Ling Yun had the home-field advantage, and naturally gained the upper hand in the fight between the two tigers.
Moreover, his Devour skill had been enhanced twice.
In essence, Ling Yun's Devour skill was far more potent than the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's.
He quickly devoured the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's remaining soul, causing his soul force to surge by fifty percent.
Ling Yun's cultivation rose directly from 74,000 years to 80,000 years, officially entering the realm of an 80,000-year soul beast.
He also gained all of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's attributes, memories, and abilities.
Unfortunately, the Devour ability he was most concerned about did not evolve.
Perhaps this was because his Devour ability was already far stronger than the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's.
Inside the cave, the three Title Douluo, who were searching for the Three-Tailed Nether Tiger, began to grumble and curse.
They seemed annoyed that they hadn't found Ling Yun, and their footsteps grew closer to the cave entrance.
Ling Yun knew he had to leave, or he would be exposed.
Without hesitation, he mimicked a Bloodthirsty Gryphon, soaring into the sky and flying towards the distance.
After Ling Yun transformed into the Bloodthirsty Gryphon and flew away.
The three Title Douluo sensed an unusual aura and quickly rushed out of the cave.
They found that the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's corpse was gone, as were its soul rings, as if it had never been there.
The three Title Douluo were furious.
Unexpectedly, not only did they fail to find the Three-Tailed Nether Tiger, but the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's corpse, which they had just killed, vanished as well.
They couldn't help but feel dejected by their terrible luck.
They felt as though their luck had taken a nosedive since arriving at the Star Dou Great Forest.
Despite repeatedly encountering the Three-Tailed Nether Tiger, they never managed to catch him, and he always managed to outsmart them.
Weird, it was truly quite weird.
Were these soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest deliberately targeting them?
Qianjun Douluo felt a deep sense of depression, as if a large stone was lodged in his chest.
He let out a muffled groan and actually spat out a mouthful of blood.
A wave of dizziness washed over him, causing him to lose his balance and fall backward.
Xiangmo Douluo and Panlong Douluo were startled and quickly stepped forward to support Qianjun Douluo.
They hadn't expected that Qianjun Douluo, who was always healthy and robust, would actually be so enraged that he'd vomit blood.
It was clear how frustrated Ling Yun had made Qianjun Douluo. If they couldn't catch the Three-Tailed Nether Tiger…
…Qianjun Douluo would likely fall ill once they returned to the Martial Soul Hall.
A mental ailment required a mental cure. As long as they didn't capture the Three-Tailed Nether Tiger, they wouldn't find peace.
"Brother, are you… are you alright?"
Xiangmo Douluo gently patted his elder brother's back, asking with a soft tone.
Qianjun Douluo coughed repeatedly, the veins on his face bulging, and said indignantly.
"How can I be okay? I don't know why that Three-Tailed Nether Tiger is so strange.
Clearly, the three of us had all locked onto him, yet he could disappear from our lock-on without a trace.
I just find it odd. Does this Three-Tailed Nether Tiger even have the ability to fly and escape underground?"
Qianjun Douluo kept speculating about the abilities Ling Yun possessed, but he didn't even think that he had the ability to mimic.
After all, before Ling Yun, there were no soul beasts on the Douluo Continent that could mimic their original form into other types of soul beasts.
His ingrained cognition limited his imagination, so it was understandable that he couldn't guess it.
"Fly and escape underground?"
Panlong Douluo frowned, shaking his head like a rattle drum.
"That's probably not it, right? I didn't feel anything particularly special about that Three-Tailed Nether Tiger.
On the contrary, that black evil tiger gave me a sinister, very dangerous feeling. If either of us had to face that black evil tiger alone...
We might actually be killed by it. When we get back, I'll have to ask the Great Offering what kind of tiger that is."
"Cough, cough..." Qianjun Douluo coughed a few more times.
He spat out some blood that had accumulated in his throat, breaking free from Xiangmo Douluo and Panlong Douluo's support.
"Alright, you don't need to help me anymore. I've coughed up some blood, and I feel much better now.
Let's go back and eat breakfast first. We need to discuss the matter of the Three-Tailed Nether Tiger further."
Xiangmo Douluo and Panlong Douluo both nodded, the three of them slowly walking back towards the Martial Soul Hall's group.
Ling Yun had already flown to the airspace above the Thousand-Jins Ant Emperor Brothers' territory; he was here to scout ahead and assess the enemy's situation.
The Thousand-Jins Ant Emperor Brothers were also formidable existences; all three of them were ninety-thousand-year-old soul beasts.
Half a month ago, all three brothers had been listed on the Battle Power Golden List and had each gained seven thousand years of cultivation, bringing their ages to ninety-seven thousand years.
It could be said that in just three thousand more years, they would be able to step into the one-hundred-thousand-year soul beast level.
If they had a skill that allowed them to devour and accelerate their cultivation...
...it probably wouldn't be long before three new one-hundred-thousand-year soul beasts appeared in the Star Dou Great Forest.
But unfortunately, the three brothers didn't have such a skill, so they could only rely on time to grow.
Ling Yun searched around his territory, but he didn't find the three brothers. This was a bit strange.
Could it be that these three guys had gone hunting? What else could explain it?
In the original novel, these three brothers were very arrogant. When they were at a thousand-year cultivation level, they had eaten their own clan's Ant Queen.
As their strength grew, the three of them began to hunt and kill the Ant Queens of other Thousand-Jins Ant clans.
This made them gradually become the public enemies of all the Thousand-Jins Ants in the entire Star Dou Great Forest.
Thinking of this, Ling Yun flapped his wings and flew higher, expanding his field of vision.
After searching for about ten minutes, Ling Yun finally found the three brothers in the ten-thousand-year soul beast area.
At this moment, they were wolfing down and devouring an Ant Queen that was three meters long. The Ant Queen's abdomen was riddled with holes from their bites.
Feeling Ling Yun's gaze, the Thousand-Jins Ant Emperor Brothers didn't bother to acknowledge him, instead waving their antennae at Ling Yun as a warning.
Ling Yun revealed a faint, wicked smile and then flew away directly.
Although these three brothers were ants, their bodies had long since mutated.
They had large, transparent wings on their backs, which proved they could fly.
Ling Yun wouldn't be foolish enough to provoke these three.
Otherwise, he would have a headache if he was besieged by three ninety-thousand-year-old Thousand-Jins Ants.
After all, the fact that they could fly was what he feared most.
After Ling Yun flew away, the three Thousand-Jins Ant Emperors didn't suspect anything and continued to happily devour the Ant Queen.
They would never have imagined that disaster was about to befall them.
The three Title Douluo returned to the team, where quite a bit of meat had already been roasted.
Even though they lacked salt and spices, the three, with their empty stomachs, found the roasted meat exceptionally delicious.
Perhaps it proved the saying: hunger is the best sauce.
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