"You are truly damnable!"
The Twin-winged Black Tiger was utterly enraged. To have one of its beast kings so cleanly and swiftly dispatched by this human, the Twin-winged Black Tiger felt deeply humiliated.
"Roar!"
With a furious roar, its less than thirty-foot-tall body suddenly surged upwards. In an instant, it transformed into a black tiger three hundred feet tall. Its wings unfurled like clouds covering the sky, and with a gentle flap, they stirred up a tempestuous black wind that swept across the entire Sword Domain. Dense dark energy coiled around its form, radiating an extremely terrifying aura.
"So this is your true form. No wonder you can be the king of beast kings in this Great Luo Realm. You've actually cultivated the Way of Darkness to the peak of the Nascent Soul stage." Zhang Fan looked up at the enraged Twin-winged Black Tiger, a hint of a smile in his eyes.
Demonic beasts possessed far less comprehension than humans. Even if they cultivated divine techniques, they rarely achieved great success. However, there were exceptions, some with comprehension comparable to human cultivators. Clearly, this Twin-winged Black Tiger was one of them.
Not only had it refined its physical body to the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, but it had also cultivated the Way of Darkness to the same peak. The combination of these two would likely make it even stronger than the siblings Cang Lan Ming Yue, almost reaching the level of Half-step Soul Transformation.
"Human, your strength indeed exceeds my expectations, but you will die today!" Fierce light flickered in the Twin-winged Black Tiger's massive eyes, its roar deafening.
Zhang Fan paid no heed to the Twin-winged Black Tiger's words. He glanced at the other battlefields. Shen Fei Chen was alone, fighting one beast king and several Ninth Tribulation realm demonic beasts. With the aid of the Sword Domain, the two sides were locked in a fierce struggle, with no clear winner in sight for the moment.
However, in another area, the siblings Cang Lan Ming Yue and Cang Lan Qiu Yue were dominating two beast kings and a group of Ninth Tribulation realm demonic beasts. Within a few breaths, one Ninth Tribulation realm demonic beast had already been cleaved by Cang Lan Ming Yue's blade.
"It seems I need to finish this quickly." Zhang Fan had initially intended to spar with this Twin-winged Black Tiger, but seeing the situation, he abandoned the thought.
If Cang Lan Ming Yue and his sibling finished their battle, and he was still fighting, it would be incredibly embarrassing.
"Little Black Tiger, come and die!" Zhang Fan drew his sword and unleashed a furious slash. The sword light seemed to cleave the heavens and earth, striking directly at the Twin-winged Black Tiger.
The Twin-winged Black Tiger flapped its wings, and two black winds surged forth, converging into a vortex resembling a black hole. It collided with the sharp sword light. The two forces stalemated for less than a breath before the sword light was swallowed by the vortex, and the vortex subsequently dissipated.
Just as the Twin-winged Black Tiger was preparing to strike again, it saw Zhang Fan activate the Kun Peng's Wings divine ability, pushing his speed to its limit as he charged towards the other beast kings.
Zhang Fan's earlier lightning-fast execution of Ya Cha Bai Mu E had indeed shocked the other beast kings. They no longer dared to position themselves as they had before to surround Zhang Fan, and could only gather together, avoiding being picked off one by one.
Therefore, the moment Zhang Fan charged forward, the other beast kings immediately unleashed their innate divine abilities, bombarding him simultaneously. Zhang Fan's physical body was formidable, and he could indeed withstand the blows, but doing so would drastically reduce his speed, giving the Twin-winged Black Tiger time to react.
With a flash, it appeared before Zhang Fan and brought down its massive tiger paw. Its sharp claws, imbued with dark energy, lunged at Zhang Fan, and they were once again locked in combat.
Zhang Fan, with his exquisite footwork, easily dodged the attack. He then swung his blood-colored iron sword upwards along the tiger's paw. To his surprise, the Twin-winged Black Tiger's defense was not breached. It only left a shallow white scratch on its body.
"Hmph, if you were to unleash that Sword of Rules again, you might be able to wound me. However, that Sword of Rules is so powerful, its consumption must be immense. I wonder how many more swings you can manage?" The Twin-winged Black Tiger's obsidian eyes, like suspended stars, stared coldly at Zhang Fan as it spoke.
Zhang Fan understood. This Twin-winged Black Tiger's physical body and divine techniques had both reached the peak of the Nascent Soul stage. Coupled with its colossal size, even with his current strength, ordinary means would indeed find it difficult to inflict damage.
As for the other seven beast kings huddled together, with the enemy now on guard, it was clearly impossible to kill them in a short period.
Facing such physically powerful demonic beasts was indeed troublesome. Although their techniques were too simplistic compared to cultivators, their extremely high defense and tenacious vitality gave them the confidence to fight against cultivators of the same level.
"Since that is the case, then I shall test the might of this Immortal Treasure on you!"
Zhang Fan said, flipping his hand and taking out a golden lamp. The lamp was no larger than his palm, shaped like a peacock, with shimmering silver threads encircling it, making it look as exquisite as a work of art.
This was precisely an Immortal Treasure, the Golden Peacock Silver Thread Lamp, that Zhang Fan had obtained after killing Ku Tian.
A torrent of magical power surged into his palm and, under Zhang Fan's control, poured ceaselessly into the Golden Peacock Silver Thread Lamp. The wick instantly lit up, emitting boundless radiance that illuminated the heavens and earth.
Simultaneously, an invisible force rapidly spread, enveloping the entire Sword Domain.
When the Twin-winged Black Tiger saw Zhang Fan take out the exquisite lamp, it felt an inexplicable sense of dread. What made it even more unsettling was that although it saw the lamp being lit and emitting dazzling light, its world plunged into darkness, and the cacophony of battle suddenly ceased.
At this moment, all the demonic beasts within the Sword Domain were plunged into darkness, unable to see or hear.
"This is a technique to blind the soul! This human actually possesses such an Immortal Treasure!" With this thought, the Twin-winged Black Tiger felt a sense of retreat for the first time. But at this very moment, even if it wanted to retreat, it couldn't find its direction.
However, the Twin-winged Black Tiger was, after all, an ancient demon that had lived for tens of thousands of years. Even in such a dire situation, it did not panic. After quickly calming down, it soon thought of a way to break free.
"Go!"
As the Twin-winged Black Tiger flapped its wings, a powerful dark energy erupted from its body and then, like ripples on a lake, rapidly spread outwards.
Since its five senses were sealed and its soul was blinded, the Twin-winged Black Tiger could only rely on continuously releasing ripples of darkness to perceive its surroundings.
Although the effect was good, it consumed a tremendous amount of its magical power, and it dared not sustain the ability. When it perceived Zhang Fan's location through the ripples of darkness, Zhang Fan had already reached the seven beast kings. This caused the Twin-winged Black Tiger's face to change dramatically, and it inwardly cursed its misfortune.
It could use ripples of darkness to sense the outside world, but those seven beast kings had not cultivated divine techniques and had no magical power whatsoever. They had no way of knowing what was happening.
Each of them had a vacant look in their eyes, completely unaware that danger was stealthily approaching.
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