Chapter 198 - 176: Ruthless

Chapter 198: Chapter 176: Ruthless

Soon.

"Ooh ooh ooh."

"SWOOSH."

...

More Spiritual Apes were approaching. Judging by the sounds, there were probably seven or eight of them.

In just a few seconds,

this new group of Spiritual Apes appeared in everyone’s line of sight.

"Kill."

"SQUELCH."

...

Little Flower was the first to strike.

Xie Shaokun and Hong She followed close behind.

The battle erupted once more.

This time, it was no longer an easy rout. The leader of this group of Spiritual Apes had reached the First Grade Spiritual Ability Realm, and there were nine of them in total!

"Ooh ooh ooh."

Moreover, when the Spiritual Apes realized they were outmatched, they immediately threw their heads back and shrieked, preparing to call for reinforcements.

"PFFT."

...

Little Nannan, who had yet to make a move, had at some point produced a pistol fitted with a silencer. Pulling the trigger, she fired a rapid succession of shots. The bullets cut through the air, precisely embedding themselves in the foreheads of several Spiritual Apes that had been trying to call for help.

The shrieking stopped abruptly.

Little Flower, Xie Shaokun, and Hong She quickly finished off the rest.

Their coordination was exceptionally seamless.

They had managed to prevent the Spiritual Apes from making a single call for help the entire time.

"Phew."

Hong She looked at the Spiritual Ape corpses lying on the ground. Fresh blood flowed freely, dyeing the earth red, and the thick stench of it filled the air.

In the distance, the miserable screams of humans could be heard from time to time.

In that moment,

it was as if he had been enlightened. He finally understood why Xia Yu had deliberately left behind the corpse of the Spiritual Ape they had killed on the road:

When the Spiritual Apes discovered their comrade’s body, they would inevitably fly into a rage and search everywhere for the culprits. Then, they would easily discover their group’s tracks and follow the trail here.

Only to be cut down by them!

This strategy would gradually weaken the living forces of the Spiritual Ape Clan, while also allowing everyone to slowly acclimate to the rhythm of this kind of battlefield and familiarize themselves with the enemy they were about to face.

Furthermore, with other lone humans in the surroundings attracting the Spiritual Apes’ attention, they could kill the apes at this time without worrying about being besieged by a massive swarm, as long as they tried not to make too much of a commotion.

’Here, we can control the situation for now. Yu can act alone, hunting down lone Spiritual Apes or even small groups of two or three to further weaken their forces.’

Hong She’s thoughts followed this line of reasoning.

Just as he was about to share his idea with Xia Yu, he found...

He looked back, but Xia Yu was nowhere to be seen.

’Where did she go?’

’Impressive,’ he thought.

He knew that Xia Yu had already thought of this and had gone off to hunt other Spiritual Apes!

Here,

for now, they could only rely on themselves!

"Careful!"

"More are coming!"

Xie Shaokun shouted a low warning.

Hong She cleared his mind, focusing and preparing to continue the fight.

This time,

their luck was good.

Only five Spiritual Apes came, and their strength was quite average.

In a single clash,

the three of them finished them off. They didn’t even need Little Nannan to intervene from the shadows.

「Ten-odd minutes later.」

"This is the eighth wave. We’ve killed more than thirty Spiritual Apes already."

"Just how many Spiritual Apes are there here?"

Hong She asked with a frown as he cut down the last Spiritual Ape.

"For Yu to take this so seriously, I wouldn’t be surprised if there were at least a thousand,"

Xie Shaokun’s statement was astonishing.

"!!!"

Hearing this, Hong She’s heart skipped a beat.

’On second thought,’

’it’s really possible!’

The next moment.

"Ooh ooh ooh."

"Watch out! There’s a lot of them this time!"

Countless cries of Spiritual Apes rose and fell, one after another, and they were closing in fast.

Soon,

"Is that... more than thirty of them?!"

"And they’re swarming in from every direction?"

Seeing this, Hong She’s heart lurched. He realized this fight would definitely cause a huge commotion, so as he charged into action, he yelled to Second Sister-in-law and Brother Dong, "Get ready to fight!"

"SQUELCH!"

"Ooh ooh ooh!"

...

The moment his voice fell, the two sides clashed.

Little Flower, Xie Shaokun, and Hong She could only hold back a small portion of the Spiritual Apes. More of them, upon seeing the dense carpet of their comrades’ corpses on the ground, roared in fury.

This, in turn, attracted the attention of even more Spiritual Apes in the vicinity.

And so, those Spiritual Apes began rushing over.

It was foreseeable that the battle to come...

would probably not stop!

The casualties would surely be devastating!

「On the other side.」

"Kill!"

"BAM."

...

Manager Hong and the others were the first to engage the Spiritual Apes.

After the long ’foreplay’ just now, the panic and fear in their hearts had subsided somewhat. They had blades in their hands and comrades by their sides.

And behind them, Brother Dong’s lackeys were forcing them to fight at knifepoint.

So...

they timidly swung their blades.

As for the effect...

there was almost none.

"Ah!"

"Help me."

The instant they made contact, the Spiritual Apes easily slapped the Long Blades away. In a flash, they closed the distance, slashing open a human’s throat with a single claw, or biting through a neck, or shattering a skull with one slap of a paw...