67: Chapter 67 The Ghost Tiger King's Advancement
As a fierce beast that could possess its own territory in the jungle, the Ghost Tiger King had certainly seen its fair share of major events.
It naturally knew which was more important: dignity or life.
"As long as the green hills remain, there's no need to worry about firewood."
Thus, amidst the astonished gazes of the gathered Ghost Tiger pack, the Ghost Tiger King turned around and bolted.
The tigers thought: "This King is truly reliable—when trouble comes, it truly runs."
The remaining Ghost Tigers also followed, running towards the rear.
But how could Tang Mo easily let them go? Killing one fierce beast was the same as killing a whole group; it made no difference.
Tang Mo immediately gave chase at high speed.
In terms of speed, Tang Mo was naturally no match for the Ghost Tiger King, but this area was filled with the territories of other fierce beasts with strength similar to the Ghost Tiger King.
Whenever the Ghost Tiger King and its minions crossed the boundary, they would be met with frenzied sieges from other fierce beasts.
Although the Ghost Tiger King had no intention of fighting, its own speed was significantly reduced, and its Ghost Tiger subordinates suffered heavy casualties.
Although Tang Mo felt a pang of regret, fortunately, other fierce beasts came to fill the gap, so he didn't lose out too much.
【Killed Level 48 Great-Horned Bull, EXP +7013, Poison Damage +2, Stamina +1, Spirit +0.1】
【Obtained Great Bull Horn * 2】
【Killed Level 47 Gale Wolf, EXP +6981, Poison Damage +2, Stamina +1, Spirit +0.1】
【Obtained Wolf Fang * 4】
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Tang Mo maneuvered the Corrosive Poison Barrier through the area, leaving behind only the bones of fierce beasts.
The Beast Kings of the invaded territories naturally could not accept their subordinates dying so inexplicably, and freely crossing into other beasts' territories was a major taboo.
They assumed the Corrosive Poison Barrier was a technique of the Ghost Tiger King, so they led their minions to give chase, determined to exterminate that suicidal tiger today!
Tang Mo didn't pay it any mind; there was no time to collect materials, and now he was solely focused on how to kill the Ghost Tiger King.
When a person gets fixated on something, they can't be bothered with anything else.
Tang Mo hadn't noticed at all that a multitude of fierce beasts were following behind him, as his mind was entirely fixed on the Ghost Tiger King.
Finally, upon reaching a cave, the Ghost Tiger King stopped in its tracks.
It wasn't that it couldn't run anymore, but it clearly remembered that this was the territory of the Dryland Bear.
A wave of bad memories immediately flooded the Ghost Tiger King's mind.
In its earlier years, the Ghost Tiger King relied on its awakened bloodline and its ability to ignore physical attacks to expand its territory everywhere.
Although many surrounding fierce beasts had also awakened their bloodlines, they had all been defeated by the Ghost Tiger King's physical immunity ability.
That was until the Ghost Tiger King encountered the Dryland Bear; with a single slap, the Ghost Tiger King had almost gone to see its grandmother.
Gravely injured, the Ghost Tiger King had no choice but to hide, barely managing to survive until today.
It could be said that the Dryland Bear was practically the Ghost Tiger King's nightmare; merely smelling a trace of the Dryland Bear's scent was enough to make it shudder.
It was during this moment of distraction that Tang Mo caught up.
With the Dryland Bear in front and the eerie Poison Barrier behind, the Ghost Tiger King found itself in a dilemma. It simply turned around and launched its fatal strike towards the Corrosive Poison Barrier.
It would rather face Tang Mo's eerie Corrosive Poison Barrier than provoke the majesty of the Dryland Bear again.
The Ghost Tiger King's body emitted light once more, and white fog instantly rose in the forest—it was clearly the same move as before, summoning the Chang Ghosts.
Seeing this, Tang Mo assumed the Ghost Tiger King wanted to fight him to the death, so he immediately stopped and moved the Poison Barrier forward.
Soon, the sounds of wailing ghosts and howling wolves echoed within the white fog again, but this time, the Ghost Tiger King did not manipulate them to launch an attack on the Poison Barrier.
