Chapter 595

Chapter 595: One Surprise After Another

Fists slammed into flesh.

Claws tore open flesh and spilled blood.

At this moment, these eight words perfectly described the battle unfolding before them.

By now, the fight had reached a point where both sides had completely abandoned any technique.

It had devolved into the simplest—and most brutal—brawl imaginable.

Of course, this savage brawl did not last very long.

Whether it was Hu Jie or Hu Xin, both of their physical conditions made it impossible to sustain another prolonged fight.

Within 30 rounds, the victor was decided.

Facing the berserk Hu Jie, Hu Xin ultimately fell short.

After enduring a vicious chain of blows, his battered body finally collapsed under the strain and crashed to the ground.

As Hu Jie stepped closer, one step at a time, obvious terror surfaced in Hu Xin’s eyes.

“Hu Jie. Hu Jie, listen to me. Let me explain. I was wrong. My mind was muddled back then—”

Before he could finish, Hu Xin’s voice came to an abrupt halt.

At that very instant, Hu Jie’s massive hand had clamped tightly around his throat.

“H-Hu Jie…”

Hu Xin’s eyes bulged grotesquely as intense suffocation caused his fear to multiply without restraint.

His mouth opened and closed weakly, as if desperately trying to suck in air.

But that struggle was doomed to be useless.

Because in the very next second, a sharp crack rang out.

Just as Hu Jie had told Luo Ji earlier.

He personally snapped Hu Xin’s neck.

As his grip loosened, Hu Xin’s corpse dropped heavily to the ground.

The massive tiger head lay twisted at an unnatural angle, limp and lifeless.

Standing over the body, Hu Jie took a deep breath, then let out a furious roar.

“Roar—!”

The berserk tiger’s roar was so powerful it almost formed visible shockwaves in the air.

This was a warning—an announcement of the fate awaiting any other tigerman rebels.

Faced with such an overwhelming roar, the movements of the tigermen on the battlefield froze.

Several of them stopped outright.

Compared to Hu Xin, Hu Jie—who had ruled the tigermen for many years—clearly still carried immense residual authority.

And that corpse with its neck violently twisted was the final blow, stripping away the last shred of their will to resist.

The tigermen abandoned all resistance.

The battle came to an end shortly afterward.

With the soldiers’ help, Hu Jie was once again treated, his bleeding stopped and his wounds re-bandaged.

He then awkwardly swore his loyalty to Luo Ji.

The tigermen had likely never done anything like this in their entire history.

Luo Ji clearly did not care about Hu Jie’s awkwardness.

As long as the objective was achieved and the tigermen were successfully brought under control, that was a good outcome for him.

Not to mention that this campaign had also yielded the catmen and badgermen as unexpected bonuses.

At the same time, Luo Ji naturally took a careful look at Hu Jie’s attribute panel.

[Name: Hu Jie

Gender: Male

Age: 29

Race: Tigerman, Beastman

Loyalty: 73

Bravery: ★★★★☆

Intelligence: ★★

Spirit: ★★★

Endurance: ★★★

Leadership: ★★★

Talent: Combat Master — When attacking with fists or legs, combat power increases by 40%.

Skill: Tiger Roar (Active) — Emits a powerful tiger’s roar to intimidate opponents. Has a 30% chance to strike enemy morale, reducing it by 30%.

Desperate Burst (Passive) — When severely injured, overall combat power increases by 20%.

Tactics: None]

This attribute panel surprised Luo Ji repeatedly.

The biggest surprise was clearly the Combat Master talent.

Hu Jie’s true specialty was unarmed combat?

In other words, all those times he fought with a bone club, he had actually been weakening himself.

Unable to view his own attribute panel, Hu Jie was obviously unaware of this fact.

As a result, he had been making the same mistake for years.

But thinking about it, that was understandable.

Almost anyone would instinctively think they were stronger with a weapon in hand.

Who would imagine that fighting barehanded could actually be more powerful?

Falling into this misconception was unavoidable.

There were countless similar cases.

After all, not everyone knew where their true talents lay.

Compared to that talent, Luo Ji had long been mentally prepared for Hu Jie’s near five-star bravery potential.

As for the 73 points of loyalty, that was clearly thanks to Luo Ji honoring his promise.

In any case, correcting Hu Jie’s fighting habits could be dealt with slowly later.

His injuries were extremely severe, and it was better not to make any major moves for now.

As for how to arrange the tigermen for the time being—

Luo Ji’s thoughts shifted, and his gaze fell directly on Luo Yong.

“Luo Yong. I’ll leave it to you.”

“Huh?!”

Luo Yong was completely stunned by this decision.

However, as a veteran general by Luo Ji’s side, his mindset had long matured.

After a brief moment of thought, he quickly understood Luo Ji’s intent.

The tigermen were difficult to arrange.

At present, no matter where they were placed, they would remain an unstable factor.

The reason was simple—their threat level was too high.

And they had just arrived.

Any tigerman losing control and going berserk could cause serious damage.

Luo Ji had invested enormous effort to finally ease relations between humans and beastmen.

At a time like this, how could he allow such accidents to occur?

Within the Myriad Worlds Civilization, the only force capable of forcibly subduing rampaging tigermen was essentially the Xuanjia Army.

So if not here, where else could they be placed?

Luo Yong accepted it.

Sharing His Majesty’s burdens was his duty as a subject.

Not to mention that he was Luo Ji’s most trusted confidant.

Thus, the tigermen’s temporary residence was arranged within the Xuanjia Army’s camp.

As for the dogmen, badgermen, and catmen, those three races were far easier to handle.

The dogmen were simply sent back to the dogman tribe.

As their chieftain, Gou Miao was naturally happy to expand his tribe’s population.

Contributing nothing yet gaining a massive number of people for free—such a windfall falling from the sky was impossible to refuse.

As for the badgermen, after some consideration, Luo Ji temporarily arranged them with the wolfman tribe.

On one hand, the wolfman tribe had grown quite large and could accommodate them.

On the other hand, this was to prevent the badgermen—unfamiliar with the rules—from causing trouble after arriving.

Although their threat level was far lower than the tigermen’s, they still couldn’t be left entirely unattended.

Besides, the wolfman tribe had recently taken in a new batch of wolfmen.

It was convenient to have Li Ke educate them together.

With that in mind, Luo Ji simply sent the catmen over as well.