Apocalypse: King of Zombies

This flying mutant beast was Tier 10 too—and it was a full size bigger than Golden Eagle Nugget and Pebble. Compared to the small foxes down below, it was practically a monster.

Ethan had assumed the moment the foxes saw something that huge coming in from the sky, they’d bolt.

Instead, the little foxes looked small, sure… but they were vicious as hell. They bared their teeth at the diving bird, lips curled like they were warning it to back off.

The big bird ignored them completely and lunged straight for one of the roasted Bloodfang Wolves.

That was the last mistake it made.

The foxes instantly flew into a rage. The moment the bird dropped into range, they sprang up—so fast Ethan and the others didn’t even catch the movement.

The bird hadn’t even processed what was happening before blood sprayed everywhere. Feathers exploded into the air. In the blink of an eye, deep wounds crisscrossed its body, gouged so deep you could see bone.

Screeching in pain, the bird beat its wings hard and shot back up, staring down at the foxes in pure alarm.

But it didn’t leave.

Instead, it cried out into the sky a few times.

Obviously, it was calling in reinforcements.

Right then, a new group came charging in from the distance.

This time it was Titan Apes—and what surprised Ethan was that even the Titan Ape leader had shown up. Along with the leader were six Tier 10 Titan Apes and a huge crowd of Tier 9s.

The moment the foxes saw them, their bodies tensed, their eyes turning wary and serious.

The Titan Ape leader took in the scene, then roared at the foxes, like it was ordering them to get lost.

The foxes didn’t budge. If anything, they flashed the apes an even nastier look.

”ROAR…”

The Titan Ape leader blew up. The whole group of Titan Apes surged forward, charging the foxes.

Couldn’t talk it out? Then fight. The mutant beast world really was that blunt.

The battle lit off instantly.

Facing a swarm of Titan Apes, the foxes weren’t scared at all. Their petite bodies darted and slipped through the larger beasts like shadows.

Forget the Tier 9 Titan Apes—even the Tier 10s couldn’t touch them.

But those claws of theirs kept carving deep, bloody gashes into ape flesh.

Seeing that, the Titan Ape leader erupted in fury and personally charged in to kill them.

This time, the foxes showed fear. They made a snap decision—one of them clamped its jaws around a roasted wolf and tried to run.

Only… the roasted wolf was huge compared to their size. It dragged their speed down badly. They hadn’t even gotten far before the Titan Ape leader caught up, grabbed the roasted wolf, and ripped it away. With the same casual motion, it slapped the fox that was still biting down and refusing to let go—sending it flying.

The other two foxes were furious, but against a Tier 11 Titan Ape leader, they were clearly outmatched.

Then, right at that moment, yet another mass of figures came rushing over.

When Ethan saw who it was, a smile tugged at the corner of his mouth.

The real show was finally starting.

A whole pack of Bloodfang Wolves came sprinting in. The second they spotted the Titan Ape leader holding that roasted Bloodfang Wolf—and the roasted wolves laid out on the grills—the entire pack went berserk.

”Awoooo!”

The lead Bloodfang Wolf threw back its head and howled long and hard. Then the pack spread out, forming up as they locked onto the Titan Ape leader.

The Titan Ape leader looked at the roasted wolf in its hand, then at the Bloodfang Wolves across from it, and scratched its head with a massive palm.

Something felt off. Like… this reeked of a setup.

Too bad the Bloodfang Wolves were famous for brutality. They didn’t care about plots or traps. They just attacked.

The Titan Ape leader roared in anger. Fine—fight, then. Like I’m scared of you.

It charged first, leading the Titan Apes straight into the Bloodfang Wolves.

The fight escalated on the spot.

Over a hundred Titan Apes against over a thousand Bloodfang Wolves—the numbers looked wildly uneven.

But the Bloodfang Wolves were mostly Tier 8 and Tier 9. On the Titan Ape side, there was one Tier 11, six Tier 10s, and the rest were Tier 9. In terms of raw quality, the apes were far superior.

And as the only Tier 11 mutant beast on the field, the Titan Ape leader was terrifyingly strong. Wherever its fists went, Bloodfang Wolves literally exploded apart.

Even so, the Bloodfang Wolves were savage beyond belief. They didn’t flinch, not even against the monstrous Titan Ape leader.

These were wolves that would charge a Stage C (Tier 12) white-furred ape and still dare to bite it a few times. A Tier 11 Titan Ape? That didn’t scare them.

But in the end, the gap in strength was just too big. Their attacks barely mattered to the Tier 11 leader.

Tier 8 didn’t even need mentioning. Even Tier 9 Bloodfang Wolves could only tear the skin a little—hardly enough to affect the Titan Ape leader at all.

But right then, the two foxes not far away suddenly jumped into the fight too, launching themselves at the Titan Ape leader in a frenzy.

That slap earlier had sent the other fox flying—alive or dead, nobody knew. Either way, it maxed out the remaining two foxes’ hatred in an instant.

The whole battlefield devolved into a melee.

Before long, reinforcements for the big bird arrived too. More than a dozen flying mutant beasts swept in.

They dove straight down, and their target was obvious—the foxes that had just shredded their companion.

The foxes immediately burrowed into the cluster of Titan Apes.

At times like this, their small bodies became the key to staying alive.

In the end, the dozen-plus birds failed to catch the foxes… but they did rake several Titan Apes with their talons.

A Tier 10 Titan Ape snatched one of the big birds out of the air and bit down once—snapping its neck clean.

The rest of the birds went ballistic. They instantly shifted targets to the Titan Apes.

The battlefield got even more chaotic.

Then more and more Bloodfang Wolves poured in from the distance, streaming into the fight without hesitation.

Individually, Bloodfang Wolves weren’t that strong. But they had numbers, and their pack combat was viciously effective.

As the wolves multiplied, the pressure on the Titan Apes spiked hard.

Not long after that, a whole swarm of foxes arrived too. Even the weakest side had called in backup.

With that, the Titan Apes—who’d been dominant—were suddenly getting beaten into a miserable state.

”ROAAAR—!”

The Titan Ape leader threw its head back and bellowed at the sky, summoning the rest of its kind over.

This was its territory. Everyone fighting like this was basically spitting in its face.

And with that call, the Titan Apes that had been guarding the exit rushed toward the battlefield as well.

In one move, the defense at the Void Realm’s exit was left wide open.

Some Silverfox Squad members who’d been hiding all over the place, barely surviving, saw it and nearly lost their minds with joy.

The moment those Titan Apes left, they sprinted for the exit like their lives depended on it—like they’d been cursing their parents for not giving them a few extra legs.

Thankfully, nothing went wrong this time. The remaining two hundred-plus people successfully escaped the Void Realm.

The instant they got out, one after another, they dropped to their knees and cried like kids.

Inside the cave…

Ethan watched as more and more Titan Apes flooded the fight, and a spark of excitement lit in his eyes.

With that many showing up, the Titan Apes were probably all here by now. Which meant there were likely none left at the exit.

He hadn’t expected to hit their goal this fast.

”Captain,” Garrick said quietly, ”looks like the Titan Apes guarding the exit all came over. Should we leave the Void Realm?”

Ethan stared down at the brutal slaughter below, a strange glint flashing through his eyes.

”With a fight this intense, leaving now feels like a waste,” he said. ”We should at least try to scoop up some leftovers.”

He nodded toward the ground. ”Here’s the plan. You start digging—leave us an exit route. If we get a chance, we go loot. If we don’t, we run.”

”Got it.”