"Roar!!!"
The Dark Devilgod Tiger felt a sudden sense of affinity from this human, but, confused by the danger, it still let out a low growl.
"Tsk, baring your fangs isn't a good habit..." Su Wen grinned.
He stroked the black tiger's fur lightly.
Black and shiny, with a kingly air.
Dark Devilgod Tiger: "..."
His mind went blank. He dares touch me?!!
He actually dares?
Usually, humans who saw him either showed fear and soon became his prey, or vigilance and strategic retreat.
Never before had someone dared touch him so familiarly.
"Roar~!!"
The tiger continued to growl.
"It's understandable to be scared once. But a second time... that one's hard to explain, isn't it?" Su Wen raised an eyebrow, but didn't remove his hand.
Meanwhile, the fiercer beasts all watched the scene with sharp eyes, curious to see just what this human, who even they could not understand, was capable of.
Only Da Ming and Er Ming cowered in a corner, eyes filled with terror. It's that man!
Their good impression of Su Wen quickly faded, while the Dark Devilgod Tiger's eyes glowed even bloodier, turning around and lowering its body, assuming a hunting position.
Ridge arched, muscles bulged—scary even at two or three meters, let alone this eight-meter "giant beast".
"Roar!!!"
The Dark Devilgod Tiger thought Su Wen was frightened and even felt a bit smug, circling him, searching for a weakness.
Seconds passed.
Like a tiger hunting, with wind elemental power, the huge body moved incredibly fast.
But before landing, it suddenly sensed a chill down its back, and a tremendous force pressed from above.
"Boom boom boom!"
The earth shook.
From above, the forest's very core, next to the Lake of Life, a huge piece of land collapsed, invisible ripples spreading out, scaring all beasts and birds away.
When the dust cleared—
Several figures came into view.
The Dark Devilgod Tiger crouched in the center of the pit, trembling. Opposite stood a white-clad youth, towering over him.
"Still baring your fangs?"
"..."
The tiger shook its head in terror.
It never dreamed that anyone could subdue all with mere strength, and its vaunted evil power didn't affect him in the slightest...
One ordinary punch.
Its pride utterly shattered.
Pieces on the floor.
The surrounding beasts all tensed. Bear Lord and others just grew serious, but Scarlet King actually shivered. This human's pressure was just too terrifying.
"Now it's obedient, we can skip the messy part," Su Wen laughed, stroking the tiger's head and clasping his hands behind his back.
His second "Martial Soul" had just reached level sixty, unlocking the sixth Poke Ball—a brilliant, demonic red, representing 100,000 years. But Su Wen didn't think it was wasted. With a name like "Dark Devilgod Tiger," it was worth spending that 100,000-year Poke Ball.
"Hiss~"
The Dark Devilgod Tiger licked Su Wen's hand, indicating submission. Outwardly fine, but in reality, its spine had been pulverized—just barely holding back from spitting blood.
"Come in!"
Su Wen began to chant.
He threw the red Poke Ball from his hand.
"Buzz!"
A beam of light shot upward.
This capture went surprisingly smoothly.
"Got it!"
Su Wen smiled.
Hands behind his back, he quietly waited for the Dark Devilgod Tiger to change. This pet was worthy of great hope—even on par with Xuan Ji and Snow Empress...
Minutes passed.
The surrounding beasts grew more and more shocked.
Bloodline advancing!
A true evolutionary enhancement!
The once "ordinary" Dark Devilgod Tiger was undergoing a complete transformation, seeming to shed all impurities and soar towards the highest echelon of fierce beasts.
No! Into an ancient beast only seen in myth!
"Roar!!!"
A tiger's roar echoed across the forest.
Golden beams faded, and a massive figure appeared before the beasts—deep purple, over ten times the previous size, half-corporeal, half-energy, bone spikes arcing overhead, lightning crackling, double wings of pure wind element spreading to cover the sky.
"Qiongqi?!!" Su Wen blurted in shock.
Though not exactly Qiongqi after evolving, the appearance... damn, it's like a Qiongqi clone!
Tiger body, double wings, source of evil.
"Tsk tsk tsk..."
Su Wen clicked his tongue in amazement.
He inspected the stats.
