Chapter 117

"Roar!"

The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger let out a thunderous roar, its terrifying aura like rolling thunder, enough to cause Soul Beasts younger than ten thousand years to lose all resistance, collapsing on the ground and trembling.

Yu Tianyun did not join the fight; with his current strength, he still lacks the qualification to face the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger head‑on, but he certainly is not idle.

He raised his right hand, forming a sword‑like finger pressed to his forehead; the four Soul Rings on his body lit up simultaneously, their light swirling around him in rapid rhythm. Yu Tianyun's eyes flashed with dazzling red‑blue light, clearly pushing his spirit power to the limit. Immediately, the thunderous energy coiled around him surged toward the sword‑finger, then compressed, then surged again. It was evident he was gathering his entire strength, preparing to deliver a lethal strike to the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger at the crucial moment.

But gathering such massive energy would not be easy for Yu Tianyun. His fingers trembled slightly, evidently because the intensely concentrated thunder energy was so powerful and explosive that his fingers could barely endure the raging force.

Immediately, a blue‑golden light spread from his right leg, rippling like water to his fingers, giving him a slight relief. Even so, he still clenched his teeth, his expression focused, continuing to concentrate his energy.

On the other side, the fierce battle had already begun.

Dugubo moved first; as a control‑type Soul Master, once he successfully controls the opponent, the situation can be turned in an instant.

Dugubo shouted, "Seventh Soul Skill, Emerald Phosphor True Form!"

The massive energy quickly coalesced, emitting a teal glow that completely enveloped Dugubo. Soon, a giant python over thirty meters long appeared on the spot. Its scales shimmered with an eerie light, exuding a chillingly terrifying aura. Without hesitation, he unleashed his martial soul true form, leaping toward the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger at astonishing speed, as swift as a green lightning bolt that instantly tore the sky.

"Eighth Soul Level, Time Freeze!"

Immediately, a faint ripple emanated from Dugubo's snake head, spreading toward the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger; wherever it passed, everything stood still, as if time were frozen. Soon, this power enveloped the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.

Dugubo, the seasoned lone ranger, acted with ruthless decisiveness, without any hint of probing, mirroring Yu Tianyun; perhaps this is one reason he admires Yu Tianyun.

A flash of surprise flickered in the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's blood‑red eyes; evidently it did not expect this human to open with a big move, especially a rare time‑type soul skill.

However, it did not panic; after all, it also possesses time‑type soul skills, and they are even stronger. Its tail's hook suddenly emitted a faint glow, a burst of gray light spreading instantly to envelop its whole body, rendering it immune to the Time Freeze. This is its domain soul skill—Demon God Domain! Within this domain, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's aura becomes more evil and powerful, like a demonic god from hell, awe‑inspiring.

However, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's enemies are not only Dugubo; Yu Yuanzhen and Chen Xin also stand against it.

"Seventh Soul Skill, Thunder True Form!"

"Seventh Soul Skill, Seven Killing True Form!"

Yu Yuanzhen's body began to expand, a pair of massive wings unfurling from his back; soon he transformed into a giant dragon over fifteen meters long, its whole form shimmering with blue‑purple electric arcs. The dragon's electric sparks crackled, as if ready to tear the void.

Behind the Sword Douluo, a ten‑meter‑tall phantom materialized, wielding a massive sword, sword‑qi rippling all around. The sword‑qi was razor‑sharp, as if it could cut through everything in the world, brimming with endless killing intent.

Immediately, Yu Yuanzhen roared from his dragon mouth, "Sixth Soul Skill, Thunder Dragon Breath!"

Countless bolts of lightning gathered swiftly at his dragon mouth, then spewed toward the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger; each lightning bolt carried terrifying destructive power, and the Thunder Dragon Breath, composed of lightning, possessed absolute annihilating force.

The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger was instantly shocked; the threat from Yu Yuanzhen's soul skill was clearly far greater than Dugubo's. It hurriedly activated "Demon God Guard", a layer of gray light instantly enveloping it, fully resisting the thunderous onslaught.

