Xu Rong helps Wu Zongming
“What a good weapon! If I got it and then consumed those qingyuan fruit and yuan medicine, who in the Martial Master Realm could be my opponent?!”
Wu Zongming, who was battling an Iron Claw Monkey in the distance, kept a portion of his attention on Ye Tian's fight.
When he saw Ye Tian’s weapon sever one of the Iron Claw Monkey's fingers,
a flicker of greed flashed in his eyes, which he then quickly concealed.
“Tian Ye, Miss, I’m here to help you.”
Just then,
in the other battle, Xu Rong swept her heavy sword, severing the head of her opponent, that Tier 3, Level 4 Iron Claw Monkey.
After killing her opponent, Xu Rong immediately looked towards Ye Tian’s initial battlefield.
When she saw the ground covered with Iron Claw Monkey corpses, Xu Rong was clearly stunned for a moment.
She found it somewhat hard to believe that Ye Tian had already killed all of his opponents.
When Xu Rong first faced the Tier 3, Level 4 Iron Claw Monkey in front of her, she had planned to finish the fight quickly and then assist this handsome, courageous, and intelligent young man.
After all, Ye Tian dared to turn hostile against Wu Zongming, and made the Wu family brothers and herself more wary of Wu Zongming.
She felt that this overly handsome young man was quite good, so she didn't want anything to happen to him.
However, Xu Rong didn't expect that Ye Tian wouldn't need her help at all; instead, he had already eliminated his group of opponents before she even killed her Iron Claw Monkey.
Not seeing Ye Tian, Xu Rong then looked elsewhere and saw Ye Tian fighting the one-armed Iron Claw Monkey.
A hint of worry flashed across her pretty face as she realized Ye Tian was not this Iron Claw Monkey's opponent.
She quickly activated her movement martial skill and rushed over.
“Sister Rong, let’s kill it together!”
Seeing Xu Rong come to help him, Ye Tian feigned an expression of joy, then pretended to let out a sigh of relief.
Actually, he had planned to fight this Iron Claw Monkey for a while before directly killing this one-armed Iron Claw Monkey.
He figured it wouldn't arouse suspicion; at worst, he'd just say his weapon was powerful.
Anyway, his long saber was of a high grade, so it made sense.
But seeing Xu Rong rush over to help him, although Ye Tian felt a little unwilling, he was still very grateful.
After all, he wasn't very familiar with this woman, yet she was willing to worry about his safety and help him; she was a good woman to befriend.
With Xu Rong's assistance, Ye Tian simply accelerated his offensive.
This already injured, one-armed Iron Claw Monkey was quickly suppressed by them, and then Xu Rong chopped off its other arm with a sword.
Roar!
It cried out in pain, its Origin Qi further vibrating, but this time it all converged on its legs.
A Tier 3, Level 5 exotic beast's intelligence was not low; it knew it was no longer a match for the two of them and intended to flee.
But at this moment, Ye Tian decisively rushed forward, Thunder Origin Energy empowering his sharp xuan jin long saber, and with one strike, he severed its head.
Boom!
With a loud crash, the Iron Claw Monkey's massive body fell heavily to the ground.
Ah...
Ah....
As Ye Tian killed this Tier 3, Level 5 Iron Claw Monkey, in the other three battlefields,
the Wu family brothers successively dispatched their opponents, leaving only Wu Zongming who had not yet killed his opponent.
“Wu, do you need my help?”
Seeing this, Ye Tian sneered.
Wu Zongming saw this, and his gaze subtly swept over Xu Rong, the anger deep in his eyes quickly suppressed.
He then quickly activated his Origin Qi, and with one strike, severed the head of his opponent, that Tier 3, Level 5 Iron Claw Monkey.
Wu Zongming was already one minor realm higher than this Iron Claw Monkey, and he had a weapon in hand.
If he hadn't intended to use the one-armed Iron Claw Monkey to eliminate Ye Tian, he could have ended his battle much faster.
But the turn of events was beyond his expectation, so he could no longer delay.
Those few people weren't foolish either.
“Tian Ye, what are you saying? It’s no problem for me to kill a Tier 3, Level 5 Iron Claw Monkey. It’s just that when the one-armed Iron Claw Monkey you and Miss Xu Rong killed lost its arm, I used up a lot of Origin Qi, otherwise I would have killed this Tier 3, Level 5 Iron Claw Monkey much earlier.”
Wu Zongming wiped the blood from his heavy saber with the Iron Claw Monkey's fur, then walked to Ye Tian and Xu Rong and explained.
In his explanation, he didn't forget to tell the two that the main credit for killing the one-armed Iron Claw Monkey belonged to him.
At this moment, the Wu family brothers also arrived.
They noticed Ye Tian's battle results, and the previous indifference in their eyes when they looked at Ye Tian was replaced by a hint of solemnity.
Seeing that all the Iron Claw Monkeys had been killed, Wu said at this point:
“Since the troublesome Iron Claw Monkeys are all gone, let’s distribute the spoils. Does anyone have any objections?”
Everyone was waiting for this, so naturally, no one had any objections.
The distribution of spoils was also very simple.
First, the corpses of the Iron Claw Monkeys each person killed belonged to them.
For those helped in killing, primarily the one-armed Iron Claw Monkey,
since Ye Tian, Xu Rong, and Wu Zongming all participated, it needed to be divided among them.
Finally, there were the yuan medicine and qingyuan fruit in the valley.
The yuan medicine was easy to divide because its value did not differ much.
The hardest to divide was the qingyuan fruit; everyone wanted it.
However, according to the principle of distribution by labor, the person with the most merit would choose first.
Among the group, in the initial assignment of opponents, Wu Zongming naturally had the greatest merit, and he was also the first to discover this valley.
However, he ultimately only killed one Tier 3, Level 5 Iron Claw Monkey, and the remaining one also had the contributions of Ye Tian and Xu Rong.
This made it difficult to determine who had the most merit.
At this moment, Wu Zongming spoke, his smile unchanged, looking very magnanimous as he said:
“Everyone, listen to me for a moment. First, I am very grateful that you teamed up with me. Otherwise, even if I had discovered this valley, I wouldn't have been able to kill the Iron Claw Monkeys here, let alone have the chance to distribute these yuan medicine and origin fruits.”
“To show my gratitude, I will voluntarily withdraw and not participate in the distribution of the qingyuan fruit. As for who has the most merit, I think Tian Ye and Miss Xu Rong are quite similar.”
“Actually, it’s really hard to say who has the most merit. After all, the Wu family brothers took down two Tier 3, Level 4 Iron Claw Monkeys. If they were to give their merits to each other, then who could compare their merits to theirs?”
“If that’s the case, then their merit would be the greatest, and they could choose first.”
Wu Zongming spoke slowly and softly.
His words seemed unbiased and fair, yet they were full of sinister intentions, aiming to sow discord between Ye Tian, Xu Rong, and the Wu family brothers.
As expected, upon hearing this, the Wu family brothers, who already felt their own contributions were not the greatest and thus wouldn't get the qingyuan fruit, immediately had their eyes light up.
Wu Xiaoming directly said, “Wu is right. Actually, I wanted to give my merit to my elder brother from the start, as he helped me a lot during the battle just now.”
“If that’s how it’s calculated, then I’ll give my merit to my elder brother.”
“In that case, my elder brother’s merit will be the greatest, and he can choose the benefits first.”