664: Chapter 664 Golden Tiger King

Deep within the Immortal Realm, atop several massive continents, Demonic Qi filled the sky and evil winds howled.

This was the heartland of the Yao Race, one of the core stages where the myriad races vied for supremacy.

The immortal spirit qi remained dense, yet the air was permeated with a lingering sense of desolation, wildness, and a faint scent of blood.

Above the firmament, giant birds a thousand zhang long occasionally cast shadows that blotted out the sun; deep within the earth, dull low growls that made the mountains and rivers tremble could be heard faintly.

In the Domain of the Yao Race, naked power was respected, and Bloodline suppression was absolute.

Countless Yao forces, large and small, were scattered like stars, conquering and annexing one another while collectively resisting pressure from the Human Race, Demon Race, and other ethnic groups.

Above all these Yao forces stood seven behemoths, like seven heavenly pillars supporting the backbone of the Yao Race in the Immortal Realm.

They stood on equal footing with the top human immortal sects and Demon Race Imperial Dynasties.

A figure in green robes stepped into this place as if taking a leisurely stroll in a courtyard.

Gu Changge held his hands behind his back, his eyes clear. His Divine Sense spread out like spilled mercury, instantly sweeping across a radius of a hundred million miles.

“Hmm... that black bear has thick paws and plenty of fat. Braising it would definitely make it tender and sticky.”

“That Nine-Colored Deer hasn't had its antlers cut yet; it would be perfect for a nourishing stew.”

“The wings of that goshawk in the sky look good; they should be very crispy if fried.”

As Gu Changge walked, he silently listed a menu in his mind, with a kind smile even hanging on the corner of his mouth:

“Which ones should I pick? How about I catch a black bear first, then an elephant?”

While he was pondering, his Divine Sense suddenly pierced through the clouds and landed on a mountain valley.

There, a magnificent striped tiger was lying on a flat green rock, dozing.

Its body was as large as a house, and its fur was not ordinary yellow and black, but flowed with mysterious patterns of dark gold and crimson.

These patterns faintly formed a natural 'King' character Dao diagram, emitting a heart-palpitating pressure.

With every breath, its nostrils exhaled two streams of white mist that made the giant rocks in front of it buzz; within a hundred zhang of its body, even insects and ants were extinct.

This was a Red-Gold Profound Tiger whose cultivation had reached the Early Stage of the Immortal Venerable realm. Its Bloodline was extraordinary, and it was one of the recognized overlords of this region, known by the title Golden Fiend Tiger King.

At this moment, it was digesting a spiritual fruit it had just consumed, its laziness carrying the inviolable majesty of the king of beasts.

Gu Changge's figure appeared silently. His gaze fell upon the giant tiger, and a hint of satisfaction flashed in his eyes.

“A Red-Gold Profound Tiger in the Immortal Venerable realm. Its blood and qi are as vast as a furnace, with the sound of thunder hidden in its bones. More rarely, its Evil Qi and Geng-gold qi are perfectly blended, tempering its flesh into something like divine iron and jade marrow...”

“The tiger bones can be used for soup, the tiger marrow for Alchemy, and this choice meat... if I take the most tender piece from under the ribs and grill it over a high flame to lock in the juices, making it charred on the outside and tender on the inside, it would be top-grade.”

With a thought, he lightly sliced his index finger toward the ribs of the slumbering Tiger King.

“Ssh—”

A faint, almost inaudible sound rang out.

The dozing Golden Fiend Tiger King suddenly tensed its muscles! A cold, sharp, stinging sensation came from under its ribs!

It looked down in shock, only to see a smooth cut had appeared on its invulnerable fur, which could withstand Immortal Treasures.

A palm-sized piece of top-grade tiger meat—golden in color, with a beautiful marble-like texture, and even slightly twitching—was flying up into the air!

“Roar—!!!”

Shock was instantly replaced by overwhelming fury and humiliation!

A tiger's roar that shattered the firmament echoed through heaven and earth!

The Golden Fiend Tiger King’s massive body reared up on its hind legs. Its dark gold pupils instantly contracted into dangerous vertical slits. Boundless Evil Qi and Geng-gold sharp qi swept out like a literal storm, grinding the surrounding ancient trees and giant rocks to dust!

