Zhang Tie flew through the air more than fifty meters above the ground like a black phantom. In the shrubs along the ridge below, as he passed overhead, the four Spider Devils hidden within were instantly sliced into halves like cut watermelons. Without a sound, they split apart, blood spilling across the ground as they died instantly...
As Zhang Tie disposed of those Spider Devils, ten kilometers away, Major Liu Xing was cautiously making his way through a valley, completely unaware that several Spider Devils lying in ambush among the shrubs just ten kilometers away had been killed...
For the past two days, Zhang Tie had secretly "protected" Major Liu Xing as he crossed the innermost ring of the Iron Enclosure Mountain ranges and entered the mountain's core region.
Over those two days, Zhang Tie had eliminated seven groups of Spider Devils within thirty kilometers of Major Liu Xing's route, eighty-six in total. He had also successfully captured four Winged Devils alive. It could be said that he had killed two birds with one stone along the way.
As long as he killed 360 Spider Devils, Little Tree would produce another Spider Devil Origin Fruit. One Origin Fruit could strengthen Zhang Tie's bodily origin by another twelfth, increase the energy and potential each Bright Point could unleash by another twelfth—equivalent to igniting another eighty-two Bright Points—raise his endurance, physical strength, and vitality by another twelfth across the board, extend his lifespan by a twelfth, and thus increase his overall combat power by another twelfth.
In a sense, an Origin Fruit was more useful to Zhang Tie now than refining and absorbing several Earth Knights. It was practically like advancing through another transformation.
Naturally, Zhang Tie would not let such a fruit slip through his fingers.
As for the Winged Devils