No matter what he had become, one fight would reveal all. With the power and strength of his new merged form, Lin Fan was confident his opponent’s Elemental Power could no longer trap him in an Ice Seal.

If he couldn’t be frozen, then there was nothing to fear.

If he could defeat an Elemental Martial Cultivator, he would make a name for himself in Wencheng with this one battle.

The Demon Lin Fan was about to strike again, but...

"AWOO..."

The tiger-like roar of Golden Pupils sounded once more. In the Demon Lin Fan’s peripheral vision, he saw the cat pouncing at him again with vicious ferocity and immediately frowned.

’Simply courting death. It’s endless, and so damn noisy.’

The tail behind Lin Fan whipped out again, instantly coiling around Golden Pupils’s body and slamming it violently into the ground.

BOOM... BOOM... BOOM!

Blood splattered across the construction site, where crater after crater was smashed into the ground—a sight that made one’s scalp tingle.

Golden Pupils shrieked continuously, and Killing Intent boiled in the Demon Lin Fan’s eyes.

’This stubborn cat, insisting on being a troublemaker.’

"Master Yu, why does your cat insist on charging to his death?" Su Yu was not only surprised by Lin Fan’s transformation but also baffled by the cat’s behavior.

Awakened Creatures were all intelligent. Why would he do something so suicidal?

Yu Zitong watched as Lin Fan brutalized his cat. The scene was utterly cruel, and he was as frantic as an ant on a hot pan.

This cat was too wild and untamable. He feared nothing in heaven or on earth and had never submitted to anyone since birth. If not for his mother dying immediately after giving birth, Golden Pupils wouldn’t have come to see him as family.

’What did I ever do to deserve a cat like this as a pet?’

Seeing that Golden Pupils was about to be beaten to death, Yu Zitong wanted to rush forward and stop it, but he lacked the courage. This Demon Lin Fan was three meters tall and bizarre all over, striking terror into people’s hearts.

But if Golden Pupils was killed, then he, a mere First Rank Demon Hunter, would lose his place in the Bai Family.

"You damned beast! Why are you so reckless?"

Yu Zitong trembled with anger, utterly disappointed by the cat’s reckless behavior.

This was supposed to be a battle between Lin Fan and Tu Xiao’an, but this cat had completely disrupted it. Now, the Demon Lin Fan was brutalizing Golden Pupils, beating him to death.

It seemed the cat’s doom was inevitable.

Tu Xiao’an didn’t intervene. It was said that cats had nine lives; their Life Force was extremely tenacious, making them hard to kill. This was even more true for Golden Pupils, a super-powerful, mutated breed of cat.

He had a ferocious, violent, and untamable personality. Once he set his mind on something, it was difficult to change; he had a true "fight to the death" attitude.

Despite how brutally Lin Fan was attacking, Tu Xiao’an subtly noticed that Golden Pupils’s life aura wasn’t rapidly declining.

In other words, he was still far from death.

At that moment, Lin Fan’s tail held Golden Pupils dangling in front of him. He unleashed a merciless barrage of punches and kicks, each blow landing with brutal force.

"Stop hitting him! You’re going to kill him! Give me back my cat, and I’ll take him and leave the construction site immediately!"

Yu Zitong shouted and pleaded from a distance. That cat was his lifeline.

The Demon Lin Fan completely ignored Yu Zitong. As a Rat Lord, he had a natural aversion to creatures like cats.

’One dead cat is one less to worry about.’

Suddenly, a terrifying aura erupted and instantly filled the construction site. Everyone looked at Golden Pupils, who was being brutalized by the Demon Lin Fan, and discovered that its aura, far from weakening, was actually surging.

Lin Fan froze. He had obviously sensed the strangeness more directly than anyone.

Tu Xiao’an’s eyes lit up. ’The cat’s aura is surging. It looks like he’s about to have a breakthrough.’

’He’s already Level 19. If he breaks through now, doesn’t that mean...?’

The Demon Lin Fan frowned. The construction site began to tremble, and the cat had already broken free from his tail, landing on the ground.

He was covered in blood, but his golden fur stood on end. His pair of Yin Yang Eyes now glowed so brightly they seemed about to shoot out beams of golden light.

Bright, too bright. Blindingly bright.

"How can this be? He’s breaking through?" The Demon Lin Fan was aghast. He hadn’t managed to beat the cat to death—instead, he’d beaten him into a breakthrough?

The aura now radiating from Golden Pupils was highly unusual. It grew stronger and stronger, already beginning to surpass the limits of a Rank One Creature.

In that instant, the cat became incredibly sharp and imposing. His aura climbed infinitely higher, and his body grew larger along with it.

That’s right, he was getting bigger, as if he possessed a size-altering Divine Technique.

The one most thrilled by this change was undoubtedly Yu Zitong. He had thought his cat was going to be beaten to death.

He never expected he would actually start to break through. It looked like he was becoming a Rank Two Cat Spirit.

If Golden Pupils became a Rank Two Cat Spirit, he would be the ultimate beneficiary.

GROW... GROW... GROW... Its aura continued to climb...

’What a cat! A divine cat!’

Everyone watched the cat’s transformation with astonished gazes.

This was the advantage of a high-grade bloodline Talent. His potential for growth was limitless, allowing him to break through his own shackles even while being savaged.

Mediocre talents could never comprehend the miraculous nature of a genius.

Golden Pupils had been a dark horse, and now he was making a stunning debut.

Sensing something, Tu Xiao’an narrowed his eyes as Golden Pupils’s aura began to stabilize. ’Activate Conscious Insight!’

"DING... Rank Two Super Class Creature, Golden Pupils. Level 20. King of Cats (Has a Master). Cannot be subdued..."

’The "Has a Master" part means this cat must have signed a Blood Contract with Yu Zitong. They have a master-servant relationship.’

"Haha... My treasure, you’re truly amazing!"

Yu Zitong was ecstatic, as if he had just won the lottery.

At this moment, Golden Pupils was virtually indistinguishable from a fierce tiger. He was majestic and imposing, possessing the might of a tiger and the presence of a lion, enough to make all other creatures tremble in fear and reverence.

In the vicinity of the construction site, every feline, no matter what it was doing, prostrated itself on the ground, shivering uncontrollably. This drew a crowd of curious onlookers.

Tu Xiao’an couldn’t help but feel a little envious of Yu Zitong. For such a mediocre person to have the protection of this cat, his luck was just too good.

Su Yu wasn’t an Awakener, but he understood a little. This creature was of the highest quality, countless times more noble than the Dragon Snake he had once spent five million on.

’With this cat as a guardian, I wouldn’t need any bodyguards.’

"Master Yu, I was wondering if we could discuss something. Would you be willing to part with this cat? You can name your price."

His business acumen was sharp. Su Yu had also taken an instant liking to this cat—a breed full of personality with a noble bloodline.

Yu Zitong looked at Su Yu smugly and said, "Not for sale, not for sale. He’s my priceless treasure."

"One hundred million. What do you think, Master Yu?"

Su Yu looked at Yu Zitong with an eager gaze.

’A hundred million?’

Yu Zitong’s breath hitched. He was a First Rank Demon Hunter, but his strength was so low that he could never earn any Big Money.

Moreover, the profession was fraught with risk. One careless mistake, one encounter with the wrong Spirit Monster, and he could be decapitated.

With a hundred million, he could live a life of boundless splendor and luxury without having to do a thing.

"Not for sale. My Golden Pupils might even become a Rank Three Demon Spirit in the future."

His ascension would be his own. Why would he be foolish enough to sell his Golden Pupils so casually?