Roooo————ar!!!!
At this moment, a powerful roar came from the north side of Sky Cloud Forest. This roar could make any normal ear burst with pain, but after hearing the dragon talk, Long Huang was barely affected by the powerful sounds.
"What kind of beast is that? It sounds like a tiger and a powerful one at that; I hope it's the Red Tiger," thought Long Huang as he had not forgotten the reason he came to this place.
Long Huang quickly focused his eyes and saw that, 7 or 8 miles away, there was what seemed to be a muscular tiger seven meters long and four meters tall with white fur and light brown strips, but what stood out most were its glowing green furious eyes.
This wasn't just any tiger, but the Green Eyed Tiger King; it was bigger than any wild tiger by 2 times and gave off an aura of destruction and carnage. Its roar caused all the animals within a ten-kilometer radius to tremble with fear and run.
Five or six youths, who had cultivations between the mid stages and Peak stages of the Meridian Tempering Realm, were running away in fear.
"Everyone run in different directions!"
The leader of the group was a youth who had a scarred face. He seemed to be fifteen or sixteen years of age, and one had reached the peak of the Meridian Tempering Realm. He held a long sword that he used to easily cut a tree in half to stall the tiger as the group ran.
Boom!!!...
The tiger waved its paws, and the tree shattered.
"The strength of demon beasts are so dangerous," Long Huang thought. Once a wild beast entered the ranks of a demon beast, only martial artists of the Bone Tempering Realm or higher could fight them.
The strength of the Green Eyed Tiger King could flatten two or three Long Huang with one paw.
"Xin Fei! Watch out!" Some of the youths yelled.
The Green Eyed Tiger King was heading straight towards the scarred-face youth, who had the strongest strength.
"Their surname is Xin?"
"Are they disciples of the Xin family, one of the top families of the City?" Long Huang then saw the symbols on their clothes, which confirmed his guess.
Booo—— om!!...
Everywhere the Green Eyed Tiger King passed, destruction soon followed, as if nothing could withstand its might. A normal Meridian Tempering Realm cultivator would probably have died long ago. This caused Long Huang to realize that this "Xin Fei" was extremely strong.
Woosh!
Xin Fei became a phantom. As the tiger's claws descended, capable of shearing through stone, he twisted his body in a seemingly impossible contortion, the wind of the blow tearing his robes. In the same motion, his free hand flickered.
Thwip! Thwip! Thwip!
Three throwing knives, shimmering with concentrated force, shot through the air with a sharp whistle, aiming for the beast's luminous green eyes. But just before impact, the Tiger King's eyelids snapped shut.
Clang!
The hardened steel knives struck with a sound of clinking metal and sparked harmlessly away, leaving not even a scratch.
ROOOOOAR!!!!
This enraged the beast beyond measure. The sound was a physical wave of pressure that shook the leaves from the trees and stunned the senses. Its attack became a frenzied whirlwind of strikes, each one capable of shattering bone and iron.
Yet Xin Fei danced within the storm. His footwork seemed to be about the same level as Long Huang's movement combat art left afterimages in the misty air. He was a leaf on the wind, evading, weaving, and redirecting. His sword, meanwhile, was a bolt of lightning.
Each time he found a sliver of an opening, the blade would lash out, not to maim the beast's hide, but to score a precise, shallow cut on the Tiger King. Long Huang couldn't help but comment on this incredible youth.
"Xin Fei's sword can easily slice through so many trees. From this strength alone, he is probably even stronger than most inner disciples of the sect."
"But still can't leave a major wound on the Green Eyed Tiger King"
"That's ridiculous."
"Quickly! Save Xin Fei!"
Two other disciples of the Xin family took out their bows and attacked the Green-Eyed Tiger King. However, all their attacks did was stall and disperse the tiger's concentration. The tiger's defense was stronger than the Metal Pecking Eagle's by three to four times, so all the attacks that came from cultivators beneath the Peak of Meridian Tempering or Bone Tempering Realm only felt like a tickle.
