Chapter 23: Raw Winged Tiger King
The road connecting the east and west continents and traversing the mountains was winding, sometimes going through caves, sometimes coiling up halfway up the mountains, the mercenary corps and merchants trudged through the vast mountains.
The little princess still had to make a lot of noise every day, but she was no longer as moody as she was a few days ago. The endless mountains were lush and green all year round, and all kinds of unheard of and unseen exotic flowers and plants, rare birds and animals in the mountains attracted most of her attention.
On the way, she picked a lot of brightly colored wild flowers, picked a lot of refreshing wild fruits, and occasionally shrieked in surprise at the strange animals that suddenly jumped out of the forest onto the road.
The beautiful scenery and colorful journey made the little princess gradually forget that she was a captive, and she felt more and more that this kind of traveling life was a kind of enjoyment, and of course only she, the royal celestial maiden who seldom left the palace, could feel this way.
A few bands of bandits did appear on the road, but under the attack of the powerful first-ranked magicians and the terrifying Earth Dragon Knights, those rabble were quickly wiped out.
This made the little princess, who was bent on watching a good show, very dissatisfied and repeatedly cursed those bandits for being useless. Those merchants and mercenaries of the mercenary corps looked at each other in disbelief as they listened, digging their ears and suspecting that there was something wrong with their hearing.
In the end, it was only after Cinnan snapped his fingers and the little princess let out a grunt of pain that those people came back to their senses, secretly sighing that this girl was truly 'extraordinary'.
No dragons or ancient giants appeared on the way, only some magic western beasts appeared, all of which were taken care of by the bearded Guan Hao in the first place. Whenever he pulled out the magic crystal cores from the magical beasts, the little princess had to scold him for his wealth and cruelty.
After the head of the mercenary corps explained, Chen Nan learned that it wasn't that Guan Hao was greedy, he wanted to go to the Kamikaze Academy in Sin City to learn profound techniques, but he heard that the tuition fee of the academy was frighteningly high, so he had no choice but to try to make money on the way.
The little princess bristled from the side and said, "The Divine Wind Academy only admits young ranked powerhouses, you're so old and still going to join in the fun, people won't want you even if you go."
Guan Hao gasped, "Who says I'm old I'm only twenty-nine and a half years old, as long as you're under thirty years old you can enroll in the Divine Wind Academy's test."
"Oh my god, you are 29 and a half years old, why do I feel that you are like a 39 and a half years old uncle".
Guan Hao was so depressed that he finally borrowed a razor and quickly shaved his face full of whiskers, and he did look a bit younger.
After learning the details of Guan Hao, the little princess stopped scolding him for his greed and wealth, and began to affectionately call him: Hao Zai.
This made Guan Hao even more depressed.
"Please, little girl if you don't want to call me a big brother, just call me Guan Hao and stop calling me Rat."
"Hehehe, it's you who thought too much about it, I didn't mean it that way originally, since you said so yourself, I'm not going to be polite, I'll call you Rat from now on."
Everyone laughed, Guan Hao was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood.
Five days later, the crowd entered a valley in the mountains, although it was already close to noon, but the tall trees on both sides of the road covered up the hot sun, so the crowd did not feel how hot.
Are the people burying pots and cooking time, the forest suddenly gushed out a fishy wind, the earth a light trembling, a group of wild beasts to appear from the forest, to the front to run, big to wild elephants, lions, tigers, small to the wild foxes, snow rabbits, but in the beasts did not attack the people.
The leader of the mercenary group exclaimed that it was not good, and hurriedly gathered the people to prepare for the battle.
"Brothers grab your weapons, we are in trouble, a powerful magical beast may have appeared ahead."
Guan Hao explained for Chen Nan in a low voice, "According to the current state, there might be a second-rank magical beast that has successfully advanced to the third-rank, and its powerful aura has caused the hundred beasts in the vicinity to involuntarily go forward to pay homage."
