108 Eye of the Tiger (1/2)

Whoosh! Flap! Flap!

The sound of wings flapping could be heard from within a large altar that worshipped an unknown being. The sound of a flying beast could be heard speeding through the hallway that was lit up with dark purple-colored flames.

A chubby young man sitting on a golden tiger with black wings as it crossed through the hallway that seemed endless. Even after ten minutes had gone by, the hallway didn't seem to be any different than previously.

It was as if they were going around in a loop the entire time. Seeing that they weren't getting anywhere, the tiger headed up and had a birdseye view around the space.

”Hmm, everywhere looks identical to another place. Even though I've been going around for a bit, there has been no change, could it be an illusion? Or am I taking the wrong approach, maybe the way forward isn't 'forward' but rather...” the chubby young man thought.

As he thought that, he began looking above. All he could see was pitch black above himself. He squinted his eyes and focused all his senses on his eyes as much as he could.

After squinting as hard as he could, the chubby young man noticed a tiny speck of purple light above him. To describe how small it was, just imagine a computer screen with 1920 x 1080p, the single light was like a single pixel.

The young man looked up as the golden tiger below him flew towards the light with great speeds. As they flew up, the closer they got to the source of light, the brighter and larger it became.

Only until they reached past it, did the light become blinding. Opening his eyes, the young man saw a large door in front of him.

”Why the hell did they think of putting a door up here? Which idiot thought of that? But hmm, according to those drawings on the walls, the humans of the past could fly, then does that mean cultivators like in novels and dramas truly existed in the past?”

”I mean if monsters can exist, then maybe it's possible...”

The young man then proceeded to imagine himself standing on a sword and taking flight with it using his own powers.

”Hehe, that would be cool.”

He then snapped out of his delusions and got closer to the door. He held onto the handle and began opening the door with all his might.

Even as he used all his strength, the door only opened up extremely slowly. It took an entire five minutes of pushing to get the door open. At some point, the golden tiger with black wings had to help the young man push the door open.

Opening the door, he wiped his sweat with his sleeve. ”Damn, I feel like I lost some weight just opening the damn door, who made it so heavy?”

In front of him, was another hallway that seemed endless. He hoped through and stayed in one spot. ”God, don't tell me I have to keep finding the location of the door like this, I don't have the time or energy for this, whoever designed this place I really want to slap em.”

The door behind him closed on its own when he went to the centre of the room. All of a sudden the torches on the walls went out, making it completely dark.

The chubby young man felt a chill down his spine and shivered.

”Hey, hey, a giant monster isn't going to appear behind me is it?”

As soon as he said that, he felt a presence behind him. ”Me and my big mouth...”

Turning around slowly, the young man saw a giant eyeball that was many times larger than himself and even his partner combined.

The eyeball was not only huge, but it was also purple. The iris was green, while the pupil was also purple.

The golden tiger took a step back. Suddenly, the torches were lit once again. The large hallway filled with torches and pillars had changed and somehow became a large open space. The space looked the same as the hallway, but the pillars were missing.

With the entire room lit, the young man could see clearly what the monstrosity before him was. Just like he thought, it was a giant purple tiger that was over fifty meters in height. Just the size of one fur was already bigger than the young man himself.

The huge tiger had a few black stripes around its body, but not many. It seemed more like a saber-tooth tiger than a regular tiger because of its few stripes. However, the shape of its head definitely wasn't that of a saber-tooth.

It's long, huge fangs themself were over seven meters in length while they were extremely thick like pillars.