Chapter 267: Tom vs. the Dark-Devil God Tiger

Although it was still high noon, the light had dimmed, and the surroundings were shrouded in darkness. The bald Soul Sage and the others had now been reduced to dried corpses. All their painstaking cultivation and hardships had now become nourishment for the Dark-Devil God Tiger. The elites of the Black Tiger Sect had all been lost to the tiger’s maw. The Dark-Devil God Tiger licked its lips, its appetite far from whetted. It wanted more. "Meow~" Upon seeing it, Tom let out a frightened cat’s cry, then belatedly covered his own mouth as if afraid of being discovered. I’m just a weak little housecat. If this big tiger catches me, I’ll die, right? Jerry was even more frightened, diving straight into Tom’s arms with a single leap, leaving only its tail exposed. The cat and mouse were both trembling with fear. The Dark-Devil God Tiger turned its head to look. Exceptionally sensitive to energy, it discovered that these two were absolute trash, without a single bit of soul power on them. It instantly lost interest. Immediately, it looked up at the azure Sword Domain that enveloped the three-hundred-meter area ahead, a look of undisguised greed in its eyes, as if it had seen a peerless delicacy. It could feel Shen An’s pure, deep, and boundless soul power, which made it greatly excited. ’Eat him, and I can level up.’ Such a sentence inexplicably flashed in the Dark-Devil God Tiger’s mind. It was very clear that devouring this human, Shen An, would probably be more astonishing than devouring a hundred-thousand-year soul beast’s worth of cultivation. Although it didn’t understand why Shen An had improved so quickly, even catching up to a level where he could be compared to a Titled Douluo... But with that silver dragon gone, this was undoubtedly its best opportunity. Although Shen An’s domain made it slightly wary, it had never been defeated by a human before. Coupled with its current seventy-thousand-year cultivation, it was naturally brimming with confidence. However, despite this, the Dark-Devil God Tiger did not attack rashly. Its kind was deeply hated, tolerated by neither soul masters nor soul beasts. The reason it had been able to cultivate to its current state was all thanks to two words: being steady. First, let Wang Wei fight him for a bit. I will then reap the fisherman’s benefit. The Dark-Devil God Tiger strode towards Tom and Jerry, preparing to eat some pre-meal snacks first. The giant Evil God Hook behind its back slowly lifted, bringing a string of gray fluctuations in the air. The Evil God Hook, emitting a sinister aura, hovered in the air and approached Tom bit by bit. With every inch the Evil God Hook advanced, Tom would take a step back, holding Jerry, the look of terror on his face plain to see. A trace of surprise flashed in the Dark-Devil God Tiger’s eyes. Its Evil God Domain had already been deployed. How could a creature as weak as Tom still be able to move? However, it dismissed the doubt in its heart. It was just a coincidence. It would just treat it as teasing a cat. At this moment, the mischievous nature of a feline was on full display in the Dark-Devil God Tiger. As if losing patience, the Dark-Devil God Tiger’s Evil God Hook suddenly stabbed forward, a smile of certain victory on its face. Stab! The Evil God Hook was half-buried in the ground. Tom looked at the hook, which had plunged more than a few inches into the ground, with lingering fear. If it hadn’t reacted quickly, its little life would have been gone just now. Then, under the disbelieving gaze of the Dark-Devil God Tiger, it casually pulled the hook out, held it to its own forehead, and then continued to tremble in fear. The Dark-Devil God Tiger’s face stiffened, then a trace of shock and anger flashed through its beastly pupils. Is this cat playing dumb! Absolutely! The Dark-Devil God Tiger put away the contempt in its heart. The Evil God Power in its body surged into the Evil God Hook, and it cautiously approached Tom step by step. At the same time, its heart, which had been as cold as the Evil God Hook after years of killing, began to burn with a fiery heat. This cat is definitely a hidden master. Eating it will bring great, great benefits! Bang! A look of confusion once again appeared in the Dark-Devil God Tiger’s eyes. Tom, who had been retreating, had been tripped by a stone at his feet. At the same time, his bottom bulged out into an unbelievable shape, taking the place of his