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.

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

least, one beast. He wanted to document its consumption to verify that this beast was in fact

nailed it.') Rui thought ecstatically as he watched the beast consume a gazelle in seconds, as its acidic saliva decomposed the deer's

was reduced to a skeletal carcass in less than

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

BOOM

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

was an apex predator as well, even if it avoided other predators, that was to minimize risk, not because it

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

that, as a result of evolution. This sixth sense was a result of

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

interrupted, evoking its primal

expected.') Rui noted. The beast had simple stared at him with

the beast retreated, as

incredibly rational.') Rui cursed,

anticipated this,

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

Rui was

a device he had obtained with the explosives from the

a detonator that detonated all the explosives

of the explosives he had obtained had long been detonated before to guide the beast into coming here, but there were a set of explosives Rui

placed ten meters deeps

detonator was triggered, the beast