Reborn as a tiger, he was chosen by the nation as its guardian beast.

Chapter 174 A Little Show of Skill

Just as they were talking, a violent energy fluctuation suddenly came from the ground below.

"roar--!"

A deafening roar rose into the sky from a valley below.

Immediately afterwards, a giant lizard, over fifty meters long, covered in black scales, and with three heads, crawled out of the valley.

This was clearly a wild, extraordinary creature, and judging from its appearance, it was certain that it had undergone a mutation, or rather, had mastered some kind of extraordinary power.

It was clearly attracted by Wang Hu and Lin Yue flying high in the sky and mistook them for enemies invading its territory.

As the creature roared, its three heads simultaneously opened their gaping maws, unleashing three different colored energy breaths—fire, frost, and lightning—that intertwined to form a massive energy net that swept towards the two figures in the sky.

"court death!"

Lin Yue's eyes turned cold, and she was about to make a move.

"Hmm!"

Before she could make a move, Wang Hu reacted first.

He didn't even turn around; he just casually flicked his tail downwards.

A crescent-shaped wind blade, almost invisible to the naked eye and formed from extremely compressed wind elemental energy, silently detached from the tip of his tail.

The wind blade looked inconspicuous, making no sound and creating no airflow.

It was like a ghost, floating lightly through the energy network composed of fire, frost, and lightning.

The energy network remained completely intact, as if nothing had happened.

But the next second, the arrogant three-headed lizard's massive body suddenly stiffened.

Immediately afterwards, a thin line of blood slowly emerged from the middle of its three heads and quickly spread downwards, traversing its entire body.

"Pfft."

A soft sound.

The massive, peak-stage Tier 3 mutant, along with the three energy breaths it exhaled, was neatly split in two.

The cut is as smooth as a mirror.

Only then did the severed corpses collapse to the ground with a thud, their scalding blood staining the entire valley red.

Sold out instantly.

It didn't even last a second.

Lin Yue was dumbfounded.

This was the first time she had seen Wang Hu take action, but even with such simple methods, Lin Yue's evaluation of Wang Hu rose to a new level.

What kind of world-destroying power does this golden tiger, which appears lazy from beginning to end, possess?

"As expected of the title 'White Tiger'!"

She murmured to herself.

After doing all this, Wang Hu acted as if he had casually swatted a fly, continuing to fly eastward without slowing down at all.

It was as if everything that had just happened had nothing to do with him.

A long day's journey passed in the blink of an eye; for Lin Yue, it was quite a novel trip.

She heard countless unheard-of secrets from the mastermind of the Qiming region. From the splitting and evolution of the masterminds to the customs and culture of the other world, and then to the mysterious "Creator" civilization, a grand and bizarre world slowly unfolded before her.

For Wang Hu, however, things were much busier.

Because they flew so openly in the sky, they would often encounter attacks from extraordinary creatures that appeared out of nowhere. Although Wang Hu dealt with them easily, it still took some effort.

The experience along the way, and the endless stream of extraordinary creatures coming to their deaths, demonstrate that there are indeed many extraordinary creatures in these remote mountains and forests.

As they drew closer to the Chinese border, the scenery below began to change.

The rolling mountains and chaotic towns gradually disappeared, replaced by orderly high-rise buildings and heavily guarded high walls near the border.

The towering alloy walls, the defensive turrets gleaming with energy, and the soldiers in power armor patrolling the perimeter of the walls all demonstrate the continued strength and order of China in this era of spiritual revival.

"We're almost there."

Wang Hu gradually slowed down. He could sense that there was an area ahead shrouded in an extremely powerful energy field.

Countless detection signals covered the entire airspace like a spider web.

As soon as they entered the area, more than a dozen wary eyes locked onto them from below.

"Don't be nervous, we're on the same side!"

Lin Yue shouted loudly, and at the same time took out a special signal transmitter from her storage bag and pressed the switch.

An identification signal representing the highest level of security was instantly transmitted.

The wary gazes below immediately softened.

Soon, three state-of-the-art "Curved Bird" fighter jets, painted with the Vermilion Bird insignia, roared in from below the clouds, forming a triangular formation to protect them in the middle.

"Lord Suzaku, Lord Wang Hu, welcome home. Minister Cui has kept us waiting here for quite some time."

The pilot's respectful voice came from the fighter jet.

"Thank you for your hard work." Lin Yue smiled and waved.

Escorted by fighter jets, they continued flying forward for about half an hour.

A massive steel city, built in the valley, appeared before them.

This is Yun City, the most important strategic location for China in the southwest region and the final destination of this mission.

The entire city was less a city and more a massive military fortress. Towering walls were covered with countless giant electromagnetic cannons and energy towers, and a pale blue energy shield, like an inverted giant bowl, enveloped the entire city.

As Wang Hu approached, he sensed a faint fluctuation of spiritual energy emanating from the energy shield.

Clearly, as time goes by, China has become increasingly adept at utilizing spiritual energy.

In the very heart of the city lies an area designated as a top-level restricted zone. There are no skyscrapers there, only a colossal, bird-nest-like, silver-white metal building.

That was their destination—the Southwest Branch of the Nine Cauldrons Bureau of China.

Guided by fighter jets, Wang Hu and Lin Yue slowly landed on a helipad atop the "Bird's Nest" building.

As soon as they landed, a group of people who had been waiting for a long time immediately came to greet them.

The leader was an elderly man with gray hair and gold-rimmed glasses, who looked refined and cultured. He wore a white research coat, but the aura of someone who had long held a high position was in no way inferior to that of the military leaders.

Behind him followed a large group of scientists also dressed in research suits, as well as a team of elite soldiers fully armed and wearing heavy power armor.

Everyone looked at Lin Yue and Wang Hu with excitement, curiosity, and awe.