Soon, the group walked along the connection between the two islands and came to an island in the center of the archipelago. The stone temple was located in the middle of the island.
Just as everyone was preparing to cheer for arriving at the stone hall, they suddenly saw a spiritual master in the Concentration God Stage and two masters in the Void God Stage rushing over not far away.
The three men's faces were filled with fear of surviving a disaster, as if they had just experienced a brutal battle.
The nine people immediately looked at the three people with nervous faces. The strength of the three people seemed to be one level higher than Ye Li and the others. After all, Ye Li and the others only had one spiritual master in the Condensation Spirit Stage and one spiritual master in the Void Spirit Stage, and the rest of them were below the Yuantai Stage.
However, everyone immediately assumed a fighting stance and locked their minds on the three people who were approaching from afar.
The three of them looked flustered when they saw the fighting posture of the crowd. The leader, standing in the distance, waved and shouted to the crowd: "Friends over there, don't do it. We have no ill intentions. We just escaped!!!"
After hearing their words, everyone felt a little relieved. It seemed that the other party had also experienced a lot of hardships.
"Seeing that there are so few of you, could it be that you have encountered a demon beast in the Concentration Stage?"
Victor put away his hostility slightly and asked.
The leader of the other party, the Condensation Stage Spiritual Master, had a gloomy face when he heard this, and then he said with regret, "We were also bewildered, thinking that there were treasures in the cave over there, so we walked in carelessly. Who would have thought that it was actually the habitat of Condensation Stage monsters? Now my whole team is dead in there, and the only ones left are the three of us.
The three of us were all quite fast, so we were lucky enough to escape with our lives. In the cave, I was no match for that Condensation Stage monster."
Victor was stunned when he heard his words, then shook his head and said, "Then your luck is really bad. You really encountered a monster in the Concentration Stage."
Their losses were actually not small, but at least they only encountered a monster at the peak of the Void God Stage, while the other side encountered a monster at the Condensation God Stage, which was really more tragic.
The leader of the other party shook his head dejectedly upon hearing this and said, "Brother, you look like Victor from the Tov Shipping Company. I am Mephisto from the Tianlong Gang. It is a pleasure to meet you today."
The leader had a face full of flesh and didn't look very friendly, but he was quite polite when speaking and even took the initiative to introduce himself.
Victor was stunned when he heard this and said, "So it's the leader of the Tianlong Gang who personally led the team here. I've heard of your name for a long time."
When Victor said he had heard of the other person's name for a long time, the expression on his face twitched slightly. He had indeed heard of the other person's name, but it was not a good reputation, but a bad reputation.
The other party is not a good person. He commits all kinds of evil, including burning, killing, looting and so on. He can be said to be a villain who is endangering one side.
Although Mephisto was cruel, he was very polite to official people and often treated them with courtesy, so he was able to gain some connections, and the bad things he did were suppressed and he never received any punishment.
Hearing Victor's words, Mephisto laughed and said, "Brother Victor, you are very polite. I know my own character and I don't have a good reputation at all.
But even so, I still want to make an unwelcome request to you, brother, and I hope you can accept it. "
Hearing Mephisto's words, Victor frowned slightly and said, "I wonder what you want to say, Excellency?"
Mephisto looked at the stone temple next to him and said, "I want to team up with you guys to enter the stone temple. We can share the things we get with you equally. What do you think?"
Victor was startled when he heard Mephisto's words, then curled his lips and said, "Please forgive me for not accepting your proposal. After all, most cooperation involves finding acquaintances. This is the first time you and I have met, so it is better for us not to mingle together."
Mephisto did not get angry when he heard Victor's rejection, and said: "I know my reputation is a bit bad, but I think if we can cooperate, it should be able to benefit both of us.
After all, you should have seen it, brother, the monsters here are too powerful, and we little people can't deal with them casually."
After hearing what Mephisto said, Victor hesitated a little. After all, he didn't have many men left, and he didn't know whether he would encounter danger after entering the stone hall.
Mephisto saw the change in Victor's expression and quickly added: "If you don't trust us, you can collect what you have obtained and leave us your share at the end of the expedition. How about that?"
Victor was somewhat tempted when he heard this, but he still held back and said, "I can consider your proposal, but I don't agree with the so-called 50-50 split from the bottom of my heart. You were able to come here because of us, so you should thank us."
After hearing Victor's words, Mephisto exchanged glances with his men, and then said: "Brother Victor's words make some sense. The purpose of your coming here is obviously to obtain more resources. With our help, your chances of obtaining resources will be greater.
Of course, we also have more opportunities to obtain resources, so everyone is helping each other.
But it is because of your discovery that we have the opportunity to come here, so we are willing to suffer a little loss, so how about a 40% to 60% split.
You have six and we have four.
Of course, if you don't agree to this, then let's go in together. How much each of us can gain depends on our ability, and no one should restrict anyone else."
As he spoke, Mephisto's attitude hardened again after a slight compromise, and he did not intend to make any more concessions.
After hearing what the other party said, Victor pondered for a while.
The situation inside the stone hall was indeed unclear. It would definitely be much safer with the participation of three people, and if they entered in a state of competition with each other, a fight would most likely break out immediately.
Once they get in, they find that there is no danger as they imagined, but some treasure inside. Since the opponent is slightly stronger than them, they will definitely not make concessions. The best result in the end is a 50-50 split, and they may even be overwhelmed by the opponent.
Now, if we can make a 40:60 distribution of the contents, even if there is a fluctuation in the end and it becomes 50:50, it can at least ensure that we will not easily go to war with each other. After all, we are still allies in name.
Victor also didn't want all the people he brought with him to die, and then fight with the other side to the point where both sides suffered losses.
It would not be good if there were other people behind them who could pass through the two-layer island and reach the stone palace, allowing the fisherman to take advantage of them.