Thinking of this, Zhou Tian couldn’t help but let out a cold laugh in his heart.

Indeed, Zhou Tian was not opposed to dealing with Pan Shi, after all, the relationship between them was clear— even if Zhou Tian didn’t seek out Pan Shi, he believed that Pan Shi would not let him off either.

However, although the relationship between Zhou Tian and Pan Shi was that of life and death, this did not mean that Zhou Tian was willing to be used by those living beings. According to their arrangements, the battle between Zhou Tian and Pan Shi would be fraught with dangers, while those living beings would simply reap the benefits without any effort. Even at this moment, when Zhou Tian’s situation was dire, he had no desire to be the ’knife’ borrowed by those living beings.

It wasn’t a problem for them to use him, given his situation then, Zhou Tian didn’t mind being used by those living beings just once. But, if those living beings wanted to use Zhou Tian, they would have to guarantee one thing, and that was that Zhou Tian must gain some benefits during the process. Otherwise, without any benefits, it wasn’t about whether Zhou Tian needed to help those living beings or not, but given his current situation, he didn’t have the ability to defeat Pan Shi.

Thus, after having all these speculations in his mind, Zhou Tian immediately made his demands at that time.

"I don’t mind helping you against Pan Shi, but you’ve seen our condition after the combat. With my current strength, I’m no match for Pan Shi in this Divine Realm. If you want my help against Pan Shi, then show your ’sincerity,’" Zhou Tian said, and then made a gesture indicating he wanted benefits.

Seeing Zhou Tian’s performance, the living being’s face showed a strange expression but, in the end, it did respond.

For the average living beings in this world, even after seeing Zhou Tian’s gesture, they probably wouldn’t understand his intention. However, the living being in contact with Zhou Tian, albeit not knowing the full extent of it, appeared to have a good grasp of knowledge from several epochs of the Main Plane. So even though it’s uncertain whether the gesture existed on Earth in the Main Plane, that living being, after seeing Zhou Tian’s gesture, could probably guess the meaning behind it.

And after understanding what Zhou Tian wanted to convey, the living being who was negotiating with him couldn’t help revealing a look of absolute frustration. It guessed that it had never encountered someone like Zhou Tian before—someone who was straightforward about wanting benefits. It’s true that in any world, there wouldn’t be a shortage of people like Zhou Tian, but at least they would be somewhat concerned about saving face when asking for benefits, unlike Zhou Tian who was so direct.

Regardless, it seemed that the living being had been prepared beforehand. So, even though Zhou Tian’s behavior seemed unusual to it, its response was not slow at all at that time.

"We have already acquired enough meat for you, only hoping that after your power enhancement, you can help us kill Pan Shi, this violator!" After speaking, the living being then pulled out a Spatial Bracelet from the void.

"Eh!"

The beast species mostly relied on their innate abilities for survival and combat, not to say that they couldn’t use tools, but in reality, in most worlds, the beasts indeed rarely used tools. Apart from not knowing how to make them, their body structures made it difficult to utilize the full capability of the tools.

And so, Zhou Tian, who was used to beasts seldom using external forces, was inevitably surprised when he suddenly saw the living being in front of him pull out a piece of Storage Equipment.

However, even though Zhou Tian did not expect that living being to produce such a tool at that time, upon seeing the living being’s action, Zhou Tian still casually accepted it.

Zhou Tian didn’t think too much at that moment, no matter what method the other party used to load it, as long as they delivered what he wanted, Zhou Tian was willing to accept the outcome. As for whether the action was ordinary or not, that was not an Important Matter to Zhou Tian anyway.

Thus, without giving it a second thought, Zhou Tian immediately took the Storage Bracelet offered by the other party and plunged his Consciousness fully into that Storage Equipment.

"Very good!"

Although Zhou Tian knew that the other party would definitely offer him some benefit, when he truly saw what they gave him, he still couldn’t help but feel a surge of Excitement. The other party was much more generous than Zhou Tian had expected. He had anticipated that they would certainly give him some meat, but he hadn’t imagined they would be so willing to invest. In that Storage Bracelet, there were actually tens of thousands of tons of meat piled up. In the Outside World, perhaps these meats wouldn’t be considered much, but in the present world, the meat Zhou Tian received was enough to significantly enhance his strength.

Originally, Zhou Tian had been pushed into a Desolate Place by Pan Shi, but that was merely because he was Inferior to the Opponent. If Zhou Tian’s power ultimately surpassed Pan Shi, then when the two had a Combat, whether Pan Shi could still defeat Zhou Tian was indeed a Problem.

And beforehand, Zhou Tian did indeed want to Flee, not only because he was not an Opponent to Pan Shi but also because, due to Pan Shi’s interference, Zhou Tian couldn’t even solve the problem of food and warmth at that time.