Xu Zhengyang stared intently at the Crimson Scarlet Gold Earth-Splitting Tiger that was gnawing on the Dragon-Patterned Black Gold, his gaze extremely solemn.
The age of this Scarlet Gold Earth-Splitting Tiger has exceeded Xu Zhengyang's limit, making it extremely difficult for Xu Zhengyang to absorb. Xu Zhengyang estimated that he could only absorb about 13,000 years of his fourth Soul Ring at most, but the age of this Scarlet Gold Earth-Splitting Tiger exceeded that value by 50%. Moreover, compared to ordinary Soul Beast, the energy impact of a top-grade Soul Beast would only be stronger.
The Scarlet Gold Earth-Splitting Tiger is especially famous for its formidable combat power. Given its age and combat strength, it is probably at least comparable to an ordinary 40,000 to 50,000-year-old Soul Beast. Killing Soul Beast of this level is extremely difficult.
It can be said that the Scarlet Gold Earth-Splitting Tiger in front of us not only has top-notch attack power, but also outstanding defense, comparable to a human Soul Sage level expert.
If it were an ordinary Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, Xu Zhengyang would have a certain degree of confidence with his various Soul Tool. However, given the combat power of this Scarlet Gold Earth-Splitting Tiger, it would take at least several Soul Sage or several Level 7 Soul Engineer to kill it.
In a split second, Xu Zhengyang made up his mind. "I'll risk it all. It's just a Scarlet Gold Earth-Splitting Tiger. I refuse to believe that I can't deal with it even if I fight with all my might, and that I can't absorb this Soul Ring."
However, Xu Zhengyang did not make a move immediately, but instead slowly hid in the darkness, like a silent hunter.
Although the Scarlet Gold Earth-Splitting Tiger likes to devour rare metals, no matter what, such a large Dragon-Patterned Black Gold is probably not something that can be devoured in a short time. It would take at least three to five months, or even longer.
During this time, the Scarlet Gold Earth-Splitting Tiger will definitely look for other food. In addition, this Dragon-Patterned Black Gold is a bit abnormal. Normally, even if Dragon-Patterned Black Gold is discovered, it is extremely rare. Most of it appears occasionally in some rare minerals, and it is generally formed from the corpses of top-level dragon Soul Beast after tens of thousands of years of nurturing.
The Dragon-Patterned Black Gold in front of us is obviously abnormally large, unless there was once a top-level dragon Soul Beast's corpse here, or even something else.
For the next few days, Xu Zhengyang kept a distance of about 500 meters from the Scarlet Gold Earth-Splitting Tiger and carefully observed its every move. Just as Xu Zhengyang expected, the Scarlet Gold Earth-Splitting Tiger only ate for about two hours a day. Even with its terrifyingly large mouth and sharp claws, it could only eat a few dozen kilograms. This was still too slow for the huge Dragon-Patterned Black Gold. It would probably take several months to completely devour it.
After each consumption of Dragon-Patterned Black Gold, the Scarlet Gold Earth-Splitting Tiger would enter a special state, its entire body lying prostrate on the ground, the crimson gold patterns on its body gradually rippling, somewhat resembling the cultivation state of an ordinary Soul Master.
It seems that even if the Scarlet Gold Earth-Splitting Tiger can devour the Dragon-Patterned Black Gold, it will still need sufficient time to digest the dragon patterns.
The energy within black gold.
Moreover, each of these states lasts for about half a day. After this state ends, one needs to go outside to hunt Soul Beast, which requires consuming a large amount of food.
Nearly twenty days have passed, and Xu Zhengyang has gradually grasped the rules of the Scarlet Gold Earth-Splitting Tiger's actions and is beginning to prepare to take action.
Xu Zhengyang arrived at a location about ten kilometers away and found a Steel-Tusked Boar. Although this Steel-Tusked Boar was enormous, it was only about six hundred years old and was one of the favorite foods of the Crimson Gold Earth -Scarlet Gold Earth-Splitting Tiger. The Scarlet Gold Earth-Splitting Tiger Dragon-Patterned Black Gold -Splitting Tiger had almost devoured all the wild boar-type Soul Beast within a radius of several kilometers of the Dragon Pattern Black Gold Mine, but it seemed that because it did not want to stray too far from the Dragon-Patterned Black Gold, the Scarlet Gold Earth-Splitting Tiger's activity range was only about five kilometers.
