Chapter 1004: The Radiance That Enslaves All Things!

The Dao of the Sword is better suited for offense, not defense.

In defense, the Dao of Gold is ten to a hundred times stronger than the Dao of the Sword.

Ding ding ding!

The Hunyuan Eternal Open Heaven Sword, transformed into a phantom, stood before Luo Fu like an impregnable wall.

Most of the sharp bristles shot from different directions shattered upon being struck by the Hunyuan Eternal Open Heaven Sword.

The few bristles that missed the strikes all slammed into the sword's blade, causing the golden light on its surface to flicker continuously.

Thanks to the efforts of the Hunyuan Eternal Open Heaven Sword, Saint Beast Bai Hu's next wave of attacks was once again shattered.

All of this was seen by Saint Beast Bai Hu.

Yet he still paid it no mind.

These were merely appetizers.

Since the sharp bristles possessed considerable power—even enough to threaten Luo Fu—it was only natural to further unleash their might.

Hua!

The character "Wang" on Saint Beast Bai Hu's forehead began to glow.

Tigers are kings among beasts, naturally endowed with two innate divine abilities.

One is the Tiger Roar.

With a single Tiger Roar, all things are stunned.

The Tiger Roar is an extremely rare sonic-type divine ability, capable of shaking the spirit and serving as a wide-area attack.

Moreover, this ability grows stronger with the user's power, and even for Saint Beast Bai Hu, the Tiger Roar remains a highly useful ability.

Aside from the Tiger Roar, tigers possess another divine ability.

This ability is tied to the "Wang" character on the tiger's forehead.

The "Wang" character on a tiger's forehead naturally contains a divine ability of dominion over a category of beings.

For example, "Serving the Tiger as a Ghost" is a branch of this dominion ability.

Using the "Wang" character on their foreheads, ordinary tiger beasts can command ghostly spirits to do their bidding.

These two abilities are not earth-shattering divine powers.

Yet every tiger, regardless of bloodline strength, can awaken them.

This makes these two abilities extremely valuable.

They are nearly the signature abilities of tiger elders.

The Tiger Roar is a growth-type ability, nearly identical in every tiger.

The dominion ability born from the "Wang" character on a tiger's forehead is different.

The strength of the bloodline affects the power of the dominion ability born from the "Wang" character.

"Serving the Tiger as a Ghost" can only command ghostly spirits—it is the most common and ordinary form.

Saint Beast Bai Hu's bloodline is among the highest, so the dominion ability he awakened is certainly no simple matter.

Shua!

A beam of light shot from the "Wang" character on Saint Beast Bai Hu's forehead and struck one of the lingering sword rays around Luo Fu.

Instantly, the sword ray began slowly turning golden.

In the moment it was struck by the light, Luo Fu felt he had lost all perception of the sword ray.

This was the divine ability born from the "Wang" character on Saint Beast Bai Hu's forehead—a power of dominion over all things.

Anything struck by this light would be forcibly enslaved and brought under Saint Beast Bai Hu's control.

Whether living or lifeless, all would be subject to it.

Of course, this ability was not truly capable of enslaving anything.

The strength of what it could enslave depended on Saint Beast Bai Hu himself.

Anything weaker than half of Saint Beast Bai Hu's power, if struck by the light, would be instantly enslaved.

It had to be weaker than Saint Beast Bai Hu.

If something was stronger, the chance of successful enslavement was extremely low.

This was why Saint Beast Bai Hu had not directly shot the light at Luo Fu or the Hunyuan Eternal Open Heaven Sword.

Both were stronger than Saint Beast Bai Hu—nearly impossible to enslave.

He could only enslave things weaker than himself; if that were all, his ability would be rather useless.

Something weaker than him could be crushed effortlessly—there was no need to enslave it.

Shua!

After the massive chaotic-colored sword ray was completely dyed golden, its shape began to change.

The next instant, a Saint Beast Bai Hu radiating the Dao of the Sword appeared in the exact spot where the massive chaotic-colored sword ray had been.

This was the second ability of the dominion ability born from the "Wang" character on Saint Beast Bai Hu's forehead: any enslaved object could be shaped into a divine avatar of Saint Beast Bai Hu.

Furthermore, the avatar would possess the properties of the enslaved object.

This avatar, formed from the massive chaotic-colored sword ray, carried the aura of the Dao of the Sword.

The ability to enslave all things and transform them into avatars for dominion—this power was extremely useful even for Saint Beast Bai Hu.

Used at the right moment, it could become a decisive trump card.

Now was the perfect moment.

Shua! Shua! Shua!

One beam after another shot forth, freezing every massive chaotic-colored sword ray emitted by the Hunyuan Eternal Open Heaven Sword.

In the next instant, several Saint Beast Bai Hu avatars coalesced once more.

Each avatar of the Sacred Beast Bai Hu carried the aura of the Dao of Swords.

Splash!

Moreover, after the avatars of the Sacred Beast Bai Hu took shape, the Changhe of the Jin Zhi Dao descended once more.

The power of the Jin Zhi Dao poured into the avatars of the Sacred Beast Bai Hu as if it were limitless.

Under the torrent of Daoic power, the avatars of the Sacred Beast Bai Hu gradually transformed into the true spirits of the Jin Zhi Dao.

The avatars of the Sacred Beast Bai Hu were originally meant to be weaker than the true Bai Hu.

Yet, under the enhancement of the Five Directions and Five Elements Great Array, the avatars of the Sacred Beast Bai Hu were not much weaker than the true Bai Hu.

Of course, in terms of the power contained, the true Bai Hu was far stronger than its avatars.

Yet the true Bai Hu could not unleash even one-tenth of its inner power.

Although the power within the avatars of the Sacred Beast Bai Hu could not match that of the true Bai Hu, they could unleash a far higher proportion of their power.

With this imbalance, the avatars of the Sacred Beast Bai Hu were no weaker than the true Bai Hu.