The Investiture: Unlimited Blade Works Nezha
Chapter 242 - 241 Nezha Fights the Tiger

Chapter 242: Chapter 241 Nezha Fights the Tiger

Nezha refined the Ziwei Star’s essence, making the starry sky his home turf, so locating Ziwei Star wasn’t difficult.

Ziwei Star is situated at the center of the Three Constellations, flanked by the Taiwei Constellation and Heavenly Market Constellation. It is essentially the core of the entire starry sky, holding special significance to the Mystic Sect, symbolizing all emperors.

Hao Tian never allowed Emperor Ziwei to officially take his position, ultimately handing it over to the weakling Bo Yikao. His intentions were clear, aiming to sideline this Divine Position altogether.

Nezha gazed at the magnificent purple star before him and, without hesitation, darted inside.

The Ziwei Star is vast, equivalent in size to a Great Thousand World, but under two generations of suppression by the Heavenly Court, it had been reduced to a barren wasteland, unworthy of its status and prestige.

Ziwei Star’s planetary consciousness was delighted at Nezha’s arrival; having someone there was far better than remaining in endless decline alone.

Using the essence he had already refined as a guide, Nezha stepped directly into Ziwei Star’s origin space.

It was an expanse of hazy purple mist, smaller than the Sun Star yet still grand, lesser only to Taiyin and the Sun Star itself, while far surpassing all other stars.

Resonating with his own refined essence and that of Ziwei Star, Nezha explored the remnants of the Ziwei Star’s essence, when he vaguely heard a tiger’s roar emanating from the purple mist.

He paused and strained his ears to confirm it—and indeed, he wasn’t mistaken. But how could there be a tiger here?

This was set to be his new home, so the matter certainly needed investigating.

He flew towards the direction of the roar, and soon, a tiger the size of an ox with spiked hair like a porcupine, wings sprouting from its back, charged straight at him.

Nezha wasn’t one to be easily intimidated.

He lunged forward with a "Thousand-Pound Fall" tackle.

Bang!

The sound of muscles colliding rang out.

The tiger’s enormous paw struck Nezha’s body without leaving a scratch, while Nezha’s tackle hit its chest and sent it soaring backward from the sheer force.

Roar!

The giant tiger seemed bewildered. How could such a frail-looking kid possess such formidable strength?

At this moment, Nezha scrutinized the tiger and quickly discerned its true identity—it was none other than Qiongqi, one of the Primordial Four Evil Beasts.

Though termed one of the Four Fierce Beasts, Qiongqi was originally of the Human Clan, a son of Emperor Shaohao and thus the grandson of the Yellow Emperor’s third brother.

But why would he be here?

Nezha surmised that back in the day, Heavenly Emperor Shaohao must have seen the extraordinary potential of Ziwei Star and banished his mutated, monstrous son here.

If Qiongqi didn’t repent, it was surely both exile and protection. However, if he awakened and refined the Ziwei Star’s essence, his future could still be promising.

Indeed, this was a father’s hidden scheme for his son.

As of now, though, Qiongqi showed no signs of repentance. Instead, he reeked of resentment and ferocity.

Ordinary Mystic Sect Taiyi Golden Immortals likely wouldn’t stand a chance against him.

Though stunned by Nezha’s tackle, Qiongqi wasn’t the type to be deterred. He circled Nezha a few times and then lunged once more.

Nezha, unafraid and eager, thought to himself: he’d been in need of a sparring partner lately, and this creature, with no fancy Divine Skills but an Undying Body reliant solely on brute strength, was the perfect punching bag!

He stepped forward with a grappling move, locking Qiongqi’s neck tightly, and slammed him down, pinning his head firmly to the ground.

Qiongqi growled angrily, clawing the ground with all his might and stretching his limbs in vigorous struggle, but he couldn’t break free.

With a chuckle, Nezha flipped onto Qiongqi’s back, let go of his neck, grabbed his mane, and landed three heavy "Farmer’s Punches" on his tiger head.

Qiongqi let out a pained howl and began hopping wildly, even taking to the skies in an attempt to shake Nezha off.

But alas, a futile endeavor.

Nezha’s punches landed blow after blow upon the tiger’s head—bang, bang, bang, bang!

The places struck by Nezha’s fists puffed into black smoke but were swiftly reabsorbed by Qiongqi, leaving the beast seemingly unhurt.

Qiongqi wasn’t injured, but it stung tremendously!

Seeing this, Nezha felt even more assured. This time he unleashed his full strength, raining down punches even more savagely.

Strike after strike left Qiongqi dazed and disoriented.

As a fierce beast who had always instilled fear, he had never been bullied like this before.

The unruly nature of Qiongqi spurred him to an even more violent reaction.

He soared into the air and flipped Nezha over, plummeting downward in a powerful dive.

Though Qiongqi’s strength was immense, his use of force was too crude.

Nezha used both hands to maintain his chokehold on Qiongqi’s neck, countering with a mighty reversal and landing a final "Thousand-Pound Fall."

Whoosh—Boom!

Qiongqi was slammed into the ground, dizzy and disoriented.

Nezha, cushioned by his "meaty shield," remained unharmed and responded with two more fierce punches to Qiongqi’s head.

The tiger remained utterly confounded.

Are today’s younglings in the Primordial world all this monstrous?

Nezha swung his fists like a storm while mentally narrating, "Ora ora ora ora!"

He felt one thing above all: fighting, exhilarating!

Qiongqi was now utterly defenseless against the beating.

At first, he kept roaring "Roar! Roar!" occasionally.

Now, his cries had diminished to pitifully weak "Whimper!" sounds.

If Nezha continued a while longer, Qiongqi might start meowing.

After a heated "sparring session" with Qiongqi, Nezha felt deeply satisfied and gained a clearer sense of his Dao Body’s durability and maximum power output.

Looking at the crouched figure of Qiongqi, resembling a scolded kitten, Nezha momentarily hesitated on what to do.

The beast had a nice texture to his strikes; perhaps he should keep him around and fulfill his duty to educate the grandson of the Yellow Emperor’s third brother?

Crouched on the ground, Qiongqi watched Nezha deep in thought and revealed a sly glint in his eyes. As a fierce beast, his pride wouldn’t allow him to submit easily.

Without hesitation, he lunged forward and bit Nezha’s leg, trying to tear at it—but failed to leave so much as a scratch.

Qiongqi: ???

His large, questioning eyes looked towards Nezha, accidentally locking gazes.

Nezha nodded definitively. Indeed, this beast needed proper education and supervision.

He immediately raised a fist and struck Qiongqi’s eye socket—bam!

Whimper~

Bang!

Whimper~

Bang!

...

A wise beast knows when to yield; Qiongqi’s temper was no match for Nezha’s fists and resignedly released his bite.

Nezha frowned at his Daoist robe now soaked in slobber and decided Qiongqi’s education plan ought to commence immediately.

Forming a seal, the figure of "Li Yuanba" emerged from within him, grabbing the frightened Qiongqi and locking him into the Mountain and River Map.

No doubt, Li Yuanba, as the specially appointed tutor, would properly discipline this temperamental student.

Resolving the issue with Qiongqi, Nezha continued his journey towards Ziwei Star’s origin.

Qiongqi’s location happened to be very close to the essence, so Nezha arrived at his destination quickly.

Without hesitation, Nezha delved into the purple ocean to begin his final fusion with Ziwei Star.

The Sun Star’s essence was stronger, yet factors like the Fusang Tree made its refinement exceptionally straightforward.

Now merging his will with Ziwei Star would require considerably more time.