Chen Nan was astonished and said, ''There is actually such a thing''
Guan Hao nodded his head and said: "Yes, normally this road is very safe, very few people will run into this kind of thing, I didn't expect us to be so unlucky, the powerful magical beast that has just succeeded in advancing to the third level will definitely take the foreign enemy to set up an authority, and a tragic battle will be inevitable at that time."
The little princess revealed a look of excitement upon hearing this, and was close to clapping her hands.
Chen Nan knocked on her and said, "You little devil who can't stop the world from chaos, if the beasts really come to kill, let's see what you're going to do when everyone is too busy to take care of themselves."
"Hmph, if you dare to let me damage a single hair, my sister and the others won't be able to spare you, and you'll die a miserable death at that time."
Chen Nan was instantly amused, "Haha, you little devil is really naive, you still dare to threaten me now, if I was afraid of your sister, would I have taken you captive here? Well, I know you little girl is full of tricks, don't pretend to be uninitiated in front of me, don't play tricks on me."
At this moment, a roar suddenly came from the distance, "Roar".
The horses pulling the carts kept neighing and struggling uneasily.
The merchants were in a panic, not only were they afraid of the unknown powerful beast, they were also worried that the horses would panic and lose all their goods.
After seeing that the horses were about to be frightened, the head of the mercenary troupe shouted, "Quickly, knock out all the horses."
The mercenaries acted one after another, either with clubs, and then with palms of their hands and struck those horses hard on their heads, and suddenly more than two dozen horses fell to the ground.
The head of the troupe mounted the Earth Dragon and droned, "Prepare for battle," after saying that, he took the lead and charged forward, the mercenaries followed closely behind with weapons in hand, the deputy head of the troupe cast a floating technique and flew into the air, following at the end of the group.
Chen Nan looked at the little princess and said, "If you don't want to be a snack for the magical beasts, you'd better stay here honestly."
"I prefer not to." After saying that, the little princess followed.
Chen Nan did not stop her and also followed.
In front of the main road was an open area, there were no tall trees, only some low shrubs, and there was a large, dark area of prostrate beasts, the scene was quite spectacular.
In front of the prostrate beasts, there is a body of snow-white, fur shiny beast, shaped like a tiger, but taller than a tiger, a lot more powerful, long enough to have three feet, fast catch up with the head of the head of the earth dragon. This giant beast, gave people a strong feeling of uneasiness, because it was too tall.
The scene in front of them was quite similar to a human society where the vassals' subjects see the king of the country, so people couldn't help but be amazed.
Some people exclaimed, "White tiger, but it's too tall, it won't become a spirit."
"Even a white tiger has spots, this can't be a tiger at all."
"What kind of monster is this?"
The crowd was buzzing.
The little princess sighed, "It's so majestic, so beautiful, so cute."
Crowd:"
Guan Hao said, "In these vast mountains, monsters come and go, this should be a tiger king with the bloodline of a white tiger and a devil tiger."
The regiment leader nodded in agreement and said, "The more this kind of mutated magical beast is, the more terrifying it is, the more its power can grow, it has already successfully advanced from a second-order magical beast to a third-order one, it is exactly the time when it needs to build up its prestige, and it coincides with us catching up with it, so a vicious battle will be inevitable."
The Tiger King was worthy of being the king of the hundred beasts in the vicinity, he did not care about the arrival of the crowd, and only glanced at them coldly.
The deputy head dropped down from the air and said, "The fluctuation of magical elements around the Tiger King is very strong, which means that its magical attacks must be terrifying, everyone must be careful." Seeing that the crowd was a bit nervous, he added, "If we are able to kill it, the magic crystal cores in its body will surely fetch a sky-high price."
The head of the group sighed in an inaudible voice, ''It's difficult, this is a third-ranked magical beast, although we have three first-ranked cultivators here, the difference in strength between different ranks is not simply cumulative. It's the mercenary group that all of us will go together, it's still not certain who will die."
The deputy leader suddenly shouted, "Not good, it's already preparing to attack, I've sensed that it's gathering magic elements."
