"Crash..."
All around them, the sea of flames continued to spread. Another building collapsed, gradually turning into a mass of charred rubble.
In the blink of an eye, everything within a radius of several hundred meters had become ruined wreckage and blazing fire, as though a massive disaster had swept through the area.
Sylvia stood beside Fang Li, looking at the devastation around her. Her charming face, usually adorned with a calm and composed smile, unconsciously grew tense.
As for Fang Li, he merely glanced at the scene before losing interest, turning his attention instead to the Wild Men.
To be blunt, compared to these giants, each standing at least three meters tall, Fang Li looked like a ten-year-old child, and there were over a hundred of these Wild Men surrounding the Wild Man leader, who was nearly twice as tall as the rest. Fierce auras akin to those of savage beasts radiated from every one of them.
Combined with the rubble beneath their feet and the sea of flames behind them, the scene resembled a vision straight out of hell.
Yet Fang Li faced that hell directly.
As he looked toward the Wild Man leader, Sylvia spoke first before he could say anything.
"Tell me something..." Sylvia said seriously. "Were all of these things your doing?"
Hearing this, the Wild Men exchanged puzzled glances before simultaneously turning their attention toward their leader.
Clearly, despite possessing the language and knowledge of the modern era, these Wild Men still followed the primitive law of the jungle, surrendering all authority to their chief.
The Wild Man leader tilted his neck, tapped the enormous club in his hand, and spoke loudly as though looking down upon the two humans, who were as insignificant as dwarfs in his eyes.
"Who are you people? Are you Modern humans?" His tone was filled with superiority. "I am the king of the Wild Man Tribe, the future ruler of this world!"
The Wild Man leader burst into laughter.
"Are you inferior modern humans here to submit to me? Too bad… I refuse! You're so short! So tiny! You're only fit to become soup stock in my meat pot! Hahahaha!"
As the Wild Man leader laughed mockingly, the surrounding Wild Men followed suit, pounding their chests like gorillas while roaring with laughter.
Seeing this, Sylvia understood.
"So it's impossible to reason with you?" Sylvia said with a hint of regret. "Then there's no helping it."
Those regretful words only made the Wild Man leader even more dissatisfied.
"Why aren't you afraid of us?!" The Wild Man leader roared angrily. "Inferior modern humans should be cowering in fear! Any human who can't even do that is lower than the lowest trash! It pisses me off! It really pisses me off!"
The Wild Man leader immediately gave an order.
"Smash her!"
At his command, the entire Wild Man horde became restless.
Sylvia, however, merely watched calmly.
"ROAR!"
A Wild Man nearest to Sylvia suddenly let out a roar.
Raising his club, he charged forward with astonishing momentum, smashing through wreckage, kicking apart debris, and sending abandoned vehicles flying as he rushed toward her.
"WHOOOSH…!"
The gigantic club descended like a collapsing skyscraper, carrying terrifying pressure and a booming sonic blast as it swept down upon Sylvia.
If that attack landed, even a building would be crushed to pieces, let alone a human body.
Then…
The impact exploded.
BOOM!
Under the attack's overwhelming destructive force, the ground instantly collapsed. Like fragile earth struck directly by a meteor, it caved in and formed a massive crater, sending clouds of dust and debris billowing into the air.
Just like before, the power behind the blow was frighteningly immense.
However, before that earth-shaking blow could land, Sylvia had already leapt away with remarkable agility. She retreated to the edge of the meteor-like crater just as it formed and, at the instant the dust cloud billowed up, shot forward like the wind.
In a single burst of speed, she closed the distance and arrived directly in front of the Wild Man.
Bang!
Another muffled impact rang out as a circular shockwave exploded outward, instantly scattering the dust and debris.
Sylvia spun gracefully and delivered a kick.
Like a dance step, her movement was light and elegant, yet when her foot struck the Wild Man's body, it felt as though a massive block of steel had crashed into him.
The enormous Wild Man was sent flying.
Whoosh!
Amid a sharp, air-splitting shriek, the Wild Man shot backward like a bullet, and with a loud bang, he crashed into a pile of burning ruins and was buried beneath flames and rubble.
"Wh-What?!"
Witnessing this scene with his own eyes, the Wild Man leader opened his mouth in shock.
'How could such a tiny modern human possess such tremendous power?'
The next moment, however, his surprise turned into rage.
"Smash her! Smash her for me! Kill her!"
Under the Wild Man leader's furious roar, the Wild Men widened their bloodshot eyes and charged toward Sylvia.
In an instant, the ground trembled and the atmosphere groaned. Like a herd of raging beasts stampeding across the land, they surged forward with overwhelming brutality.
Facing the frenzied Wild Man horde, Sylvia, far smaller than any one of them, looking like an ant about to be swallowed by a tsunami, merely gazed at them calmly.
An extraordinary presence flowed from her body.
Then the Wild Men, like an army of giant gorillas, rushed right up to her.
One massive club after another smashed downward, tearing through the air and producing deafening sonic booms.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
The tremendous impacts rang out one after another.
The Wild Men's clubs struck the ground, shattering asphalt roads and thick layers of earth and stone.
Fragments of rock and rubble flew everywhere.
Dust and smoke filled the air.
The scene resembled a battlefield under heavy artillery bombardment, both terrifying and awe-inspiring.
Yet amid such fierce attacks, Sylvia moved like the spirit of a dancer.
With a few graceful leaps, she evaded every howling club that came crashing toward her.
Whenever an opening appeared, she immediately counterattacked.
Bang!
Another heavy impact sounded as a Wild Man was sent flying.
In this manner, Sylvia calmly and methodically kicked the Wild Men away one after another.
The sight caused veins to bulge across the Wild Man leader's forehead.
"You lowly modern humans… AAAAAH!"
The Wild Man leader was furious. He was going mad with rage.
Just as he was about to charge forward himself, a voice suddenly stopped him.
"Hey. Turn around."
Hearing the voice, the Wild Man leader maintained his furious expression as he turned his head.
That action became the last thing he ever did.
Clang!
A flash of blade-light appeared.
Cold.
Sharp.
Slash!
Accompanied by the sound of flesh being severed, the gigantic Wild Man was cleaved in two by a streak of rushing blade-light.
His upper body flew into the air and his lower body remained standing where it was.
Only a rain of blood poured down from above, drenching the surroundings like a crimson curtain.
Standing beneath that bloody rain was the Demon of Slaughter, holding a crescent-moon-like dagger.
Bathed in the falling blood, his expression remained terrifyingly calm from beginning to end.
The Wild Man leader… was Dead.
(End Of This Chapter)
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