Challenging the Sixth-Level Baboon King

Lucas had spent the past month exercising in the mornings, cultivating his battle qi in the afternoons, and meditating for a while in the evenings!

That day, Lucas planned to try challenging a sixth-level magical beast to see just how strong he was now that he had learned Wielding Something Light as Though It Were Heavy!

He had already stayed in this place not far from the tribe for over a year. Now that he had combat strength comparable to the seventh level and had recently honed and familiarized himself with his fifth-level battle qi, he no longer planned to remain here for long!

He chose an Earth Baboon King not far from here. In its troop, only the Baboon King had sixth-level combat strength. There were not many fifth-level baboons either, so Lucas felt that challenging it should not be much of a problem.

Even if he ended up surrounded, he could retreat unscathed, which also fit his principle of playing it safe!

Lucas had also investigated their behavior. When the baboons came under attack, the Baboon King fought in most cases. The other baboons generally did not join in and mostly fled. Only one or two fifth-level magical beasts loyal to the Baboon King would fight; most of the other fifth-level baboons fled as well!

Having scouted the location, Lucas rested early after eating and drinking at noon. He was preparing to get himself into peak condition for the coming battle.

When afternoon came, Lucas arrived at the spot he had already scouted. Most of the magical beast baboons, their bellies full, were dozing and resting in the shade of the trees!

They only noticed Lucas when he came within about twenty meters. The baboons on lookout roared, but it was clearly too late. Lucas, already at the peak of a Fifth Rank Warrior, appeared beside the Baboon King in the blink of an eye.

Although the Baboon King was a sixth-level magical beast, it had no time to gather its magic. It could not even release the Shattered Stone Spell they normally used to slow enemies, leaving it no choice but to fight Lucas at close quarters as he lunged at it.

As Lucas engaged the sixth-level magical beast Baboon King, the other baboons clearly did not dare attack with magic. Only two fifth-level baboons joined the fight!

But magical beast baboons were not beasts whose strength lay in physical power. Even the sixth-level Baboon King's body was only around the fifth level. After taking a blow from Lucas, it was clearly injured. It no longer intended to fight at close quarters and hid farther away to charge its magic.

After Lucas sent its two subordinates flying with two spear strikes, its magic came crashing straight down toward him. Seeing that it had already released its magic, Lucas had no choice but to dodge the falling rocks first.

More infuriatingly, the baboons that had fled into the trees saw that it was safe and joined in casting magic. Lucas felt somewhat annoyed. He had clearly made a mistake by not intending to kill the Baboon King from the outset, instead planning to use it to test his combat strength.

Who could have imagined that baboons could be so underhanded? So far, only because his combat strength was stronger, he had managed to injure those two fifth-level baboons.

Lucas tried twice and found that the injured Baboon King gave him no chance to approach at all. He could only prepare to retreat, but just then, he heard the baboons up above howl again.

Lucas also knew that when creatures like baboons made such piercing cries, it generally meant that a dangerous creature was approaching nearby. Sure enough, he saw the baboons that had just been hiding in the distance and attacking him with magic scatter all at once. They all charged desperately toward the trees!

Lucas saw a Wind Wolf King charge straight at the Baboon King he had injured. Wounded, the Baboon King was no match at all for the sixth-level magical beast Wind Wolf King. It was killed outright beneath a tree, and the other two injured baboons met the same fate.

After succeeding, the Wind Wolf pack clearly had no intention of letting Lucas go now that he was within their encirclement. Wolves were magical beasts that held grudges. The wolf remembered Lucas's scent from last time. This was the person who had escaped their encirclement,

and killed two of their brothers and sisters. A wolf king directed a pack of fifth-level Wind Wolves under its command to surround Lucas. Lucas also knew he had been careless. In his experience, the wolves should not have been hunting at this time.

But now that he was surrounded, he could only fight. He had originally planned to challenge sixth-level magical beasts a few more times before settling the score with them, but since they had come to him now, that was another matter!

Lucas turned his head and looked around. There were about eight Wind Wolves. His body and battle qi were only at the fifth level, so a prolonged battle against them was inadvisable. What he needed to do now was reduce the pack's numbers. The longer this dragged on, the greater the danger he faced. As time passed, the wolves would have more chances to find an opening behind him.

The bite force of a fifth-level Wind Wolf could tear wounds directly into his back or buttocks. In that situation, Lucas would probably meet his end here.

So Lucas chose a stance shaped like the Chinese character 米. This stance from Tai Chi Fist was best suited to defense, and it provided the most stable way to exert force through both legs!

Lucas did not attack rashly either. Although he had now mastered Wielding Something Light as Though It Were Heavy, and a strike using this profound principle could already rival an attack from a seventh-level magical beast, charging straight in like that would give them a chance to attack his back!

Lucas waited, but these Wind Wolves clearly were not unintelligent either. They did not attack and instead intended to keep waiting. After all, it was already afternoon. They also understood that time was on their side. They only had to stall until dark, and the other Wind Wolves would arrive.

Lucas observed carefully for a while and discovered that there seemed to be only one sixth-level Wind Wolf King here. He therefore inferred that the other Wind Wolves were also nearby. They were in no hurry to attack now, probably because they wanted to stall until the Wind Wolves from other directions arrived!

Lucas understood now. He could not keep dragging this out. He had to take a risk!

So Lucas brought the spear he had been trailing behind him around to his front. The instant he made this move, the other wolves became alert. After watching for a minute, the wolf king was also somewhat puzzled by Lucas's action and gave a soft growl.

After the wolf king's growl, the other wolves turned their heads, which had been fixed on Lucas, toward the wolf king for an instant. This was precisely the opportunity Lucas had been waiting for.

He immediately strode forward and charged at the wolf king. As he charged, the wolf king let out another loud roar, and the other wolves reacted and rushed at Lucas.

Lucas knew that Wind Wolves were also very intelligent magical beasts. A trick like this was unlikely to give him a chance to approach the wolf king. So after charging three steps, he planted his feet directly in the 米-shaped stance. Gripping the end of his spear tightly with both hands, he put all his strength into a sweeping strike that could sweep away an entire army.