feet and allowing him to continue retreating. Seeing that Tom had been backed into a corner with nowhere left to retreat, the Dark-Devil God Tiger, with a swish, pierced into Tom’s body. "Ah!" Tom looked at his own heart and let out a miserable cry. This time, it had successfully entered. The Dark-Devil God Tiger was immediately overjoyed. No soul beast could survive under its Evil God Hook. That domineering talent of devouring everything was frantically activated by it. I absorb! I absorb! I absorb absorb absorb! After a while, the Dark-Devil God Tiger was stunned again. It pulled out the Evil God Hook in confusion, held it before its own eyes for a careful inspection. Strange, it’s completely intact. How come it can’t absorb anything? This isn’t right. Even if it were an ordinary person, although it wouldn’t improve my cultivation, I should still be able to feel the absorption of flesh and blood energy. It suddenly looked up and saw the cat, whose heart had been pierced by the Evil God Hook’s spike, its eyes a sheet of dead silence. Tom clutched his chest and swayed. His cat eyes were vacant, like a pile of mud, and he fell to the ground. Immediately, a cat suddenly rose into the air, spinning a thousand or eight hundred times, then fell straight to the ground. Its stiff legs pointed towards the sky, emitting a creaking sound as they slowly fell down. At the side, Jerry also let out sorrowful sobs. Its good brother was gone. This sad scene seemed to have even infected the Dark-Devil God Tiger. A trace of guilt was revealed in its tiger eyes. This strange emotion, which had appeared for the first time since its birth, once again startled the Dark-Devil God Tiger. Wait, how can I feel guilt? Who am I? I am the ultimate-evil Evil God Tiger. My born destiny is to devour everything, to bring slaughter and darkness to the world. How can I feel guilt! This cat is strange! A great alarm bell rang in the Dark-Devil God Tiger’s heart. The originally ’dead’ Tom slyly opened one eye and exchanged a look with the little brown mouse. Jerry craftily slipped under Tom’s body, picked him up, and ran. Seeing this scene, a baleful aura appeared on the Dark-Devil God Tiger’s face. Just as it was about to act, it suddenly looked up at the azure Sword Domain. Its tiger pupils flashed, and its figure gradually faded, turning into nothingness. He had felt Wang Wei’s life force being extinguished like a lamp. The azure sword light was as great as a storm, and also like a rushing river. The magnificent sword might pressed down on Wang Wei until he couldn’t breathe. For a Soul Emperor to be suppressing a Soul Douluo who was only half a step away from a Titled Douluo was so incredible. At this time, Wang Wei was covered in wounds, each one deep enough to reach the bone. In a head-on assault, he had actually lost to Shen An. The other’s soul power and sword qi were simply unreasonably strong. The sword qi was sharp and cutting, and the soul power was even more vast, boundless, and endless. How could he understand the strength of Shen An’s uniquely blessed foundation? With a single wave of Shen An’s hand, countless more sword qis were born from the wind and condensed into the shape of swords. In an instant, the sound of the wind rose, and they swirled towards Wang Wei. The sword qi, in the shape of a wind and cloud tornado, came wave after wave, each stronger than the last. Wang Wei was already stretched thin and found it difficult to resist. The ultimately sharp and cutting sword qi mercilessly ravaged his Martial Soul True Body. Gradually, he was powerless to maintain it. The giant black tiger transformed back into a human form, but was still fighting like a cornered beast. Perhaps because death was imminent, his brain, which had been invaded by the evil god’s power, recovered a bit of clarity. All the memories since he had submitted to the Dark-Devil God Tiger came flooding back. What had he done! His ancestors’ foundation, the mighty Black Tiger Sect, had actually been destroyed in his hands. But he was, after all, a figure who had fought his way out of a rain of blood and a wind of gore. Knowing that it was irreversible, he also knew for certain that he could not live on. His turbid tiger eyes looked towards Shen An, and he spoke coldly, "It’s just suppressing with power. Do you dare to compete with me in combat methods again!" These words were actually laughable. A Soul Douluo was actually saying that a Soul Emperor was suppressing him