Chapter 872: Chapter 869: The Childhood of Zhu Qing_1
"The speed is decent, but to me, it's too slow," Xu Ran said with a faint smile. As the wings on his back spread out, he vanished from the Dark Evil Tiger's sight the very moment its claws were about to hit the back of his head.
Strong as the Dark Evil Tiger was, it was still a sixty-thousand-year soul beast. Its soul skills were powerful, but without the ample support of Soul Power, it couldn't unleash its full strength.
Clutching the "Godslayer Sword" in his hand, Xu Ran swung it lightly, and a formidable Sword Qi burst forth.
The Dark Evil Tiger watched this scene in horror. Its tail transformed into a gray, translucent shape, and a layer of gray light shielded its body.
"Crack." The strong Sword Qi instantly shattered the gray light barrier.
"Boom."
Accompanied by a terrifying sonic boom, the Dark Evil Tiger was sent flying backwards, knocking down who knows how many trees. Its body was now covered in a layer of dark golden lightning, obviously injured.
"Not bad, not as weak as I thought," Xu Ran said with a smile, surprised by the Dark Evil Tiger in front of him. Although it only possessed sixty thousand years of cultivation, its combat power was much stronger than that of an ordinary hundred-thousand-year soul beast. Moreover, the Dark Evil Tiger had many bizarre soul skills that allowed it to escape even when facing unparalleled experts.
It had six attributes, and each was extremely powerful, a unique presence even among soul beasts.
"Let me see your true capabilities, or you will die now," Xu Ran said, looking at the Dark Evil Tiger. It was spitting out a mouthful of gray liquid, its pair of blood-red eyes had dimmed considerably, and it lay on the ground, gasping for air.
Its heart was filled with shock. How could there be such a formidable human?
Could it be a powerhouse from Martial Soul Hall?
But even so, it couldn't possibly be this strong.
Though Martial Soul Hall had some Titled Douluo experts, they couldn't have injured it so easily.
This was simply a crushing defeat!
To have such great strength was one thing, but to be faster than it was another. It possessed both wind and space attributes, which could enhance its speed. Yet even so, it wasn't as fast as the person before it, not even half as fast.
What the hell, is this even human?
Moreover, it faintly sensed several terrifying ferocious beast auras emanating from this person, each at least as strong as itself.
A voice of reason deep in its soul told it that the human's strength far surpassed its own, and that opposing him would be a path to certain death.
But there was also another voice, one of greed, hinting at it. If it could devour this human, its strength would surge, and breaking through to a hundred thousand years or even higher realms would be a piece of cake.
As long as it's a human, as long as that soul skill is deployed, it was certain to win.
The Dark Evil Tiger pondered in its heart. That soul skill could revert all beings to childhood. A human child likely hadn't started cultivation, and even if they had, they couldn't possibly be stronger than a young Dark Evil Tiger.
"If I use my strongest soul skill, are you daring enough not to evade?" the crafty Dark Evil Tiger asked. In its view, if it were to use that soul skill, Xu Ran had the ability to evade it if he wanted to.
Even though the Dark Evil Tiger couldn't speak the human language, a wave of spiritual power conveyed its thoughts, and Xu Ran and the others understood what the Dark Evil Tiger meant.
"Rest assured. I won't dodge."
"Then await your death," the eyes of the Dark Evil Tiger were full of surprise. Its soul skill was terrifying but came with many limitations and generally could only possibly succeed if the enemy was caught off guard. Normally, using the Life-and-Death Arena soul skill against the powerhouse in front of it would not be successful, but now the enemy's arrogance had led them to let it demonstrate its skill.
In its view, this was courting death!
No one could survive the Life-and-Death Arena. Even if it was a soul beast, it could easily kill any young ferocious beast.
"Roar." The Dark Evil Tiger roared towards the sky, its massive tail stinger swinging, a point of black light appearing at the center position between Xu Ran, the three of them, and itself.
Terrible black light bloomed, turning into a huge black hole that was three meters in diameter.
The black hole possessed an incredibly formidable suction force, tugging at Xu Ran's body. And now the body of the Dark Evil Tiger had also uncontrollably entered the black hole.
Seeing this scene, Xu Ran revealed a hint of a smile, letting go of resistance and allowing himself to be sucked into the black hole. Strangely, this black hole seemed to not exert much pressure on Xu Ran.
The Life-and-Death Arena of the Dark Evil Tiger clearly wasn't omnipotent.
When the strength of the two sides differed greatly, this soul skill couldn't play much of a role.
At the same time, Xu Ran flicked a ball of energy from his fingertips, smashing through the Dark Evil Tiger's black defense. This defense was supposed to protect the Dark Evil Tiger from being rejuvenated, and if it were broken, it would also revert to a juvenile state while executing its soul skill.
Soon, Xu Ran entered a pitch-black space and after a brief period of traversal, he arrived at a peculiar space. This space was a circular combat platform, surrounded by pitch darkness, as if it could swallow up all signs of life.
On the platform, the Dark Evil Tiger was standing not far from Xu Ran, its originally massive body of over eight meters now only one and a half meters in length, and the Evil God Hook on its tail was pathetically small. Overall, it looked just like a black cat.
Xu Ran looked on in mild surprise at all of this. The Life-and-Death Arena possessed both spatial and temporal attributes. For the Dark Evil Tiger, using this soul skill, if the enemy followed, it was absolutely certain to win in the rejuvenated state, but if the enemy didn't follow, it could still escape from certain death with the help of this soul skill.
This soul skill, in the original work, if it weren't for Tang San having the external aid of a hidden weapon, he would have already become the food of the Dark Evil Tiger.
While Xu Ran was reflecting,
The Dark Evil Tiger was utterly dumbfounded, standing there frozen, its two black eyeballs blinked as it looked at Xu Ran, its face full of confusion.
Why hadn't Xu Ran been affected by its soul skill?
Even it had turned back into its youthful form, so why hadn't Xu Ran changed at all?
Could it be that it was seeing things?
It rubbed its eyes with its small paws and then looked at Xu Ran again, still confused.
What the hell, why was Xu Ran still as before, his strength completely unaffected, while it had become so weak?
Did the soul skill target the wrong individual?
The one that should have been weakened was this devil in front of it, right?
And Xu Ran too wore a look of astonishment because beside him was a cute little girl.
Is this, this Zhu Qing?
Yes, the Dark Evil Tiger's soul skill couldn't affect him and Shan Liang, but Zhu Qing had turned into her six-year-old self.
Xu Ran hadn't expected this twist, being able to see Zhu Qing's childhood appearance, which was simply cute to the extreme. Fortunately, he hadn't directly subdued the Dark Evil Tiger but had curiously probed its soul skill.
"Wife, how did you get smaller?" Xu Ran watched Zhu Zhuqing with a chuckle, reaching out as if to hold a child and picked Zhu Qing up.