Chapter 217: Steel Claw Tiger King!
2 x Shape-Shift Card - Lets you Transform into another person or beast, mimicking them perfectly. Even an Emperor realm Expert won't be able to recognize you.
1 x Beast Control Skill Scroll - Upon use, learn a beast-controlling skill of the highest grade. This skill lets you control a beast weaker than you like they are a part of your body.
These were some of the many rewards Ashen received after killing more than 15 protagonists in the Southern region.
It was because of the Shape-Shift Card that Ashen was able to shape shift into Huan Tian's appearance, taking on every little detail on his body. Even Huan Tian's moles were replicated exactly.
Even Huan Tian's parents won't be able to recognize that it was not Huan Tian but Ashen.
As for controlling the Steel Claw Tiger, it was possible through the Beast Control Skill Scroll.
After using it to learn the skill Beast Sovereign, Ashen can control any beast that submits to him like his own limbs.
Just thinking of making them do any action will make it happen, like you do with your hands or legs.
It was a skill that could easily let him fool the Zhuji tribe. There was only one flaw. His core was the same as previous, not becoming like Huan Tian's so if someone were to inspect his body, they could see that he was not an enslavement path cultivator.
Other than that, this plan was flawless.
Ashen looked at the tiger and ordered plainly:
"Beast, I don't plan to keep you under my servitude so if you want your freedom back then help me. What do you say, will you do it?"
"Grrrr!" The Tiger nodded. It knew that it didn't have a choice in the matter and its life was already in Ashen's hands. If there was a chance to escape with its life and freedom, there was no loss in trying.
"Good, You know how to grab a chance when given one." Ashen complimented before ordering: "Now listen carefully. I want you to guide me to your king."
"Grrrr??!"
Hearing Ashen's request, a look of fear appeared on the tiger's face as it shook its head in defiance.
"You won't do it?" Ashen instantly shot it a threatening look, releasing his pressure, reminding the tiger that it didn't have the luxury to refuse.
The Tiger whimpered before sighing in defeat. It then began to walk in a certain direction, gesturing with its neck to follow after it.
Ashen nodded in understanding before speaking sternly: "Don't walk so slowly. I haven't got all day."
The tiger instantly began to dash at its highest speed possible, moving with an terrifyingly high pace, however, Ashen had no problem catching up to him since he could fly.
In under twenty minutes, they were already at their destination. In those twenty minutes, the tiger had covered over 500 km in distance. It was breaking sound barrier at that speed and now that they had stopped, the toll on it was visible through its heavy breathing.
However, Ashen didn't care about the steel claw tiger, instead, it looked in front of him, at the massive Steel Claw Tiger King with a height of 25m, however, what surprised Ashen the most was the fact this beast was a two legged beast that could walk like humans.
It was like a giant tiger human.
[Picture in the para comments].
Moreover, this was a king realm spirit beast... Just perfect for Ashen's beast army.
Ashen smiled in joy before walking out of his hiding, revealing his presence.
The steel claw tiger king instantly noticed the new presence as it landed his gaze on the small human in front of him.
The Steel Claw Tiger King spoke in his deep, beastly voice:
"Who are you, puny human? Identify yourself!"
Instead of answering with words, Ashen chose to reply by revealing his cultivation level.
As soon as the tiger king sensed his cultivation level, his eyes widened in surprise for a split second before he calmed down and spoke with an amused expression:
"King Realm First Stage? Impressive for a young human like yourself, however, am I supposed to cower in fear after knowing your cultivation? I'm a 6-star spirit beast and in your human terms, a 4th-stage king realm spirit beast!! Know your place before acting arrogant in front of me."
The tiger king found it rude and arrogant of Ashen to not identify himself like he asked him to.
The Tiger King questioned: "Why are you here, human? Convey your intentions?"
"I'm a Zhuji Tribe's cultivator." Ashen said before smiling sinisterly: "This should make my intentions clear enough."
"You mean you want to enslave me as your beast?" The Tiger King was furious with his eyes seething red with anger.
"Indeed." Ashen smiled playfully as he ordered: "Now submit to me!"
"Submit? To you?" The Tiger King's voice was breaking by how angry he was.
"Make Me!" He yelled before swinging his claw, launching a metal qi-based claw strike.
Ashen instantly summoned the Whirling swords in both his hands as he swung them toward the claw strike, cutting the qi into two, making the attack fail.
"You stopped that? Impressive." The Tiger King smiled before swinging his claws many times in the direction of Ashen, launching multiple claw strikes made of metal qi.
Ashen swirled his ethereal swords, cutting the qi strikes as if they were vegetables.
However, these were just distractions that the tiger king had planned. He wasn't so foolish to believe that this type of Attack would work against Ashen.
With his first attack, he had already probed him.
While Ashen was busy defending against the claw strikes, the tiger king used his steel qi to control the large steel claws that were lying inside his den. These were the steel claws of the previous steel claw tiger king that he had defeated to become the king himself.
He made these steel claws fly in the air at high speed, targeting Ashen from behind.
While Ashen was swirling his swords, the steel claw came launching toward him from behind.
Ashen didn't have a lot of time to react and,
Whoosh!
Spurt!
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(A/N - Thanks for reading. ^..^)