with power. Wang Wei, who had regained his clarity, was confident that the close-combat killing methods he had summarized over his many years of fighting could definitely defeat Shen An. Although he was a cornered beast, he still had the strength for one last pounce. Since there was no path of survival, he might as well try his best to take the enemy’s life with him. The sword momentum in Shen An’s hand paused. Just as Wang Wei thought there was hope, the surrounding sword qi then became even more intense, not giving him any chance at all. "So what if I suppress you with power!" Wang Wei, in the midst of the blade storm, roared at the sky, completely letting go of his defenses and pouncing high at Shen An. But the sword qi coming from all directions tore him into four or five pieces. A generation’s Black Tiger Sect Master, a dignified level eighty-nine Soul Douluo, thus came to an end, without a complete corpse. Shen An’s expression relaxed slightly, as if a great enemy had died and his mind had relaxed. In this situation, a person is often at their most relaxed, and also the most suitable time for a sneak attack. The highly intelligent Dark-Devil God Tiger naturally understood. He was a born assassin expert. Two black tiger claws quietly appeared, without the reflection of light, without the flow of wind, just like a ghost in the darkness. This was the uniquely blessed Dark-Devil God Tiger, born with a total of six attributes: evil, space, time, lightning, power, and wind. One tiger claw slapped towards Shen An’s back head, and the other slapped towards Shen An’s waist. The chaos of its movements was a sight to behold. It was only when it was within a foot of Shen An that the seemingly relaxed but actually vigilant Shen An clearly felt the aura of this terrifying attack. The power contained within it was even more appalling. If he were hit, he would be either dead or injured. The next moment, the tiger claws passed through his body. The Dark-Devil God Tiger suddenly retreated non-stop. What had been hit was surprisingly just an afterimage. Shen An’s true body had already re-manifested at a wisp of sword qi a hundred meters away. Shen An was secretly thrilled. He looked at the Dark-Devil God Tiger with a grave expression but couldn’t help but admire it. It was indeed a top-tier assassin, deeply versed in the meaning of striking once and then fleeing a thousand li if it misses. As early as when Wang Wei had transformed into his Martial Soul True Body, he had known that the Dark-Devil God Tiger must be nearby, so he had always been on guard. But he really hadn’t expected that the Dark-Devil God Tiger would be so skilled as to sneak into his Sword Domain without him even discovering it. It was only at the last moment that he had sensed the terrifying attack. In just one exchange, this one person and one tiger were both on high alert. The Dark-Devil God Tiger’s scarlet tiger eyes stared intently at Shen An, realizing how difficult he was to deal with. But it didn’t matter. He had absolute confidence. He was the Dark-Devil God Tiger, the peerless soul beast that had once required the combined efforts of the Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python to force him back. The person and tiger faced off again. Shen An noticed the gray airflow around the Dark-Devil God Tiger’s body, lurking on the surface of its body, like an internalized domain. Shen An’s pupils shrank slightly. No wonder my Sword Domain didn’t detect it. At the same time, he became even more careful. Using an intermediate soul power experience pack, the soul power in his body was replenished again. The battle against Wang Wei just now, under the suppression of power, had consumed a great deal of his soul power. When facing the Dark-Devil God Tiger, he was like facing a Titled Douluo. Naturally, he would not be the slightest bit careless. A red light flashed in the Dark-Devil God Tiger’s eyes. It was always running into strange things today. First, it was that one cat and one mouse, and then this person who inexplicably recovered his soul power. With a light flick of its Evil God Hook, a wind was stirred up. The four-and-five-pieced limbs of Wang Wei were actually swept over and, in an instant, were sucked dry by the Dark-Devil God Tiger. Shen An’s face was ugly. He instantly thought of everything that had happened in Black Tiger City. "You deserve to die!" Accompanied by this voice was a dense sword light. The twin wings on the Dark-Devil God