After completing the trial, the group first used a communication crystal to send a message to the sect, then departed from Sea God Island.
To avoid a surprise attack from the Deep Sea Devil Whale King, Yu Tianming assumed the form of his true martial soul body—a three-headed dragon—and flew at an altitude of ten thousand meters.
The Sea God Trident, which could not be stored in a spatial ring, was held in his mouth. The three women, whose cultivation was only at the Soul Emperor level at most, lay nestled behind the dragon's head, among the thick horns.
In less than half a day, they had flown from Sea God Island on the western edge of the Douluo Continent to the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest in the continent's center.
Just as they were preparing to continue flying straight back to the sect, Yu Tianming sensed a strange-looking black tiger below, devouring the corpse of another soul beast.
The tiger was entirely pitch black, without a trace of any other color. Its blood-red eyes were filled with a chilling murderous intent.
Unlike other tiger-type soul beasts, it had black wings on its back that symbolized corruption, and its tail resembled that of a scorpion—formed of many bony segments, with a massive, hooked barb at the tip that shimmered with an eerie glow.
At the sight of it, Yu Tianming immediately thought of an incredibly powerful, supremely evil soul beast—the Dark Devil Evil God Tiger.
According to legend, this soul beast came into being when an evil god descended and merged with a white tiger, mutating it. The tiger's original attribute of light became one of darkness, giving rise to its corrupt black wings and scorpion-like Evil God Hook.
Judging by martial soul standards, it would absolutely be on the same level as the Six-Winged Angel.
Having come across such a beast, Yu Tianming no longer hurried onward. He gently flapped his massive wings and hovered a thousand meters above the ground.
At that moment, Dugu Yan, who was lying behind the dragon's massive head, noticed that Yu Tianming had suddenly stopped after hours of nonstop flying and asked with confusion, "We're not back at the sect yet—why did you stop, Tianming?"
Yu Tianming opened his dragon mouth. In his martial soul true form, his deep voice carried to the three women behind him.
"We're in luck today, Yanyan. We've found an extremely powerful overlord-class soul beast. I've found your sixth soul ring."
From their height, Dugu Yan couldn't see the Dark Devil Evil God Tiger hidden beneath the tall trees of the forest below. Puzzled, she asked, "What kind of snake is it? And how could it be the best match for me?"
"It's not a snake-type soul beast. It's a tiger—the Dark Devil Evil God Tiger. Although it's not a serpent, its bloodline might already be at the very top tier of the continent. It possesses six attributes: time, space, strength, evil, wind, and lightning. Even though its cultivation is only thirty thousand years, its actual combat strength is enough to challenge a hundred-thousand-year soul beast."
The Dark Devil Evil God Tiger had an extremely domineering nature—its growth didn't come from cultivating on its own, but rather by devouring the soul power of other soul beasts or human soul masters to rapidly increase its strength.
According to Yu Tianming's senses, this one was only about thirty thousand years old—far weaker than the sixty-thousand-year-old version Tang San would encounter more than ten years later.
"This ten-thousand-year beast can challenge a hundred-thousand-year one? Tianming, are you confident you can kill it?"
Yu Tianming didn't answer with words. Instead, his fourth, fifth, and sixth soul rings lit up beneath him. In his martial soul true body, his left dragon head gathered a blazing white light orb, the right one a blue light orb, and the central head—still holding the Sea God Trident—gathered a gold-red orb glowing brilliantly.
Massive energy began to gather over his body. The scales of his martial soul form shone with a faint glow.
The Dark Devil Evil God Tiger, still eating, sensed the tremendous energy above and raised its head. Through the gaps between the leaves, it cautiously looked up at Yu Tianming's colossal form.
Among soul beasts, size often reflected strength. Now, facing the thirty-meter-long martial soul true body in the sky, the five-meter-long tiger clearly didn't dare to engage.
It sensed the buildup of energy in Yu Tianming's mouth and immediately crouched low, trying to reduce its presence as much as possible and retreat slowly into the forest.
Seeing that it was about to flee, Yu Tianming, with his energy fully charged, immediately activated the Slaughter God Domain to lock it down.
Then he unleashed the soul bone skill of his Dragon King Wings—Wind-Binding Mist. Centered on him, soul power cascaded like mist over several kilometers.
The Dragon King Wings, formed from the water and fire Dragon Kings' powers at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, came with two terrifyingly powerful skills.
Wind-Binding Mist could infuse the surrounding space with countless threads of soul power that could, with a slight tug, slice through enemies.
Originally, Yu Tianming thought this move was only effective against weaker soul beasts, perfect for instant kills. But after fighting the Evil Orca King, he discovered that even if the threads couldn't fatally harm powerful soul beasts, they could still inflict the agony of a thousand cuts—enough to weaken the enemy significantly.
However, though the threads from Wind-Binding Mist spread around the Dark Devil Evil God Tiger, within a hundred meters of it, all light faded.
