Chapter 644: Determination
Chapter 644: Determination
"Dune, get down!!!"
On the other side of the mountain peak, an intense battle raged.
Hunters commanded an army of Insectoids, engaging in a fierce skirmish with three local Awakened ones.
A few days ago, when Lindsay arrived to reinforce them, he specifically brought over a large number of Insectoid soldiers from the Insect Nest to bolster their forces.
However, this still wasn't enough to suppress the enemy.
Gray Rhino, Porcupine, and Eagle.
These were the three Awakened ones Shi Quan sent to pursue the Hunters, two of them in the Fourth Phase and one in the Fifth.
One of the Fourth Phase Awakened was a Perception Skill holder, specializing in reconnaissance and detection.
The other two were a combination of Life School and Eroder.
Among them, Eagle was the Sensor, leading the detection of attacks and enemy movements in the vicinity while providing support with his agile movements.
The Fifth Phase Life School Awakened, Gray Rhino, was an individual of immense strength. While his combat skills might not rival a Warrior's, his vitality and robust physique allowed him to exhibit a violent, Hulk-like destructive force, and his regenerative abilities were downright exaggerated.
But the most bizarre of them all was Porcupine, the Eroder.
He violently stripped away the life force of all things with his Skill.
Among the over ten Insectoids they had killed, aside from two or three crushed by Gray Rhino, the Life School Awakened, the rest were mere husks, drained of life by Porcupine.
In the midst of the battle, after a comrade's warning...
Dune leaped off the cliff he was standing on, using the memories of the Hunters to nimbly traverse a U-shaped path along the mountain's side and land on the other side of the slope.
Boom—
Right where Dune had been standing.
Gray Rhino descended, pulverizing the ground beneath him, and the air around seemed to tremble with the man's every breath.
Swish—
Gray Rhino snapped his head towards Dune, locking his gaze on him.
He knew that the Hunter before him was the leader of the Awakened on their side, and he intended to capture the king first.
A cruel smile tugged at the corner of his mouth:
"Dare to ambush us?"
"Little one, you don't know how many lives you have!"
Gray Rhino's figure leaped again, propelled by the explosive power of his muscular build.
His entire body soared like a great bird, casting a shadow over the mountaintop as his enlarged form ascended.
And just as Dune had climbed up...
He froze, unable to react in time to dodge the incoming attack! Having hastily advanced to the Fourth Phase, he was no match for a Fifth Phase powerhouse like Gray Rhino in the Green Swamp.
"Dune!"
In that critical moment, Dune felt a sharp pain in his right arm.
He didn't have time to turn, but the corner of his eye caught a glimpse of Alu, the Hunter who had distributed food a few days ago, shouldering him out of harm's way.
Boom—
The next second, the shadow descended.
Dune's body rolled on the ground several times.
As he struggled to get up, his keen Hunter Skill detected the sound of bones and muscles tearing.
When he finally lifted his gaze, Gray Rhino, the Life School Awakened, was already standing.
Beneath him lay unrecognizable shapes, silent and lifeless.
"..."
Alu was dead.
His subordinate, Alu, had sacrificed himself to save Dune.
Dune struggled to describe his emotions at that moment.
The only certainty he had was that such a scene would have been impossible on the Barren Land in the past.
A comrade dying to save him?
In an instant, Alu's past words and actions flooded his mind, back in the Forest Capital...
The scene of life in the Wildlands unfolded before their eyes.
"You..."
Rumble!
Before the sand fox could finish his sentence, a thunderous roar erupted from a nearby mountain peak.
Everyone's attention was drawn to it.
On the other side of the battlefield.
Due to the complete collapse of the mountain's structure, a peak toppled eastward, causing the entire ground to shake violently, making it difficult to stand.
Then, a more intense Essence Pulse, along with a storm, spread across the faces of the battling crowd.
It was the aura of battle, a colossal force that could only erupt during life-or-death struggles! The storm slapped their faces.
Some also realized what the power that erupted from the mountain signified.
"Six... Phase Six?"
It was the Green Swamp Awakener who was surprised.
Shi Quan usually even concealed his strength, only displaying Phase Five skills, but at this moment, he inadvertently caused the Green Swamp Awakener to feel fear.
In the Green Swamp, they strictly adhered to a system where Awakener strength was paramount.
At this moment, they thought they were facing a Phase Six Awakener.
The sense of fear began to well up, hard to suppress.
"Huh?"
Gray Rhino, who was looking eastward, suddenly felt a sharp pain in his chest.
He quickly looked down and realized what had happened.
As everyone was shocked by the massive earthquake.
Sand Dune abandoned his personal safety and charged forward with hatred, raising the hunter blade in his hand and plunging it into the other's heart.
Gray Rhino was in pain and anger:
"You bastard..."
Sand Dune's determined voice echoed:
"I want you dead!"
The double blades sank deeper into Gray Rhino's chest.
Sand Dune exerted his strength, and the two of them tumbled down the cliff together.
"Lord Sand Dune! Alu?"
Others also noticed the scene unfolding at the mountain's peak.
The hunter commanding the insects almost wanted to immediately abandon the porcupine and eagle, as the insects formed a swarm and headed towards the mountain's waist to check the situation.
Then, the first few insects in front went limp.
They realized a formidable enemy had appeared.
How could the Green Swamp Awakener remain unmoved?
He sniped these hunters, planning to free the most mobile Gray Rhino from entanglement and lead them away quickly!
"None of you will pass!"
"Eagle, quickly bring Gray Rhino up, we need to escape immediately!"
The porcupine spoke.
An immense life force was forcibly extracted from the surroundings and gathered within this person.
The hunter who wanted to support Sand Dune, the one at the forefront, fell to the ground directly.
In an instant, he lost his breath, just like the dead insect beside him.
The Phase Four Eroder blocked the way, like an insurmountable chasm.
Unlike regular Awakeners.
As the battle deepened, the porcupine continuously absorbed the Essence and life force around him, becoming even more formidable than before, and even showing a trend of rapidly increasing strength.
"With me here, you can all have a nice chat."
The porcupine grinned hideously.
The raid on the Forest Capital was no longer the priority.
Besides escaping from here.
He also began plotting the lives of these people before him.
After all, these were all Awakeners, and in the Green Swamp, he couldn't casually absorb these valuable assets.
Thud—
At a speed that was difficult for anyone to react to.
A shadow dropped from above, and the porcupine, who had been grinning maliciously just a moment ago, was split in two by a longsword.
"Sorry, I'm late."
Lindsey stood up on the corpse, splattered with blood. In his hand was an unconscious man, the very Shi Quan, whose body was riddled with diseases and whose soul was damaged.
(End of Chapter)
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