Breakthrough, Four Seal Talisman Master!

"Buzz, buzz~"

The crimson mist surrounding the Fire Ancestor Demonic Flower entered his body and immediately filled Lin Dong with extreme exhaustion. Before the crimson mist could continue its mischief, the Ancestral Stone began to shine brilliantly, driving out all the intruders.

"Mm, I'd forgotten that the Fire Ancestor Demonic Flower can release mist to steal one's Life Force. This Skyfire Flood Dragon must have died the same way, right? But it doesn't matter. You want to eat me, and I want to eat you too."

Lin Dong violently shook his head and aimed his palm at the Fire Ancestor Demonic Flower. Perhaps sensing danger, the flower immediately began wildly shaking its branches and leaves, while the mist around it grew increasingly dense.

"Hiss, hiss!"

Dense rays of light suddenly shot from Lin Dong's palm. The Fire Ancestor Demonic Flower trembled beneath the rays, swiftly withering away before finally collapsing soundlessly into a cloud of powder.

At the same time, a mass of viscous crimson liquid appeared in Lin Dong's palm.

"Little Flame, stand guard for me. I'm going to break through this bottleneck."

After casually giving the order, Lin Dong swallowed the crimson liquid in his palm. The pure energy transformed from the liquid immediately surged fiercely toward his head, stirring up a massive Mental Energy storm within his Niwan Palace.

The breakthrough had officially begun!

"Roar, roar~"

Little Flame, who was quite intelligent, gave a low growl and immediately stepped forward to crouch by the entrance, standing guard with utmost seriousness.

"Boom!"

After a long while, the enormous cave suddenly shook. Invisible ripples swiftly swept outward, and Little Flame, guarding the entrance, looked anxiously into the cave. A slender, fair hand stretched out through the smoke.

"I'm fine, Little Flame. I merely made a breakthrough."

Lin Dong gently soothed Little Flame for a moment, then looked toward the entrance. A tall figure flashed inside—it was Lin Dong's Uncle, Lin Ken.

"Dong'er, how are things?"

Lin Ken swiftly swept his gaze across the cave.

"This seems to be a place where Yang Gang Qi is especially dense. That's why ordinary workers can't endure the heat here and get burned. The violent Gang Qi is also unsuitable for martial artists to cultivate with. I suggest sealing this place off."

Lin Dong rubbed Little Flame's dog... no, tiger head.

"Mm, it's not a major issue. Let's head out."

Lin Ken frowned as he sensed the area for a moment. He too detected the unusual conditions here, shook his head, and walked out.

"As expected of a Seventh-Grade Spirit Medicine with miraculous effects on Mental Energy. The Fire Ancestor Demonic Flower actually saved me several months of effort and allowed me to enter the Four Seal Talisman Master realm ahead of time."

Lin Dong inconspicuously glanced toward the depths of the cave before following him out.

"Kid, do you remember what I told you last time? You can find some metal capable of carrying Mental Energy and forge it into a weapon. Then you can use Mental Energy to control objects and fly. Now that you're a Four Seal Talisman Master, it's time to forge yourself a weapon."

Within the Ancestral Stone Space, Little Marten idly spoke up as he watched Lin Dong, who had already entered the Four Seal Talisman Master realm yet was still crazily tormenting himself.

"Special metal capable of carrying Mental Energy?"

The light-shadow figure whose appetite Little Marten had successfully whetted indeed stepped down from the Mental Grinding Wheel.

"Any special metal capable of carrying Mental Energy comes at an astronomical price. As far as I know, Black Dragon Stockade, over a hundred miles from Ironwood Manor, has some Shattered Yuan Profound Steel in storage."

"The Lei Family must already know that our Lin Family possesses a Yang Yuan Stone Mine. I thought the Lei Family would bribe Black Dragon Stockade to cause trouble for the Lin Family, but who would have thought that Lei Bao had completely turned into a cowardly old turtle? There hasn't been the slightest movement from him. He's focused solely on breaking through to the Yuan Dan Stage before taking action."

