I Received Messages From Future Self!
Chapter 572 - 568: Hanging-eyed Giant Worm

Chapter 572: Chapter 568: Hanging-eyed Giant Worm

A hanging-eyed giant beast, majestic as an ancient colossus.

Just one glance chills you to the bone.

You see it this way; it sees you the same way.

Its icy gaze can freeze ten miles.

The lingering cold feels like the coming of a harsh winter.

Fang Xiaocao instinctively retreated two steps in panic.

This tiger was anything but ordinary.

It was the Tiger King, the king of a hundred tigers.

Common fierce tigers weren’t even worthy to carry its shoes.

"An intelligent creature!"

"Tom, protect the Princess!"

Tom let out a low exclamation and quickly shed his backpack.

From his pocket, he pulled out a Sprite Ball Bomb.

With a vigilant gaze fixed on the Tiger King ahead, he swiftly moved closer to Fang Xiaocao, shielding her behind him.

If anyone wanted to harm his Princess, they’d have to step over his dead body first.

If he couldn’t kill them, at least he’d give them food for thought.

He’d make sure the Princess had a complete remains.

This Northeast Tiger King, an intelligent creature, had combat abilities that had already reached the Super Level.

Defeating it was beyond what top-level masters like Tom and the others could achieve easily.

To be exact, there was almost no hope of defeating it—the only way to kill it was by overwhelming it with sheer numbers.

The Tiger King wasn’t like the giant python from before. Despite its similarly massive size, its movement technique was agile, and its speed was astoundingly fast.

You couldn’t even hit it with a thrown bomb.

Thinking of bombing it? As hard as scaling heaven!

The reflex speed of feline creatures was nearly unmatched in the world.

Throw a bomb directly at its face, and before you even react, it could swat the bomb right back at you.

Using your own bomb to send you to the skies.

Mantis quickly positioned herself beside Fang Xiaocao as well.

Together with Tom, she guarded Fang Xiaocao.

This intelligent Tiger King incited a deep sense of fear in Mantis, rendering her devoid of fighting spirit.

If it weren’t for her absolute loyalty to Fang Xiaocao—

Mantis thought, she would’ve already bolted.

Fleeing without a fight was shameful for martial artists, but in the face of insurmountable mortal danger, fleeing was a human instinct.

Yet, her loyalty to Fang Xiaocao curbed the physiological reaction of flight.

Gulp—

Fang Xiaocao swallowed a difficult mouthful of saliva.

The Tiger King’s aura was overwhelming.

It resembled the towering Mount Tai, pressing so heavily against Fang Xiaocao that she struggled to catch her breath, but fleeing never crossed her mind.

She, Fang Xiaocao, was no longer that timid, spineless college student.

She was now the Princess who commanded a faction of Jianghu forces, a figure renowned for her pride.

Fang Xiaocao would not allow herself to cower before an animal, no matter how extraordinary its combat power at the pinnacle of the world might be.

What’s a Super Master?

She, Fang Xiaocao, had defeated one before!

At worst, she’d just collapse again.

You may be the Tiger King, but I am a Queen.

We’re both rulers, standing equal in status.

Why should I fear you?

As long as someone could buy her time to stall the Tiger King, Fang Xiaocao was confident she could kill it.

Though the cost would be heavy.

The Tiger King was not invincible.

Besides—

She still had that fool, Taotie, on her side.

Taotie was also a Super Master, and among them, he possessed the strongest close combat ability.

Currently, Taotie was fully armed, wielding that Strange Dagger from the Tang Dynasty. There was no guarantee that he couldn’t win.

The Strange Dagger, the king of cold weapons.

One slash could shatter man and horse alike.

Though the Tiger King was powerful, it was still mortal flesh.

Fang Xiaocao refused to believe that Taotie’s strength, combined with the cold weapon king’s Strange Dagger, couldn’t break through the Tiger King’s defense, that seemingly impenetrable tiger hide.

The moment was critical, everything happened swiftly!

