Chapter 216 Human-Beast Duo.
At this moment, a familiar tiger's roar rang out.
Upon hearing this sound, Xuan Mo and Ning Rongrong instinctively opened their eyes. They saw the Heavenly Tiger they had encountered earlier, its jaws wide open, lunging at Medusa in front of them with incredible speed.
"Hiss..."
Medusa, having just sensed the movement, whirled around, trying to activate its petrification ability.
However, it was too late.
In the instant it turned, the Heavenly Tiger had already pounced, leaving behind only a similar afterimage in its previous spot.
"Hiss! Hiss..."
Immediately following, the Heavenly Tiger bit down on Medusa's vital spot, its claws, sharp as refined gold, piercing her snake-like eyes, causing Medusa to let out a pitiful snake-like cry. But at that moment, Medusa seized the opportunity to attack the Heavenly Tiger.
Even with her eyes blinded, Medusa used her thermal senses to locate the Heavenly Tiger, baring her venomous fangs and opening her blood-red maw to bite its back.
"Bang!"
However, Medusa clearly underestimated the Heavenly Tiger's defenses. With a flash of golden light, Medusa's venomous fangs struck the tiger, nearly shattering.
"Hiss..."
The intense pain in her mouth, coupled with the blinding blows to her eyes, instantly ignited Medusa's ferocity.
With a flick of her tail, she struck the Heavenly Tiger's waist, sending it flying backward.
"Roar!"
The somewhat disoriented Heavenly Tiger regained its footing and roared at Medusa, displaying the majesty befitting its status as the king of beasts. Its golden tiger eyes seemed to turn blood-red, as if they were about to drip blood. Then, the Heavenly Tiger pounced on Medusa with incredible speed, much faster than before.
The next moment, the fur on the Heavenly Tiger suddenly turned completely golden.
Then, the golden light spread outwards.
However, the spread wasn't intense; although it was only about a foot, it made it seem as if the tiger had grown larger.
Its body, originally only three meters long, instantly became entirely golden, exceeding four meters in length. It was also much more robust, as if it had reached adulthood.
Even its previously immature roar became incredibly majestic.
The overwhelming aura made even the ten-thousand-year-old Medusa feel a sense of fear.
At this moment, the vast difference in their species became apparent.
With its formidable strength and cultivation level of less than a thousand years, the Heavenly Tiger's combat power surpassed that of ordinary thirty-thousand-year-old soul beasts.
"Roar!"
With another roar, rings of golden light emanated from its gaping maw, enveloping Medusa.
Medusa had no time to dodge and was frozen in place after being hit by the light wave.
The Heavenly Tiger immediately seized the opportunity, charging forward and slapping Medusa away with a single blow. Its claws left several deep, bone-revealing claw marks on Medusa's serpentine body.
Then, a ball of light, a foot in diameter, rose up.
The Heavenly Tiger spat out the ball, sending it hurtling towards Medusa.
At this moment, even though Medusa couldn't see anything, her instincts as a soul beast drove her into a frenzy and agitation.
She sensed the deadly threat posed by the Heavenly Tiger.
So, Medusa coiled her serpentine body, and a ghastly green light erupted, enveloping her entire massive form.
In the next instant, countless golden light blades burst forth, completely engulfing Medusa as she coiled herself.
However, being the power of a special ten-thousand-year-old soul beast, the skill was indeed formidable.
Several of the golden light blades seemed to dissolve instantly after piercing its protective aura.
Most, however, struck its body, scattering snake scales and causing blood to flow incessantly.
But these were merely superficial wounds.
Medusa, her eyes hardening, endured the tearing pain in her body and launched another attack on the nearby Heavenly Tiger…
Meanwhile, Xuan Mo and Ning Rongrong were stunned by the Heavenly Tiger's power, momentarily speechless.
"No wonder they say top-tier soul beasts like the Titan Ape, with only a hundred years of cultivation, possess strength comparable to ten-thousand-year soul beasts. Now I've truly broadened my horizons." However, they quickly recovered.
"Mo, this Heavenly Tiger is…"
"That's right."
Before Ning Rongrong could ask, Xuan Mo, based on the four hidden claw marks on the Heavenly Tiger's back, had already determined that this soul beast was the one they had just encountered.
"It seems this cat is here to help us. In that case, we can't let this little guy work alone, even if it wins."
As Xuan Mo spoke, his third soul ring lit up. "Little kitty, step back!"
Hearing Xuan Mo's roar, the Heavenly Tiger surprisingly obeyed, immediately avoiding Medusa's attack and moving to the side.
Medusa, sensing the Heavenly Tiger's retreat, was filled with apprehension and chose not to continue attacking.
The main reason for this was that if they continued fighting, it would be dead within the time it takes to drink half a cup of tea.
However, based on the current situation, it still couldn't escape.
Therefore, Medusa decided that eliminating the human who was currently displaying great power was the best course of action.
So Medusa opened its mouth again, revealing its venomous fangs, and after sensing Xuan Mo's location, it pounced.
Seeing the pair of gleaming fangs, Xuan Mo decisively raised his right fist, using the force of gravity to strike the snake's head with his bare hand. A muffled thud rang out. Unexpectedly, Xuan Mo's fist had missed its mark, striking Medusa's right fang instead.
The force of Medusa's forward momentum clashed with the power of Xuan Mo's punch; the clash wasn't a contest of strength, but rather a contest of which was harder—the fang or the fist.
More precisely, even before Xuan Mo's fist touched Medusa's fang, the sheer force of his fist compressed it from a distance. Therefore, the instant Medusa's fang made contact with Xuan Mo's fist, an unbearable pain erupted from the base of its fang, an indescribable agony causing its entire body to tremble uncontrollably. Xuan Mo followed up with another punch, the immense force sending the entire snake flying!
"Boom!"
Medusa, sent flying by the punch, its massive body, combined with the powerful impact, smashed through several large trees.
Its thick, long snake body writhed and twisted in the forest, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake.
As for Xuan Mo, he was completely unharmed. He glanced at the Medusa saliva on his clothes and spat in annoyance, "Pah, what bad luck."
Then, ignoring Medusa's broken, enormous fangs on the ground, Xuan Mo quickly closed the distance between himself and Medusa. Hearing Medusa's painful screams, a smile crept onto Xuan Mo's lips…
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