Chapter 213 (2/2)

Cloudhawk returned the pygh hi up behind The second unfortunate mutant was pinned to one of the petrified trees

Cloudhawk juked away fro his attacker square in the face The crisp sound of shattered bone answered as the mutant's cheekbone broke into half a dozen pieces Cloudhawk didn't even pause, whipping around to plant a kick on another pygmy's chest He struck with such force that it turned shattered bone to shrapnel, churning organs intoaway in a shower of voruesome firecracker

How could this guy keep fighting after being poisoned?!

They weren't alone Cloudhawk shared their surprise Ever since coer by the day He'd practiced the de exercises up to thirty postures but had yet to really fight and see his progress

Of course his time in Skycloud was spent with anoh all thirty six postures and still not stand a chance against the loose with his full strength he was shocked to find that he had to be at least as strong as Mad Dog used to be – er!

Cloudhaas different froh The Tartarus Mercenary's captain was all about force, while Cloudhawk had that in addition to speed, quick reaction tieneration, and control All balanced Half a year had passed since he was that worthless scav, and if he went back as he was noould have been a match for any Tartarus elite

But the disadvantage of speed was that he didn't have the experience to be proficient in his new body He , but the warrior had twenty-some years of life in the harsh wilderness that teth to produce more than a hundred percent Meanwhile Cloudhaas lucky to effectively use eighty percent of his potential

Be that as it may, everyday sweepers were no match for Cloudhawk anymore

If these mutants were here it had to mean they had a camp nearby He couldn't afford to let any of them escape and alert the others He'd soon find this place crawling with enemies, and that would cause all sorts of trouble

He snapped up a discarded spear and went on the attack In a flash several pyg They screamed and hollered in fear but it was too late to flee They all perished under the bite of their oeapon

Cloudhahipped around, looking or his next target like a wild anienous warriors unlike the others stepped out froun in each hand As he leapt out, still in midair, he started to fire

Cloudhawk's eyes contracted to black pinpricks, the bullets' trajectory reflected within

He could see a tail where the bullets split the air, froun to where they passed now Incredible… Cloudhawk never dreamed he'd be able to see so precisely!

He'd never experienced anything like this before Beyond being able to see where the bullets had come from, if he were a little faster and a little more precise he would block them with just his weapon

He didn't dare try it now Instead he dodged themy proved to be a crack shot He was able to calculate where Cloudhaould be even when he dodged, closing off any route he could take He couldn't get away

Yet Cloudhawk's uessed where his opponent would fire to counter him and knew that he would be peppered if he did as expected So he did the opposite

Cloudhawk leaned all the way back as far as he could go He could feel the friction of the bullets as they passed just over his chest and upper body His hands planted on the ground and gave him the thrust he needed to flip over In a blink he was five or six meters away by another tree

His feet hit the trunk and he ie from the tree he pushed off with his knees then fired off like an arroard the marksman

His dodge-turned-counterattack was seaht the elysian possessed But the pygmy was no pushover either, and iunfire Cloudharenched hi all but one Yet just as with the spines Cloudhawk toughened up the point of i the bullet skin deep

Finally, the pygmy felt fear

He realized that this one wasn't just strong, but rather possessed the full gamut of abilities But it was too late

The bladed spear swiped at the native vertically, cleaving him clean in two

Cloudhawk stood over the littered corpses with no expression, still as a statue He then gritted his teeth against the pain and dug the bloodstained bullet fro it aside The surface wound wasn't anything he had to worry about, it wasn't going to slow him down

He looked over the dead pygmies and noted that their lands in theirtheir arms That meant that their bite and scratch was toxic Natural toxins… no wonder it was part of their traps

Cloudhawk looked around toelse lived He saw none, but his eyes did fix on a location He becaht had only just started

“Stop hiding!” Cloudhawk's voice was harsh and cold “I know you're there Come out!”

1 For extra haunting effect, listen to this song while you read

2Here's a cool article that describes how long skeletonization takes if you die in Arizona!