Chapter 1374: Chapter 1374: Oh No! Golden Tiger Is in Danger! (4th Update)
"Xue Li! You captured my brother and used him as a punching bag. If I don’t kill you today, I swear I am no man!"
The sonorous yet resentful voice of the Golden Tiger echoed through the canyon, quickly fading into the dense forest.
"Hahaha! So that’s why you’ve been trying to kill me over and over. I see now."
Xue Li laughed heartily, "Today, I’ll strip your skin, take your wings, and eat your flesh. Then I’ll spread the news, so your brother will come looking for me on his own. By then, I’ll let you two brothers reunite in hell."
He realized now that the injuries on the Golden Tiger were not as severe as he had imagined. So this was a premeditated plan.
Generally speaking, demon beasts, even if they transform into human form, are not good at using tactics. But this time, the Crimson Wing Golden Tiger had tricked him into coming here.
Therefore, Xue Li decided to disturb the Golden Tiger’s mind, causing him to lose his wits, making it easier for his next move.
He didn’t run away because he was confident in himself, and confident in his contingency plans. Unfortunately, he didn’t know that his contingency plans had already been destroyed by Ye Haochuan.
"Today I’ll send you to hell!"
After hearing Xue Li’s words, the Golden Tiger was enraged, his tiger eyes almost bursting. Amidst his anger, he was also thankful that he listened to Ye Haochuan’s words. Otherwise, he might have endangered his brother and himself.
"I’m already impatiently wanting to drink Tiger Whip Wine."
Xue Li squinted his eyes slightly, while disturbing the Golden Tiger’s emotions, he scanned the surroundings, trying to find any ace the Golden Tiger might have hidden. But after searching for a long time, he found nothing.
Little did he know that Ye Haochuan was setting up a fake battlefield a hundred kilometers away, so of course, he couldn’t find anyone.
"Courting death!"
The Golden Tiger, already nursing a deep hatred for Xue Li, could no longer hold back upon hearing Xue Li’s provocative words. He spread his arms wide, and his burly body suddenly transformed.
Crack~
Amidst the sound of snapping bones, the Golden Tiger’s body swelled over two meters tall. Already tremendously robust, the Golden Tiger now looked even more terrifying.
Not good!
Seeing the Golden Tiger’s transformation, Xue Li secretly thought something was wrong. He swung his longsword horizontally, secretly circulating spiritual energy within him, and lunged at the Golden Tiger with a horizontal slash.
"Good timing!"
When the Golden Tiger saw Xue Li had already approached, he pulled out a battle axe and struck at Xue Li. Startled, Xue Li couldn’t change tactics in time and had to clash head-on with the Golden Tiger.
Clang~
Xue Li’s longsword and the Golden Tiger’s battle axe collided solidly.
Whoosh~
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Xue Li flew backward, creating distance between himself and the Golden Tiger.
From Xue Li’s years of experience, this Crimson Wing Golden Tiger in the Core Formation Early Stage favored close combat. Plus, demon beasts were generally physically strong, so creating distance was the best choice.
"Come on! Why are you running away? Didn’t you say you wanted to kill me? Didn’t you want to eat my flesh? Come on!"
Seeing Xue Li escape, the Golden Tiger let out an angry roar. He was genuinely afraid the guy might run. On the way here, the Golden Tiger noticed Xue Li’s White Rainbow Reaching the Sky, with astonishing speed.
It was faster than his Bloodline Power, Crimson Wing Across the Sky, and more agile. The Golden Tiger conceded he couldn’t catch up with a fleeing Xue Li.
"If you wish to die, I’ll fulfill it!"
With a wave of his longsword, Xue Li quickly covered it in frost. When the tip was coated, he spit out a mouthful of essential blood and shouted, "Extreme Ice Sword!"
Swoosh~
Xue Li’s longsword flew into the air, transforming into a multicolored aurora, pressing down on the Golden Tiger.
"Crazy Tiger Cross Slash!"
The Golden Tiger’s arm muscles swelled, his entire body’s muscles rippling like waves, and then all his muscle strength focused between his two palms.
Whoosh~
A fierce wind howled from the ground, and the board axe in the Golden Tiger’s hands drew a dazzling cross of light, lingering in the air for a long time.
The next moment, Xue Li’s multicolored aurora intersected with the cross of light emitted by the Golden Tiger.
Boom!
A loud explosion echoed from the canyon, transmitting miles away despite the dense forest’s blockade, followed by a tremendous energy fluctuation.
Hmm? What’s that?
At this moment, Ye Haochuan had just arrived at the canyon entrance, ready to enter when he felt a powerful energy fluctuation. He quickly dodged aside.
Whoosh~
The energy wave burst out from the canyon entrance, cutting a long gap through the forest outside.
"Such strong power!"
Seeing this gap, Ye Haochuan felt a chill in his heart. It seemed both the Golden Tiger and Xue Li had used their ultimate moves. Otherwise, with their Golden Core Stage cultivation, they could not squander spiritual energy like this.
A thunderous rumble also came from within the canyon. Large boulders rolled down like raindrops under the energy’s impact, quickly turning the canyon bottom into a field of rubble.
"Roar! You vile sneak, taste my axe!"
A frenzied yet angry roar sounded from the canyon, heard by Ye Haochuan.
Oh no! The Golden Tiger is in danger!
Hearing this roar, Ye Haochuan immediately sensed something wrong. By logic, Xue Li, at Core Formation Mid-Stage, and the Golden Tiger, at Core Formation Early Stage, should be evenly matched, but the Golden Tiger’s roar clearly carried a hint of pain.
"Great Yan Step!"
With this thought, Ye Haochuan hesitated no longer. He leapt into the air, shifting his legs mid-air, causing ripples to appear before vanishing into the air.
Inside the canyon, the Golden Tiger was wildly chasing Xue Li, but Xue Li’s movement technique was several times superior to the Golden Tiger’s, preventing the Golden Tiger from landing any real damage on Xue Li.
"Hehe, can you catch me? You can’t even touch my clothes, so how can you kill me? Hmm?"
By now, Xue Li had also discovered there seemed to be no one else in this great canyon except for the Golden Tiger, so his previous worries seemed unfounded.
No matter how the Crimson Wing Golden Tiger thought up such a strategy to lure him here, as long as there was no one to assist, Xue Li was confident he could kill this Crimson Wing Golden Tiger.
Though typically, a demon beast in Core Formation Early Stage could contend with a cultivator in Core Formation Mid-Stage. And indeed, this Crimson Wing Golden Tiger seemed to have Divine Beast Bloodline, making it far stronger than most demon beasts.
Xue Li believed most cultivators in Core Formation Mid-Stage were no match for him. After all, hadn’t he served as the Vice Sect Leader of the Human Sect for so many years, gaining benefits beyond ordinary people’s imaginations?
Not to mention other things, just this First-Level Treasure in his hand wasn’t something an ordinary person could possess, and he was wearing a set of equally ranked Defensive Treasure as well. Moreover, his movement technique was far superior to this Crimson Wing Golden Tiger.
At this moment, Ye Haochuan had already stepped on the Great Yan Step, concealing his aura, and arrived within the canyon.
He hid to the side, quietly watching the berserk Golden Tiger and the merry-making Xue Li, a pained expression on his face.