A mere 600-year-old Soul Beast posed no threat whatsoever to Xu Zhengyang's current strength. In just a few moves, the Steel-Tusked Boar was stunned by Xu Zhengyang.
Next, Xu Zhengyang began to process the Steel-Tusked Boar, implanting five Elemental Soul Tool Bomb into various parts of its Steel-Tusked Boar, especially its mouth, where he forcibly stuffed two bombs in.
This Elemental Soul Tool Bomb is a true Level 5 Soul Tool with astonishing power. In the original story, the Evil Soul Master killed many of the previous generation of Shrek Seven Monsters, and even Dai Yaoheng and Ma Xiaotao were seriously injured. The Evil Soul Master used this kind of Elemental Soul Tool Bomb.
In particular, this kind of soul-guided bomb can be remotely controlled with Soul Power, and can even be timed. The closer the enemy gets, the greater the explosive power.
In addition, Xu Zhengyang also coated the Steel-Tusked Boar with a layer of toad venom, a colorless and odorless toxin with a powerful paralyzing effect.
After everything was taken care of, Xu Zhengyang took the Steel-Tusked Boar back to a place about two kilometers away from the Dragon-Patterned Black Gold. He then looked for a suitable location within the nearest range of the Scarlet Gold Earth-Splitting Tiger, taking advantage of the opportune moment and geographical conditions.
Moreover, Xu Zhengyang took advantage of the concave terrain and the relatively soft ground to create a trap, which he then covered with trees and Blue Silver Grass. This kind of Soul Beast forest is full of towering trees, and Xu Zhengyang even laid a layer of gravel on top.
Inside the trap were ten Elemental Soul Tool Bomb, ready to be detonated with Soul Power.
After everything was taken care of, Xu Zhengyang began to wait near the trap.
Sure enough, two hours later, the Scarlet Gold Earth-Splitting Tiger, having finished its rest, emerged from the Dragon Pattern Gold Mine and began searching for food nearby.
Within minutes, the Scarlet Gold Earth-Splitting Tiger discovered the unconscious Steel-Tusked Boar on the ground, one of his favorite foods.
Even so, the Scarlet Gold Earth-Splitting Tiger was unusually cautious at this moment. It was a rare treat to find a Steel-Tusked Boar unconscious within its territory.
The Scarlet Gold Earth-Splitting Tiger carefully observed the situation within a radius of several hundred meters Steel-Tusked Boar, even sniffing it carefully with its nose. Even though there was nothing unusual, it remained extremely cautious and only approached slowly.
Looking at the Scarlet Gold Earth-Splitting Tiger, Xu Zhengyang couldn't help but admire it. As expected of a top-tier Soul Beast of ten thousand years, it was indeed highly intelligent and a born hunter.
Unfortunately, Soul Beast is still Soul Beast. Even with a certain level of intelligence, it cannot suppress its desire for food, cannot think like a normal person, and is not wary of traps or the like.
Sure enough, the Scarlet Gold Earth-Splitting Tiger circled the area a few times, and only after confirming that there was no danger did it gradually relax its vigilance and approach the Steel-Tusked Boar.
Although the Steel-Tusked Boar had been stunned by Xu Zhengyang, it seemed to sense great danger and slowly regained consciousness.
Especially when they saw the enormous Scarlet Gold Earth-Splitting Tiger lurking more than a hundred meters away, their eyes were filled with fear—the fear of Hundred-Year Soul Beast towards Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and the innate fear of a pig-type Soul Beast towards a tiger.
Before the Steel-Tusked Boar could even prepare to escape, the Scarlet Gold Earth-Splitting Tiger was already drooling, its eyes gleaming green, clearly driven by its hunger for food.
With a sudden roar, the Scarlet Gold Earth-Splitting Tiger pounced on the Steel-Tusked Boar with incredible speed, its massive claws striking the Steel-Tusked Boar's body.
Although this Steel-Tusked Boar was only 600 years old, it was over 7 meters long and extremely large. When it was suddenly struck by the 10,000-year-old Scarlet Gold Earth-Splitting Tiger, it desperately fought back, especially its huge steel teeth, which it used to stab at the Scarlet Gold Earth-Splitting Tiger's eyes.
But at this moment, the Scarlet Gold Earth-Splitting Tiger displayed its terrifying attack power. Its giant mouth suddenly opened and bit directly at the head of the Steel-Tusked Boar. The terrifying mouth directly bit off the head and neck of the Steel-Tusked Boar.
