God of Pets

"What do you mean?" Chen Guan stared at the fierce tiger and asked.

The fierce tiger replied, "The fourth test is not within Fierce Tiger Mountain, and it's not happening now. The time limit is twenty years. When you leave, it might die before it even encounters other inheritors."

Upon hearing this, Chen Guan was delighted. Having such a long time and not being in a place like Fierce Tiger Mountain meant he didn't need to worry too much.

"But wait, if it dies outside, wouldn't the tiger inheritance be incomplete?" Chen Guan thought of a problem.

The fierce tiger said calmly, "Naturally not. If it dies, the tiger inheritance will automatically find a new host. Whoever kills it, the tiger inheritance will transfer to them. If it isn't a beast spirit, the inheritance will return to Fierce Tiger Mountain, waiting for twenty years until all surviving inheritors return. If a winner has emerged, that sole inheritor will receive the inheritance; if not, the final inheritor will be decided here."

Chen Guan finally understood, twenty years from now, inheritors would be forcibly brought back here. This crushed Chen Guan's previous idea of taking it easy.

"Inheritors can smell each other's scent. The further the distance, the fainter the scent, but generally as long as they're in the same Secret Realm, they can sense the approximate location of other inheritors," the fierce tiger continued.

"That range is too large..." Chen Guan pondered.

"If you don't summon it, others naturally can't smell its scent," the fierce tiger said coldly, "But without battles and corresponding improvements, it will surely die in twenty years. But then, a spirit pet like this is bound to die sooner or later. It might as well live as long as it can."

Chen Guan said nothing more and simply asked, "So, can I leave now?"

"If you want to leave, you can do so now. As soon as you leave the cave, the fourth test will automatically begin," the fierce tiger said coldly, "Of course, this is your decision to leave, unrelated to me not passing on the Way of the Fierce Tiger."

"The Way of the Fierce Tiger?" Chen Guan looked at the fierce tiger, his eyes lit up, thinking, "So there's a benefit. I must take it. Otherwise, with Warring States' strength, it would be even harder to compete with those other tiger inheritors."

"Let it follow me," the fierce tiger clearly had little regard for Warring States, merely following procedure to teach Warring States the Way of the Fierce Tiger.

Chen Guan didn't hesitate, letting Warring States follow behind the fierce tiger towards the depths of the cave.

With the fierce tiger's strength, they wouldn't need such means if they wanted to kill them.

Warring States seemed to understand what the fierce tiger was saying and wasn't afraid anymore. It trotted along behind the fierce tiger.

Soon, Chen Guan heard a tiger roar coming from the depths of the cave.

Immediately after, Chen Guan heard a dog barking.

"Aw..." The tiger roar was earth-shattering, shaking people's spirits to the core.

"Woof... arf... woof arf..." The dog's imitation had a bit of a wolf howl but was far removed from the tiger's roar.

"Aw..."

"Woof... arf... arf..."

"Aw..."

"Woof... arf... woof arf..."

"Aw... woof..."

Listening for a while, suddenly, the sounds from deep within the cave stopped abruptly, then there was a deathly silence.

Chen Guan's heart leapt into his throat, "It seems Warring States has led the fierce tiger astray. Could it angrily eat Warring States?"

"Warring States, oh Warring States, if you're so bent on destruction, I really can't save you!"

After a while, there was noise from the cave again.

"Aw..." This time, the tiger roar was even more deafening, seemingly with a note of fury.

"Woof... arf..."

Chen Guan's mind was full of questions, "Could the so-called Way of the Fierce Tiger be teaching a dog how to produce a tiger's roar?"

Chen Guan listened for a while, his head filled with "Aw" and "Arf" sounds.

Not knowing when it would end, he stood by the cave, silently practicing his Secret Skills.

Currently, he couldn't level up, so he focused on practicing Secret Skills.

After practicing for a while, Chen Guan remembered he still had two gold eggs from the Tiger List rewards. He took them out to see what was inside.

Previously, unexpected events prevented Chen Guan from checking his rewards.

Based on predecessors' experiences, the possibilities included Secret Treasures, Secret Skills, Secret Techniques, and Pets. Chen Guan first crushed one, revealing a golden Secret Core inside.

Chen Guan picked it up and took a look, immediately dumbfounded.

Black Tiger Heart Stealing (Unique): Level 1.

Primordial Energy Consumption: 1.1.

Although a unique Secret Skill, the name didn't sound like a strong skill, more like an ordinary fighting move.

And the primordial energy consumption indicated it wasn't powerful.

Chen Guan carefully sensed the information of Black Tiger Heart Stealing and found it to be indeed weak. It was just a claw technique; its destructive power with 1 point of primordial energy was pathetic.

"Unstable as it is, Unique can have trash or Divine Skills." Chen Guan wasn't discouraged, so he crushed the second gold egg.

Another Secret Core dropped out, and Chen Guan thought, "This time, it should be a better Secret Technique or Secret Skill?"

After picking it up and sensing it, he discovered this was truly an Unparalleled Secret Skill.

"Having one Unparalleled Secret Skill is pretty good." Chen Guan carefully sensed the information of the Secret Skill.

Fierce Tiger Roar on the Hill (Unparalleled): Level 1.

Primordial Energy Consumption: 21 points.

"Impressive, 21 points of consumption, it surely is something good." Chen Guan continued sensing and found it was a sound wave attack skill, using tiger roars to attack enemies, and was an area attack.

However, it rarely killed unless the opponent was exceptionally timid or had heart disease or brain tumors; otherwise, it generally only left them dizzy.

Even so, it was considered a very strong skill.

Chen Guan estimated the earlier tiger's roar used Fierce Tiger Roar on the Hill. He personally experienced that kind of feeling; body protection secret skills couldn't defend against such sound wave attacks.

Chen Guan had no means of sound wave attack, so he instantly learned Fierce Tiger Roar on the Hill, using Black Tiger Heart Stealing as well.

That thing probably couldn't even be sold; who would buy such a rubbish Secret Skill?

The howling and barking from the cave went on, and Chen Guan tuned it out, focusing instead on his own Secret Skills' cultivation.

He kept his body continuously in the state of Azure Heaven Dominating Body to allow for rapid leveling up, part of Chen Guan's daily routine.

Besides this, he practiced Asura Saber and One-Night Step and other skills.

Originally, Chen Guan thought the so-called passing on the Way of the Fierce Tiger would be completed quickly.

Who would have thought days would pass, and it was already the fourth day, and the deep cave still emitted tiger roars and dog barks constantly.