Feicui Long then noticed it, near the palisade that surrounded the village a group of monsters, with sizes varying between 1.65 meters and 1.9 meters, their bodies with a humanoid shape that combined bestial traits, were covered by thick skin full of exuberant fur, which gave them an unprecedented ferocity.
The fur of each one varied from member to member, although some shared the same, ranging from light brown with coffee or black spots, to white with chocolate spots, they have large claws and their large long heads hunch forming almost a hump, in it what stands out the most are their large jaws similar to that of a dog, but with certain differences.
They possess battered, disorganized or poorly maintained armor, some barely covered themselves, but the most striking thing are their bloodthirsty eyes that reveal the sanguinary nature of these monsters… it is a gnoll, a monster that is a grotesque mixture between a hyena and a human, which is why they are also called hyena men, counting them it seems that there are easily about 100-150 surrounding the palisade.
The gnolls are staring threateningly at the faunas on the palisades who attack them from a distance trying to keep them at bay while they fail in trying to climb the wooden walls that surround the village.
Feicui Long then understands what is happening… this further proves his point that the soul of this undead and perhaps that of his companions is close to awakening, why else would there be better proof than this?, the strongest enemy in that group is barely a mystic realm grade 7, their equipment are barely pseudo-artifacts, that is to say…
They do not represent even the slightest threat to Feicui Long, in fact even now in these extra 3 months in which he advanced his cultivation from mystic realm grade 5, which he had reached in the previous months, to mystic realm grade 7, Feicui Long himself can skip 5 grades of cultivation thanks to the combination of his title, cultivation techniques, bloodline and on top of that vast combat experience and energy control.
He alone can kill them in a single strike, but the faun leader behaves as if his life depended on it… that only shows that it is very likely that it is indeed his original soul inhabiting his body and that his memories are awakening.
Obviously this is not irrefutable proof, after all he ordered to protect the faunas he brought with him and the carriages, perhaps they acted on their own because the order was not very specific and they were not told that they had to stay close.
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While Feicui Long is distracted thinking about whether the faun leader preserves his original soul and is very close to awakening it, the faun leader continues moving at high speed, with his large hooves leaving heavy marks, while with each breath he takes his deathly breath emerges from his lifeless mouth.
When it seems that the palisade will not hold any longer and the frightened faunas keep trying to stop the gnolls with all their strength, some fall wounded, but they do not stop, almost as if they were zombies in a zombie movie, they cling with all their strength to its edges.
It is then that with brutal speed and strength thanks to the rune of lightness, the agility talisman, speed glyph, wind sigil and lightning seal empowering the faun leader while he uses his energy at an impressive speed, he arrives and rams with his powerful body into some distracted gnolls forcing them to slam into the ground with an explosive sound.
This noise quickly alerts the other gnolls who turn around rapidly to see, the gnoll leader notices it frightened saying: "Impossible!, You were supposed to have disappeared and be dead!"
The faun leader does not respond, with his spear in hand he observes the gnoll leader with a cold blue light shining in his eyes sending chills down his enemy's spine and approaches with an imposing presence.
The gnoll leader, furious and with some confidence, recovers saying: "You were always weaker than me!, Now without your ranged combat advantage I want to see how you deal with me!"
The faun leader moves dodging the lesser gnolls with impressive ease, then with a piercing attack he stabs with brutal force, skewering the gnolls that blocked his path, then with the same brutality he shakes his spear and throws the dying gnolls aside like rag dolls.
The rest of the gnolls ignite their eyes with rage upon seeing this and launch themselves with savage force without care to surround the faun leader and with it several jump with weapons in hand ready to slit this damned faun's throat.
With a circular spin of his spear he performs a cut that horizontally slices through the bodies of the gnolls killing some directly and gravely injuring others, but he does not stay still because he propels himself forward piercing three more and with them, using them as shields, partially blocks some incoming attacks.
But this leaves him exposed, one of the gnolls jumps with an axe chopping with all his strength while also injecting his energy into the axe, the attack seems about to sever his arm, but as if it were nothing with his other hand he places his open palm in the path of the attack and…
The axe falls into the open palm with a force that would kill a common human wearing mortal steel plate armor, cutting him like butter, but what would be expected does not happen, on the contrary, the axe strikes the palm but deals no damage at all, while the faun leader grabs the axe as if nothing.
And with pure brute force he pulls the gnoll closer and then releases the axe and grips his head tightly beginning to squeeze and squeeze, until grotesque sounds begin to ring out, crunching sounds of bones being crushed, blood violently splashes all over the area including the faun leader.
When the gnoll stops moving he throws the corpse aside to open space and resumes his charge through the crowd.
The gnolls want to follow him, but then more faunas with powerful weapons appear, some fire javelins with great power killing some gnolls, the gnolls then realize and even in their blood-soaked minds change targets and form ranks to withstand the charge of the faunas who rush in recklessly following their leader.
The faun leader then approaches meter by meter, centimeter by centimeter, millimeter by millimeter toward the gnoll leader who looks at him with a mix of rage and fear saying: "How is this possible!?, Since when have you reached the peak of the mystic realm!?"
The faun leader does not respond, with his imposing height and being 10 cm taller than the female gnoll leader he approaches step by step, the gnoll leader upon seeing this says with that same enraged fury: "Even so do not think that I fear you, your kind has always been bad at close combat!"
She activates a racial ability, bloody rage, a reddish aura similar to blood envelops her, her eyes are covered with a glow of that same color, her muscles expand and she grows about 3 to 5 cm, although she is still shorter than the faun leader, and then she shouts: "Rending Fangs Technique!"
With her pair of battle axes she launches a ferocious attack that unleashes wind, dust and a lethal threat, the faun leader takes momentum and injects energy into his spear which shines intensely with that mysterious blue glow, cold and icy with a very sinister energy.
Then the spear tip collides with the dual attack and a small explosion erupts, this sends the gnoll leader flying backward forcing her to retreat dozens of meters, while the faun leader is still in his attack stance.
But the worst thing for the gnoll leader is not that, it is that her axes show clear cracks where the impact occurred and frightened she says: "What the hell!?"
Even so there is no time to worry, the faun leader pursues with terrifying ferocity and with equally horrifying speed, with an even more deadly attack than before.
The gnoll leader in a desperate move tries to block with her precious artifacts mortal level grade 3 – medium rank, but…
That would prove to be a futile effort, the attack pierces through the axes as if they were nothing and soon likewise pierces the gnoll leader's heart, the faun leader does not stop and with the leader skewered he slams the spear into the ground causing her body to crash brutally.
The faun leader then with his maximum power begins to strike her with his bare fists, again and again and again and again, without stopping until the body completely stops moving and the entire area is splattered with blood and parts of the leader's gray and white matter.
After that he stands up and lets out a guttural roar of victory ROAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR