Seven Cubs, Seven Fathers, Zero Days Off

Chapter 39: Chapter 39: It Seems the Person in the Shadows Has SS+ Level Spiritual Power?

The leader clearly didn’t want to waste any more time.

’Regardless of whether this Little Black Panther is a cub from the Black Panther Royal Family, this woman isn’t getting away today.’

’If this Little Black Panther really is one of the Black Panther Royal Family, then they have even more reason to keep this quiet.’

’After all, among the few royal families in the vast Royal City, the Black Panthers were one of the more powerful clans. If they found out our young master was assassinating a former King City’s Great Knight and his own kin to seize power, it would cause an uproar throughout the entire Royal City and the K Empire. The young master might even lose his chance at becoming the family patriarch!’

’Even if the Ancient Bear Family has severe internal strife, they are still a top-tier noble family that values its reputation!’

’So how could something like this possibly get back to the royal family?’

As the leader’s thoughts reached this point, he urged them on impatiently:

”Hurry up! Grab her so we can go back and report!”

Hearing this, the two males stopped dawdling. They were no longer walking but lunging straight for Shen Yue.

Er Bao, seeing that his posturing wasn’t intimidating them, immediately shrank back into her arms in fear and began to wail.

Shen Yue narrowed her eyes, clutching the Poison Powder in her hand as she backed away step by step.

’Unless it’s the last resort, I really don’t want to reveal my poison technique.’

’But if no one in the shadows makes a move, then I’ll have no choice but to end the lives of these thirteen people myself.’

She watched the distance between herself and the two men, a vicious glint hidden deep in her eyes.

’I have to choose the perfect position and wind direction to release the poison.’

’I have to ensure all thirteen of them are poisoned at the same time.’

’And Er Bao absolutely cannot come into contact with it.’

Once this poison entered the nose on the air, it was lethal in a second, leaving no chance to even react.

It was a life-stealing poison she had developed herself.

A deadly toxin.

Lethal on contact.

She had only ever used it once before. She never imagined the next time would be to save herself, and in such a way.

The two males were now just three steps away.

The atmosphere was so tense it was silent; Shen Yue could even hear her own heartbeat.

Er Bao seemed to sense her tension and wailed in fear:

”Don’t come any closer! WAAAH! Bad guys!”

”Mother, Er Bao is scared!”

Shen Yue held her breath and used the hand holding Er Bao to gently cover his nose and mouth.

She counted silently in her mind.

3.

2...

’Now.’

The hand hanging by her side shot up, ready to throw the life-stealing poison.

But then—

A sound of something slicing through the air came a step ahead of her. Accompanied by a terrifying gale, it shot over from a distance in an instant.

Before Shen Yue could even see clearly,

The two men who had charged at her were sent flying.

BANG!

A massive, broken log flew in from Shen Yue’s side, carrying immense power, and slammed viciously into the two males.

In the blink of an eye, they were knocked a hundred meters away, snapping several large trees in half and creating a tremendous crash.

’That power...’

SWOOSH!

The leader and the other males from the Ancient Bear Family felt their hair stand on end as they looked around in horror.

Everyone’s eyes went wide.

It all happened too fast!

At the same time, a terrifying pressure, like Mount Tai crashing down, pressed upon everyone.

Though Shen Yue was shocked, she let out a sharp sigh of relief.

’Thank goodness.’

’He made a move.’

’My gamble paid off.’

’I wasn’t wrong. There is someone in the shadows, and they must be connected to Er Bao.’

’He wouldn’t just stand by and watch Er Bao get hurt.’

She had run out of the cave with Er Bao with two plans in mind. First, she wanted to see if someone was watching her from the shadows and gamble on whether that person would intervene in a moment of crisis.

If her gamble paid off, she would not only resolve the crisis but also confirm her suspicions.

If her gamble failed, it either meant there was no one in the shadows, or that person had no connection to her and Er Bao. The rockfall incident might have just been them saving her life out of the kindness of their heart.

If that were the case, she still had a way to kill this group of people on her own.

At that moment, the leader and the men beside him were terrified. They released their spiritual power, trying to probe for the person in the shadows.

But after a few breaths, they couldn’t gauge the other party’s strength at all.

The leader’s heart sank. He asked in a cold voice:

”Who is in the shadows? If you’re capable of attacking people, why don’t you dare show yourself?”

After he spoke,

Shen Yue also wanted to see if this person would appear.

But after waiting for a long while, the person in the shadows showed no sign of movement, only continuing to radiate a powerful pressure.

”Sir, do you know that we are from the Ancient Bear Family? Making an enemy of us... even if you are highly skilled, one person cannot fight against many. Aren’t you afraid of bringing trouble upon yourself?”

After all, the Ancient Bear Family had plenty of people with high spiritual power.

If he offended them, they could hunt him to the ends of the earth.

But the person in the shadows seemed completely unmoved. The powerful aura and terrifying pressure only intensified.

Beads of sweat instantly broke out on the group’s foreheads.

Their bones felt as if they were being crushed by the pressure.

The leader’s breathing grew ragged. He spoke up:

”Sir, offending the Ancient Bear Family for this ugly female is not worth the price. We are merely acting on orders. I advise you to give us some leeway!”

This time,

The person in the shadows finally responded.

But the response was a sharpened tree branch, flying straight at him.

Its power seemed poised to run him through.

The leader’s eyes flew open. He threw himself sideways to dodge, but the tip of the branch still grazed his arm, drawing blood that dripped to the ground.

The next second,

A more intense barrage of attacks came at them.

Watching the countless flying rocks and uprooted, broken trees that seemed intent on smashing the group into a pulp,

Shen Yue’s heart trembled. ’This kind of power... only a male with SS+ level spiritual power could do this.’

’Using formidable spiritual power to control everything in the surroundings. All things can become a blade in one’s hand, allowing one to injure people from a distance and take a life from a kilometer away.’

This was the information about SS+ males from the original owner’s memories.

’It seems the person in the shadows has spiritual power at the SS+ level?’

Shen Yue didn’t have time to think any more about it. She had already turned and fled with Er Bao in her arms.

She had no desire to be accidentally injured or crushed to death by the frenzied barrage of rocks.

Er Bao had long since stopped crying in her arms. He just stared with curious eyes at the brutal scene behind them, watching as the ”bad bears” were unable to defend themselves and were sent scattering in a pathetic mess.

Er Bao shouted with glee and excitement:

”Mother, the bad bears are all getting squashed!”

Shen Yue didn’t look back.

She just held Er Bao and ran toward the cave.

She believed the person in the shadows could handle the situation. Since he didn’t want to show himself, she couldn’t be bothered to investigate.

And she had to get back to the other cubs quickly.

In the shadows, Mu Silin watched Shen Yue run off with his son in her arms without a single look back, not even sparing a grateful glance in his direction.

The corner of his mouth twitched again and again.

He suddenly felt like he had been used.

It was as if the woman had been waiting for him to make a move!

’But that’s impossible. How could she have known someone was in the shadows?’

’Could it be that she became suspicious after the rockfall incident?’

’But how could she be so sure that the person in the shadows would save her again?’

’Is she really that clever??’