Ruminas stood on a high rock, his eyes scanning the creatures below. They moved in packs, occasionally emitting low growls as if communicating with one another. They seemed to have learned to move together, and Ruminas found no openings to squeeze in.
"Too much..."
The number of enemies wasn't the only problem. The most worrying thing was their rate of evolution. If this continued, it wouldn't be long before high-level Chaos Monsters or even third-stage Parasites appeared—something she didn't even want to think about.
Ruminas clenched her fists, her aura slowly emanating. She knew she couldn't rush in recklessly, even though her strength had increased by a lot. But to deal with such a large number, she needed a plan.
She quickly scanned the terrain. The area was filled with large boulders, some dense vegetation, and most of all, the terrain was uneven, with many hidden spots that she could take advantage of.
"Guerrilla warfare is best, can take advantage of stealth but those intermediate chaos monsters will be a problem as they can detect creatures within a certain range without any guidance"
Ruminas shook her head, if she wanted to fight then she had to be more decisive.
"Let's give them a preemptive strike first."
Thinking so, Ruminas gently stepped back, adjusted her breathing, held the axe with both hands, got into a ready stance, and then began to channel her energy into it.
One second!
Two seconds!
…
The axe was gradually covered with a white qi.
"Slash and kill!"
Ruminas used her skill and slashed forward in a long horizontal slash.
BOOM!
A huge explosion occurred and dozens of level one monsters were destroyed, in addition, Ruminas also saw a level two parasite and a level two dog-type parasite destroyed.
[Received: 1190 EXP, 1 intermediate monster skin, 1 intermediate fang, 12 monster skins, 6 low-grade chaos bones]
"Oh, not a bad start."
The monsters started charging towards her!
Ruminas immediately used her stealth ability and started moving, the monsters immediately stopped when they saw her disappear, only the mid-level chaos monsters were still alert around.
Ruminas moved around for a while until she found a corner that was not detected by the mid-level chaos monsters. Then she rushed forward—
In a flash, she used her dagger to kill a stage one parasite and immediately used teleport to retreat.
The monsters immediately reacted but Ruminas had long since disappeared, she repeated this tactic once more and killed a few more monsters but things started to get more difficult as the weakest and easiest monsters gradually became less and less.
"Next we have to aim for stronger ones."
Ruminas' next target was a second-stage parasite standing a little further away from the crowd. She took advantage of their moment of carelessness and charged forward.
The dagger was coated with a powerful aura, causing it to emit a much greater power. Ruminas aimed accurately and stabbed the other in the heart, but still failed to kill it instantly.
A quick-witted second stage dog parasite attacked her first but Ruminas calmly switched her weapon to her spear and responded to it, aiming to slow it down and she continued to do so with the other monsters that were attacking.
In the middle of it, she suddenly teleported behind the parasite that had just been stabbed, switched her weapon to an axe and slashed once more before she immediately teleported back and disappeared.
"Good"
The purpose of all this is to severely injure the parasite and cause it to bleed as well, and when its health drops below 10%—
Bam!
A single slash with the effect of a finishing skill completely killed it.
Ruminas' perfect guerrilla tactics were destroyed by the mid-level chaos monsters. They split up and covered the entire horde of monsters, now if she got close she would be discovered immediately.
"Want to play like this? Sure!"
Ruminas smiled faintly, her eyes flashing with interest. The mid-level chaos monsters had begun to change their tactics, no longer simply charging in like low-level monsters.
"Interesting... but that still won't be enough to catch me."
She took a few steps back, feeling the energy flowing through her body. If she continued to fight like this, her effectiveness would be greatly reduced. Instead, she needed to change her tactics—she had to force the monsters into a disadvantageous position.
Create chaos.
Ruminas used her chi to lift up the huge rocks around and threw them straight at them, the main target was still the mid-level chaos monsters to distract them.
Boom!
The rocks that just flew over were cut into many small pieces but Ruminas did not stop, she grabbed everything around to throw away, the large quantity combined with the high frequency caused the monsters to gradually panic.
On top of that, the dust flying everywhere gave Ruminas the opportunity to enter.
