CHAPTER 44 MONKEYS

"Lady Flare, the clean-up group has engaged the Blue Rage Monkeys, they are currently at an advantage with the help of the long-range warriors and those that are considered mobile warriors, such as young master Cleo." Reported one of the informants.

"Oh, they engaged already, I thought that they were going to strategize first, as the Blue Rage Monkeys are not as stupid as most genetic creatures, they have scouts that can find any approaching warrior," states one of Cleo's uncles.

"The Blind Warrior was the first one to engage the enemy, he had no fear. Taken by surprise, the Blue Rage Monkeys reacted slower than expected. Young Master Cleo then brought some of the mobile warriors to assist his friend, causing the targets to panic."

The uncles and aunties of Cleo look at each other as they become more interested in Leon, they cannot deny that having a subordinate like him will definitely boost their influence and power.

Meanwhile, back to Cleo, they were fighting an elite Blue Rage Monkey, unlike most of its kind, it was wearing some sort of armour.

It seems that it was incredibly old, but it is still helpful in blocking some attacks.

"Young master!" shouts the elite guard as she sees the scene of Cleo taking one of the elite Blue Rage Monkey's attacks, she knows just how heavy their strike was.

BAM! Cleo smashes into one of the trees.

He managed to successfully block the attack in the last second.

With his strong body, he was not hurt that badly, but still, the attack caught him by surprise.

"So that's how you managed to do that," he mumbles as he watches the battle between Leon and it.

Their opponent can actually accelerate its movement for a short amount of time, similar to Dragon Flight.

He leaps towards it and sends a powerful punch towards its face.

He left his sword on the ground, expecting that he needed to use his fingers to grab hold at the branches or anything that he could hold on, in fact, he did not even wear his footwear in order to fight more efficiently in the trees.

[Tiger Pounce]

BANG! The elite Blue Rage Monkey was about to block his punch but was forcefully stopped by Leon.

The punch squarely hit its face, causing one of its teeth to fly out.

Leon and it fall to the ground. Glutton's eyes light up after seeing their falling figures, they let out a loud howl that caused the Blue Rage Monkeys to shiver.

They had seen the scene where Glutton bites off the head of one of their brethren after falling to the ground, this angers them but at the same time scares them.

"Ooh! Ooh!" The other Blue Rage Monkeys call for reinforcement after realising that they are outnumbered and their leader has fallen to the ground, being attacked by two strong beings.

BAM! The elite Blue Rage falls to the ground but has already put his long hands covered with armour on its face, not caring about its body.

Glutton leaps towards it, but unfortunately he did not expect it to actually immediately block its face.

He can only bite one of the hands, but because of the strange old armour, his sharp fangs and teeth were unable to pierce through.

The elite Blue Rage Monkey uses this opportunity to stand up as Leon is still recovering from the fall.

It might be immortal, but it still harbours a physical body.

He does not feel pain, but the shock from the fall made it impossible to move his body.

"Take this!" Elcio roars as he transforms into his favourite form, biting at the leg of his target.

His teeth are also not sharp enough to pierce through.

The elite Blue Rage Monkey might not have armour in his leg, but his muscle is incredibly tough.

BAM! He was kicked like trash.

It seems that even after participating in the first battle, he is still not strong enough to fight against an elite Advanced Grade genetic creature.

He wipes the blood from his mouth as he glares at their opponent.

"Elcio! Give Leon his sword!" Now that they are on the ground, his clone can finally fight with his true strength, unless the elite Blue Rage Monkey manages to climb back up, it would definitely die fighting against Glutton and Leon on the ground.

He went after the Blue Rage Monkey, saying that Flare's elite guards are fighting, they need to deal with the current ones before their reinforcement arrives.

The only way to do this is by using their number against them.

He is not someone stupid enough to fight in an honourable way in a life and death battle, unless given special circumstances, he would fight as dirty as he could in order to win.

BANG! He secretly creeps towards the back of the Blue Rage Monkey and punches its nut while it's busy fighting against Flare's elite guard.

The pain caused it to freeze.

Using this opportunity, the guard summons her weapon and thrusts on the neck of her opponent.

It was still alive, showcasing their species great vitality.

It tries to swat the guard away, but Cleo grabs it's hand, and with a roar, he manages to lift it, throw it to the ground, and jump after it.

He punches the handle of the sword, boring it deeper into its throat until the tip of the sword can be seen on the other side.

BAM! Unlike Leon, he easily managed to land safely.

He gestures for Flare's elite guard to go down and retrieve her sword, and he runs towards a different tree, where the other guards assigned to him by Flare are fighting one Blue Rage Monkey.

Even though they are fighting against it three to one, they are unable to kill it easily.

Cleo decided to intervene in order to kill as many of their targets as he could.

Suddenly, just as he arrives at the top of the branch, he hears a notification.

