Chapter 106: Battle Against the Shadow Tiger

Cang Luo felt a bit disappointed and let down when Shangyi Huimeizi abandoned him and ran off alone, but he didn't mind it much.

Let her run; does that mean I should give up a fifth-tier demon core for you?

Are you kidding!

Is a girl more important than a fifth-tier demon core? Is she more important than improving my own strength?

Besides, we've only known each other for a few minutes, and she already has a boyfriend; better to ignore her!

Cang Luo sighed, stopped paying attention to Shangyi Huimeizi, and continued to focus intently on the Shadow Tiger, which was right in front of him; he secretly activated Meiti Shengong and began charging his Dragon-Slaying Palm.

Not long after, the Shadow Tiger, chasing the Fire-Devouring Wolf, ran past the giant sequoia where Cang Luo was hiding; suddenly, it paused mid-step and sharply turned its head to stare at the giant sequoia where Cang Luo was located.

It discovered a living creature behind the giant sequoia!

At the same time, the Erha exhaled a large amount of white smoke to conceal itself.

The Shadow Tiger is a fifth-tier demon beast; unlike lower-tier demon beasts, even without using its eyes to see, ears to hear, or nose to smell, it can discover prey through the method of sensing yuan power.

In fact, the Shadow Tiger, which is still in its growth phase, would not easily have discovered Cang Luo; however, Cang Luo was currently in a state where Meiti Shengong was activated, with yuan power surging throughout his body and an imposing aura, which is why the Shadow Tiger detected him.

"Roar!"

The Shadow Tiger let out a low growl, looking greedily at the giant sequoia; it sensed that the prey behind the giant sequoia had very abundant yuan power, and eating it would be a great tonic!

However, it then remembered its master's order: Feng Qingyun had commanded it to capture Shangyi Huimeizi...

"Roar! Roar!"

The Shadow Tiger was very conflicted; it growled twice, with a delicious prey behind it and Shangyi Huimeizi, who was desperately fleeing, not far ahead.

Should it eat first, or capture the person first?

As a fifth-tier demon beast, the Shadow Tiger possessed no small amount of intelligence; it frowned in deep thought, its tiger face displaying a human-like expression...

Just then, the Erha, hidden within the smoke, suddenly launched an attack, spitting several streams of fire at the Shadow Tiger.

After spitting the fire, the Erha hid back in the smoke again; it dared not face the Shadow Tiger directly, fearing it could not withstand a single claw strike from the Shadow Tiger.

Cang Luo did not know the Shadow Tiger's true power, but the Erha did; although the Erha had never seen a Shadow Tiger before, it was a demon beast, a first-tier demon beast, and lower-tier demon beasts possess an innate fear of higher-tier demon beasts.

Since the Nine Stars Swallowing the Moon, when yuan power appeared on the Yuanwu Continent, after wild beasts evolved into demon beasts, the fear of higher-tier demon beasts was deeply imprinted in the genes of lower-tier demon beasts.

Seeing the fire attack, the Shadow Tiger flew into a rage; this cunning, weak first-tier demon beast, the Fire-Devouring Wolf, had provoked and obstructed it time and again, yet dared not fight it head-on, only hiding and dodging.

This tiger is too angry!

If you have the guts, fight this tiger head-on; if this tiger cannot kill you with a single claw strike, this tiger will take your surname.

"Roar!"

The Shadow Tiger roared loudly, quickly leaped aside to dodge the fire, then revealed its tiger claws, which shimmered with a gray metallic luster, and plunged straight into the smoke hiding the Erha; unfortunately, the Erha had long since vanished.

Within the smoke, the Shadow Tiger was almost in a frenzy, wildly swinging its sharp claws; a layer of ghost-blue gang qi condensed on the claws, and the gang qi emitted waves of blue light through the smoke.

This gang qi was formed by condensed yin-attribute yuan power and possessed corrosive abilities; once scratched by its gang qi, the gang qi would enter the body through the wound and slowly begin corroding from the inside out, causing immense pain.

If not expelled from the body in time, or if one cannot expel the corrosive gang qi, the victim will rot all over and die within half a ke.

This was the reason the Fire-Devouring Wolf dared not fight it head-on, only daring to harass it from a distance.

In fact, if the Shadow Tiger were currently in its mature phase, it could project the corrosive gang qi outward; in that case, it could simply project the gang qi to slice the Fire-Devouring Wolf to death, saving the trouble of corrosion altogether.

