I Start with a Mysterious Island-Chapter 98: Despicable, Shameless, Hateful, Cunning, Treacherous Human...
BOOM, BOOM, BOOM...
Two figures clashed violently back and forth in mid-air. Every collision of their fists and feet produced a tremendous roar.
Over ten minutes had passed since the middle-aged man and the black ape Mutant Beast had chosen to fight far away from the Spirit Plant.
Although the battle between the man and the beast was fierce, neither had sustained any serious injuries. This made it clear they weren’t using their full strength or fighting to the death.
BANG.
The middle-aged man and the black ape Mutant Beast threw a punch at each other. A loud bang erupted from where their fists collided, and they both pulled back, putting distance between them.
By now, they were fighting three or four kilometers away from the Spirit Plant’s location.
Gasping breaths escaped the mouths of both the middle-aged man and the black ape Mutant Beast.
Although they hadn’t been fighting to the death with all their might, the intense battle of the last ten-plus minutes had consumed a great deal of their stamina and Spiritual Energy.
Suddenly, the panting black ape Mutant Beast saw a smug smile spread across the human’s face, which made it pause for a moment.
"ROAR... Human, what are you so smug about? This fight isn’t over yet!" the black ape Mutant Beast said, using its Spiritual Power to communicate with the grinning man.
"A beast is just a beast. When it comes to intelligence, we humans are ultimately smarter than you lot," the middle-aged man said with a laugh to the Mutant Beast, whose eyes showed its confusion.
"ROAR... Bastard, you’re looking to die." Hearing the middle-aged man mock its intelligence, the black ape Mutant Beast’s anger flared.
Seeing the enraged Mutant Beast, the middle-aged man’s smile didn’t waver. He unhurriedly drew a diamond-shaped dart from his waist.
When the black ape Mutant Beast saw its enemy take out the dart, it spoke with disdain. "You humans are a real joke. You really think you can use that piece of junk against me?"
During their fierce battle, the middle-aged man had thrown over a dozen darts at the black ape Mutant Beast. Without exception, all of them had been shattered by the beast’s sandbag-like fists.
It was clearly impossible to injure the black ape Mutant Beast with a Spiritual Dart.
"Idiot, who says a dart has to be used to attack an enemy? Today, I’ll open your eyes and show you the intellectual gap between us."
With an expression that screamed of assured victory, the middle-aged man abandoned his previous calm and steady demeanor, laughing as he taunted the black ape Mutant Beast before him.
Although its anger was soaring after hearing the man’s mockery, the black ape Mutant Beast didn’t attack immediately. It wanted to see what the man would do next.
"That Spirit Plant is mine. We’ll meet again if fate allows," the middle-aged man said to the black ape Mutant Beast while pouring Spiritual Energy into the Spiritual Dart in his hand.
"ROAR... The Spirit Plant is yours? What a joke! As long as I’m here today, that Spirit Plant will never be yours. You’d better give up on that idea! That Spirit Plant will ultimately belong to..."
The black ape Mutant Beast stopped short before it could say the final word, "me," and froze in a daze.
After the middle-aged man infused the Spiritual Dart in his hand with Spiritual Energy, it immediately began to glow with a faint golden Spiritual Light.
Immediately after, the faint golden Spiritual Light blooming from the Spiritual Dart spread rapidly over the middle-aged man’s body, enveloping him completely in the blink of an eye.
Completely cocooned in the faint golden Spiritual Light, the middle-aged man’s figure was no longer visible. All that remained in mid-air was a faint golden ball of light.
Then, in the time it took to draw a deep breath, the faint golden ball of light shrank rapidly, becoming the size of a fingernail in an instant before vanishing completely.
Where did he go? The middle-aged man had disappeared.
"ROAR..." Seeing the middle-aged man vanish, the black ape Mutant Beast froze for a second. Then it spun around to face the location of the Spirit Plant and let out a frenzied roar.
"Despicable, shameless, detestable, cunning, treacherous human..." 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖
"Damn you, damn you, damn you! I won’t let you get away with this..."
Coming to its senses, the black ape Mutant Beast instantly understood from the man’s last words that he had used the Spiritual Dart in his hand to teleport to the Spirit Plant’s location.
At the same time, it also realized the man’s true purpose. His initial proposal to move the fight away from the Spirit Plant, supposedly out of concern for damaging it, had been a ruse to lure it away.
"ROAR... I will tear you to shreds."
The black ape Mutant Beast’s rage shot through the roof, and its eyes turned crimson with fury.
With a furious bellow, the black ape Mutant Beast unleashed the Spiritual Energy within its body. It kicked off the empty air with a thunderous BOOM, launching itself like a cannonball toward the Spirit Plant’s location several kilometers away.
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WHOOSH...
RUSTLE, RUSTLE, RUSTLE...
A gentle breeze blew, causing the lush, green grass and trees to sway lightly, making rustling sounds.
Beside the pond, about six or seven meters away, a cluster of metal fragments was embedded in the dirt.
These were the fragments of the Spiritual Dart the middle-aged man had thrown at the beginning of the fight, which had been shattered by the black ape Mutant Beast’s punch and sent flying to embed themselves here.
At this moment, a faint golden Spiritual Light suddenly appeared on the surface of these Spiritual Dart fragments.
HUM.
With a soft tremor, the faint golden Spiritual Light on the fragments detached itself, forming a faint golden ball of light the size of a fingernail.
Once the faint golden ball of light had formed, it rapidly expanded. Two or three seconds later, the faint golden light completely dissipated, and a figure appeared out of thin air on the grass.
"That black ape Mutant Beast will figure it out soon. I have to grab the Spirit Plant and get out of here quickly," the middle-aged man muttered to himself, his face full of the satisfaction of a successful scheme. He then strode quickly toward the small pond.
"Huh???"
"Where’s the Spirit Plant? Why is the Spirit Plant gone?"
As the middle-aged man reached the edge of the small pond and looked toward its center, the joyful expression on his face froze completely.
The once-clear water of the small pond had become somewhat murky due to someone’s actions.
Looking at the slightly murky pond, the middle-aged man thought for a moment and understood.
Someone had taken advantage of his battle with the black ape Mutant Beast to secretly dig up and steal the Spirit Plant from the pond.