"If I can kill this Green Eyed Tiger King, it will probably be worth around 8000 gold notes, which is the worth of around 17 beasts," said Long Huang as greed flashed in his eyes as he thought out a dangerous plan.
Whoosh!!!! .....
He immediately used Wind Deer Steps and closed in towards the place of the incident. As Long Huang arrived, the six disciples of the Xin family were under great pressure.
"Wind Breaking Sword Art 3rd form!"
Xin Fei's eyes flashed as he used his long sword to slash towards the tiger.
"What an incredible strike!"
Long Huang saw the entire process of the sword; its power could instantly kill two normal cultivators of the Peak stage Meridian Tempering Realm two times over. Not even he would be able to block it.
He also felt he saw a faint green aura on Xin Fei's body. This signaled that he had begun to form Inner Strength and was approaching the Bone Tempering Realm.
Swish!!...squish! Thud!
Cough!
Xin Fei's attack was fast and precise, and was able to cut half an inch into the skin on the Green Eyed Tiger King's head, but the force of the blow made Xin Fei vomit blood. That sword's strength came close to the damage dealt by a mid Bone Tempering Realm cultivator. It was even able to hurt a demon beast!
ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAR!
At that moment, every living being within a 10-mile radius couldn't help but tremble. Because the Green Eyed Tiger King was enraged that this thing it thought was prey had wounded it, it rushed towards Xin Fei at an even greater speed.
Swoosh!
Boom!!
AHHHHHH!!
Xin Fei almost fell victim to the tiger's counterattack when it sent him crashing into a tree, but luckily, he used his movement combat art and managed to mitigate most of the attack's damage. Covered with blood, Xin Fei stood once again with all the remaining strength in his limp body.
"Today is the day you die, beast!!!!"
"Wind Breaking Sword 3rd form!"
BOOOOM!
Xin Fei used the same move, aiming for the bloody mark on the tiger's forehead. As soon as his attack landed, his body was once again sent flying. The green-eyed tiger king opened its jaws and leaped towards Xin Fei. He wanted to dogged but his body was too exhausted and could not.
"Xin Fei!"
The other disciples screamed, but just at this moment.
Swoooo—–sh!!
Suddenly, a branch whipped through the air, hitting the tiger's open wound.
Roooooar!!!
The tiger mournfully howled. The Xin disciples looked on in a daze. Even though the tiger's defense was strong, an open wound meant weakness. As the tiger turned around to find the 'culprit,' Xin Fei used this moment to escape.
"So close!"
Long Huang hid behind a towering, ancient tree, which was only one hundred meters away from the tiger. As the tiger was trying to find the culprit, the Xin family disciples started to run. However, the Green Eyed Tiger King, who was unable to find its target, started to attack in a more frenzied manner.
"Ahhhhhh..."
There was a scream as one of the youths was ripped into shreds. This view made Long Huang, who wasn't far away, feel cold. Just as another of the Xin family disciples was in danger...
Swiii———sh!
Another branch came flying through the air, piercing towards the tiger's eye.
Thwack!
Rooooar!
The tiger roared in annoyance and then closed its eyes; the branch was barely able to scratch its eyelids.
"Hughh... shit."
Long Huang sighed as he shook his head. It wasn't that his strength wasn't enough; it was that the tiger was on guard, making it hard for the same trick to succeed again.
Long Huang broke more branches and threw them. Every time he threw a branch, it would hit the injury on the tiger's forehead. Eventually, the injuries and poison severely injured the tiger, slowing its attack rate. Noticing this, the tiger turned and ran towards the deeper sections of Sky Cloud Forest.
"Good a chance," said Long Huang.
"Follow!"
The Xin disciples bit their teeth and vowed to kill the tiger to avenge their peers. Although the tiger was severely injured, its speed was not something that cultivators of the Meridian Tempering Realm could catch up to.
Xin Fei was barely able to catch up as he was exhausted; he did not have much spare energy.
"Hahaha! .... Where are you going to run, huh, big guy?"
Long Huang laughed as he used Wind Deer Steps to easily catch up to the injured and exhausted tiger. In his eyes, the tiger represented an enormous wealth of 8000 gold notes.