Chapter 383

This chain had been tampered with; the remaining two were likely tampered with as well.

As if by a chain reaction, no sooner had this thought crossed Song Shihua’s mind than he saw the remaining two chains stretch out like noodles.

"Bang! Bang!"

The next moment, two crisp sounds of snapping rang out from inside the cave, and the Crimson Flame Tiger completely broke free from its restraints.

"Roar!"

A tiger’s roar, filled with brutality, hatred, and fury, erupted from the cave. The Crimson Flame Tiger looked up and bellowed, the terrifying sound causing the cave to tremble. A monstrous ferocity surged from its body, and its steaming blood-Qi covered its massive frame like raging flames.

A terrifying aura surged out from the cave like a bursting river. The Crimson Flame Tiger’s blood-soaked limbs bent slightly, and its massive body charged out of the cave like a gale.

The Song family disciples were struck with terror, their faces turning pale. Enemies and Vermillion Flame Fruits were all forgotten; the only thing that mattered now was surviving under the jaws of a Crimson Flame Tiger comparable to a Heaven Origin martial artist.

"Run!"

"Flee!"

"The Crimson Flame Tiger is out!"

The Song family disciples shrieked, their livers and gallbladders splitting with fear; they had no courage to fight back.

Even after being imprisoned for over a decade and bled daily, the Crimson Flame Tiger was not something a group of Marrow Cleansing martial artists could rival.

"Roar!"

The Crimson Flame Tiger charged out of the cave with monstrous rage. With a single roar, three or four unlucky souls were shaken until blood poured from their seven orifices, their internal organs shattered, and they collapsed limply to the ground, dead.

The surrounding earth shattered and exploded, dust rising into the sky. The power of that one roar turned everything within a ten-zhang radius into powder.

Many others, though not killed by the roar, spat out mouthfuls of blood and fled in agony.

"You beast, come out here!" Song Shihua’s eyes were splitting with rage.

If that beast hiding in the shadows hadn't released the Crimson Flame Tiger, how could this have happened?

The people here were essentially the elite of the Song family. If they died, the Song family would suffer a grievous blow even if they weren't finished, and Ancestor Song Yushao’s breakthrough to the second level of Heaven Origin would be of little use.

Suddenly, he felt a terrifying gaze lock onto him.

"Oh no!"

Song Shihua was struck with alarm. Among all the people in the Song family, the Crimson Flame Tiger hated him the most, as he was the one who drained its blood every day.

"Roar!"

The Crimson Flame Tiger’s eyes were blood-red, shooting out two beams of crimson light. With a pounce, it arrived behind Song Shihua and opened its blood-stained maw to bite down with force.

Before a scream could even be heard, Song Shihua, a martial artist at the peak of Marrow Cleansing, was bitten into the tiger’s mouth and chewed, blood splattering everywhere.

"Elder!" the Song family disciples roared in grief and indignation.

The maddened Crimson Flame Tiger ignored them, continuing its slaughter with monstrous ferocity. Wherever it went, Song family disciples fell; in just a few breaths, a dozen or twenty people were already dead.

"Boom!"

Thunderous sounds rolled across the sky, and the power of heaven and earth fluctuated; Song Yushao was burning with anxiety, pushing his cultivation base to the absolute limit.

Faster!

A little faster!

The Vermillion Flame Fruit was the key to his breakthrough to the second level of Heaven Origin; nothing could go wrong. This concerned not only the future development of the Song family but also his own lifespan.

With his cultivation pushed to the limit, he wished he could reach Yunqi Manor in a single step. Unfortunately, even for a Heaven Origin martial artist capable of short-distance flight, the distance between Yunqi Manor and Qingyang City could not be covered instantly.

He grabbed massive amounts of heaven and earth energy to propel his body forward. Finally, he saw Yunqi Manor and heard the deafening roars of the tiger.

In his line of sight, he saw the Crimson Flame Tiger, covered in flame patterns, killing people everywhere in Yunqi Manor. Of the dozens of Song family disciples there, only seven or eight were still alive.

"How could this beast have escaped?" Song Yushao was shocked and furious.

The Song family had imprisoned the Crimson Flame Tiger for over a decade. If those spirit-iron chains hadn't been secure, the tiger would have broken free long ago; why wait until today?

Yet the scene before his eyes told him that the Crimson Flame Tiger had indeed broken its bonds and was rampaging through Yunqi Manor.

"Beast, die for this old man!"

Song Yushao roared, striking out with his palm while still in the air.

"Boom!"

A deafening roar echoed as the palm Song Yushao struck out with expanded instantly, turning into a giant hand over a meter thick.

Heaven and earth energy surged, swarming toward the giant hand, emitting a brilliant light and rolling heat waves.

