Ambush

Lin Feng, accompanied by a two-meter-tall, four-meter-long black leopard, walked directly towards the city gate. The previously lazy city gate guards were so frightened by the black leopard beside Lin Feng that they immediately retreated several meters. 🎈🐧 ☺💛 Leopard-type magical beasts, lion-type magical beasts, and tiger-type magical beasts are all high-level magical beasts. Even the weakest leopard-type and lion-type magical beasts are probably level seven.

It's not wartime now, so inspections at the city gates are lax.

Even towards Lin Feng, the city gate guards didn't check him at all and let Lin Feng in directly.

"Good heavens, what level of magical beast was that black panther? Just one glance from it and my heart stopped!" the city gate guard exclaimed.

An older city gate guard whispered, "Keep your voice down. As far as I know, the lowest level among leopard-type magical beasts is the Golden-Striped Leopard, which is Seventh-Level Magical Beast. This black leopard is at least a level eight magical beast."

"Blackstone City is so bustling." Keane's eyes lit up as he looked around.

On the streets of Blackstone City, Lin Feng, Keane, and Jenny walked side by side. Jenny wore a baseball cap with the brim pulled low, and a veil covered the brim. After all, Jenny's appearance was known to attract trouble.

"Is this what you call prosperity?" Beibei muttered on Lin Feng's shoulder.

Blackstone City is a city of war. Although it is somewhat prosperous due to trade, it cannot compare with the former Holy Capital Fenlai City, or even with the capital of a kingdom, Hess City. "Be careful." Lin Feng's figure turned into a phantom, flashing directly in front of Keane and Jenny.

"Pfft." "Pfft."

Lin Feng swung his right hand and caught the two arrows.

"Trying to escape?" Lin Feng flicked his hand, and the two arrows shot back in the opposite direction, piercing the throats of two men who were preparing to flee in the distance.

"Well"

The two men clutched their throats in terror, then collapsed and died.

"Ah!" The once quiet and peaceful street was suddenly filled with screams, and many people ran around in panic.

"Let's go," Lin Feng said to the stunned Keane and Jenny.

Lin Feng knew that Jenny's aunt would send assassins to kill Jenny and her brother, so as soon as he entered Blackstone City, he used his mental power to scan the surroundings. With his powerful mental perception Saint Magus, these assassins naturally had nowhere to hide.

"Hurry up!" The old servant Lambert reacted quickly, urging Jenny and Keane to hurry away. The two siblings were still confused, and Lin Feng and Lambert pulled them away quickly. After all, killing someone on the street would surely attract the City Guard.

Lin Feng wasn't afraid of those soldiers, but facing the City Guard with Jenny and the others was still very troublesome.

Not only did Lin Feng and his group flee, but the panicked pedestrians around them also quickly scattered to the distance.

This evening, which is usually the busiest time on Blackstone City's main street, was suddenly deserted in a short while. There wasn't a single person within a hundred meters of the two corpses.

"Captain, what should we do?"

At the window of a private room in a restaurant next to the street, two men were looking down. One of them had long, fiery red hair and a chiseled face, but his expression was very gloomy, and his subordinate was asking him a question in a low voice.

"I didn't expect that these two country siblings would have such a powerful expert by their side," the red-haired man said with a cold snort.

"Captain, there's a black panther next to that man. A panther-type magical beast must be a high-level magical beast. With just the few of us, it will be very difficult to deal with this powerful individual," the burly man beside him whispered.

The red-haired man was also feeling somewhat irritated.

He was ordered by the First Madam to kill the two siblings from the countryside. Moreover, according to intelligence, the siblings only had an old servant with some fighting ability, but he was only a level six warrior. In the O'Brien Empire, where there were many powerful individuals, a level six warrior was nothing special.

In a small rural town, a level six warrior might be formidable. However, the squad dispatched by the First Lady of the County City Lord was led by a level seven warrior.

"How come I've never seen a black panther, this kind of leopard-like magical beast, before?" The red-haired man frowned. As a level seven expert, he knew a lot about magical beasts.

He was also familiar with many leopard-type magical beasts, such as the Golden-Striped Leopard and the Black-Line Leopard.

But this leopard with its dense black stripes was one I had never seen before.

"That brown-haired man was clearly the owner of that black leopard. He was at least an eighth-level expert." The red-haired man trembled as he recalled the moment Lin Feng caught the two arrows.

Arrows travel at extremely high speeds.

To react in time, to be in front of Jenny and Keane in an instant, and then to catch the two arrows—this is something even an average level eight expert cannot do.

"Captain?" the burly man beside him whispered.

The red-haired man turned to look at him and said coldly, "Hmph, that brown-haired man is very strong. It's not advisable to fight him head-on this mission. Here's what we'll do: you arrange for some people to secretly investigate. I don't believe that expert doesn't eat or sleep. He can't be following those siblings all the time, can he?"

