Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
âThereâs no need to rush. Thereâs no movement nearby!â Ao Liancheng kept the spacecraft, scanning the environment cautiously.
âBy the time we sense any unusual activity, it might be our funeral!â Su Xiaoman said. âThe Giant Barbaric Tiger is the king of the mountains. When the spacecraft landed, it already knows that someone has invaded its territory. Right now, it might even be making its way here to kill us!â
âThatâs right up my alley! Weâll just wait for it here!â Chen Xiaobei toggled his storage bracelet, getting ready to take out his trump card to fight the Giant Barbaric Tiger.
âAre you joking?â Su Xiaoman hissed. âThe Giant Barbaric Tiger may not be at Primordial Spirit cultivation, but it has the strength of an Earth-God! Unless you have a Two-Star Earth-God instrument, thereâs no way you could defeat it!â
âI donât understand what youâre sayingâ¦â Chen Xiaobei looked genuinely puzzled. âIf itâs not at Primordial Spirit cultivation, then how could it have Earth-God strength?â
âYou donât know this?â Su Xiaoman looked taken aback.
âZhufeng is from a low-ranking starfield. He doesnât know the âGiant Tigerâs Strengthâ saying,â Liancheng explained.
âLow-ranking starfield? How is that possible?â Su Xiaoman paused for a moment to process the information. âChilde Chen is really powerful â I thought heâs from the land of Green Dragon!â
Apocalypse Starfield was made up of four continents: Green Dragon, White Tiger, Vermillion Bird, and Black Turtle.
Green Dragon, being closest to the Earth-God realm, was superior to all the other continents.
Chen Xiaobei reviving all living things on the barren land with a wave of his hand was an Earth-Godâs move.
In fact, not only Su Xiaoman thought that Chen Xiaobei was from Green Dragon but so did the other 100 Divine Tiger disciples.
Ao Liancheng shrugged in response. âTo be honest, I donât believe that Zhufeng is from a low-ranking starfield either. But thatâs not important! Zhufeng is a good friend! A good brother! A heroâs origin doesnât matter!â
âMm⦠Childe Chen is a good person indeed!â Su Xiaoman smiled. âAlright, Iâll explain to you. The Giant Barbaric Tiger is a very special kind of Spirit Beast! Legend has it that they were born with divine strength because they are the descendants of the Heavenly Realmâs Divine Beasts! A newborn cub has 100,000 combat power! The most interesting thing would be the Giant Barbaric Tigerâs combat power, which is not connected to its cultivation but with its age! To put it simply, regardless of how high or low their cultivations are, once the tiger reaches adulthood, it would possess a One-Star Earth-God combat power!â
Chen Xiaobei exclaimed in surprise, âWow! This talent is amazing! Does its combat power continue to increase as it ages? If the tiger lives up to a hundred or a thousand years, can it actually dominate the heavens?!â
âTalents are endowed by the heavens. How could it be used to dominate them instead?â Su Xiaoman replied. âAlthough the heavens may have granted them a remarkable talent, they also deprived them of the opportunity to become limitless! Once they had reached adulthood, their combat power would stop increasing! They would be forever stuck at Earth-God level!â
âWhatâ¦â Chen Xiaobei raised an eyebrow. âTheir combat power wonât increase for eternity? Thatâs problematicâ¦â
Su Xiaoman nodded. âBecause their combat power remains constant, it had turned into a unit of measurement!â
âUnit of measurement? What do you mean?â Chen Xiaobei asked.
Su Xiaoman explained, âTake an Earth-God who had just broken through to Primordial Spirit cultivation for example. Their combat power is not measured by how many tens or hundreds of thousands. We would say that he or she is âone tiger-strongâ! A Two-Star Earth-God is âtwo-tigers strongâ, and so on. A nine-starred apex Earth-God is ânine-tigers strongâ!â
âThere really is such a thing?â Chen Xiaobeiâs smiled. âBack home, we have a saying â*the strength of nine bulls and two tigersâ!â
âThe strength of nine bulls and two tigers?â Su Xiaoman repeated quizzically. âIn the Earth-God realm, itâs the opposite â two-tigers-and-nine-bulls strong represents a two-starred apex Earth-God!â
âBullsâ strength is also a measuring unit?â Chen Xiaobei was very fascinated.
âYup! The Green Spirit Wild Ox is also a type of Spirit Beast that doesnât experience a change in combat power once they become adults. Thatâs why it has also become a unit of measurement!â Su Xiaoman explained. âThat saying in your hometown may have been passed down from the Earth-God realm!â
âThat⦠Maybeâ¦â
Chen Xiaobei put a finger on his chin.
The Earth-God realmâs saying of âtwo tigers and nine bullsâ had existed for 10 million years. There was a good chance that on earth, it was gradually modified into Nine bulls and two tigers.
Of course, the regular bulls and tigers on earth could not compare to the Green Spirit Wild Ox and Giant Barbaric Tiger!
The strength that they represented was also naturally poles apart!
âAlright, letâs go! We talked for this long just so that youâre well informed on just how powerful a Giant Barbaric Tiger is!â Su Xiaoman said. âRight now, itâs in hiding and weâre out here in the open! It wonât be stupid enough to come charging at us! It will observe us quietly from afar, and then attack when weâre not paying attention! The moment when the Earth-God strength is unleashed upon you, thereâs nothing you can do even if you have your trump card with you!ân/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
âWhat is your plan then?â Chen Xiaobei asked.
âWeâll have to exchange positions with the tiger!â Su Xiaoman answered. âOnce we locate it, itâll be the one in the open! Weâll be at an advantage and weâll be safe!â
Before Chen Xiaobei could answer, a snobbish voice called out, âThat makes a lot of sense! Who knew, that there would be an expert around here! Hey, missy! Take me to find a Giant Barbaric Tiger! What did that Chen moron promise you? I will beat his offer by tenfold!â
âWho⦠Who are you?â Su Xiaoman asked.
Not far away from where they were standing, a dozen men led by two young men approached them.
One of the young men walking in the front had a blank, glacial look about him. He was the young master of Royal Domeâs most powerful faction, Ximen Shuoxue!
The other one, the one who had spoken, was the pompous-looking young master of Saint Dukeâs most powerful faction, Yumen Yuanqing!
âUgh, what is that putrid smell?!â Chen Xiaobei said in a mocking voice. âOh, itâs that shit-eating young master Yuwen! You couldâve at least gargled before you left the house. The air stinks when you speak!â
âHey, Chen! Do you want to die?â Yuwen Yuanqing hissed, his face now darkened in a shade of red.
âI donât want to die; I want to find a tiger!â Chen Xiaobei retorted. âLittle Man here is my guide. I will not agree to lend her to you!â
âHmph! If you have money, you can even make the devil push the millstone for you*!â Yuwen Yuanqin jutted his chin. âHey, miss! I think you heard me well enough. I will pay ten times what Chen is paying you!â
âNo!â Su Xiaoman refused. âI will not help you even if you pay me one thousand times, one million times more! Also, donât blame me for being unkind to you if you keep badmouthing Childe Chen!â
Footnote:
*the strength of nine bulls and two tigers: tremendous strength or effort.
If you have money, you can even make the devil push the millstone for you*: Money makes the world go round. You can do anything as long as you have money.