Treasure-hunting: Into the Unknown

The other disciples of the team were too scared to say anything. They even held their breaths because of the previous scolding. But that didn't deter them from discussing and communicating in private in a hushed tone.

"What the fuck! He is not even qualified to be our leader at all. He is only good at giving orders. But he doesn't do anything to help. He is good for nothing and only flirts with those two whores," one of them cursed angrily.

"If it were not for the fact that he is stronger than us, none of us will obey him," another disciple echoed as he gritted his teeth.

"Let him kill the beasts himself!" someone hissed furiously.

As if on cue, all the disciples began to complain and gossip in unison about their grievances. It was apparent that all of them were very unsatisfied with the so-called leader. They all definitely believed that John did not make even a single contribution to the team as their leader.

John, however, got a good range of hearing. He unmistakably seemed to have discerned the root of their unhappiness. With impatience showing on his face, he immediately yelled out in anger, "Who dares to be dissatisfied with me? Stand out! Let me see what kind of person you are!"

As soon as they heard this, they all instinctively lowered their heads and quickly put their conversation into a halt. They cautiously avoided eye contact with John and dared not say anything more. They looked helpless and cowardly at that moment since they couldn't do anything about their situation. They felt heavily oppressed.

John paused a bit and looked around with a smug expression gleaming on his face. He was more than pleased to see that none of them dared to object him. But right then, he saw someone coolly standing at the end of the team, and it was none other than Zachary. He was too engrossed in his own world, minding his own business. From afar, he seriously gave off an impression of completely ignoring John's threat.

"Get that man over here," John barked at his members as he pointed at Zachary with a livid face. Outrage filled his heart in an instant when he saw someone put a deaf ear to his words. That behavior was quite repulsive to him and unforgivable.

All the disciples looked back at the same time towards Zachary to identify who the person offended their leader.

"Are you calling me?" Zachary, on the other hand, asked in a calm voice. He sounded casual, and there was no hint of fear in his tone.

"Yes. Who else could it be? I was teaching you a lesson. Are you playing deaf to my words?" John roared furiously again. His veins on his forehead popped out because of the rage.

"Ahh, don't get me wrong. I am listening intently and carefully. Actually what you recently said was so dull and tedious that I even want to go to pee," Zachary unhesitatingly replied in a seemingly serious tone. 'You are talking too much nonsense!' he thought.

An uncontrollable roar of laughter reverberated all of a sudden when all the disciples burst out laughing.

"You..." John stammered as he felt insulted with Zachary's words. And this outraged him further. He considered Zachary carefully and noted the weak aura surrounding him. So he thought that Zachary was merely a disciple of Earth Level. His face darkened as he scolded him in a cold tone, "You are too weak

Zachary told himself with a note of relief. He quickly looked around, scanning the area, and soon distinguished some distinct tracks. He followed the tracks shortly to look for them.

Several minutes later, Zachary could openly see the beast shadows in front of him. There were at least dozens of beasts, and quite a few of them were at the Heaven Level. There were also several beasts at the King Level or above.

In front of these beasts, there was a small cave. But it had been blocked by a few stones. Zachary could distinctly hear people's voices coming from the cave.

"They are quite smart. The team all retreated into the cave, but they are likely to die soon if things happened like this," Zachary commented nonchalantly. Observing that more and more beasts were gathering there, he fully knew that those people in the cave would have no way to escape once those beasts decided to attack them.

"But it's strange. Why are all these martial beasts gathering here? It seems that they are being attracted by something," Zachary murmured as he watched intently at the group of beasts. He was confused and thought it was not that simple.

At that precise moment, Zachary suddenly noticed that a delicate figure flashed out from the left side of the crowd of beasts, which completely covered the shadow from his view, making it hard for him to identify who or what the shadow was. However, he could strongly sense that the figure resembled to be born with some class of demonic nature. And with that intense aura emanating from the unknown contour, he supposed that it was not an ordinary entity.

'It's too late to ask for the masters' help anyway. I have to find a way to save them, ' Zachary mulled over. But long before he could figure out a solution, several disciples came out of the cave, trembling, including the two female disciples who had been flirting with John earlier. Behind them followed John.

It was apparent that John had planned to use them as his shield. So when the beasts attacked them, he would then seize the chance to escape. Recognizing that, Zachary once again confirmed that John was a bastard who would drastically devote and sacrifice his members to keep himself safe.