Chapter Seventeen: Scorpion Tiger

  In the dark spiritual space, two lights and shadows almost simultaneously danced, with equally powerful fist techniques and palm techniques being displayed.

  Lin Dong's eyes were fixed tightly on the newborn light and shadow, and at this moment, what was being displayed in his hand was the Eight Desolations Palm that he had just learned from Lin Xiao today.

  "This mysterious stone symbol is indeed magical, it seems that it should be projected from my brain, with the things I've learned, in a special way, and during the projection process, it becomes even more perfect..."

  Lin Dong's eyes moved as if he was deep in thought. Although this strange ability was somewhat unbelievable, since it had already appeared, he naturally chose to believe it.

  He didn't understand the so-called principles, so he could only focus on his cultivation. Anyway, it wouldn't do him any harm. Worrying excessively was just looking for trouble.

  At this point, Lin Dong also completely immersed his mind in the light and shadow of the Eight Desolations Palm. The Eight Desolations Palm was known for its powerful and fierce movements, with a grand opening and closing motion that looked simple yet contained immense power within its palm wind.

  Lin Dong's eyes were fixed intently on the light shadow as it performed several sets of the Eight Desolates Palm, his gaze gradually becoming more serious. He discovered that the light shadow's Eight Desolates Palm, amidst its ferocity, actually contained a hint of soft power. With both hardness and softness in harmony, although it was not apparent at first glance, if one were to engage in combat with this person, they would likely suffer greatly.

  "With just some subtle changes, he was able to add a hint of softness to such a powerful palm technique, this Shifu is truly amazing."

  Lin Dong exclaimed in surprise, although these martial arts were only considered lower-level, some true masters could still change them if they wanted to, but after all, this stone token was not human...

  "The combination of soft and hard, the killing power of this Eight Wastes Palm is actually going to become even stronger. If practiced well, its might will probably not be weaker than the tenth move of Tongbei Fist, but to achieve this point, it's not easy."

  Of course, Lin Dong had also mentally prepared for this, so he didn't lose his spirit. Instead, he became even more spirited and focused on the light shadow, and the Eight Desolations Palm was also unleashed...

  ……

  Time flies like sand between fingers during cultivation, and before one knows it, another half month has passed.

  In the past few months, the entire Lin family's cultivation atmosphere has been quite intense. Those mischievous guys from before have also been dragged back by their parents. In two more months, it will be the Lin Family Competition, which is an extremely important trial for every member of the Lin family.

  Standing out from this competition not only brings rigorous training to oneself, but also raises the status of one's parents in the Lin family, so many people look forward to their children having a good performance in the competition.

  In this half month, the burning sensation in Lin's deep bones was getting stronger and stronger, but for some reason, the so-called Yuan force seed had never been born, which made him somewhat helpless.

  The only thing that brought him some comfort was the cultivation of the Eight Desolations Palm. Under Shi Feng Guangying's perfect guidance, the Eight Desolations Palm had already been mastered by him. Although it still couldn't be said to have reached the level of being both hard and soft at the same time, when he used it, it was also a display of mighty power that shattered the air with each strike.

  In addition, the injuries in Lin Xiao's body have also fully recovered within this half month. After recuperating for several days, he absorbed the dark bead that Lin Dong had given him into his body. Although Lin Dong couldn't see anything on the surface, he could still faintly sense that Lin Xiao's strength was rapidly advancing.

  At that speed, recovering to Tianyuan Realm should just be a matter of time.

  …

  In the dense forest, Lin Dong stood on a large tree, overlooking the forest with a commanding gaze. On his body, there were faint bloodstains, and a faint smell of blood wafted out.

  Blood, naturally not Lin Dong's, but that of some wild beasts he had hunted. After half a month of cultivation, Lin Dong was already able to feel that there was something in his bones that was about to be born, but the last step, no matter how hard he cultivated, could not be thoroughly completed.

  Helpless, Lin Dong cast his gaze towards actual combat. He wanted to give birth to the Origin Power seed within himself in true combat, and only actual combat was the real standard for testing a person's strength.

  But this actual combat, can't find people, then can only come to find some trouble with wild beasts.

  In these few days, there have been quite a number of wild beasts that died at Lin Dong's hands. Moreover, after experiencing the initial panic, Lin Dong is now able to calmly face that kind of battle.

  "There's movement!"

  Lin's gaze suddenly froze, and then he jumped down from the tree trunk, shooting out like an arrow. However, just as he had rushed into a nearby thicket, his body suddenly stopped, and with a changed expression, he stared at a ferocious wild beast in the woods.

  Scorpion Tiger.

  It was a wild beast with a greyish-brown body, resembling a tiger in shape, but its tail was like that of a scorpion, with a sharp and shiny tip.

  Scorpion Tiger is a rather ferocious beast, its hair as hard as iron, extremely difficult to deal with. Therefore, when Lin Dong discovered that the thing he found was actually this troublesome creature, he couldn't help but feel a desire to retreat.

  But just as Lin Dong saw the leopard, the latter also discovered him. The next pair of scarlet eyes were cast over, a low growl issued from the bloody basin-like mouth, and then it got up.

  As it got up, Lin Dong's eyes were sharp and he saw a crystal clear dark red fruit under the tree behind it, with a faint fragrance wafting out.

  "Is that... Three Treasures Spirit Medicine, Crystal Vermilion Fruit?"

  As his gaze fell upon the fruit, Lin Dong's eyes widened and he took a light breath of cold air. He hadn't expected to encounter a third-grade spiritual medicine here. This luck was simply too good to be true.

  This crystal pomelo, Lin Dong had seen it before in Qingyang Town. The price was exorbitant to the point of being outrageous.

  As soon as he made this unexpected discovery, Lin Dong's footsteps actually came to a halt. Seeing him in this state, a flash of ferocity also flickered across the eyes of the scorpion tiger, and with a low growl, it swiftly pounced towards Lin Dong.

  Seeing this, Lin Dong hastily retreated, and a tree trunk as thick as an arm in front of him was directly snapped off by the gecko.

  Bang!

  Lin's feet moved swiftly, appearing behind the scorpion and delivering several consecutive slaps to its body with great force. The powerful blows sent the scorpion tumbling away, but judging from its appearance, it seemed that no harm had been done.

  "Such hard fur..."

  Seeing this scene, Lin Dong's scalp was also numb, knowing that he had underestimated this guy.

  "Roar!"

  The scorpion was knocked over and sprang up with a flying pounce, its thick, coarse tiger paws fiercely stomping towards Lin Dong's chest.

  "Bang bang bang..."

  Feeling the pungent wind rushing towards him, Lin Dong didn't dare to slack off. With a burst of explosive force, he threw out ten consecutive punches in an instant, and then slammed one fist onto the tiger's paw.

  "Boom!"

  Fists and hooves collided, two figures of different sizes flew out in opposite directions. Lin Dong crashed into a tree, breaking it in half before landing awkwardly on the ground. He wiped his mouth corner, only to find some fresh blood flowing out. Just as he was about to get furious, a sudden surge of intense burning pain spread throughout his body. Under that scorching pain, Lin Dong felt an unusual energy being born within his bone marrow!

  "Original Power Seed?!"

  His body, which had been moving nimbly, suddenly stiffened at this moment. He opened his mouth wide and his body began to tremble uncontrollably. The Yuan power seed that had not appeared for a long time was actually forced out by the intense collision with the scorpion!

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