The sky was clear, sunlight beamed down, and Yu Tianming's soul energy shone gold and red. But around the tiger, the forest remained dark.
Yu Tianming realized—it wasn't an ordinary soul beast. He hadn't expected it, but the thirty-thousand-year-old tiger had already awakened a domain—a trait only hundred-thousand-year soul beasts typically developed.
That alone put it above even most titled Douluo.
Despite its age being far less than in the original story, the fact that it had already awakened a domain made Yu Tianming reassess its threat level.
Just then, the attacked tiger's eyes flashed red. Instead of running, it unfurled its wings and beat them forcefully.
In an instant, dozens of foot-long blades of black energy surged upward toward Yu Tianming. These blades, formed by fusing wind and evil attributes, had both intense cutting power and deadly corrosion.
They reached Yu Tianming's chest in a flash. Though they didn't cause structural damage, the corrosion instantly burned pale marks into his dragon-scaled armor.
Yu Tianming's expression hardened. 'That's dangerous. The tiger's evil energy must be an evolved form of the dark attribute—dark, but more potent. Otherwise, how could it breach my martial soul body's defense?'
He immediately stopped charging up and launched Wind-Binding Mist fully. Countless invisible threads of soul power slashed into the tiger's body.
From the outside, it seemed the golden-red mist already around the tiger suddenly surged. The tiger, unaware of the move's effects, twisted in agony and let out a feral howl.
In battles between experts, victory often comes from a single moment of vulnerability.
Even if the threads didn't fatally injure it, just restraining the tiger for a moment was enough.
With his mind clear and timing perfect, Yu Tianming's left dragon head launched the long-gathered Dragon King Roar, sending a cone-shaped white sonic blast straight at the tiger.
This move dealt both sound and spiritual damage. Even before the sound hit, the spiritual shock struck the tiger, which hadn't yet recovered from the earlier pain.
At the same time, his right dragon head shot out the Anti-Magic Wave, a blue orb that suppressed soul power and hindered soul skill use. Charged to the max, if it struck cleanly, the battle would be over.
The tiger, dazed from the spiritual assault, instinctively realized it was in grave danger. It immediately unleashed its strongest defense—its Evil God's Protection. The Evil God Hook flared with a gray aura, forming a protective shield.
This was the Dark Devil Evil God Tiger's ultimate defensive skill. Though slightly weaker than Xiao Wu's Absolute Defense, it lasted longer and didn't restrict movement.
The gray shield appeared just in time to block the incoming sonic blast and blue energy wave, shielding the tiger as it regained its senses.
But Yu Tianming wasn't finished.
His central dragon head, holding the Sea God Trident, had also finished charging his fifth soul skill—Radiant Sun—which fused wind, fire, and lightning attributes with the divine power of the Sea God.
Like a cannonball, the gold-red orb flew toward the stunned tiger, carrying the Sea God Trident with it.
Holy divine power countered the tiger's supreme evil. As soon as the trident touched the Evil God's Protection, the gray barrier shattered like glass.
The razor-sharp trident pierced straight through the tiger, driving it into the ground and nailing it to the forest floor.
Against a fully prepared Yu Tianming, the tiger only lost focus for a moment—and that was all it took.
It let out a final, furious roar. The flames from Radiant Sun seared its fur, and Yu Tianming directed the fire into its wounds. Mixed with divine power, the elements burned through its body like flowing lava, purging the evil energy as gray ash flew from its limbs.
Gray liquid oozed from its mouth. Its once-bloodthirsty eyes had dimmed. It lay on the ground, panting, and with every breath, more gray fluid leaked from its orifices.
In terms of cultivation, the thirty-thousand-year Dark Devil Evil God Tiger could rival a hundred-thousand-year beast. But against a Soul Saint like Yu Tianming, who wielded a two-hundred-thousand-year soul ring, it stood no chance.
Yu Tianming landed, exiting his martial soul form. With Dugu Yan and the others, he cautiously approached, stopping several hundred meters from the tiger.
On his chest, white marks still lingered—evidence of the corrosive power of the tiger's evil energy.
ROAR—
Sensing Yu Tianming's descent, the tiger let out a final, defiant roar. Its body flared with gray light and launched a final attack—Dark Devil Evil Thunder—a fusion of its magic and evil energies into a devastating area blast.
But it was already running on fumes.
Seeing through the tiger's desperation, Yu Tianming gathered wind, fire, and lightning again, infused with the Sea God's holy aura, and formed a crimson-gold orb.
He thought to himself, 'Maybe I should call this move Dragon Emperor Dimensional Burst.'
The two orbs collided—evil versus divine, wind and lightning versus wind, fire, and lightning.
BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM——
A thunderous explosion shook the forest.
The impact blasted a crater several meters deep, flattening the surrounding area.
Fortunately, nearby soul beasts had long since fled from the tiger's overwhelming aura.
When the dust settled, the wounded Dark Devil Evil God Tiger lay exposed to all, covered in gray blood.
It was on the brink of death.
(End of Chapter)
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