Chapter 5

Pfft!

Mu Yi's knife easily pierced the goblin's body, but the goblin seemed to feel no pain, waving its arms and legs, trying to attack Mu Yi, biting off a piece of flesh from his body.

Only when Mu Yi chopped off its head did the goblin stop struggling, lying lifeless on the ground like the other goblins.

Kill! Kill! Kill!

The foul smell of blood began to ferment, Mu Yi felt as if he had drunk fake liquor, his mind filled only with slaughter.

After Mu Yi slaughtered the last goblin lying on the ground and wailing, there were no living creatures left within his field of vision.

It seemed that, with no enemies left, Mu Yi's reason began to gradually return.

He wearily plopped down onto the ground.

After relaxing, he heard his heart pounding like thunder and a gradually sharpening tinnitus.

"I seem to have forgotten something?" Mu Yi pondered with the little reason he had left.

But before Mu Yi could figure it out, an evil wind rose behind him; the previously fleeing giant wolf swooped past at high speed, and Mu Yi's body reacted reflexively, bracing himself with his hands on the ground as his arm strength exploded, rolling his whole body to the side to dodge.

Rip!

Although he dodged the claws aimed at his head, his back was slashed by the giant wolf, leaving three wounds about an inch long; even if the material of his explosion-proof suit were of the finest quality, it could not possibly block a monster utterly beyond ordinary measure.

Blood spilled, the blood-red haze in Mu Yi's eyes that was about to fade suddenly surged, becoming more terrifying than any previous instance.

Pain!

Mu Yi felt a burning pain in his back; this agony nearly shattered his reason, plunging him into a sea of blood.

But perhaps it was his extraordinarily keen perception taking effect; Mu Yi shook his head and still managed to stay conscious.

Adrenaline surged again inside his body, reducing the pain, speeding up blood flow, muscles spontaneously contracting and tensing, his whole body warming up as if preparing for battle.

After activating his Elite Talent, Mu Yi seemed no longer an ordinary person.

"Come, trash!" Flames of uncontrollable rage burned in his eyes; the pain awakened the fury of the Terrifying Upright Ape, a species at the top of the food chain.

You ought to die.

The thing inside his chest throbbed violently, like his ribs beating wildly; the thing called his heart struggled within his chest, as if trying to break free from the bonds of his body.

Mu Yi felt his blood boiling within him; the frenzied blood caused even his five senses to slowly seep fresh blood.

What emanated from his blood was not only madness and pain.

And strength!

A ferocious smile appeared on his blood‑seeping face; Mu Yi lifted that ferocious smile and, using his throat, let out a hoarse, strange low roar.

Trash? Are you afraid?

Mu Yi had no idea what form he now took; he slowly advanced, leaving deep footprints on the ground, step by step, slowly moving toward the giant wolf.

"Don't rush, I'm coming over to kill you right now!" Mu Yi's speed was not fast, but each step seemed to tread upon the giant wolf's heart.

Fear, like a hand gripping the heart, seized for the first time the chest of this jungle hunter.

Howl!

The giant wolf could not endure fear; it did not choose to flee following instinct, but chose to attack, and without realizing it, it too was affected by the blood‑red hue in Mu Yi's eyes.

Fast—so fast it left no time to react—in an instant the giant wolf opened its huge mouth, its sharp fangs sinking into Mu Yi's shoulder, while its limbs slashed at vital points on his body.

The explosion‑proof suit offered no help at all; the giant wolf heaved its head with all its might, trying to tear off half of Mu Yi's body.

One strike severely wounded the opponent, yet the giant wolf inexplicably sensed danger.

A danger that must be avoided when facing a wounded beast.

But by the time it felt it, it was already too late.

The Terrifying Upright Ape fought beasts for a hundred thousand years and killed its own kind for ten thousand years; that brutal, ferocious instinct had long been etched into the deepest part of its DNA.

That is an 【Instinct】 that no amount of peaceful, tranquil life can erase.

Mu Yi, having obtained the Military Strategist profession, already had this instinct drawn out, and at this moment his Elite Talent amplified that instinct to the extreme.

And pain is the key to using this instinct!

Got you!

Although his reason had completely descended into chaos, instinct helped Mu Yi make the best choice; facing the lightning‑fast giant wolf, he chose the simplest, most brutal way of trading wounds for life.

One arm, like cast iron, tightly gripped the giant wolf's head, ignoring the claws that scored several wounds on his body, and Mu Yi drove his knife viciously into the wolf's chest.

Go die!

Mu Yi frantically stirred the dagger in his hand, turning the giant wolf's innards into a pulp of meat.

【You have slain a jungle giant wolf, gaining 20 points of slaughter experience.】

【Obtained one layer of "Fierce" mark, current mark count: 37】

Hahaha!

Even though the giant wolf was already dead, Mu Yi remained frenzied; he drew his cleaver and began to wildly hack at the wolf's corpse, destroying it, venting his fury, and chopping the giant wolf completely into a mound of meat paste.

Not enough! Not enough!

The blood‑light in Mu Yi's eyes flared up, like two bright bulbs beneath the tree shade.

Cackle!

A group of goblins emerged from deep within the forest; in this woods, the most abundant thing is goblins seen everywhere. They were drawn over by the wailing wolf howls from this side, but all that greeted them was Mu Yi's raised slaughter blade.

Boom!!!

Mu Yi rubbed his head and climbed up from the bed.

I just seemed to have died?

Mu Yi's memory still lingered in his struggle with the giant wolf; he had no idea how he had actually died.

Mu Yi endured his headache and opened the comprehensive network information; amidst the dense flood of messages, he found the information he wanted.

【You killed a Goblin, you gained 5 Slaughter Experience.】

【Gained one layer of the "Fierce" marker, current marker count: 382】

【You killed a Goblin Mage, you gained 20 Slaughter Experience】

【Gained one layer of the "Fierce" marker, current marker count: 383】

【Zongwang Prompt: You were struck by the lightning spell of Goblin Chieftain·Beast Calamity·Espirin, you have died.】

【Zongwang Newbie Tip: In the Weekly Free Dungeon and some dungeons without true transmission prompts, after players die they will return to the Main Material Plane and fall into a Soul Weakness State of varying duration.】

【Zongwang Prompt: You have been transferred back to the Main Material Plane.】

【Zongwang Prompt: Character falls into Soul Weakness State/Apprentice (max HP -10%, prohibited from entering Zongwang Dungeon, duration 1 hour).】

"I was killed by a BOSS's lightning strike?" Mu Yi was somewhat confused; he couldn't recall any related information at all.

However, the only thing he could be certain of was that the Goblin Chieftain was extremely strong, so strong it was hair-raising; under the Fierce state, he had been strengthened by about 400%, yet he was still instantly killed by a single lightning strike.

"Should I say he's unsurprisingly a noble wizard?"

By the way, why would Goblins use magic? No matter how you look at it, that drooling creature couldn't possibly learn it.