Lin Mu had seen a gradual improvement among the Lava beasts the further they went.
Not only did they get stronger and the area got more dangerous, the beasts even seem to be gaining more intelligence now. Of course, Lin Mu didn't know if the beasts were all like this or if this Lava gorilla was an exception.
'I suppose we'll find out soon…' Lin Mu thought as he felt several beasts approaching.
There was another Lava Gorilla accompanied by two smaller monkey variants.
~SHA~SHA~
Lady Kang detected them too and shot fragmenting stars towards them.
~SPLAT~
One of the Lava monkeys exploded from the fragmenting star, but the other monkey managed to avoid it.
"Ki! ki! ki!" The surviving Lava monkey was startled and had flipped to avoid the fragmenting star, which exploded some distance behind it.
"GRAAAAH!" The Lava Gorilla saw the power of its foe and seemingly became wary.
Instead of charging in like the previous one, it gauged its enemy.
~THUD~THUD~THUD~
It then started to beat its chest, causing it to thunder like war drums!
"Ki! Ki! Ki! Ki! Ki!"
"Gar! Gra! Gra! Gra!" That seemed to be a call for aid as several lava beasts started charging at them. They were all ape like beasts, being either monkeys, gorillas, chimpanzees or orangutans.
"Looks like there is indeed a theme to them." Lin Mu said as he quickly created two large magma claws.
They extended out from his arm, as if they had an independent mind and rushed towards the incoming beasts.
~SLAM~
The three lava beasts in the lead were slapped away from the rocky claws of Magma Fury while sustaining major injuries. ~THUD~
~CRACK~
Lin Mu thrust his leg into the ground and gave him a boost, propelling him towards the beasts while the ground cracked apart. He then spread his arms apart, causing the claws to move along them.
"Lava versus Magma, let's see what lasts!" Lin Mu chuckle and brought his arms together in a clapping motion.
This caused the magma claws to spring forth like whips and spray out sharp rocks from their back, while the frontal claws squished the Lava Gorilla between them.
"GRAAHA!" The Gorilla of course tried to resist and used its own arms to block it.
~SQUELCH~
But that only seemed to hold for a moment before his arms were stretched like a rubber band to its limit and then ripped apart!
Seeing his opening, Lin Mu curled his four fingers and extended his thumb, causing the respective claw to extended and directly pierce through the lava gorilla's chest.
It accurately targeted the Lava beast's energy core, causing its body to break down.
"Hmm, finding their energy cores is getting easier." Lin Mu muttered to himself.
He had figured out that he could use his Immortal sense in tandem with the Magma Fury's appendages to sense the energy flow within the Lava Beasts' bodies.
Since the Magma and Lava were essentially similar fluids, it made it easier for Lin Mu to sense the energy core within it. But when he tried to do it with just his own Immortal sense, the beasts resisted it sensing it to be a foreign object.
'It's the same as disguising oneself as someone from the enemy camp and sabotaging them.' Lin Mu reckoned.
~SLAPS~
Of course, Lin Mu didn't pause at all while he was thinking all this and spun in one fluid moment, causing the magma claws to turn into long magma whips that were tipped with black rock spikes.
The whips stuck two Lava Monkeys along with a Lava orangutan ,causing the monkeys to lose one of their arms and half of their torso, while the Lava Orangutan only lost one of its hands.
'The Orangutan is stronger…' Lin Mu could tell that while the beast was not as fast as the other beasts, its arm strength might just be greater than the gorilla.
As such it lost one hand in favor of gripping the magma whips. "Oooooogh!" The Orangutan chattered before holding onto the magma whip and pulling Lin Mu towards him.
~WHOOSH~
Lin Mu let the beast do as it pleased, while he flipped mid air, orienting his legs towards Orangutan.
~SHUA~
Dark red aura poured out of his body suddenly, causing a tyrannical feeing to spread in the area. This stunned some of the weaker Lava Beasts, while the stronger ones could vaguely see the image of a two legged bull appearing above Lin Mu.
One of Lin Mu's legs suddenly bulged and grew in size, becoming as big as that of an elephant's leg.
Tyrant Stomp!
~BOOM~
The Lava Orangutan seemed to have signed his own death sentence, as Lin Mu's foot stuck it square in the chest. The force was great enough that the impact zone was several times larger than the beast's body. It didn't matter where the beast's energy core was, since its entire body was stomped midair.
In fact, after blasting the beast into some lava splatter, the area of effect of the skill spread behind it, taking down eight more lava beasts as Lin Mu continue to fly with the momentum.
~CRASH~
And when he finally landed, he left a V-shaped groove in the ground that was about fifty meters wide and six meters deep!
"Huh, that worked better than I thought." Lin Mu had thought of the move set instinctively. "Real combat really is the best way to hone one's skills!" Lin Mu said with excitement as he looked at the growing number of Lava Beasts.
Their battle had created enough of a commotion that even the other Lava beasts were now attracted.
A few thoughts appeared in Lin Mu's mind before he made a decision.
"Lady Kang, why don't you rest and recover your Qi. I'll take care of all these for now." Lin Mu said out loud.
"Are you—" But before Lady Kang could reply, Lin Mu had already jumped into the fray
All Lady Kang saw was him soaring into the sky.