The mercenaries were in an uproar, the one they must be dealing with was the mighty third-ranked Tiger King, it was a terrifying magical beast two ranks higher than their leader's Earth Dragon.
The head of the group ordered, "Don't panic, spread out quickly, don't concentrate together."
These mercenaries had been tested by life and death for a long time, they quickly calmed down and quickly dispersed towards the favorable terrain.
Although the deputy leader was already in his fifties, he had quick reactions and took the lead in launching an attack, a chilling wind blade emitted a gust of strange whistles as it flew and chopped towards the Tiger King.
The Tiger King let out an earth-shattering roar, seemingly annoyed that the crowd dared to take the initiative to attack it, it merely swung its head down and dodged the wind blade that emitted powerful magical energy, and then it raised its head high, showing an expression of disdain.
The crowd rubbed their eyes in disbelief, finally confirming that the Tiger King was indeed displaying a look of disdain.
"This tiger has become a spirit, and is actually able to show human feelings."
The crowd muttered for a while.
The little princess excitedly said, "That's so cute."
Chen Nan stepped backward away from the dangerous place by picking up her collar.
''Scum let go of me, let go of me.''
The Tiger King let out another roar, and the prostrate beasts shuddered for a while, and then all stood up with trepidation, flashing a path for the Tiger King.
Chen Nan looked amazed and couldn't help but say, "It's really strange to be so humanized."
At this time, the Tiger King and the head, deputy head, Guan Hao three people have become opposing forces, the other mercenaries scattered around, surrounded them inside, the hundred beasts deterred by the Tiger King's might, not far away trembling, do not dare to come over.
"After the tiger king roared, he opened his mouth and sprayed out a lightning bolt, a powerful arc of electricity crackled in the air and attacked the magician directly.
The magician hurriedly recited an incantation, and the ground in front of him began to rumble, an earth shield appeared in front of him, and at the same time, he raised a water shield in front of him.
The lightning struck through the earth shield, instantly disintegrating it into a pile of dirt and rocks, and then struck the water shield, "Crackling" after a burst of electric sparks, the water shield also disintegrated, turning into a mist of water.
The magician rolled to the side in a panic, but the arc of electricity still touched his body, and he let out a scream, his hair stood on end, and his body was scorched by electricity.
If it wasn't for the earth and water shields blocking most of the arcs, the magician's life would have been in danger, and it was only after a long time that he trembled and climbed up.
By this time, all the members of the mercenary group had already made their move, crossbow arrows "whoosh", arrows raining down like flying locusts towards the Tiger King.
Although the body of the Tiger King is huge, but the movement is flexible and incomparable, a few vertical leap will jump out of the crowd's encirclement, and then the huge tail to sweep thousands of troops across the trend to the periphery of the mercenaries to whip.
Five mercenaries were tiger king such as steel whip like giant tail whip in the body, instantly broken bones and tendons died, other scared of the heart of the courage to crack, quickly run to the distance.
The regimental commander hurriedly urged the Earth Dragon forward, and Guan Hao followed closely behind him.
The fur of the Tiger King glistened under the sunlight, and the strong, snow-white tiger body looked particularly majestic. In the face of the two men and one dragon that came in a rage, the fierce light in its eyes flashed, and it looked as if it was ready to pounce.
The head of the regiment, riding the Earth Dragon, blinked and rushed over, his hand holding the Dragon Slaying Lance and stabbed out at the Tiger King's throat. At the same time, Guan Hao had also arrived and swung his greatsword at the Tiger King's waist and abdomen.
With a tiger roar, the Tiger King leapt up, dodging both strikes and pouncing on the head of the regiment on the Earth Dragon.
The Earth Dragon was actually taller than the Tiger King, but it cowered when facing it.
Seeing that it was too late to urge the Earth Dragon to dodge, the head of the regiment leapt down in a hurry and quickly ran off into the distance.
