The disaster-grade whitegold tiger leapt forward, causing all the blades to suddenly turn toward their target. They gathered in a square around the tiger and shot toward Sun Xiaowu simultaneously.

The bloodstained blades, suffused with an aura of calamity, approached Sun Xiaowu at breakneck speed.

Sun Xiaowu swung his own blades with the resplendence of dawn, defending against the sudden assault.

Light covered the land like an intense meteor shower. Formless ripples shattered rock and cleaved mountains.

"[Golden Divide]!"

Light gathered over Sun Xiaowu's palms in a resplendent golden arc through the skies.

The golden light clashed against the tiger's blades, but the sharp blades that the tiger had somehow produced seemed impervious to damage. Killing intent formed a thick aura around them, so concentrated that it could affect material form. Sun Xiaowu didn't give up and continued attacking. The brilliant light of [Golden Divide] caught the eye.

The tiger roared, its eyes cold. It spat out a mouthful of white light, causing the blades to gleam even more brightly. They pierced through the air and headed straight for Sun Xiaowu's body.

Sun Xiaowu pursed his lips—the blades were too strong, and there were over two dozen of them! It would be difficult to handle them all simultaneously.

The blades flew toward him and pinned him down with overwhelming strength, causing the land to crumble where they landed.

Each blade was like a thick pillar; if any were to strike Zhang Lie, he wouldn't be pierced through, but rather ground into meat paste.

As all the blades landed simultaneously, Sun Xiaowu barely dodged them one by one. Space around him warped and distended; a number of black holes formed, one around each blade, trapping him in an unavoidable attack.

Even so, the fighting spirit in Sun Xiaowu's eyes only grew more intense.

"[Blinding Flash: Thousandfold Echo]!"

Sun Xiaowu's body suddenly split into thousands of clones, which faced off against the two dozen blades in a scintillating display of light."[Golden Divide]!"

The thousand clones all used [Golden Divide] simultaneously, coloring the sky in gold and raining down golden feathers in such numbers that it seemed as though a thunderstorm had just formed out of thin air.

The two dozen sharp blades were sent flying by the tempest that the golden feathers created. The disaster-grade whitegold tiger emanated silver light that shrouded itself like battle armor, or perhaps a veil.

Metal struck metal. The disaster-grade whitegold tiger was suppressed by Sun Xiaowu's [Golden Divide].

"[Goldenscale Palm: Split]!"

Golden radiance struck the land. Sun Xiaowu's palms brimmed with golden light as a dense layer of golden scales covered his skin. His aura suddenly shifted, and his right arm glowed with resplendent light. An aura of intense strength emanated from Sun Xiaowu's body.

Sun Xiaowu took a step forward, then punched with all his might, generating a dominating wave of genetic energy.

The brilliant light tore through the tiger's armor, revealing crystalline flesh underneath. The tiger roared in anger, and its aura strengthened even further. Sun Xiaowu once more, swamping the battlefield in white light.

"[Adamantine Aegis]!" A layer of golden runes covered Sun Xiaowu's skin, giving off a radiant light that the two dozen blades were unable to penetrate.

The disaster-grade whitegold tiger leapt forward, its claws landing on the haft of the blades and increasing their penetrating power. Sun Xiaowu was forced to retreat.

"[Blinding Flash: Self-Destruct]!"

Thousands of his golden clones emitted a blinding flash as they self-destructed, swallowing up Sun Xiaowu, the two dozen blades, and the disaster-grade whitegold tiger in the resulting explosion.

The blades were sent flying, as was the disaster-grade whitegold tiger.

The tiger made a backflip in the air and roared, spitting out a ball of hazy like charged with skeins of radiant energy so bright they were evaporating in the air.

A thousand rays of rosy light, in an endless stream, enveloped all that lay below."[Blinding Flash: Ten Thousandfold Echo]!"

The next moment, Sun Xiaowu's body divided into ten thousand clones. Golden radiance covered the sky as his clones gathered together, each seeming simultaneously real and illusory.

Frightening fluctuations of energy filled the air, accompanied by resplendent light.

"[Goldenscale Palm: Qilin]!"

Sun Xiaowu and all his clones leapt up into the air, performing exactly the same action. Golden light flashed from their arms and illuminated the sky. Tens of thousands of clones merged into Sun Xiaowu's main body, and the countless activated copies of the technique merged into one.

Golden scales covered up Sun Xiaowu's arm as it grew thicker and thicker, and the image of a golden qilin appeared behind him.

As he swung his fists forward, the golden qilin materialized. Against the magnificent golden qilin, the disaster-grade whitegold tiger looked as small as a housecat.

The gigantic golden qilin swiped forward with its claws, batting the whitegold tiger away and sending it crashing into the earth.

The qilin slammed its claws down a second time, crushing the whitegold tiger as it roared in outrage. It emanated beams of white light that surrounded it like a howling storm, serving as a formless barrier against the qilin's claws.

The whitegold tiger's body flashed with golden runes, much like those from Sun Xiaowu's [Adamantine Aegis].

Zhang Lie, watching the fight, frowned. "What a disgusting disaster-grade lifeform, to be able to copy its opponents' techniques..."

The tiger had done that while fighting with him, and was doing the same thing while fighting with Sun Xiaowu.

Bu Wentian smiled proudly. "It's great, isn't it?"

"It's rather disgusting."

While fighting against Zhang Lie, the disaster-grade whitegold tiger had absorbed his energy of annihilation. Now, against Sun Xiaowu, it had absorbed his [Adamantine Aegis].

The whitegold tiger was, at its core, a gold-attuned lifeform, and it was naturally able to replicate Sun Xiaowu's techniques easily.

Bu Wentian replied, "This is a trial, after all. I can't make it too simple, and an opponent that can learn from you represents a rare opportunity. If you can't grow stronger and produce sufficient strength to take down that opponent, it'll emulate you and win."

"An opponent that can grow stronger in battle really is disgusting."