Just as Ling Pengyun was about to leave, a tiger's roar came from afar.
Hearing it, Ling Pengyun instinctively slapped his Storage Bag and summoned the Black Iron Sword and Black Iron Shield. He gripped the Black Iron Shield tightly in hand while the Black Iron Sword hovered around him.
Only after preparing these did Ling Pengyun look toward the source of the tiger's roar.
A hundred zhang away, a fierce tiger stood on an open stretch of ground, glaring viciously at Ling Pengyun. Yet it did not dare approach, and there was even a trace of fear in its expression.
Ling Pengyun keenly caught the tiger's expression and used the Aura Observation Technique to inspect it from a hundred zhang away. Only then did he discover that there was not a shred of spiritual energy within the tiger's body.
"So it's merely a little tiger at Innate Perfection."
The gravity on Ling Pengyun's face instantly vanished, and he chuckled to himself.
With a thought, the Black Iron Sword became a streak of black light and shot directly at the tiger.
In no more than an instant, the Black Iron Sword pierced straight through the tiger's body, killing it.
Ling Pengyun lightly tapped his feet and arrived beside the tiger's corpse. Looking at the many beast bones around the Spirit Mandarin Tree, he guessed, "This tiger must have been the beast that occupied the Spirit Mandarin Tree after the Fruit Flower Bee swarm left."
With a wave of his hand, he stored the tiger's corpse in his Storage Bag, intending to keep it as an extra meal. Then, riding the Green Travel Leaf, he flew away.
After leaving the desolate mountains and wilderness, Ling Pengyun immediately entered the Profound Water Mineral Vein beneath Azure Stone Lake. He found Ling Ruxian,