The three-foot-long giant tiger pounced the five-foot-long Earth Dragon to the ground in one go, before opening its huge mouth to bite at its neck. The Earth Dragon hastily struggled, but it still didn't escape the tiger's mouth, and its neck was bitten by the Tiger King's mouth, and blood spurted out wildly.
The head of the regiment looked on with eyes wide open and rushed up with a shout, the sharp Dragon Slaying Lance pierced into the tiger's belly fiercely, and an arrow of blood shot out. Guan Hao also swung his greatsword and rushed up, ruthlessly slashing at the tiger's back, blood dripping down the tiger king's shiny, snow-white fur.
The Tiger King was in pain and let go of the Earth Dragon.
When the Earth Dragon got a break, it rolled over and climbed up, probably because it hated the Tiger King after all the pain it had suffered, it forgot its fear for a while, and slammed into the Tiger King fiercely.
"Bang"
The tiger king was hit by it tumbled out, all around the mercenaries together to the upward surge, knife snatch clubs and sticks to greet it, in the blink of an eye, it has been bloodied on the body.
"Roar" a roar, the tiger king staggered to stand up, open mouth spit out a large flame, the mercenaries were burned screaming, quickly backward. However, six of them were still torn apart by the Tiger King who came after them, their blood stained the road, and the rest of them were scared out of their wits.
While the crowd was in danger, the deputy leader had already recovered. He recited a long string of incantations, magic elements gathered crazily in front of his body, and finally he gently waved his wand in his hand, and small snowflakes suddenly floated up in the sky and earth, and the crowd felt a chill in this hot summer day.
A large amount of magic elements suddenly appeared in front of the tiger king, a thick layer of ice appeared outside its body, the ice became thicker and thicker, and finally completely sealed it inside.
The crowd cheered as the Tiger King was frozen in a huge block of ice.
However, before the crowd's cheers could stop, there was a cracking sound coming from the ice.
A crack began to spread downward from the top of the ice cube, and finally with a bang, the entire ice cube completely shattered, and the Tiger King reappeared in front of everyone's eyes, but at this time, it had obviously withered away.
The deputy head, headmaster and Guan Hao took this opportunity to attack again, after the deputy head finished reciting the incantation, an ice lance appeared in front of him, and then flew towards the Tiger King like lightning, and accurately stabbed into its front chest. The head of the regiment and Guan Hao also stabbed the Dragon Slayer Lance and the Great Sword into its belly respectively, and then the two of them flew and leaped onto the tiger's back, striking the huge tiger's head fiercely.
The tiger king's body shook, and blood gushed out from its body, at this time its body was covered in blood, and its snow-white shiny fur was completely dyed red with blood.
At this time, the head of the earth dragon no longer afraid of the tiger king, crazy to it rushed, huge body of the dragon at once, it flew out.
The head and Guan Hao floated to the side, when the Earth Dragon charged at it again, the Tiger King suddenly stood up shakily and let out an earth-shaking tiger roar, the Earth Dragon was scared and stopped in its tracks.
Changes occurred, the tiger king's abdomen suddenly appeared out of thin air a pair of white feathers, and the bloody tiger body into a sharp contrast, and then its forehead even grew about half a foot long, white as jade's one-horn.
This amazing change dazzled everyone present.
Chen Nan was secretly shocked, he knew that this was the Tiger King's true fighting state, if it had shown its true strength earlier, the crowd would not necessarily have been able to injure it.
The Little Princess's face revealed a joyful expression, saying: ''This Tiger King is really powerful and beautiful, how nice it would be if it could become my mount''
The troupe leader shouted: "Don't be afraid, it's too late for it to transform, at this moment it's already heavily injured, it won't last long at all, let's go together." With that, he took the lead and charged forward, followed closely by the crowd, but the Earth Dragon cowered and no longer dared to go forward.
The Tiger King flew into the sky, and instantly reached high altitude, it roared continuously in the air, a streak of lightning struck down from the air, followed by a large swath of flames sweeping down.
