God of Pets

The Rouge Rabbit fiercely clawed at the stone golem, hitting it so hard that it staggered like a sandbag, utterly powerless to retaliate.

Despite possessing a body protection secret skill akin to being firm as a rock, it couldn't completely ward off the Rouge Rabbit's attacks; the crisscrossing scars on its body were shocking to behold.

But the stone golem was indeed incredibly resilient; despite being battered like this, it still hadn't fallen and was stubbornly fighting against the Rouge Rabbit.

Without the Bloodthirsty Saber and unable to use the Bloodthirsty Blade Technique, the Rouge Rabbit lacked a bit of sharpness to end the battle.

Chen Guan wasn't in a hurry to let the Rouge Rabbit finish the fight; rather than enter a chaotic scuffle, it was better to wear down Yang Hu's pets one by one like this.

However, after he slew Phecda, Yang Hu didn't summon any more pets.

Fu Tianji also realized he had underestimated Chen Guan earlier and didn't use his previous tactics again.

Fu Tianji flipped off the back of the jade lynx and walked toward Chen Guan in the midst of the battlefield.

"Boss..." Yang Hu was a bit nervous; Chen Guan's strength was somewhat beyond expectations.

Although he believed Fu Tianji was bound to be invincible, far beyond what Chen Guan could contend with, still seeing Fu Tianji personally step into the fray made him uneasy.

"Use your pets to trap that rabbit; leave the rest to me." Fu Tianji spoke calmly, having already reached the opposite side of Chen Guan.

"It's been a long time since I've met a rival like you." Fu Tianji placed the sheathed long saber in his right hand and gripped the hilt with his left, his aura dazzling like a blazing sun.

Chen Guan knew Fu Tianji was about to use the Celestial Gate Left-Hand Saber, and his expression became more serious.

In the previous battle with Fu Tianji, he relied on the Profound Celestial Infinite Divine Armor to withstand the Celestial Gate Left-Hand Saber.

Later, Chen Guan repeatedly recalled and studied, yet he still couldn't figure out the method of the Celestial Gate Left-Hand Saber, because it was too fast—too fast for his speed and reaction to evade.

What's more, now Fu Tianji had the boost of Three Auspicious Lights, while Chen Guan had no means to use the Divine Armor.

Fu Tianji said blandly, "Your body technique is fast, your abilities are strong, but you won't be faster than my Celestial Gate Left-Hand Saber; now that you have no suit for protection, how will you withstand my saber?"

"Why should I block it?" Chen Guan retorted with a smirk.

"Not block? Then are you trying to compare with me? Your body technique is fast, yet not faster than my saber." Fu Tianji was already before Chen Guan, and his hand gripping the saber hilt suddenly moved.

Almost simultaneously, Chen Guan moved as well, conjuring the Evil Asura Saber in his hand and slashing at Fu Tianji.

To others, Chen Guan's slash was already very fast, but to Fu Tianji, it was as slow as a turtle.

Just when Chen Guan raised his saber, Fu Tianji's saber had already struck Chen Guan.

Clang!

Upon hearing a saber's ring, Yang Hu thought the battle was over, believing Chen Guan would surely die from the hit.

Yet Fu Tianji himself felt his pupils contract; his saber strike met Chen Guan's body like striking iron, failing to penetrate.

Fu Tianji took quick, small steps back, deftly leaving the range of the Asura Saber's attack.

He stared intently at Chen Guan's body, seeing the clothes on Chen Guan's chest slashed open, exposing flawless jade-like skin with no injury.

"Quite a good body protection secret skill, but if I don't strike, how will you fend off?" Fu Tianji maintained his saber grip posture, moving lightly to evade the Asura Saber's repeated blows.

It appeared passive, yet he had actually seized initiative.

He could refrain from striking, simply using body technique combined with skill to consume a small amount of primordial energy, whereas Chen Guan had to continually use his body protection secret skill, otherwise, if Fu Tianji struck again, it would be too late to activate it.

Maintaining this secret skill consumed primordial energy, and coupled with using sword energy and body technique in combat, despite a strong primordial energy recovery ability, he surely couldn't keep up with consumption, right?

Judging by the prowess of this body protection secret skill, it must be one that greatly consumes primordial energy.

Just as Fu Tianji imagined, the Evil Asura Saber, Azure Heaven Dominating Body, and One-Night Step were big primordial energy consumers.

Level 1 Evil Asura Saber consumed 21 points of primordial energy, and Chen Guan had already practiced it to Level 10 without having time to improve further.

The primordial energy consumed by the Level 10 Evil Asura Saber had doubled, requiring 42 points every time it was used.

Similarly, the Level 10 Azure Heaven Dominating Body had a consumption of 48 points per second.

Even more extreme, the Level 13 One-Night Step consumed 82.8 points of primordial energy per use.

Except for someone like Chen Guan, others at his level could only use these as ultimate skills or couldn't use them at all.

But for Chen Guan, who had more than thirty thousand primordial energy, such consumption was not overwhelming.

Chen Guan stopped attacking altogether; as Fu Tianji refrained from striking, he too held back, merely maintaining the consumption of the Azure Heaven Dominating Body with ease.

Seeing Chen Guan's behavior, Fu Tianji glanced at the Warring States lingering by the Ghost Eye, a murderous intent flashing in his eyes. "Are you waiting for me to strike?"

Chen Guan followed Fu Tianji's gaze to look at the Warring States and laughed, "If you want to kill it, please feel free."

Hearing Chen Guan's words, Warring States barked twice at Chen Guan, then retreated behind the Ghost-Eyed Python, sneakily peeking from there.

"Aren't you afraid of death?" Fu Tianji feigned surprise.

"I fear death, but if you kill it, I won't die, so what's there to fear?" replied Chen Guan.

"Don't you know that if a pet being tested dies, its owner will also face elimination?" queried Fu Tianji.

"Of course I know; I've even used this method to eliminate several cultivators," Chen Guan calmly stated, "But that was during the second round of testing; the current third round didn't say elimination requires a death penalty."

"Are you sure it's not mentioned so you won't die?" Fu Tianji asked darkly, narrowing his eyes.

"If it meant death, you would've already sent those pets to kill it rather than make such efforts to kill me," Chen Guan scoffed. "If my guess isn't wrong, being eliminated now should only result in being teleported out of the Dragon's Pool and Tiger's Cave."

"Should I exit now, your attempt to exploit the Zhang Chunman incident would be exposed publicly; the Zhang Family wouldn't easily let you go. Moreover, your brothers are watching; even if you don't care, if you don't avenge Yang Shi and Yang Lang, wouldn't it chill your brothers' hearts?" Chen Guan provocatively inquired.

"You want to kill me, not just eliminate me, so even if I offer it for you to kill, you won't."

"Fu Tianji, drop your self-righteous schemes; let me see how much true skill the once famous thief Fu Tianji has left now," Chen Guan challenged.

"Great, very great; there are really few who can match you anymore," Fu Tianji's eyes restrained, no longer showing menacing glances. He tossed the saber aside.

He gestured, and a multitude of streaming particles flowed from his palm, coalescing into a sword—a peculiar sword.