Under Tang Mo's puzzled gaze, the Ghost Tiger King opened its blood-red maw and swallowed the white fog along with all the Chang Ghosts.
Soul Absorption—another one of the Ghost Tiger King's trump cards.
Having swallowed the Chang Ghosts, the Ghost Tiger King's body suddenly grew another dozen centimeters taller, its muscles bulging like small hills, and its entire body was shrouded in a baleful aura.
Tang Mo was quite shocked to see this; the Soul Absorption skill could be used this way?
While thinking this, Tang Mo cast the Scouting Technique at the Ghost Tiger King once again.
【Soul-Devouring Tiger King】
【Level: 50】
【Talent: Tiger's Accomplice】
【Status: Soul-Devouring Possession】
【Strength: 531760】
【Agility: 371420】
【Spirit: 452010】
【Stamina: 7149000】
【Skills: Soul Absorption (Lv50), Soul-Devouring Tiger Roar (Lv50), Shadow Step (Lv50), Soul Tiger Pounce (Lv50), Shadow Body (Lv50), Soul-Devouring Tiger Claw (Lv50)】
Unexpectedly, the Ghost Tiger King had used those Chang Ghosts to temporarily advance into the Soul-Devouring Tiger King.
Its various attributes had nearly doubled, and even its skills had changed accordingly.
The increase in attributes didn't matter; the most fatal part was that after temporarily transforming into the Soul-Devouring Tiger King, almost all of its skills had become soul-type attacks, which forced Tang Mo to take it seriously.
Seeing the Corrosive Poison Barrier getting closer and closer, the Soul-Devouring Tiger King immediately launched an attack.
Relying on the Shadow Step movement skill and counting on its high speed after transformation, it began to crazily probe along the edge of the Corrosive Poison Barrier,
wanting to find the weaknesses of the Corrosive Poison Barrier while also observing escape routes.
Yes, after several exchanges, the Soul-Devouring Tiger King did not intend to fight Tang Mo head-on.
But after seeing the dense crowd of fierce beasts behind the Corrosive Poison Barrier, the Soul-Devouring Tiger King had to abandon its plan to escape.
Among those fierce beast groups were not a few beasts whose strength was not weaker than the Soul-Devouring Tiger King, and they had also awakened their bloodlines.
If the Soul-Devouring Tiger King tried to force its way through, the outcome would likely be miserable.
Thus, the Soul-Devouring Tiger King directly launched a Soul Tiger Pounce towards the Corrosive Poison Barrier.
A soul-form Soul-Devouring Tiger, roughly the same size as itself, charged directly into the Corrosive Poison Barrier.
Soul Tiger Pounce—it pounces on the opponent's soul; it is a soul-attack skill.
Tang Mo had already moved to the center of the Poison Barrier back when the Soul-Devouring Tiger King was probing around it.
And this strike was just the Soul-Devouring Tiger King's aimless probing, having no accuracy at all, so naturally, it couldn't hit Tang Mo.
It was the same reason: the Soul-Devouring Tiger King treated the Poison Barrier as its enemy, and all its attacks were directed at the Poison Barrier.
Missing the strike, the Soul-Devouring Tiger King turned around and let out a long roar towards the incoming groups of fierce beasts, suddenly unleashing the Soul-Devouring Tiger Roar.
It knew it had already made too many enemies today; if it didn't eliminate them first, it would have absolutely no hope of survival.
Compared to this thing in front of it that couldn't be touched, couldn't be hit, and whose nature was unknown, those fierce beasts were things it could actually strike.
After weighing the pros and cons, the Soul-Devouring Tiger King resolutely chose the relatively less difficult group of fierce beasts.
The Soul-Devouring Tiger King suddenly attacked, catching the following beast groups off guard.
But they were old neighbors after all; those fierce beasts had experienced the Soul-Devouring Tiger King's attack methods, so they immediately deployed their defenses.
Some of the fierce beasts even relied on their speed advantage to dodge backwards.