Chapter 016: The Bond of the Wind

Of course, at first, Gelemu didn’t fully regard the Dark Tiger clan as his hunting target. Initially, it was just that Gelemu happened to kill several Dark Tigers in a row.
Magic beasts also possess intelligence. Seeing Gelemu continuously hunting their kind, the Dark Tiger clan united and retaliated against Gelemu’s tribe.
It would have been fine if they hadn’t retaliated, but once they did, Gelemu simply made the entire Dark Tiger clan his dedicated hunting target!
And so, Gelemu frantically hunted the Dark Tigers until the Dwarf King and the Grand Commander appeared and jointly established a non-aggression pact between magic beasts and dwarves. Only with the signing of this pact did the hatred between the Dark Tiger clan and Gelemu’s tribe temporarily subside.
Back then, under Gelemu’s pursuit, this particular Dark Tiger nearly lost its life to him several times. In short, there was an irreconcilable conflict between this Dark Tiger and Gelemu.
For a long time, Gelemu had paid close attention to the movements of the Dark Tiger clan, so he was aware when one of them reached the divine level.
In fact, even the other members of the Dark Tiger clan didn’t know that this one had reached the divine level! If news of a divine-level magic beast spread, it would surely attract top experts from across the continent, eager to hunt it—after all, such a beast was filled with immeasurable treasures!
Gelemu had been paying attention to this Dark Tiger even when it was still at the sacred level, trying to find ways to kill it. Yet, this Dark Tiger was extremely wary of Gelemu and managed to escape skillfully every time.
This time, now that it had reached the divine level, it hadn’t even gone after Gelemu yet, and Gelemu had come to seek its death first!
“Delicious! Truly delicious! After over a thousand years, I’ve finally killed Gelemu!” the Dark Tiger suddenly roared loudly.
“Well, since you’ve killed Gelemu, aren’t you afraid of punishment from the Dwarf King and the Grand Commander?” Du Fan quickly asked upon hearing this.
“Haha, what a joke! Those rules they made were binding before I became a divine beast, but once I reached divinity, haha, everyone is now a divine-level expert—what use are those rules to me?” the Dark Tiger laughed heartily at Du Fan’s words.

“Du Fan, where’s Geermu?” At that moment, Nai Xiu and Chen Chen also came up. Seeing Du Fan—a giant tiger—but not seeing Geermu, Nai Xiu quickly asked.
“Geermu? He’s already been eaten by it,” Du Fan said, pointing at the Dark Demon Tiger.
“Is that true?” Hearing Du Fan’s words, Nai Xiu asked skeptically.
“Hahaha, little girl of the elves! Can’t you see that I’m a divine beast?” The Dark Demon Tiger laughed loudly upon hearing Nai Xiu’s words.
“Since Geermu is dead, Du Fan, let’s leave too,” Nai Xiu said.
“Leave? You still want to leave! Since you followed Geermu here, get ready to die all here!” the Dark Demon Tiger roared.
“Big Brother Tiger! We really aren’t with Geermu!” Seeing the Dark Demon Tiger’s attitude, Du Fan quickly said.
“That doesn’t matter anymore. What matters is that you now know of my existence, so you must die!” the Dark Demon Tiger said seriously.
“Big Brother Tiger, we won’t tell anyone about you,” Du Fan said.
“Haha, human, do you really think I’ll believe that just because you say so? How can I trust human words?” the Dark Demon Tiger laughed.
“Then tell me, Big Brother Tiger, what do you need to believe us?” Du Fan asked, staring at it.
“Just like Geermu, as long as you’re eaten by me, I’ll believe you won’t spread word of my existence,” the Dark Demon Tiger laughed loudly.
“Hey, master, it’s just a little tiger. If you want to fight, just fight! Why waste so much time talking to such an animal?” Chen Chen couldn’t wait any longer and spoke up.
Hearing Chen Chen’s words, the Dark Demon Tiger roared at the sky.
“You woman! How dare you call me an animal! I’ll tear you apart!”
“Ah, Chen Chen, this is a divine beast! Why provoke it?” Seeing the Dark Demon Tiger’s reaction, Du Fan was extremely worried.
After that roar, the Dark Demon Tiger immediately rushed at them! Its body, over ten meters long, lunged at the three of them like a giant eagle attacking chicks.
“Back off! I’ll take the hit first!” Du Fan took out his Holy Radiance Staff and shouted loudly.
As soon as he spoke, he quickly recited a spell—a forbidden wind magic, Wind Binding.

Wind Binding is merely a binding magic spell. This forbidden magic can restrain opponents who are one rank stronger than oneself, making it a skill that allows killing beyond one’s own rank. After binding the opponent, Wind Binding uses wind magic to encircle the entire body, then gradually sucking out the air inside, killing the opponent alive! One characteristic of Wind Binding is that as long as the air is completely drained and the bound person hasn’t escaped, they are doomed!

