Looking through a tube to observe a leopard — you can glimpse the whole from a part.
After a brief exchange, the expressions on the faces of the two 100,000-year-old soul beasts turned extremely grim.
The Tiger King, already filled with suspicion, felt his heart sink like a stone into the ocean — things were definitely not looking good.
There were just too many abnormal traits showing in the Golden Lion-Tiger.
Beyond its actions and reflexes, even the rhythm of its speech and the frequency of its breathing were slowed — by at least two or three times.
Even a fool could tell this wasn't just a simple speed debuff.
But it wasn't exactly speed manipulation either... and yet it matched the behavior being displayed...
The Lion King felt like something was gripping his heart tightly.
Time-based abilities look like speed manipulation on the surface, but the implications are entirely different.
Speed affects only how fast one moves — but time impacts everything: your energy, your power, how fast you gather it, activate it, unleash it, your thinking speed, decision-making, reaction time — even how fast your attacks fly.
Possessing this kind of martial spirit doesn't guarantee victory, but it does put you in an innately undefeatable position.
The scene gradually turned comedic.
Just as the two kings expected, under 2.5x time dilation, the Golden Lion-Tiger's attacks were always sluggish.
Moves that could once be unleashed in an instant, almost reflexively, now came with long wind-ups.
That included its golden razor-sharp energy lines, its massive claw shadows that covered the sky, and even a never-before-seen energy phantom of a giant mouth.
Meanwhile, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, boosted by Heaven-Earth Amplification and Golden Light of Ground Soaring, appeared to be completely in control.
Although it couldn't yet break through the Golden Lion-Tiger's defenses, nor deal effective damage,
it easily dodged each attack — and repeatedly knocked it over using claws, tail, head, and even its butt.
From the outside, it looked like it was bullying a toddler.
Low damage, extreme humiliation.
And the damn thing wouldn't shut up either:
"Kekeke, Golden Lion-Tiger, never thought you'd see the day, huh?"
"You think you can mess with your big bro Black Tiger? You got the skills for that? Opportunity was there, and you blew it!"
"Mere grains of sand — not even half of me."
"At the peak of the gods, above all lands — with Black Tiger, there is heaven!"
...
"Alright, that's enough."
Seeing the Golden Lion-Tiger on the verge of exploding, Nangong Lingyun quickly intervened to stop the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
After all, the Golden Lion-Tiger would soon join the beast contract space — they'd be living together day and night.
If things went too far... who knows what might happen to this dark bastard later.
"Black Tiger, no misery?"
"Fine, I'll spare you this time."
The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, clearly still high on adrenaline, reluctantly backed off — but not before throwing out a parting shot.
This was its one golden moment to act superior. Who knew when the next one would come — year of the monkey, maybe?
Meanwhile, the Lion King, Tiger King, and Lion-Tiger were all left confused watching Nangong Lingyun stand idle as even the big tiger exited the battlefield.
Bewildered... and then suddenly tense.
They obviously didn't think the opponent would surrender while in such an advantageous position.
Which meant — there could only be one possibility: a final, ultimate move that could determine victory in a heartbeat.
Then—
Nangong Lingyun slowly pushed both hands forward. A condensed, snow-white, non-blinding energy ball rapidly expanded before him.
After mastering the True Yin Qi, not only was his Extreme Yang Power not weakened — it had been purified and greatly enhanced.
The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger opened its mouth wide.
A pitch-black orb, so dark it seemed to swallow all surrounding light, expanded rapidly in the wind.
With the blessing of the fourth soul ring of the Chaotic Holy Spirit — Darkness Control, her evil attribute power was now beyond recognition.
Faced with this scene, even the Golden Lion-Tiger instinctively realized something was terribly wrong.
It hurriedly swiped its paw, unleashing countless golden threads.
Though these threads looked simple, they were its energy condensed to the extreme — their lethality was terrifying.
A normal opponent would be instantly shredded into minced meat.
Yet just as the golden threads appeared, the sky above suddenly darkened.
Looking up — a terrifying storm cloud, charged with divine lightning, loomed only a few dozen meters overhead.
From within, countless violet-gold bolts of lightning came crashing down like an ocean of thunder, instantly burying the Golden Lion-Tiger.
All the golden threads were extinguished in a flash.
The Golden Lion-Tiger turned, trying to escape.
But in that moment, the black and white energy balls shot forward — and exploded directly above its head.
Words couldn't describe the sheer shock of the scene.
Heaven and earth were swallowed in a sea of white — even closing your eyes wouldn't shield you from it.
It was like a black hole expanding outward at light speed.
From the center outwards, everything in its path — the Golden Lion-Tiger, the land beneath, even the Destruction Divine Thunder of the Thunder Hell Vine — was disintegrated, obliterated, erased.
"My child—!"
The Tiger King cried out in horror, its voice filled with urgency and grief.
Thankfully, it quickly realized — this was just a simulation.
Nangong Lingyun immediately kicked everyone out of the virtual space.
Back in the valley, the mood turned a bit heavy.
Even the two Tiger Kings were visibly shaken by that final strike. The Golden Lion-Tiger stood dazed for a long time, unable to recover.
Only after a long pause did Nangong Lingyun speak:
"Blackie, show them the proof."
Two much smaller black and white orbs flew toward a nearby mountain wall.
Then, the thousand-meter peak violently collapsed inward.
Only now did the Golden Lion-Tiger seem to come to its senses.
Its mouth moved as if to speak, but after a few silent attempts, it finally dropped its tone into forced calmness:
"So... how do we proceed with this contract of yours?"
...
Five minutes later, inside the beast contract space.
The Golden Lion-Tiger's body gleamed with golden light. Its overwhelming aura rippled out like water, sweeping in all directions.
It walked forward slowly, unhurried.
Across from it, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger was already in full-blown panic, darting around like a lunatic.
"So now I get to have a day like this, huh?"
"Wasn't strong enough to fight the mighty Black Tiger, right? Wasted my shot, right?"
"Mere grains of sand, not even half of you, huh?"
"At the peak of the gods, above all — with Black Tiger, there is heaven, right?"
As the last sentence dropped, a golden flash shot out.
The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger went flying in an unwilling spiral, performing a series of acrobatic contortions before slamming hard into the ground.
From the air echoed four terrified words:
"Boss, save me—!"
Just like before, Nangong Lingyun turned to the Golden Lion-Tiger and said:
"Don't go too far."
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