Watch out! Something's wrong with this guard.

"Hahaha! You think you can sever all ties with the past just by changing your name?" Lu Yunshi sneered. "I have been searching for many years and risked entering this Tiger's Mouth Abyss precisely for this opportunity today."

"No..." The man in black couldn't explain it clearly for a moment, and he began to wonder if this was really one of his enemies.

But soon, the man in black saw the crossbow in Lu Yunshi's hand. He trembled slightly. Lu Yunshi, who only had the Body Tempering cultivation, was not scary. The key was the silver arrows that were already mounted on the crossbow.

Aside from the first arrow fired in a sneak attack, the crossbowman's subsequent bolts were just ordinary iron arrows. Although they were quite powerful, the great danger they posed was only due to the crossbowman's spiritual energy combined with the crossbow's inherent abilities.

If this silver arrow were used, its power and speed would probably increase several times over. This is why the man in black was willing to expose himself to kill the man with the crossbow.

If it survives to the end, it will fire silver arrows one after another, killing anyone it hits, and no one can stop it.

Moreover, he only realized that the silver arrow had the ability to obstruct the flow of spiritual energy after it hit him, which made his situation even worse.

He could roughly guess that the man with the crossbow didn't have many silver arrows, and that he hadn't been using them to attack others because he wanted to save them for later crucial moments.

Now, that little bastard just mindlessly fired silver arrows and successfully launched two sneak attacks.

Given my current situation, even if the opponent only has the cultivation level of Body Tempering, the ability of their crossbow alone is enough to pose a huge threat to me.

'Damn it, I should have taken that crossbow first.'

The man in black clenched his fist, but gave Lu Yunshi a faint smile, trying to say something to calm the other man's anger.

"Um... young man, don't get agitated, and please don't let your hands shake. We can discuss everything. You said I killed your parents, but you need to provide evidence, right? You can't just kill people like that, can you?"

No sooner had he finished speaking than Lu Yunshi shot out another arrow. However, this time the arrow was much slower. It turned out that this time it was not a silver arrow, but an ordinary iron arrow.

The man in black quickly dodged the attack and breathed a sigh of relief. He tried to wipe the cold sweat from his uninjured hand, but when he realized that the other party had only shot an iron arrow, he became even more nervous.

In his current state, even dodging the iron arrows is so difficult; if he waits any longer...

"I only regret that I couldn't let you suffer to death. If you want me to forgive you, then you don't need to say anything." Lu Yunshi's gaze was sharp, his eyes filled with frantic hatred, as if he wanted to tear the man in black to pieces.

"Hey! You probably want me to help you too, right? And you, you should also kill that little bastard, shouldn't you?" Seeing that Lu Yunshi had no other options, the man in black could only turn his attention to the mercenary leader and his temporary partner.

However, after these words were spoken, both men fell silent, and the crossbowman's former partner looked at him with a strange expression.

Suddenly, the mercenary leader rushed in front of the man in black and slapped him in the chest. The man in black was already in a difficult state, so he had no chance to dodge this sudden attack and was immediately knocked to the ground.

"What...what are you doing? Without my help, how could you have had a chance to defeat those three?" The man in black coughed up a mouthful of blood, his eyes filled with fear.

The mercenary leader smiled contemptuously upon hearing this, offering no reply, but instead looking at Lu Yunshi. "Young brother, this man's behavior is utterly despicable; it's intolerable to heaven and earth. How about I help you eliminate him?"

"Really...really?" As if startled by the mercenary leader's words, Lu Yunshi was speechless.

“Of course it’s true, but I need you to hand me the crossbow after I kill him,” the mercenary leader chuckled.

“No!” Lu Yunshi shook his head decisively upon hearing this, his expression tense. “If I hand this over to you, what will I do if you kill me? This is the only thing I have for self-defense, and there is absolutely no possibility of giving it to you.”

After saying that, Lu Yunshi pointed the crossbow at the mercenary leader's only brother, making everyone hesitant to act.

The mercenary leader stared at the crossbow in Lu Yunshi's hand. He wasn't afraid of the crossbow if he was prepared, but he was afraid that Lu Yunshi would waste silver arrows.

"Alright, since you don't trust me, young man, I'm willing to compromise. I'll still help you kill this bastard, but afterwards, your crossbow must be used to deal with my enemies. What do you say?"

This time, Lu Yun hesitated after hearing the conditions. "If...if that's the case, it's not impossible."

"Alright, in that case, I also believe in your character, young man."

After saying that, the mercenary leader shifted his gaze to the man in black and revealed a sinister smile.

"You want to abandon my cooperation with him? Are you crazy?" Sensing the intense killing intent emanating from the other party, the man in black trembled violently.

"Heh, if there were other options, who would cooperate with you?" The mercenary leader chuckled disdainfully, killing the man with a single blow as the man stared in terror.

After doing all this, the mercenary leader looked at Lu Yun again.

"Young man, you should have seen my sincerity. If you don't do what we agreed on, I won't hold back. But in return, as long as you do well, I will definitely give you some rewards afterwards."

"You need to understand that now you have no choice but to cooperate with us. If you betray us, not only will we kill you at all costs, but the others here will not accept you either. No one will accept a traitor."

He first made a threat, then offered a carrot. Seeing Lu Yunshi nod nervously, he showed a satisfied expression.

Losing the cooperation with the man in black did not bring him much regret; cooperating with the man in black was merely a choice he made out of necessity.

The opponent is powerful and morally questionable. I wouldn't feel safe cooperating with him, especially since he's injured and his fighting ability is greatly reduced. I can't trust him to do anything to protect me in battle.

The younger brother over there was different. He was weak, young, and had clear eyes. He had no principles and was a threat to everyone present because he was holding a crossbow. As long as he could get him to point his weapon at his enemy, losing an untrustworthy comrade wouldn't matter.

As for whether the other party could be trusted, the mercenary leader said that he had seen many inexperienced young people like this, and the other party's behavior from the beginning to the present had proven that he was not a scheming person. In addition, with his own threat, he was not worried.