Doomsday: Gain experience by hunting

With a single chop, darkness spread around Tang Wen, but his heart remained as still as water.

His eyes saw nothing but the shadow.

"Oh?" the shadow exclaimed in surprise.

Tang Wen felt as if he were sinking into a mire!

His full-powered blade aura could force even a newly advanced Fifth Rank expert to evade.

Yet, it was blocked at this moment!

To be precise, it was blocked by the fingertip of the shadow's elongated finger.

That alone wasn't enough to make Tang Wen despair.

But the enormous white tiger's claw, a full-force strike from a Fifth Rank peak expert, also vanished into nothingness.

"You're a Fourth Rank," Tang Wen said, his eyes filled with shock, his tone heavy.

"Isn't that obvious?" The shadow retracted its attack, which hadn't even landed, its tone suddenly light.

"Kid, you're practicing the Black Night Divine Fist, your awakening level isn't low, and your mental power is sufficient. You've been suppressing yourself from advancing to Sixth Rank, are you aiming for a perfect transformation?"

The unease in Tang Wen's heart grew heavier.

He had only made one move, and his true strength had been seen through.

Just what was this shadow?

"I want to give it a try," Tang Wen said softly.

He was curious about what the shadow meant.

Why wasn't it attacking?

The shadow snorted. "Not bad, considering your bone structure. You're only sixteen this year, right?"

Tang Wen was momentarily stunned. Apart from his sister, almost everyone he had met, whether it was the Fifth Rank peak Shui Qianjun or the Sixth Rank elder skilled in bone reading, had failed to discern his true age.

He had transmigrated when he was not yet fifteen, and it had only been two years since.

"Your Excellency, are you from the White Tiger Tribe?"

"Heh! Not completely stupid! You can tell I'm one of your own?"

One of his own?

A member of his own who almost killed him?

Tang Wen narrowed his eyes and guessed, "You are indeed a senior from the White Tiger Tribe."

"Haven't you met Yu Hu?" The shadow's lines shifted, transforming into a massive shadow tiger.

"How should I address you, Your Excellency?" Tang Wen's mood was complex. After all this, was his life-or-death crisis just a game for a Fourth Rank expert?

"Shadow Tiger."

Tang Wen's expression was colorful. He hadn't heard of this name.

Shadow Tiger chuckled. "Don't make that face. If it weren't for the Holy Maiden recommending you, saying you're suitable to be my disciple, I wouldn't have bothered coming!"

Huh?!

Recommending me to be a Fourth Rank expert's disciple?

Sister Hu Lan really loves me!

Tang Wen threw away his blade and shouted, "Master, please accept my humble bow!"

He was about to kneel decisively.

To put it this way, the identity of a Fourth Rank Shadow Tiger in his past life was at least equivalent to the top military and political leader of a province.

Not to mention Tang Wen, a mere extraordinary, even the Fifth Rank experts of Ganshan City couldn't find the opportunity to kneel.

If Tang Wen's master, father-in-law, Ganshan City tycoon, Blackwater Gang Leader, Shui Qianjun, were here, he would kick Tang Wen in the back of the knees, forcing him to kneel!

"Stop, stop, stop! I haven't agreed yet!"

Even though his facial features weren't distinct, a look of disdain appeared on Shadow Tiger's face.

Tang Wen didn't care. As the saying goes, 'Embrace a leg when you can, lest you be used by others when you have no leg to stand on!'

*Thump!*

He knelt firmly.

Shadow Tiger was somewhat helpless. "...Let's see if you can learn my skills first."

Tang Wen was overjoyed and nodded vigorously. "This disciple has some comprehension abilities."

Even if he wondered whether a human like himself could practice the White Tiger's techniques.

But what if he couldn't learn them?

The master-disciple relationship must be established!

I've decided on this master.

No one can dissuade me, not even the King of Heaven!

Seeing Tang Wen's serious demeanor.

