"Sixth Soul Skill, Lunar Eclipse!" Zhang Lexuan's face grew even paler.
Maintaining Martial Soul True Body was already a massive drain on her soul power. On top of that, she had just unleashed two consecutive ultimate moves—her energy was about to hit rock bottom. At this point, she was not yet the senior sister with the hundred-thousand-year eighth soul ring, the one whose strength suppressed the entire Inner Court.
This time, the effect of Lunar Eclipse was clearly weakened.
It only trapped that hundred-thousand-year soul beast for three seconds. Zhang Yi and the others quickly followed up with damage. With another coordinated attack, the Blood-Eating Demon Tiger finally sustained some serious injuries.
Especially its abdomen, which was torn open by a sword-wielding Inner Court disciple.
Drip~
Blood fell to the ground.
The Blood-Eating Demon Tiger no longer had its previous majesty, but its oppressive aura remained. After all, although it was badly wounded, the Shrek side had also lost people—Yuo Ling was caught off guard, hit by a swipe that displaced all her organs and fractured her bones, and was kept alive only by the team's sole healing soul master.
Of the fifteen-member team (not counting Ma Xiaotao and Su Wen), six had lost the ability to move, and the rest were all injured to various degrees. In a fight of this caliber, everyone's soul power was severely depleted.
Su Wen looked around.
The healing soul master—a handsome young man with gold-rimmed glasses—was so busy treating the injured that he was stretched to his limits. At this rate, his soul power would soon be exhausted, too...
The only good news was that no one had died—yet.
The bad news was... if Elder Xuan didn't arrive soon, someone really would die!
Zhang Lexuan, enduring dizziness, used her third "ultimate move." The effect was remarkable—the Blood-Eating Demon Tiger howled in pain and activated its "Blood Burst" ability, its eyes turning blood-red as it pounced at Zhang Lexuan.
Clearly, it hadn't expected such powerful resistance from a group of seemingly weak humans. "Humans, die!" it roared.
All its attributes skyrocketed, but the price was a period of weakness after Blood Burst ended. Maybe even a ten-thousand-year soul beast could kill it then, but by its calculations, one minute of Blood Burst was enough to slaughter these ants.
"..."
Despair flashed in Zhang Lexuan's beautiful eyes. Her taut nerves were about to snap, and she staggered. Surrounded by injured teammates and those battling the tiger, no one noticed her.
As she nearly fell backward, Su Wen caught her from behind, slinging her arm over his shoulder and bearing her weight.
Fortunately, he had awakened his martial soul and soul power. Otherwise, at just 1.3 meters tall, he could never have supported her 1.78-meter frame, even if she was a girl and much lighter...
"Huff... Thank you," Zhang Lexuan said weakly, now able to rely on someone.
"Every soul beast that reaches the hundred-thousand-year realm awakens its own unique ability. Looks like this Blood-Eating Demon Tiger's is probably a type of enhancement. It'll be weakened after, but even a few dozen seconds will be hard to get through..."
"If we can just hold on until its berserk state ends?"
Her breathing quickened as she spoke, her fragrant breath tickling Su Wen's neck. But Su Wen had no distracting thoughts—after all, a near-ten-meter-long, blood-soaked, heavily wounded behemoth with blood-red eyes was charging at him at hundreds of kilometers per hour.
"Yeah, we should have had Elder Xuan take you back to the Academy earlier..." Zhang Lexuan said regretfully.
"..."
Su Wen didn't answer.
"Xiaotao, take Su Wen and run!" Zhang Yi shouted.
The beast's target was Zhang Lexuan. If they stayed behind, Su Wen and Ma Xiaotao might have a chance to live. That was all an Inner Court senior could do for his juniors.
Blood at the corner of his mouth, his face turning blue, he still desperately manipulated ghost vines to entangle the tiger and slow it down.
The Inner Court disciples around him fought with red eyes. Their companions, with whom they had lived and trained, had been gravely injured or killed by this beast. Fear was long forgotten.
"Go! Follow Xiaotao, I can hang on a bit longer. Once Elder Xuan arrives, we'll be fine," Zhang Lexuan weakly pushed Su Wen, but he didn't move.
"ROAR!!!"
A terrifying roar echoed.
Its body hadn't yet arrived, but the sound preceded it.
In the previous world, a tiger's roar in the forest could make one's legs weak. Facing a hundred-thousand-year soul beast in this life was enough to make one's soul tremble.
The Blood-Eating Demon Tiger swatted aside any disciples in its way, its blood-red eyes locked onto Zhang Lexuan. She was the damned human who had wounded it! As for Su Wen, he was just collateral.
Su Wen's heart raced. He slowly closed his eyes.
The crimson figure was moving faster and faster. No one in the team could stop it now...
"Gale, mind if I borrow your territory for a bit?"
"Roar~"
A confused growl came from his spiritual sea.
"Thanks."
Su Wen's eyes snapped open.
Light gathered in his hand—a white Poké Ball. Ever since he captured Gale, this ball had become Gale's home and lost the ability to capture other pets. But at this moment, it was Su Wen's last trump card...
The Blood-Eating Demon Tiger leapt from an ancient tree, rapidly closing in.
Everyone watched in despair.
Its jaws were open wide.
So close, Su Wen could almost smell its foul breath. He decisively threw the sweat-soaked white ball in his hand.
Buzz...
A white light shone.
A beam of light enveloped the tiger. Under its bewildered gaze, its massive body slowly disappeared from view.
The suddenness left everyone stunned.
What was that?
It actually managed to temporarily trap a hundred-thousand-year soul beast?!!
Su Wen took a deep breath.
From his research over these days, the Poké Ball was more like a sophisticated pet cultivation chamber. As long as its owner—Gale—returned inside, it could recover three times faster.
Although this was a white ball, it could also accommodate other soul beasts. He'd previously caught a few hundred- or thousand-year soul beasts inside, but the ball only recognized "Gale." If Gale wanted to expel them, it could do so instantly.
This had been his plan all along.
By trapping the Blood-Eating Demon Tiger in the ball, as long as they survived its berserk state, they could live...
But he'd never tried trapping anything higher than a thousand-year beast. Now he was jumping straight to a hundred-thousand-year one. Who knew if the ball could withstand it?
Pfft...
As he pondered this, he suddenly spat a mouthful of blood.
His head felt as if it had been smashed!
Inside the ball, the tiger, after an initial moment of confusion, began to rampage!
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