Slaughter Of The Crescent Moon

The Crescent Moon shone down upon the treetops as light filtered between the branches. The forest of this mountain range was filled with a perpetual fog that was normally off-limits to outer disciples.

As he walked between the trees he kept his eyes open as he wandered between the dew-filled grass.

The forest air was cold and filled with the scent of wet foliage.

As he wandered deeper inside the fog slowly got thicker...

Soon he came upon a small clearing that he decided to use to practice his Prana arts. Before he could practice, he heard a female voice shouting for help which startled him.

"Help! Help! Junior Brother Help me!"

*SWISH*

He darted through the thickets in its direction. As he surveyed the rocky area before him, he wasn't able to see who the voice was coming from. It felt like he was lead here.

It felt like a trap...who in their right mind would be out here at this time of night?...damn he was...

He tried to immediately leave but the fog suddenly got increasingly thicker as he saw shadows coursing through the fog.

He waited and then leaped out with full action to take the life of whatever it may be.

*BOOM*

As his fists connected with flesh he sent a serpent as thick as a barrel and around 4 meters in length tumbling through the trees.

He stared at the reptilian beast now covered in blood and surrounding by broken trunks and branches of the trees it passed.

It was an Early Rank 3 Demonic Beast. The PsychEye Serpent. It could mimic the voices of anything it heard and produce soul attacks to kill unaware or careless individuals before slowly devouring them.

Beasts like these were normally graded from Rank 1 to 9 corresponding with cultivation levels and Early, Mid and High depending on their strengths. The PsychEye Serpent seemed to be a Early Rank 3 Beast which was equivalent to a newly ascended Qi gathering Cultivator.

As he stared at the snake he slowly began to tear the skin off it as he broke it into segments. Madlenkosi's became to roast the snake meat with his Yang flames.

As he ate and then cultivated his prana skills he noticed that he had seen a large improvement in his conversion of Qi to Prana.

The Qi within his body seemed to be flourishing and he remembered from lectures that most demonic or spirit beasts absorbed qi into their flesh.

Certain beast could also form a type of beast-dantian called a core.

Beast with cores are usually much stronger than their coreless counterparts and should be treated with all seriousness.

As he finished his cultivation he made significant progress in his prana skills and conversion.

Soon he started to hunt beasts as he proceeded deeper into the outer area of the mountain range.

After a couple of hours, he was completely accustomed to his strength and even made significant progress to his next Body Cultivation layer.

His Qi cultivation also broke through to the 5th Layer and his Moon Gazing Mountain Technique was able to break through to Greater Mastery.

Soon he had reached the inner area, the beasts in this area were far more powerful than before. Occasionally crossing paths with mid Rank 3 beast as well as upper rank 3 beasts.

He was covered in the blood of both him and his kills.

His Advent of the Overlord Fist Technique and Movement Technique both broke through to Lesser Mastery as he was fighting constantly his life on the line.

Death so near he could feel its breath on the nape of his neck.

As he tried to find his way out of the mountains his sight caught the eerie glow of eyes watching him from within the darkness.

As he retreated he saw more eyes staring at him.

Soon the shouts and screams of primates filled the air. Trees shook and leaves fell as the noise slowly got louder and louder.

Slowly Demonic beasts looking like an oversized muscular gelada strolled out of the darkness.

These were Sinüè Mountain Apes, they usually live and hunt in packs and were extremely territorial and violent.

As he came faced to face with the pack he slowly proceeded to guide his prana...

'EEEEEEEEEE'

The apes all screamed as an impatient Early Rank 3 ape rushed him.

Mountain!Embraces!The Moon!

He punched out splattering the ape's head as he caught its limp body and threw it to the side. The apes were enraged by this blatant disrespect as they charged over with ferocity.

Dragons Swim Everywhere!

Madlenkosi dived and ducked, bobbed, and weaved as he danced between the claws and fists the best he could as he countered.

He did his utmost to take the least damage while counter-attacking.

Fierce Tiger Slams Paw!

Ape after Ape was slammed viciously into the forest floor but they charged nonetheless.

Tiger Steals Heart!

He moved between the apes as he fought to tear them limb from limb but this only sought to further enrage them.

White Dragon Moves The Sky!

As he blasted multiple apes flying, bones, blood and entrails were littered all over the area, whether it be on the floor or in the canopy of trees.

Advent! Of! The! Overlord!

A Fist blasted out as all apes within his range were blown apart, those that were outside the range were also blown back with varying injuries.

Madlenkosi was able to do the most damage with this technique but it was too costly on his Prana to be used repeatedly and Moon Gazing Mountain was simply not strong enough of a technique to kill the apes quickly.

As he began to tire, he ate a Qi replenishing pill. He couldn't let a group of monkeys be the end of him.

Soon he noticed that even as he killed repeatedly, the number of the monkeys wasn't decreasing...instead they were increasing!

As he fought amongst the fallen bodies of the ape army, blood splashed and death had never been more present...

He ran as he fought hoping not to get surrounded as he tried to find his way out, to no avail...

He refused to be cornered!

Dragon Scale Amor! Yang Flame!

Though these techniques were his Trump Cards, he either displayed them now or never be able to display them again at all.

Covered in scales and coated in flames Madlenkosi dived into the monkey horde.

Fist were flying and kicks were thrown as he fought tooth and nail to be the final victor.

Techniques used without abandon!

Each Ape was now of the High Rank 3 with a few Peak High Rank 3, fighting with no regard for their lives.

Sacrificing themselves in this bloody war for even a slight chance to take down their enemy.

Soon Madlenkosi was out of pills as he continued to persevere, his Prana and Qi getting low, he was just about to pass out as the thought of eating the apes crossed his mind.

"These guys should be full of Qi as well right?" The passing thought now echoing loudly within his mind as he stared at the new wave of incoming enemies, as the ran over each other, competing to get to him first.

As the first one reached him, he side stepped!

Fierce Tiger Steals Heart!

He tore off its arm as he began to stuff it into his mouth, blood splashed as the ape shrieked!

The other apes' eyes were long red as they began to attack with newfound hate and energy.

He fought as he ate and he ate as he fought, full of wounds but with an unrelenting desire to continue living as he fought throughout the night.

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As the sun began to slowly rise, the first-morning sunlight pierced through the branches and leaves coated in blood; a chilling sight to any who was unlucky enough to witness.

Blood painted the forest red for miles, as vast number of bodies littered the forest floor in mounds.

Blood flowed like rivers as the figure of a young boy climbed out of the bodies of the dead apes.

He survived The Slaughter of the Crescent Moon Night as he roared victoriously at the top of his lungs!