The cannibal was clad in crude burlap clothes, looking more like a savage.
Beneath its greasy, sparse long hair was an uneven, tumor-covered ugly face, and its exposed, jagged gums made its appearance terrifying.
With such a monstrous appearance and a physique far exceeding that of an ordinary person, anyone who encountered it would surely perish.
Jessie, seeing Mike confronting the cannibal, was about to warn him to be careful.
But before her words of concern could even leave her lips, she saw the handsome young man subdue the monster in just a few moves.
The scene was like a hero from a movie.
"You actually defeated it!"
If the circumstances weren't inappropriate, Jessie's eyes would have been sparkling with stars.
"There are two more monsters like it in the forest. My companions are trapped by them near the signal tower. Please, save them!"
After her initial surprise, Jessie, who hadn't forgotten her companions, limped over to Mike.
Looking at the cannibal beneath the man's feet, she seemed to have overcome her previous fear.
This monster didn't seem so terrifying after all!
Because of the remote location and lack of signal, Jessie and her four companions, along with the clerk Chris, had chosen to look around for help after their car broke down.
Then, they encountered the bloody cannibals.
With terrifying appearances and exquisite hunting skills, Jessie's two companions were instantly killed by the monsters in their initial surprise attack, offering no resistance.
The remaining four, in their fear, fled all the way and then went to the cannibal's lair in the forest.
There, they witnessed a living hell... In a large pot, people were being treated as food by the cannibals, just like animals.
Seeing such a terrifying scene, the four, in their fear, fled again.
After another round of wits and courage, the four-person team lost one more member.
Then, the three who escaped the demon's lair luckily found an external signal tower in the forest.
When they used the radio inside the signal tower to send a distress signal to the nearest security team, the cannibals tracked them down and pursued them again.
After that, the cannibals, unable to break down the door, chose to set the signal tower on fire.
Under such circumstances, if Jessie and her two companions didn't want to be burned alive, they could only jump from the tower to survive.
Fortunately, the tall trees around the signal tower provided a landing spot for the three.
However, Jessie, who jumped onto a tree branch but couldn't grasp a branch in time, tumbled and fell to the ground.
Before being killed by the surrounding cannibals, Jessie, with her strong will to survive, dragged her injured body and eventually escaped back to the road.
Then, it was here that she coincidentally met Mike, who was driving at night.
At this moment, Mike also realized that the monster he was stepping on was only struggling or raging based on animal instinct, but it had no ability to communicate with humans.
This was just a beast that could use tools... Facing a beast that could harm people, Mike raised his axe and brought it down, using the giant axe in his hand to chop off its head.
"Lead the way. We'll go save your companions," Mike said to the girl beside him, who had witnessed the bloody scene and was about to scream.
"Oh, okay, okay. Carly and the others are in great danger, we need to hurry..." Having experienced various dangers, Jessie's mental fortitude had clearly been honed.
Calming down, she immediately led Mike and quickly rushed towards the signal tower in the forest.
[Immense Strength]: Under the same physique, it can exert strength far exceeding that of an ordinary person. (Maximum two times strength can be used)
This was the characteristic light cluster that burst out when that monster was killed.
This kind of light cluster, placed on an ordinary person, might only create a strongman.
But placed on a mini-superman like Mike, whose basic attributes were off the charts, it was definitely a divine skill.
Crushing the light cluster and feeling the surge of power, Mike, wielding his giant axe, even had some anticipation for what good things the next two monsters could contribute to him.
And on the way to the signal tower, Mike also noticed that this forest concealed many traps, such as beast traps and snares.
The reddish-brown dark spots on the traps indicated that the monsters living in this forest often hunted passing tourists... At this moment, at the burning signal tower, the surviving clerk Chris jumped from a tree branch to another large tree.
"Don't be afraid, jump over quickly, I'll catch you!" Chris, having found his footing, turned and shouted to Carly behind him.
The two cannibals remaining here didn't seem to intend to kill their prey so quickly.
They were like cats playing with mice, enjoying the fear and wails of their prey before death.
It proved that these cannibals were not entirely without intelligence.
Under the large tree, a tall, pale-skinned cannibal was holding a bow and arrow, aiming at the two humans in the tree to prevent their escape.
Another nimble, thin cannibal had already climbed onto the branch where Carly was, baring its jagged teeth and threatening the girl up close.
And Carly, trembling and standing at the top of the branch, looking at the terrifying face of the monster so close, had already lost her will to survive.
"I can't do it..."
Facing Chris's shouts, Carly, with snot and tears streaming down her face, was like a frightened bird, liable to fall from the branch at any moment.
When Mike and Jessie arrived, this was the scene they witnessed.
Before Jessie could even speak, Mike had already swung his giant axe and hurled it towards the cannibal below the tree, who was drawing its bow.
Bang!
The giant axe spun and struck the pale-skinned cannibal squarely in the chest.
To Mike's surprise, the giant axe seemed to hit a rock and did not penetrate the cannibal's chest.
Fortunately, the blow was very powerful. Although the cannibal did not immediately bleed, it was still sent flying by the giant axe.
Whoosh!
Due to inertia, the cannibal released its drawn bow before falling to the ground.
Over there, Carly, who was already a frightened bird, heard the sound of the bowstring, could no longer hold on, swayed a few times, and then plunged down from the large tree.
For a moment, the girl's scream echoed through the night sky.
"Stop screaming, beautiful. You're safe now!" Mike said to the girl in his arms, who was screaming loudly.
"Hmm?" Carly tentatively opened her eyes, and what she saw was a man's handsome face.
And she was lying in his arms in an intimate posture.
A narrow escape from death, this feeling was very strange.
"Th-thank you for saving me... How did you..."
The girl, now out of danger, let her thoughts wander. She was very curious how the man, who was clearly still more than ten meters away a moment ago, managed to catch her.
From the moment Mike threw the giant axe until the girl landed, no more than three seconds passed.
Under normal circumstances, an ordinary person would not have been able to handle so much.
Fortunately, Mike was not an ordinary person.
His superhuman neural strength allowed him to, after judging that the cannibal on the ground was no longer a threat, still calmly choose to save the girl first.
"The enemy hasn't been dealt with yet. We can talk later," Mike said, putting the girl down and turning to walk towards the cannibal lying on the ground.
The worshipful look in the girl's eyes was clearly a result of the suspension bridge effect. However, her current image, with snot and tears, was really not good.
With a light cluster to obtain, the girl's attractiveness naturally couldn't compare to the cannibal's.
On the other side, the cannibal, knocked to the ground, had a large dent in its chest. With blood foam in its mouth, its bloodshot eyes glared angrily at Mike as he approached.
Clearly, this was a vengeful monster.
And in front of the monster, Jessie picked up the giant axe from the ground and was in a one-sided standoff with the monster.
"Let me do it!" Mike, having returned, took the axe from the girl's hand.
Then, accompanied by a "clink clink" sound, the axe, which struck the cannibal's neck, once again felt like it had hit hard stone.
The monster, with its strong defense, not only wasn't killed but instead showed signs of becoming even more ferocious.
It's a tough nut to crack!!!
To be safe, Mike turned the curled axe blade sideways, changing from chopping to striking. With immense force, it wasn't long before he smashed the monster's head into watermelon juice.
[Stone Skin]: Skin as hard as stone, impervious to sharp blades.
Good stuff!
Mike, putting down the giant axe, showed a satisfied smile on his face.
Having obtained another characteristic light cluster, he felt that the decision to take this forest path didn't seem so bad after all.