Golden Lion-Tiger Beast

After turning it over in his mind, Lin Yang still decided to go take a look. Perhaps he could reap some easy gains.

He immediately activated Transparent World, completely concealed his presence, and sped silently toward the source of the roar.

Before long, a scene of utter devastation appeared before him.

An enormous Soul Beast stood amid the wreckage, resembling both a tiger and a lion.

Its body was over seven meters long, its shoulder and back muscles like metal and stone. Its bulging muscles brimmed with explosive strength, and fur that looked cast from gold covered its entire body, giving off a faint golden glow.

A thick mane encircled its neck, the edges of its fur gleaming dark gold like burning flames.

Its iron-chain-like tail swished behind it, faintly whistling through the air.

Lin Yang was somewhat astonished. It was actually a rare Golden Lion-Tiger Beast, and judging by its size, it seemed to have only ten thousand years of cultivation, certainly less than fifteen thousand.

Opposite the Golden Lion-Tiger Beast stood a lesser dragon-type Soul Beast, resembling a combination of some sort of lizard and snake. Foul-smelling, dark green gas shrouded its body, and its slit pupils gleamed with an eerie green light.

Lin Yang did not know what kind of Soul Beast it was, but its bristling presence was no weaker than the Lion-Tiger Beast's.

From the looks of things, this lesser dragon Soul Beast seemed to have set its sights on the Lion-Tiger Beast's territory, but neither could get the better of the other.

"Roar!"

The Lion-Tiger Beast let out a low growl, seemingly in warning, and crouched low, preparing to attack.

But from Lin Yang's angle, he could just make out a patch of dark red on the Golden Lion-Tiger Beast's lower abdomen.

Lin Yang narrowed his eyes. Was it injured?

The Golden Lion-Tiger Beast was putting on a show of strength while doing everything it could to conceal its injury.

After a brief standoff, a trace of apprehension flashed through the lesser dragon Soul Beast's dark green eyes. Finally, it took several steps back, turned, and disappeared into the dense forest.

"Roar!"

The Golden Lion-Tiger Beast did not pursue. Instead, it raised its head and roared at the sky, as though warning the other Soul Beasts that this area was its territory.

Behind it, a flicker of hesitation crossed Lin Yang's eyes. Perhaps... he could try to obtain a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.

Golden Lion-Tiger Beasts were fiercely territorial and showed no mercy to any living thing that entered their territory. Yet this time, it had chosen to bluff, merely frightening its opponent away rather than attacking.

That meant its injuries were certainly serious. This was an absolute golden opportunity.

Moreover, the Golden Lion-Tiger Beast's attributes were extremely compatible with the Nichirin Blade.

Besides, a Soul Beast just over ten thousand years old was only as strong as a high-level Soul King. He felt he could give it a try.

A Soul King... it wasn't as if he hadn't killed one before!

If he could obtain a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, he was confident he could raise the Demon God Body's first Soul Ring to the ten-thousand-year level as well.

That would make things a little safer.

At that thought, Lin Yang flashed out and stepped straight from his hiding place.

Whoosh!

The instant Lin Yang revealed himself, the Golden Lion-Tiger Beast whipped its head around, its scarlet eyes filled with fury and savagery.

It had only just issued a warning, yet an uninvited guest had already appeared in its territory-and a human, at that.

This was not a slap in its face. This was shitting on its head!

Who could stand that?

Without a second thought, the Golden Lion-Tiger Beast decided to tear this human to pieces and defend its dignity with blood.

Its massive body suddenly sprang up, lunging straight at Lin Yang.

Lin Yang was ready.

"Ghostification!"

In an instant, he had undergone Complete Ghostification.

Almost simultaneously, Crimson Interval swept upward in his hand, crashing hard against the tiger paw slamming down at his head.

Clang!

A deafening metallic crash exploded right before him.

The Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast's strength far exceeded Lin Yang's expectations.

The ground collapsed beneath his feet, and his legs sank straight into the earth. The terrifying force left his arms numb and trembling slightly.

