Chapter 57: You're Quite an Amusing Big Cat
Chapter 57: You Big Cat, You’re Quite Amusing
Somewhere within the Azure Cloud Secret Realm.
Several disciples of the Azure Cloud Sect had just teamed up to slay a demon beast and harvested a spiritual herb. As they were about to discuss its division, the ground suddenly shook violently, as if a small mountain had crashed down.
“Roar!”
The tiger’s roar surged through the air like a vast ocean, leaving the disciples dazed.
A golden giant tiger over twenty feet tall slowly emerged from the forest. With every step it took, the earth trembled beneath it, its presence awe-inspiring.
“A demon beast at the pinnacle of the Golden Body realm’s tenth layer!”
The disciples’ expressions changed drastically. The highest cultivation among them barely reached the ninth layer of the Golden Body realm.
“This is bad—we’ll have to use our teleportation talismans.”
One disciple gave a grim smile.
“Su Huan, do you find it amusing to toy with disciples of the Azure Cloud Sect like this?”
A slender figure in blue descended gracefully, transforming into a young woman carrying a sword on her back.
She stood tall and elegant, resembling a pure lotus flower, inspiring an unspoken reverence.
Su Huan?
The prodigious disciple from Spirit Beast Mountain?
Several disciples exchanged glances and finally recalled who she was.
“Hehe!”
A laughter like silver bells echoed through the forest. Then, atop the golden giant tiger, appeared a beautiful woman dressed in a provocative short skirt.
The tiger-skin skirt accentuated her long, alluring legs. Barefoot, her small feet rested lightly on the tiger’s back, her pale toes shining like ripe crystal grapes.
Her figure was perfect, waves of curves partially exposed beyond the tiger-skin skirt, easily stirring men’s imaginations.
Yet even this devilish figure paled in comparison to her exquisitely painted features. Su Huan’s face seemed crafted by the heavens themselves—stunningly beautiful and utterly captivating.
“My tiger is hungry and wants to eat this.”
Su Huan smiled sweetly, pointing with a delicate finger at the corpse of the slain demon beast on the ground.
The Azure Cloud disciples grew pale. This was their hard-won prize, and Su Huan of Spirit Beast Mountain actually wanted to snatch it?
“You Spirit Beast Mountain folks truly have no shame.”
Ruan Ting drew her sword, her aura surging as her sword intent boiled fiercely. She strode toward the Crimson Flame Demon Tiger with blazing determination.
This Crimson Flame Demon Tiger was at the peak of the tenth layer of the Golden Body realm—higher than her own cultivation.
“Ruan Ting, are you trying to show off?”
Su Huan smiled lightly. “It’s two against one. Your cultivation matches mine, both at the tenth layer of the Golden Body realm. Do you really think you stand a chance?”
“Whether I do or not, I’ll only know after fighting.”
Ruan Ting unleashed her sword.
She wielded the authentic Azure Cloud Sword Technique; her sword light floated like clouds and wind, elusive and unpredictable.
“Roar!”
The Crimson Flame Demon Beast let out an angry roar, spewing a burst of flame.
In an instant, a raging sea of fire engulfed Ruan Ting. Suddenly, the tiger’s claws scratched the ground, then it lunged into the flames, its massive paws slashing fiercely.
Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle!
Su Huan drew a small golden bow and fired a continuous stream of golden arrows.
From the very start, Su Huan of Spirit Beast Mountain showed no signs of underestimating her opponent. With one person and one tiger attacking simultaneously, Ruan Ting was immediately plunged into a perilous struggle.
However,
Ruan Ting was a prodigious disciple of the Azure Cloud Sect, possessing exceptional talent and strength. Suddenly, lightning crackled along her sword, and with booming thunderclaps, bolts of electricity shot forth, shattering the golden arrows.
“A lower-tier Heavenly-grade Thunder Element Dao Seed—its power is truly formidable!”
Su Huan’s expression shifted subtly.
Those who possess the Thunder Element Dao Seed wield immense offensive power, universally acknowledged.
Therefore, Ruan Ting’s position at the tenth layer of the Golden Body realm paralleled Lin Zhong, who was also at the pinnacle of that realm within the Azure Cloud Sect.
Boom! Boom!