She ran towards a parasitic dog that had just broken away from the formation in lightning speed, stabbing its left leg with her spear, causing it to roar and slow down.
Then she teleported above its head and landed with a powerful kick accompanied by a covering of air, this kick crushed the monster to the ground but Ruminas did not stop, she continued to use air to control the axe to slash down while holding the spear and also stabbed down.
Two attacks, one to its neck, one to its left leg, severely injured the monster. Just as Ruminas was about to continue attacking, she suddenly dodged as tentacles shot out from the dust.
She dodged lightly but at the same time used her dagger to make a long cut causing black blood to spray everywhere. She used her aura to grab a tentacle that was about to attack and then leaned to avoid another dog parasite that was charging at her.
Thanks to her nimble evasion ability, Ruminas quickly teleported out of the monsters' encirclement and continued to teleport continuously between the monsters, leaving them with surprise attacks.
"With the axe's bleeding effect, it's best to gradually chip away at their blood."
Ruminas fought continuously, using her chi to control axes and spears around herself while holding a knife in her hand, the three weapons combined caused any monsters that tried to rush in to suffer several wounds and negative effects.
But-
The monsters began to adapt to Ruminas' tactics.
They no longer attacked sporadically, but began to coordinate in small groups. The mid-level chaos beasts held the center, continuously emitting vibrations to detect her, while the secondary parasites and parasitic dogs lined up around her, ready to counterattack whenever she appeared.
"So fast, these guys are evolving while fighting"
Ruminas frowned slightly. The monsters were no longer distracted by single attacks, but were gradually forcing her into a passive position. Every time she charged in to attack, the others would immediately react, surrounding and counterattacking. If this continued, she would be significantly limited.
"We can't let them control the pace."
She immediately changed tactics. If guerrilla warfare was no longer effective, then she would create a tipping point to disrupt their formation.
She withdrew all her weapons, then channeled a huge amount of chi into the axe. The white qi surrounding the blade began to change, becoming denser and sharper than before.
"The intermediate chaos are the most dangerous ones, so we have to deal with them first."
Ruminas used Flash to retreat a distance, creating distance from the monsters. The monsters immediately realized this and moved along, but at that moment—
BOOM!
A slash from above split the ground in two, creating a deep trench that ran through the monster's battlefield!
The low level monsters were caught in the explosion and were instantly torn apart. The rest were stunned by the force for a moment.
But Ruminas did not stop.
She continued to teleport, moving extremely fast through the dust created by the explosion, aiming straight at the nearest intermediate chaos monster.
Bam!
The dagger stabbed straight into the weak spot on its neck, but it was not enough to kill it. Ruminas immediately stabbed its leg with his spear, slowing it down, then immediately swung his axe down from above!
BOOM!
Black blood splattered everywhere. The intermediate chaos roared in pain, but it was not dead yet. The others had already reacted and rushed over from all directions!
"Not enough? Then one more shot!"
Ruminas jumped, somersaulted in the air, and put all his strength into the next axe swing!
CRACK!
The last intermediate chaos was split in two, dying on the spot. But at that moment, a giant tentacle swung out from behind!
"Flash—"
But this time, she didn't have time to completely dodge!
BOOM!
Ruminas was sent flying, crashing into a nearby rock. She felt a sharp pain spread throughout her body, but luckily, thanks to her armor and protective aura, everything was just pain and no serious injuries.
But before she could recover, two dog parasites rushed over!
She immediately rolled to avoid it, but one of them had already swung its tail and shot poisonous spikes at her!
Ruminas gritted his teeth, using his aura to cover himself to reduce the damage, but was still grazed by a thorn on his shoulder.
Paralyzed!
The tingling sensation gradually spread to her arm, causing her speed to drop significantly.
"The situation is getting worse…" Ruminas quickly thought. If this continued, she would gradually be put at an even greater disadvantage.
"The best way is still to reduce the number and separate them, this tactic will work again!" Ruminas stood up again, she had died 99 times already, the enemies she had defeated were much more terrifying so there was no reason for her to lose this battle.