But I have crowd-control skills with me!
With a loud roar, Lu Chen's eyes turned pitch black and a majestic aura descended upon the battlefield.
Under the majestic aura, the sounds of the birds and insects have fell silent and the whole place turned dead quiet, even the sound of the wind couldn't be heard anymore.
In the silence, the Death Wing Mantis who was charging toward Lu Chen wasn't feeling good either.
Although it didn't fall to the ground in the Conqueror's Haki's majestic aura, its movements have slowed down and turned weak all of a sudden.
The sudden change of situation made the Death Wing Mantis felt uneasy and it immediately fluttered its wings to fly away from Lu Chen.
Sadly, its thoughts and body movements were out of sync under the Conqueror's Haki's aura. Its wings were fluttering but they weren't good enough to lift him out.
Not only has it not fly away, but the fluttering wings even tilted its body and made it crash into a tree beside it. Then, it fell to the ground.
However, the Death Wing Mantis was not simple as well. At the moment it fell, it has returned normal from the Conqueror's Haki's power. But it was too late.
At the very instant it returned normal, a dark metal sword slammed on its head from above.
The sword had no edge, it wasn't even sharp at all. But the force it has was unstoppable.
Puchi—
Green liquid splashed out as the metal sword crushed its head. After crushing the Death Wing Mantis's head, the metal sword continue to slam down and made a huge hole on the ground.
[System Message: Host has killed the barbaric beast—Death Wing Mantis and earned 800 Mastery Points.]
800? It sure is strong but it's a pity I had found its weakness.
The Death Wing Mantis was clearly a high-attack and high-agility beast, it was definitely hard to deal with.
In comparison, it was even more threatening than the Fire Bull. After all, it was capable of killing Lu Chen in one strike.
However, the barbaric beast was greatly affected by Lu Chen's Conqueror's Haki.
I'm slow, but that's fine because I have the Conqueror's Haki. As long as I can pin you down for a single second, I can crush your puny head!
No matter how fast and how powerful their attacks were, they could be easily killed when they were affected by the crowd-control skills.
After all, the room for mistake was little if they don't go tank.
In the games, a mistake was nothing as the characters would revive a few dozen seconds after death. But in the real world, there was no such thing as revival and death means death, even the slightest mistake could cost lives.
While he was thinking about the Death Wing Mantis's death, Lu Chen also praised the prowess of the Gold skills.
The Barbarian King's Bloodline has proven its prowess as a Gold skill.
And now, the Conqueror's Haki also showed that it wasn't graded as a Gold skill for nothing.
In the battles of life or death, a small opening was more than enough to decide the outcome of the battles. Hence, it was normal for the fighters to seek out the openings in their opponents' stance.
But with the Conqueror's Haki, Lu Chen was able to cause his opponents show their openings.
Once they have showed their openings, it'd be their death.
He pulled the metal sword out from the ground and then tore the Death Wing Mantis's front limbs down with his hands.
What a pity, your meat is not consumable.
He shook his head and left the woods with the mantis's front limbs.
After Lu Chen left, the sounds of birds and insects have also returned. However, what the beasts in the forest would never know was Lu Chen has killed their protector.
Soon, the villagers would swarm into its territory to plunder the resources here.
…
After he walked out of the woods, Lu Chen wasn't heading back to the village. Instead, he was making his way to the Black Lake as planned before.
However, before reaching the Black Lake, Lu Chen would have to go through the Fire Bull's territory. There, he met the villagers again.
At the same time, they also saw him and the giant mantis's limbs on his back.
They were shocked to see the horrible-looking front limbs.
"What is that? They look horrifying."
"I know, my man said it is the God of Death in the Dark Woods. It was the one that killed Da Shu's father."
"Master Ah'Chen had the creature's front limbs, doesn't that mean he has killed it?"
"If that's the case, then we are in luck. We will have another piece of territory to plunder for resources."
"That's right. Another piece of territory. My little daughter might not have to die this winter now."
…
While Lu Chen walked past them, the crowd were nonstop talking about it behind him.
Lu Chen didn't pay any attention to them. But while he was on his way, there were many barbarian girls that offered Lu Chen fruits.
He randomly took one of the fruits and took a bite to replenish his energy while feeling helpless.
Honestly, he has no idea how to deal with the barbarian girls.
Of course, Lu Chen wouldn't tell them straight up that they were not their cup of tea.
Bah, whatever, I shouldn't think too much about that now. I should focus on the barbaric beasts!
Just like that, Lu Chen walked toward his second destination with only his sword.
That's right. When he met the villagers just now, he has passed the Death Wing Mantis's front limbs to them and requested the villagers to bring them back to his house.
The Death Wing Mantis's front limbs were useful. They could be used as weapons after some modifications, which was why Lu Chen brought it back with him.
On the other hand, he was not afraid of the villagers stealing the front limbs from him.
Right now, other than the chieftain and Wuzu, I'm the strongest in the village. And soon, I'll even be stronger than them. Hence, they would never steal my stuff. Even if the chieftain wanted it, he would have to ask and discuss with me beforehand.
This was the benefits that comes with his prowess.
Lu Chen was travelling light and he quickly arrived at his destination, the Black Lake.
Black Lake was just a lake.
As the saying goes, water was the source of life. Whether it was the ordinary beasts or barbaric beasts, they would all have to drink. Thus, there were many beasts gathered around the Black Lake.
If Lu Chen had found out about Black Lake before this, he might've come and hunt the beasts for Mastery Points. But now, he didn't care much about the Mastery Points the ordinary beasts would award him anymore.
His goal now was the barbaric beasts' Mastery Points and their meat.
As many beasts have come to drink beside the Black Lake, the territory would never lack in water and food. Hence, a powerful barbaric beast that conquered the Black Lake.
The closer he gets to the Black Lake, the denser the air around him.
Lu Chen didn't try to go to the side of the lake and he shouted at it from a distance.
"Roar!!"
Lu Chen's battlecry was so loud the beasts drinking in the Black Lake scattered and fled in an instant.
But there were also some vicious tigers and beasts that were roaring back at him.
However, as Lu Chen swept his eyes across them, the beasts eventually backed down.
They could tell Lu Chen who has a strong Vigor was a huge threat to them.
Then, Lu Chen unleased his aura and the rest of the beasts immediately fled as well.
At the same time, his intrusion has provoked the territory's owner.
As soon as Lu Chen's roar stopped, a louder roar came from the center of the lake.
Then, a dark grey figure burst out from the lake and charged toward Lu Chen.
Just as Uncle Da Zhuang described, you will charge out once provoked.
The barbaric beasts were unique to one another. Some of them were like the Death Wing Mantis, skilled in preying from the dark; some others were like the Fire Bull, strong in defense, and naturally, there were also some like this barbaric beast, strong in strength but easily provoked.
However, even though it was easily provoked, it didn't mean the barbaric beast was easier to deal than the Death Wing Mantis.
One must know, even when it was easily provoked, the fact that it was able to survive all the battles and eventually own its own territory proved its prowess.
Usually, barbaric beasts of this kind were mostly the stronger ones.
For example, the Fire Bull has impenetrable skin, burning furs, and unstoppable momentum in its charge. All of this made it an unbeatable opponent over the years.
The same could be said for this barbaric beast. It was also strong in fighting head-on.
As he thought about it, Lu Chen didn't take any evasion at the incoming beast.
After all, I too am good at fighting head-on!