"If Black Dragon Stockade doesn't come, how am I supposed to get the Shattered Yuan Profound Steel? Sigh, how troubling."

Lin Dong paced back and forth through the space with his hands behind his back.

"Idiot, if Black Dragon Stockade won't come to you, can't you take the initiative and go to them? A stockade made entirely of bandits can be wiped out without remorse. Just consider it upholding justice on behalf of Heaven."

Little Marten gave Lin Dong a deeply disdainful look. A dignified Four Seal Talisman Master was actually at a loss over a bit of Shattered Yuan Profound Steel. If he couldn't get it, couldn't he just take it?

"That makes sense. Black Dragon Stockade has terrorized the region, so I, Lin Dong, should naturally uphold justice on behalf of Heaven!"

Lin Dong's eyes lit up at those words. In an instant, he transformed into a great saint filled with compassion for all living beings, making Little Marten nod repeatedly. "Exactly, that's more like it. Don't burden yourself mentally. Killing them is saving them, helping them escape their sea of suffering."

"Let's go. We'll help Black Dragon Stockade escape their sea of suffering."

Thoroughly convinced, Lin Dong immediately pushed open the door and casually let out a sharp whistle. A fiery-red figure suddenly shot in from outside.

"Little Flame, let's go hunting."

Lin Dong leapt onto the tiger's back and squeezed his legs. Upon receiving the command, Little Flame immediately raced out of Ironwood Manor like a burning flame.

Black Dragon Stockade lay in the Nameless Mountain Range, one hundred and twenty miles from Ironwood Manor. It had two bosses: Yan Kuo and Wu Sha, one at the mid Heavenly Yuan Stage and the other at the early Heavenly Yuan Stage.

Because they chose their targets without discrimination and acted with brutal cruelty, they had earned a fearsome reputation throughout the surrounding hundred-mile region. Previously, the Lin Family and Black Dragon Stockade had maintained a state of mutual nonaggression, each wary and cautious of the other.

Night gradually descended upon the fairly large stockade.

"Roar, roar!"

With a roar brimming with ferocious killing intent, a fiery-red figure suddenly pounced into Black Dragon Stockade from the mountainside. It slaughtered anyone it encountered, charging madly toward the heart of the stockade.

"Alert! Alert! An enemy has invaded!"

"Ahhh!! Save... save me!"

"Gather up! A powerful Demonic Beast has broken into the stockade!"

"Damn it, there's someone on the tiger's back. This Demonic Beast is clearly being controlled by someone."

In an instant, the sleeping stockade was jolted awake and thrown into complete chaos.

Although stockade members kept rushing in from every direction, not a single one was a match for the tiger-type Demonic Beast. Hundreds of them raised gleaming blades and swords, yet none dared step forward.

"It's a Fire Python Tiger at the Heavenly Yuan Stage. We can't possibly handle it. Hurry and call the Big Boss and Second Boss!"

Some well-informed stockade members had already recognized Little Flame.

"Impudent! Who dares trespass into my Black Dragon Stockade?!"

The enormous commotion outside finally alerted Black Dragon Stockade's two bosses. Two figures radiating powerful Origin Energy fluctuations swiftly rushed over from different directions.

"Kid, are you tired of living? You dare storm Black Dragon Stockade alone?"

The man on the left was tall and powerfully built, with a cold smile on his face. He was Black Dragon Stockade's Second Boss—Wu Sha, the Wind Ripping Hand.

"A Fire Python Tiger with Heavenly Yuan Stage strength? Is that what you're relying on to dare invade my Black Dragon Stockade?"

Black Dragon Stockade's Big Boss, Yan Kuo, swept his gaze across the wrecked stockade and spoke while forcibly suppressing his anger.

"Not at all. I am Lin Dong. I heard your esteemed stockade is trapped in a sea of suffering, so I came here specifically to help you all attain liberation."

The handsome youth atop the tiger's back showed no sign of feeling endangered despite being surrounded. Instead, he grinned as he looked around at everyone.