As Tom and Mantis sweated nervously,

and Fang Xiaocao’s mind wandered haphazardly,

A shadow descended from the sky, aiming directly at the Tiger King in an overhead strike.

Fang Xiaocao was stunned but quickly recovered.

Her eyes focused, revealing her alarm.

The airborne figure trying to ambush the Tiger King was none other than her household’s Unhappy.

"No!"

Fang Xiaocao instinctively cried out.

But stopping Unhappy at this moment was already too late.

Yet, stopping the Tiger King might still be possible.

In a flash of thought, Fang Xiaocao looked at Taotie.

Among those present, if anyone could rescue Unhappy,

it had to be Taotie—there was no one else.

Fixing her gaze on Taotie, who stood nonchalantly, arms crossed, still posturing, Fang Xiaocao gritted her teeth in anger.

Was this the time for posing?

Fang Xiaocao used her fastest speed, lifting her leg in a flying kick aimed squarely at Taotie’s rear.

"Idiot! Go save Unhappy—now!"

The instant her foot connected, Fang Xiaocao shouted.

Taotie’s stance was as steady as an ancient-rooted tree.

Fang Xiaocao’s kick struck his rear, feeling less like kicking flesh than like kicking a piece of granite—it didn’t budge an inch. Instead, the rebound jolted her foot painfully, causing her to stumble backward a dozen steps, nearly landing flat on her own rear.

Taotie turned to glance at Fang Xiaocao.

He scratched at his backside.

Apparently, Fang Xiaocao’s kick felt less like an attack and more like a gentle itch for him.

Taotie grinned with a silly "hehe" but didn’t say anything. Instead, he made an "OK" hand gesture.

Meanwhile, Unhappy had already arrived above the Tiger King.

The vigilant Tiger King sensed someone trying to sneak-attack it from the air.

In the next second, the Tiger King moved!

As Unhappy closed in on the Tiger King within ten meters, the Tiger King stood upright like a cat catching a flying bird, raising its muscular paw to swat at the airborne Unhappy.

Seeing this, Fang Xiaocao felt a wave of despair.

In her mind, a premonition of Unhappy being swiped away by the Tiger King flashed vividly.

Fang Xiaocao shut her eyes instinctively, unwilling to witness the gruesome scene of Unhappy’s demise.

Roar—

Yet, Fang Xiaocao didn’t hear Unhappy’s expected cries of agony.

Instead, what echoed was a tiger’s deafening roar, shaking her very soul.

Fang Xiaocao froze, opening her eyes.

The scene before her left Fang Xiaocao utterly thunderstruck, her expression radiating astonishment.

Soon after, she broke into a smile of elation.

Fang Xiaocao wanted to cheer and shout for Taotie.

The fool was truly incredible!

Far stronger than she’d ever anticipated.

What had just happened?

The instant Fang Xiaocao closed her eyes, Taotie, who had been watching the spectacle, finally made his move.

Taotie’s figure flashed, charging at the Tiger King.

Leaping into the air, he kicked Unhappy aside.

Upon landing, he instantly followed up with another kick directed at the Tiger King.

The Tiger King was quick to react.

But even with its speed, the Tiger King was caught momentarily off guard.

The prey nearly in its grasp—the airborne target—was suddenly sent flying by a third party.

Not until Taotie’s kick landed on it did the Tiger King’s beast instincts awaken it from its stunned state.

Realizing what had just occurred, the Tiger King’s fury erupted, its roar shaking the skies.

It swiped with its massive paw at Taotie.

Taotie, seemingly prepared, met the attack head-on with a punch.

Bang—

Fist met paw with a muffled thud.

Taotie actually parried the Tiger King’s strike.

Without any weapon.

Pure physical strength clashing against pure physical strength.

Taotie unexpectedly countered the full force of the Tiger King’s paw.

Taotie transformed his fist into a claw, gripping the Tiger King’s burly forelimb as veins and muscles erupted across his body. The two began an unrelenting bout of grappling.

The moment Fang Xiaocao opened her eyes was the instant she witnessed the stunning scene that left her stupefied.