’We’re both injured, but if we team up, repelling this giant rat Mutant Beast shouldn’t be too hard...’

With this in mind, the young man said to Lin Li.

"Friend, this Mutant Beast is incredibly fast. It must have awakened a Speed Enhancement-type Superpower. Let’s take it on together..."

The words had barely left his mouth when, before Lin Li could respond, the giant rat Mutant Beast, reeking of malice, launched its attack.

Unleashing its Speed Enhancement Superpower, the giant rat Mutant Beast charged at a speed that terrified the young man. It rushed toward Lin Li, who was calmly walking toward it.p>

In the blink of an eye, the giant rat Mutant Beast closed the ten-plus-meter distance.

Now right in front of Lin Li, the giant rat Mutant Beast swung its razor-sharp claws, slashing viciously at his chest.

It intended to rip into Lin Li’s chest with a vicious swipe, just as it had done to the young man.

For Lin Li, a Cultivator at the Second Order Middle Stage, dealing with a giant rat Mutant Beast that was merely at the Tier One Peak was no challenge at all. He had lost count of how many Mutant Beasts of this caliber he had killed in recent days.

Although the beast used its Speed Enhancement Superpower to drastically increase its speed—a speed so fast the young man couldn’t even react—

it wasn’t so fast in Lin Li’s eyes that he was helpless. It just required a bit of focus, that’s all.

Just as the menacingly glinting claw was about to strike his chest, Lin Li spun around, deftly dodging the giant rat Mutant Beast’s ferocious attack.

The instant he dodged, Lin Li lifted his right foot and smashed a heavy kick into the abdomen of the giant rat Mutant Beast as it shot past him.

THUD.

The heavy blow to its abdomen sent the giant rat Mutant Beast flying into the air before it crashed heavily back to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.

"SQUEAL..."

Lin Li’s powerful kick left the giant rat Mutant Beast shrieking in pain as it thrashed on the ground.

"Uh..."

The young man had just offered to help Lin Li fight the giant rat Mutant Beast.

Seeing Lin Li not only effortlessly dodge its attack but also injure it with a single kick left him completely stunned, his jaw agape and his eyes wide.

Then, the young man watched as a Spiritual Longsword materialized out of thin air in his rescuer’s hand.

’A Storage Spiritual Artifact? Or a Storage Space Superpower?’

The young man couldn’t tell if this fellow Hunter possessed a Storage Spiritual Artifact or had awakened a Storage Space Superpower. Either way, he was incredibly envious.

After all, a Storage Spiritual Artifact wasn’t something you could get just by having money.

And as for Cultivators who awakened a Storage Space Superpower, they were exceedingly rare, even among those who had awakened Superpowers.

"SQUEAK SQUEAK SQUEAK..."

Seeing Lin Li raise his sword and charge, the giant rat Mutant Beast, still reeling from the painful kick, furiously rushed to meet him.p>

"CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!"

The Spiritual Longsword, glowing with a faint golden Spiritual Light, slammed against the giant rat Mutant Beast’s sharp claws, creating a series of crisp, metallic clashes.

"CRACK."

Putting force into his arm, Lin Li cracked one of the fingers on the giant rat Mutant Beast’s sharp claw.

"SQUEAK SQUEAK SQUEAK..."

Its eyes glowing red, the giant rat Mutant Beast was seething with rage. It shrieked as it darted erratically around Lin Li, unleashing a barrage of attacks as swift as the wind.

"CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!"

Lin Li stood his ground, nonchalantly parrying the giant rat Mutant Beast’s entire wind-swift assault, occasionally landing a kick or a sword strike of his own.

’So strong! This man is so strong!’ The young man was shaken to his core as he watched his rescuer toy with the terrifying Mutant Beast that had utterly crushed him.

’Such confidence, such power... This is the kind of Exotic Beast Hunter I aspire to be.’

SLASH.

The Spiritual Longsword, glowing with a faint golden Spiritual Light, once again left a bloody gash on the giant rat Mutant Beast’s body.

"SQUEAK SQUEAK SQUEAK..."

The pain from its many wounds caused the giant rat Mutant Beast to let out a piercing shriek.

It had attacked Lin Li again and again, all to no avail. Gradually, the giant rat Mutant Beast’s state of mind began to shift.

Its initial glee at seeing Lin Li as prey gave way to annoyance at its failed attacks. Now, as the wounds multiplied and the pain intensified, all other emotions twisted into fear.

"SQUEAK SQUEAK SQUEAK..."

The giant rat Mutant Beast stopped its assault and let out a series of fierce-sounding but cowardly squeaks at Lin Li, as if to say, ’Human, I’ll remember this! You’ll pay for this one day!’

Lin Li didn’t understand beast-speak, so of course he didn’t know the giant rat Mutant Beast was hurling threats at him.

However, in the month or so since he’d become an Exotic Beast Hunter, he had hunted plenty of Mutant Beasts. He was already very familiar with the look of fear in their eyes.

Whenever a Mutant Beast showed that kind of fear, it was the prelude to it making a run for it.

’Tsk... Giving up and running away already? I thought you’d last a little longer!’

’Compared to the other Tier One Peak Mutant Beasts I’ve hunted, you’re pretty pathetic!’