Chapter 242: Dark Demon Evil God Tiger

"Lingling, you all stay at the academy this time. After Gu Yuena and I take Zhuqing to obtain her sixth soul ring, I will take her directly to Slaughter City for training. You won't need to run around with us anymore."

"Alright."

Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan nodded. After the three women said their reluctant goodbyes, Shi Quan took Zhuqing and followed Gu Yuena as they left Heaven Dou Imperial Academy.

A golden streak of light flashed across the sky. To avoid wasting time, Shi Quan directly used his Holy Dragon Eight Wings to carry Zhuqing, flying rapidly toward the Star Dou Great Forest.

Watching the Holy Dragon Eight Wings on Shi Quan's back, Gu Yuena could not help but feel a sense of amazement in her eyes.

After all, possessing a Shiji soul bone while at the Spirit Saint realm was a one-of-a-kind existence.

The spear shaft was slender and entirely brilliant silver, with faint silver dragon patterns on it. It had no excessive, gaudy decorations, yet it radiated a terrifying aura that made one's heart palpitate.

"The Silver Dragon Spear?" Shi Quan's pupils constricted slightly; this was his first time seeing Gu Yuena make a move.

"That goes without saying." Shi Quan smiled and nodded. After all, in another world, this bead had single-handedly created a god. Shi Quan had specifically brought Zhuqing to hunt the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, and this bead was a major reason why.

"This bead is that powerful?" Zhuqing's eyes lit up.

Seeing this, Shi Quan hurriedly controlled the Internal Energy within his body while simultaneously using his Mental Power to squeeze the bead out.

Roar— A low, deep growl sounded simultaneously with the appearance of the golden light emitted by Gu Yuena.

Anything involving time and space is almost never a weak ability.

The next second, a strange, pitch-black bead that radiated cyan and blue light drifted out from the corpse of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.

A crackling, booming sound came through. Fresh blood immediately overflowed from Shi Quan's palm. As a silver light flashed in his eyes, his powerful Mental Power transformed into layers of barriers, and an Earth-colored aura churned in his hand, sealing the space around the black bead layer by layer.

"Xiao Quan." Zhuqing's expression changed drastically, and she looked at Shi Quan's palm with worry.

"Alright." Upon hearing this, Zhuqing instantly activated her martial soul, her soul rings appeared, and her figure turned into an afterimage as she lunged out.

Soul beasts that possess a Domain at the ten-thousand-year level are few and far between, and the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger was one of these exceptions.

Only, Shi Quan suddenly discovered that because this black bead had been stained with his blood, it was actually melting into his hand.

Not only was the attack decisive, but it was also fierce.

During the approach, she spread the fingers of both hands; her shadow-like sharp claws gleamed with a chilling white light, and the moment she closed in, she swung her claws continuously.

"It possesses a Domain at sixty thousand years?" Zhuqing was startled.

On the contrary, upon seeing Shi Quan, the giant Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's blood-red eyes suddenly lit up. Facing the three of them, it had no intention of fleeing or dodging; instead, its roar was filled with an aura of excitement. It slowly raised its tiger paw and approached the three of them step by step.

It was precisely the Nine Yin Bone Claw.

Although the Holy Dragon Eight Wings was a Shiji soul bone, Shi Quan felt no pressure using it. A continuous stream of energy poured into the soul bone, and using the Holy Dragon Eight Wings to fly did not even cause the slightest depletion.

The three of them immediately saw a giant Spirit Beast in the woods not far away suddenly stand up from its crouch, glaring viciously in their direction.

No one had expected that this suddenly appearing black bead would have such power.

The next second, a black hole suddenly appeared in mid-air, and a terrifying suction force erupted from it. At the same time, the bead in his palm also erupted with ink-colored thunder.

As the soul ring descended onto Zhuqing, an extremely sharp and cold airflow erupted. An aura of ultimate evil rushed toward her. Most strangely, as Zhuqing continued to absorb it, the giant corpse of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger also began to turn into wisps of gray mist. These gray mists did not dissipate but instead surged into Zhuqing's body.

Shi Quan did not hesitate in the slightest and lunged to grab it.

"Alright." Holding the bead, Zhuqing came to the side of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger. After steadying her breathing, she lightly sliced her fingertip with her nail. As blood slowly dripped onto the bead, the soul ring in mid-air was also drawn by Zhuqing and slowly descended to cover her.

"Then how should I absorb it?" Zhuqing took the bead from Shi Quan's hand and examined it up and down.

"Moreover, this bead should also contain a portion of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's abilities. Absorbing and comprehending it will also be of no small help to your strength."

Following Gu Yuena's footsteps, the group of three soon arrived at a certain area of the Star Dou Great Forest where ten-thousand-year Spirit Beasts lived.

A crisp, explosive sound rang out.

Shi Quan held Zhuqing and followed closely behind.

The blood dissipated along with the yellow light, and the wound on his hand recovered at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Zhuqing, go ahead. Break its cervical spine directly and finish it off."

The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, which had been about to pounce, crashed back to the ground, pinned firmly to the earth by a long silver spear.

