I landed some distance away from the Lapahns and smiled as they all turned to look at me with their red, beady eyes.
All of them began growling at me except for a particular towering Lapahn with a horizontal scar over one of its eyes that merely looked at me calmly.
I growled slightly, and another Lapahn began fairly massive Lapahn began charging towards me. The charging Lapahn was still somewhat smaller than the one with a scar on its eye, but it was still at least a head taller than the rest.
"Trying to test my strength, eh?" I murmured to myself as I stood my ground unphased as the Lapahn began running on all fours.
It was already within six meters distance away from me in a matter of seconds, and it stomped the ground, lunging towards me. I merely took a step to the side and spun around just in time to see the Lapahn dive face-first into the snow.
The Lapahn immediately stood up, shaking its head as it turned to look at me with a ferocious glare. It growled and charged at me again, this time on two legs, instead of two, like its first try.
It didn't move as fast as well, but it still closed the distance between us rather quickly and swiped its claw at my face with another low growl.
I blocked the swipe with my wrest, gripping its forearm, and delivered an open palm strike to the Lapahn's chest, Jakie Chan style.
I didn't let the Lapahn fly away as I had held on to its forearm and spun around me two times, throwing it back to its herd, slightly worse for wear but still just as healthy.
The largest Lapahn, the one with a scar on its eyes, looked at its defeated companion, which I sent flying, and growled while gesturing with its paws.
All adult Lapahns briefly looked at the largest one and immediately set their eyes on me after doing so. The smaller Lapahns, the cups, meanwhile, immediately began running towards the top of the mountain, seemingly seeking refuge.
And with another particularly loud growl from the largest Lapahn, they all began charging towards me while running on all fours.
"Good, now we get this over with quickly," I said with a lazy smile as I lowered my posture with my hands in front of me, taking a loose defensive stance.
The Lapahns quickly came within lunging distance, and they did exactly that, jumping at me and ferociously growling as they brandished their sharp claws.
I took a step forwards and punched the first Lapahn to reach me in the face and gripped its face, burying it into the snow ground.
The Lapahn hit the ground hard, creating a small crater in the snow and causing it to fly everywhere, momentarily hiding my figure from the rest of the enraged snow rabbits.
The Lapahns lost sight of me for a second, but they all started lunging at where they last saw me nonetheless. I closed my eyes, focusing more on my ears, and took a step to the side to dodge the only Lapahn who guessed my location correctly while lunging.
I caught the said Lapahn by the neck as it flew past me, almost like a speeding bullet, and spun threw it away towards another one of its companions, sending them both flying away from the fight.
The snow quickly fell to the ground, revealing me in front of the Lapahns again, and I merely smiled as I channeled my impact fist into my foot, stomping the snow.
Another wave of snow flew into the air, but the Lapahns didn't care as they all charged towards me while running on two limbs, despite losing sight of me again.
I kept my impact fist flowing through my foot as I soru stepped all over the area, causing more and more snow to fly into the air as I dodged and punched away whatever Lapahn managed to locate me as I did so.
I heard the large Lapahn's distinct growl from afar after a minute or so of speeding through the snow screen I created while sending any Lapahn I came across flying.
I heard whooshing noises all around me as the Lapahns started moving away from the snow screen, so I stopped allowing the snow to fall to the ground to see what was happening.
"I know these guys are supposed to be super smart, but come on!" I said to no one in particular as the snow cleared, giving me a clear view of the Lapahn's surrounding me as they used their claws to dig up the snow, throwing it behind them while slowly inching towards me.
'It's not like I really need the snow screen. I just did it because it seemed like fun, but still...,' I shook my head, deciding to humor the snow rabbits as I charged towards them.
Half of the Lapahn's charged towards me, while the others kept digging at the snow while surrounding me, and I even saw the large Lapahn, who seemed to be their leader, making his way towards me from the corner of my eye.
Five Lapahns lunged at me, and I began channeling impact fist through my entire body while standing still. "Omni-Impact," I murmured as I released the spring force in my muscles, creating an omnidirectional shock wave that sent the Lapahns around me flying as they finally reached me.
"That actually worked," I said with a satisfied nod. "Neat," I added as I jumped into the air to avoid several other Lapahn's lunging at me from all directions.
"Well, this has been fun," I remarked with a smile as I floated in the air. "But I don't have all day, so I'll have to cut this short," I added as I released my conquerers Haki, making nearly every lapahn surrounding me lose consciousness except for a few who were too far away.
The Lapahn leader looked at this scene with what I could have sworn was a pensive expression as it growled, causing the few remaining conscious Lapahns to start dragging away their companions while he kept moving towards me.
"Oh? Wanna have a go yourself, buddy?" I said with an amused smile as I turned to look at the Lapahn leader. "But I have things to do, so you'll have to earn if you want me to fight you," I added as I unleashed my conquerors Haki again, focusing it on the Lapahn leader.
The towering snow rabbit faltered, grunting as it even took a step back, but it persevered with defiance in its eyes as it resumed moving towards, albeit at a much slower pace.
"Not bad," I said with an appreciative nod. "But still not enough," I added as I unleashed the full intensity of my Haki, causing the Lapahn leader to stop moving.
It glared at me as it stood rooted in place for several seconds, finally falling to the ground unconscious.
"This guy is something else," I murmured as I gently floated down to the ground. "Even your average marine ensign would have fallen way before he did," I added with a thoughtful look as I turned around, intending to go back to Kureha and my companions.
However, I stopped in my tracks merely seconds after walking away as I suddenly heard a loud rumbling noise coming from behind me.
"Well, shit," I said with a sigh as I turned around and found out what was causing the sound.
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