Chapter 9 - Ch.9 The First Month Ends

 Fooo!

A sea of flames passes by as Nexus dodges, the tree behind him burns but the flames quickly die down and don't spread due to the tree's strong vitality.

"Come one fu#kers, is that all you got."

 Nexus mocks as he fires the arrow, hitting one of the foxes in the neck. Due to the provocation and the attack, the prideful foxes howl in anger.

"Haha"

Nexus laughs as he is chased by five foxes from behind, a sea of flame rages but they fail to hit Nexus.

Although he had fought against a larger group of foxes, these five were at least three times stronger than an average fox.

"These five don't seem to have evolved, well it seems I underestimated the beasts."

Nuxus muttered as he fired the handmade arrows in rapid succession, some managed to hit the fox but most of them missed.

"Is that all you got?"

Nexus shouted as he slapped his butt with his hands as a form of provocation, seeing the human in front of them sowing such disrespect their eyes became red with anger.

It was the only weakness he found about these flame foxes: They have unnaturally high pride and arrogance. Their pride is so high that if provoked, even by someone stronger than them, they will fight rather than run away.

Also, another thing to note is that they take pleasure in others' suffering, he has seen his fair share of vipers being tortured.

After a while of throwing flame bursts continuously, the foxes got tired and they started to pant, even so, they didn't stop chasing Nexus.

Nexus smiled as he had waited for this moment, taking out five arrows he stopped and turned around before the foxes could even react arrows pierced each of their head one after another.

"I guess I found some good for today."

[System Notice: Congratulations on surviving for 30 days in this world. Your reward has been distributed please check in your Personal tab. ]

[System Notice: The system has officially entered version two, please check the changes.]

"Ohh! I almost forget about that."

Nexus muttered with a laugh, but his eyes weren't laughing as he looked at the system. In fact, murderous intent flashed through his eyes.

After all, this was the reason seven billion people had to die in such an unnatural way. Although he isn't strong now.... he has made a promise to himself... in the future, he will tear this system with his own hands if he lives long enough to see that day.

Well, he may after all he is Nexus, 'The Faceless Madman' ranked seventh on the ranking.

As for how he got that title.... well a lot has happened in these thirty days.

As Nexus was having those thoughts, the chatters throughout the world stopped doing their own thing as they looked at the system notice.

In the cold winter land, a man in a full army dress was walking through the snow-covered forest, a sledgehammer covered in blood was being dragged by him as he walked forward.

"Hmm... A month has finally passed."

He muttered as he caressed the scar on the left side of his face, it was something he got in this world.

As for the culprit...

Think about the devil and here he comes, a dog covered in rotten skin jumped out from the pile of snow as it pounced at the man.

"Hump!"

Snorting at that he swung the sledgehammer in a smooth motion, smashing the head of the dog against the tree.

Boom!

With that sound, a massive dent appeared on the tree as the head of the Rotten-Fleshed Dog disappeared in a pile of mush.

"Disgusting as always, I wonder how those kids handle these monsters."

He muttered as he moved forward into the snow-covered wasteland with his back straight and his sledgehammer bloodied.

He was Jin, "The Judgement" ranked 15th in the ranking.

In a mountainous terrain, a group of thirty stone-covered dod-sized ants were surrounding a single woman, she was wielding a katana in her hand and was covered in old samurai armor.

It gave her a majestic aura until you looked at the modern army backpack on her back... it kinda ruined her whole image.

She and her katana were covered in blood from head to toe... but they weren't her blood but the blood of the ants that she had slayed.

"There is no end to this."

She complained in frustration as she gripped her katana tightly before the ants could even move forward she took the first step.

In an instant, she disappeared, and blue light flashed near the neck of the ants as before they could even scream the thirty ants's heads fell.

The woman appeared behind them as she gently wiped the blood from her Katans, suddenly the system noticed got her attention.

"30 days huh..."

She muttered as as she remembered all those who had died, in fact, she was one of those saints that gave food away for free.

She is Yukihema, 'The Twilight Saint' ranked tenth on the ranking.

"I hope no more have to die."

She muttered as she looked at the distant horizon.

In a tropical jungle, a weird scene can be seen, a group of monkeys were making a circle and in the middle of that circle, a man and a monkey were sitting opposite to one another.

"Come Bi#ch I will show you who got hands."

The man muttered as he gave the monkey a middle finger, provoked by it the monkey screeched as it charged toward him.

The monkeys surrounding them started to cheer as they waited for the bloody battle forward. But alas they won't get their wish.

The rushing monkey stopped in his tracks as the man gloved covered hands gripped its neck, as the man put a little force the neck cracked and the monkey lost its life.

"Quite boring. I wonder when I will get to fight with Nexus and others."

The man muttered in disappointment as he turned his eyes to the surrounding monkeys, he sighed as he took a step and disappeared from the monkey's vision.

The next moment, all of them fell to the ground with their neck broken and their life fading away. As he was going to walk away the system notice caught his attention.

"Finally something interesting."

He muttered with a smile,.. he was Chen, 'The Martial Fantic' ranked 17th on the ranking.

In a swampy area, a man in tattered clothes walked next to the giant swamp where monsters were lurking without a care in the world.

A red poison-covered frog tong sprang out from deep in the swamp at the speed of the bullet, the man turned his eyes to the tong but his face was still expressionless.

His hands moved with inhumane speed as he grabbed the tong with his bare hand, with a pull; the water was parted as a giant frog was thrown out of the swamp.

With a single motion of his body his hands pierced through the frog's head killing it in an instant, without even decomposing it he ripped off a leg of the frog before taking a bite.

Putting the rest for sale he walked in silence again, the system caught his attention but his expression didn't change and he walked forward in this swamp area where it wasn't clear who was the prey and who was the hunter.

He was Raj, 'The Silence' ranked 1st in the ranking and undoubtedly the strongest person currently.

As for Noir.. well she was sleeping currently having a dream about something that put a smile on her.

Her current expression truly lived up to her title, 'The Blood Rose' ranked third in the ranking.

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Don't forget to drop some power stones.

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