Inside the Black Mountain Temple, Lin Ce, Hu Er, and the abbot of the Black Mountain Temple stand on three sides.
His original plan was to chase after them and kill the Black Mountain Abbot with his "Tiger Soul Blade."
But now it seems that the situation has become a little complicated.
Tiger Two suddenly appeared, his attitude ambiguous, and his relationship with the Black Mountain Abbot seemed to be one of enmity rather than friendship.
He intends to wait and see for the time being.
As for the young man whose heart was ripped out by the Black Mountain Abbot, whether he lives or dies was probably already decided, and it had nothing to do with whether he swung his sword sooner or later.
"Fox One, what a clever trick! You've been deceiving us for so many years."
Tiger Two stared intently at the Black Mountain Abbot and spoke coldly.
"What are you saying? I'm lying to you."
The Black Mountain Abbot smiled. "How is the Mountain Lord doing all these years? Don't tell me you haven't noticed anything at all. Take you, for example. Who knows if you're just pretending to be stupid for your own scheme?"
Tiger Two remained silent.
What the Black Mountain Abbot said was not entirely without reason.
In fact, at some point long ago, he already had a certain suspicion in his mind.
Perhaps the mountain king that once reigned over a vast area is long gone and will never reappear.
Although the mountain king seemed to have revived and gradually became active again, this thought still occasionally appeared in his mind.
In retrospect, that idea was indeed correct.
Over the years, there have never been any tigers; after that year, the tigers were completely dead.
Only the Black Mountain Abbot before him, Fox One, who had served the Mountain Lord even earlier than himself, was plotting everything.
"Tiger Two, I know you've always wanted to seize the resources left behind by the Mountain Lord and take his place. We don't actually need to be wary of each other; we can cooperate."
He pointed at Lin Ce beside him and laughed.
"I rely on the skills taught to me by the mountain lord back then, and I can borrow some of the power it left behind. Guess why I've been dragging this out and haven't really gotten rid of it?"
Why?
Hu Er squinted at Lin Ce beside him, his gaze falling on the "Tiger Soul Blade" in the other's hand. He was startled and subconsciously took a few steps back.
He could clearly sense a terrifying aura emanating from that knife.
"Don't play dumb. Didn't you also realize that this is a rare, flawless body, the most suitable vessel for the mountain lord's left-behind provisions? So naturally, it can't be damaged."
The Black Mountain Abbot gave a cold smile and continued:
"So let's join forces and take down this boy. He'll be mine, and the sword will be yours. If you think that's not worth it, there's another innate-level body that's more than enough for you."
"Your suggestion is quite good."
Tiger Two nodded, then shook his head.
"However, there is a problem with this."
"What's the problem?"
"The problem is, I might not be able to beat him."
Tiger Two chuckled and stepped back a few paces. "Fox One, you have a variety of methods. I'll leave the task of dealing with this boy to you. As for those troublesome guys on the other side, I'll take care of them for you."
As soon as he finished speaking, Tiger Two didn't care whether the Black Mountain Abbot, known as "Fox One," agreed or not. His massive body retreated and quickly disappeared from sight.
Along with him departed, so too did the numerous decaying bodies that stood around him.
Clearly, he possesses the ability to manipulate these corrupt bodies.
Lin Ce's expression shifted slightly.
He gleaned some information from the other person's words.
It seems that, besides himself and the knife-wielding youth, there are other people on Black Mountain that "Fox One" and "Tiger Two" need to deal with.
Could it be that I always felt the person in the Black Wind wasn't as powerful as I imagined?
It is very likely that the other party did not focus their main attention on them before.
However, he didn't think those people were the members of the caravan.
After all, those people in the escort team were hardly difficult to deal with.
What exactly are you?
With Hu Er gone, Lin Ce only needs to deal with the Black Mountain Abbot for the time being.
"Didn't you already guess?"
The Black Mountain Abbot smiled slightly, "You've killed two of my fox clan's juniors. Now that you've met an old fox clan member like me, you probably don't intend to let me off easily either."
Lin Ce frowned and asked the question that concerned him the most.
"The Black Mountain Abbot I met three months ago, could he also be you?"
"That's right. At that time, the remnants of the Mountain Lord's power had not yet fully awakened. I was mainly focused on that and had no time to spare. I didn't expect that a little guy in the clan would have some ulterior motives. I watched him closely from the sidelines, and it was quite interesting."
"We were of the same kind, so you just stood by and watched me kill it?"
"Otherwise what?"
Fox chuckled softly.
"In this world, it's either demons killing people, or people killing demons, or even people killing people and demons killing demons. What's so strange about that? Why worry about everything? But you, when we first met, it wasn't obvious. Now you've completely become a body without flaws. It's truly a pleasant surprise."
Lin Ce did not ask any further questions.
Because the Black Mountain Abbot had already retreated, and around him, one after another, black tigers roared and appeared.
Lin Ce had a general understanding of Fox One's combat methods.
Unlike Hu Er, the opponent would not personally charge into battle, but would instead summon a large number of black tigers.
Each of these black tigers is stronger than Tiger Two, who once fought him, and now eight of them have appeared at once.
Lin Ce had no idea where the limits of the fox spirit before him lay.
Of course, judging from Tiger Two's attitude towards Fox One earlier, his true strength is probably not as great as he had shown.
Lin Ce gripped the "Tiger Soul Blade" tightly in his hand.
If he still wants to gain a chance of victory in front of these eight black tigers, then everything will probably depend on the knife in his hand.
Without much hesitation, he drew his knife.
The Black Mountain Temple Master had already disappeared into the forest. A black wind swept in, enveloping the entire Black Mountain Temple, where demonic tigers roared repeatedly.
Lin Ce had no particular swordsmanship techniques; his strikes were wide and powerful, aimed directly at the black tigers.
However, these black tigers' attacks all contained needle-like "true energy," and he often suffered attacks from them while wielding his sword.
Each strike tore his skin open, the "true energy" needles penetrating his body.
Even with his level of defense, he still seemed somewhat inadequate when facing innate power like "true qi".
The number of "true qi" needles accumulating in the body is increasing, and even with the method of resonating muscles and bones, it is difficult to completely dissipate them in a short period of time.
But the "Tiger Soul Blade" is indeed powerful. When he was unarmed, he could only deal with two black tigers at most at the same time, but now he was able to fight eight black tigers with great skill.
However, although there are only eight black tigers surrounding them at the same time, they will rise again from the black wind after being defeated.
There's no idea when it will end.
"Cough... You can't do this. You've already exhausted your strength before you've even killed all the Black Tigers on the other side..."
A sound came from behind, and a figure stood leaning against the door; it was the same young man from before.
"...Are you alright?"
Even in the midst of a fierce battle, Lin Ce was extremely surprised.
He witnessed the other person's heart being ripped out.
How could someone without a heart have managed to survive until now, and even walk out while holding onto the door?
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