"A breakthrough..."

Even though the Dragon Nest Tribe's long spear array is formidable, under the relentless assault of these eerie gray ape creatures, after killing several times their own number of enemies, the Dragon Nest Beastmen have nearly reached their limit. If a breakthrough cannot be found, they will ultimately be defeated.

Rodney's gaze shuttled through the chaotic figures, finally fixing on the eerie gray ape leader who kept making strange cries.

In this world, Beastmen have a unified Orc language. Maybe the nasal sounds of Kobolds and Minotaurs are different, but they all understand the meaning to be similar.

It's said this unified language is a gift from the Divine, and throughout the Kawa Great Forest, practically every Beastman speaks this one language.

However, Rodney couldn't understand the strange cries of that gray ape. It didn't sound like communication but more like a twisted struggle, a ghostly wailing.

"It's him!"

Rodney's gaze was fixed on that guy compared to other gray ape creatures, the fungus on the gray ape leader was significantly larger, half his head had already rotted away, appearing to be more severely corrupted by those inexplicable eerie forces.

More importantly, despite Rodney not understanding his strange cries, from his reactions and actions, it seemed he was commanding the gray ape creatures' attack.

"I can only dare to try." Rodney calculated secretly, pondering deeply.

There was still a large distance between him and the gray ape leader. Numerous gray ape creatures blocked Rodney's breakthrough route, and Rodney also didn't think these eerie gray apes would simply let him break through and kill the king.

"Although I haven't completely mastered these moves, there's no other choice now!"

Rodney tightly gripped the Great Sword with both hands, raising it above his head. Inside him, Fighting Qi explosively surged, streams of air rising from beneath his feet.

"Shunpo!"

Bang!!!

Thunderous sounds suddenly exploded, the Fighting Qi gathered beneath Rodney's feet continuously erupted several times, exerting massive counterforce.

The next moment,

Rodney's figure suddenly vanished, leaving only a large, spiderweb-like crack on the ground, a frenzy of air currents sweeping out violently.

"That is..."

All around, the Dragon Nest Beastmen widened their eyes, staring incredulously at where Rodney had suddenly disappeared before their eyes.

While the gray ape creatures rushing in, had no reaction at all, but in fact, they didn't need to react.

"Gale Wave One-Line Slash!"

In an instant, Rodney's figure appeared behind the gray ape leader,

A dazzling, white beam swept through the void in an instant, drawing from Rodney's original position, extending to Rodney's Great Sword. That light seemed to cut the whole space in half.

Along the way, those gray ape creatures that had leaped into the air were all split from the waist by an invisible weapon, even the surrounding trees were cleaved in two, slipping to the ground.

"That is... the Combat Technique developed by His Highness Austin!"

Witnessing this scene, all the beastmen widened their eyes, as the elite of the Dragon Nest Tribe, they knew about Austin developing Combat Techniques. Some in the team even cultivated these techniques, though time was short and they hadn't yet achieved significant results.

But no matter what, they never expected the power of these techniques to be so formidable!

The surrounding gray ape creatures also stopped,

Not because they were struck with terror by the sword into a stupor but because the gray ape leader's head was also being severed.

These eerie gray ape creatures seemed to lose command without the leader's directives, standing blindly where they were. Upon seeing the Dragon Nest Beastmen gathered together, they drooped their dry, green eyes, staggering towards the beastmen.

Without the leader, they still attacked the Dragon Nest Beastmen, but their pace was extremely slow, unlike before when they threw themselves forward like moths to a flame.

With this change, the Dragon Nest Beastmen let out a long sigh, gradually exterminating these sluggish gray apes.

"Cough cough..."

Meanwhile, Rodney stood pale on the ground, coughing up a mouthful of blood.

Shunpo, a magic-modified Combat Technique from Navy Six Techniques' 'Shave,' differed from its original body's pure movement. Shunpo uses Fighting Qi gathered beneath the feet to instantly erupt multiple times, generating counterforce for movement.

This instantaneous movement beyond visual perception exerts immense pressure on the body. Although Rodney successfully used it and slayed the gray ape leader with Gale Wave, the powerful pressure left his body severely injured.

"No wonder His Highness said, until the body reaches a certain level, not to overuse Shunpo; this pressure is genuinely terrifying..."

After resting for a while, Rodney returned to the team. By this point, the eerie gray ape creatures, without their leader's command, had been thoroughly cleaned out, leaving only a few struggling captives.

Around him came gazes of reverence. That prior sword strike was truly stunning, and beastmen are naturally inclined to admire strength. Thus, these gazes were unsurprising.

"How is it?"

Rodney looked at the few gray ape creatures tied with vines in the center, asking the companions around him.

"No way to communicate. They've turned into beasts, and their bodies are really eerie."

Watching the eerie gray ape creatures tied tight in vines, still frantically struggling like they lost their reason, Rodney fell silent.

Dried eyes, green blood, moldy and decaying bodies, lost reason, insane bloodlust... all these signs show that this is not simple.

Contemplating briefly, a flash from the sword, Rodney severed the captives with a single strike.

Facing the stunned gazes around him, Rodney's expression remained unchanged as he spoke:

"If we can't get answers, forget it. We don't have time to waste on them. Everyone rest up; soon we'll climb that mountain range. I have a feeling we'll find the answers there."

The Dragon Nest Beastmen had no objections, as Rodney was already the leader of this expedition, not to mention his previous display of strength had truly won over all the beastmen.

An hour later, the Dragon Nest Beastmen began their ascent towards the high mountain.

Unsurprisingly, atop the mountain lay a crumbling, decayed gray ape tribe, filled with many eerie gray ape creatures. Without their leader's command, they were easily slain by the Dragon Nest Beastmen.

After exterminating the gray ape tribe and reaching the highest peak, looking down toward the western region, all the Dragon Nest Beastmen sucked in a breath cold, falling into a deathly silence.

"Oh no... this is trouble!!!"

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