The gunshots lasted for a while before Lin Xiao Tian signaled for everyone to stop.
Next, following their prior plan, they began to collect the monster's flesh and blood, preventing it from regenerating.
Lin Xiao Tian walked up to the monster, his gaze focused on its abdomen.
The next moment, he reached in and grabbed it directly.
"Hehehe..."
The monster let out a horrifying laugh.
Lin Xiao Tian was unmoved, digging for the bead within the monster. He reasoned that it should be here.
With such formidable combat strength, if he could absorb its bead, he might gather enough spiritual energy to condense his magic power.
However, after searching for a while, Lin Xiao Tian could not find the supposed bead.
Was this monster different from others?
As he thought this, Lin Xiao Tian glanced at the monster and found it was also looking at him.
"I know you can speak. I want to leave here, take me away, and I will spare you."
"You are one of the few humans who negotiate with me," the monster said, its voice identical to Yang Lin's. "However, I will not die!"
Hearing this voice, Yang Lin's scalp tingled.
The scene was too bizarre.
"I know you can constantly revive using this flesh and blood. But I wonder, if this flesh and blood becomes unusable, can you still revive?" Lin Xiao Tian said, then speared a piece of flesh and threw it into the bonfire.
Sizzle...
The piece of flesh writhed in the flames for a while before finally succumbing to the fire.
Lin Xiao Tian took out the roasted meat and tossed it before the monster.
"It seems it can't return to you."
The monster's expression turned ferocious. "You will pay for this!"
"Enough nonsense, take me away, or I'll turn you into roasted lamb," Lin Xiao Tian stared at it.
"Heh heh..." The monster was not afraid at all. "Who dies first is yet to be determined!"
Before the monster could finish speaking, Lin Xiao Tian plunged his saber into its throat.
The lesson from his previous failure made Lin Xiao Tian realize that the monster relied on sound to communicate. If its voice was silenced, it could do nothing.
But the apostle clearly wasn't afraid, still looking provocatively at Lin Xiao Tian.
Lin Xiao Tian knew what it was thinking. He scanned his surroundings and quickly locked onto his target.
In an instant, he appeared before one of his team members.
This person was the only female in the group, and she was stealthily moving away from the others.
Lin Xiao Tian immediately blocked her. The girl's expression turned peculiar, and she opened her mouth as if to scream.
"This is your inside informant, isn't it?" Lin Xiao Tian sealed the girl's acupoint of speech.
The girl struggled, her voice hoarse, her eyes bloodshot, like a frenzied beast.
"She's controlled by this monster. Keep an eye on her and don't let her leave." As soon as Lin Xiao Tian finished speaking, two team members stepped forward and restrained the wild girl.
Lin Xiao Tian returned to the monster. "I guessed right, didn't I?"
"Heh heh, you are indeed clever, but not the cleverest. In these past hundred years, many intelligent people like you have appeared, and they all ended up dead," the apostle said with a smile that wasn't a smile.
Lin Xiao Tian felt a hint of unease.
Logically, the apostle should be at its wit's end. Why was it still so calm?
"Everyone, be on alert, watch out for reinforcements!"
Lin Xiao Tian shouted to his team.
But soon after his words, the roar of wild dogs echoed through the forest.
The next moment, a giant ram appeared before Lin Xiao Tian.
Such a large ram made everyone involuntarily swallow.
But they were, after all, a battle-hardened exploration team. They quickly adjusted their mindset, and bullets rained down, filling the air with howls of pain.
The black dog pack had weak combat power; they could be dealt with even without guns. Most of the bullets were reserved for the ram.
"The ram's weakness is its eyes, aim for its eyes!"
The mercenary captain keenly identified the ram's weak point. Under his command, the elephant-sized ram eventually fell before them.
Lin Xiao Tian approached the apostle again, but the apostle's expression remained relaxed.
"Don't send any more of your subordinates, or I'll throw all your flesh into the fire. You know the consequences!" Lin Xiao Tian warned.
But the apostle completely ignored Lin Xiao Tian's threat.
Just then, Xiao Liu Zi, who had been tied up, spoke.
"Let me go quickly, you lunatics. You're dragging me to my death, and I don't want to die."
"Shut up," Yang Xin patted his head.
Now that she had internal energy, Yang Xin didn't feel any pain in her hand. Xiao Liu Zi, on the other hand, cried out in pain from the blow.
"You're all useless. The apostle is unkillable," Xiao Liu Zi shouted desperately.
Lin Xiao Tian frowned, feeling that Xiao Liu Zi might know something. He walked up to Xiao Liu Zi. "Do you know something?"
Xiao Liu Zi panted and said loudly, "You're truly courting death! Who told you there was only one apostle?"
"What?"
Everyone was shocked to hear Xiao Liu Zi's words.
"Why didn't you say this sooner?"
"I... I didn't know you were so capable! You actually repelled the apostle's first wave of attack. I thought if you were dealt with in the first wave, I could escape," Xiao Liu Zi put on a long-faced expression.
Lin Xiao Tian was furious and kicked Xiao Liu Zi hard.
"Let's go!" he ordered everyone.
"Wait a minute!" Xiao Liu Zi called out.
"Spit it out if you have something to say," Lin Xiao Tian glared at him.
"We can't just leave like this. We have to leave that person behind," Xiao Liu Zi said, his head nudging towards Yang Lin.
Yang Lin's expression changed, and he intended to teach Xiao Liu Zi a lesson, but Lin Xiao Tian stopped him.
"Why does Yang Lin have to stay?"
"Didn't you see? The apostle's face is the same as his. He's been chosen as a sacrifice by the apostle. The apostle won't let us go if it doesn't get him," Xiao Liu Zi pleaded.
Hearing Xiao Liu Zi say this, Yang Lin's heart sank halfway.
In this place, status and influence were useless; only the law of the jungle prevailed. Moreover, these people were all from the Lin family.
If Xiao Liu Zi was telling the truth, he was definitely doomed.
The mercenary captain beside them also moved closer to Yang Lin. As soon as Lin Xiao Tian gave the order, he would not hesitate to control Yang Lin.
Lin Xiao Tian took a deep look at Yang Lin, and finally, he said only one word: "Go!"
The mercenary captain, accustomed to obeying orders, immediately moved away from Yang Lin.
The group quickly packed up and prepared to leave.
But the next second, screams echoed from the camp.
A white tent was torn open, and sharp claws pierced through a mercenary's chest.
Another monster appeared, its face identical to the mercenary captain's!
Then, another scream.
Lin Xiao Tian looked over sharply and saw a face exactly like his own!