Unfortunately, there is no "if"; this Shadow Tiger will need at least two or three more years to transition from its growth phase to its mature phase, at which point it will possess the strength befitting a fifth-tier demon beast.

At this moment, the Erha, hiding in the shadows, spat out several more streams of fire; the Shadow Tiger within the smoke sensed it instantly and quickly dodged.

After repeating this several times, the Shadow Tiger felt extremely weary, truly embodying that human saying.

When a tiger falls to the plain, it is bullied by dogs!

The Shadow Tiger let out a helpless growl and suddenly remembered its master's order; capturing the person is the priority!

Thus, it stopped entangling with the Fire-Devouring Wolf, glanced from afar at Shangyi Huimeizi's retreating back, and then quickly gave chase.

However, the Shadow Tiger had no heart to continue fighting, while the Erha was becoming more and more delighted with every clash.

A fifth-tier demon beast is actually no match for this wolf? It was scared away by this wolf!

Haha! This wolf is so powerful; the boss can only challenge one realm higher, but this wolf can challenge four realms higher!

"This wolf is so strong!"

"This wolf is also so strong!"

Seeing the Shadow Tiger trying to flee, the Erha immediately jumped in front to block it, spat out several more streams of fire, smiled provocatively at it, and then quickly ran toward the direction where Cang Luo was located.

This made the Shadow Tiger completely enraged; it had actually been mocked to its face by a first-tier demon beast.

"Roar roar roar..."

The Shadow Tiger let out a long roar, the sound shaking the heavens, terrifying nearby first and second-tier demon beasts into fleeing in a panic.

When a fifth-tier demon beast gets angry, lower-tier demon beasts tremble with fear.

And the Erha, right in front of it, was so frightened that its endocrine system malfunctioned; it instantly went silent, unable to spit out smoke or fire, and even took a tumble.

The Shadow Tiger's eyes lit up; this tiger's chance has arrived; if it had known it could use a tiger roar to intimidate, why would this tiger have been so wretched?

Alas! This tiger is still too young, lacking experience!

In the next instant, the Shadow Tiger flew out instantly, pouncing toward the Erha.

The Erha, having fallen to the ground, looked back once, and its liver and gallbladder nearly burst; it wanted to jump up and run, but its whole body trembled and it could not move.

Just as the Erha thought its wolf life was in danger, Cang Luo's telepathic voice instantly appeared in its two brains: Do not fear, the boss is here!

Behind a giant sequoia next to the Erha, Cang Luo finally waited for the opportunity and decisively struck; Meiti Shengong had long been activated, and the Dragon-Slaying Palm was fully charged, with both palms charged.

In the blink of an eye, Cang Luo appeared at the rear side of the leaping Shadow Tiger; the Dragon-Slaying Palm, fused with three attributes of yuan power, struck fiercely, landing two consecutive palm strikes on the Shadow Tiger's abdomen.

Boom!

The Shadow Tiger was knocked flying backward, smashing heavily into the ground; its abdomen collapsed, a patch of ribs shattered, blood flowed from seven orifices of its tiger head, and the gang qi on its tiger claws flickered a few times before finally extinguishing and dissipating.

However, the Shadow Tiger was not yet dead; it was groaning and struggling in pain, its tiger eyes lifeless.

Seeing this, Cang Luo immediately threw the long sword in his hand; with the help of his dynamic capture ability, it accurately pierced the Shadow Tiger's eye.

With this, the Shadow Tiger was as dead as dead could be.

Cang Luo exhaled a long breath of blood qi, quickly dispersed the Meiti Shengong, leaned against a tree to regulate his breathing, and didn't even have time to dig out the demon core.

Compared to the importance of the demon core, Cang Luo was even more surprised by the power of the Dragon-Slaying Palm and the Meiti Shengong.

The Shadow Tiger was a fifth-tier demon beast; although still in its growth phase, it possessed the combat power of a second-tier peak demon beast.

A second-tier peak demon beast, and it was instant-killed by me!

"I am so strong!"

"The Meiti Shengong is so strong!"

"The Dragon-Slaying Palm is so strong!"

Cang Luo praised himself madly in his heart...

In fact, he knew that without the opportunity created by Er Ha, he would have been unable to defeat the Shadow Tiger.

