An explosion went off at another location, drawing everyone’s attention. When Long Di so who it was that arrived, he knew his bet paid off.

“Finally.”

“Meow.”

****

As if the emergence of the Shidashi Mao wasn’t shocking enough, what it had in its mouth shocked them even more.

“Stop!”

A booming voice echoed across the entire Nether Immolation War Temple that caused even the crazed Uncle Jianhuren to pause in his attack.

Shu! Shu! Shu! Shu!

Suddenly, several elder level existences appeared all around the Shidashi Mao. They were all in the upper level of the Martial Master realm.

Before anything else, they knelt down to acknowledge the existence who spoke.

“Greetings sect master!”

After this, they stood up to look at the Shidashi Mao with a mix of trepidation, anger, and worship.

It was nearly full black, with only a patch of dark red at the end of its tail and one of its eyes.

“Meow!”

A tumultuous bloodlust unfurled from him that made everyone envision a scene of a city sitting upon a blood-soaked land. Slaughter ran rampant within its walls and screams of terror floated upon the wind.

An intense scent of blood assaulted the noses and even caused some of the experts and the regular disciples to vomit.

Some even lost control of their bowels in the face of its bloodthirsty air. This was a demon, and the skies were converging with a red-tinted cloud overhead.

The land below its feet was also being affected, as some unholy qi was infecting it.

“Suppression!”

The elders that hid in the shadows before focused their power on the Shidashi Mao in an attempt to keep it contained.

“Meow!”

Its movements immediately came under constraints as a result of their actions. Nevertheless, it revealed a nasty grin as its strength continued to grow on account of its earlier battle as its fur visibly darkened before them.

Its cruelty was further magnified by the presence of something caught between its jaws.

It was the upper body of the chief elder!

He was cut off at the waist while bleeding profusely. The Shidashi Mao’s fangs were lodged in him as it dragged him here.

When Long Di saw this, he was shocked, evident by his raised brow, “How are you still alive?”

That’s right, the chief elder was still alive despite his grievous injuries. His eyes were wide open and his mouth was shut tight to keep himself from screaming out.

The pressure was affecting him too, but it was also keeping the Shidashi Mao from torturing him any further.

“Release him!”

The same booming voice echoed once more, and it was clearly directed at Long Di.

“I’m thinking it’s not my call anymore,” replied Long Di.

When Uncle Jianhuren saw the state of the chief elder, he was shocked. He looked at Long Di with intrigue, wondering how this boy managed to tame this thing.

“You brought it here, and you even rode atop it. Obviously, you must have tamed it!”

Long Di shook his head, “Riding atop it might be true, but taming it… have you seen it?”

The Shidashi Mao’s body shuddered as its large body continued to transform under its own out-of-control influence.

“What part of that looks tame to you?” Long Di asked the seemingly ownerless voice.

“…”

The place went silent, as there was no response from the voice, as if pondering Long Di’s response.

D-Dum!

“S-Sir!” One of the elder level existences cried out as the Shidashi Mao took a step forward under their combined pressure.

“Aah!”

The chief elder howled in pain under the Shidashi Mao’s sadistic tendencies. It knew he was alive, though not sure how, and it was enjoying his shrieks of pain.

“Use your full power, fools!” The voice echoed out once again.

“But the chief elder-”

“Will die if the Shidashi Mao continues to ‘play’ with him! If it escapes for even a second, then…” the voice trailed off here, as if not wanting to finish the sentence.

The team that suppressed the Shidashi Mao circulated their full power and channelled it towards the beast to entrap it.

Dum!

Their somatic roared like massive waves crashing upon a beaten shore. Their cauldrons whirled and rumbled under the full circulation they employed.

“Puah!”

The chief elder threw up a mouthful of blood and the light in his eyes dimmed even more, but he was still holding on.

“Stop the Shidashi Mao here or die!” The voice gave Long Di an ultimatum and he could feel an invisible pressure encircling him.

He wasn’t sure what level this sect master of the Nether Immolation War Temple was, but he knew it wasn’t an existence he could face at the moment.

“Will you let Zi Yu off?” Long Di finally asked.

The voice was silent for a while before it finally asked, “… Yes.”

Zi Yu was the daughter and young miss of the Zi family. She couldn’t be kept here anyway, so giving her up was of no consequence.

“Does that mean I will also-”

“Die if you don’t move this instant,” the voice refused to hear any more bargaining from Long Di.

The latter sighed in the face of this and walked over to the area where the elder-level existences were shackling the Shidashi Mao.

When Long Di came before it, the one eye that was still blood-red was turning black at a visible rate.

“Hurry! If it becomes a true Black Cat, then I don’t need to remind you of your fate!” The voice urged Long Di on.

He stared at it for a moment longer before calling out, “Lord Whiskers, are you still in there?”

Lord Whiskers!?

The name caught everyone off guard, even the body-less voice. What kind of name was this to give to the feared Shidashi Mao!?