Xu Zhengyang, who was hiding in the shadows, was also shocked by what he saw. Although he had overestimated the Scarlet Gold Earth-Splitting Tiger, the terrifying bite force it was displaying at this moment made killing Hundred-Year Soul Beast effortless. Its strength was unimaginable.
However, Xu Zhengyang had no time to marvel at the Scarlet Gold Earth-Splitting Tiger at this moment. He had been preparing for so long, waiting for this very moment.
Xu Zhengyang 'Tiger's Eye suddenly snapped open, his mental power instantly surged, and several streams of Soul Power, guided by his mental power, rushed straight towards the Elemental Soul Tool Bomb that had been set up beforehand.
The Scarlet Gold Earth-Splitting Tiger was initially startled by Xu Zhengyang's sudden appearance, but after sensing Xu Zhengyang's weak strength, it merely let out a roar, attempting to drive away this unexpected person.
But at that moment, the five soul-guided bombs placed on the Steel-Tusked Boar suddenly surged with energy. In particular, two of them were still in the mouth of the Scarlet Gold Earth-Splitting Tiger. In that instant, ten Soul Power surged around them.
Before the Scarlet Gold Earth-Splitting Tiger could react, a terrifying explosion erupted instantly. Fifteen explosions rang out in succession, with two of them even occurring directly inside the Scarlet Gold Earth-Splitting Tiger's mouth.
A terrifying burst of energy erupted instantly, and a terrifying heat wave shot into the sky. The entire ground trembled in that instant. No matter how fast the Scarlet Gold Earth-Splitting Tiger reacted or how strong its defense was, it could not withstand the terrifying impact of such a close-range explosion.
In just a moment, a crater more than fifty meters in diameter and more than twenty meters deep was blasted into the originally flat ground. The Scarlet Gold Earth-Splitting Tiger was in the very center of the crater, looking extremely disheveled.
At this moment, the Scarlet Gold Earth-Splitting Tiger's body was covered in blood and flesh, clearly caused by the explosion of the Elemental Soul Tool Bomb implanted in the Steel-Tusked Boar. In particular, its originally terrifying giant mouth was now also a bloody mess, making it look extremely miserable.
Even for Soul Beast like the Scarlet Gold Earth-Splitting Tiger, no matter how strong its body is, its mouth is always its weakness, as the inside of its mouth is not covered with thick fur.
Although the Scarlet Gold Earth-Splitting Tiger was severely injured, it still displayed its ferocity, staring intently at Xu Zhengyang without any intention of retreating. Instead, it let out a terrifying roar at Xu Zhengyang, the sound shaking the heavens and the earth, even sending the remaining debris on the ground flying.
Xu Zhengyang held the Tiger-Head Zhan Gold Spear, standing opposite it from afar. He showed no joy at the spear's severe injury; instead, he appeared unusually serious.
If a normal Soul Beast were to suffer such severe injuries, it would likely flee as quickly as possible. However, this Scarlet Gold Earth-Splitting Tiger was even more formidable than anticipated, advancing instead of retreating. Clearly, it knew that Xu Zhengyang had orchestrated the explosion and intended to tear the human who had ambushed it to shreds.
The Scarlet Gold Earth-Splitting Tiger suddenly pounced, like a golden figure, rushing towards Xu Zhengyang. Its enormous tiger claws, even though they were covered in blood, still exuded an extremely terrifying sharpness.
Xu Zhengyang gripped the Tiger-Head Zhan Gold Spear with both hands, his Second Soul Ring flashing rapidly. He suddenly unleashed a full-force strike, instantly transforming into a gigantic White-Eyed Devil Tiger phantom that charged straight at the Scarlet Gold Earth-Splitting Tiger. This was his Second Soul Skill: Devil Tiger Destruction Kill.
The two sides struck with all their might, like a thunderbolt from the blue. Xu Zhengyang felt a terrifying force coming from the spear, and even a terrifying corrosive aura. He was knocked back dozens of meters, and a trace of blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.
However, Xu Zhengyang blocked the attack of the Scarlet Gold Earth-Splitting Tiger, and its massive body retreated several meters.
The Scarlet Gold Earth-Splitting Tiger let out another terrifying roar, causing the ground to tremble. Clearly, the Scarlet Gold Earth-Splitting Tiger was completely enraged.
Xu Zhengyang wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, a smile appearing on his face instead, "Indeed powerful. As expected of the top-tier Soul Beast I wanted. Despite suffering such severe injuries, it can still unleash such strength."