WU DONG QIAN - KUN
Chapter 59: Killing the Panther

Lin Zhentian chose to lock down safely the news of the discovery of the Yang Yuan Stone layer. The only ones who knew of this information were Lin Xiao, Lin Dong and a few other chosen individuals.

After all, this matter was too important to the Lin Family. If they managed to develop this layer of mining, their strength would definitely increase dramatically. At that time, even the famous Qingyang City powerhouse, the Lei Family, would not be able to hold a candle to them.

Of course, before this lode was developed, it had to be kept secret. If the news was leaked to the Lei Family, they would use all means to destroy it. In fact, it was likely that they would directly ally with the Xie Family and destroy the Lin Family.

Two days after confirming the existence of the mining site, Lin Zhentian decided to place 50-60% of the Lin Family members in the Steel Wood Manor. He had done a very extensive job of tightening the security of the manor, turning it into a steel fortress.

Furthermore, Lin Zhentian had also moved thousands of workers from the other Lin Family companies to the manor. Most of these people would be assigned to cut down the Steel Tree. But this is just a cover. Those who were completely loyal to the Lin Family were secretly transferred to the deep forest, where they would help develop the mining site.

Of course, they had to first get rid of the two Demonic Black Steel Panthers. Otherwise, the mining operation will never run smoothly.

Over the years, these two Demonic Black Steel Panthers had mastered a certain region with the strength of their Heavenly Yuan level. Moreover, their skin was as hard as steel and their reflexes were as fast as lightning. Even a Heavenly Yuan human practitioner would consider them an extremely difficult opponent.

In order to deal with the two Demonic Black Steel Panthers, Lin Zhentian, along with everyone else, had made a lot of preparations. Grandfather even planned to take part in the battle. However, they had to be extremely careful since against two Demonic Black Steel Panthers, even the slightest mistake could lead to disaster.

From a high place at the entrance of the valley, Lin Dong peered down at the two Black Demon Steel Panthers below. He averted his gaze when three figures suddenly jumped down from the top of the cliff, their toes gently bouncing off the cliff wall before landing steadily at the bottom of the valley.

"Gram!"

Just as the trio of Lin Zhentian and the other two people landed in the valley, the two Demonic Black Steel Panthers were alerted by their presence. A deep and low growl immediately sounded in the valley.

“I'll handle one of them, you two take the other. Let's end this fight quickly. If they escape, it can cause problems in the future. ” Lin Zhentian glared menacingly at the two Demonic Black Steel Panthers as they leaped excitedly onto some rocks. With a low shout, he immediately dashed forward, a bright Yuan Power surging out from his body. Within that powerful Yuan Power, Yin and Yang Energy seemed to flow in near-perfect harmony with each other.

“Late Stage of Heavenly Yuan. Based on Grandfather's current strength, he was only a step away from aligning his Yin and Yang Energy completely to form Yuan Dan.” Lin Dong gently acknowledged his Grandfather in his heart as he stared at Lin Zhentian's imposing face. However, when Lin Dong recalled how difficult it was to step onto the Yuan Dan stage, he could not help but furrow his brows. Having the strength of the Heavenly Yuan Stage was indeed enough to be called an elite fighter, yet it still had not reached the level of a warlord that could intimidate the entire region.

In the Great Yan Dynasty, only those who had advanced to the Yuan Dan Stage were worthy of such a title!

Although there were only a few Heavenly Yuan Stage practitioners in Qingyang City, their existence was not rare. For example, in the Lei Family, there were around four to five Heavenly Yuan practitioners. However, in the entire Qingyang City, not a single person had reached the Yuan Dan Stage!

Based on this fact, it was enough to deduce how difficult it was to synergize one's Yin and Yang Energy and condense it to form Yuan Dan.

While Lin Dong was distracted, the battle below had already begun. The powerful Yuan power constantly gushed out, stirring up the pebbles and dust on the floor, an unusual level of energy was visible.

Although it was difficult to deal with these Demonic Black Steel Panthers, based on Lin Dong's calculations, he estimated that these two Demonic Panthers should be at the Heavenly Yuan Middle Stage. Since Lin Zhentian had long since progressed to the Heavenly Yuan Late Stage, and Lin Xiao and Lin Ken were both at the Heavenly Yuan Middle Stage, they should be able to win this battle easily.