Shadow Tiger nodded slightly. "Don't rush. You're not Sixth Rank yet, so you definitely can't learn it now. Your foundation is good. As for the path of perfect transformation..."

He paused here. "This path is very dangerous. Tell me how you've been practicing."

Tang Wen had heard this question many times and immediately explained the 'Tenacious Five Gods' organ training method and directly consuming the blood marrow of extraordinary beasts.

While Shadow Tiger was silent, he asked, "Master, if I fail, um, if the perfect transformation fails, what will be the consequences?"

Shadow Tiger was silent for a moment, then grinned, revealing his black mouth. "Didn't you guess it already!"

Tang Wen was shocked and scrutinized him, his heart filled with astonishment.

"You'll become like me." Shadow Tiger made a smiling expression, but there was no laughter. "However, I only exceeded the limit by a little bit. So, I can still survive."

Perfect transformation is when the ability awakening is stuck at the 100% limit, no more, no less, just right.

Shadow Tiger: "I probably only exceeded the limit by a tiny bit."

Two shadow fingers pinched together, indicating a gap so small that even light couldn't pass through.

"If it's even a little more. Bang! Return to darkness." The shadow hand exploded like a light and shadow effect.

Tang Wen couldn't help but lean back slightly.

The shadow hand returned to normal as if nothing had happened. "You see, the rewards are also enormous after you succeed."

"If I succeed, can I also transform into a shadow?"

"That's called Shadow Transformation Divine Power!"

"Divine Power?" Tang Wen's eyes lit up. "Divine Power Realm? If I succeed, I'll be in the Divine Power Realm!"

"Dream on! That's only at Fourth Rank, you're only Seventh Rank now." Shadow Tiger unceremoniously shot him down.

Tang Wen didn't care, and instead felt his heart burning with excitement.

Shadow Tiger asked again, "Your mental power, I see it's already advanced. What meditation technique are you practicing?"

Tang Wen practiced the meditation technique given by the Bai family, which had a maximum of forty-nine pictographic characters.

In Ganshan City, it was also considered a top-tier meditation technique.

Unexpectedly, Shadow Tiger shook his head after hearing it. "Change it! Practice this from now on."

He tossed Tang Wen a jade slip. "A total of seventy-two runes."

Tang Wen was overjoyed and hurriedly caught it.

Forty-nine, seventy-two.

Don't underestimate the difference of only twenty-three in number, because you must know that after thirty-six mental runes, the mental power contained in the thirty-seventh rune is almost twice that of the thirty-sixth rune.

The thirty-eighth rune is three times that of the thirty-sixth rune...

Therefore, the twenty-three extra runes actually represent many times more mental power.

"Thank you, Master!"

Shadow Tiger didn't say anything, and gently waved his hand.

As if something had been shattered.

The scene in front of them rippled like water.

In the blink of an eye, Shadow Tiger turned into a black tiger, and Feng Sanniang and the others were slowly waking up.

"What was that just now?"

"Just a dream illusion."

"Master, I want to learn that move!" Tang Wen's eyes were burning.

"We'll talk about it after Fifth Rank." Shadow Tiger looked around and asked, "Where's that girl Hu Yun?"

Only then did Tang Wen remember that his "cheap girlfriend" Hu Yun, who had offered herself, was currently venturing into danger alone.

He quickly explained her situation.

"Shadow King? Why are you here?"

Hu Ershi raised his paw and rubbed his eyes, unable to believe it.

The other white tiger was also filled with excitement.

The king of the White Tiger clan?

Feng Sanniang instantly lost all sleepiness.

Tang Wen pulled her over and introduced her. "Sanniang, this is my master, Shadow King! A Fourth Rank expert. Master, this is my woman."

Feng Sanniang was so shocked by his words 'Fourth Rank' that she was a little disoriented.

She had no idea that this master was newly made.

But after all, she was a leading figure in the Chamber of Commerce, and immediately bowed and saluted. "This little girl greets Senior Shadow King!"

Her address was extremely measured.

Not everyone can get close to a Fourth Rank expert.