"Ancestor Yushao is here!"

"Ancestor, save us!"

The remaining few Song family disciples looked at Song Yushao, who appeared like a god, their faces filled with the joy of surviving a disaster.

A mountain-like, majestic aura swept across. The giant hand, carrying the power of heaven and earth, struck down from the sky with irresistible force. Before the hand even reached the ground, the earth could no longer withstand the terrifying pressure and began to crack.

"Roar!"

The Crimson Flame Tiger, eyes filled with blood-light, looked up and roared. Heaven and earth energy surged around it as well, and its massive body, over two meters tall, erupted with blood-Qi like a volcanic eruption, its ferocity soaring into the sky.

Facing the mountain-like hand striking down, it did not dodge. Its four limbs bent, and its spine instantly arched like a great bow.

"Bang!"

As the ground shattered, it leaped high, colliding head-on with Song Yushao’s striking hand. With a boom, a visible shockwave exploded in mid-air.

The Crimson Flame Tiger had actually shattered the giant hand with its head and continued to pounce toward Song Yushao in mid-air.

"What a beast!"

Song Yushao roared. Looking at the corpses covering the ground, his murderous intent nearly materialized.

So many of the Song family’s elites had been almost wiped out by the Crimson Flame Tiger, including many of his direct descendants.

"Clang!"

The crisp sound of a sharp blade leaving its sheath rang out. A silver light tore through the air and appeared in Song Yushao’s hand, its sharp, piercing aura causing the heaven and earth energy to fluctuate.

Song Yushao had drawn his spirit weapon immediately!

"Boom!"

With Gang-Origin infused and heaven and earth energy swarming in, a sword beam as thick as a water bucket, like a long rainbow piercing the sun, slammed fiercely toward the Crimson Flame Tiger.

The sharp sword intent seemed capable of splitting heaven and earth, and as it struck with astonishing sharpness, a flicker of fear flashed in the Crimson Flame Tiger’s eyes.

The next moment, the sword beam struck, and scorching, fire-like beast blood splattered, emitting a strange, fragrant scent.

At the Heaven Origin realm, whether human or exotic beast, the body is like a spirit medicine.

With a hiss, the Crimson Flame Tiger’s massive body was blasted out of the air.

The earth trembled, and the entire Yunqi Manor seemed to shake, cracks appearing across the ground.

The Crimson Flame Tiger stepped, cracking the ground, a wound appearing on its forehead. Its blood-red eyes stared fixedly at Song Yushao.

Its limited intelligence still remembered that it was Song Yushao who had led people to capture it and bring it here.

An even more brutal aura rose from the Crimson Flame Tiger. With its four feet shattering the earth, it charged at Song Yushao again, its blood-Qi rolling like burning flames.

"Beast, do you really think this old man can't handle you?"

Song Yushao descended from the sky, raising his hand to strike another sword beam as thick as a water bucket. The sword light tore through the air, emitting a roar like thunder, seemingly possessing the power to split heaven and earth.

Before the sword light even fell, the earth had already been torn apart by the pressure; the momentum was terrifying.

Heaven and earth energy surged around the Crimson Flame Tiger. It opened its blood-stained maw and inhaled deeply, drawing endless heaven and earth energy into its belly, its entire body emitting a crimson light.

"Roar!"

A roar filled with fury rang out. A visible sound wave erupted from the Crimson Flame Tiger’s mouth, shattering the incoming sword beam into pieces.

The terrifying sound wave struck Song Yushao directly. A flush of blood rose to his face, and he felt his eardrums ringing, his blood-Qi churning.

The next moment, his vision went black, and the Crimson Flame Tiger crashed into him like a collapsing mountain.

Although he managed to raise his protective Gang-Origin in time, Song Yushao still let out a muffled groan. Like being struck by a mad bull, his feet left the ground as he flew backward.

"Crack!"

A shattering sound rang out, and spiderweb-like cracks quickly covered his protective Gang-Origin, which exploded completely in an instant.

"Ancestor, be careful..." the remaining Song family disciples couldn't help but shout.

The Crimson Flame Tiger had already chased down the flying Song Yushao like a streak of light, its tiger paw tearing through the air as it struck.

It stood on its hind legs, over a zhang tall. Its tiger paw, the size of a meditation cushion, possessed the power to split mountains and crack rocks, tearing through the air and creating visible ripples, accompanied by a piercing shriek.

Song Yushao’s face changed drastically!

The Crimson Flame Tiger’s physique was robust, and its strength far exceeded his own. If he were truly struck by that paw, even he would not be able to withstand it.

At the critical moment, he held his sword horizontally in front of his chest.