Chapter 10 The demon white tiger

Chapter 10

Upon seeing that the mastiff slowly get closer, the white tiger decided to wait for a chance to make its move. Then when the mastiff was close enough it suddenly pounced, using its powerful claws the white tiger tore the mastiff apart, its blood and inner organs spreading all over the ground. Tearing a level 4 demon beast with a single move is not an easy feat, one needs to have enough strength to uproot a tree from the ground, to be able to do this. Which shows that the injured white tiger is a high level demon beast. Although it is injured and was unable to move too much, it's still a force to recon with.

On seeing this, Shin Jiao was stunned and for a while and was unable to decide on what to do next. Though in his new position, he has a clear line of sight on his next target, but due to the situation he is dumbfounded on what to do.

"The demon white tiger clearly is wounded, but I never thought that its strength is still that of a level 5 demon beast. This could be problematic."

The remaining two mastiffs lowered their bodies in fear and slowly backs away from the white tiger. A wail escapes their mouths every now and them. Then after they got a little far they abandon their folly and ran away in the direction where Shin Jiao shot the first bullet. But not too long after that loud booms and then painful wailings of demon beast was heard from afar.

"I guess my calculation was right, they fell for the traps I've set up!"

When the two mastiffs was escaping, unknown to them they are running into a place with improvised landmines. These landmines was just a sudden though in Shin Jiao's mind to combine a level 2 demon core with an energy storing rune and a pressure burst rune. Then he added twenty sharp metal half a finger sized metal spikes. It took him a couple of minutes to make at least twenty and scatter them on the projected location of the mastiffs escape.

Now that the traps are triggered he was excited to see what happened. So, he dashed through the trees and not long found the location. In that place two mastiffs lay on the ground and wailed non-stop because of pain. Both the demon beast's front limbs are mashed and some holes can be found in their body where blood gust out non-stop dyeing the ground. Shin Jiao went down and gather the remaining improvised landmines and just waited until both beast stopped moving and died.

He then immediately gather both corpse and was about to run, when he heard a voice in his head.

'Human…'

"Huh!? Who… who's there?"

Shin Jiao was surprised, as no matter how he scan his surroundings he can't find where the voice is coming from. Though he is not afraid of ghost, but an unseen enemy still makes the hair on his skin stands.

'Human, thank you!'

"Who? Who's there? Show yourself!"

Shin Jiao is a little bit scared as he still cannot find the voice owner.

'No need to be alarmed, I am the white tiger.'

The voice of the white tiger is a little hoarse.

"You can talk through my mind?"

Shin Jiao is now scared of the situation.

'If it can talk to my mind it means that it knows where I am, or what I am thinking.' With this thought shivers runs down his spine.

'I don't know where you are, but since we can communicate mentally it means that you are not too far. So I would like to convey my gratitude. Please!'

"If I understand you correctly, you want to see me right?"

'Yes.'

The looking at the demon white tiger's direction, Shin Jiao activated his goggles and saw it lying on the ground without moving. With that he heave a sigh of relief.

"I'm good. I can see you from here."

Shin Jiao smiled after gaining his confidence again.

The white tiger suddenly lifts its head and looks around trying to find something.

"It's no use, you can't find me with your naked eyes. If you can use your spiritual sense then maybe."

With a heavy sigh the white tiger slump its head back down.

'I guess this will do.'

With another sigh the white tiger decided to say something.

'I know that I owe you my life human. As a noble blood of the white tiger clan, I always pay my debt and don't owe anyone. So in return I will grant you one wish.'

Shin Jiao was stunned by this development. There is a possibility that this is a level 5 demon beast. How strong can that be? Even though it is wounded it's still a very strong and powerful entity. If he ask it to be his bodyguard will it agree? If it does then his life in this forest may become easy. Though it's a little scary to have this white tiger to be by his side, as no matter what it promised, a beast is still a beast. They have their own instinct to kill humans and even that of their own race. But he is still confident that he can escape from it if needed.

As he was running his mind of all the possibilities of having a higher level demon white tiger as a bodyguard. Its last sentence shattered his fantasies.

'But not for now… I still need to heal myself first, which I think will take a long time as my wound is really deep and serious.'

"What? Geez nice getting my hopes up."

Shin Jiao shakes his head in disappointment. But then he is a little curious where the white tiger came from and how it got here.

"So you are from a white tiger clan who lives in this forest?"

'I am from the white tiger clan, but not from this vast forest. I was ambushed by some humans on my way to the border of this continent. I was wounded severely, even disabling my cultivation, I had no choice but to hide in this forest… But who knows that this forest is even more dangerous than the outside world. For many days I desperately escaped from other powerful demon beast to another. Though we are both the same race but still they try to kill me. Sigh…'

The white tiger explained its story with some emotional disturbance in its voice as it recalled the horror and suffering it experienced.

"Anyway, I didn't really saved you. It's just that I need those level 4 cores from the mastiffs."

Deciding not to care anymore with a nonchalant tone, Shin Jiao just shrugged his shoulder.

"So I'm off then, see you around…"

With a two finger salute he coolly turn around and was about to move out.

'Wait human!'

The white tiger called in a panicked tone.