I Start with a Mysterious Island

The purple-haired Exotic Beast Hunter and his team had expended a great deal of effort to kill this tiger-like Mutant Beast.

Just as they were about to succeed, the Mutant Beast used its Superpower to escape their grasp.

You can imagine the team’s frustration, having their prey escape with a Superpower when it was just within reach.

In the end, all they could do was shout in anger a few times before starting their dejected journey back.

Sometimes, things develop in the most unexpected ways.

On their way back, the purple-haired Exotic Beast Hunter and his companions ran into another team of Exotic Beast Hunters who were in the middle of a hunt.

As they drew closer, they happened to see this team kill the Mutant Beast they had surrounded.

And at that moment, the purple-haired Exotic Beast Hunter’s group got a clear look at the Mutant Beast the other team had just slain...

Wasn’t this the very same tiger-like Mutant Beast they had gone to great lengths to severely injure, only for it to escape?

And so, a fierce argument broke out between the two Exotic Beast Hunter teams over the ownership of the tiger beast, bringing them to the verge of blows.

Hiding in the tall grass, Lin Li listened to the two distant Exotic Beast Hunter teams trade insults, and he more or less pieced together what had happened.

Seeing the tension between the two sides escalate, Lin Li knew they were about to start fighting.

If it were up to him to judge a situation like this, he wouldn’t know how to make a clear ruling. Besides, he couldn’t be bothered to get involved.

Just as Lin Li was about to turn and leave, the two Exotic Beast Hunter teams, their hostility reaching a boiling point, finally broke out into a fight.

"Since neither of us is willing to back down, let’s settle this with a fight! Whoever wins gets the tiger beast," the Exotic Beast Hunter with a scar on his forehead said coldly.

"Fine. Bring it on," the purple-haired Exotic Beast Hunter replied succinctly.

"CLANG..."

"CLANG..."

"CLANG..."

The two Exotic Beast Hunter teams had the same number of members. Captain fought captain, and member fought member, engaging in a fierce, back-and-forth clash around the tiger beast’s corpse.

’Sigh... is one Mutant Beast really worth all this? If both sides fight until they’re exhausted and another Mutant Beast shows up, they’ll probably all die out here in the wilderness.’

Hiding in the grass, Lin Li watched the two groups of Exotic Beast Hunters fighting fiercely and complained silently to himself.

"CLANG, CLANG, CLANG..."

"BAM, BAM, BAM..."

The two teams of Exotic Beast Hunters clashed with their Spiritual Weapons or traded blows with fists and feet. As they fought, the battlefield actually started to shift.

Before long, they were over a hundred meters away from the tiger beast’s location, and as the battle raged on, they moved farther and farther away.

’Hm?’ Hiding in the grass, Lin Li saw what was happening, and a bold idea suddenly popped into his head.

’Since those Exotic Beast Hunters have moved so far away, maybe I should go out and take that unguarded tiger beast... Ugh, never mind. Neither of these teams has done anything to me; I have no reason to steal their prey.’

Lin Li immediately extinguished the thought of taking the tiger beast.

Just as Lin Li was preparing to leave this hornet’s nest, he suddenly saw a patch of dense grass not far from the tiger beast begin to shake violently.

Immediately after, two burly, black ape-like Mutant Beasts, each about 1.7 meters tall, emerged stealthily from the grass.

They first glanced at the two Exotic Beast Hunter teams fighting fiercely over a hundred meters away, too preoccupied to notice anything else. Then, they quickly approached the tiger beast.

Next, the two burly apes bent down, reached out, grabbed the tiger beast’s front and hind legs, and worked together to hoist the massive creature onto their shoulders. Then, they quickly ducked back into the grass and fled into the distance.

Lin Li was so surprised his jaw dropped. He quickly composed himself, and a new thought formed in his mind.

’Those two burly black ape-like Mutant Beasts just stole the tiger. If I go after them now and take it back, it doesn’t count as stealing from the two Hunter teams. After all, if I don’t, the stolen beast will just be a free meal for those two apes.’

After a moment of quick deliberation, Lin Li set off in pursuit, heading in the direction the two thieving, black ape-like Mutant Beasts had fled.

"RUSTLE RUSTLE RUSTLE..."

Two figures moved rapidly through the dense grass.

"WHOOSH."

A piercing whistle suddenly cut through the air.

Immediately after, a streak of pale golden light shot through the dense grass, heading for one of the two rapidly moving figures.

"???"

The black ape-like Mutant Beasts, who were fleeing with the tiger beast’s carcass, heard the piercing sound from behind them. They instinctively slowed down and glanced back.

The two black apes had just turned their heads when the one in the rear was struck in the right leg by the incoming streak of pale golden light.

"SQUELCH."

"ROAR..."

The black ape-like Mutant Beast, struck by an arrow with a black tip, let out a pained roar. It released its grip on the tiger beast and pulled the arrow out of its right leg.

Lin Li, who had been in hot pursuit, saw the two black ape-like Mutant Beasts halt and stopped as well.

"ROAR..."

When the two black ape-like Mutant Beasts saw Lin Li, their eyes filled with malice as they roared at him. The one that had been shot by the arrow forcefully threw the blood-stained projectile at Lin Li.

"CLANG."

Lin Li raised his right hand, brandished his Spiritual Longsword, and batted the thrown arrow aside with a single strike.

Then, without wasting any more time, he raised his Longsword and charged toward the two high-level Tier One black ape-like Mutant Beasts.

"ROAR..." Seeing this despicable human charging at them, the two black ape-like Mutant Beasts shrieked and rushed forward to meet him.

The two apes were filled with hatred for this despicable human who had ambushed them. They fanned out to the left and right, preparing to pincer attack the wretched, cowardly man.

As he charged forward, Lin Li saw the two well-coordinated apes calmly spread out. He made a decisive choice: he would attack the uninjured one.