Chapter 543 - 451: The Terrified Tiger King, the Shaken Ancestor

The Tiger King Great Dominator was widely acknowledged as one of the Eight Great Dominators, and the one most feared by the rest. His strength and speed were both unrivaled.

Had it been the Nine-tailed Fox of the past, she might not have been willing to fight him. But times had changed. The Nine-tailed Fox was now at the Perfect Transformation Realm, a whole High Realm stronger than him. And this wasn’t just a slight advantage—it was an insurmountable gap between High Realms.

Over the years, the Tiger King might have only seen one True Dominator—the Golden Eagle—but he had seen his fair share of Great Dominators. In other words, no matter how many times the roster of the Eight Great Dominators changed, the True Dominator was always the Golden Eagle.

This was that insurmountable gap in power. It seemed every True Dominator could create such a gap. But the Tiger King had never been a Great Demon who would willingly submit; he refused to spend his entire life subservient to the Golden Eagle.

So, he had dedicated himself to Cultivation and had already reached the Half-Step Transformation Realm. ’Yes, it’s as if I’ve touched the threshold of Transformation.’ He was in the initial stages. As long as he could continue his Cultivation in peace for a while longer, he would break through to the Transformation Realm and become a True Dominator.

Even if he still couldn’t defeat the Golden Eagle Ancestor by then, he was confident that as long as he chose to flee, he could guarantee his own survival.

And his plan was just that: seize the opportunity of his Transformation, grow stronger, and finally break through to the Transformation Realm. Then, he would take the Spirit Fruit and his years of accumulated reserves and flee this vast outer region of the Primitive Ancient Forest.

That day wasn’t far off. It seemed that in just another year or two, he could complete his metamorphosis into the Transformation Realm. This was something only a being with extraordinary Talent could achieve. After all, without such extraordinary Talent, how could anyone break through to such a Realm while under the Golden Eagle Ancestor’s suppression?

But now, that vision was shattered. He had been startled from his seclusion, suddenly sensing that the sky above his territory was surrounded by countless members of the Golden Eagle Race. Among them, he could even feel a trace of the Golden Eagle Ancestor’s aura!

’What in the world could have happened to cause such a commotion?’

’Without a doubt, my plan must have been discovered. The Golden Eagle Ancestor sensed that I was about to achieve Transformation, so he’s come personally to deal with me, this treacherous member of the Eight Great Dominators!’

’And this couldn’t have happened on its own. For instance, who was it that told the Golden Eagle Ancestor?’

’The Golden Eagle Ancestor was supposed to be in seclusion, so how could he perceive everything happening in the territory? As for the other Golden Eagles, they aren’t that vigilant. Their arrogance would never let them believe that a Great Dominator could break through to the Transformation Realm.’

’In other words, the Golden Eagle Race shouldn’t have realized that I was on the verge of breaking through to the level of a True Dominator. This means an outsider must have lured them here.’

’And what a coincidence that the Nine-tailed Fox is here. She came all this way; she couldn’t just be passing through. This is clearly a targeted move.’

’Perhaps she’s been spying on me for who knows how long. Then she passed the information to the Golden Eagle Race, all to win the Golden Eagle Ancestor’s favor!’

’She might even want to seize control of my Spirit Fruit cultivation. That would be perfectly normal. Every member of the Demon Race is born to grow stronger, and they will stop at nothing to do so.’

’It’s not as if the Nine-tailed Fox is the only one who would do this. If I discovered someone else was about to break through to the Transformation Realm, I would absolutely report them to the Golden Eagle Race and have them inform the Ancestor.’

But unfortunately, he was the one being plotted against. Rage surged through the Tiger King Great Dominator like a tsunami. He stared intently at the white-furred Nine-tailed Fox and the tiny figure on her back. "Are you here to help the Ancestor kill me?"

He bared his fangs, his face a mask of pure fury. The Nine-tailed Fox, however, was oblivious to his complex train of thought. She simply offered a faint smile, her scarlet eyes glancing at him. "I suppose you could say that. I follow my master’s orders."

Master?!

When that word came out of her mouth, the Tiger King Great Dominator’s pupils constricted. He frowned, his gaze fixed on the tiny figure on her back, and a sense of absurd strangeness washed over him.

’How could she call such a tiny figure ’Master’?’

’Forget a tiny figure like that—even the Golden Eagle Ancestor couldn’t make them swallow their pride and call him ’Master.’ What was a master? What was a slave? It meant your very life was in another’s hands!’

’If they encountered a super-entity, someone so powerful it was basically impossible to resist—like one of the Chaos Bloodline from the depths of the Primitive Ancient Forest—perhaps they might submit. But even then, they might not call them ’Master’.’

’And yet, the Nine-tailed Fox had quietly acquired a master who, by all appearances, seemed utterly ordinary. He wasn’t even releasing any aura.’

’Too bizarre.’

The Tiger King Great Dominator couldn’t quite figure out this unknown factor, Jiang Qiu. He didn’t know Jiang Qiu at all, so he had very little information about him. Still, this didn’t affect his judgment. "So, you’re working with the Golden Eagle Ancestor to kill me?"

’In his mind, even if calling someone ’Master’ signified submission, it could still just be one of the Nine-tailed Fox’s little quirks. That fox had always had an eccentric, unsociable personality.’

’Otherwise, why would she call a tiny figure ’Master’?’

’This meant that the so-called ’Master’ wasn’t important. The key was the purpose of their visit. A battle was inevitable.’