I Start with a Mysterious Island-Chapter 95: Relentless

RUMBLE...

The roar of thunder was deafening, making one want to cover their ears.

Looking up at the sky, he saw it was perfectly clear, without a single cloud in sight.

Frowning, Lin Li watched the continuous bolts of silver-white lightning arcing out from the forest. He knew at once that this wasn’t natural.

’The power behind these lightning bolts is immense! If even one of them hit me, I’d probably be killed on the spot...’ 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

Lin Li gazed toward the distant sky, watching the ceaseless barrage of silver-white lightning. He was torn, wondering if he should go take a closer look to see what was happening.

’I’ll go. It should be fine as long as I’m careful. If it gets too dangerous, I can just escape to the Mysterious Small Island.’

After a moment of consideration, Lin Li decided to check it out. He tightened his grip on his on-sale Spiritual Longsword and stealthily crept toward the source of the lightning.

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BZZT... BZZT...

Several dazzling bolts of silver-white lightning erupted from a black-furred, ape-like Mutant Beast, all striking toward the same spot with astonishing power.

The target of the black ape Mutant Beast’s lightning attack was a middle-aged man with short black hair, standing about five feet, nine inches tall.

The man wore simple clothes made of cotton and linen, and he was hovering in mid-air more than twenty meters off the ground.

Facing the Mutant Beast’s ferocious attack, the middle-aged man raised his right hand, which glowed with a pale gold Spiritual Light, palm facing outward.

The next second, as the astonishingly powerful bolts of silver-white lightning from the Mutant Beast came within a hand’s breadth of the man, they abruptly changed direction, shooting straight up into the sky.

RUMBLE... The redirected silver-white lightning bolts exploded the instant they hit the sky, releasing a series of earth-shattering booms.

After blocking the Mutant Beast’s lightning attack with his Superpower, the middle-aged man flickered and flew toward a small pond a hundred-odd square meters in area on the ground below.

When the black ape Mutant Beast saw the detestable human move, a vicious glint flashed in its eyes. It powerfully stomped its agile legs on the ground, launching its body forward like a cannonball and pouncing at the middle-aged man flying toward the pond.

Using his Perception to sense the Mutant Beast rapidly closing in behind him, the middle-aged man kicked off the empty air, his body leaping several meters higher to dodge the creature’s ferocious pounce.

ROAR... Its pounce missing, the black ape Mutant Beast halted its forward momentum and, incredibly, remained hovering in mid-air.

Then it, too, kicked off the empty air, changing direction to continue its assault on the man who had dodged its attack.

As the black ape Mutant Beast charged him again, the middle-aged man frowned and drew an exquisitely crafted, diamond-shaped dart from his waist.

He infused it with Spiritual Energy, and the exquisite dart immediately bloomed with a pale gold Spiritual Light. With a flick of his right wrist, he sent it flying toward the black ape Mutant Beast.

The dart, glowing with pale gold Spiritual Light, shot out at extreme speed, becoming a nearly invisible golden afterimage in the air.

ROAR... Facing the enemy’s thrown Spiritual Dart, the black ape Mutant Beast let out a bellow and swung a massive fist to intercept it.

BANG. The black ape Mutant Beast’s fist, also glowing with a pale gold Spiritual Light, struck the man’s Spiritual Dart, instantly shattering it.

Fragments of the Spiritual Dart flew in all directions. When the shrapnel hit the lush trees on the ground, it sheared off huge swaths of branches and leaves.

Just as the black ape Mutant Beast was about to retract its fist, a figure appeared at its side.

It was the middle-aged man. Seizing the opportunity created when the Mutant Beast paused to block his Spiritual Dart, he rushed to its side and kicked it in the waist.

With a loud THUD, the black ape Mutant Beast, unable to react in time, took the full force of the kick. Its entire body was sent flying backward like a cannonball, smashing into the ground.

CRASH. The black ape Mutant Beast slammed into the earth, carving out a small crater with fine, spiderweb-like cracks spreading from its edges.

After knocking the troublesome Mutant Beast aside, the middle-aged man immediately turned his head to look at the plant in the distant pond, the one glowing with a pale gold Spiritual Light.

He started toward the pond again, but the instant he moved, he heard a furious beastly roar from behind.

The black ape Mutant Beast, which the man had kicked into the ground, was already airborne again and charging right at him.

’Damn it, this Mutant Beast is so tenacious. Looks like I’ll have to deal with it first.’

The middle-aged man thought to himself, sensing the menacing black ape Mutant Beast closing in on him again.

He abandoned his flight toward the pond, turned, and met the charge of the black ape Mutant Beast head-on.

Man and beast engaged in a fierce struggle in mid-air. Their movements grew faster and faster, until the speed of their exchange was too quick for the naked eye to follow.

THUD, THUD, THUD...

Every time their fists and feet collided, a huge boom would resound, causing the trees below to tremble.

CRACK.

After they traded another blow.

The black ape Mutant Beast leaped back and once again used its awakened Superpower.

ROAR.

It opened its mouth and roared, and a brilliant, silver-white bolt of lightning as thick as an arm shot out, aimed directly at the middle-aged man’s face.

"That trick won’t work on me..."

Facing the Mutant Beast’s Superpower attack, the middle-aged man gave a disdainful smile. Just like before, he raised his hand, palm out, a pale gold Spiritual Light glowing from it. An invisible, circular shield materialized in front of him.

When the Mutant Beast’s astonishingly powerful, brilliant silver-white lightning struck the seemingly fragile, invisible shield, its direction was instantly altered.

RUMBLE...

This time, the redirected, brilliant silver-white lightning didn’t shoot into the sky, but toward the ground.

When the brilliant silver-white lightning struck the ground, it exploded instantly. Uncontrolled currents annihilated all the plant life in a wide radius.

In the blink of an eye, the vibrant, verdant plants were reduced to silent, charred husks.

After blocking the Mutant Beast’s Superpower attack, the middle-aged man glanced at the area affected by the lightning. He sighed inwardly. ’The power of this Mutant Beast’s Superpower is astonishing. If I didn’t have a way to counter it, I’d have no choice but to retreat.’

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