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"The Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger is extremely intelligent. It must have sensed something because you didn't go for the kill, so it was faking it the whole way." Bi Ji bit her lower lip, her voice trembling slightly, clearly still shaken.
"Just now, it should have been me who got sucked in."
Zi Ji frowned, full of doubt: "But what kind of move is this?"
Even Emperor Tian's attack didn't work. Even if this Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger reached a hundred thousand years of cultivation, it shouldn't be this powerful, right?
"I don't know." Emperor Tian's face was extremely grim. It was his first time fighting a Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger. Such a Spirit Beast had never dared to appear before him in the past, let alone get this close!
"Then… what do we do now?" The Three-Eyed Golden Lion looked bewildered, clearly not having recovered from the sudden change.
"Auntie Ice, Lord, do you know what this is?" Emperor Tian didn't waste any more words with Xiong Jun and turned to the bottom of the Lake of Life for help.
"It should be the Life-and-Death Arena," the Silver Dragon King said in a deep voice.
"That is a special skill supported by the power of the Evil God. Once caught in it, one will be teleported to an independent space, and the battle will only end when one side dies."
"Moreover… this is an unfair battle."
"Unfair?" Emperor Tian was startled.
"What do you mean?"
"The power of the Evil God contains time ability. After activation, it will transform the opponent into a juvenile state, while the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger itself, after being sucked in, will be immune to the skill's effects due to its protective defense," the Silver Dragon King said.
"Fortunately, Xiong Jun managed to break the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger's defense in time just now. Both of them should now be in a juvenile state due to this skill."
"But Xuan Ming is just a human. Once he returns to a juvenile state, his Spirit might not even have awakened. How could he possibly defeat the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger?" Emperor Tian worried.
Even if it returned to a juvenile state, the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger was still a top-tier Spirit Beast!
How could a human fight such an existence?
"If they are both in a juvenile state… he won't lose," the Ice Dragon King said.
The Silver Dragon King was slightly startled, "Why?"
"A human's Spirit already exists from birth. Besides guiding it out through an awakening ceremony, a Beast Spirit will also awaken early if it encounters sufficient stimulation," the Ice Dragon King said.
"His previous Spirit awakening wasn't that smooth to begin with. Now… I believe he won't die so easily."
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At the same time, in the Life-and-Death Arena, Xuan Ming and the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger both reverted to their juvenile forms.
The black dragon behind Xuan Ming vanished, and his body became extremely thin and weak, as if he had returned to his state before Spirit awakening.
Although the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger's size shrank, it still emitted a chilling aura. Its eyes flickered with a cold red light, staring intently at Xuan Ming, a low growl rumbling in its throat.
Originally, its target was the Jadeite Swan, whose cultivation exceeded 500,000 years. As long as it devoured that guy, it could even immediately reach a cultivation level of over 100,000 years!
Escaping this place would also be as easy as pie!
But because of this guy, it almost died outside!
"Rejuvenation?" Xuan Ming felt his empty and weak body. Not only was his Spirit gone, but he couldn't feel the Dragon King's dragon bones either. His body was also suppressed by an invisible force, unable to move.
"Welcome to the Life-and-Death Arena. Only one party's death can end this life-and-death battle and escape this space. Countdown, five, four, three, two, one, start."
As the strange voice faded, the feeling of stagnation vanished. The Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger transformed into a black shadow and pounced fiercely.
Although Xuan Ming's body was restricted, the instincts cultivated from long-term combat made him roll to the side with all his might the moment the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger pounced.
The Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger's sharp claws grazed his shoulder, drawing a string of blood beads, and a stinging pain instantly struck.
Looking at the bloody wound on his shoulder, Xuan Ming's brows furrowed deeply.
Smelling the blood, the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger became even more excited. Amidst its low growls, streams of gray air began to rise from its body, slowly condensing in front of it.
"You seem to enjoy playing dirty?" Xuan Ming suddenly asked.
The Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger was slightly startled, somewhat not understanding why this human, despite being injured, showed no fear at all.
"Actually, I have many ways to kill you right now." Xuan Ming took out a small metal ball from his spirit tool.
"Like this one. It's filled with high-concentration Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Poison. As long as it's released, you can't escape, and I have the antidote."
The Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger's eyes narrowed slightly, and it stopped condensing the Dark Demonic Evil Lightning. It could feel a fatal threat from that small metal ball!
"And these." Xuan Ming took out two more special spirit tools from his spirit tool that Bibi Dong had prepared for him.
