Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 378 - 378 0280 White Zombie Tiger

Chapter 378: Chapter 0280: White Zombie Tiger Chapter 378: Chapter 0280: White Zombie Tiger Chapter 0280: The White Zombie Tiger

The bronze crane statue could be said to be one of Qi Tian’s last resort for saving his life. He initially thought that offering the bronze crane statue as a sacrifice, coupled with a middle-grade spirit stone, would be enough to help him escape the pursuit of the demonic tiger. However, to his surprise, the demonic tiger’s speed far exceeded his expectations. As time passed, the distance between them was gradually closing. Moreover, as the distance between them neared, Qi Tian could distinctly feel an increasingly overwhelming pressure emanating from the demon tiger. Furthermore, he felt a chilling cold that reached the depths of his soul from the demon tiger.

With the presence of this cold sensation, Qi Tian felt his movements becoming more and more sluggish, as if even his thoughts were slowing down. He couldn’t keep going like this. He had to deal with this relentlessly pursuing demonic tiger as soon as possible.

However, Qi Tian had no clue about how he should handle this demon tiger. He had crossed paths with it before and knew how dangerous it was. He wasn’t sure if the demon tiger had reached the Gold Core stage. Even if it hadn’t, it was no weaker than a cultivator at the first level of the Gold Core stage. Still, Qi Tian thought it was better to err on the side of caution and assume this demon tiger was at the Gold Core stage.

While in Wanjie City, Qi Tian once bought several Ice Sword Talismans, whose power was comparable to the first level of the Gold Core stage. However, this comparison referred to its power, not its speed. In other words, the Ice Sword Talisman was more reliable when aiming at a stationary target. As of now, since the demonic tiger and he were both on the move, it was tricky to use the Ice Sword Talisman against the demon tiger, and it might not even work. Qi Tian did not have many methods to threaten a Gold Core stage demonic beast at the moment. Using up the Ice Sword Talismans haphazardly and not being able to eliminate the demonic tiger would be a bad situation for him.

Qi Tian looked back at the rapidly approaching demonic tiger and was startled by its unique appearance, which differed from ordinary demonic tigers. He suddenly remembered the shard of the Demon-Seeing Mirror he had won at the Wanjie Commerce auction. He thought maybe it could help distinguish the real form of this demonic tiger.

Without a second thought, Qi Tian took out the shard, which was about the size of a thumb, and shone it towards the pursuing demonic tiger.

Suddenly, Qi Tian saw an image of a demonic tiger with red eyes, black skin, white fur all over its body, and tusks protruding from its mouth on the shard of the Demon-Seeing Mirror. It seemed like the tusks were hollow, and there seemed to be a Gold Core flickering on its forehead. However, the image vanished instantly. When Qi Tian looked again, the image on the Demon-Seeing Mirror remained that of an ordinary white-furred demonic tiger.

Qi Tian was slightly startled. Although the image on the piece of the Demon-Seeing Mirror only flashed by quickly, Qi Tian surmised that it might be the true form of the white-furred demonic tiger. Citing the texts he had read before, Qi Tian was quite certain he recognized the tiger’s real identity.

The demonic tiger was not ordinary—it was a Gold Core stage Zombie Tiger.

The Zombie Tigers of this world were not like the hopping zombies from his past life’s Hong Kong movies. These creatures could survive for a long time, even if they lost 99% of their blood. If they found a way to replenish fresh blood and their lost blood was restored, they would become more powerful. They could move as if they were ordinary demonic beasts but were far more terrifying than others of the same level.

After coming to this realization, Qi Tian felt he may have made a grave mistake. The seal, which could summon countless Rune chains, might not have been buried underground for no reason. It was likely left behind by a previous Great Master to suppress zombies, including the Zombie Tiger. By breaking the entire Rune Array and taking away the seal, he may have released the Zombie Tiger and other zombies from their underground confinement.

Thinking of this possibility, Qi Tian felt a bit gloomy. He only wanted to escape the underground cave he was trapped in. But he didn’t expect to accidentally release so many terrifying zombies. However, if he had to choose again, Qi Tian would still make the same choice. He couldn’t possibly allow himself to be trapped underground to save others. He wasn’t that selfless.

Shaking his head, Qi Tian discarded the untimely thought. He looked back at the unrelenting Zombie Tiger and pondered over how to eliminate this relentless creature after him. If he didn’t act before the Zombie Tiger caught up with him, his situation would be incredibly dangerous.

While controlling the bronze crane statue to fly at full speed, Qi Tian racked his brain to recall the texts he had read before. He didn’t have much time left as a middle-grade spirit stone could only support the bronze crane statue’s maximum flight speed for an hour. He had only a few minutes left. If he couldn’t find a solution to deal with the white Zombie Tiger within this time, the spirit stone would run out of Spirit Qi, and the bronze crane statue would stop in its tracks. There wouldn’t be enough time for Qi Tian to replace the spirit stone. The white Zombie Tiger would then catch up to him, and given his current strength, he would certainly meet his end. He simply had no means to face a Gold Core stage zombie beast.