Volume One, Chapter 15: Formidable Foe—The Great Terror Divine Beast.

After an indeterminate amount of time, Old Lin, who happened to be Qiqi’s grandfather, came to the fields to work. Seeing his granddaughter lying on the ground, he hurried over and carried her back home.

Meanwhile, Wang Long returned to the forest and soon appeared at the edge of his dragon pool, leisurely soaking in his afternoon bath.

A piercing roar of a tiger echoed across dozens of kilometers, reaching the dragon pool.

“Ding, detected a second-level White Tiger enraged by love, strength approaching early third-level exotic beast. Host, please proceed with caution.”

“Enraged by love? What does that have to do with me?” Wang Long hesitated momentarily. Not long ago, he had killed a tigress. As the saying goes, two tigers cannot share one mountain unless one is male and the other female. Not only did Wang Long kill the tigress, but he also devoured all her cubs’ blood.

Listening to the tiger’s roar, Wang Long gave a wry smile. “Thinking back carefully, those two cubs did have a lot of white fur, just like the legendary White Tiger.”

“Well, since they’re already eaten, I’m not afraid. If the White Tiger dares to come, this old snake will take it down.”

Deep within the vast mountain range, in an unknown place, the male White Tiger looked at an empty cave and let out a furious roar.

“Damn it! Who killed my wife and children? I will never forgive him.”

Activating his exotic beast ability, “White Tiger Tracking,” the tiger used his power to track scents.

After some time, he sensed a familiar scent deep in the mountain range—it was the scent of his wife and offspring.

Since Wang Long had killed the tigress and her cubs, he naturally carried their karmic connection, so being detected was no surprise.

Upon sensing this familiar scent, the White Tiger sprinted swiftly toward its direction.

After two and a half minutes, he arrived at the edge of the dragon pool and saw a massive python coiled within.

The White Tiger approached and spoke in the language unique to exotic beasts: “It was you who killed my wife and children.”

Wang Long did not avoid the accusation but boldly admitted it: “Yeah, this old snake did it. So what? You wanna fight?”

The White Tiger’s thoughts were fierce: “Hmph! I’ve waited so long for the spiritual energy to revive, and you had the audacity to steal my family.”

“If I could tolerate this, I wouldn’t deserve to be a Divine White Tiger.”

Wang Long looked down on him: “Divine White Tiger? You look like a sickly cat to me, only fit to be petted.”

Though Wang Long had eaten the tigress and her cubs, it was the natural law of survival—the weak are prey to the strong. No one could be blamed for that.

Besides, the White Tiger had to raise two cubs every day. Had it never eaten other creatures? By that logic, the situation was even more complicated.

Hearing Wang Long’s words, the White Tiger’s fur bristled violently, standing on end as he glared fiercely with his tiger eyes, fixated on Wang Long.

Unexpectedly, the giant python before him admitted it so straightforwardly, speaking calmly without a trace of fear.

As a second-level exotic beast, the White Tiger continued communicating in his unique language: “Alright, alright, I see you’re really fed up with life.”

“Today, I’ll swallow you whole and tear you apart alive, making you die in the most excruciating pain.”

“Roar!”

The White Tiger charged at Wang Long with a single leap, unleashing a mysterious pressure that bore down on Wang Long’s body.

Wang Long gazed upon the massive creature nearly five meters long and weighing close to half a ton, moving with formidable power.

Like a raging locomotive, the White Tiger extended his right paw in just seconds, slapping toward Wang Long.

“Too slow, too slow,” Wang Long dodged with lightning speed.

The White Tiger’s paw struck empty air and slammed heavily onto the ground, sending small stones flying.

The earth trembled as if something tremendous had crashed down, causing aftershocks.

“Damn, how can this guy be so fast?” the White Tiger muttered, then turned around and locked onto Wang Long again.

Though he didn’t understand how the giant python dodged his attacks, the White Tiger was still a second-level exotic beast. How could he possibly be defeated by a first-level giant python?

Adjusting his stance, the White Tiger decided to stop reckless attacks and instead use his ability.

“White Tiger Destructive Strike!”

With a roar, the White Tiger surged forward, his form becoming blurred. Suddenly, hundreds of white tigers appeared, surrounding Wang Long from all directions.

As Wang Long tried to move, a second-level pressure pinned his body down.

In the next breath, the White Tiger rushed to Wang Long’s front and struck with a palm, hitting him squarely.

With a thunderous boom, the giant python was flung dozens of meters away, crashing violently against a tree before coming to a halt.

The tree shook, shedding leaves, and then the thick trunk, as wide as a basin, snapped in half, falling behind.

This showed just how immense the White Tiger’s strength was—beyond imagination.

Hit by the sudden palm strike, Wang Long nearly fainted, but the scales on his body absorbed much of the force.

At the same time, Wang Long coiled his body, now cautious and carefully studying the male White Tiger before him.

Seeing Wang Long barely hanging on, the White Tiger sneered: “Hahaha, hit by my power, doesn’t feel good, huh?”

“How dare you kill my wife and children? Today, I will tear you, a mere first-level giant snake exotic beast, to shreds!”

Enraged, the White Tiger charged at Wang Long again. Wang Long’s pupils contracted, his eyes transforming into vertical slits.

Blue-white flames flickered from his mouth—this was the Azure Lotus Earth Heart Flame.

Soon, a lotus flower floated above Wang Long’s head, gradually growing until it enveloped him completely.

“This is... exotic fire?” the White Tiger was stunned.

Not long ago, he had awakened ancestral memories and learned that the world was awakening its spiritual energy with many rare treasures emerging.

Exotic fire was one of the rarest of these treasures, capable of greatly enhancing one’s power.

It could break through original limits and ascend to a higher level of existence.

At this moment, a fierce flame ignited in the White Tiger’s eyes—his innate divine power, Tiger Flame.

Though it was also a kind of exotic fire, it was the lowest grade among beast fires.