“Hisss!”

Its bone-chilling hiss was painful to the senses, like metal nails rubbing against each other. Even the disciples farther away were affected by it. Covering the ears did nothing to stop it, as if the pain was soul deep.

It stared at him as if staring down prey. It couldn’t move under the elder level experts’ suppression, but it was fairly easy to sense its current state of mind.

It wanted to kill, it needed to slaughter, for that would be enough to complete the transformation. It was drunk on the blood it spilt, and the subsequent blood qi was quickening its descent into madness.

After thinking for a while, an idea came to him.

Krrrssh!

Long Di activated his Profound Myriad Heavenseize Physique. The Heavenly Levyance Tribulation Lightning in his body was clear for all to see.

Vrrrm!

A suffocating feeling quickly engulfed him and Long Di raised his hands to indicate his intention to truly reign back in Lord Whiskers.

“Careful…” the voice finally uttered.

“I’m only trying to help,” Long Di woodenly replied.

Soon enough, that suffocating feeling faded and Long Di brought out the Heavenly Levyance Tribulation Lightning to the outside.

Dum!

The pressure it exuded was regal and overbearing. An aura that none could go against it spread out.

The elder level existences that were suppressing the Shidashi Mao widened their eyes in shock to see this phenomenon.

In any other scenario, they would think that Long Di was a first-rate genius that wielded a special grade physique. In this thinking, they would think that Long Di was in possession of some sort of lightning body.

However, with their years of experience, they knew that what this boy before wielded was Heavenly Levyance Tribulation Lightning.

“Ugh!”

Yue Wang and Liao Meng paled under the exposure to this untouchable entity. They were not at a level where they could resist it.

Seeing this, Uncle Jianhuren took action.

Pa!

He clapped his hands together, causing the veins on his hands to writhe like dancing dragons. The somatic essence in his body roared and appeared like a translucent, blazing inferno.

It offset the pressure of the Heavenly Levyance Tribulation Lightning, allowing the disciples to breathe easy.

After this, they looked at Long Di like he was some sort of monster. Even Yue Wang was finally starting to see what kind of existence she had provoked.

Even Uncle Jianhuren and the ownerless voice were in awe of this spectacle.

This went against everything they knew about the heavenly daos and cultivation itself.

Even the tyrannical and prideful dragons that regularly went against the heavens couldn’t break its hold and sovereignty over all life.

For Long Di to take hold and make this power his own signified the great power he held.

The elder level existences could feel their hearts beating in their ears as Long Di neared them and the Shidashi Mao, with the Heavenly Levyance Tribulation Lightning crackling wildly and lashing out wildly in all directions.

The trace of divine nature in the Heavenly Levyance Tribulation Lightning allowed Long Di’s hand to pass through the area of suppression with relative ease, which further shocked these elders.

Lord Whiskers eyed Long Di’s hand with anger, a type of anger that was deep in its bones.

Long Di could feel this as he held this hatred towards someone himself. However, he hasn’t been around Lord Whiskers this long. This hatred needed time to fester and grow to reach this level.

Long Di shook his head free of these thoughts. He needed to get Lord Whiskers under control first. Everything else could come after.

Hong!

His hand reached Lord Whiskers’ head and the Heavenly Levyance Tribulation Lightning exploded in anger!

It was as if it met the result of its carelessness, the product of its negligence, and oversight!

When Lord Whiskers felt this, its own ire was enkindled once more. Gone was the joy of battle and slaughter. It was replaced with unmatched fury and a feeling of being wronged!

Krrrshh!

The lightning crackled all over its body, slowly sinking inside to eradicate the madness.

The chief elder was barely affected as the Shidashi Mao, being what it was, attracted a bulk, if not all, of the Heavenly Levyance Tribulation Lightning.

The darkness that covered its body was slowly receding, starting from the tail where the small patch of red could be seen.

This caused the elder-level existences and everyone else to breathe a sigh of relief. It was good they didn’t have to fight the Shidashi Mao, as that would incur severe casualties.

If it turned into a Black Cat, their sect master would have to take action and the karma he would incur would be boundless and might even result in his death!

“Meow!”

Suddenly, the Shidashi Mao rebelled and, with its own strength, ignited its bloodline, causing the red patch of fur to turn completely black!

The only section of red was one of its eyes, which was being consumed by the darkness as well!

“Not good!” Long Di was preparing to escape.

“Long Di, break the suppression and move!”

“Yaomu Shou?” Long Di was surprised to hear this when he saw her fling Feng Yu towards them like the perfect garbage bag.

CRASH!!

Without wasting time, Long Di brought out the full force of his Tribulation Lightning!

Its domineering energy exploded and forcefully shattered the suppression, freeing the Shidashi Mao!

An oppressive feeling enveloped the entire sect as the owner of the voice’s wrath erupted!

“You dare!”