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 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 that

to document its consumption to verify that

nailed it.') Rui thought ecstatically as he watched the beast consume a gazelle in seconds, as its acidic saliva decomposed the deer's flesh into a gooey sap which was sucked

to a skeletal

decided to jump in. He clutched the standard-issue tracking 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 in the

BOOM

landed ten meters away from it, grinning in ecstasy and flinching in

was capable of making expressions in 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

focused on the beast in front of him. The weight of his mind pushed on the beast's mind, making

living being had a nascent instinctual sixth sense, if it could be called that, as a result of evolution. This sixth sense was a result of

as the little pup of a creature Rui was, it was

hand, the gazelles had already fled away and its meal had been interrupted, evoking its primal rage and unsated hunger, on the other, fighting

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

beast retreated, as it

really gonna run away? That is incredibly rational.') Rui cursed, he'd hoped the

had anticipated this,

at an immense speed, using its saliva to break down the resistance in order to speed up the

Rui was

button on a device he had obtained

a detonator that detonated all the explosives he had obtained

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

explosives were placed ten meters deeps

was triggered, the