From the moment the Shadow Tiger appeared until it was killed, only one minute had passed.

During that minute, the vast majority of the time was spent by Er Ha risking his life to provoke the Shadow Tiger, all to create a one-shot kill opportunity for Cang Luo.

Er Ha deserves all the credit!

However, Cang Luo was not at ease either; he had maintained the second-layer state of the Meiti Shengong for a full minute. If he still couldn't find a one-shot kill opportunity after another minute, he would have abandoned the hunt for the Shadow Tiger.

Cang Luo could only maintain the second layer of the Meiti Shengong for three minutes; two minutes was already near the limit, as he had to save some stamina for escape.

A few minutes later, Cang Luo, who was regulating his breathing to recover from his injuries, suddenly frowned; someone was approaching!

No need to use the satellite; the person had already appeared, and there was no danger.

It was Shangyi Huimeizi!

Cang Luo was stunned; hadn't she left? Why had she come back?

Could it be she was worried about me? Afraid I couldn't beat the Shadow Tiger, so she returned to help?

Did she fall in love with me?

While Cang Luo was dazed, Shangyi Huimeizi was also dazed, staring at the Shadow Tiger with blood flowing from its seven orifices.

The Shadow Tiger is dead?

Killed?

Who killed it?

Master Cang?

Shangyi Huimeizi looked around in confusion; Master Cang seemed to be injured and regulating his breathing, while his beast pet, the Two-Headed Fire-Devouring Wolf, was licking its own head nearby...

Besides Master Cang and his beast pet, and the killed Shadow Tiger, there seemed to be no one else.

Also, there seemed to be traces of battle here; fire was burning everywhere, likely set by Master Cang's beast pet, the Fire-Devouring Wolf.

In other words, the Shadow Tiger was killed by Master Cang and his beast pet?

Can Master Cang kill the Shadow Tiger?

Could Master Cang be hiding his cultivation? Is he not just a Warrior Stage 9?

Shangyi Huimeizi was so shocked she forgot why she had run back.

Just now, the earth-shaking roar of the Shadow Tiger had scared nearby first and second-tier demon beasts into scattering and fleeing.

Unluckily, Shangyi Huimeizi had bumped into a second-tier demon beast; she couldn't defeat it and was forced to run back, only to find herself facing such a situation.

Shangyi Huimeizi jogged up to Cang Luo and exclaimed in surprise, "Master Cang, did you kill the Shadow Tiger?"

Cang Luo replied calmly, "Besides me, who else is here? Didn't I tell you? I have a way to kill the Shadow Tiger."

Shangyi Huimeizi said nothing; she grabbed Cang Luo's hand, thrust her Yuan consciousness in to probe his cultivation.

Nine gaseous Yuan wheels!

There was not a trace of atomization, nor had it condensed into liquid; thus, he was not a Martial General Stage 9, let alone a Wu Shi Stage 9.

Continuing to probe with her Yuan consciousness, she discovered that the Yuan power in Cang Luo's Lower Dantian was incredibly abundant.

Three attributes!

Master Cang actually cultivated mental arts of three different attributes!

Strange! Why is one stream of Yuan power attribute-less? What mental art can absorb attribute-less Yuan power?

Is it a pill he took that hasn't been absorbed yet?

At this moment, Cang Luo frowned, feeling a sensation of being peered into; instantly, with a thought, he forcibly expelled Shangyi Huimeizi's Yuan consciousness from his body.

Shangyi Huimeizi was startled; such powerful Yuan consciousness!

In the next instant, she hurriedly bowed ninety degrees and apologized, "Gumeina sai! Gumeina sai! Gumeina sai..."

On the Yuanwu Continent, there was an unwritten rule: without the other party's permission, one must not probe the other party's Lower Dantian.

Because a martial artist's Lower Dantian hides too much information; not only can one perceive their specific cultivation, but one can also judge the mental art they cultivate based on the stored Yuan power, thereby finding their weakness.

It was one thing for a high-ranker to probe a low-ranker; the low-ranker couldn't fight back and couldn't stop it.

But two martial artists of equal strength could not do this; it would provoke hostility.

Why are you probing my Lower Dantian? Trying to find my weakness? Then kill me?

Of course, during combat, one can probe freely; being able to probe an opponent's Lower Dantian during a fight is a testament to one's skill.