Chapter 14 One Tiger, Three Tigers

The waiter, seeing that he couldn't dissuade Zhao Ting, quickly said to Jiang Chen, "Esteemed guest, please hurry and advise him, that beast is truly formidable!"

"Half a month ago, three old hunters came, also drank wine at the shop, but after they went, they never returned."

"That powerful?"

Jiang Chen was surprised.

Old hunters, and three of them, dared to confront the beast, indicating they must have made thorough preparations.

Yet even so, they went and never returned; what kind of beast could be so fierce?

"Do you know what kind of beast it is?" Jiang Chen asked.

The waiter shook his head and said, "No one has seen it."

The implication was that those who had seen it were all dead.

Zhao Ting had already walked quite a distance. Jiang Chen thought for a moment, then called to Jing Yue, "Let's go, we'll go take a look together."

The waiter originally thought Jiang Chen was going to call Zhao Ting back, but he didn't expect Jiang Chen to want to go see for himself. He couldn't help but regret it.

"Another three lives are going to be sacrificed in vain." The waiter sighed.

Jiang Chen, with Jing Yue, didn't immediately catch up with Zhao Ting, but followed from a distance.

If Zhao Ting could handle the beast alone, that would naturally be the best.

But if the beast was too strong, he could catch it off guard and save Zhao Ting.

After walking for over an hour, Jiang Chen saw a forest ahead.

Zhao Ting stopped, looked around, and then walked into the forest without looking back.

Jiang Chen signaled Jing Yue to follow.

After entering the forest, Jiang Chen paid close attention to his surroundings.

If there really was a beast, it would definitely be hiding in this forest.

After following Zhao Ting for less than a quarter of an hour, Jiang Chen noticed dark red marks on the ground.

Jing Yue crouched down to look and nodded to Jiang Chen: "It's blood."

Evidently, it was left by those who had previously tried to enter and kill the beast.

After walking a bit further, Jiang Chen saw scattered bones on the ground.

"Be careful." Jiang Chen warned.

Jing Yue nodded, her right hand resting on the short blade at her waist.

If danger appeared, she would act immediately.

Zhao Ting ahead had also seen the bloodstains and bones, and had already entered a state of alert.

He walked to a relatively large clearing, gripped his weapon tightly, and shouted loudly, "Come out! If you have the guts, come out and fight me, Zhao Ting of Changshan!"

His voice was strong and carried far.

But there was no response in the forest, only the sound of the howling wind.

Zhao Ting kept turning in place, watching his surroundings vigilantly.

In the distance, Jiang Chen's ears suddenly twitched.

He heard the sound of a tree branch breaking.

Following the sound, Jiang Chen saw a brindle tiger, silently approaching Zhao Ting under the cover of wind and snow.

Seeing the brindle tiger getting closer and closer to Zhao Ting, while Zhao Ting still hadn't reacted, Jiang Chen was about to speak out to alert him.

Just then, Zhao Ting suddenly turned his spear and thrust it directly backward.

As he thrust, Zhao Ting laughed loudly, "Trying to sneak attack me?"

The brindle tiger obviously didn't expect its actions to have already been discovered, but its animal instinct allowed it to narrowly avoid Zhao Ting's thrust.

"What an agile tiger!" Zhao Ting couldn't help but exclaim.

Just from this one look, Jiang Chen knew that this brindle tiger's intelligence was clearly not low.

At this moment, Zhao Ting was already fighting the brindle tiger.

Zhao Ting's weapon was nearly ten feet long, and each strike contained immense power, so even the brindle tiger didn't dare risk injury to fight Zhao Ting head-on.

The tiger dodged Zhao Ting's attacks, constantly circling and depleting Zhao Ting's stamina.

This was its method for killing others in the past, but this time it had clearly miscalculated.

Zhao Ting's stamina was far superior to those previous people.

After fighting for nearly half an hour, the tiger was the first to become exhausted.

Zhao Ting saw his chance and suddenly revealed an opening.

Although the tiger had a higher IQ than other animals, it was still an animal after all.

Seeing the opening, it immediately pounced.

Zhao Ting laughed, and the spear in his hand suddenly spun around, stabbing towards the tiger's waist.

The saying goes, copper head, iron bones, tofu waist; though used to describe wolves, it applies to most large animals.

Zhao Ting put all his strength into this strike, directly piercing the brindle tiger's waist and pinning it to the ground.

Then, Zhao Ting flipped over and mounted the tiger, grabbed its fur, and swung his fist, slamming it hard into the tiger's head.

Bang!

With one punch, the tiger felt pain and let out a roar.

Zhao Ting laughed and punched again.

The tiger struggled wildly, but with its waist pinned to the ground and Zhao Ting firmly riding its back, it couldn't mount an effective counterattack.

Then, roars echoed through the mountains and forests.

"Young Master, this Zhao Ting is quite skilled."

In the distance, Jing Yue, seeing Zhao Ting gain the upper hand, couldn't help but say.

Jiang Chen nodded. Zhao Ting was not only skilled but also brave and resourceful, knowing that the tiger's intelligence wasn't high, so he deliberately revealed an opening and then struck a fatal blow.

However, that wasn't what Jiang Chen was thinking about at the moment. He was a bit puzzled.

If this tiger only had this much strength, how could it have killed everyone who came to kill it?

Just as Jiang Chen had this thought, he suddenly heard a tiger's roar not far away.

Zhao Ting, who was raining blows on the tiger, also froze and looked in the direction of the roar.

Soon, a tiger about the same size as the one that had been knocked down, appeared in Jiang Chen's and the others' vision, along with two slightly smaller tigers.

Hiss—

Jing Yue gasped.

She thought there would only be one helper, but she didn't expect three to appear at once!

Zhao Ting's expression also changed.

If only one tiger had come to help, he could still handle it, but now there were three tigers.

Especially the two slightly smaller tigers, who seemed even more difficult to deal with than the other two!

Zhao Ting punched the tiger again, knocking it unconscious, then flipped over and reached for the spear stuck in the ground.

However, he had used so much force earlier that the entire spearhead was buried in the soil.

When Zhao Ting tried to pull it out, he couldn't get it out directly.

This situation made Zhao Ting's heart sink.

He had thought the victory was assured, and had used all his strength to hit the tiger's head.

Now, he was faintly feeling a bit of exhaustion!

Could it be that he was going to die here?

The three tigers roared and charged towards Zhao Ting.

Seeing that he absolutely couldn't defeat three tigers with his bare hands, Zhao Ting bit down and pulled hard.

Crack!

Under too much force, the spear was indeed pulled out, but the spearhead had snapped!

A spear had now become a wooden stick.

Zhao Ting lamented inwardly, but the situation didn't allow him to think too much. As he retreated, he swung the long stick, trying to stop the three tigers from approaching.

But the three tigers weren't afraid at all. Even with a complete spear, three against one would still be an advantage, let alone just a not-so-thick wooden stick?