As Lin Dong predicted, faced with the trio of Lin Zhentian, Lin Xiao and Lin Ken, after the two Demonic Panthers suffered a ruthless initial counterattack, signs of defeat finally gradually began to appear. A series of roars continued to sound as the creatures became increasingly like cornered beasts.

“Bang!”

In the middle of the valley, a muffled voice suddenly resounded. Lin Dong immediately turned to look, only to see that Lin Zhentian had forcefully stabbed both of his fingers on the forehead of one of the Demonic Panthers. A powerful Yuan power gushed forward, causing Lin Zhentian's two fingers to be as sharp as a blade, directly piercing through the Demonic Black Steel Panther's hard skull and killing him instantly.

As he looked at that familiar attack, a flash of admiration appeared in Lin Dong's eyes. Lin Zhentian was clearly at the Heavenly Yuan Late Stage, the strength displayed by his Chun Yuan Finger was at least several times stronger than Lin Dong's. At the very least, Lin Dong did not have the slightest bit of confidence to be able to pierce through the skull of that Heavenly Yuan level demonic beast with a single prick of his finger.

The moment Lin Zhentian killed one Demonic Black Steel Panther, the other creatures immediately let out an angry roar.

"Gram!"

As his growl rang out, the howls of some other ferocious beasts sounded in reply from the surrounding forest. It seemed that the Black Steel Demon Panther was growling to attract them.

As he sensed the rumbling sounds of beasts gathering on them, Lin Zhentian's facial expression darkened slightly. He had never imagined that this Demonic Panther could actually summon another savage beast. Although these ferocious beasts were not terrifying, if the numbers were large enough, they would still cause great trouble.

“Au!”

As Lin Zhentian furrowed his brows, above the valley, a red shadow suddenly appeared as a deep tiger hiss quickly sounded. Immediately, the footsteps of the other ferocious beasts stopped the moment they completely stopped their steps.

“Heh heh, it looks like Fire Python Tiger also has this ability.” After witnessing this situation, Lin Zhentian let out a sigh of relief. Nearby, Lin Xiao and Lin Ken attacked simultaneously, with the attacks of two branches from the front and back, they finally finished off the other Demonic Panther in a single blow.

"These creatures are really hard to deal with."

Lin Xiao and Lin Ken exclaimed as they wiped their hands while staring at the falling bodies of the two Demonic Black Steel Panthers.

"Little fire, very good."

At the top of the valley, Lin Dong smiled as he praised Little Flame, who was beside him, while patting him.

Little Flame tightly rubbed against Lin Dong before immediately letting out a deep roar as it leaped down into the valley. Next, he approached the corpse of the Demonic Black Steel Panther and opened his tiger mouth to begin shredding the body. Finally, he managed to uncover two pitch-black crystals inside the corpse. With a flick of his tongue, the two crystals were swallowed into his stomach.

“This little guy is really knowledgeable. It really knew that there were Demon Crystals inside their bodies. That level of intelligence is actually quite high ..." At this point, Lin Zhentian furrowed his brows. After all, ordinary demonic beasts did not possess such intelligence.

“Dad, we have solved this last issue. Should we start developing this mining layer? ” Lin Ken smiled as he asked excitedly.

"Yes." Yeah."

Lin Zhentian beamed as he nodded his head and said: "Tomorrow, I will send Lin Mang to Yan City to first find and discuss with some merchant associations about establishing our sales and distribution channels. Then we will be able to immediately sell the Yang Yuan Stone directly after it is mined. ”

After he finished, Lin Zhentian held his hand behind his back. With a relaxed smile, he softly said: “Every dog has his day. Hehe. The Lei and Xie families have been bullying our Lin Family for so many years, it is time to retaliate!"

After hearing these words, a cold glint appeared in Lin Xiao and Lin Ken's eyes as they slowly nodded their heads. Over the years, they had quietly persisted, causing resentment to accumulate in their hearts. Perhaps, in just a little longer, they could finally vent all this pent-up hatred on the Lei and Xie Families.