Durak’s Battle Armor was riddled with countless holes from the corrosion, but the Corpse Warriors that took the opportunity to close in were far more deadly. Their Bone Blades were smeared with neurotoxins extracted from the Corrupt Hatreds.

A cornered beast’s last stand.

Fang Zhou’s Soul Shattering Magic Ball drew a pale trajectory through the void.

Just as Durak’s War Axe smashed the sixth Corpse Warrior, seven Bone Spines entwined with Resentful Souls suddenly burst from the ground, binding him in a suffering pose. The ripples of a Soul Shock followed close behind, forcibly choking the Battle Cry brewing in the Troll’s throat.

"You... dare!" Durak’s bloodshot eyes burst as he pushed his Frenzy bloodline to its absolute limit. He actually ripped out two of his own ribs to use as weapons, piercing through the skulls of two Corrupt Hatreds.

Amidst the splatter of foul-smelling brains, the Troll grabbed one of the mutilated corpses and hurled it at Fang Zhou, only for it to be detonated in mid-air by the Corpse Explosion Skill. Within the clouds of green fire, Fang Zhou’s Skeleton Flash left a trail of phosphorescence as he landed on the saddle of the Corpse Knight Commander.

The Skeleton Heart-Piercing Flying Spear materializing in his hand swirled with wailing Resentful Souls. It then let out a piercing screech as it shot through the air.

Durak’s War Axe was covered in cracks, but he still roared as he swung it in a final Earth Splitting Slash. As the shockwave tore the ground apart, a conical array of ten Corpse Knights launched a charge, their Iron Wall Aura coating their Bone Spears with the sheen of obsidian.

Time seemed to freeze in that instant.

The moment the flying spear pierced the War Axe, a Knight Lance penetrated Durak’s knee, a Poisoned Bone Arrow embedded itself in his elbow joint, and the remains of a Corrupt Hatred locked onto his neck from behind.

As Durak’s massive body crashed to the ground, Fang Zhou commanded the Undead Army to a slow halt. The ten-meter area in front of him had been turned into ruins, blasted into a fan-shaped crater by Abyssal Demon Energy and Undead Death Energy.

Durak, who had just been boasting about tearing Fang Zhou apart, now lay at the bottom of the pit. Only his lower half remained, his War Axe was reduced to a mangled piece of scrap iron, and his heavy Battle Armor was shattered to pieces. As for his upper body, it had long been pulverized into mincemeat by the terrifying force of the Corpse Knight charge.

After slaying Durak, Fang Zhou retracted his Undead Army and directed the Corpse Warriors to start looting the body.

Strange. These Demon Worshipers aren’t weak, yet they don’t have a single piece of Space Equipment. Is the Demon Worship Sect that poor? Or can they not bring Space Equipment when they smuggle themselves across worlds?

Fang Zhou felt a pang of regret over the lack of loot. However, this minor disappointment didn’t stop him from using his personal device to take pictures and upload the kill data. Then, following Instructor Ma’s advice, Fang Zhou waved his hand to cast a Poison Cloud Skill, preemptively treating Durak’s corpse with Undead energy to prevent any demonic tricks these Demon Worshipers might have up their sleeves.

In truth, this Troll Descendant was very strong, similar to a Berserker Profession with the ability to grow stronger the more they fought and unleash a blood-fueled burst of power. Although he was suppressed to only the Bronze Middle Rank Tier by the World Barrier, his final, all-out burst of power was no weaker than a Bronze Upper Tier.

This was also why he died in utter disbelief. He, a proud Bronze Upper Troll Descendant, had been played with like a toy in the palm of a Bronze Lower Undead Mage.

The body of a Bronze-Tier Troll Descendant was quite tough. Fang Zhou spent about ten minutes processing it into raw material suitable for creating Artificial Undead.

At that moment, the battle record he had just uploaded once again caused a stir at the Beast Fighting City command center.

"That student named Fang Zhou has slain a second Demon Worshiper."

"According to the military team that was pursuing the cultist, this Demon Worshiper was a Troll Descendant with formidable strength, approximately at the Bronze Upper Tier."

"A Bronze Lower Undead Mage, one-on-one, defeated a Bronze Upper Troll Descendant. This student is remarkable; his strength would rank him among the top graduates of any military academy." 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

"Forget the graduates, I suspect none of them are his match. That Troll Descendant managed to kill a Bronze Lower ’seed’ graduate from the Tiger City Military Academy yesterday without taking a single scratch. And now, Fang Zhou has killed him, also unscathed. Such a stark contrast shows that Fang Zhou’s combat power already far surpasses that of an ordinary ’seed’ graduate. And this is only one year after his Awakening. His Talent is terrifying!"

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AWOOOO!

In the depths of the mountains, under the combined sweep of the military teams, one Bronze-Tier Fierce Beast after another roared, unleashing powerful Energy Fluctuations. But these beasts were quickly slain by the even more formidable military teams. After this massive sweep, the population of Bronze-Tier Fierce Beasts in the depths of the Fierce Beast Mountain Range was expected to drastically decrease and was unlikely to recover anytime soon, as they were all but exterminated.

Soon, night began to fall.

As the day came to a close, of the thirty-eight smugglers, most were either dead or injured after being caught off guard, with the exception of the injured Azklos who had escaped. A network formed by Magic Energy Satellites and information-transmitting airships now covered the entire Fierce Beast Mountain Range. For these people, exposing their Abyssal Desecration Aura meant almost certain encirclement and extermination.

Only eleven of them remained. However, these Demon Worshipers were now aware that the human military’s experts were hunting them down, so they had gone into deep hiding. Coupled with the vastness of the Fierce Beast Mountain Range, they were momentarily difficult to detect.

「Another night passed.」

On a small hill backed by a cliff, Fang Zhou threw down the corpse of a three-meter-long Bronze-Tier Fierce Beast, then lit a fire and activated the [Close Friend] Skill. This was an advanced Bronze-Tier Skill that included basic cooking techniques, making wilderness camping a little less tedious.