MTLNOVEL Chapter 1112: Wisdom
But Lan Xinyi couldn't care less at the moment. She hurriedly got up to continue fleeing, as the black tiger charged towards her again like an arrow leaving the bow!
Before she could even run a hundred meters, the black tiger was already behind her, lifting a paw to strike down at Lan Xinyi's back!
At this moment, a shadow suddenly flashed from the bushes beside her!
"Boom!"
A thunderous roar suddenly erupted behind Lan Xinyi!
Lan Xinyi originally thought she would get knocked away again like the many times before!
However, she managed to sprint a short distance, yet the "familiar" blow didn't come; instead, a loud bang reverberated behind her!
She glanced back with slight confusion and was instantly stunned:
"Mr. Su?!"
Looking again, she saw that the black tiger, which had made her flee in such a sorry state, was actually stumbled back by a punch from Su Chen!
Lan Xinyi was utterly shocked—how could he possess such immense strength to make the black tiger stagger?
That strength is at least of the Kaiyuan Primary Stage!
After the black tiger got back on its feet, it glared at Su Chen with eyes as large as bells, red with fury!
"Quick, climb the tree!"
Su Chen shouted at the dumbfounded Lan Xinyi.
"Oh!"
At this moment, Lan Xinyi snapped back to her senses a little!
"Right, how foolish of me!"
Lan Xinyi scolded herself for not realizing sooner:
"I can climb the trees! No matter how fierce the demon beast black tiger is, it can't climb trees, can it?!"
"Why didn't I think of this earlier?!"
Actually, she had been so focused on escaping for her life that she hadn't the mind to think about anything else!
Then she spotted a relatively dense grove not far away, with nearly a hundred sturdy trees connected together!
She immediately ran over and swiftly climbed up!
Seeing that Lan Xinyi had already climbed up, Su Chen turned and ran towards the grove, ignoring the enraged black tiger!
The black tiger, seeing Su Chen running, roared furiously and chased after him!
By now, its fury had completely transferred to this suddenly appearing man, as if its dignity had been gravely challenged!
When Su Chen reached the base of a large tree, the black tiger was not far off, its claws bared as it lunged forward, jaws wide open!
"Careful!"
Seeing this scene, Lan Xinyi was startled!
She thought that Su Chen had run when telling her to run, not expecting him to wait until she was safely up the tree before he moved!
This realization made Lan Xinyi feel a surge of emotion!
Su Chen naturally sensed the violent disturbance behind him, so he twisted and punched out at the black tiger's abdomen, adding seven or eight strands of Star Energy!
"Boom!"
The black tiger, which was already in mid-air, was instantly knocked back several meters!
After delivering the punch, Su Chen immediately and swiftly climbed up the tree, moving with great agility!
Although using a sword might have inflicted greater damage on the black tiger, his main aim was to open sufficient distance and climb the tree, so using his fist gave him more assurance!
When he previously ambushed without using his sword, it was mainly to save Lan Xinyi. Although a sword might have caused greater harm, the effectiveness was uncertain!
More importantly, they were still some distance from the little forest; utterly enraging the Kaiyuan Middle Stage black tiger might not have been wise!
Although the black tiger was knocked back several meters by Su Chen, it didn't suffer any major wounds, just felt a bit uncomfortable!
But what was more pronounced was its anger; seeing Su Chen already up the tree, the black tiger roared furiously, a thunderous howl echoing!
Then, it began to vehemently ram the tree with its body!
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
........
Each hit made the already rather hefty tree shake violently, almost as if it might break at any moment!
Lan Xinyi thought she'd be safe on the tree but didn't expect the black tiger to start ramming it like crazy!
At this rate, it's going to break soon!
Although the tree was quite sturdy, almost too thick to wrap arms around, the black tiger was still of the Kaiyuan Middle Stage!
Yet Su Chen, seeing this, wasn't worried; instead, a sly smile crept onto his face!
In his heart, he mused: Just as I expected, the black tiger has started ramming the tree frantically!
After a few more hits, the tree was broken by the black tiger, slowly tilting downwards. Su Chen took advantage of this and leapt to another nearby tree!
The trees here were quite close together; jumping to another tree was a simple matter!
Not feeling entirely assured, Lan Xinyi also jumped from tree to tree, slowly moving closer to Su Chen!
After all, Su Chen had saved her, so it was better to be nearby in case any help was needed!
Nonetheless, the black tiger, repeatedly struck by Su Chen's powerful punches, was completely frenzied, entirely focused on Su Chen, having forgotten about Lan Xinyi!
Thus, Lan Xinyi easily jumped to the tree next to Su Chen!
"Mr. Su, you're so clever!"
Lan Xinyi sincerely exclaimed, his method of dealing with the black tiger was incredibly effective; it was impressive he could think of it!
"Haha, it's nothing!"
Though the tree they were on was shaking violently from the black tiger's ramming, Su Chen remained unfazed, letting the creature crash about at will!
Not only that, but he even struck up a conversation with Lan Xinyi.
"Though demon beasts are strong fighters, their greatest weakness is intelligence. They're a bit smarter than regular animals but still can't compare to humans."
Su Chen laughed, sitting on the swaying tree:
"If I didn't use this intelligence gap, wouldn't it be pretty stupid?"
"Are you implying that about me, Mr. Su?"
Lan Xinyi replied bashfully.
She had just been blindly fleeing for her life before!
She believed most people, if faced with the situation she was in, would have done the same!
This proves how remarkably intelligent Mr. Su is, especially in his ability to resourcefully utilize available resources—it's admirable!
"Oh, sorry, I didn't mean it like that."
Su Chen had forgotten that point and replied with a chuckle.
"It's alright, compared to you, I really am quite foolish!"
Lan Xinyi responded with a smile, not minding at all!
However, little did she know, Su Chen's inherent instinct to resourcefully and effectively use all means to solve problems had been ingrained in his very bones!
Just as Su Chen was about to speak again, the tree made a cracking sound and broke, prompting him to immediately jump to another tree.
Simultaneously, Lan Xinyi jumped over as well!
It must be said, the black tiger was truly powerful; they just uttered a few words, and the beast had already broken such a thick tree!
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
......
The ramming resumed, even more violently than before!
Meanwhile, Su Chen and Lan Xinyi continued their chat on adjacent trees, appearing quite relaxed...