The Martial Unity

Five hundred meters.

Two hundred meters.

One hundred meters.

Fifty meters.

Ten meters.

Just when it was ten meters away from the herd, Rui was already in crouched tensed position, waiting for the right moment to use Balanced Direction, Parallel Walk and Outer Convergence to leap towards it.

And there it was.

The ground trembled, and a meter away from herd, a huge bump emerged.

Five meters in length, five pairs of limbs, scales covering its entire body. But that was not the most eye-drawing part of the beast.

It had a single big eye, and a circular mouth that expanded immensely to reveal jagged razor-sharp teeth within as multiple tentacle-like tongues protruded out.

It looked like a monster created by a character design department of a horror film that were allocated far too much time and money to make the monster look as grotesque and terrifying as possible.

It was the first time that Rui had seen such a grotesque creature in either of his lives.

the eco-survey device, relieved that he had effectively fulfilled the first objective of the mission. The eco-survey device was strapped onto his body, a feature that made it convenient to carry around and use immediately when needed, allowing it to witness everything

beast. He wanted to document its consumption to verify that this beast was in fact the beast responsible for the mass-hunting of the herbivorous population of the

a gazelle in seconds, as its acidic saliva decomposed the deer's flesh into a gooey sap which

living gazelle was reduced to a skeletal carcass in

device and leapt towards the beast with Apprentice-level techniques. The beast in turn froze as it detected powerful seismic radiation from very close by. It tilted its head

BOOM

meters away from it, grinning in ecstasy and flinching in disgust at the

the first place. It was an apex predator as well, even if it avoided other predators, that was to minimize risk, not because it was incapable of winning. There were very few predators in the Shaia Plains more dangerous

Martial Apprentice, and was entirely focused on the beast in front of him. The weight of his mind pushed on the beast's mind,

as a result of evolution. This sixth sense was a result of subconscious analysis and evaluation of the

now, the beast's instincts were warning it that as tiny as the little pup of a creature

already fled away and its meal had been interrupted, evoking its primal rage and

than I expected.') Rui noted. The beast had simple

retreated, as it

is incredibly rational.')

had anticipated this,

mud at an immense speed, using its saliva to break down

Rui was

pressed a button on a device he had obtained with the explosives from

detonator that detonated all the explosives he had obtained from the Ministry of Ecology and

explosives he had obtained had long been detonated before to guide the beast into coming here, but there

ten meters deeps outside the grazing they

triggered, the beast