Prime Originator

Screee!

After missing the first shot, the mutated person roared angrily before pulling out another one of its bone spikes and hurled it at Leon like a javelin with incredible arm strength.

Swoosh~!

"It's coming again!" Leon warned with narrowed eyes as the bone spike whizzed through the air in an instance, heading straight for him.

Bang!

Leon dodged the bone spike with a quick sidestep as it implanted itself into the ground deeply, with slight web-like cracks forming around the impact point.

"It's going after you. Why don't you take care of it?" Duna found herself a spot on top of a boulder to sit before gazing at Leon with amusement.

At the same time, she continued to absorb the strands of Pseudo-Grandmist Energy.

"I intend to."

"Off you go then." She urged.

Leon was a bit speechless before nodding. It seems that they would not be able to leave until they finish off the mutated person or creature.

After clenching his bone spear, Leon immediately lunged towards the mutated being with a quick burst of speed, closing the distance in a matter of seconds.

Clang!

The two exchanged blows like the clashing of metals between Leon's bone spear and the mutated being's bone spike, producing a loud ring before the mutated being was flung into the distance.

Leon himself retreated a few steps after exerting 100-thousand jin strength in his strike.

Evidently, the mutated being was physically capable on the level of Transcendents despite its grisly and sickly appearance.

After realizing this, Leon stomped the ground and shot in pursuit.

However, another bone spike suddenly hurtled over from a different direction, causing Leon to twist his body in midair.

Bang!

The bone spike struck the ceiling of the subterranean space and shook the area mildly.

"Hurry up, Leon. Did you say you wanted to leave early? Why are you holding back and taking your time?" Duna said from a distance before narrowing her eyes to observe him fight, curious to see the extend of his abilities.

"No need for you to tell me twice," Leon replied before furrowing his brows. These mutated beings were stronger than they appear.

The second mutant appeared from a dark corner, revealing its hideous appearance that looked slightly different from the first one.

This one had four legs and two arms. However, from these two arms had another four arms growing out of them.

The ghastly sight was enough to send Leon goosebumps.

Shortly after, he engaged the two mutants in combat as they charged at him with bone weapons that grew out from their bodies.

After parrying one of their attacks, Leon immediately used his full strength to slice off one of their arms, causing the mutant to cry in retreat while waving its remaining half arm.

Screee!

At the same time, Leon frowned while sending the mutant flying with a bone-crushing sweep of his powerful spear.

Although he managed to slice off half an arm, the attack was not as clean as he had anticipated. Evidently, the mutant was not only physically strong, but their bodies were also incredibly robust.

After sending out his divine sense, he understood the reason.

The mutants' inner structure was almost entirely encased in bones like a hard exoskeleton shell protecting its vulnerable organs.

The heart was black like its blood, but it was strangely filled with abundant amounts of lifeforce.

Leon watched as the mutant's bones rapidly grew before a new arm was formed, albeit without its layer of tumorous flesh.

Unsurprisingly, these mutants also had extreme regenerative abilities.

However, they seem to belong to a different class from the fleshly abomination. The fleshly abomination could regenerate its flesh while the mutants regenerate their bones.

Even so, the mutants were not hard to deal with, once Leon learned of their weakness.

After driving his bone spear through their hard skeleton shell, penetrating their black heart, and scorching it with his flames, the mutant's resistance became weak, seemingly lost all its strength.

"Oh? It's not dying yet? Such impressive vitality." Leon commented with surprise before withdrawing his spear from its chest to finish it off with a penetrative blow to its head, destroying its brain.

Afterward, the mutant finally died.

Screee!

The other mutant cried with a high piercing pitch like it was mourning for its loss before pouncing towards Leon in a frenzy.

However, its entry-level Transcendental strength was no match for Leon.

With each swing of his bone spear, a limb was removed from the mutant's body, one after the other, until it finally fell flat on its back, limbless.

Leon stomped on its chest, stopping it from getting back up before he tried communicating, "Can you understand my words?"

Screee!

The mutant struggled furiously while its limbs were regrowing.

"I suppose not."

Shortly after ending the mutant's life by destroying its heart and brain, Leon returned to Duna's location promptly.

"You look a little disappointed."

"Well, I did expect them to put up a stronger resistance than that. But then again, I don't know what the heck they are. They are neither humans, beasts, nor demons. Any ideas?" Duna replied with a nod before hopping off the boulder she was seated on.

She was only able to witness his impressive display of brute strength and none of his other abilities. To say she was disappointed was not wrong.

"If I'm not wrong, these mutants might have been survivors from the Cataclysm over 10-thousand years ago," Leon made a guess after some thought while they were beginning to leave the subterranean space together.

"The Cataclysm from 10-thousand years ago? Are you sure they can live for so long, given the sort of extreme regenerative ability they have?" Duna responded with doubt before adding, "I would not be surprised if such ability even shortens their lifespan."

"Well, it's just a guess. I could be wrong. However, I don't think I am. At least, I believe these mutants should be related in some way. I can't think of any way these mutants could possess such grotesque appearances other than getting scorched by the sun's solar flare during the Cataclysm directly without Gaia's atmospheric protection."

"Without Gaia's atmospheric protection?" Duna was surprised before she asks, "You mean they might be coming from…?"

"The void." Leon nodded while pointing directly upwards.