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

The two were locked in a fierce battle, neither willing to back down an inch.

Zhang Shouzhou felt a headache coming on when he saw the two men's indifferent attitude.

These two people didn't consider the bigger picture at all.

It is highly likely that both the big cat and the lynx will remain at Qiyuan University to teach in the future.

If we fight so fiercely over a single vermilion fruit today that we create a rift, how will we be able to continue our teaching work?

Injuring either one would be a huge loss for the country.

They must be stopped.

Zhang Shouzhou closed his eyes, attempting to connect with the ghost infant through a spiritual link.

He wanted to have the ghost baby mediate before the situation completely spiraled out of control.

At the very least, these two powder kegs need to be separated.

Just as Zhang Shouzhou's spiritual power was being probed out.

A loud rustling sound came from the dense bushes nearby.

Then everyone saw a grayish-white streak of light flying toward them at an extremely fast speed.

The streak of light swept past the crowd without slowing down, plunging directly into Zhang Shouzhou's wide sleeves.

Zhang Shouzhou swayed slightly.

He sensed the ghost infant trembling slightly within his sleeve.

It was an extreme fear that originated from the depths of one's soul.

"What's wrong?"

Zhang Shouzhou then communicated with the ghost infant to inquire about the situation.

And almost at the same time.

"Buzz—"

Wang Mingyuan's phone vibrated in his pocket, indicating that a message had arrived.

Li Jianguo turned his head and looked at Wang Mingyuan with great interest.

"Director Wang, please take a look."

Li Jianguo extended his right hand in a gesture of invitation.

"Maybe it's because your Tiger Emperor failed in his attempt to seize it and sent this message asking for help."

Wang Mingyuan ignored Li Jianguo's sarcastic remarks.

He took out his phone and turned on the screen.

There is an unread text and image message on the screen.

The sender is Big Cat.

Wang Mingyuan opened the chat box.

A high-resolution photo popped up.

The main subject of the photo is a gray-brown lynx cat.

It was lying paralyzed in a muddy puddle.

The lynx's hindquarters are in an extremely bizarre folded position.

The vertebrae are clearly completely broken.

Those cat eyes, which should have been fierce, were now filled with nothing but endless terror and despair.

Below the photo are two short lines of text.

"Hey Lao Wang, is this what the lynx cat you're talking about looks like?"

It tried to steal my fruit, and I couldn't resist, so I think I hit it a little too hard. Its back looks broken.

Wang Mingyuan's finger froze on the top of the screen.

His facial muscles twitched uncontrollably twice.

He imagined the big cat would win, and even imagined the big cat would beat the lynx black and blue.

But he never expected the battle to be so fast.

Moreover, this is far more than just a little bit too heavy-handed.

This completely crippled the Northwest Research Institute's trump card.

This made him feel somewhat guilty when he looked at Li Jianguo.

Li Jianguo approached without noticing.

"What's wrong, Director Wang?"

Li Jianguo smiled broadly, craning his neck to look at Wang Mingyuan's phone screen.

"Has the battle in the mountains come to a conclusion?"

Li Jianguo leaned closer.

The image on the screen shot straight into his field of vision.

Muddy puddles.

A majestic golden tiger.

And his prized grey-brown lynx, known as the Northwest Ace, lay sprawled on the ground, its face filled with terror.

The smug look on Li Jianguo's face froze instantly.

Especially when he saw the two lines of text that Wang Hu sent.

The skin and flesh on his face twitched uncontrollably twice.

His originally rosy face quickly turned a deep liver color, and even the veins on his neck bulged out.

His face was filled with disbelief.

Even now, he still can't quite believe it's true.

He knew the tiger's strength better than anyone.

How could someone's spine be broken by a single slap?

This seemed like a complete fantasy to him.

Zhang Shouzhou stood to the side, his hands rapidly calculating within his sleeves.

The images transmitted back by the ghost baby gradually became clearer in his mind.

He saw the entire course of that battle clearly.

It was just a casual flick of the wrist.

There were no unnecessary movements.

There are no fancy skills.

An absolute crushing force of pure physical strength and speed.

The lynx that had given the white ape a hard time couldn't even last one round against its opponent.

Zhang Shouzhou gasped.

Although he had always believed that the big cat would win, he never expected it to win so decisively. He couldn't help but reassess the strength of Hua Cheng, this mutated tiger.

Indeed, he is unfathomable.

"Representative Li, the most urgent task now is to save the tiger."

Zhang Shouzhou reminded Li Jianguo.

"The ghost baby just sent word that the lynx is still alive."

"The most important thing now is to get there as quickly as possible."

"Too late, this extraordinary being is truly finished."

Li Jianguo suddenly realized what was happening.

Everyone set off immediately.

Because everyone present was an extraordinary individual who had either activated their Qi Sea or received injections, their speed was extremely fast.

The raindrops hit them, but were bounced off by an invisible airflow.

A dozen minutes later.

The group walked through the dense bushes and came to a steep hillside.

The horrific scene was laid bare before everyone's eyes.

A large tree, as thick as a person's embrace, broke in the middle, its crown lying flat on the ground.

The surrounding soil was turned upside down, leaving a mess.

Below that broken tree.

The lynx lay quietly in a puddle.

Its grayish-brown fur was covered in mud and water, and its hindquarters were twisted at a terrible angle.

A faint electric current flickers on its surface from time to time, then quickly goes out.

And less than ten meters away from the puddle.

A colossal creature, over four meters long and covered in golden fur, was lying on a blue stone.

Wang Hu slowly licked the rainwater off his right front paw.

The golden fur emitted a faint glow in the dim rainforest.

He didn't even look up at the group of people who suddenly appeared.

The other research institute representatives following behind Zhang Shouzhou stopped in their tracks.

They gasped, their gazes shifting between Wang Hu's massive body and the broken tree.

The elderly man at the Kunlun Research Institute swallowed hard.

He turned to look at his own white ape, which had also followed him and was 1.8 meters tall.

The old ape of Kunlun gripped the long, black staff tightly.

The white hairs on its body stood on end.

It could clearly smell the lingering stench of blood and the violent fluctuations of spiritual energy in the air.

As a wild, extraordinary creature, the old ape possessed extremely keen intuition.

It stared at the giant golden tiger lying on the bluestone.

The other person's breathing was incredibly slow, but each rise and fall of their chest affected the flow of the surrounding air.

The old ape silently took half a step back.

He hid the long stick behind his back.

It didn't want to attract the monster's attention.

This is absolute suppression at the level of bloodline.

The old man felt a wave of fear wash over him.

He thought to himself, "Luckily, it wasn't the white ape that came up the mountain to steal the Vermilion Fruit today."

With that physique and that strength.

A single slap snaps a tree as thick as a person's embrace, and incidentally breaks the lynx's spine in the process.

This is not even in the same league.

This is a complete and utter defeat.