Even so, Lin Yang gritted his teeth, the muscles in his arms bulging as he braced Crimson Interval firmly against the Lion-Tiger Beast's enormous paw.

Surprise flickered through the Golden Lion-Tiger Beast's eyes. This human had actually blocked it?

But it had no intention of giving Lin Yang a chance to catch his breath. Its other tiger paw swept toward him, trailing a fierce wind.

At that moment, two Soul Rings rose from beneath Lin Yang's feet, one yellow and one purple.

Both Soul Rings lit up at once. Lin Yang stamped down hard and vaulted into the air as an arc of fire flashed in an instant.

Sun Breathing, Second Form: Blue Heaven!

Whoosh!

With a flash of blood, the Golden Lion-Tiger Beast let out an earthshaking howl of pain.

Half of its tiger paw had already fallen to the side.

Sharp Gold stacked with armor penetration!

A hundred and twenty percent increase in sharpness, ignoring eighty percent of physical defense and sixty percent of energy defense.

Such powerful attribute enhancements made the Golden Lion-Tiger Beast's formidable body as fragile as a sheet of paper before the Nichirin Blade.

This had undoubtedly stripped the Lion-Tiger Beast of its greatest asset.

Of course, Lin Yang had paid a price as well.

The other tiger paw had also grazed his body, leaving four enormous wounds deep enough to expose bone and nearly slicing him into five pieces.

Blood gushed out, instantly drenching him from head to toe.

Ignoring his wounds, Lin Yang charged at the Lion-Tiger Beast, the fiery-red Nichirin Blade in his hand tracing a dazzling arc through the air.

The Golden Lion-Tiger Beast no longer showed its earlier contempt. Its eyes held fear as it endured the agony of its severed paw and kept retreating.

But Lin Yang followed as though glued to it, his blade giving relentless chase.

Clang, clang, clang!

Three consecutive strikes, each landing in the same spot.

Lin Yang's pupils contracted slightly. A thin layer of golden light over the Lion-Tiger Beast's fur had blocked most of the damage.

The three strikes had failed to sever its spine, merely opening an arm-length wound.

Whoosh!

With a whistle through the air, a tail swept across like an iron chain, lashing heavily toward his waist.

Lin Yang immediately held his blade across himself to defend, unleashing several streaks of blade light forward in rapid succession.

The blade scraped against the tail with a piercing screech, sending sparks flying.

A section of the Lion-Tiger Beast's tail was cut off, while Lin Yang was driven backward three zhang, his feet sinking deep into the soil.

The Demon God Body's advantages lay in its undying, indestructible nature and its various bizarre Blood Demon Arts.

In strength alone, Lin Yang held no advantage over the Golden Lion-Tiger Beast.

But against the sharpness of the Nichirin Blade, even a touch would cost it a chunk of flesh.

Man and beast faced off once more.

"Roar!"

The Golden Lion-Tiger Beast let out a furious roar. The pain throughout its body seared its heart like a blazing sun, constantly urging it to pounce and tear this human apart.

But that absurdly sharp blade had become the thing it feared most.

Some distance away, Lin Yang's breathing grew heavier. Fiery breath spread between his lips and teeth, and a red Demon Slayer Mark had quietly crept onto his temple.

"Again!"

He did not intend to keep tangling with the Golden Lion-Tiger Beast.

The longer this dragged on, the more variables there would be.

Before his words had faded, the yellow and purple Soul Rings beside Lin Yang suddenly intertwined, fusing together in an instant.

Light surged, and a larger purple Soul Ring of an even deeper hue replaced the original two.

"Slash Domain!"

That unusual purple Soul Ring suddenly blazed with light.

The air within a ten-meter radius around Lin Yang abruptly became incomparably sharp.

Countless fine, fierce slashes materialized out of thin air, frantically cutting through everything within the domain.

The ground, loose stones, plants, and even fallen leaves drifting in midair were silently sliced into finer dust.

This was the pseudo-domain Lin Yang had obtained through Ring Fusion-Slash Domain!