56: Nine Lives Elvis!

Night fell.

South America. Stars twinkled.

They were like brilliant diamonds embedded in the deep black night sky.

In the Amazon rainforest, fierce battles raged.

Warrior Generals from the The Two Great Martial Arts Schools, Dojo of Limits and Thunder Martial Hall, had already captured a large area and established a temporary base.

At this moment, helicopters and fighter jets flew back and forth in the sky, busy without end.

Large transport planes, their red warning lights flashing, performed low-altitude drops of weapons and equipment onto clearings.

In the designated landing zones, newly arrived Warrior Generals were ferried by helicopter.

Both martial artists and weapons and ammunition were continuously supporting this battlefield.

In the deepest part of the dense forest, the battle was still ongoing.

The second and third echelons were advancing steadily, continuously compressing the beast horde's territory, gradually approaching the No. 9 Ancient Civilization Ruins.

Even though the cost was great, they were at least inching closer to their goal.

At the very front, Hong, Thunder God, Ye Fan, and Slav, four Planetary Level martial artists, were enduring the frenzied assault of twelve King-level Monsters.

Especially Hong and Thunder God, two peak powerhouses, their actions were incredibly daring, each attracting the attacks of four King-level Monsters.

Meanwhile, Ye Fan and Slav, the two Planetary Level martial artists, were jointly battling four King-level Monsters.

As time passed, the entire battlefield situation gradually shifted towards the monster side.

As the rulers of the beast horde, these King-level Monsters could mobilize all monsters within their species.

Under their command, other monsters continuously came to harass the four human powerhouses, aiming to deplete their stamina and attention.

In just six hours of intense fighting, Hong alone had killed no fewer than fifteen Lord-Level Monsters that attempted to wear him down.

Not to mention Thunder God and the other two Planetary Level beings.

However, even when facing a nearly continuous stream of Lord-Level Monsters sacrificing themselves, the four Planetary Level martial artists forcibly killed five King-level Monsters.

For this, Ye Fan and Slav, who were slightly weaker than Hong, were besieged multiple times, narrowly escaping death each time.

By this point in the battle, all four had sustained injuries of varying degrees.

Thunder God and Hong's injuries were the lightest, while Ye Fan and Slav's were the most severe.

The most dangerous wound, a gash that almost tore Ye Fan's chest open, left a monster's claw less than three centimeters from his heart.

If it had penetrated just a little deeper, into his heart, Ye Fan would have been dead.

Fortunately, Thunder God provided timely support, and with the eruption of his Ninefold Thunderblade, he forcibly repelled the attacking King-level Monster, saving Ye Fan from disaster.

However, due to this monster's attack, Ye Fan suffered severe injuries, significantly reducing his combat power.

And the instigator of all this was none other than the Nine Lives Cat King, a King-level Monster!

Since the Nine Lives Cat King's appearance, it has been hailed by humans as a legendary existence.

Its terror meant that almost no martial artist who encountered it escaped alive.

Humans only managed to occasionally capture glimpses of the Nine Lives Cat King's traces using high-definition cameras.

To date, the weakest Nine Lives Cat King discovered by humans has been a terrifying High-level Lord-level existence.

And the most fearsome among the Nine Lives Cat Kings was the Nine Lives Cat King, possessing strength beyond the Lord-level.

A King-level Monster!

The Nine Lives Cat King, with its nine tails, was not only as swift as lightning but also skilled in hunting and stealth attacks, and its strength was on par with typical King-level Monsters.

It was practically an all-rounder King-level Monster!

Furthermore, the Nine Lives Cat King not only frequently hunted Lord-Level Monsters but also wouldn't spare King-level Monsters weaker than itself.

Therefore, the Nine Lives Cat King was considered among the top King-level Monsters worldwide.

At this moment, among the remaining seven King-level Monsters faced by Thunder God and the other three, there was one Nine Lives Cat King!

The gruesome wound on Ye Fan's chest was courtesy of this Nine Lives Cat King!

Now, Thunder God and Hong were at the front, taking on the role of main attackers and bearing most of the pressure.

Ye Fan and Slav were positioned on the flanks, covering Hong and Thunder God's backs from sneak attacks.

After all, these King-level Monsters' intelligence far surpassed that of humans, and their formidable strength allowed them to launch attacks at any time.

Although the four, Thunder God included, were individually stronger than these King-level Monsters, the prolonged intense battle was a huge drain on their stamina.

Even the strongest, Hong and Thunder God, had depleted over sixty percent of their stamina.

Let alone the slightly weaker Slav and Ye Fan.

“If only my domain could form faster, this battle wouldn't be so difficult,” Hong, clad in black battle armor, sighed inwardly, then gripped his spear tighter.

Facing the siege of a large group of King-level Monsters, the greatly exhausted Hong only trusted two things—the spear in his hand and his teammates beside him.

As a martial artist who had just broken through to the Planetary Level less than a year ago, Hong was not without experience fighting King-level Monsters.

But each time, it was him single-handedly fighting a King-level Monster, making it yelp and flee.

A brutal battle like the current one, facing the encirclement of twelve King-level Monsters,

was a first for Hong, who was only thirty-five years old.

Even facing the remaining seven King-level Monsters, the four peak martial artists maintained intense focus; no one dared to relax.

Because they knew clearly that if the four of them were defeated and annihilated,

the thousands of warriors behind them would suffer slaughter and be buried here.

These warriors were the elite of the Dojo of Limits and the Thunder Martial Hall, the foundation for humanity's future resistance against monsters; they could not afford overly massive losses.

Otherwise, once a gap appeared, humanity's situation would become extremely perilous... No one dared to relax; they didn't want to and couldn't.

They absolutely could not lose!

Looking at the Nine Lives Cat King, guarded at the center by six King-level Monsters like stars orbiting the moon,

Hong and Thunder God exchanged glances, a resolute expression simultaneously appearing on their faces.

“Protect yourselves; we're going in.”

With just that one instruction, Hong and Thunder God soared into the air, their figures transforming into streaks of swift shadows.

Blade light and sword shadows tore through the air, directly striking towards the core of these King-level Monsters—the Nine Lives Cat King.

“Meow!”

“Meow!”

Not far away, the Nine Lives Cat King seemed to sense Thunder God and Hong's killing intent; with a furious roar, the six King-level Monsters beside it moved into action.

Even the King-level existence of the ant-like monsters that roamed the rainforest, the Marching Devil Ant, moved under the Nine Lives Cat King's command.

A strange agreement seemed to have been reached between these King-level Monsters; they united and resisted together when facing human attacks.

Watching Thunder God and Hong, who were about to collide head-on with the six King-level Monsters,

a hint of human-like amusement flickered in the Nine Lives Cat King's large, lamp-like eyes.

Then, its nine enormous, friend-like tails flailed wildly behind it, as if a multitude of demons were dancing madly.

In an instant, Hong and Thunder God made direct contact with the six King-level Monsters, and a massive battle immediately erupted...