Shadow King glared at the cheap disciple who seized the opportunity to cling to him, and looked at the well-behaved Feng Sanniang. "Get up, you can also learn this kid's mental meditation technique."

"Thank you, Master!"

Feng Sanniang was overjoyed. Not only did she not get up, but she also knelt down, calling him master.

There was no need to think about it, the meditation technique taken out by the White Tiger Tribe's Fourth Rank King must be better than her own!

Shadow King: "...You two are a good match."

After saying that, he turned his head and ignored the cheap disciple, and nodded to the two white tigers. "I came because the Holy Maiden asked me for help, saying that they discovered a strange object here that can mass-produce Fifth Rank combat power."

Hu Ershi quickly explained everything, behaving as obediently as a child reporting to an adult.

Shadow King added, "And also to examine my disciple, not bad. From now on, the word 'guest' in the guest elder title can be removed!"

"Thank you, Master!" Tang Wen shouted, pondering in his heart whether to publicize that he was a Fourth Rank disciple and a White Tiger elder.

A hint of disgust flashed in Shadow King's eyes, and his gaze turned to the Thunder Rock Crocodile Turtle and Stone Dragon, who were cowering behind. "You two, after this matter is over, are you willing to go to the Hundred Thousand Mountains to cultivate with me?"

"Willing, willing, we are willing!"

"That's good. I'll go find Hu Yun, and take you away after this is over!"

After saying that, Shadow King's black body transformed back into a shadow, and in the blink of an eye, disappeared before everyone's eyes.

As the White Tiger Tribe's Fourth Rank expert, he could sense the location of the white tigers within a certain range.

Tang Wen's mood rose and fell sharply. After his new master left, he sat down on the blanket with a thud.

"Shadow King is also elusive in our clan. How could you be able to take him as your teacher?!"

Hu Ershi's face was full of envy.

The other white tiger, and the crocodile turtle and stone dragon, looked at Tang Wen with respect.

The white tiger was fine, often seeing the Fourth Rank expert in the clan.

The two wild beasts' moods could only be described as agitated. Tang Wen really didn't lie to them!

He could actually move the Fourth Rank Divine Power Realm expert!

Tang Wen understood their gazes and smiled slightly at the two beasts.

In their eyes, he was even more unfathomable.

They secretly resolved that before leaving, they would listen to Tang Wen's instructions!

The simple-minded two beasts didn't know that Tang Wen didn't want them to leave at all.

Such useful thugs, one capable of attacking and defending, and one capable of burrowing into the ground and escaping.

With them by my side, wouldn't I be safer?

I'll talk to my master later and see if I can keep them.

Tang Wen was frightened just now, fighting wits and courage with the shadow, accepting the test, and didn't rest well.

Feng Sanniang and the other beasts had taken a nap.

Now seeing that Tang Wen was about to lie down again, Sanniang immediately thoughtfully offered her round and tight long legs as a pillow.

In the blink of an eye, half a day passed.

Tang Wen was awakened by bursts of fragrance, and the pillow under his head had been replaced by a soft pillow from who knows where.

Looking to the side, Feng Sanniang was sitting cross-legged next to him, with a square table in front of her, on which a red clay stove was burning with walnut charcoal, with chicken wings and mutton roasting on it, and wine warming.

"Wenlang is awake." Feng Sanniang reached out to help him sit up.

In a daze, Tang Wen felt as if he was not in the dangerous underground, but in his bedroom in Ganshan City surrounded by maids.

"This is?"

"Roasted meat and ten-year aged wine."

Tang Wen: I'm asking about this?

Don't you think it's strange that these things appear here?

The stone cave was warm with a burning fire, the water was gurgling, and the environment was quiet and secluded.

The beautiful woman in front of him was wearing a black outfit, revealing her curves.

Tang Wen was silent, not to mention, it was really not strange.

However, we are here to kill people and test ourselves!

He looked around and found something wrong. "Where are the other three?"