Lightning and fire collided violently as the Crimson Flame Demon Tiger and Ruan Ting engaged in fierce combat.
Meanwhile, Su Huan continued to release arrows.
After the battle raged for the duration of an incense stick, Ruan Ting was struck by an arrow and sent flying.
Seizing the opportunity, the Crimson Flame Demon Tiger grabbed the demon beast corpse in its jaws.
Su Huan’s face broke into a victorious smile. “Ruan Ting, perhaps when you reach the pinnacle of the tenth layer of the Golden Body realm, you might be able to challenge me.”
Blood trickled from Ruan Ting’s shoulder, but she said nothing.
Her defeat was due to insufficient cultivation.
A disciple of the Azure Cloud Sect timidly said, “Senior Sister Ruan, this demon beast isn’t much anyway—let her have it.”
Ruan Ting remained silent, her eyes filled with helplessness.
She saw the reluctance in her juniors’ eyes, but since she couldn’t defeat Su Huan, she had no choice but to let her take the beast.
Whoosh!
Su Huan smiled and lightly tapped her bare feet.
The Crimson Flame Demon Tiger turned and slowly disappeared into the forest.
Behind a large tree,
A figure in blue emerged slowly.
Chen Ping’an had witnessed the entire scene, yet he did not intervene immediately.
The Azure Cloud Secret Realm was originally a place for disciples’ trials, and now with the seven great sects involved, competition had grown fiercer.
“Senior Sister Ruan, is your injury serious?”
Chen Ping’an approached and asked.
“It’s nothing, just a minor wound.”
Electric sparks flickered at Ruan Ting’s fingertips as her wound was cauterized and healed.
Chen Ping’an clicked his tongue in admiration.
This beautiful Ruan Ting was truly a formidable person.
As an ancestor of the Azure Cloud Sect, he was pleased to see disciples with such fighting spirit.
“Senior Sister Ruan, I found a bottle of elixir in the secret realm that should help you.”
Chen Ping’an smiled, producing a jade bottle and forcibly handing it to Ruan Ting.
Ruan Ting panicked and quickly declined, “Junior Brother, this is your spoils—I can’t accept it.”
“Senior Sister, please take it. I found several bottles.”
Chen Ping’an chuckled.
He insisted on giving it to her, then disappeared in a flash.
Ruan Ting was stunned. This junior brother was truly kind-hearted... She opened the bottle, and her expression changed immediately—it was a Vitality Pill, even better than the medium-grade ones she had taken before!
“Junior Brother!”
She hurried after him.
But after a short chase, she lost track of him.
“This is at least a high-grade Vitality Pill. I’m about to break through to the pinnacle of the tenth layer of the Golden Body realm, so this will come in handy!”
Ruan Ting closed her eyes, murmuring, “Junior Brother, I’ll repay this favor someday.”
With that, she vanished in an instant.
...
In the distance, Chen Ping’an stepped out from behind a tree, smiling knowingly as he watched Ruan Ting disappear.
This high-grade Vitality Pill was just enough to help her reach the pinnacle of the tenth layer of the Golden Body realm!
In a valley,
The Crimson Flame Demon Tiger lay on the grass, gnawing on the corpse of the slain demon beast. Su Huan sat leisurely nearby, gently wiping her small golden bow.
A figure slowly approached.
“Little girl, your big cat is quite amusing. Mind if I borrow it for a few days?”
A teasing voice floated into Su Huan’s ear.
“Who’s there?”
She sprang up suddenly. The Crimson Flame Demon Tiger also leapt to its feet, standing side by side with her, both radiating a fierce aura, ready to attack at any moment.
“A disciple of the Azure Cloud Sect?”
When Su Huan recognized a disciple at the seventh layer of the Golden Body realm, she relaxed and complained, “This distrustful habit of yours is really hard to break...”
“Roar!”
The Crimson Flame Demon Tiger howled at the sky in response, its tiger eyes fixed unwaveringly on Chen Ping’an.
Its owner was acting paranoid, as if forgetting what the youth had just said. But it remembered clearly!
This youth had called it a big cat and even wanted to borrow it for a few days!
As a noble Crimson Flame Demon Tiger, it felt its dignity trampled by this small disciple of the Azure Cloud Sect!
(End of Chapter)