"Cooperation?" Lin Yun wondered upon hearing Li Tian’s words. ’I’ve only just met him. What could we possibly have to cooperate on?’

Looking at Lin Yun’s expression, Li Tian gave a wise smile. Lin Yun didn’t know that Li Tian had come to the Mysterious City specifically for him. The whole "sightseeing" thing was just an excuse.

"Yes, cooperation. You help me avenge my family, and from now on, I will be your servant," Li Tian said straightforwardly. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

"Avenge your family? Li Tian, are you sure you have the right person? I’m only at the Opening Realm right now. How could I possibly help you get revenge?" Lin Yun said.

"I trust my judgment. Just because you can’t do it now doesn’t mean you won’t be able to in the future. Don’t forget, I have the True Illusory Eyes. I’ve always been a very good judge of character. In the future, you are destined for greatness. Even the Five Great Demon Fiends of the Eastern Domain will feel inferior before you."

"Let me think about it." Lin Yun didn’t agree immediately. He still didn’t know Li Tian well, so naturally, he couldn’t just agree based on a few words.

Li Tian seemed to have expected this. He smiled faintly and said something inexplicable, "I’ll wait for you. We will definitely meet again soon. When that time comes, you will need me, and I will surely become your right-hand man."

Having said that, Li Tian dropped the subject and once again became that annoying chatterbox. Watching the complete change in Li Tian, Lin Yun secretly shook his head.

’What an inscrutable person...’ he sighed inwardly.

Lin Yun didn’t speak to Li Tian again. At that moment, Li Tian had moved on to talk to other people, chattering on about trivial matters.

"Li Tian, will you ever shut up? You’re so annoying!"

"Piss off, Li Tian! Go away!"

"Ah... Li Tian, don’t talk to me! I don’t want to listen." Everyone in Lin Yun’s squad had now experienced Li Tian’s "talent"—his mouth could literally annoy a person to death.

"Halt." As the group was advancing, the first squad at the very front gave the order to stop.

At the command, the entire force of over a thousand people stopped. Iron Blood and the Blood Refining Ancestor flew high into the air. At a glance, even they, as Primordial Ocean Realm experts, couldn’t help but be stunned.

A dozen or so Tier Three Demon Beasts were completely blocking their path. If they wanted to continue forward, there was no other way but to kill these ten-plus Tier Three Demon Beasts.

"Prepare for battle!" Iron Blood roared, immediately issuing the command. Hearing the order, the members of the ten squads all drew their weapons.

"Here. Is it inconvenient for you to take yours out?" Lin Yun hadn’t taken out his Overlord Spear; after all, the moment the Overlord Spear appeared, his identity would be exposed. Just then, Li Tian handed him a long saber.

Taking the long saber, Lin Yun thanked him. ’This Li Tian really seems to know everything.’

"Twelve of them... Old Ghost, you and I will each take one. The rest are for them." There were exactly twelve Tier Three Demon Beasts. Iron Blood and the Blood Refining Ancestor would each deal with one, leaving one for each of the ten squads to handle.

A hundred Martial Artists against one Demon Beast might sound easy, but against a Tier Three Demon Beast, numbers meant very little. It could be said that among the hundred, more than half were just cannon fodder. The only true fighting power came from the dozen or so Qi Sea Realm Martial Artists.

Under their captains’ command, the ten squads quickly engaged their respective Demon Beasts. Lin Yun’s group was facing a Giant Python, a full hundred meters long and over ten meters thick.

"A Dragon Horn Python..." Looking at the fierce beast before them, many of the Opening Realm Martial Artists trembled all over. Ordinarily, forget about making eye contact with a Dragon Horn Python; these people would have probably fled from a great distance away.

"Brothers, there must be treasure in the Yunlu Mountain Range! Let’s kill this beast together!" the squad captain roared. At the same time, the Dragon Horn Python let out a low growl and charged toward Lin Yun and the others.

"Charge, brothers!" Facing the frenzied Dragon Horn Python, the squad captain yelled, and everyone rushed to attack it.

Lin Yun and Li Tian didn’t rush to the front. This was a time for experience. For Lin Yun, who had been in and out of the Yunlu Mountain Range several times, his experience was naturally not lacking. Li Tian was no ordinary person either, so the two of them tacitly slowed their pace.

The dozen or so Opening Realm experts who charged at the very front were, not surprisingly, wiped out by half in a single exchange with the Dragon Horn Python.

"Surround it! Surround it...!" Unable to fight it head-on, the squad captain directed everyone to encircle the Dragon Horn Python completely.

Surrounded by the crowd, the Dragon Horn Python stopped attacking. After all, with people on all sides, if it attacked one way, the others would strike from another.

The two sides were at a stalemate. The Qi Sea Realm Martial Artists remained at the back, waiting for an opportunity. They were waiting for the Opening Realm Martial Artists to force an opening in the Dragon Horn Python’s defense, at which point they would strike for a finishing blow.

ROAR... After a while, the Dragon Horn Python finally lost its patience. With a furious roar, it instantly attacked the Martial Artists directly in front of it. Unsurprisingly, another dozen or so people died in that single strike.

However, just as the Dragon Horn Python attacked, the others launched their own attacks. The python had killed over a dozen people, but it was also struck by several dozen attacks. Wounds appeared on its thick serpentine body, bleeding profusely.

The pain only enraged the Dragon Horn Python further. It disregarded everything else and violently swept its tail, directly obliterating seven or eight Martial Artists.

Its head and tail attacked relentlessly. Although the people fought back continuously, the death toll continued to rise sharply. By now, nearly forty Martial Artists had died at the hands of the Dragon Horn Python.

Lin Yun executed Inch Step. Though it looked perilous, the Dragon Horn Python’s attacks didn’t touch him at all.

With an Earth Level Upper Tier Body Technique Martial Skill, Lin Yun’s safety was not an issue. What surprised him, however, was that Li Tian, off to the side, was also completely unharmed. And from the looks of it, he was even more at ease than Lin Yun himself.

’As expected of a Disciple from a great family. Even if they’ve declined, their foundation is still incredibly strong.’ Sighing inwardly, Lin Yun guessed that Li Tian’s Body Technique Martial Skill must also be at the Earth Level Upper Tier.

The Dragon Horn Python rampaged, killing more and more people, but its body was also covered in wounds. At this moment, the dozen or so Qi Sea Realm experts who had been waiting in the wings finally seized an opportunity.

The group of over ten people erupted in an instant, unleashing a full-power strike at the vital spot on the Dragon Horn Python’s neck. The combined full-power strike of more than ten Qi Sea Realm Martial Artists was powerful enough to rival an attack from a Primordial Ocean Realm Martial Artist.

Furthermore, the attack landed on its weakest point, where its Defense Power was at its lowest. The strike hit its mark, and the Dragon Horn Python let out a pained roar before beginning to struggle frantically.

A full quarter of an hour passed before the Dragon Horn Python’s body slowly stopped struggling. It looked like it was finally dead.

No one dared to approach, including Lin Yun. Everyone could only stand and watch from a distance. At this moment, the squad captain walked over to Lin Yun and said, "You, go see if the beast is dead."

Hearing this, Lin Yun was annoyed, but he still did as he was told and approached the Dragon Horn Python. He remained alert to any movement around him. Only after confirming that the Dragon Horn Python was indeed dead did Lin Yun shout to the crowd, "It’s dead!"