ate away at its fur and muscles.
The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger landed with a piercing howl, and silvery-white light flashed through its blood-red eyes.
The air within a ten-zhang radius around it abruptly thickened, and falling leaves froze in midair for half an instant.
The power of time!
Du Busi immediately slowed.
"As expected of a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger. Though your cultivation is only sixty thousand years, you're stronger than the vast majority of Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts."
"Unfortunately, the gap in raw strength between us is far too great!"
Du Busi snorted coldly and stamped hard on the ground. Violent Soul Power erupted beneath his foot, forcibly shattering the suppression of the time attribute.
A Level 98 Super Douluo was on par with a four-hundred-thousand- to five-hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast.
A gap like this
could not be bridged by attributes or bloodline.
Riiip-
The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger beat its wings, unleashing a dense barrage of black lightning and green wind blades. The scorpion hook at its tail tip silently circled to the side and stabbed toward Du Busi's lower back.
Its four attributes of evil, lightning, wind, and strength erupted simultaneously.
Combined with the slowing effect of its time domain-
Yet this combination attack meant nothing before Du Busi.
"Eighth Soul Skill, Heavenly Poison Hand!"
Du Busi raised his right hand and spread his fingers. His hundred-thousand-year Eighth Soul Ring blazed with bloody light.
A gigantic phantom palm of dark green descended from the sky. The dozens of lightning bolts and wind blades were annihilated the instant they struck it.
Boom!
The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger only managed to twist half its body aside before the Heavenly Poison Hand slammed squarely into its hind legs and midsection, sending it flying more than ten zhang and smashing through an ancient tree.
The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger struggled to its feet. Its hind leg bones were cracked, and poisonous mist had corroded half its body.
"Roar!!"
It threw back its head with an ear-piercing howl. A strange black orb erupted from within its body and rapidly expanded in every direction.
Space twisted within the orb-
The Life and Death Arena!
Long Aoyu had been waiting for this move all along and immediately warned, "Master, watch out!"
Du Busi had been about to strike with his palm, but at those words, he abruptly stopped and shot backward. The Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone in his left arm suddenly blazed with light-Grip of Destruction.
Grip of Destruction!
A gigantic golden hand reached out through the air, closing its five fingers around the expanding black orb.
The instant gold collided with black, space twisted violently.
The black orb was forcibly crushed!
With its strongest skill forcibly interrupted, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger let out a shrill howl. Blackish-red blood spilled from its mouth, and its aura rapidly weakened.
"What a bizarre Soul Skill. This Dark Demon Evil God Tiger truly deserves to be called a mutant beast of the Evil God!"
There was a hint of wonder in Du Busi's voice.
If Long Aoyu had not warned him just now, he really might have fallen into the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's trap.
Although Du Busi did not know exactly what the Life and Death Arena did, he could sense the time and space attributes contained within it.
Time and space, both fused into a single Soul Skill-heaven only knew what would happen!
"Master, hit it a few more times. Beat it until it's at death's door."
"All right."
Du Busi nodded, flashed over to the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, and raised his hand. Gathering Soul Power and deadly poison, he slammed a heavy blow into its skull.
This strike contained his life-bound poison.
Already gravely wounded, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger now had not even a shred of strength left to resist.
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