Chapter 1005: Big Cat Victorious
The rest of the spirit only be fully devoured by the artifact upon the Golden Tiger's death, allowing the strange divine item to reappear elsewhere. Thus, the price he paid really was limited to losing that part of his lifespan, and in exchange, his divine consciousness had grown tremendously. That was how he had gained the ability to attack directly with his divine consciousness. He was fully confident that once he launched his divine consciousness attack, even seeded contestants would be hard-pressed to resist, unless they had that Illusion God Mask purchased by Mei Gongzi. Barring that, he believed few could withstand it.
And everything did indeed unfold just as he expected. From the start, his overwhelmingly powerful divine consciousness had managed to dominate Big Cat. The power he had gotten through the soul sacrifice was not limited to brute force; his attack also had strong hallucinatory effects that could momentarily sever an opponent's control over their body.
But what he had never anticipated... was that his attack would fail to breach Big Cat's defense. He could do nothing even while Big Cat was defenseless! Worse yet, even with his divine consciousness still suppressing his opponent, Big Cat had somehow launched a devastating counterattack.
This Golden Tiger Great Demon King specialized in divine consciousness attacks, but what he faced was a warrior of terrifying willpower.
Indeed, Big Cat's divine consciousness was suppressed. But his battle instincts never left him. When attacked, his armor's absolute defense triggered automatically, and the God-Killing Domain also activated in response. That surge of murderous intent reignited his battle instincts and provoked his counterattack. At the same time, the overwhelming bloodlust he felt was forcefully driving out the invasive divine consciousness.
Had it been any other opponent with even greater divine consciousness than Big Cat, they might already have fallen victim to the ambush. But Big Cat had spent his youth fighting for his life in the Great Beast Arena of Kali City; how many people here combined would it take to account for the number of life-and-death battles he'd had? Battle was all he knew. To him, there was no such thing as "fight-or-flight response"; in every situation, the response was to fight.
His retaliations were brutal and unrelenting. With the God-Slaying Sword's innate ability to sever divine consciousness, his three successive strikes not only tore through his opponent's guard but also shattered the lingering pressure. Clarity returned to his mind.
With his killer instinct reigning supreme, Big Cat's sword rose with crushing momentum. Platinum-hued sword light flowed like rivers and pounded relentlessly against the Golden Tiger, pushing him back blow by blow.
The Golden Tiger tried to retaliate again using divine consciousness, but it was too late. Under the effects of the God-Killing Domain, Big Cat's own divine consciousness had sealed itself off, allowing only his raw murderous aura to surface. Eyes blazing with killing intent, he advanced step by step, pressing closer with each terrifying swing. Every slash of his sword bore the weight of a mountain. Moreover, the Lion-Tiger Golden Force, being the ability of a first-tier bloodline, completely suppressed the Golden Tiger's mutated golden bloodline in this head-on clash.
When Big Cat finally knocked the Golden Tiger's saber flying, a towering sword aura descended between them, interrupting the battle.