"Don't talk like your fire can defeat our claws. My species' claws are the mightiest and can easily tear your species to pieces."
"Oh, We'll have to see about that, won't we?" The Infernal Fla Tiger King replied, taking his fighting stance.
Gang Zhao also got ready to fight. He wasn't one to back down when it ca to his species' honor and pride.
At this mont, Ashen's calm voice resounded in both of their ears:
"Shut up, you cats!"
"Huh?" The Infernal Fla Tiger King glanced at Ashen, noticing him only now. All of his focus had been solely on Gang Zhao and he didn't even see Ashen present despite his powerful presence.
He looked at Gang Zhao in confusion and asked while pointing at Ashen: "Gang Zhao, Who is this rude human? How dare he interrupt us?"
Gang Zhao opened his mouth to answer, however, before he could do so, Ashen spoke first:
"Infernal Fla Tiger King, I'm the one who has defeated Gang Zhao in battle. He is accompanying now."
Hearing this, The Infernal Fla Tiger King had his eyes opened wide in surprise as he looked at Gang Zhao to confirm the truth:
"Gang Zhao, Is this human telling the truth?"
Though embarrassed to admit it, Gang Zhao nodded nonetheless. A Tiger would never hide his loss since that would be cowardly.
As soon as The Infernal Fla Tiger King got confirmation from Gang Zhao, he burst into laughter, mocking Gang Zhao:
"Hahaha, Gang Zhao, you weakling. You lost to this puny human! Now tell , aren't I superior to you? I've never lost to a human whereas you have. This proves that my species is superior to yours."
Gang Zhao could only grit his teeth in frustration at his taunts. He wanted to say that Ashen was stronger than the humans The Infernal Fla Tiger King had faced before and that he would lose too, but that would be like rooting for a human in a duel between a human and a tiger.
Won't that be a betrayal to his race?
He won't do that.
He could only quietly listen to the Infernal Fla Tiger King's taunts without doing anything.
At this mont, Ashen spoke on his behalf, condemning his taunts:
"Infernal Fla Tiger King, you don't need to act so cocky since you will lose to soon enough. Why don't you save your taunts for later if you are even able to beat ?"
"What did you say?" The Infernal Fla Tiger King shot Ashen a threatening glare before asking: "You think you can defeat ? Do you plan to fight alongside Gang Zhao? Because that's the only way you can even think of defeating ."
Ashen shook his head, answering calmly: "Infernal Fla Tiger King, you don't need to worry. I will fight you fair and square without taking any help from Gang Zhao. I just need one promise from you too."
"And what is that?" The Infernal Fla Tiger King asked, being suspicious as well as curious.
"I need you to promise that if I beat you, I can have you as my subordinate for the next five years."
"What?? ? Beco a subordinate of a human? You can forget it! I'd rather die than be your subordinate." The Infernal Fla Tiger King was quick to deny his request.
Ashen quickly began to instigate him to agree to the proposed promise:
"What? Is The Great Infernal Fla Tiger King afraid? If you are so confident in your strength then why be afraid to lose to ? Why be afraid to make a small promise? If you never lose, then you don't even need to keep that promise, right?"
"Listen human. These provoking tactics won't work on . On the off-chance that I lose to you. I'd like to rather die than serve you as my master."
"But Infernal Fla Tiger King, I'm only proposing this for your own benefit. Just think, If you were to make this promise, wouldn't that show your confidence in your strength? It will also make you more cautious not to lose to because sothing greater than your life is on the line."
The Infernal Fla Tiger King couldn't help but give his words a thought. His words did make sense to him.
If he made that promise and won, it would give him the luxury to brag about this fight to the others for generations.
It would make him legendary in the eyes of future generations. They will tell stories about his bravery and confidence to their children to inspire them to be like him.
He will be rembered for eternity with this. Thinking about this, his greed began taking over.
He knew that there was much to gain by making that promise.
Moreover, if he won, he could free Gang Zhao and make him owe him a debt. This would surely establish a superior standing of the Infernal Fla tigers above the Steel claw tigers.
Considering all this, he agreed:
"Alright, human. I promise that if you are able to defeat fairly in this fight, I'll beco your subordinate for the next five years."
Hearing this, Ashen couldn't help but curl his lips into a victorious grin.
Gang Zhao, who witnessed this, wanted to stop The Infernal Fla Tiger King from making this promise, but rembering his mocking taunts, he stopped.
"Then shall we start with the fight?" Ashen questioned with a smirk.
The Infernal Fla Tiger King nodded before taking a fighting stance, ready to pounce.
The Infernal Fla Tiger King leapt first, claws wreathed in molten fire as he used Blazing Inferno Pounce, turning into a cot of fla.
Ashen dodged the attack by moving out of the way.
The Infernal Fla Tiger King didn't relent. He again took his fighting position as He opened his maw and roared, releasing Infernal Breath Storm—a sweeping blast of hellfire that lted stone and glassed the soil left his mouth, targeted toward Ashen.
It was at this mont that Ashen took out the 72 Heavenly sword bamboo flying swords and controlled them in such a way that so of them created a shield that protected Ashen anwhile so of them worked together to slash the fire blast into pieces, and the remaining went to attack The Infernal Fla Tiger King instead.
The Infernal Fla Tiger King was surprised to see so many swords coming towards him and that too, the swords made of Heavenly sword bamboo.
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(A/N - Thanks for reading. ^..^)
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