Chapter 61: Saving Lives and Killing the Leopard

Its fur was pitch black, muscles bulging, shoulder height seven feet, body length nearly ten feet, and its emerald, glowing vertical pupils flickered with a cold luster, revealing a bloodthirsty hunger.

This Forest Shadow Leopard had already set its sights on these miners.

Struck by the predator's gaze, the miners felt as if they had fallen into an ice cellar, their bodies turning cold and limp.

Yet the next moment, thinking of their beloved gang leader who had died a miserable death in the mouths of these demonic beasts, their emotions suddenly hit rock bottom and reversed, turning from terror to furious rage.

"Beast! Is it you who killed our gang leader?"

"Damn demonic beast, whether it was you or not, either way, give me your life!"

Dense, tiny holes covered the leopard's head, encompassing its eyes, nose, mouth, skin, and ears.

Facing such a blunt and casual scrutiny from this prey, the female leopard could not help but be enraged; her bulging muscles knotted and tightened, accumulating explosive power.

The miners were shocked at the sound; those who were squinting widened their eyes, those who had turned their heads snapped them straight, and then they saw with astonishment that Du En was unscathed, while that Forest Shadow Leopard, as it landed and materialized, was staggering, blood gushing uncontrollably and splattering the ground.

It was so fast that the miners couldn't see it at all; the joy in their eyes dimmed instantly, and they dared not look again, lest they see the scene of their hard-won savior being killed outright.

According to his speculation, the reason Shi Lei had not been eaten heart and liver was, in all likelihood, that he had launched a desperate counterattack, erupting with all his potential to inflict visible damage on the Forest Shadow Leopard that had attacked him.

The miners' surging anger was cleanly erased in that moment, their courage lost and hitting rock bottom; those who were alive and able to move fled in all directions as best they could.

The Forest Shadow Leopard was very satisfied with this look; it finally made it no longer angry, and it even felt a sense of accomplishment, appearing very smug.

Since this emotional problem had been solved, the next step was to solve the physiological one.

A handful of yellow sand was flung up, scattering and enveloping the area; the Forest Shadow Leopard sensed danger and wanted to flee the spot, but it was too fast—almost as soon as the spell took form, it had already reached before its eyes.

"Ca, careful!"

"Awoo!"

A handful of yellow sand, like buckshot, suddenly slammed into its face.

"Can you help me pick up the teeth?"

"Waaah! Help, help me, someone save me, gang leader..."

?!

The Forest Shadow Leopard pounced over, just brushing past him.

Then, just as it sensed something was wrong, it saw Du En's hand make a small movement.

Pfft!

Pfft!

Pfft!

The miners vomited blood incessantly, their magical power dissipated, and their bodies were sent rolling back, bones broken and flesh torn.

Realizing the situation, they gave a start, braced themselves up, and holding these teeth with their roots, came before Du En.

This time, there was no spare demonic power to resist these sand-like pellets.

It turned its head.

"Awoo!"

Not until Du En's voice sounded did they suddenly snap back to their senses.

"Kill! Avenge the gang leader!"

Drip~

Plop.

"Holy shit!"

Pitter-patter, squelch squelch.

"A ghost!"

A male and a female?

The leopard's head also slammed forward at the same time, hitting the person in front of it so hard their body snapped in half, blood sprayed from their seven orifices, their magical power dissipated, and they died on the spot.

"Right, this beast, it is very..."

Demonic beast blood is actually the same kind of material; if possible, it should naturally be preserved as much as possible.

Several of them flew over to the miners' side.

Having survived the ordeal, they spoke up one after another to express their gratitude.

Du En condensed another layer of earth armor, wrapped it around his hand, stepped steadily closer, and punched its head until it exploded.

"Hiss!"

"No need for that, it was just on the way and convenient."

"This is a Forest Shadow Leopard? Why is it only at the mid-stage of the first rank?"

It exploded into a pile of shattered bones and flesh, which fell all around with a pitter-patter, like blooming crimson flowers, leaving the miners' heads buzzing, unable to recover for a moment.

