Wu Gang thrust his sword down, finishing off the Mighty Black Ape.

"60 experience points, not bad, but I wonder when I'll level up," Wu Gang shook his head, then picked up the corpse card from the ground and pocketed it.

"How's Wood doing?" he turned around to ask.

The team doctor replied, "The bleeding has stopped, but the Mighty Black Ape's strength was too much, two ribs are broken, and he's being treated now."

Wu Gang frowned at his teammate, "How long until he recovers?"

"With the bone-healing powder, about two hours."

"Two hours... Alright, let's see if we can take down some lower-level ones. We only killed six this trip, the efficiency is too low. Let's leave here first; the fight might attract other black apes!"

Everyone agreed, and after a brief rest, they immediately headed southwest into the dense forest.

Before long, Wu Gang suddenly stopped, raising his arm, and the team halted.

"There's the sound of fighting!" Wu Gang looked at his teammates, "Let's go check it out!"

After sneaking for two or three minutes, they found the site of the battle.

They hid behind bushes and trees, staring in shock at the scene ahead.

In the jungle before them, three wood-type Mighty Black Apes were surrounding a young man!

"Goodness, which team is that? Not only is he alone, but he also attracted three black apes, how careless," Shan Shan exclaimed with wide eyes.

"Captain, should we intervene?"

Wu Gang furrowed his brow, glancing at his injured companion.

With their team's strength, stepping in would likely mean death.

"No, we can't handle it either... That guy's just unlucky," Wu Gang shook his head, "Strange, doesn't he have a guild? There's no mark on his clothes."

Du Lei frowned, "He doesn't even have equipment, why is he wearing non-attribute clothes, and where's his weapon? Goodness, is he so desperate to come here to die?"

Wu Gang made no comment on that; the man was doomed anyway. The key was that among the three black apes, two were probably around level twelve or thirteen.

Those two could be their team's next hunting targets.

"Shan Shan, keep an eye on those two smaller ones. If they separate, we might find a way to take them down!"

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"Got it!"

At that moment, the young man in the field suddenly moved!

He dashed towards the only gap with all his might.

Du Lei snorted, "What are you thinking? You think you can escape? Kid, too naive."

The three apes, seeing him flee, immediately gave chase, leaping several meters at a time, incredibly fast.

At their respective speeds, the apes would catch up to him in about three or four leaps.

The largest one, probably around level fifteen, was leading the charge.

However, just as it was about to land, the young man suddenly stopped, turned around, and shot several black shadows from his hand!

Since the ape was chasing him, it naturally faced him, and at that moment, it was descending, with no strength left to react.

The black shadows hit the ape's chest one after another.

The first three shadows struck its chest, leaving the ape unharmed.

"Ha, he actually used darts!" Du Lei almost couldn't hold back his laughter.

Darts indeed have penetration power, but the problem is, their attack is too low. With only penetration and no force behind it, they can't cause any damage.

And from the current situation, it was true; the ape didn't feel a thing.

Wu Gang also chuckled lightly, "The ape probably thinks he's scratching an itch."

However, when the fourth dart hit, a bizarre scene unfolded.

The previously unharmed, full-health Mighty Black Ape suddenly seemed to be struck by a massive force.

Its huge body, just landing, was violently flung backward, crashing through several trees!

The ape fell to the ground, motionless!

Seeing this, the injured member of the Sky Sword team sat up from the stretcher, eyes wide, staring at the ape's corpse in shock.

"Dead, dead, dead? Why, why!"

Wu Gang, Du Lei, Shan Shan, and the others all had their mouths agape, eyes nearly popping out.

Clearly, they wanted to ask the same question!

After succeeding, the young man aimed at another ape, shooting more black shadows from his hand.

That ape actually made a defensive move.

The largest one was dead, and it didn't know what killed it, but it knew it was also in danger.

However, even though it raised its massive arms, when the fourth shadow shot out, its huge body was directly blown away!

A shadow even shot out from its back.

The man's dart pierced right through the ape's body!

"My goodness, what kind of power is this!" Wu Gang looked at the young man in disbelief.

Using darts to unleash such tremendous force! It was simply unbelievable!

The young man suddenly turned back, rushing towards the fallen ape, quickly picking up the darts from the ground, and shooting at the third ape.

Again, the fourth dart, even with the third ape's arms crossed in front of its chest, directly killed it, piercing through its body!

Du Lei trembled all over, looking at Shan Shan in fear, "So, so strong! Shan Shan, did you do a data assessment?"

"I did, agility is around thirty, strength... the watch shows about 20."

The watch could only estimate Jiang Kai's strength from his dart-throwing motion, but everyone present believed this assessment was far from accurate.

It was way off!

Could a strength of 20 use darts to instant kill and pierce through a Mighty Black Ape? Who would believe that!

"Great skill appears clumsy, hiding power within the tool!" Wu Gang stated the truth, "When he throws the dart, it seems weak, but it's only at the moment of release that the true power bursts forth. He's concentrated all his strength into the dart. Otherwise, think about it, could a strength of 20 send a level 15 or so ape flying four or five meters?"

"Indeed! His movements are so fast that even Shan Shan's watch couldn't detect it!"

"Is he from the Eighteenth District War God Temple's reserve group? What's his profession?"

"Don't know, I've never seen him before. As for profession, do we even need to ask? Definitely a Martial Apprentice! No soldier could have such terrifying strength!"

"Would such a strong person notice us..." Wu Gang suddenly thought of a terrifying question.

...

After finishing off the apes, Jiang Kai put away his darts and the corpse cards of the three apes.

"Doesn't seem that hard to kill," Jiang Kai muttered.

But Jiang Kai knew he managed to kill the apes mainly due to critical hits.

Even if the first dart crits, only increasing critical damage by 10%, with a base of 200 times, a crit would mean 220 times the damage.

In the same situation, damage is proportional to strength, meaning Jiang Kai used 4400 points of strength to throw a dart.

With that calculation, instant killing is perfectly normal.

"Chasing Death is more useful than I thought," Jiang Kai sat down to drink and rest.

"Too bad there's no Nuclear Soil drop. Ordinary beast corpses don't sell for much, seems like I need to find elites or higher."

Thinking for a moment, Jiang Kai muttered, "Can't rush it, it was actually quite dangerous earlier, especially if I encounter a large number of beasts, I'd be doomed."

"Better play it safe, level up first. With higher attributes, I can run if I can't win."

"Three apes, over 160 experience points, leveling speed is decent."

With that thought, Jiang Kai put away his water bottle and quickly ran deeper into the forest.

It wasn't until long after Jiang Kai left that the Sky Sword team finally dared to emerge.

"My goodness, who on earth was that, coming to such a low-level area to hunt?"

"Probably here for rare materials."

"This is the power of a high-level expert! We finally witnessed it today! We struggle to kill one, and he instantly kills three, that's the gap!" Du Lei said excitedly, "We have something to brag about when we get back, we've seen a true expert!"

[Author's Note]: Fourth update is here.