Hearing the mutated man's arrogant laughter, the cultivators felt like jumping into the sea. Wouldn't suicide be better than being captured by the mutated man, bitten into pieces, chewed, and swallowed?
It was over!
This Cheng Xiaofan was useless except for bullying outsiders at his doorstep.
Weren't you very powerful? Why couldn't you kill the mutated man?
If we had known you were so weak, we wouldn't have been your cheerleaders!
You're dead, and you've dragged us all down with you!
If you hadn't fought the mutated man, maybe we could have knelt before him and pleaded with him, and he might have softened his heart and let us go.
Thinking this, the cultivators became united in their hatred, their teeth gritting as they all regarded Cheng Xiaofan as a sworn enemy.
Boom!
Just as the mutated man's laughter subsided, a person suddenly leaped out from underground.
The person shook their head, swayed their body, and shook off the dirt. Spitting, they roared in extreme anger, "Damn it, I fell into a pit and almost suffocated!"
If this person wasn't Cheng Xiaofan, who else could it be?
For a moment, the cultivators were dumbfounded.
This kid wasn't dead?
"Come, come, mutated man, I heard you laughing quite outrageously in that pit. If you have the guts, let's fight another three hundred rounds?" Cheng Xiaofan beckoned to the mutated man with a smile.
But!
Upon hearing Cheng Xiaofan's words, the mutated man remained motionless.
Cheng Xiaofan walked over, leaped up, and delivered a kick to the mutated man's chest.
With a rumble, the mutated man fell straight to the ground, the earth beneath him cracking like a spiderweb from the impact.
"So boring, I thought you mutated man were so powerful, but you can't even take a beating!" Cheng Xiaofan kicked the opponent's chest again.
Pfft!
A mouthful of blood gushed from the mutated man's mouth.
At the same time, a beating heart appeared in Cheng Xiaofan's hand.
With a *thwack*, the monster's body began to shrink.
A few minutes later, it was the size of a normal person.
"Hahaha, this mutated man is dead, dead as can be!"
A burly cultivator, seeing this, burst into laughter as if he had killed the mutated man, rubbing his hands and saying, "Everyone, see? No matter how fierce, the mutated man was eventually eliminated!"
"Exactly, this is what they call good conquering evil!" someone immediately chimed in.
Even more people said, "With us cultivators here, no matter how arrogant this monster is, we'll crush him into the dirt."
As soon as these words were spoken, they were echoed by more people.
"You're right, I've wanted to make a move since this monster appeared!"
"This monster should have died by my hand, but someone else got lucky!"
"Yeah, I was just about to make a move when that person snatched the opportunity. My cultivation at the third level of Innate Realm was wasted!"
Listening to the cultivators' spirited words, Cheng Xiaofan couldn't help but sneer and say, "If you're so capable, why did you let your four companions fall into the belly of the mutated man?"
"Why didn't you act then?"
One of the cultivators, hearing this, retorted indignantly, "Cheng Xiaofan, the mutated man appeared too suddenly. We had no psychological preparation at all, which is how the mutated man succeeded!"
Cheng Xiaofan chuckled and said, "You have a point there. Now, you should be psychologically prepared, right?"
"Cheng Xiaofan, what do you mean by that?" another cultivator asked with a frown.
"Nothing much!"
Cheng Xiaofan shrugged and said, "From what I know, there are actually two mutated people on this deserted island, a man and a woman, a couple. The one I just killed was the male. Before dawn, the female mutated person will definitely find her way here."
"Since you have cultivated successfully but are longing for a chance to test your skills, I will fulfill your wish and leave the female mutated person to you!"
With that, Cheng Xiaofan turned and prepared to leave.
"..." What, there was another female mutated person?
Upon hearing this, the cultivators' heads nearly exploded, their hearts almost stopped beating. They all turned into statues.
How had they not thought that behind this male mutated person, there was a female mutated person?
Seeing Cheng Xiaofan about to leave, everyone present wished they could slap themselves for their loose tongues.
It was all their big mouths that caused this trouble!
If the female mutated person saw her husband killed, wouldn't she go mad?
At that point, could they, these cultivators, handle her?
As if they were connected by spirit and thought, the cultivators moved as one. With a *plop*, they fell to their knees like an avalanche, crying out in unison, "Master Cheng, please stay!"
Cheng Xiaofan turned back and glanced at them. He hadn't expected that a female mutated person he'd casually fabricated would scare these cultivators to such a state.
"What are you doing?" Cheng Xiaofan asked, feigning ignorance.
*Slap!*
The burly cultivator didn't hesitate to slap himself hard.
If he wasn't harsh on himself now, he might lose his life later!
"Master Cheng, we were wrong. Please stay!"
The cultivator forced tears out of his eyes and choked out, "None of us cultivators here can match the mutated person. If you leave, and the female mutated person arrives, we will all surely die!"
Cheng Xiaofan shook his head and smiled, "Don't be so modest. I know your skills are at their peak. Dealing with a female mutated person will be a piece of cake, more than enough!"
Unexpectedly, as soon as his words fell, the cultivators kneeling on the ground began slapping themselves on their faces.
And each slap was louder than the last.
"..." Cheng Xiaofan was stunned.
Did slapping themselves spread like a contagion?
Or were they holding a slap competition?
"Slap harder! I'll keep count for you!" Cheng Xiaofan said with a grin.
Hearing the words of this master, the cultivators dared not stop and could only go all out, slapping vigorously.
These individuals, who were already bruised and swollen, looked even less human after this beating.
"Alright, alright!"
Even Cheng Xiaofan couldn't bear to watch and said, "Stop embarrassing yourselves here. My protection for you comes with conditions."
"Master Cheng, whatever the conditions, just say them, and we will agree!" the burly cultivator said eagerly.
Cheng Xiaofan's gaze swept over everyone present and he said slowly, "I am a kind person, and my conditions are very simple: hand over the dragon bones you have collected!"
"..." Everyone present froze.
Why had they come here from all directions?
It was for the dragon bones.
If they had to hand over the dragon bones they had finally collected, wouldn't all their efforts be in vain?