This martial arts tournament is time-stopping.

A peculiar power, even a violent one, a bestial force, suddenly erupted from this body and mind.

Fortunately, the Soul-Devouring Elixir that had been swallowed emitted a cool sensation, soothing the violent and bestial nature in his heart and penetrating his mind.

After a long time, Ye Chu sensed that bucket after bucket of something resembling hot water was being poured into the large tubs around him, mixed with the smell of various medicinal ointments, and even chunks of tiger flesh.

Then the wooden bucket beneath their feet was continuously heated...

"If you don't want to be boiled into mincemeat by hot water, continue practicing the Tiger Transformation, and circulate the Tiger's Fury Energy between your skin and membranes to fully absorb the medicinal properties!"

Seeing Ye Chu pause slightly, Nie Qingcang shouted with a thunderous voice.

Ye Chu calmed his mind and continued to cultivate the Tiger Transformation.

You can feel the power of the secret medicine penetrating your body through your pores, cleansing and changing every inch of your skin, flesh, and physique.

And as the Soul-Devouring Elixir combined with his internal energy, not only did the roar of the tiger in his chest become even more powerful, but his skin also began to feel tingly and numb, as if it was about to grow and itch slightly.

Suddenly, Nie Qingcang was overjoyed again:

"Good, good, good. I didn't expect you to have such good comprehension. Your body is also quite compatible with this Tiger's Lair Skin Technique. You absorbed the power of the secret medicine so quickly."

"Come out, the tiger skin has been revitalized using my secret medicine."

In this final step, you drape the tiger skin over yourself, drawing its essence into your skin to create the first tiger stripe!

Ye Chu suddenly opened his eyes and saw that the large wooden tub where he had been practicing the Tiger Transformation technique was not only filled with murky herbs, but also with numerous pieces of meat and bone fragments resembling minced meat floating on the surface.

However, all of these things turned into a gray, decaying color.

The essence within must have been forced into his body and absorbed by the secret medicine.

Ye Chu climbed out of the wooden tub, and Nie Qingcang pointed her to a corner where she could wash herself with clean water.

A perfectly peeled tiger skin was covered Ye Chu's body by Nie Qingcang, with the limbs, torso, and tiger head all inlaid perfectly and fitting seamlessly with Ye Chu's real skin.

Ye Chu could also sense a warmth, a lingering sensation, and a wriggling feeling on the tiger skin.

It's as if this tiger skin is alive, able to automatically wrap around a person.

Nie Qingcang continued to instruct from the side:

"Continue your cultivation. Use your Tiger's Fury to refine all the strange power contained within this tiger skin into your skin membrane before you can condense the first tiger stripe!"

"But remember, this is refining, not accepting everything completely."

Before any tiger-striped supernatural power can enter your skin, it must be refined to remove any remaining evil energy.

Otherwise, once those evil forces take root in your body, they will cause the corresponding parts of your body to become demonized…”

Ye Chu remained focused and continued cultivating according to the instructions.

Gradually, as more and more of the tiger stripe's unique power was refined from the tiger skin,

Not only is the tiger's talisman strength rapidly increasing,

Ye Chu could also see many shadowy afterimages appearing around Nie Qingcang.

Among them, a phantom tiger imprisoned by black energy was roaring at him!

After seeing the direction of Ye Chu's gaze, Nie Qingcang smiled and said:

"Don't get distracted, continue refining the tiger-striped power."

Once you have formed tiger stripes, that will be the moment when the Soul-Devouring Pill fully exerts its power, granting you the 'Soul-Devouring' talent.

And then comes the moment to refine this tiger's soul into a tiger's henchman!

Ye Chu nodded and continued practicing the Tiger Transformation.

Moreover, after moving out of the wooden barrel, there was more room to maneuver, allowing for more expansive and dynamic movements.

But this did not prevent the tiger skin from clinging tightly to his skin, as if it were another layer of fur.

Even the sweat produced during long periods of practice can be expelled through this tiger skin.

However, the tiger skin wrapping was too tight and secure, which caused Ye Chu to feel another layer of pain.

The thousands of hairs and stripes on this tiger skin seemed to come alive, gradually peeling off the original tiger skin and embedding themselves into its membrane.

Only by diligently practicing the Tiger Transformation, circulating the Tiger's Fury within the body, and gradually shattering the strange forces such as tiger fur, tiger skin, and tiger stripes embedded in the skin, can one absorb the essence contained within them.

Gradually, as Ye Chu refined more and more tiger power and absorbed more and more tiger essence, the once exquisite and gorgeous tiger skin, with its increasing dryness and wrinkles, eventually turned into specks of ashes, falling softly to the ground.

At the same time, a black and white tiger stripe formed between Ye Chu's eyebrows.

At this moment, the Soul-Devouring Pill disintegrated, its immense medicinal power flowing into both the sea of ​​consciousness and the unique "King" tiger stripe between the eyebrows, linking the soul to this "King" tiger stripe.

This allowed Ye Chu's spirit to be released, enabling him to observe the world through the tiger-shaped "king" character between his eyebrows.

Then Ye Chu was able to clearly see the shadowy figures around Nie Qingcang, which turned out to be one after another of the courier ghosts!

And in the darkness, one can sense that one possesses a special ability that is both intimidating and capable of directly capturing, devouring, and refining these ghosts into cougars.

Along with this, he could also sense that Nie Qingcang posed a potentially fatal threat to him.

Ye Chu immediately lowered his head and began to study himself.

[Talent: Spring of Time, Soul Devouring]

[Technique:]

Tiger-Taming Stance (Beginner: 8/40 → 13/40)

虎伥皮相法（未入门：0/20）→（未入门：20/20）→（入门：1/100）】

The talent "Soul Devouring" has been added.

"The improvement in the Tiger-Taming Stance is due to the advancement of the superior technique, the Tiger's Accomplice Skin Appearance Method."

However, "The Tiger's Lackey Skin-Reading Method" skips directly to the beginner stage and jumps straight to the beginner level...

"No wonder they dared to spread it so freely; without the corresponding secret medicine, no one else could even cross the threshold of this initial entry stage."

With a thought, Ye Chu used the Tiger's Fury to push the black and white tiger stripes between his eyebrows, causing countless black and white hairs to grow from the pores of his skin, instantly transforming him into a human-shaped tiger with piercing eyes and a white forehead.

Ye Chu estimated that, based on his own Tiger's Fury content, he could probably sustain the 'Tiger Transformation' state for about five or six seconds.

Furthermore, in this state, one's strength can be increased by about 50% to 60%, and one possesses a beast-like intuition.

But at the same time, a beastly, demonic nature lingered in his heart.

It seems that as long as one's own vital energy is exhausted, and as long as one still wants to maintain this tiger transformation state, one can fill it with one's own soul to sustain it...

In short, a very eerie feeling lingered in my heart.