In just a few minutes, a massacre concluded.
In the dense forest, a clear space emerged.
The trees there had all broken and fallen to the ground, the earth was crimson with blood, broken branches, and the scattered corpses of green wolves, with a thick scent of blood permeating the entire forest.
Amidst this blood-soaked ruin stood a towering, fierce tiger, its body covered in blood.
Jiang Che shook his body, causing the mottled tiger fur to swing in the air, flinging off all the wolf blood.
"Roar!"
Exiting the battlefield, he noticed Nangong Luo's tiger eyes widened in shock, seemingly taken aback by his combat prowess.
Jiang Che found it amusing, then gave a gentle roar as a reminder.
Nangong Luo snapped out of it, giving Jiang Che a deep look.
Her elder brother's true strength seemed like a bottomless pit; every time she thought he'd reached his limit, he would surprise her once more.
The battle over, the two tigers left the forest to continue their search for the Thunder Spirit Fruit Tree.
On a mountaintop, Nangong Luo was using the Spirit-Seeking Secret Technique, her tiger eyes vaguely shining with a mysterious purple aura, probing everything around.
"No Spiritual Power fluctuations; it seems the Thunder Spirit Fruit Tree isn't in this area!"
Nangong Luo felt helpless; they had searched this area for quite a while but found nothing.
In her past life, Nangong Luo had only heard that the Thunder Spirit Fruit Tree came from the depths of the Great Cyan Mountain.
As for the exact location?
The opportunity had been taken by others, so she hadn't bothered to investigate...
As a result, now the two had to search one area at a time, which was time-consuming and labor-intensive.
Not finding anything in these few mountains, Nangong Luo could only lead Jiang Che to continue toward other areas.
...
In a mountain valley.
Boom!
A massive black shadow charged madly forward, violently knocking Nangong Luo into the air, her golden tiger body tumbling straight down the slope.
Nangong Luo cried out in pain; although uninjured, her originally golden fur was covered in dirt, making her look rather disheveled.
The attacker was a black giant boar, over four meters tall and as wide as a small car, with two sharp tusks in its mouth glinting with a dark, eerie light, its gaze extremely fierce.
Surrounding the black giant boar were five smaller black giant boars, presently closing in on Nangong Luo.
They dug their hind legs into the ground, dirt flying, their huge bodies lowering slightly as their tusks aimed forward, charging toward Nangong Luo in unison.
Roar!
Nangong Luo sprang back up in an instant, unwilling to be outdone, roaring furiously at her enemies below, her eyes full of vigilance. Her body emitted golden light, forming a golden light blade a meter long, poised to strike.
Suddenly, a reverberating roar echoed throughout the entire valley.
Jiang Che's enormous body hurtled forward like a mountain, instantly pinning one of the black giant boars under him, his abyss-like tiger maw snapping down.
Howl!
The previously rampant giant boar's eyes widened in terror, only managing a shriek before its barrel-sized head was entirely torn off, a fountain of blood gushing from its neck.
Jiang Che flung the boar's head aside, deploying the Vajra Claw, his figure flickering, golden blades slicing through the surroundings. The other black giant boars let out a wretched cry as their flesh and blood sprayed, perishing on the spot.
Licking the blood from his mouth, Jiang Che strode toward Nangong Luo.
Roar!
Though Nangong Luo was uninjured, Jiang Che couldn't help but give a soft roar, chastising her lightly.
His little sister was overly determined; each time they encountered fierce beasts, she would directly engage in battle. Sometimes, when Jiang Che wanted to strike first, she would even stop him.
Nangong Luo was strong, but she couldn't defeat every opponent, especially when facing a pack of ferocious beasts.
If these black giant boars attacked one by one, Nangong Luo could handle them easily, but when there were too many, she couldn't cope.
Counting it up, this was already the third time he had intervened to assist her.
Roar!
Nangong Luo understood Jiang Che's intention, but her spirits were somewhat low, so she responded perfunctorily.
After several fierce battles, Nangong Luo realized just how laughable her previous ambition to seize all opportunities was.
With her current strength, without her brother's help, she would probably have perished in the Great Cyan Mountain before even finding the Thunder Spirit Fruit Tree.
"Fortunately, in this life, having a powerful brother by my side makes intercepting various chances possible and gives a great hope of becoming a Demon Emperor.
In the past life, my brother likely perished unexpectedly; in this one, I must not let such a tragedy occur!"
Thinking of her brother's presence lifted Nangong Luo's spirits, and she regained her composure, making up her mind.
Then, Nangong Luo gave Jiang Che a gentle roar, stepped lightly, and headed out of the valley.
"My little sister actually has some self-awareness."
"As long as you don't think of making big brother your mount, everything can be discussed."
Jiang Che chuckled quietly, moving on all fours, following Nangong Luo.
Demon Emperor, is it?
Your brother will certainly help you break through!
With the system's tenfold feedback, helping Nangong Luo was tantamount to helping himself.
If Nangong Luo ascended to Demon Emperor, what realm would he reach?
Demon Saint?
Demon God?
...
Thus, Jiang Che and Nangong Luo searched the Great Cyan Mountain for most of the day.
Finally, Nangong Luo's eyes shifted, excitedly looking toward a mountain in the distance.
"Such a strong Spiritual Power fluctuation—it must be the Thunder Spirit Fruit Tree!"
Meanwhile, on a nearby mountain peak.
The mountain was entirely crimson, with sparse vegetation, and scattered across its waist were several colossal ancient red pines with smooth, reddish bark. These ancient pines required seven people to encircle and reached higher than the mountain itself.
On the crimson mountaintop, where no other trees or plants grew, stood a solitary silver fruit tree over two zhang tall, resembling an ancient pine.
The silver branches twisted into spirals, artfully arranged, with shiny silver needles. On its three main branches hung a silver spherical fruit.
The basketball-sized fruit's scaly skin emitted electric light, surrounded by purple Thunder Power!
Around the Thunder Spirit Fruit Tree, several powerful beasts had already gathered.
A white Wolf King, exuding flames from its body, stood over three meters tall on a red rock. Its merciless, bloodthirsty eyes scanned the other beasts around.
A giant eagle with golden feathers stood on the branch of an ancient red pine, surrounded by golden Spiritual Light, harboring tiny golden feather shadows. Its sharp eagle eyes were fixated firmly on the Thunder Spirit Fruit Tree.
Not far away was a giant tiger, its entire body yellow, enveloped in an earthy yellow glow, its tiger eyes filled with greed.
The last was a giant bear, the largest and most powerful among the beasts, yet positioned furthest from the Thunder Spirit Fruit Tree, its bear eyes cunning and sly.
Even before the Spiritual Energy Revival, these beasts were among the top predators; after the blood mist baptism, their strengths increased remarkably, becoming exceptionally fierce.
Now, they were all waiting for the Spirit Fruit to mature.