[Chaotic Devilgod Tiger]
[Level: 63]
[Attributes: Evil (Ultimate), Space (Ultimate), Time (Standard), Strength (Standard), Wind (Pseudo-Ultimate), Lightning (Pseudo-Ultimate)]
[Skills: Temporal Void (Heaven Rank): Time + Space + Evil, creates a 1,000-meter domain that forcibly strips attributes from targets and reverses their age (youth or senescence)
Void Rift (Heaven Rank): Claw tears space to create a rift, imbued with thunder and windstorm effects, briefly freezing the target's time while the rift devours nearby energy to strengthen itself…]
[Potential: 8]
[Next Evolution: Qiongqi]
Didn't expect that, it really is Qiongqi.
And those skills...
Even Su Wen was awestruck. This was his first time seeing a multi-attribute beast with all skills being "combos"!
All attributes blended into game-breaking super moves.
Only the Dark Devilgod Tiger could reach such heights.
Deserves its place as the number one beast in Douluo One.
Totally a pleasant surprise.
Given its near-400,000-year cultivation and six attributes, it could probably go toe-to-toe with the Myriad Demon King or similar.
That's literally insane.
As for its contemporary rival Bai Xiuxiu, she could still only blow bubbles in her Poke Ball...
"Hmph, master, I'm not weak, you know," a voice floated up from Su Wen's spiritual sea and the image of Bai Xiuxiu poked out, pouting and blowing bubbles in dissatisfaction.
"Hehehe." Su Wen smiled gently.
Bai Xiuxiu: "..."
"I get the feeling you're mocking me."
"..."
"Sir, what is this..." Even Di Tian was speechless, his mouth opened and closed in surprise.
"Just a little trick. I'll give you a thank-you gift—ten thousand years from now," Su Wen said cheerfully.
"Alright, Qiongqi, let's go."
He brushed a finger through the air, gently opening a spatial rift, and together with Qiongqi, stepped through.
Leaving the other beasts totally bewildered.
"Di Tian, are you really not going to try to keep him?" Bear Lord swallowed, nudging Di Tian. All pride and arrogance vanished, replaced by a pitiful, little-bear helplessness.
Di Tian rolled his eyes at Bear Lord and saw the same in the other beasts.
Di Tian: "..."
"What a pity, you really should have tried," even Bi Ji said, dabbing drool from her mouth.
"Don't worry, everyone has a chance… just in ten thousand years." Di Tian sighed, trying to buy favors with his distant future self. Amazing, but considering the guy can jaunt through the river of time, he could only look forward to their next meeting...
The soul beasts' age of greatness is coming!
Da Ming and Er Ming just stood there dumbfounded, blank, as if their souls were gone. Only after who knows how long they slowly came to and exchanged glances, gazing toward the distant pit in daze: What on earth just happened?!!
Meanwhile, at the very bottom of the Lake of Life.
A quiet, pitch-black place.
Two silver lights flickered to life, trembling waves spreading, as the huge Silver Dragon King stirred. Her tone laced with surprise: "The power of fate... seems to be guiding me."
"Fate..."
"This human, what a treat..."
"He even carries my aura."
"Is it my future self? Hehe..." The Silver Dragon King wasn't angry—just a hint of wonder and excitement in her voice.
"Interesting indeed."
...
"Ahhh!!!"
Tang San writhed on the ground, wrapped in bandages, only his pained eyes exposed, wailing in agony. Not far off, Shi Nian stood on a tree, arms crossed, watching coolly.
Creating illusions, inflicting pain.
"Feel the pain, brat!!!" Shi Nian grinned cruelly.
He didn't notice a dark arc flying from Tang San's hand, shooting straight toward him.
"Not good!" Shi Nian hurriedly raised his arms, letting the shadow enter them.
Within seconds, after some struggle, his arms melted into black goo.
"Heh, trash!"
Panting, Tang San staggered to his feet.
He used a stick to poke through the goo.
But his brows creased.
"Wait… where's the soul bone?"
"Master said a Soul Saint like him should have absorbed a soul bone. Why don't I see one after killing him?"
"How could that be..."
Almost dying just now, finally pulling a reversal, and yet getting nothing at all—left him furious.
"Damn it!!!"
Cursing, he stumbled back toward the academy.
Up in one ancient tree—
Su Wen's figure slowly appeared.
Holding a glowing, rainbow soul bone, he smiled.
Let Shi Nian die, it had nothing to do with him.
But this bone—no way he'd let Tang San have it.
After a pause—
Now that the Dark Devilgod Tiger was subdued, and the cooldown for traveling was up, time to head back to the future, ten thousand years ahead.
Maybe give Di Tian a nice surprise.
With Big Eye's help hiding time corrections, he figured Di Tian's memory would gain one amazing new chapter.