David Walker's eyes narrowed slightly. He took a deep breath, his figure flickered to the side, then circulated his true energy, starting from his feet, up to his waist and spine, driving the power of his whole body, and threw a punch.

Flame Dragon Fist.

Bang!

This punch landed heavily on the tiger's neck.

With a burst of force, the tiger was sent rolling away.

Roar!

The tiger, in pain, became even more ferocious and roared as it pounced at David Walker again.

David Walker used the Dragon Snake Step, twisted his body, dodged the tiger's attack, and followed up with another Flame Dragon Fist, striking the tiger's waist. The tiger was knocked away again.

David Walker cultivated the divine-level technique "True Art of the Battle Dragon." The true energy he cultivated flowed through his meridians like a dragon, with explosive power.

Although David Walker's cultivation was only at the peak of the mid-stage Tongmai realm, the power he could unleash was far beyond that of an ordinary mid-stage Tongmai cultivator.

Combined with the Flame Dragon Fist, now each punch from David Walker carried at least nearly a thousand jin of force.

After being struck twice by David Walker, the tiger was already seriously injured, blood dripping from its mouth.

At this moment, it let out a roar and actually turned to flee.

David Walker gave chase relentlessly.

A few minutes later, the tiger escaped into a cave, and after a brief hesitation, David Walker followed it inside.

Entering the cave, he found the tiger lying inside, blood constantly flowing from its mouth, already on the verge of death.

"Huh? That's a grade-one low-tier spiritual herb, Silver Bell Grass!"

Suddenly, David Walker's eyes lit up. In a crack in the cave wall, he saw a spiritual herb with nine leaves, each leaf shaped like a little bell.

Spiritual herbs are divided into nine grades, and each grade is further divided into: low-tier, mid-tier, and high-tier.

A grade-one low-tier Silver Bell Grass contains abundant spiritual energy and is worth three hundred taels of silver, equivalent to three Dragon Tiger Pills.

He hadn't expected to gain such a harvest so soon after entering the Monster Beast Mountains. This trip was already worthwhile.

With another punch, he finished off the tiger completely. Then David Walker took out a backpack he had prepared in advance, picked the Silver Bell Grass, and put it inside.

"Frank, do you really know a shortcut that leads to the Sand Snake Bandits' lair?"

At this moment, a voice suddenly came from outside the cave.

Chapter 5: Ruthless and Decisive

David Walker's heart stirred. He held his breath and listened carefully.

"Haha, of course I do. I went to great lengths to get one of the Sand Snake Bandit leader's concubines, and only then did I learn about this shortcut from that saucy woman. If you weren't my best friend, I wouldn't have brought you here."

Another voice sounded.

It was clear that both were young men.

"I knew it, Frank, you're so handsome and charming—what woman could resist your charisma?" The first voice flattered.

"Haha!" That Frank seemed very pleased with himself and continued, "There's a cave here. Let's rest for a bit. When the family head and the others fight the Sand Snake Bandits, we'll sneak into their lair. All the bandit leader's treasures will be ours."

As they spoke, the two youths, about seventeen or eighteen years old, walked into the cave.

As soon as they entered, they saw David Walker.

"David Walker, it's you? What are you doing here?"

One of the youths, who had a black mole on his face, exclaimed in shock.

"People from the Li family." David Walker was also surprised.

He knew these two—they were from Li Ping's maternal family, the Li family.

One was named Frank Thompson, quite handsome, and the one with the black mole was Edward Thompson.

"David Walker, did you hear what we just said?" Frank Thompson stared at David Walker with a dark expression.

David Walker said, "I heard most of it."

"David Walker, since you heard it, you can only blame your bad luck."

A murderous look appeared in Frank Thompson's eyes.

"You want to kill me?" David Walker's face darkened.

"David Walker, in your next life, remember to be smarter. A useless person shouldn't wander around, or you'll easily bring disaster upon yourself." Frank Thompson's voice was icy, full of disdain.

"Frank, no need for you to do it—I'll kill him." Edward Thompson stepped forward, not taking David Walker seriously at all.

Although they saw the tiger's corpse in the cave, they didn't think David Walker had killed it. They assumed it was killed by some other beast or monster.

Did they not know what level David Walker was at?

Frank Thompson nodded and said, "Mm, make it quick. Once this trash is dealt with, we can rest."

"Frank, don't worry, I'll finish him in one move." Edward Thompson grinned viciously and lunged at David Walker's throat with a claw.

Edward Thompson, at the mid-stage Tongmai realm, had opened five meridians. This claw carried at least five hundred jin of force. If it landed, David Walker would be seriously injured if not dead.

"Since you want to kill me, I'll have to kill you first."

David Walker whispered, a flash of killing intent in his eyes. He moved, throwing a punch.

Flame Dragon Fist!

This punch, though launched later, landed first, striking Edward Thompson's chest directly.

Bang!

Edward Thompson was like a sack, sent flying and crashing heavily into the cave wall, blood spurting from his mouth, and then he stopped breathing.

Edward Thompson was killed by David Walker with a single punch.

"You... you killed Edward Thompson? How is that possible?"