Offensive spirit tools were extremely rare in this era, but not nonexistent!
Spirit Hall did have offensive spirit tools, but there was a lack of talent in this area, and the manufacturing difficulty was extremely high. Only the children of Titled Douluo Elders could obtain such items, their preciousness comparable to Spirit Bones.
When he returned to Heaven Dou City from Spirit City back then, Bibi Dong's gift to him included two such items: a single-shot special crossbow spirit tool and a rapid-fire highly poisonous needle spirit tool, serving as life-saving weapons for critical moments.
He had tried them before; killing ordinary thousand-year Spirit Beasts head-on was not difficult at all!
At this moment, the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger couldn't even reach the level of a ten-year Spirit Beast. Facing these two items in his hand, it was certain to die.
"Even if you were still in your sixty-thousand-year state, I could kill you." Xuan Ming took out the Snow-Colored Swan's Kiss.
"This item can enhance the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Poison by a thousand or even ten thousand times. I believe there are few people in this World who can withstand a thousand or ten thousand times the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Poison."
"As for me." Xuan Ming then took out a pale pink large flower, which was precisely the Youxiang Qiluo Immortal Product that could neutralize all poisons.
"I have my own means of survival."
The Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger's eyes changed slightly, and it instinctively retreated a few steps.
"What, scared?" Xuan Ming's lips curled slightly, revealing a hint of a mocking smile.
The Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger let out a low growl, clearly provoked by Xuan Ming's words.
But it was still wary of the treasures in Xuan Ming's hand and did not immediately launch an attack.
"But don't worry, I won't use these things." Xuan Ming put all the items in his hand back into his spirit tool.
"We'll do it another way!"
Xuan Ming's eyes narrowed, his heart rate suddenly quickened, and the spirit power in his body surged rapidly. The next instant, two furious roars sounded, and two newly born black dragons suddenly grew out from behind Xuan Ming, their eyes flashing with terrifying red light, staring intently at the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger.
A cold white light erupted from Xuan Ming's body, not covering a large area, only enveloping Xuan Ming within two or three meters.
Under the white light's cover, the bloody wound on Xuan Ming's shoulder began to heal, completely disappearing within a few breaths.
Xuan Ming stared intently at the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger, his heart rate continued to accelerate, and the blood throughout his body began to rage. His thin body expanded at a visible speed, becoming strong, black scales slowly appeared on his body surface, and his limbs also underwent a certain degree of dragonification.
The Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger looked at Xuan Ming, who had undergone a huge transformation, and an unconcealable look of fear flashed in its eyes.
Although it was a top-tier Spirit Beast, possessing inherent arrogance and ferocity, facing this sudden anomaly, it couldn't help but feel a pang of dread.
The oppressive feeling emanating from Xuan Ming made it instinctively realize that this human in front of it was stronger than it!
"You like to play dirty, don't you?" Xuan Ming's lips curled slightly, revealing a cruel smile.
The next instant, before the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger could react, Xuan Ming stomped the ground, bursting forward, and charged in front of the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger.
The cold white light exploded, and the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger only felt a suffocating sense of oppression, immediately followed by a steel-like heavy punch landing on its head.
Bang!
The Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger felt a sharp pain in its head, golden stars burst before its eyes, and its body was sent flying crookedly by the punch. But halfway through its flight, another sharp pain came from its side. Looking closely, one of the black dragons behind Xuan Ming had fiercely bitten its left front leg.
Before it could think further, Xuan Ming's fist came down again.
"Roar!" The Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger let out an angry roar, and the gray aura on its body circulated, enveloping its body.
Xuan Ming's fist landed on this Evil God aura, sounding like it hit steel, and the rebounding force cracked his bones.
"Oh?" Xuan Ming retracted his right fist, felt his fractured hand bones and the piercing pain, and the smile on his face became even more unrestrained.
"Not bad, it seems I can continue with confidence."
As he spoke, the black dragon that had been biting the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger's left front leg suddenly shook its head, fiercely flinging the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger to the ground.
"Bang!" The Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger crashed heavily to the ground, letting out a mournful shriek, and a crack appeared in its gray shield.
"Come on, little kitty, we still have plenty of time."
As he spoke, Xuan Ming's fists rained down like a storm, continuously pounding the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger's body.
The Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger could only passively defend, and its gray shield gradually dimmed under Xuan Ming's attacks.
"Come on! You absolutely must not die too quickly, that would be too boring."
"Live with all your might!"