Shi Quan smiled faintly and said, "If this Dark Demon Evil God Tiger weren't strong enough, why would I have told you not to rush into absorbing the God-Bestowed Soul Ring?"

The original work stated that if the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger were judged by its martial soul, it would be at the same level as the Six-Winged Angel, which is to say, a Shiji martial soul.

It was only natural for Zhuqing to have such a question, because in the world of Spirit Beasts, only ten-thousand-year Spirit Beasts possess Domains. Not to say one hundred percent, but almost over ninety percent of Spirit Beasts that cultivate to ten thousand years will automatically evolve their own Domain. In this regard, this is also one of the main reasons why Spirit Beasts are stronger than most Title Douluo after breaking through the ten-thousand-year mark.

"This Dark Demon Evil God Tiger has the strength to fight even against the Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Blue Bull Python of the past." As Shi Quan explained, his gaze fell on Gu Yuena. "Gu Yuena, I'll have to trouble you."

A white light flashed, bringing with it blood and shattered bone fragments. Zhuqing did not pause for a second; she turned and swung her claws again, striking like a torrential rain.

Opening his palm, the ink-colored bead lay quietly in Shi Quan's hand.

Roar—

Crack!

It even granted it a soul skill that could be called a bug: the Death Arena.

"It's not." Gu Yuena said indifferently. With a wave of her hand, a brilliant golden light dispersed the surrounding darkness, restoring the light. "This Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's strength is around sixty thousand years."

In less than a day, the group of three had already arrived outside the Star Dou Great Forest, and Shi Quan's gaze fell upon Gu Yuena.

Suddenly, the light around the three of them dimmed. In the sky, it was clearly cloudless with the sun shining brightly, yet inside the forest, it was pitch dark.

The shattered cervical spine caused the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger to lose control of its entire body. Now it could only lie limply on the ground, with only its head barely able to move.

A pure White Tiger should be an existence close to a True Dragon in terms of grade. The predecessor of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger was the White Tiger, but it mutated after absorbing the power of the Evil God, causing the White Tiger's original light attribute to turn into a dark attribute, growing black wings representing corruption, as well as that Evil God hook resembling a scorpion's tail.

A powerful pressure crushed the black hole directly. After a wisp of gray airflow emerged from the black bead in his hand, it finally went still.

"Follow me." Gu Yuena tapped her toes, and her figure instantly vanished into the forest.

A sixty-thousand-year Dark Demon Evil God Tiger had no chance to resist in her hands. After a space imprisonment, a single strike was enough to cripple the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.

"A Domain?" Seeing the gray mist emanating from the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's body, Gu Yuena sneered. She held her right hand in a void grip and flicked it; a silver light flashed, cutting through the air, sweeping away all the gray mist, and instantly striking the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's cervical spine.

"I'm fine!" Shi Quan looked at the black bead in his hand. His Earth power climbed once more, and the ground shook violently, emitting countless brilliant yellow lights.

"This bead is the energy core of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, containing the purest energy within its body." Shi Quan looked at Zhuqing. "Zhuqing, the energy inside is very rich and possesses multiple attributes. It resonates with the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's soul ring. While you absorb the soul ring, you can absorb this bead as well; it might be of great benefit to your martial soul."

"This is a Domain?" Zhuqing's pupils shrank. "A-Quan, is this Dark Demon Evil God Tiger a ten-thousand-year Spirit Beast?"

The giant black tiger was pure black all over, without a single speck of other color, and its red eyes were filled with a sinister aura that felt extremely oppressive.

Gu Yuena's aura was restrained within, and even though the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger was powerful, it could not detect her true strength.

"Clang!" The already broken flesh of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger was instantly sliced open like tofu, and upon touching the cervical vertebrae, it emitted a sound like metal clashing against metal.

Gu Yuena said indifferently: "It is of no concern, it is merely a little tiger; even if you did not say anything, if I were to encounter it, I would not let it remain in the forest to harm its own kind."

"So strong." Zhu Zhuqing looked at Gu Yuena in shock.

"Is it really a sixty-thousand-year Spirit Beast?" Zhu Zhuqing's expression was grave; that powerful sense of oppression felt no weaker than what a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast would give her.

The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger let out a painful wail, but it was powerless to resist and could only let Zhu Zhuqing's attacks strike it repeatedly; bone fragments flew, until the bone snapped, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's eyes turned to dead silence, and a black Soul Ring floated out.

As her voice fell, Gu Yuena took just one step, ripples stirred in the air, the sound of the wind and the rustling of leaves went still, the low growls fell silent, "Space Lockdown!"

"You should be able to do it by forcing some blood droplets onto it." Shi Quan directly shared his own cautionary tale; if he hadn't reacted quickly, this bead might have ended up inside his body.

"Something is wrong." Shi Quan's brows immediately locked tight, because in his memory, the gray gas transformed from the corpse of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger dissipated directly and did not enter Tang San's body, but now it was eerily entering Zhu Zhuqing's body.

Behind Zhu Zhuqing, the phantom of her Nether Spirit Cat martial soul appeared, and one could see those wisps of gray gas actually slowly merging into the body of the Nether Spirit Cat; as they merged, Zhu Zhuqing's figure also began to tremble, as if she were experiencing something painful.