"Once the brown-haired man separates from the siblings, send men to shoot them dead," the red-haired man ordered.

"Yes, Captain." The burly man nodded and immediately left the private room.

"The idea is good, but unfortunately, you won't live to see that day." A mocking voice rang out, and Lin Feng's figure suddenly appeared.

"Who?" The red-haired man immediately became alert. Before he could even see Lin Feng's face clearly, he felt a flash of purple light and his life was instantly cut short.

After quickly dispatching the remaining team members, Lin Feng's figure suddenly disappeared again.

"Huh? Brother Feng, where did you go just now?" Jenny was surprised to see Lin Feng suddenly appear beside her, and then asked curiously.

"Just dealt with the assassins who tried to kill you earlier," Lin Feng said with a nonchalant smile. "Let's go, find an inn to stay at."

In a private room on the second floor of an ordinary hotel in Blackstone City, Lin Feng, Jenny, Keane, and Lambert were all seated. Even Beibei had a seat all to himself. As for the Black-Striped Cloud Leopard "Haeru," he was lying on the ground, comfortably resting with his eyes half-closed.

Jenny and Keane still looked somewhat pale.

"Just now, I was so scared." Keane's eyes still showed fear.

Keane had grown up in a small town in the countryside, and the most violent fights he had ever witnessed were those between hot-blooded teenagers. He had never personally experienced anything like this.

During his journey, he had been robbed and attacked by bandits, but those bandits were fighting with mercenaries and hadn't been able to harm him. This time, however, the other side wanted to kill him and his sister.

A trace of fear still lingered in Jenny's eyes.

"Jenny, Keane, don't be afraid," Lin Feng comforted them with a smile.

Such a minor scene wouldn't even stir Lin Feng's emotions. In the Magical Beast Mountain Range, lurking monsters could suddenly pounce and attack at any moment.

Even in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, Lin Feng maintained a calm and composed mind. How much more so in this kind of minor skirmish?

"Young Master, Miss," Lambert comforted her, "It's alright now, don't worry. We were lucky Lord Feng was there this time, otherwise things would have been terrible. Young Master, Miss, you should also thank Lord Feng properly."

Jenny and Keane then snapped out of their panic.

"Brother Feng, thank you so much this time!" Keane said excitedly, then his eyes lit up, "Brother Feng, your move just now was so cool! With one wave of your hand, you caught two arrows, and with another wave, those two people were killed." As expected of a child, he forgot his fear in an instant.

Jenny looked at Lin Feng gratefully, "Thank you, Brother Feng."

Jenny felt genuinely grateful to Lin Feng.

When Jenny first saw Lin Feng, Lin Feng was a mysterious and powerful figure who possessed a powerful magical beast.

While talking with Lin Feng, she discovered that Lin Feng was a very kind person.

In particular, Jenny was incredibly grateful to Lin Feng Lin Feng offering to teach her and her brother Keane cultivation. Although Lin Feng's actions might seem like he was up to no good, Jenny, who was completely clueless about human relationships, would never have thought of that.

"No need to thank me. You are all my disciples in name now. Isn't it only natural for a master to protect his disciples?" Lin Feng said with a smile.

That evening, Jenny and her brother, the old servant Lambert, and Lin Feng checked into the hotel, reserving a private courtyard room for themselves.

Night fell.

Lin Feng 'Lin Feng room was pitch black. He sat cross-legged on the bed, his heart at peace, quietly sensing the desolation and tranquility of the darkness.

"Creak." Wearing pajamas and with her long hair down, Jenny walked towards the old servant Lambert's room. "Grandpa Lambert, are you asleep?"

The door opened quickly.

"Miss, come in quickly." Lambert immediately opened the door, and then closed it again after Jenny entered.

"Miss, is there anything I can help you with?" Lambert asked.

Jenny stared at Lambert with wide eyes. "Grandpa Lambert, tell me, why would someone come to kill me and my brother? Was it Auntie and the others?"

"How did you come up with this?" Lambert's heart skipped a beat.

Jenny stubbornly said, "Grandpa Lambert, don't treat me like a child. When my brother and I left that town, we thought we were going to happily take over the position of city lord. But now I understand, Auntie and the others won't let us take over. The people who want to kill us this time must have been arranged by her. I can't think of anyone else."

Lambert looked at Jenny and sighed softly.

"Alright, miss. I admit, you guessed right." Lambert said helplessly.

Jenny was taken aback.

"Just as I thought," Jenny muttered to herself.

Jenny looked at Lambert: "Grandpa Lambert, why didn't you tell my brother and me from the beginning?"

"Sigh," Lambert shook his head. "What's the use of telling you? Your mother couldn't let go of her anger even on her deathbed. She insisted that you and your brother inherit the position of city lord. I know that, given your personality, you probably wouldn't go against your mother's dying wish."

"Yes, I'll do it even if it kills me." Jenny nodded stubbornly.