This was it. This roar belonged to a high-level monster!
Zeng Rong instantly became nervous. He was too familiar with this roar.
In the previous beast tide, he had heard it three times.
Such domineering aura, other than high-level monsters, no other monsters could imitate it.
Zeng Rong quickly stopped and looked around with his back against a tree that was dozens of meters tall.
In just a few seconds, Zeng Rong's entire body was drenched in sweat as if it had just been drenched by rain!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The sound of heavy footsteps came closer and closer, the tremors on the ground growing stronger. As the forest in front of them parted, a huge figure appeared in front of Zeng Rong.
It was like dark clouds were pressing down, as if the end of the world had arrived.
A high-level monster appearing had powerful effects to this extent.
In this area where Gold-ranked monsters were once the kings, a Platinum-ranked monster would be the overlord.
Zeng Rong was stunned when it suddenly appeared in front of him, but he immediately reacted and aimed his camera toward the monster.
Now, he could be completely sure. Within the forest outside the city walls he controlled, there was indeed a high-level monster.
With this video, even if Lord Lang Mie arrived and the monster disappeared, Zeng Rong would still have proof.
After making sure the recording was successful, he prepared to leave without hesitation.
However, at this moment, the monster suddenly let out a deafening voice.
"Human, do you think you can escape from me?"
As the monster spoke, its huge body finally appeared in front of Zeng Rong.
It was an ape with strange green hair all over its body and a pair of angel-like wings on its back.
Seeing the monster flying in the air, his expression changed drastically. Without any hesitation, he turned around and ran!
He was certain at this point. This was definitely a Platinum-ranked monster!
Zeng Rong recognized this because it was able to speak human language.
It was the Sky-Splitting Demonic Ape, the only ape to have wings and green fur.
"You dare to run after barging into this king's territory? Die!"
The Sky-Splitting Demonic Ape flapped its wings and took off, quickly locking Zeng Rong's current position as its target.
Of course, Zeng Rong wouldn't just sit there and wait for death. His entire body was enveloped by a ball of red light, and he instantly unleashed his bloodline energy to the extreme. The Gold-ranked monster crystal core that had been in his mouth all this time was swallowed in one gulp, and then another one was stuffed into his mouth.
Like a shooting star, his figure sped forward like lightning.
However, this level of speed was simply child's play in the Sky-Splitting Demonic Ape's eyes, who was originally good at flying!
The monster only leaped up and followed up with a stomp.
Zeng Rong swallowed another crystal core in his mouth again, running forward crazily at the cost of his life.
However, he was still too slow. The Sky-Splitting Demonic Ape stomped down. Although it didn't directly step on Zeng Rong, the shock waves generated by its stomp swept across the other party's back.
"Pfft…"
Zeng Rong spat out a mouthful of blood.
He was unable to withstand the shock waves caused by the monster's stomp.
If the monster really stepped on him, he would probably be a pile of meat paste by now.
There was no way to make up for the difference in strength by risking one's life, not to mention that the opponent was a Platinum-ranked monster that could fight head-on with a Diamond-ranked Inheritor Expert.
As for Zeng Rong, who was only a 5-star Gold rank, how could he fight against the other party? It was too late to escape.
After surviving the disaster, he ignored his injuries and ran forward again.
In the admiral mansion's control room, Zhang Jun had been staring at a single screen without blinking for almost three hours.
Suddenly, his pupils constricted, and he stood up from his seat.
"Admiral has taken a photo of the evidence. There really is a Platinum-ranked monster in the forest!"
When everyone heard this, they gathered around and saw Zeng Rong vomiting blood from the impact of the monster's stomp.
Everyone was instantly dumbfounded, their hearts growing heavier. They knew that the admiral had entered the forest alone to prevent anyone else from dying.
But now that they saw the green-furred monster in the video, their hearts were filled with fear.
"Leng Qun, Xu Mo, what should we do next? Are we going to go get the admiral?"
Zhang Jun turned around to look at his companions beside him. In the end, he only saw Leng Qun and a group of dumbfounded officers, but he did not see Xu Mo.
"Leng Qun, where's Xu Mo?" A bad feeling rose in his heart.
"He's not here? Eh, where is he?" Leng Qun reacted and looked around, confused. His expression changed.
"Could it be that he ran out of the city to save Admiral?"
Hearing this, their expressions twisted drastically.
At this moment, Xu Mo was indeed outside the city.
When he saw the Sky-Splitting Demonic Ape, he knew that Zeng Rong was in danger.
Without any hesitation, he jumped over the city wall and ran straight into the forest.
He went to the forest not only to pick up Zeng Rong, but also to do the mission the system had assigned him!
Just now, the system had given him another side mission, asking him to go to the forest to slow down the monster and bring Zeng Rong back safely.
The reward was a 10% increase in fusion rate.
Even if there wasn't a mission, Xu Mo would've entered the forest to pick Zeng Rong up anyway. However, he did not expect the system to let him fight the monsters.
Fighting a Platinum-ranked monster head-on?
Just thinking about it made Xu Mo feel excited. The blood in his body was about to boil!
On the other side.
"I'll fight it out with you!"
Zeng Rong, who had been forced to the point where he had no way to escape, became ruthless at this moment.
Ignoring his heavy injuries, he actually pounced on the Sky-Splitting Demonic Ape!
Zeng Rong was ready to die together with the monster, even if he knew that doing so was similar to a moth flying into a flame, and they couldn't die together.
But even if he had to die, he had to at least tear off a piece of that monster's skin!
Moreover, he was forced into a corner. Platinum and Gold-ranked monsters were basically two completely different beings.
When a monster grows to Platinum, other than its strength increasing exponentially, it will also obtain innate combat skills and territory.
Even the weakest Platinum-ranked ones without any innate combat skills would still have their own domain.
Within the monster's territory, humans would have nowhere to hide.
For example, the Sky-Splitting Demonic Ape in front of Zeng Rong had a domain that was similar to a human radar, but it was countless times more advanced than that.
Within the ape's domain, no matter how fast Zeng Rong ran, he couldn't hide.
"If that's all you have, then you can go to hell!"
The Sky-Splitting Demonic Ape had enough of playing with Zeng Rong. It stomped down and used the shock waves to send the other party flying. Then, it aimed its first toward the latter in the air.
Looking at the fist closing in, Zeng Rong, who was still flying in midair, closed his eyes in despair.