Cave Dweller King

The group spread out and lay in ambush within the jungle.

After Duke saw George signal from afar, he silently drew his bow and nocked an arrow. The arrow gleamed with a cold light, poised to strike.

A moment later, Duke saw George change his signal again and immediately released the bowstring.

With a sharp whoosh, the arrow struck a Cave Dweller squarely between the brows.

George was stunned when he saw that shot and gave Duke another look.

He had not expected Duke's Archery to be so superb, hitting so accurately from such a distance.

Duke had previously practiced archery only at the range, standing quite close to the targets, and quite a few people had gossiped about it.

They said that standing so close had no training effect at all, and that practicing against fixed targets would never bring a qualitative breakthrough.

To improve one's Archery further, one generally needed to train with moving targets.

From beginning to end, Duke had practiced only before fixed targets, and from close range at that. No one else knew the true level of his Archery.

Duke's Archery was now extraordinarily seasoned. Ever since he had grinded the Archery skill to max level, he could hit without fail anywhere within a bow's effective range.

As he advanced rapidly, he casually drew and nocked arrows. Each arrow that flew took the life of a Cave Dweller.

The entire process flowed as smoothly as drifting clouds and running water, his movements exceptionally fluid.

Duke shot as he moved forward, his sole purpose being to close the distance as quickly as possible and kill more Cave Dwellers.

There were only around a hundred Cave Dwellers in this group, while they had more than sixty people, all of them Knight Apprentices.

With the strength of this group, a hundred Cave Dwellers were nowhere near enough to go around. If they were even slightly slower, they would not get many kills.

Duke quickly reached the front of the Cave Dwellers, put away his longbow, and drew his sword.

With a casual slash, blood sprayed out.

Duke struck with incredible speed and without the slightest hesitation. The moment his sword passed across the Cave Dweller's neck before him, he was already heading for the next one without looking back.

In that brief minute, Duke had already left the others behind and killed several Cave Dwellers.

Xiwen had been watching Duke's movements from behind. Only now did he realize that Duke's combat ability far surpassed his own.

Such clean, decisive movements could only be tempered through countless battles.

After Duke swiftly dealt with the cluster of Cave Dwellers in front of him, he also drew the attention of Cave Dwellers elsewhere.

A powerfully built Elite Cave Dweller quickly charged over, brandishing a spiked club and roaring as it ran.

Duke gripped his sword without panic. Once the Elite Cave Dweller entered his attack range, he immediately circulated his Battle Qi and stomped heavily. His speed exploded in an instant, and in the blink of an eye, he was before the Cave Dweller.

Empowered by Battle Qi, both his strength and speed far exceeded what they had been before, completely catching the Elite Cave Dweller off guard.

Before the Elite Cave Dweller could react, the longsword had already severed its head, sending it flying high into the air.

Duke gave the Cave Dweller no chance at all. He had no interest in testing the Elite Cave Dweller's strength; everything was for the sake of ending the battle quickly.

While he fought, the other Nightingale members elsewhere had already engaged the Cave Dwellers, crushing them in an almost one-sided slaughter.

These Cave Dwellers were already barely clothed, with virtually no protective gear. Their weapons were nothing more than crude wooden clubs and the like.

Against the fully armed Nightingale members, they had almost no ability to resist.

At the very center of the Cave Dweller group stood a cave.

Judging by their distribution, they all moved about with the cave as their center, seeming more like they were guarding it.

As Nightingale gradually slaughtered their way over, they also gradually surrounded the cave.

Before they could enter and investigate, a figure slowly emerged from within.

It was also a Cave Dweller, but unlike the ordinary ones, this Cave Dweller stood nearly one meter eighty tall, with exceptionally developed muscles.

"Cave Dweller King! Fall back!" Lu Ping recognized the creature before him at a glance and immediately ordered the Nightingale members around him to retreat.

Upon hearing that it was a Cave Dweller King, everyone was shocked and frightened, hurriedly pulling back.

The Cave Dweller King possessed strength comparable to an Official Knight and was exceedingly formidable.

Only a very small number of ordinary Cave Dweller tribes ever produced a Cave Dweller King. They had never expected this Cave Dweller tribe to have one.

The strongest among those Nightingale had brought this time were merely High-Level Knight Apprentices. They could not confront it head-on and could only rely on their greater numbers to seek opportunities.

Everyone remained on guard, but unexpectedly, the Cave Dweller King did not rashly attack. It seemed somewhat wary.

Duke swept his gaze over it and noticed obvious burn scars across the Cave Dweller King's chest.

Its chest was charred black, as though it had been struck by lightning, and even its scorched flesh was visible.

Seeing the Cave Dweller panting heavily, everyone understood that the Cave Dweller King was injured, and severely so.

After Lu Ping noticed this, his spirits lifted. He immediately called for two other High-Level Knight Apprentices to act with him.

The three of them stepped forward voluntarily, intending to interfere with and hold back the Cave Dweller King while allowing the outstanding archers in the team to look for chances to shoot.

They did not seek to kill it in one blow, only to slowly wear the Cave Dweller King down.

Lu Ping and the others merely needed to stay careful and avoid being dragged down by the Cave Dweller King's desperate final counterattack. They fought with great caution.

Because of its injuries, the Cave Dweller King's strength and speed were greatly diminished. For the moment, it had no way to deal with the three people before it.

Duke also remained in the distance, continuously firing arrows at the Cave Dweller King's weak spots, such as its eyes and ears, specifically aiming for openings.

His superb Archery showed itself once again. Before long, the Cave Dweller's head was full of arrows.

However, because the Cave Dweller King's skin and bones were relatively tough, the arrowheads could only sink shallowly into its flesh and could not kill it in one strike.

Even so, this caused the Cave Dweller King considerable trouble, especially with three High-Level Knight Apprentices still before it.

Duke's harassment successfully created opportunities for Lu Ping and the others, leaving one horrifying wound after another across the Cave Dweller King's body.

When Lu Ping's sword slashed across the Cave Dweller King's belly, it let out a pained howl.

At that moment, two arrows shot through the air and struck the Cave Dweller King directly in both eyes.

The Cave Dweller King immediately reached up in agony, trying to pull the arrows from its eyes. Naturally, Lu Ping and the other two would not let this chance pass. They attacked together and cut off the Cave Dweller King's head.

When the Cave Dweller King's head hit the ground, those two arrows were still lodged in its eyes, like incense sticks offered in sacrifice.