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Covered in purplish-black fur, its build is of a medium size among tiger-type soul beasts.
It is none other than a Ghost Tiger that was eroded by the power of the Mystic Trace Canyon and transformed into an evil beast. Ghost Tigers are a rather rare high-tier soul beast, and a fairly powerful race among tiger-type soul beasts.
They are highly uncommon dark-attribute soul beasts.
The dark-attribute power in their bodies not only makes their speed as fast as a phantom but also grants their attacks an extraordinary corrosive power.
The Ghost Tiger in front of them is massive, with a body length of several meters—roughly estimated to be about six to seven meters long.
Judging from the Soul Power aura it emanates, its cultivation is clearly higher than any of the four. Thus, it is impossible to determine its cultivation merely by sensing its aura with spiritual power.
However, judging from its size, the four of them can determine that its cultivation is at least over four thousand years, and possibly close to five thousand years, comparable to the cultivation of a high-tier Soul Ancestor in the path of a Soul Master.
A soul beast with this level of cultivation is not something that even Ling Xiao and his group can handle individually. After all, the four of them have yet to step into the Soul Ancestor realm.
It has not been long since Ling Xiao and Hu Liena stepped into the high-tier Soul Elder realm; their cultivation is only at Rank 37, still falling a bit short of Rank 38.
The ones with the highest cultivation, Xie Yue and Yan, have only reached the peak of the Soul Elder realm. At this moment, the appearance of the Ghost Tiger made Ling Xiao and his group's eyes narrow in focus.
They did not expect to encounter another evil beast eyeing them so quickly.
It truly was "tigers in the front and wolves in the back." This feeling could not help but give Ling Xiao a sense of déjà vu, as if he had seen someone else in a similar situation before.
"This Ghost Tiger has formidable cultivation and its speed is not slow. It's going to be very difficult to shake it off. Taking advantage of the fact that the Wasteland Wolves are temporarily shaken off, let's attack together."
"Alright."
As soon as the words fell, Ling Xiao and the other three launched their attacks one after another. Ling Xiao waved his Profound Sky Axe and simultaneously activated his first Soul Ring, immediately slashing out a Metal Revolution.
The overpowering, energy-infused axe beam surged toward the Ghost Tiger, while the other three also used their respective methods. Looking at the attacks, the Ghost Tiger's eyes were filled with cruelty and murderous intent.
Unlike normal Ghost Tiger-type soul beasts that like to rely on their speed and the bizarre nature of their dark-attribute power to ambush prey in the dark, this Ghost Tiger did not briefly retreat to seek another opportunity after its sneak attack failed.
Instead, it charged directly at them.
Its speed was so fast that one could hardly see its exact appearance, and it completely transformed into a massive purplish-black figure.
Just as the attacks were about to hit it, its Soul Power glow burst forth suddenly. Three completely identical figures emerged, whose auras were extremely similar as well, totaling four Ghost Tiger figures.
The four giant tiger claws reached out; with massive strength combined with highly corrosive dark-attribute energy, the attacks launched by the four were shattered one by one.
"Careful, this is the innate ability of the Ghost Tiger race. The manifested clones are not purely illusions; they possess considerable combat power. Although the clones won't exist for a long time, during this brief period, the Ghost Tiger itself will not suffer a drop in strength from creating them."
"Second Soul Skill, Rock Body."
With a flash of dark-red light, Yan's martial soul body was enveloped by a thick layer of rock, instantly boosting his defense significantly. Furthermore, it burned with large amounts of flames, and he met one of the Ghost Tigers head-on.
The other three Ghost Tigers were engaged by Ling Xiao, Xie Yue, and Hu Liena.
Accompanied by a soul-shaking tiger roar, a Ghost Tiger pounced toward Ling Xiao. Ling Xiao activated his martial soul and swung the Profound Sky Axe horizontally.
A crescent-shaped axe beam condensed on the axe blade and slashed toward the Ghost Tiger. Like a muffled clap of thunder, the Profound Sky Axe struck the tiger's paw.
The sharp, condensed axe beam was shattered by the tiger's paw.
Under the immense force, Ling Xiao couldn't help but immediately step back. However, with the sharpness of the Profound Sky Axe, the Ghost Tiger in front of them was not entirely unharmed.
