In another part of the dense jungle, a large monster that is about ten meters tall is currently attacking a group of players. It is none other than a Crystal Tusked Mammoth which is a monster with tough defense and high attack but has extremely low speed.
It has green fur covering its body that would have been great for blending in the jungle, but its large size and unique tusks is giving it away. The tusked are made from the condensed minerals that it likes to eat as it prefers to eat special plants that contain the earth element or actual rocks filled with earth elemental energy.
Not all of the national teams have sent their team members in the jungle as some decided to hunt in the area that they are satisfied in. Only those that are sure that they can kill steal the SS Rank monster has appeared in the jungle. The national teams that are in the jungle are United States, China, Japan, Philippines, United Kingdom, Russia and South Korea.
The United States National Team has Totem and Poison Ivy. The Chinese National Team has Hou Yiwei and the Twin Blades, Jiang and Ye. The Japanese National Team has Mariposa, Blade, and Vayu. The Philippine National Team has Apolaki.
The United Kingdom National Team has Tristan and Siegfried. The Russian National Team has Sveto and Anastacia. The South Korean National Team has Ain and Creepysoo. All of them are in the jungle but none of them are in battle with the SS Rank monster as they are stopped in their tracks because of the Two S rank monsters in the jungle.
The ones facing the Stone Fist Giant Gorilla are United States, China and Philippines. The one facing the Crystal Tusked Mammoth are the Japan, United Kingdom, Russia and South Korea. They wanted to press on to find the jungle overlord, but they are hindered by the two S rank monsters that are as powerful as their team.
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"Do we need to be careful of the other people?" Poison Ivy asked Totem as she needed to make sure that they are the one who will take down the Stone Fist Giant Gorilla.
"We need to cross that bridge if we make it out alive. That monster is not something that only the two of us can handle. It has the strength of a real S rank monster." Totem replied but he is also a bit worried of the other teams. He looked at Hou Yiwei and the Twin Blades but paid special attention to Apolaki when he saw the gameplay footage of yesterday's event.
"What should we do? Do we get revenge now? The hooligan that robbed us of our victory is right there." Jiang asked Hou Yiwei but the latter did not respond with what the former thought.
"We must first redeem ourselves from yesterday's humiliation. The coach has already warned us that no more mistakes must be made. We will prioritize hunting the S rank and SS rank monsters first as winning this event is our mission. We can just punish him in Pandemonium after this event as the whole world is also looking at us." Hou Yiwei stated as he was warned their coach and he already prevented Apolaki to score points by kill stealing all the monsters the latter was attempting to kill.
"Noted. Will we go full on now or later?" Ye asked as she wanted to know if they need to go full battle mode since they need the attention of the public to favor them. Thankfully, the MVP for this event is also voting based on the audience rating. Half of the voting is decided by the audience in the stadium.
"What should I do? Should I escape and regroup with the four? I would just be a great distraction to them if I join them so the best bet would be to make up the points that I lost because of that bastard." Apolaki thought as he looked at the S rank monster before them, but he felt a more terrifying presence earlier that passed through him a few moments ago.
All of them are just looking at each other and the Stone Fist Giant Gorilla as all of them are caught in a deadlock. It is the Stone Fist Giant Gorilla that broke this deadlock as it slammed its fists on the ground and created a shockwave that sent rock precipices towards the area around it. Each of them had no choice but to dodge since they were caught unaware.
As Hou Yiwei jumped backwards, he started firing arrows at the Stone Fist Giant Gorilla. The volley of arrows pierced the Stone Fist Giant Gorilla and it let out a small cry as it is a new sensation for it to feel damage. It bolted from its location and followed the Chinese national team.
Hou Yiwei and his team members are about to show a happy expression, but mist suddenly covered the area around them. The next thing they knew is that the Stone Fist Giant Gorilla shrieked as a mystical blade managed to cut through its soul. It emitted a roar that blew away some of the mist, but it just retracted back.
Apolaki did not hold back and went all out in damaging the Stone Fist Giant Gorilla. The other national teams saw this and thought that they might take advantage of this and go for the last hit, but Apolaki used his brains in luring the Stone Fist Giant Gorilla into his preferred direction.
He lured the Stone Fist Giant Gorilla to the area where the United States national team were and let them take aggro. Totem is stunned but he managed to go toe to toe with the Stone Fist Giant Gorilla with the support from Poison Ivy's soulbounds.
Apolaki will also attack every now and then in order to pressure the other national teams that are in his area.. He made sure to keep them on their toes so that they cannot join hands and kill him.