Tiger’s back suddenly unfolded. With a forceful flap, countless black lights gushed out, transforming into dozens of foot-long sharp blades that shredded with Shen An’s sword qi. Shen An’s ever-victorious sword qi was actually completely shredded. The black light blades only dimmed slightly and then continued to rush towards Shen An. Shen An’s pupils shrank. He held his sword with both hands, and his vast soul power circulated to the Nine Leaf Sword Grass, which then swung out a huge azure moon wheel. Sword Style - Soaring to the Heavens! Under the circumstance that Shen An did not spare his own soul power, the azure crescent was only barely able to offset the black light blades. Catching sight of this scene, Shen An silently took out a speed potion and a strength potion and drank them down. There’s no other way. I can’t fight without taking drugs. This was also normal. In the original novel, a sixty-thousand-plus-year Dark-Devil God Tiger had required Tang San, who had become a Titled Douluo and was holding the Golden Trident, to fight with all his might. What’s more, its current age had already reached seventy thousand years. Wisps of sword qi once again filled the three-hundred-meter Sword Domain. This sword qi did not have much killing power, but every wisp was a vessel that Shen An could use to teleport his own body out of thin air. The Dark-Devil God Tiger, with its four limbs on the ground, was just about to launch another attack when it suddenly found that the Shen An in front of it had immediately disappeared. Above, another wisp of sword qi shone brightly. Shen An leaped out from it, activating with the Cloud Severing sword style, all the soul power on his body condensed into one sword! The unprepared Dark-Devil God Tiger had no time to dodge. But at the very instant the Nine Leaf Sword Grass slashed at its body, Shen An’s expression froze. An extremely cold airflow came from the Nine Leaf Sword Grass. An evil aura pulled at his qi and blood, as if wanting to break out of his body. Fortunately, the Nine Leaf Sword Grass bloomed with a lustrous, clear brilliance, and its own ultimate-sharpness sword qi cut down this evil qi. Failing with one sword, Shen An’s figure retreated rapidly. Taking a closer look, the Evil God Hook, which was like a long tail, had turned a grayish-transparent color, and a layer of an invisible light shield was protecting it within. Fortunately, this light shield had already been half-shattered. With just two more sword strikes, it could be shattered. At the same time Shen An’s face was ugly, the Dark-Devil God Tiger was also extremely shocked and angry. Its Evil God Guard was actually showing signs of being shattered. This human before him was actually so strong after drinking two bottles of strange things. One must know, this was his strongest defensive skill, the Evil God Guard. Its defensive effect was only slightly inferior to the human soul skill, Absolute Defense. The Dark-Devil God Tiger used all its four limbs at the same time, pouncing at Shen An, wanting to tear him to pieces. But Shen An transformed his body into sword qi, comparable to teleportation. Even it found it difficult to touch him. Any wisp of sword qi within the three-hundred-meter Sword Domain could become Shen An’s avatar. Shen An’s figure continuously flashed and then vanished, dodging the attacks of the Dark-Devil God Tiger. He was very patient. In these few days, he had once again obtained a million fame value on his body, a result of the Soul Master Tournament and the wanted notice from the Spirit Hall higher-ups. So Shen An didn’t mind fighting a war of attrition with the Dark-Devil God Tiger. He could wear it down to death. The Dark-Devil God Tiger attacked for a long time without success and had become more and more enraged. Its tiger eyes looked around, realizing that every time Shen An teleported, it was with the help of the sword qi. Roar— The Dark-Devil God Tiger once again burst out with formidable strength. The Evil God Hook behind it suddenly swung, and one after another, distorted ripples rotated around it. The gray aura on its body turned into a gray light, spreading out for several hundred li, contending with Shen An’s Sword Domain on equal footing. The wisps of sword qi were all devoured completely. A sinister smile appeared on the Dark-Devil God Tiger’s face. Let’s see how you dodge now. It was just that it hadn’t noticed that a cat was sneakily holding a brick and had come up behind it.