Chapter 13: The Final Tempering
There were many beast groups on Australia, the largest being the ape beast group, with its leader being the newly evolved king-level beast, the Mountain Ape. Speaking of which, the reason this Mountain Ape could evolve was because the Azure Dragon clone had killed several king-level monsters, feeding their corpses to it.
"For now, I'll hunt a few Horde Leader monsters to practice. Before leaving Australia, I'll challenge the Mountain Ape." Shen Mu planned to temper his spirit force spear technique, as he couldn't encounter many higher Horde Leader monsters when hunting in the training camp.
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Deep in the valley, a giant snake covered in dark golden scales was crawling cautiously. This snake was originally under the command of the Purple Dragon. Since the Purple Dragon died at the hands of Shen Mu's Azure Dragon clone, the once massive snake beast group had disintegrated.
A cold light suddenly bloomed in the air, and the air emitted a series of piercing shrieks. The golden snake reacted instantly, its tail sweeping horizontally and directly knocking Shen Mu's spear away. A pair of cold, vertical pupils locked onto Shen Mu, who had just appeared.
"Roar" The dark Golden Python was enraged and instantly went berserk, its enormous body bursting with terrifying speed, its massive strength rampaging, causing the entire ground to tremble.
"Good, the first high Horde Leader monster is in place."
Shen Mu waved his right hand, and the sharp spear returned to his back. Then, at a 'leisurely' pace, he provoked the Dark Golden Python to chase him.
With Shen Mu's current combat strength, facing a high Horde Leader monster was basically a one-sided battle. To temper his spirit force spear technique, he needed to face multiple high Horde Leader monsters at the same time.
In just half an hour, Shen Mu provoked a total of fourteen powerful Horde Leader monsters. There were seven-tailed tiger cats, giant kangaroo kings, giant rock black bears, and among them, the strongest was a peak Horde Leader Silver Moon Wolf, the king of the wolves on Australia.
"Let's begin." Shen Mu's rapid flight in the air faintly formed multiple afterimages, and twelve spears turned into cold, sharp lights, suddenly bursting out to intercept twelve monsters, including the Silver Moon Fierce Wolf.
Two giant beasts covered in fiery red scales roared at Shen Mu and charged like giant war chariots. These were two high Horde Leader Fire Scale Three-Bladed Boars.
Shen Mu charged forward with his spear, his figure like a phantom, with ghostly spear lights blooming, exploding in the air with shockwaves.
The two Fire Scale Three-Bladed Boars cooperated perfectly, but Shen Mu's movements were even more ghostly. He was like a dragon swimming in the ocean, with every move carrying the rhythm of the waves.
In the wilderness valley, a total of fourteen giant beasts were rampaging, with spirit force erupting and spear lights flashing. The tiny figure of a human was weaving through and counterattacking among the beasts.
The earth and mountains were trembling, and such a huge commotion was even comparable to battles between king-level monsters.
Several kilometers away, on a peak, a training camp student watched this scene in shock.
"That's... Shen Mu!" He trembled as he took out a combat recorder and recorded the video, sending it to the training camp's internal forum.
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As time passed, Shen Mu's physical strength and spirit force were also greatly consumed. But the situation did not deteriorate; instead, from barely holding off the fourteen beasts, he gradually began to suppress them.
The dozen spear lights flew, as if there were truly a dozen powerful high Wargods joining forces to encircle and suppress these giant beasts.
Although each spear carried only 520 tons of force, unlike fighters who had the amplification of force techniques, the spear lights were even more bizarre and had no physical form, making it difficult for the beasts to counterattack and leaving them to passively endure the blows.
In the blink of an eye, the battle lasted nearly an hour, and the sunset on the horizon completely disappeared, plunging the entire Australia into night, leaving only the faint glow of the moon in the sky.
"Let's end it here." Shen Mu's eyes were bloodshot, but his spirit was exceptionally excited. This nearly hour-long battle had also exhausted his physical strength and spirit force.
In the next second, Shen Mu's figure suddenly appeared in front of a Fire Scale Three-Bladed Boar, and twelve streams of light shot out from the flying knife pouch at his waist, intertwining and spinning crazily. At this moment, the twelve black spears seemed to lose all their strength and fell to the ground, with all the spirit force concentrated on the twelve flying knives.
The twelve streams of light merged into one, and their speed instantly increased several times, piercing through the air with sonic booms and even leaving a visible red trail of fire. They pierced through the hardest head of the Fire Scale Three-Bladed Boar.
In the next instant, the red stream of light, without losing any momentum, killed another Fire Scale Three-Bladed Boar in the same way.
This scene terrified the other twelve beasts that were besieging him, and they quickly fled into the distance. They had only one thought in mind: to escape from this terrifying enemy.
The Fire Scale Three-Bladed Boar, ranked first among pig-type monsters and known for its defense.
As fellow Horde Leader monsters, these beasts naturally knew the strength of the Fire Scale Three-Bladed Boar. But in just an instant, they were killed by this terrifying human, directly scaring them out of their wits.
At this moment, Shen Mu's entire aura changed, as if a dragon lurking in the deep sea had awakened.
Whoosh! The fiery stream of light became a death warrant, leaving a beautiful and eerie trail in the sky. The giant kangaroo king, the dark golden python... in just a few minutes, seven peak high Horde Leader monsters fell.
The remaining few beasts were too fast to catch up with. Even though Shen Mu's flight speed was extremely fast, he was still unable to catch up with the beasts that were fleeing in all directions, and his spirit force was nearly depleted.
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Late at night, in the open wilderness of northern Australia. This was where the training camp students landed and where most of the students who were not strong enough established their base.
Not all students possessed Wargod strength. Most students, like Zhao Ruo, only dared to explore in teams during the day and returned to the settlement at night, where safety lay in numbers.
Beep, beep, beep! A harsh alarm suddenly echoed throughout the camp, waking all the students.
In the distant dark wilderness, under the faint moonlight, several huge figures could be seen rapidly approaching the camp, but strangely, there was no sound at all.
"There's a Horde Leader monster attack."
"Wake up, prepare for battle!"
At this moment, all the training camp students were on high alert, and some had already started contacting the senior students who had ventured deeper into the continent.
"Wait, wait, take a closer look."
Lights shone in the direction of the figures, and from a distance, the details of the beasts could finally be seen. They were not Horde Leader monsters at all, but corpses suspended half a meter above the ground, with Shen Mu, holding a spear, running towards the camp in front of the seven corpses.
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