They grew indignant, swung the iron picks in their hands, squeezed out their thin magical power, temporarily masking their exhaustion, and charged up aggressively.

Its brain was shot to mush; even if it was a demonic beast, nine-tenths of its life was already lost.

Although it had demonic power left and erupted in time to protect itself, resisting the sand grains' penetration and preventing them from reaching its brain, it still couldn't help but let out a mournful cry.

Therefore, when this demonic leopard paced closer with elegant leisure, all they could see in their eyes was a scene of miserable despair.

As it turned out, they didn't encounter the injured first-rank peak leopard, but instead ran into a perfectly fine mid-stage first-rank leopard.

Thinking of those tender and delicious hearts and livers, it couldn't help but drool.

Before the miners could finish their warning, the Forest Shadow Leopard let out a roar, kicked off with all four paws, splashing up four clouds of dust on the spot and leaving four cracked pits as its figure suddenly vanished.

"Um, the teeth you wanted."

However, at this moment, the somewhat vengeful Forest Shadow Leopard did not intend to hunt them down directly; instead, like a shadow in the mountain forest, it merged into the pitch-black darkness, flickering and shifting, using one claw after another, holding back its strength, to beat all those who had run away back.

Moonlight shone through the gaps in the branches and fell upon its body.

The motion of raising it.

Du En arrived at this place, seeing the devastated ground, the miserable crowd, the dead victims, and, the demonic beast that was somewhat different from what he had expected.

But now, who else would come here to save and help them?

The gang leader is already dead...

Thus, the sand grains shot in along the old holes either bored through the skull and got stuck halfway, or reached the brain directly by passing through areas with little or no bone, such as the eye sockets, nasal cavities, or throat.

And while shocked, they could not help but wonder how this could possibly be done.

With a roar, it twisted its body to turn, pushed off with its hind legs, and dust exploded into the air; its figure was like a fleeting shadow as it suddenly lunged into the crowd, swiping its claws, sending several people tumbling like gourds, vomiting blood and spitting blood, their iron picks snapping.

Hm?!

The calm sound of footsteps, mixed with the sound of dripping saliva, made it fail to react for a moment, until it saw that the food in its eyes was actually filled with a mix of surprise and joy, staring straight at the direction beside it, causing it to widen its eyes abruptly and hurriedly turn its leopard head.

At this moment, he was picking up scattered, usable parts.

Thus, he could not help but secretly speculate, glancing at the area between the other party's hind legs.

"Awoo~"

Immediately, its head was struck again.

At the middle stage of Qi Refining, the sand-raising technique he was well-versed in.

It felt that it had been toyed with.

Because there was too much debris, and this leopard still had hundreds of catties of bones that were not damaged, there was no need to pick those up; he just had to select the teeth.

Avoiding its sharp edge, he then discovered that the prey before him was actually all show and no substance, as they hadn't even been able to stop their momentum immediately, stumbling before they could hastily halt and turn around.

"It's a middle-stage First-Order beast!"

Those fine, dense blood holes were continuously oozing blood; it was truly terrifying.

Du En took the teeth, examined them, and felt they were just right, so he used this item to plug the main bleeding wound on the demonic leopard's neck.

Hm, empty, female.

"Ahhh..."

In the end, not a single one escaped; they were piled into a heap, wailing there and begging for help.

Du En, who was being lamented over, just calmly dodged to the side.

It was mainly the teeth that had been tempered by demonic power; as for the skull, there was nothing special about it, at most it could be used to make soup.

Du En was very thoughtful here, performing a demonstration on the spot once more.

"My lord, thank you, thank you for saving us!"

"Yes, yes, almost, I almost thought I was going down to accompany the gang leader..."

Facing this scene, this Shadow Forest Leopard only felt surprised, subconsciously exerting force with its four limbs, its bulging muscles, like individual springs, causing it to spring up violently, carrying its thousand-catty body and landing behind the miners.

Then, he shouldered the headless leopard he had unexpectedly harvested, bid farewell to the miners who still appeared dazed and nervous, and left the area under the stars and moon.

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