"Brother, he actually dared to challenge a hundred-year Diamond Tiger. Does he have a death wish?"
Watching Tian Chen inside the fighting ring, Hu Liena covered her little mouth and cried out in shock.
As far as she had always known, Soul Masters were generally somewhat weaker than Soul Beasts of the same rank. Only after becoming a Soul Grandmaster could they be said to have a sure victory over a Hundred-Year Soul Beast.
And the one Tian Chen had chosen was a hundred-year Diamond Tiger, no less.
Xie Yue, however, said nothing, his sinister eyes fixed on Tian Chen. Mature beyond his years, he had never looked down on Tian Chen the way Hu Liena and Yan had.
No one with innate full Soul Power had ever been trash.
Yan, on the other hand, nodded in agreement, subtly sucking up to Hu Liena.
Had Tian Chen been there to see Yan's servile manner, he would surely have been unable to resist remarking on it.
"A simp ends up with nothing after all that licking."
Then he would have dedicated a rendition of "Cuckolded All the Way North" to him.
Back to the matter at hand, Tian Chen knew nothing of the trio's conversation-or rather, he had no attention to spare for it.
He had still underestimated the hundred-year Diamond Tiger. Moreover, this Diamond Tiger had reached an astonishing length of over three meters, with black stripes crisscrossing its white fur and two thick, long black bands around its neck.
One black band indicated a cultivation of one hundred years. Two meant this Soul Beast had at least two hundred years of cultivation.
Its enormous head was practically larger than Tian Chen's entire body, and foul, bloody gusts of breath wafted from its mouth.
Tian Chen dared not be careless. The Golden Crocodile King soul mark on his back burst into dazzling light.
He completed Martial Soul Possession in an instant.
The ferocious, massive tail behind him, covered in bone spikes and densely packed golden scales, slammed hard against the ground. He had already retreated twenty or thirty meters, closing the distance between himself and the Diamond Tiger.
This was something he had learned from watching Animal World in his previous life: aside from its bite, a crocodile's tail could be considered its strongest part.
Earlier, Tian Chen had merely swung his crocodile tail casually and swatted several ten-year Gale Demon Wolves to death.
The Diamond Tiger had little patience. With an angry roar and a flash of yellow Soul Power across its body, it swelled a size larger and charged straight at Tian Chen.
Though felines lacked stamina, their explosive speed could not be underestimated, especially an oversized "cat."
But Tian Chen had never intended to dodge. He had only pulled away earlier to give himself time to unleash his Soul Skill.
By the time the Diamond Tiger pounced, his first Soul Skill had already activated instantly.
A thick layer of white keratin covered the golden scales on his body, giving off a faint golden glow.
The claws his hands had become also swelled a size larger. Stamping his feet hard, he held both claws across his body and blocked the Diamond Tiger's first charge.
It looks like that Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone has already raised my physical attributes to a terrifying level.
Feeling the tremendous strength coming from his right leg and seeing that his feet had not shifted in the slightest, Tian Chen secretly rejoiced.
Both legs and his crocodile tail pushed hard against the ground. The powerful reaction force brought Tian Chen before the Diamond Tiger in an instant.
Tian Chen's counterattack began.
His claws clamped tightly around one of the Diamond Tiger's forelegs. All three legs exerted force at once, launching his body into the air, where he began to spin.
He unleashed the crocodile's signature ultimate move-Death Roll.
Of course, Tian Chen had learned this from watching Animal World as well.
He had to admit, Animal World really was a good show.
How tremendous was a crocodile's strength? Crocodiles in his previous life could naturally tear tigers and leopards apart alive, let alone an enhanced crocodile from the Douluo Continent.
After fusing with the Back-Spiked Crocodile King's right leg bone, Tian Chen's instantaneous explosive strength was already no weaker than that of a Soul Elder with a Beast Martial Soul.
Even with its astonishing defenses, the Diamond Tiger could not escape having one of its forelegs torn off.
"Roar! Roar!"
Blood splashed onto Tian Chen's silver robe, turning it a lurid crimson.
The Diamond Tiger immediately let out miserable howls. None of its earlier imposing majesty remained, and an indescribable panic showed in its eyes.
But Tian Chen had no intention of letting it go. His crocodile claws kept slamming into the Diamond Tiger, every strike digging into flesh.
The hooks at the tips of his claws even held shreds of the Diamond Tiger's flesh.
Having lost a foreleg, the Diamond Tiger's speed had fallen sharply, leaving it unable to escape Tian Chen's grasp.
Though it kept fighting back, it only left white scratches across the golden scales on Tian Chen's body.
As one grew stronger and the other weaker, the Diamond Tiger gradually lost the strength to resist after losing so much blood.
Tian Chen tore its limbs off by brute force.
Only when a faint yellow ring slowly emerged from the corpse on the ground did Tian Chen stop what he was doing.
Looking at the blood covering him, Tian Chen was at a loss. He did not know why the violence within him had erupted the instant he saw blood.
Drawing a deep breath, Tian Chen forcibly calmed the negative emotions in his heart and walked out of the Soul Fighting Arena without a word.
This was no small matter. He intended to go home immediately and ask his grandfather about it. He did not want to become a madman who knew nothing but slaughter.
Many of the male students in the stands looked frightened, while some of the female students had already lowered their heads and begun dry-heaving.
Even Hu Liena was pale, leaning against the railing of the stands, her delicate body trembling slightly.
In the end, she was only a seven-year-old child. This was her first time witnessing such a brutal scene.
Yan, beside her, had also lost his usual arrogance. He glanced uneasily at the blood-covered Tian Chen, then lowered his head. He knew his own strength would be no match for this Diamond Tiger.
In other words, Tian Chen could tear him apart with his bare hands just as he had torn apart this Diamond Tiger.
At that moment, he even felt somewhat relieved that he had not taken the initiative to provoke Tian Chen.
"Teacher Li, I'll head back first."
Tian Chen raised his head, glanced at the astonished Li Yuan, and spoke.
With his mild obsession with cleanliness, he could not bear the blood covering him or the sticky sensation against his body for even a moment.
Li Yuan, who had been holding a pen and taking notes, hurriedly came to his senses and replied instinctively.
"All right. This is our only class today. Go on back."
Only after saying that did he turn to announce to the students behind him.
"Tian Chen gets full marks in practical combat class. Xie Yue is next."
His slightly trembling voice could not conceal the joy in his heart.
Now that he had a rough understanding of Tian Chen's strength, he no longer had any inclination to continue teaching.
All he wanted now was to finish quickly and go home to tell his son that he absolutely had to hug Tian Chen's thigh.