When the Thunder Dragon Breath collided with the shield formed by Demon God Guard, the light shield quivered, rippling in layers, seeming ready to shatter at any moment.

Seeing this, Chen Xin swung his massive sword, unleashing wave after wave of immensely powerful sword‑qi that sliced straight at the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger. This was his Sixth Soul Skill, "Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Sect", where countless sword‑qi merged into a torrent, its momentum overwhelming; wherever it passed, space seemed torn apart by the sword‑qi.

The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger thrust all four limbs, leapt sideways abruptly, narrowly evading the massive sword‑qi torrent, but its landing spot was blasted into a large crater, dust scattering.

It evaded the sword‑qi but could not escape Yu Yuanzhen's Thunder Dragon Breath. The breath swept toward its body; a red flash lit the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's eyes, its double wings on the back suddenly unfurled, flapping hard. Instantly, countless black lights surged out, forming dozens of blade‑like shafts about a foot long, soaring into the air and intertwining with Yu Yuanzhen's Thunder Dragon Breath.

Surprisingly, the seemingly modest black light blade of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger completely blocked Yu Yuanzhen's Thunder Dragon Breath.

The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger appeared utterly enraged, its right fore‑paw slamming the ground; a black light shot straight along the ground toward Chen Xin. Wherever that black light passed, surrounding plants withered and vanished, reaching Chen Xin's feet in an instant.

"Hmph!" Chen Xin snorted coldly, brandishing his Seven Killing Sword; instantly a massive killing character formed before him, composed of black sword‑qi, slashing fiercely toward the incoming black light.

"Boom!" a deafening crash, the ground erupted with swirling dust, a hazy veil.

At that moment, the giant python transformed from Lao Liu Dugubo had somehow circled to a distance of fifty meters behind the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger. Its snake head blazed with dazzling light, then two pale white beams burst from its eyes, targeting the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger. The white beams struck the tiger's body, causing it to stiffen instantly; its fur began to petrify rapidly, enveloping its whole form in an instant.

Yu Yuanzhen seized the rare chance, his two front claws repeatedly slashing Thunder Dragon Claws, dozens in a blink, while his mouth again spewed Thunder Dragon Breath. The Sword Douluo also seized the moment, his Sixth Soul Ring flashing anew, the sword‑qi torrent surging again toward the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's body.

It wasn't that Yu Yuanzhen and Chen Xin didn't wish to unleash their Eighth and Ninth Soul Skills; they feared killing the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger outright, causing Yu Tianyun to miss this precious Soul Ring.

Just as the legendary Dragon‑Snake couple, when hunting the Third Soul Ring for Meng Yiran, had thousand‑year‑old Soul Beasts slip from their grasp repeatedly, because they feared losing control and accidentally killing the beast.

"Aaa!" after taking the crushing attacks of two supreme Title Douluo, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger let out a mournful wail; its body was riddled with deep, bone‑visible, charred wounds, gray fluid spewing from its mouth in large gulps, its blood‑red eyes dimming slightly, crawling away in the distance, gasping continuously. With each breath, gray fluid leaked from its seven orifices.

As the saying goes, a lion must give its all when fighting a rabbit; although the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger appears gravely wounded, Yu Yuanzhen and the others show no sign of lowering their guard.

At this moment, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger deeply regretted; the three before it—the green‑haired old man, needless to say, was despicably cunning—but the one who became a true dragon and the one wielding the massive sword posed such a massive threat that a single tiger could not handle.

Yu Tianyun tempts again, but you still need a destined life to devour it! Yet at this moment it's already too late to run away; in Yu Tianyun's eyes, isn't it also quite tempting?

A Soul Beast this powerful makes the three grandfathers of Yu Tianyun very eager; if Yu Tianyun were to absorb its Soul Ring, what a mighty soul skill he would obtain! Naturally, they are unwilling to let the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger go so easily.