A wound was left on the tiger's paw that met the Profound Sky Axe, and a little dark purplish blood flowed out.
Seeing blood flowing from the wound, Ling Xiao knew that the one in front of him was the true body among the four Ghost Tigers, and his heart immediately tightened.
"The true body of the Ghost Tiger is with me. You all get rid of the clone as soon as possible, and then we will join forces to defeat this Ghost Tiger," Ling Xiao said quickly.
At the same time, he channeled the power of his second Soul Ring and used his second Soul Skill, Dragon-Elephant Colossal Strength, stepping forward to block the true body's attack and temporarily hold it off.
The other three replied one after another, each launching fierce attacks. Among the three, Yan's style was the most open and unrestrained, fierce and unyielding.
Compared to the cautious Xie Yue and Hu Liena, Yan's rough and forceful approach, although slightly aggressive, was the first to eliminate the Ghost Tiger clone before him.
As Yan used his third Soul Skill, Hellfire, the flames on his martial soul body immediately intensified, and the dark red flames soared into the sky. The temperature of the surrounding air also rose accordingly.
His entire person resembled a hellish flame demon rather than a human body, fully displaying the might of a top-tier elemental martial soul like the Flame Lord.
Coupled with the immense defensive power of his second Soul Skill, Rock Body, Yan almost entirely took the Ghost Tiger's numerous attacks head-on.
Furthermore, because the Ghost Tiger was out of its mind and completely consumed by a sense of cruelty, it did not deliberately dodge using its agile speed. Yan's attacks landed squarely on the Ghost Tiger without missing.
The dark red firelight and the purplish-black Soul Power glow clashed fiercely. At the point of their collision, intense energy fluctuations continuously erupted.
Although the environment inside the Mystic Trace Canyon was special and the dark-attribute heaven and earth energy was more dense than elsewhere, giving the Ghost Tiger a certain boost in strength, the Ghost Tiger Yan was facing was, after all, only a clone.
Its cultivation could not compare to the main body.
The tiger claws, which contained immense corrosive power, struck Yan's body; although they broke through the defense of Rock Body, they were unable to inflict obvious injuries on Yan's martial soul body.
The chest and arms of the Flame Lord martial soul were left with a large number of crisscrossing black scratch marks. Furthermore, strands of dark-attribute Soul Power remained, eroding Yan's martial soul body, which looked extremely severe.
However, after breaking through the defense of his second Soul Skill, Rock Body, the Ghost Tiger's attack had only initially broken through the defense of the Flame Lord martial soul, which was not enough to make him feel obvious pain, let alone suffer heavy injuries.
Moreover, the dark-attribute energy on his body was continuously being expelled by Yan's martial soul power.
A strong dark red light suddenly condensed on his right arm. The right arm of the martial soul body instantly erupted with exceptionally dense dark red flames, as if magma were flowing over it.
Yan executed a self-created soul skill, Blazing Sun Burst.
His right fist slammed into the Ghost Tiger's paw, and the majestic fist force crashed heavily into the Ghost Tiger. An astonishing dark red flame erupted, striking the Ghost Tiger's body like a torrent of magma.
The Fire Mountain Rock Flame is considered top-tier among all flames in the world. It is scorching hot and masculine, and to some extent, it acts as a counter to the Ghost Tiger's dark-attribute power.
It instantly knocked the Ghost Tiger back, and a massive amount of dark red flames swept across its entire body like magma, forcing this Ghost Tiger clone to release a large amount of Soul Power to expel the Fire Mountain Rock Flame.
Taking this opportunity, Yan immediately mobilized a large amount of Soul Power to activate his martial soul, using Hell Lava Blast. An incredibly astonishing and scorching flame erupted.
Yan appeared to be completely submerged in the flames as he soared into the sky, transforming entirely into a massive pillar of magma fire, charging at the Ghost Tiger clone with terrifying momentum.
The massive torrent of magma fire immediately engulfed the Ghost Tiger completely. It was instantly trapped in a state of being consumed by raging flames, and its entire body's dark-attribute energy was burned away.
Before long, Yan finally eliminated the Ghost Tiger clone entirely.
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