Lightning and flames danced wildly in the air, a burst of wailing sounds came from the ground, in the blink of an eye, more than a dozen people were struck by the arc of electricity, and collapsed in the midst of the blazing fire, and a scorching odor permeated the air.
Due to the forest cover, the distant merchants could not see the tragic situation of the battle here, but were able to see the fire in the sky, the lightning danced wildly, and also able to see the huge beast in the air that roared repeatedly, they were scared to death, their bodies could not stop trembling.
The giant tiger had already been seriously injured before, and after some furious bombardment, it was even weaker, but by the time it stopped attacking, a dozen more people on the ground had lost their lives.
Guan Hao picked up a lance from the ground and threw it with force, and with a poof, it stabbed into its right wing, and it swayed in the air, almost losing its balance and falling down.
The Tiger King exploded in anger once again, and began to frantically gather nearby magic elements, a burst of violent energy fluctuations coming from the air.
The deputy leader called out, "Not good, the magic power is too strong this time, the Tiger King is going to fight for its life, everyone run away, or we'll only end up with it in the end."
Cinnan didn't want to do anything, but seeing that the mercenary group's people couldn't resist anymore, he had to step in.
Seeing him walk forward, the little princess called out, "Scum you unlock the restraints on me before you go to your death."
"Shut your little crow's mouth." After saying that, he knocked the little princess's forehead.
The little princess screamed in pain, "Dead scum, I curse you to never return."
"Then you'll wait for the wonderful taste when the Sleeping God Finger Power kicks in."
Chen Nan quickly came to the deputy head's side and said, "Do you have a way to quickly send me to the Tiger King's back"
The Deputy Head was stunned for a moment and said, "How did you get here, quickly leave, I can't protect you here."
Chen Nan raised his hand and sent out a golden sword qi, saying, "As long as you are able to send me up, I will be able to finish it off."
The deputy head immediately realized that the youth in front of him was an expert, he hesitated for a while and said, "Can you do it alone?"
"Sure, don't hesitate, or when it gathers enough magical energy, more people will die".
The deputy chief no longer hesitated and said, "Okay, thanks a lot."
He recited a string of incantations, and endless wind elements quickly coalesced around Tatsunami, he gently waved his wand, and Tatsunami was swept up by a gust of wind, rushing straight towards the Tiger King in the air.
The Tiger King was condensing the magic elements in the air, and when it noticed the uninvited guest rapidly rising from the ground, Chen Nan had already been teleported by the Vice Leader to a place less than three feet away from it.
Just as it was about to open its mouth to spit out flames, Chen Nan acted first, he quickly threw out his pre-prepared lance, which instantly pierced into the Tiger King's neck with a faint golden light.
The Tiger King let out a long, mournful howl and tumbled in the air, blood spurting wildly as a large rain of blood appeared in the air.
After the deputy head used up his last ounce of magical energy, he finally sent Chen Nan to the Tiger King's back.
At this time, the Tiger King had gradually lost its balance in the air and was swaying uncontrollably, Chen Nan hurriedly grabbed its fur and stabilized his body.
Gradually, the Tiger King regained its balance, but at this time, its injuries had already threatened its life, and it had no desire to establish its authority before the hundred beasts, and quickly flew away into the distance.
Cinnan was in a great hurry and quickly climbed up to the tiger's neck, and after stabilizing his stance, he swung his fist and slammed his fist hard against its gigantic head.
"Bang," "Bang," "Bang."
The Tiger King's body shook once again and quickly fell towards the ground.
Chen Nan did not dare to exert more force, at this time, the Tiger King was incredibly weak, if he urged his sword qi he could easily kill it, but he himself would fall to pieces. The wind whistled in his ears, causing him to become nervous.
It was only when it was less than ten feet away from the ground that the Tiger King stabilized itself again and stopped its fall. At this time, it had already overflowed with blood between its ears and nose, and its body muscles were spasming slightly, the repeated heavy blows had made it incredibly weak.