Only Hu Ershi and Feng Sanniang were in the cave.

The other tiger, turtle, and stone dragon were nowhere to be seen.

Hu Ershi was dozing off by the fire.

Feng Sanniang said softly, "I saw that they were bored, so I let them go kill strange beasts."

Tang Wen was stunned, and then nodded with satisfaction. "Not bad, Sanniang has a big picture in mind!"

As expected of a woman from the Chamber of Commerce.

She can't stand the experts around her being idle, and can find them work at any time.

Feng Sanniang heard her lover praise herself for the first time, her eyebrows curved, and she pulled Tang Wen to sit down, and took the initiative to lean in his arms.

With a beauty in his arms, Tang Wen couldn't wait to send Hu Ershi out to hunt wild animals as well.

"Here, it's just warmed up."

Feng Sanniang picked up a white jade wine glass.

The yellow wine was amber in color, and Tang Wen smelled the sour and sweet taste of plums.

But when the wine glass reached his lips, he tilted his head slightly, his eyes falling on Sanniang's red lips.

Feng Sanniang understood in seconds, her eyes full of charm, she brought it to her red lips and drank it all in one gulp, and then moved forward slightly.

Tang Wen's eyes were full of appreciation, and he hugged her slender waist.

"Zzz"

Their lips met, soft and fragrant.

A small pot of wine, drank for a long time, still more than half left.

The Sixth Rank peak Feng Dajia, didn't drink a few drops of wine, but her eyes had a three-point drunkenness, and her cheeks were flushed.

She glanced at Hu Ershi with the corner of her eye.

She regretted leaving this one behind.

Tang Wen's hand was on the silk belt, hesitating for a long time, but still didn't untie it.

The two were whispering sweet nothings, before a pot of wine was finished, the top suddenly vibrated slightly.

Looking up, they were surprised to find that Hu Yun had returned with the white tiger, crocodile turtle, and stone dragon.

They quickly got up.

"Sister Yun, was it smooth? Where's Master?"

Hu Yun didn't speak, came to the front and picked up the wine pot on the stove, and drank it all in one gulp.

After drinking, she wiped the corners of her mouth and then opened her mouth. "I almost fell!"

Feng Sanniang picked up the jar and filled it for her, and took out a cushion and let her sit down.

Hu Yun spoke as she drank, telling the story of what happened.

When Shadow King arrived, she and the white tiger were in a bitter battle.

The opponent was extremely cunning, hiding in the blood mist, attacking her and the white tiger from all directions.

The idea was to exhaust them to death.

Thanks to this, they were able to hold on until Shadow King arrived.

Tang Wen couldn't help but shake his head. "You're too stubborn. Knowing the general direction, wouldn't it be better to bring a large group of people over later?"

Hu Yun smiled. "There are at least dozens of Fifth Ranks inside, how many people should I bring?"

Tang Wen shook his head. "If Fifth Rank isn't enough, then invite Fourth Rank!"

His 'insufficient firepower' phobia from his previous life was brought to this life.

I prefer to overwhelm opponents with firepower.

It's best to fight those at the upper Fifth Rank or Fourth Rank; fighting those at the Sixth Rank is also like bullying those at the Fourth Rank... What's the point of an even match? Crushing the weak is the true essence of martial arts!

Hu Yun continued, "Speaking of which, it's really strange. Shadow King rushed over and dispersed the blood mist. Only then did I realize that the people who attacked me were all old and decrepit."

"How old?"

"Not just old, but skin-and-bones old faces, as if they had forcibly extended their lives with some strange method to live until today!"

Hmm?

Tang Wen and Feng Sanniang exchanged glances.

Hu Yun: "However, unfortunately, Shadow King was worried about my safety and didn't restrain his aura when he rushed in, allowing that tree to escape."

"The tree... escaped?"

Hu Yun's expression turned solemn: "Shadow King went after it. According to his judgment, it was a Fourth Rank demon tree!"

?!

A tree can become Fourth Rank?