"What the hell? What gives them the right to keep us out of this area!"
"Enough. They're from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, one of the Upper Three Sects. We can't afford to offend them."
"There must be over a thousand Soul Masters here. What exactly is the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect making such a big move for?"
"I heard they're trying to surround and capture a powerful Soul Beast."
"So many people surrounding a single Soul Beast. I suppose only the Upper Three Sects could pull that off."
"I lay in wait for ages before finally finding that Wind-Chasing Leopard, and it just had to run in there."
"Their hunting perimeter keeps shrinking. They'll probably catch it before long, and then this area will reopen. Or we could check the other areas of the Star Dou Great Forest first and see if there are any suitable Soul Beasts."
"Roar~"
"What was that sound? It shook my mind to its core."
"This isn't the first time, either..."
The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's operation inevitably affected the other Soul Masters who had entered the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt Soul Beasts, but they could only swallow their anger without daring to speak out.
The Star Dou Great Forest.
Within the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's hunting perimeter.
Gu Yang and Bone Douluo walked together.
According to Ning Fengzhi, as long as they confirmed that the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger was within this area, they could lure it out with the Dark Devil Tiger's presence.
During this time, Gu Yang summoned his fourth Soul Ring, along with his External Soul Bone, the Dark Devil Tail.
He also released the Dark Devil Tiger's Darkness Domain from time to time.
Several days passed after their arrival, yet there was still no sign of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
So Gu Yang went a step further, occasionally unleashing his fourth Soul Skill, the Dark Devil Tiger's Fear Roar. These were the roars the other Soul Masters in the Star Dou Great Forest had heard.
"Roar!"
Another roar exploded, making their hearts shudder ceaselessly.
"You little brat, warn me before you roar! Don't spring a surprise attack and scare the life out of me," Bone Douluo scolded Gu Yang with a frown.
Gu Yang spread his hands. "Grandpa, that wasn't me. I didn't use my fourth Soul Skill, Fear Roar, just now."
"If it wasn't you, who else could it be?"
"..."
Once they realized what had happened, Gu Yang and Bone Douluo both braced themselves, warily watching their surroundings.
The light around them suddenly dimmed, plunging the surrounding woods into gloom.
"A domain skill?!" Bone Douluo exclaimed.
In the world of Soul Beasts, only hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts possessed domain skills. Could this Dark Demon Evil God Tiger be a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast?
There was a great divide between a hundred thousand years and ten thousand years. The difference in their strength was like heaven and earth.
"Grandpa, don't worry. This Dark Demon Evil God Tiger definitely hasn't reached a hundred thousand years of cultivation. It's only around sixty thousand years," Gu Yang said with certainty.
"A domain skill at sixty thousand years. It truly deserves to be called the strongest tiger-type Soul Beast!"
"Roar!"
Another low roar rang out. Gu Yang and Bone Douluo then saw a huge Soul Beast slowly emerge from the shadows of the nearby woods. It swept a vicious gaze over them both before finally fixing its eyes on Gu Yang.
It was an enormous black tiger, its entire body pure black. It resembled the Dark Devil Tiger, but lacked the Dark Devil Tiger's mixed coloring, and its size far surpassed that of the Dark Devil Tiger.
It was over eight meters long, with bulging muscles all over its body. A pair of black wings symbolizing corruption grew from its back, while the Wang marking on its forehead was a deep, fathomless black, dark and gloomy as mist.
Its long tail stood upright, formed from countless bone segments, with a huge hook at its tip that gleamed with a chilling light.
The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger!
Although Gu Yang had never seen a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger before, its imposing presence and pressure, stronger even than the Dark Devil Tiger's, were enough to confirm that this was the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger he sought.
The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger slowly raised a paw and advanced toward Gu Yang, step by step.
The moment they met, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger sensed that the hateful presence of its own kind was coming from this human. He was the one challenging its authority.
If not for those two fellows deep within the Star Dou Great Forest, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger would likely have emerged long ago to devour this loathsome human.
As the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger moved, Bone Douluo took another two steps closer to Gu Yang.
As the ages of the Soul Rings Gu Yang needed grew ever greater, the Soul Beasts they faced also grew increasingly powerful. Naturally, Gu Yang's safety was what weighed most heavily on Bone Douluo's mind.
The moment it saw Bone Douluo, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger abruptly stopped.
It could sense that Bone Douluo before it was no ordinary opponent. This was an extremely powerful human, even stronger than itself.
A glint of cunning flashed through the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's blood-red eyes.
Not only was the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger immensely powerful, its intelligence was no less than that of a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast. At times, it was even more cunning than a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast.
At this moment, it was calculating how it could devour Gu Yang and then escape Bone Douluo unscathed.
As for simply turning tail and fleeing?
The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger still could not endure Gu Yang's provocation or resist his temptation.
It was not only that Gu Yang had invaded its territory and challenged its authority. Gu Yang himself was also a factor. It could clearly sense that devouring Gu Yang would definitely surpass devouring several ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts, allowing it to break through the hundred-thousand-year threshold even sooner.
After a moment's thought, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger fiercely beat the wings on its back, propelling its massive body toward Gu Yang in a lethal pounce.
To attack Gu Yang, it first had to deal with Bone Douluo standing before him.
By now, Bone Douluo had already activated his Bone Dragon Martial Soul. He likewise beat his wings and charged toward the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
Facing Bone Douluo, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger erupted with formidable strength. Its hooked tail suddenly swung up, and rings of distorted ripples spiraled around its body, forcibly blocking Bone Douluo's spiritual lock.
At the same time, the black presence emanating from its body transformed into black light. Bursting forth in an instant, it spread across several hundred meters, enveloping both Gu Yang and Bone Douluo.
This was the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's true domain skill.
That was not all. Accompanying the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's furious roar, layers of black light condensed into spheres around its body, which it spat at Bone Douluo without pause.
This was another of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's signature skills, Dark Demon Evil Thunder.
It was the product of fusing its own attributes with the Evil God's power.
Boom, boom, boom~
Violent explosions suddenly rang out like rolling thunder, their terrifying blasts destroying great numbers of trees around them.
Yet despite the considerable power of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's Dark Demon Evil Thunder, it still could not breach the defenses of Bone Douluo, who was renowned for his defense.
Just as Bone Douluo secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that capturing the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger would soon be as easy as reaching out his hand.
Who could have known that, while releasing Dark Demon Evil Thunder to attack Bone Douluo, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger would slip past him and pounce straight at Gu Yang behind him?
Its earlier attack had merely been cover for its true objective.
Realizing that he had been played-and by a beast, no less-how could Bone Douluo not be furious? The Bone Dragon's claw swept back, raking toward the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
If the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger continued attacking Gu Yang, it would have to take this claw strike from Bone Douluo's Bone Dragon Martial Soul head-on.
If it chose to dodge, it would lose its chance to attack Gu Yang.
Most Soul Beasts instinctively feared death, so Bone Douluo believed that the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger would prioritize protecting itself.
Yet the choice the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger made in the next instant instead sent Bone Douluo into a panic.
The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger showed absolutely no intention of dodging Bone Douluo's attack and continued attacking Gu Yang instead.
Was the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger unafraid of death?
The answer was naturally no.
When the distance between the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and Gu Yang closed to a certain point.
Its long, barbed Evil God tail was already swinging, and a speck of black light instantly appeared between the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and Gu Yang.
Intense black light burst forth in an instant, becoming a huge black hole over ten meters in diameter.
Immediately afterward, it dragged both Gu Yang and the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger inside.