[Ding! Congratulations to the host's pet for slaying a Blue Rage Monkey and obtaining its soul blessing! ]

[Soul Blessing: Blue Rage Monkey Transformation]

"An advanced-grade transformation type soul blessing!" He is shocked, he cannot believe that he managed to obtain one of the rarest types of soul blessing.

Meanwhile, near Leon was the elite Blue Rage Monkey.

Its neck was bitten by Glutton, and it was pinned down by three beings, making it easy for Glutton to kill it.

Flare's elite guards, Leon and Elcio, are not in the best condition, as their bodies have multiple broken bones and internal injuries.

Leon charges towards one of the trees.

Elcio was unable to stop him because of his condition.

Flare's elite guard was about to warn him, but they suddenly changed their minds after seeing the next scene.

He transforms into a Blue Rage Monkey, he also activates his other Soul Blessing, covering his big body with armour, and he quickly attacks a Blue Rage Monkey, fighting against two members of the clean-up group.

An additional help causes the two to heave a sigh of relief, they are actually one of the stronger ones, but because they are not used to fighting in the trees like their opponent, this makes it impossible for them to quickly finish their target off.

BAM! Maybe not used to his current body, Leon's punch did not immediately knock his opponent; it only made it angrier.

Unfortunately, its retaliation is not effective with the Advanced Grade Army Ant Armour, and the natural trait from the transformation causes any physical damage to be decreased.

"Kill it!" Screams one of the two men.

They quickly surround it and punch the back or side of their target.

It was unable to fight back with Leon holding it off, realising that its life was in danger.

It tries to escape, only to be hugged by Leon.

The two fall to the ground.

BAM! Glutton hurriedly leaps towards it, and with a chomp, he bites off its head.

With one gulp, he swallows the entire head easily, like a snake swallowing its prey a couple of times bigger than its head.

"Whoa! Their teamwork is truly amazing. I never thought that young master would have friends and a pet like them, he has truly changed from his incompetent self in the past." Flare's elite guard mumbles to herself.

ROAR! A pained cry was heard as the Blue Rage Monkey that Cleo was fighting was killed after a successful ambush.

With the three guards as a diversion, he quickly finished it off by punching the back of its head with the boost from Tiger Pounce.

"I need to recover." He mumbles.

Even though he does not want to do it, he forced himself to accept the reality in front of him.

"Elcio! Start cooking that elite Blue Rage Monkey! I had used too much energy fighting in unfamiliar terrain!" He jumps off from the tree and starts walking towards his subordinate.

Elcio nods his head.

He returns to his original form, and he is happy that he can participate in such a battle.

It was difficult for him to obtain advanced-grade flesh in the past, but following his young master, he can eat them without trying to find a weaker one.

Flare's elite guard decided to rest, her advanced genes are already nearly full.

With this war against the genetic creatures, she is confident that she can fill them up, there is even a chance that she can obtain a supernatural gene.

"Wow! Young master, you truly eat so much; with your appetite, the bounty that we can collect will definitely not become a waste." As they were eating, Elcio repeatedly praised Cleo.

Cleo wipes his mouth after obtaining five more advanced genes, they are catching up to his normal genes.

He turns to Glutton and Leon and can see that their strength is also rapidly increasing as the battle rages on.

'Glutton still needs a lot of food to eat, but Leon only needs a couple more souls to evolve, with that, he can become stronger, and his path will no longer be blocked.' He thought as he watched his two pets search for another target.

"Young master, can I ask a question?" Suddenly, while they are busy eating, Flare's elite guard speaks.

"Hm!" He nods his head, stuffing another huge chunk of meat into his mouth, trying to obtain more advanced genes.

With the rate of his consumption, they are going to finish eating the carcass of the elite Blue Rage Monkey in just a matter of minutes.

"Why is your friend not eating with us?" Actually, her question is also something that Elcio has been wanting to ask since earlier.

"Oh? Him? Hmm, it is his technique. Do you know that he was both blind and deaf before, but even with such a disadvantage, he never begged for anyone to help him and tries to do things on his own? Fortunately for him, the two of us met, and we instantly hit it off."

He is trying to create a make-believe story for Leon and, at the same time, give reasons for his strange behaviour.

"He can eat, but he must do it in a more quiet space as his technique needs to use the enhancement from the genes to cultivate it, making it actively mute as his mouth is the source of his cultivation." He added, giving a reason why Leon does not speak.

The two can only sigh and cast a gaze full of pity on Leon.

If he is training such a technique, that means that he is not only blind and deaf, he essentially becomes a mute at the same time.

In this day and age, such a drawback is extremely lethal for anyone's growth.

"He is lucky for you to notice him and his potential, young master." Elcio sighs as he tries to force himself to eat a rather large piece of meat.

"Hahaha! I am also very lucky to find a warrior like him. Look at him, it seems that he does not feel pain nor knows what exhaustion is, he is basically like Glutton, but considering my pet has a special trait, this comparison is unfair."