The spear pierced directly into the blood bat's heart.
Bang!
With a deafening roar, the blood bat's enormous body smashed a deep pit into the ground.
Everyone looked up in astonishment at Zhang Ergou, who held the black spear.
That was a late-stage Golden Core demon beast.
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The members of the Scarlet Fire Demon Slayers felt a sense of disbelief.
"Yaxuan, pinch me. Does this feel unreal?"
A team member with Liu Yaxuan spoke to her.
Liu Yaxuan nodded blankly, reaching out to grab the soft flesh at the person's waist.
"Ouch, it hurts... it hurts... it hurts... Be gentle."
The person quickly escaped Liu Yaxuan's grasp.
Hearing the commotion, everyone snapped back to reality. Zhang Ergou's swift action had utterly stunned them.
To them, a late-stage Golden Core demon beast that was extremely difficult to deal with.
It hadn't even lasted a single move under Zhang Ergou's hand.
Instantly killed, it made everyone feel like they were dreaming.
The mission being completed so easily further fueled their sense of unreality.
"It's over already?" Liu Yaxuan was still somewhat dazed.
After fifteen minutes of recovery, everyone had grudgingly accepted the fact that the late-stage Golden Core demon beast, the blood bat, had been instantly killed by Zhang Ergou.
Zhang Ergou felt a bit helpless about their reaction.
The situation was urgent. If he hadn't intervened, the awakened blood bat would have certainly harmed others.
Among the Scarlet Fire Demon Slayers, Liu Yue was the only one at the mid-stage Golden Core cultivation level.
The rest were all at the early-stage Golden Core.
Facing a full-powered strike from a late-stage Golden Core blood bat, Zhang Ergou wasn't sure if they could withstand it.
This was also why Zhang Ergou didn't understand why these people, with their low cultivation, insisted on killing the blood bat.
However, since Liu Yue and the others hadn't explained, he was too lazy to ask.
For him now, killing a late-stage Golden Core demon beast was as easy as cutting through vegetables.
But this meant his strength was completely exposed.
It would be difficult to stay with these people any longer.
After all, once they knew his true cultivation, the members of the Scarlet Fire Demon Slayers would surely change their attitude towards him.
This world was one where the strong were respected, and Zhang Ergou didn't want this.
But respect and awe for the strong were ingrained in them from childhood.
Zhang Ergou could do nothing about it, so he could only let it be.
He was already considering leaving them after they departed from this place.
"Brother Ergou, this demon beast?"
Liu Yue found it difficult to speak, as this demon beast was killed by Zhang Ergou alone.
They hadn't exerted any effort. By rights, the demon beast should belong to Zhang Ergou.
However, this blood bat was very useful to them.
So Liu Yue had to brace himself.
"Brother Ergou, we only need some of the blood from this blood bat. The rest is yours. We can also offer you some compensation. Would that be acceptable?"
Seeing Zhang Ergou remain silent, Liu Yue grew a little nervous.
Although Zhang Ergou had seemed easygoing all along, one couldn't judge a person's heart by their face.
The Golden Core of this late-stage Golden Core demon beast could not only be refined into pills, but its blood was also an extremely rare medicinal ingredient.
This was why they insisted on killing the blood bat.
Liu Yue had originally planned to distribute the demon beast according to everyone's contribution after they jointly killed it.
But plans never kept pace with changes.
Zhang Ergou's strength and swift action had completely disrupted his plan.
And a demon beast killed by Zhang Ergou alone naturally belonged to him.
The distribution right naturally rested with Zhang Ergou.
"What do you need the blood bat's blood for?"
As far as Zhang Ergou knew, the blood bat's blood was an ingredient for refining a third-grade pill.
However, there was no alchemist among these people.
Liu Yue opened his mouth, unsure how to explain to Zhang Ergou.
"Never mind. If you don't want to say, then don't," Zhang Ergou wasn't interested in prying into their secrets.
"Brother Ergou, please..." Liu Yue's voice trembled slightly.
He mistakenly thought Zhang Ergou was angry because he was keeping secrets.
As he spoke, he was about to kneel.
"Brother Liu, what are you doing?" Zhang Ergou was startled.
He quickly reached out to help up Liu Yue, who was about to kneel.
"I didn't say I wouldn't give it to you. I have no use for this blood bat. You can take it all. What is this for?"
"Really?" Liu Yue trembled.
This time it was from excitement.
"Of course, it's true. Would I lie to you?"
Zhang Ergou, feeling helpless, directly placed the blood bat's corpse in front of Liu Yue.
"Brother Ergou, your great kindness is beyond words."
Saying this, Liu Yue bowed deeply to Zhang Ergou.
This time, Zhang Ergou did not stop him.
If Liu Yue accepted such a great gesture without doing anything, he would surely feel uneasy.
The other members of the Scarlet Fire Demon Slayers were also very excited.
They hadn't expected Zhang Ergou to be not only powerful but also so generous.
Liu Yaxuan's gaze towards Zhang Ergou began to sparkle.
It wasn't that Zhang Ergou didn't want the blood bat. It was just that, for him now, a late-stage Golden Core demon beast was somewhat redundant.
If he hadn't broken through to the Nascent Soul stage.
Given Zhang Ergou's character, he wouldn't have been so generous.
After all, he had another identity: an alchemist.
However, third-grade pills now had little use for him in the Nascent Soul stage.
Zhang Ergou naturally made a generous gesture.
But to the members of the Scarlet Fire Demon Slayers, this was Zhang Ergou's noble character.
Zhang Ergou was too lazy to explain such a misunderstanding.
He planned to part ways with them after leaving this cave. Whether they would meet again was uncertain.
"Well, well, someone beat us to killing the blood bat."
Just as Liu Yue was about to put the blood bat's corpse into a storage ring, a voice suddenly rang out.
"People from the Liuhai Sect!"
Including Liu Yue, all the members of the Scarlet Fire Demon Slayers' faces turned grim.
"Hmm, you actually killed the blood bat?"
The newcomers, seeing the blood bat's corpse on the ground, looked surprised.
"Liu Yue, is that you?" Clearly, these people recognized Liu Yue and the others.
"Haha, hurry up and hand over the blood bat."
The disciple from the Liuhai Sect who recognized Liu Yue spoke arrogantly, ordering Liu Yue as if he were a servant.
"This is the blood bat we killed. Why should we give it to you?"
Liu Yaxuan could no longer hold back and immediately retorted.
"Yours?" The disciple from the Liuhai Sect scrutinized Liu Yaxuan.
Liu Yaxuan felt a shiver down her spine.
"She says this blood bat is theirs, haha." The person seemed to have heard the biggest joke in the world.
His companions also burst into laughter, showing no regard for the members of the Scarlet Fire Demon Slayers.
"Since we saw it, this blood bat is ours. How can it be yours anymore?"
Liu Yue and the others' faces turned extremely ugly.
They were utterly enraged by the shamelessness of these disciples from the Liuhai Sect.