As Du Fan cast Wind Binding, a massive amount of wind magic power surged toward the Dark Demon Tiger. To deal with a creature of the Dark Demon Tiger’s size, the amount of wind magic power required for Wind Binding was likely several times greater than that needed to subdue the previous opponent!

After Du Fan released Wind Binding, it was evident that the wind magic power stored in the Holy Radiance Staff was instantly depleted! To combat a monster like the Dark Demon Tiger, using one forbidden magic spell probably required as much magic power as using a dozen such spells together!

The unique green color of wind magic power quickly enveloped the Dark Demon Tiger’s body, with countless green wind bands continuously wrapping around it, forming a giant green cocoon. As the wind bands tightened, the size of the cocoon grew larger, and so did the movements inside!

Soon, the giant cocoon fell to the ground. Once on the ground, a tiger-like creature stood up!

“Naixiu, get ready—shoot it dead with one arrow!” Du Fan shouted, seeing that the Dark Demon Tiger still hadn’t escaped.

Hearing Du Fan’s call, Naixiu drew her bow again. Amidst the red and green glowing light, a long arrow with red and green stripes reappeared, pointing straight at the Dark Demon Tiger trapped by Wind Binding.

Normally, an object bound by Wind Binding should shrink as air is continuously sucked out. But instead of shrinking, the Wind Binding surrounding the Dark Demon Tiger seemed to grow larger!

It was clearly visible that the Dark Tiger’s four wings were constantly flashing. As its wings flapped continuously, the giant cocoon began to expand little by little! The cocoon was like a balloon, being inflated steadily.

Watching this scene, Du Fan turned the other end of his Holy Radiance Staff tightly, gathering energy in his hands. Clearly, he was also accumulating power to deliver a powerful strike at the Dark Tiger.

Just as the Dark Tiger let out a roar, the green cocoon began to burst from within!

“Du Fan, how dare you use this move against me!” Freeing itself from the Wind Binding, the Dark Tiger roared loudly at Du Fan.

“If not that move, then which one should be used against you?” Hearing the Dark Tiger’s question, Du Fan replied with a smile.

Hearing Du Fan talking to the Dark Tiger, Nayixiu, who was about to shoot an arrow, paused and did not release her arrow.

After the red and green long arrow took shape, the red and green swirling phenomenon around Nayixiu disappeared. In the Dark Tiger’s eyes, what Nayixiu was holding tightly was just a strange, red and green long arrow.

The Dark Tiger thought that this elf archer must have some special preference, which was why she painted her arrow in such red and green colors. Or perhaps the arrow was coated with venom, explaining those red and green hues.

Hmph, even if it’s venom, would I, the king of the Dark Tiger clan, be afraid? The Dark Tiger certainly didn’t believe that an ordinary elf archer could harm it, a being of divine beast rank!

Both being of divine rank, divine beasts are far more powerful than humans! Magical beasts, before reaching the sacred level, are far inferior to intelligent beings in terms of intelligence. Therefore, in terms of physical strength and innate skills, magical beasts are much stronger than intelligent beings.

“Du Fan, don’t you know that our Dark Tiger clan are naturally wind-type magical beasts? Using that move against me is just a waste of effort, isn’t it?” Hearing Du Fan’s words, the Dark Tiger didn’t say anything else but let Du Fan know that it was also an expert in wind magic.

“No wonder,” Du Fan thought to himself. “Logically, even if the Dark Demon Tiger could break free from the Wind Binding, it would take a long time. Yet this Dark Demon Tiger managed to do so so quickly. At first, Du Fan thought that as a god-tier being, this Dark Demon Tiger was simply too powerful. Only now did he realize that it was actually a wind-type magical beast.”

A wind-type magical beast naturally could manipulate wind magic, and wind magic relied on air as its medium. Du Fan’s Wind Binding could continuously draw out the air inside, while the Dark Demon Tiger could simply cast any wind magic to replenish the air taken away by the binding.

For a god-tier wind-type magical beast like the Dark Demon Tiger, breaking free from this Wind Binding was therefore extremely simple.

“Haha, thanks to your reminder, I’ve remembered,” Du Fan said with a smile. “So, how about I use this move against you?”

As soon as he finished speaking, Du Fan raised his hand, and a crackling arc of black and white lightning shot toward the Dark Demon Tiger!

Instinct told the Dark Demon Tiger that this arc of interwoven black and white lightning was extremely dangerous. In that space where black and white colors kept intertwining, it even saw a space being constantly destroyed!

Space Ripping Slash!

The only offensive technique among Du Fan’s well-known divine forbidden arts was now unleashed again!

Seeing the arc shoot rapidly toward it, the Dark Demon Tiger’s eyes narrowed. After all, Du Fan’s strength now was not what it used to be, and the speed of Space Ripping Slash had increased significantly. That arc might seem slow, but in reality, it was incredibly fast! In the instant its eyes narrowed, it had already reached right in front of the Dark Demon Tiger!

With no other choice, the Dark Demon Tiger suddenly pounced to the ground. With a thud, after a flash of green light, a young man in a green robe appeared on the ground.