Eye System

Chapter 159: Sneak Attack

Standing up Lex had a satisfied expression seeing the growth of his fox beasts and was happy with the increase in strength that he experienced.

He now had 25 Sky Mortal Fox Beasts under him, including the 5 Unit Leaders, and most of the rest of the fox beasts were at the peak of the Earth Mortal Rank and would breakthrough any time soon.

The density of the energy in the area had lowered slightly, but was still quite dense and had caused quite a disturbance in the nearby area.

In the week that Lex, his clones and the fox beasts were increasing their strength, many beasts had approached the area hoping to gain some food or absorb some energy for themselves, while weaker beasts ran away from the area, not wanting to get killed by whatever had caused the commotion.

But no beast had yet dared to enter the area that the energy was concentrated in.

A few dozen miles away in the Underground Coves was a giant rock worm that was similar in size and appearance to the rock worms that Lex had faced in his past reality.

However, these rock worms were much more powerful than those from Lex's past reality and were also much larger in numbers.

The giant rock worm sensed the disturbance in the energy and also felt the abundant amount of energy in the area that Lex, his clones and the fox beasts were in.

The giant rock worm despite being a Sky Mortal Ranked beast wasn't confident enough to head towards the energy alone and quickly headed back towards its tribe to gather some beasts.

The rock worms were one of the largest tribes of beasts in the Underground Cove and oversaw a large territory around their tribe's base.

After alerting the rest of its tribe, the rock worm gathered over 20 Sky Mortal beasts from its tribe and set out towards the area where there was a large concentration of energy.

They travelled under the land and similar to the Land Elemental Energy Transformation, it was very hard for them to be detected as their bodies that contained dense Land Energy and seemed to fuse with the land around them.

Moving under the land, the rock worms headed towards the area that Lex, his clones and the fox beasts were in.

They travelled many meters under the surface of the Underground Coves and it would be extremely difficult for them to be sensed, even for Lex who had very sharp senses.

Lex stretching his body suddenly had a gut feeling of danger and with it, he suddenly sensed something emerging from the land below him.

"Prepare for battle" he screamed as giant fox worms penetrated through the ground they stood on.

With the spikes around their body, they slashed many nearby fox beasts as they emerged, that were too slow to react, and instantly killed them.

The fox beasts all retreated behind Lex and the 5 Unit Leaders as they faced off against the 24 giant rock worm beasts.

"It seems as though I won't have to go looking out for prey and they came straight to me" mumbled Lex with a glint of anger in his eyes.

Their sneak attack had killed and wounded around 40 fox beasts, and after knowing how rare and valuable the fox beasts were and how low their fertility was, Lex couldn't afford to have any more casualties.

Observing his opponents, he was instantly able to understand how they were able to sneak attack him and his fox beasts without him sensing them, and could see the similarities between his Land Elemental Energy Transformation and their bodies.

"Protect your units, I will quickly deal with these beasts and we can avenge the fallen" ordered Lex to the Unit Leaders who all stayed calm and took on their responsibilities.

Having faced a beast that was almost identical in his past reality and knowing the capabilities of the Land Elemental Energy Transformation that was similar to their bodies' composition, Lex knew exactly how to defeat them.

[Battling against a beast with such a strong body and defence requires large raw power to break past those defences and with speed and it will be easy to avoid attacks from their quite slow and clunky large bodies] analysed Lex.

Streaming large amounts of energy into his arms and legs, enhancing his already powerful External Cultivation, Lex burst of the ground with incredible speed.

Lex was focusing mainly on offence and was relying on his speed and power to overwhelm the weaker beasts that had tried to sneak attack him.

Launching a powerful fist towards the head of the closest rock worm, Lex's fist shattered the rock worm's head instantly before it even had time to react.

"You all dared to harm my fox beasts and will all pay" roared Lex.

Lex was asserting his dominance and showing his strength to the fox beasts, while also showing that he cared about them, making them more loyal to him.

But despite him putting on a show for his fox beasts, Lex was genuinely quite angry and wanted to kill them all.

Flinging himself into the air, Lex spun mid-air and with a roundhouse kick shattered another rock worm's head.

Before Lex, who was a high level Heaven Mortal, that had strength that surpassed that, the Sky Mortal rock worms were merely his prey.

Withdrawing a halberd from his inventory, it was the first time that Lex was to use the weapon that he had learnt about and trained in through the Weapon Guide that his master had given him.

Scarlet Flash

Lex slashed outwards with large amounts of power and energy and released a large blade of energy from his halberd that sliced through a few rock worms with ease.

Spinning the halberd in his hands, Lex could feel incredible power coursing through his body as he tested out his newly gained strength.

The rock worms were all scared of the monster that had taken out a quarter of them with ease and were all preparing to retreat, but it wouldn't be that easy.