Two more arrows were shot, precisely pinning into the soft flesh of the monster's throat.
But this didn't kill it.
The Skull Crawler was not an ordinary Beast; it was a demon of this subterranean World.
The intense pain not only failed to make it retreat but instead completely ignited its ferocity.
It went mad.
Ignoring the arrows in its body, that thick tail swept out violently, kicking up sand and dust into the sky.
It no longer paid attention to Barton in the distance, but opened its bloody maw and lunged toward Alice and Banner, who were the closest.
In that instant, the foul stench rushed toward them, and that row of razor-like teeth magnified infinitely in Alice's eyes.
"It's over."
Alice's mental energy was exhausted at this moment, and she couldn't make any response at all.
Banner was even more exhausted, slumped on the ground.
However.
Just in this second.
"Thump!"
The earth suddenly trembled violently.
This vibration was so intense that the sand on the beach jumped up, and everyone couldn't even stand steadily.
The Skull Crawler's movements also paused abruptly, and in its eyes, which had originally been filled with the desire to kill, a fear from the depths of its soul suddenly emerged.
It wanted to brake, wanted to flee.
But it was too late.
The sky suddenly went dark.
Alice looked up instinctively.
What she saw wasn't dark clouds, but a palm tree that was several dozen meters tall.
This tree hadn't grown from the ground, but had fallen from the sky like a giant javelin, bringing a whistling wind as it slammed down fiercely.
"Boom!"
This giant tree struck the Skull Crawler's back with absolute precision.
A sound of bones shattering rang out.
The Skull Crawler, which had been so arrogant just a moment ago, was instantly smashed into a sand pit, its spine broken directly, letting out a miserable wail as mouthfuls of blood mixed with visceral fragments sprayed out.
Immediately after.
In the stunned gaze of everyone.
The towering trees at the edge of the jungle were pushed aside like weeds.
A figure as towering as a mountain walked out from the shadows.
It was a giant ape.
A super giant ape that walked upright, over thirty meters tall, covered in black fur, with muscles bulging like rocks.
It stood in the sunlight, its massive shadow covering the entire beach.
Every step it took, the earth trembled.
The seashell in Strange's hand dropped to the ground, his mouth hanging open until his jaw dislocated.
Banner was completely stunned; as a biologist, the creature before him completely violated the laws of biological size limits.
"A god, this is a god." Hughes knelt on the ground, trembling all over.
The giant ape paid no attention to the humans at its feet, who were like ants.
In its eyes, there was only that nemesis struggling in the throes of death.
It walked up to the Skull Crawler, reached out that massive palm, and like grabbing a lizard, grabbed the monster's tail and pulled it over.
The Skull Crawler was still trying to bite back.
But the giant ape just looked coldly, its two hands prying at the monster's head, its arms exerting force violently.
A simple, violent ripping sound.
The monster that had brought despair to Alice and the others had its upper and lower jaws torn into two halves just like that.
A rain of blood fell.
The giant ape tossed the corpse into the sea as if it were trash.
Then it turned around.
Those amber eyes, as large as truck tires, scanned the survivors on the beach.
Strange held his breath, Banner closed his eyes to await death, and Barton's fingers stiffly released the bowstring.
In the face of absolute power, any resistance was a joke.
The giant ape's gaze swept over everyone, and finally, it rested on Alice.
Alice tilted her head back, meeting the gaze of this guardian of Skull Island.
In a trance, she felt as if she saw deep loneliness in the other's eyes.
And the giant ape, it seemed to have sniffed something on Alice.
Perhaps it was the residual aura of a powerhouse from Mikasa Ackerman, or perhaps something else.
"Hmph."
The giant ape exhaled a puff of white air from its nostrils, blowing the people on the beach off-balance.
However, it did not launch an attack.
It only took one more look at Alice, then turned to face the sea, beating its chest, which was as thick as a city wall, with both hands.
A roar declaring its sovereignty resounded through the sky, scattering the clouds on the horizon and intimidating all the living creatures on the entire island.
Subsequently, it strode away, along the coastline, disappearing into the golden sunlight.
Leaving behind only giant footprints and that group of humans who remained in a petrified state.
For a long time.
Until the sound of the waves washing over the footprints rang out, only then did everyone seem to regain the ability to breathe.
Alice watched the direction in which the giant ape had disappeared, a weak, bitter smile appearing at the corner of her mouth, and finally, unable to hold on any longer, her body collapsed backward onto the beach.
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