Dugubo has been steady all along, showing no intention of approaching, but simply holding his ground. At this moment, the sixth Soul Ring coiled around the serpent's body lights up, the sixth soul skill—Emerald Phosphor Snake Emperor Poison!

His body flickers with green light, and a dense toxic vapor instantly erupts from within, forming a cloud of ink‑green poison that surges toward the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger like a raging tide. Wherever that poisonous fog passes, plants wither instantly, exuding a heart‑pounding aura of death.

Sure enough, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, upon sensing the Emerald Phosphor Snake Emperor Poison, has its previously dim eyes brighten again, lets out a roar, and, gritting its pain, charges straight at Dugubo. Its dash skill activates, and like a phantom it is at Dugubo's side in an instant.

As for Dugubo, the tiger's hatred is intense; had it not been for that green‑haired old man, it wouldn't have been so badly wounded so quickly.

The earlier fatigue vanishes, the gray aura turns completely black, propelling its body like a dark cloud toward Dugubo. At first glance its speed doesn't seem particularly fast. Yet the instant it lunges, its long tail—called the Evil God Hook—already swings, and a flash of black light instantly appears between it and Dugubo.

The intense black light erupts instantly, becoming a massive black hole three meters in diameter, as if linking to another world.

Dugubo is startled, and hurriedly activates his fifth soul skill—Snake Python Celestial Shield, a layer of emerald light instantly forming a solid barrier before him.

But even with such a shield, Dugubo feels no safety; he can clearly sense a strong spacetime fluctuation within the suddenly appearing black hole. He knows he himself possesses a time‑type soul skill, making him extremely sensitive to temporal ripples. He realizes that the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger has unleashed its ultimate ability—the Arena of Life and Death! His body is involuntarily drawn toward the black hole, and Yu Tianyun's earlier warning echoes in his mind; he does not think he can emerge alive from within.

He has already been sufficiently steady, standing at the farthest distance, yet that damned Dark Demon Evil God Tiger still launches a surprise attack on him. In an instant, Dugubo thinks of his granddaughter's voice and smile; if he dies, what will happen to Duguyan? Will Yu Tianyun bully her? All thoughts in his heart turn to ash.

What he does not know is that the tiger's hatred toward him is only one aspect; another is that the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger is extremely cunning. Although Dugubo stands at the farthest distance, he is still within the tiger's Evil God dash skill range, and Dugubo is the weakest of the three—if not him, who else?

But just as Dugubo's face turns desperate, on the brink of being sucked into the black hole…

A dazzling blue‑purple pillar of light suddenly shoots out, entering through the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's mouth, then piercing its brain and exiting from the top of its head.

Its brain is shredded, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger is completely lifeless, and its Evil God Hook tail hangs limp. The three‑meter‑diameter black hole shrinks instantly and then vanishes, and Dugubo's body is finally no longer drawn by the black hole, falling back to the ground.

This strike is the one Yu Tianyun has been charging since the battle began; that pillar of light contains his thunderous power and immense spirit energy, and having been stored for so long, its power is terrifying, killing the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger with a single blow.

Yu Tianyun lets out a long sigh; he knows the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger is highly intelligent and extremely cunning, which is why he kept guarding, and indeed his efforts were not in vain.

He flickers, moves to Dugubo's side, and asks concernedly, "Poison Grandfather, are you alright?"

Dugubo's complexion is still a bit pale, and with lingering fear he says, "Thanks to you, kid, otherwise this old bone of mine would have been left here."

Yu Yuanzhen and Chen Xin also come over, looking at the corpse of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger on the ground, their eyes full of astonishment. If they were to encounter such a situation suddenly, they probably wouldn't fare any better than Dugubo.

Calming himself, Yu Yuanzhen turns his head toward Yu Tianyun and says approvingly, "Tianyun, you did well this time."

Chen Xin also nods slightly, "A Soul Beast this powerful, to hunt it down successfully is truly no easy feat."

Yu Tianyun smiled: "It's because the three grandfathers are formidable that I could find an opening to deliver a fatal strike."

(End of chapter)