“Who?! Get out here for this King!!”

It was beyond furious. Its gaze was like lightning, instantly locking onto the calm figure in green robes not far away, who was holding that piece of its meat.

What made its pupils shrink further and its rage incinerate its reason was that the person casually summoned a flame of pure Glazed Pure Fire.

With a flick of his finger, he skewered that piece of meat—which belonged to the tiger and still emitted vast blood and qi—onto a Purple Bamboo branch, placed it over the fire, and began to grill it skillfully!

The movements were as smooth as flowing water; he even sprinkled on some unknown spice powders!

A wonderful fragrance wafted in all directions.

But to the Golden Fiend Tiger King, that fragrance was the most malicious mockery and desecration in the world!

“Human! How dare you insult me so!!!”

The Golden Fiend Tiger King’s voice trembled with extreme anger. The demonic power around its body boiled to the limit, and the phantom of an ancient evil tiger roaring at the sky faintly appeared behind it.

Releasing its Immortal Venerable level pressure without reservation, it stared fixedly at Gu Changge. Every step it took carried a determination to kill.

That Aura felt as if it would tear the person before it into pieces in the next second!

Gu Changge raised an eyebrow slightly and continued to turn the grilled meat. His expression was calm, even faintly expectant:

“Interesting. With this kind of Aura, the meat should be even chewier.”

He stood quietly, waiting for the Tiger King's earth-shattering pounce.

However—

“Whoosh!”

The expected pounce did not come.

At the very moment when the tiger's roar had yet to fade and the Killing Intent was at its peak.

That Tiger King, with its overwhelming might, suddenly vanished from the spot!

At a speed ten times faster than an attack, it turned into a golden stream of light and bolted toward the depths of the mountain forest without looking back!

In that instant, the kingly Aura and the thunderous majesty were all gone.

All that remained was a retreating figure using every ounce of strength just to stay alive.

Fast! It was too fast!

Not even a footprint was left on the ground, only a trail of fallen leaves swirled up by the gale.

Holding the piece of tiger meat he had just sliced off, Gu Changge was stunned on the spot.

He blinked, and a crack finally appeared in the calm on his face.

“...?”

It just ran away?

What happened to that look of wanting to devour heaven and earth? Where was that Killing Intent that shattered mountains and rivers?

A dignified king of beasts, after having a piece of meat cut off, had the first reaction of running away instead of fighting to the death?

And it ran so decisively, so resolutely, so... without any bottom line?

Gu Changge had seen those who were unafraid of death, those who knelt and begged for mercy, and those who used schemes and calculations.

But he had truly never seen one who could switch between kingly rage and slipping away so smoothly and without any psychological burden.

“Interesting,” Gu Changge murmured, a strange curve curling at the corner of his mouth.

He no longer looked at the perfectly grilled, sizzling tiger meat in his hand. Instead, he cast his gaze in the direction the Tiger King had fled, casually reached out his hand, and made a grasping motion toward the Void Realm in that direction.

A million miles away, the Golden Fiend Tiger King was roaring in its heart:

“Fight to the death? Fight my ass!”

“That person could silently slice off my meat with a casual stroke; his strength is unfathomable! Going up there would just be seeking death!”

“As long as the green mountains remain, one doesn't need to worry about firewood! I am a man who is going to become a Yao Emperor; how can I die at the hands of such a nobody?!”

“Run! As long as I run fast enough, he won't be able to catch up! Hahahaha, I am simply too smart!”

Just as it was feeling proud of itself, it suddenly felt the surrounding space freeze.

It discovered to its horror that not only could it not move forward, but its entire massive tiger body was also 'floating' backward uncontrollably!

No matter how it activated its demonic power or how it struggled and roared, it was all useless.

The scenery before its eyes flowed backward rapidly. In just a single breath, it was back at the original spot, back in front of the green-robed man.

Gu Changge had already finished the meat in his hand and was elegantly wiping his mouth with a handkerchief.

Meanwhile, his other hand was pinching the thick skin on the back of the Golden Fiend Tiger King’s neck with two fingers, lifting it up in mid-air.

The Golden Fiend Tiger King’s massive body flailed its limbs helplessly in the air, its tail still wagging back and forth awkwardly.