Douluo—Chapter 19: Zhu Fan's Expectation, Born King —Blood Tiger Emperor!
Gulu, Gulu...
An ordinary-looking carriage quietly left the north gate of Wu'an City under the cover of night, without causing any waves.
"Chengfeng, why do we have to be so careful when leaving the city, for fear of being discovered by the spies of Wuping City?"
Ten miles away from the city, Zhu Fan, disguised as an ordinary horseman, finally couldn't help but ask Dai Chengfeng in the carriage, confused.
"Why do we have to be so careful?"
Hearing this, Dai Chengfeng's eyes were deep. "Because I spent five and a half months sharpening a 'sword,' just to create an opportunity..."
"A chance to kill with one strike. Revenge!!!"
"Now that prey has been caught in the net... I don't want any accidents to happen!"
Hearing Dai Chengfeng's answer, Zhu Fan thought to himself, "Five and a half months, just to create an opportunity to kill with one strike?"
And my Wu'an City has just been repairing the roads for five and a half months... The military order that Chengfeng issued before, which seemed extremely absurd, was indeed well thought out!"
Zhu Fan was extremely looking forward to how his nephew would kill Wuping City with one strike.
Would it be as brilliant as the defense of Wu'an City?
But he didn't ask!
He believed in his nephew and only needed to obey the order and execute it unconditionally.
"I see. Then I'm looking forward to your command this time, but Chengfeng..."
Zhu Fan suddenly stopped the carriage. "You haven't told me yet—where are we going?"
"Which soul beast will you use for your second soul ring?"
Speaking of this, Zhu Fan still did not give up and carefully persuaded His Majesty: "And Chengfeng, you really shouldn't consider absorbing the Golden Wave Beast for your second soul ring?"
"Although I helped you conceal that your soul power has reached level 20, causing His Majesty to misjudge and not send someone to forcibly bring you back..."
"But one day in the future, His Majesty will find out."
"Are you not afraid he will be angry then?"
"And there's nothing wrong with the Golden Wave Beast. The White Tiger Intense Light Wave is a very powerful soul skill!"
Dai Chengfeng shook his head. "Uncle, please stop trying to persuade me."
"White Tiger Intense Light Wave, is it a very powerful soul skill? Compared with Blue Silver Entanglement, it is indeed very powerful, but in terms of potential..."
"Blue Silver Entanglement?"
Before Dai Chengfeng could finish, Zhu Fan looked at him helplessly. "Controlling plants to entangle and attack— isn't that a technique that a plant soul master can use?"
"Who is so smart that he would occupy a soul ring just to let plants learn to entangle and attack?"
Zhu Fan sighed slightly. "It's hard for you to deliberately create such a stupid soul skill name..."
"Forget it!"
"Chengfeng, since you're so unwilling to absorb the soul ring of the Golden Wave Beast, Uncle won't force you anymore."
"Uh..."
Dai Chengfeng looked at Zhu Fan with a strange expression.
After all, there is someone in this world whose soul skill is Blue Silver Entanglement, but he can't explain how he knows it.
"Forget it, Uncle will meet that clever person in the future."
Thinking of this, Dai Chengfeng no longer hesitated and said, "Uncle, let's head to Tiger Power Mountains. That's where my target is."
"Okay!"
Zhu Fan whipped the horsewhip, and the carriage started again with a creak.
Tiger Power Mountains, stretching from Star Luo City to the west. Wu'an City is located at the westernmost end of the mountain range, and the soul beast Dai Chengfeng seeks to kill and absorb the soul ring from there.
It is a soul beast called the Blood Tiger, unique to Wu'an City.
It is said that this tiger can feed on a murderous aura—perhaps because Wu'an City has experienced war and killing for hundreds of years, which meets their growth conditions.
Therefore, they settled nearby.
As for why Dai Chengfeng wants to obtain the Blood Tiger's soul ring?
It's not just because of their ability to devour murderous aura, but also because this Blood Tiger is entirely different from ordinary tiger soul beasts!
As the saying goes, there can't be two tigers in one mountain.
Even on the Douluo Continent, this still applies.
Tiger soul beasts like to walk alone.
But the Blood Tiger is different!
They live in groups, but not because they are too weak to stand alone. Instead, every ten thousand Blood Tiger cubs have a small chance to produce a natural king—the Blood Tiger Emperor.
The appearance of the Blood Tiger Emperor is not much different from that of an ordinary Blood Tiger, but its strength is vastly superior—thanks to a very special domain they are born with.
In this domain, it is not just the Blood Tiger Emperor...
Other ordinary Blood Tigers will also be blessed, and their speed, strength, and defense will be comprehensively improved.
"If I absorb the Blood Tiger Emperor's soul ring, I can obtain this kind of domain-type soul skill. Then I can combine it with my White Tiger Martial Soul... and become even more powerful on the battlefield in the future!"
"Even if I only obtain the most basic soul skill of devouring murderous aura, it can still be perfectly matched with my White Tiger Martial Soul!"
For a moment, Dai Chengfeng's eyes were full of anticipation.
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Because the Tiger Power Mountains are not far from Wu'an City, traveling by carriage at night is inconvenient.
But the next morning, Dai Chengfeng and Zhu Fan had already arrived at the foot of the mountains.
Dai Chengfeng looked at the ancient trees and the endless, extremely steep, and dangerous mountains before him. He softly said, "This is the Tiger Power Mountains Range."
Zhu Fan nodded. "Yes."
"Because our Star Luo Empire's royal martial soul is the White Tiger, many mountains and ranges are named after tigers. The Tiger Power Mountains Range is one of the most dangerous and steep among them."
As Zhu Fan spoke, he took out a map to confirm the location.
After a while, he handed the map to Dai Chengfeng, pointed at it, and said, "Chengfeng, look—the blood tiger tribe is generally distributed in the northwest part of the Tiger Power Mountains Range, and we are probably here now."
Dai Chengfeng nodded and turned to look at a rugged beast path not far away.
"So, if we follow this beast's path, we can find the blood tiger group?"
"Exactly."
After Zhu Fan's affirmation, Dai Chengfeng took a deep breath. "Let's go."
"Try to get the soul ring I want today..."
"Swear to get revenge tomorrow!"
The two no longer hesitated and followed the rugged beast's path into the forest that covered the sky.
One hour later.
Looking at Zhu Fan killing a three-thousand-year-old Shadow Leopard with one claw again...
Dai Chengfeng just wanted to say, "It's worthy of the Tiger Power Mountains, famous for their dangers and steepness!"
Along the way, he lost count of how many times soul beasts had attacked them.
Fortunately, with Zhu Fan, the Soul Douluo, no soul beast could come close to Dai Chengfeng.
Until about four hours later, as darkness fell.
Normally, night is when soul beasts are most active, and danger increases.
But strangely...
They were not attacked again.
In the forest that blocked out the sun, the sunset spots flickered on the treetops. The surroundings were quiet and oppressive, with only the occasional subtle insect sound breaking the silence...
It seemed like a futile struggle—adding an eerie quietness.
Suddenly!
Ah—!
A long, murderous tiger roar echoed through the quiet forest.
In an instant, countless birds resting on the branches took flight in panic, feathers fluttering wildly.
Many small animals hiding nearby were frightened and collapsed to the ground, trembling and unable to escape.
Dai Chengfeng and Zhu Fan looked at each other, surprise in their eyes.
"Blood Tiger?!"
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