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

Chapter 185 Successfully Reaching the Fourth Rank, Awe-Inspiring to All Sides!

"Not enough! Still not enough!"

Wang Hu could sense that to completely break through this barrier, even larger and purer energy was needed.

He raised his tiger head, which was larger than a mountain, and looked at the blood-red thunderclouds that were churning even more violently above him. His golden pupils were filled with greed and desire.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Seemingly enraged by Wang Hu's "diner-like" gaze, thunder roared from within the blood-red clouds.

This time, it's not just one.

Instead, three thicker and darker crimson lightning bolts struck down at Wang Hu simultaneously from different directions in a triangular formation!

These three bolts of lightning sealed off all of Wang Hu's space to dodge.

The might of Heaven and Earth, majestic as a prison, cannot be challenged!

"Well done!"

Wang Hu was not surprised but delighted, letting out an excited roar.

This time, he didn't bite it with his mouth.

Suddenly, he raised his right front paw.

The enormous tiger claw, covered in golden scales, suddenly extended its five sharp claws the instant it raised. Each claw was like the sharpest, most powerful divine weapon, gleaming with a chilling light.

"The Qi of Geng Metal has condensed!"

With a thought, Wang Hu unleashed the wind spirit power within his body, drawing upon the sharpest metal energy in the world.

Countless visible golden streams of energy converged from all directions, wrapping around his right claw, making it even more dazzling and sharp, as if it could tear apart everything in the world.

Facing the crimson lightning bolt that came crashing down from the front, Wang Hu neither dodged nor avoided it, and simply swung his claw at it!

There was no earth-shattering fanfare, no dazzling light effects.

The golden tiger claw sliced ​​through the violent, blood-red lightning bolt as silently as cutting tofu.

next second.

The terrifying lightning bolt, powerful enough to destroy a city, suddenly froze.

Then, from the middle, an incredibly smooth cut slowly emerged.

"Pfft."

A soft sound.

The entire streak of blood-red lightning was neatly split in two from head to tail by Wang Hu's claw!

The lightning bolt that was cut open did not dissipate immediately, but instead turned into two thinner bolts that grazed Wang Hu's sides and exploded on the distant sea, creating two towering waves.

One claw can shatter lightning!

At the same time, two more bolts of lightning crashed down, striking him directly.

The thunderous power instantly enveloped his entire body, causing black smoke to billow from his body. At the same time, the heavenly lightning was also constantly permeating and tempering his physical strength.

At this moment, Wang Hu did not resemble a tiger, but rather a thunder beast bathed in the power of lightning.

At this moment, the whole world fell into a deathly silence once again.

"Write it down—write it all down!"

In the command center of the Longyuan, the white-haired chief scientist was frantically pounding on the control panel in front of him, roaring at his assistants.

"This will be of great help to our future research on the experience of breaking through from the third to the fourth level."

The old scientist's eyes gleamed with fervor as he looked at the golden tiger standing proudly amidst thunderclouds on the screen, as if he were looking at a perfect walking example of "the way of nature."

"Quick! Analyze its attack patterns! Establish a new energy model! No! Overturn all old models! Based on Lord White Tiger, establish a mythical-level biological combat capability assessment system!"

The researchers around them also recovered from their initial shock, their faces filled with a kind of pilgrimage-like fervor, their hands typing on the keyboards so fast they were almost blurry.

At this moment, Wang Hu opened a door to a completely new world for them.

After all, Wang Hu belongs to China, and even if he succeeds in breaking through in the future, he will return. At that time, they will be able to observe Wang Hu, this true mythical creature specimen, up close.

Wu Nanshan looked at this group of madmen who had fallen into a frenzy of scientific research and his lips twitched.

He doesn't understand anything about Tao or laws.

All he knew was that Wang Hu was far stronger than he had imagined.

His decision to order a tightening of the defensive line to protect Wang Hu was less a rational strategic choice and more a high-stakes gamble.

He was betting on Wang Hu's potential, betting on the future of China.

And now it seems he made the right bet!

"General!" The communications officer's voice pulled him back from his thoughts. "Outer defenses report! The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse from the Eagle Nation and the Round Table of the European Union have hesitated to act after witnessing Lord White Tiger's divine might! They seem—to be frightened!"

"Oh?" Wu Nanshan raised an eyebrow, a cold smile appearing on his face. "A bunch of bullies who pick on the weak and fear the strong. Do they really think China is an easy target?"

"Continue monitoring! Don't let your guard down!" Wu Nanshan ordered in a deep voice. "At the same time, encrypt the footage of the big cat fighting the heavenly tribulation at the highest level, and then, 'accidentally' leak a small segment of the raw, unbitped video."

"Leaked?" The adjutant beside him was stunned. "General, this is top-secret information—"

"We want everyone to see this!"

"We even want the regional mastermind of that other world to see this!" A glint of light flashed in Wu Nanshan's eyes. "Let them see clearly what kind of being they're facing! I want them to think twice before they even consider attacking China, to see if they're even enough to fill the teeth of our big cat!"

"This is a psychological war!" Wu Nanshan's voice turned icy. "I want to plant a seed of fear in their hearts! Let them know that daring to set foot on our Chinese territory and become our enemy will be the most foolish decision they've ever made!"

"Moreover, some people in China are also getting restless after seeing the chaos abroad. They want to create chaos within us from the inside. We must let these people know that the country has the ability to suppress all those with ulterior motives."

"We need to make them behave!"

"Yes, General!" The adjutant instantly understood Wu Nanshan's meaning, and his eyes lit up with excitement. He immediately turned around to carry out the order.

Soon, a raw video, only a dozen seconds long, unedited, and even showing the shaking of the filming equipment, quietly leaked to the intelligence networks of various forces on the high seas through an encrypted channel that had been "accidentally breached."

This even includes the domestic internet.

As time ticked by, the forces around them, including the Eagle Kingdom, which had initially aimed their cannons at Wang Hu and Shenlong, ultimately lacked the courage to engage in a naval battle with China at this moment.

As the tribulation clouds slowly dissipated, Wang Hu and the Divine Dragon were confirmed to have become fourth-tier creatures. Even though they were unwilling, they eventually began to quietly retreat from the sea.