This treasure was the bane of Demon Beasts, and the Demon Taming Sect relied on it to subdue the many exotic breeds from High Antiquity.
"Master, don't interfere. Let me!"
The little white tiger on Han Xuanji's shoulder could no longer restrain its killing intent and leaped down in an instant.
Its body then grew enormous, and a low, threatening growl rumbled from its throat. Its icy killing intent spread outward as though it had taken physical form.
Its terrifying presence was on full display.
These were the human cultivators who had been hunting it all along.
The little white tiger had already put aside its grudge, but it had never expected them to come knocking at its door.
Han Xuanji felt somewhat helpless. As he saw it,
he could have killed these people in a single move, so there was no need to waste time.
But the little white tiger had insisted so strongly on fighting that he couldn't be bothered to stop it.
He wouldn't have to lift a finger anyway.
He could treat it as taking a... tiger for a walk?
"A Void Return Realm Demon King?"
Qiu Qianli was startled.
They had tracked this tiger demon with the bloodline of a white tiger from High Antiquity for a long time.
Back then, the sect master and several Spirit Transformation Realm elders had joined forces to attack it, but it had escaped.
A few months ago, however, the Demon Taming Sect had discovered that the white tiger had undergone its tribulation. Ever since, they had secretly laid their plans, sealing off the mountain range and waiting for it to appear!
Now that it had finally appeared, how could they let the chance slip by?
The stronger it was, wouldn't the benefits of subduing it be greater, and wouldn't his contribution be greater as well?
At that thought, Qiu Qianli's heart burned. Unable to hold back any longer, he shouted:
"Heaven-Suppressing Diagram, rise!"
The many cultivators behind him formed Method Formula hand seals together, channeling spiritual power.
At once, the sky abruptly darkened.
A gigantic animal-skin scroll unfurled out of thin air, covering an area dozens of miles across.
Countless Demon Beast totems of every shape and form were painted on the scroll. Now, the totems seemed to come alive, letting out earthshaking roars.
It was the Demon Taming Sect's other sect-protecting treasure-the Ten Thousand Beasts Heaven-Suppressing Diagram.
Each Demon Beast totem actually contained the demon soul of a powerful Demon Beast.
"Hahaha! Vile beast! Don't think that breaking through to the Void Return Realm means you can escape the palm of our hands!"
Qiu Qianli laughed wildly, greed and ecstasy flickering in his eyes.
"And you, brat! Whoever you are, you're staying here today too!
"Suppress them!"
At his command, blood-red light blazed from the nine Demon-Locking Chains as they coiled toward them like nine venomous dragons.
The Ten Thousand Beasts Demon-Suppressing Diagram in the sky shimmered with flowing light. Phantom Demon Beasts appeared one after another, and ten thousand beasts stampeded forward in an astonishingly fearsome charge.
Dozens of Demon Taming Sect elders also brought out Law Treasures or summoned demon pets to attack. Law Techniques of every color poured down like a torrential rain, aimed straight at the man and tiger.
It was a net spread from heaven to earth.
It seemed ready to drown them both in a torrent of Law Techniques.
Facing the multitude of attacks, Han Xuanji's expression remained unchanged. Not even his gaze wavered.
This so-called "perilous situation" was not dangerous at all.
He hadn't even drawn his sword.
A massive figure intercepted the attacks in an instant. The next second-
"Aow-roar!!!"
A tiger's roar rang out, exploding like thunder from the ninth heaven.
The invisible sonic attack was the deadliest of all. The dozens of Nascent Soul Realm cultivators bore the brunt of it, their heads feeling as though they had been struck by a heavy hammer. Blood streamed from their seven orifices, and they toppled to the ground without even managing a scream, their souls grievously injured.
The Spirit Transformation elders' minds were also shaken, and their Qi and Blood churned. Their movements as they controlled their Law Treasures and formations faltered.
Before the roar had faded, the white figure vanished, flickering repeatedly through the void like a ghost and leaving afterimages and ripples in space in its wake. The naked eye could not track it at all.
The next instant, it appeared before a Demon-Locking Chain that was coiling in to strangle it.
An incomparably condensed dark golden light flickered around its paw.
Rip!
A tearing sound rang out, and one of the incomparably tough Demon-Locking Chains, which had bound countless great demons, snapped.
But a wound also appeared on Little White's paw. Clearly, it had paid a considerable price as well.
"What?!"
Qiu Qianli was horrified.
The tiger demon's strength far exceeded his estimates!
Normally, with two great Law Treasures suppressing it, even a great demon of the Void Return Realm would have a substantial portion of its strength suppressed.
Even Han Xuanji couldn't help nodding repeatedly at the sight.
It seemed Little White's bloodline was indeed extraordinary. Its strength was far beyond that of an ordinary Void Return Demon Beast.
If someone treated it like an ordinary Void Return great demon, wouldn't they suffer a terrible loss?
"Vile beast, cease your insolence!"
Qiu Qianli roared and drove the Ten Thousand Beasts Banner in his hand with all his might.
Billowing black Qi poured from the banner, transforming into countless ferocious resentful souls of Demon Beasts. They let out piercing shrieks and swooped down on the little white tiger, blotting out the sky.
The little white tiger, however, didn't even look at them. It merely let out a roar.
The resentful souls and malicious spirits sizzled, dissolving and falling apart in an instant.
After all, the white tiger was a sacred beast that presided over slaughter. Suppressing such things was a trifling matter.
The next moment, the little white tiger's icy slit pupils locked onto Qiu Qianli, who was both shocked and furious. Its killing intent boiled.
This man had kept attacking from the rear, and it had long wanted to finish him off.
With a flash, it crossed the void at tremendous speed.
Its sharp claws slashed mercilessly at his face, and the shadow of death instantly enveloped him.
"No!"
Qiu Qianli was scared out of his wits. He frantically activated his protective spiritual light while crushing a life-saving jade talisman.
A powerful surge of Void Return Realm spiritual power came with it, blocking the little white tiger's lethal attack.
Qiu Qianli, who had narrowly survived, suddenly brightened as he sensed a familiar presence.
Han Xuanji glanced toward the horizon and sighed.
They had still been too slow.
After all, it was perfectly normal for an elder to come after the junior was beaten.
Cultivators were extremely fast, and this was their territory.
But if they had acted faster, as Han Xuanji had before, the other side wouldn't have been able to save him.
Looks like I still have to step in.
Han Xuanji thought to himself.
According to his usual style, the normal course of events should have been...
One sword strike to wipe out the entire group.
Then he would have been gone before their ancestor even arrived.
After all, he didn't want to keep fighting either. It was purely a waste of time.
And the spoils were basically of no use to him.
But since it was his own pet, he had to let it have its way for a bit.
He could also eliminate future trouble while he was at it, lest these people find their way to the Divine Profound Sect and stir up more trouble.