A Guide to Becoming a God Starting from a Monastery

There was also the sound of the carotid artery gushing.

Thomas let go and let the other person sit on the ground.

Half of the neck had been cut open, and the male guide tried in vain to cover the wound, but how could he cover such a wound?

Thomas calmed down, wondering if it was too late to turn back...

Elsewhere, the other four seemed terrified. The ascetic and the servant retreated, while the other two seemed frozen in fear, standing motionless. The woman even took out the crystal ball once more, peered at it, and then put it away.

The female guide had already climbed up, and facing her husband's bleeding neck, she looked dazed and her face was pale.

"Where the hell is this place?! What do you want to do by luring me here?" Thomas asked sternly.

"I... I don't know!! I really don't know anything..." The female guide rushed over, hugged her husband's gradually motionless body, tears and snot streaming down her face.

Suddenly, a strange sound came from the distant mountains.

Is someone shouting? No, more like... some kind of beast roaring! A chilling sense of danger descended upon everyone along with the sound.

Damn, it's here! I just don't know what the other party summoned.

The female guide over there couldn't help crying while holding her husband's body.

"Go back the same way immediately!" Thomas stepped forward and grabbed her hair.

He had to rush back to the starting point of the mountain pass as soon as possible and find someone to lead the way.

I just don't know if I'll be caught up. If I am caught up...

"Okay... okay..." the woman replied with sobs, and suddenly raised her hand, and the dagger flew out of her hand and hit Thomas in the face.

But her speed and reaction were no match for Thomas's.

Thomas drew his sword to block, easily knocking the dagger away, and kicked her again, sending her flying.

"You killed my husband, I will fight you!!" The woman screamed and got up from the ground.

This rage ignited something in her body, causing her pupils to turn pitch black, with only a flash of evil red light.

She bent her knees, supported her torso with her limbs like a wild beast, and began to release a primitive and ferocious aura from her body.

Thomas noticed that the other party was arching its body like a cat, with a gap opening on both sides of its mouth, almost reaching the base of its ears, and dense fangs were faintly visible.

Damn, there really is something fishy going on! Thomas thought to himself.

The female guide crawled on all fours, slowly moving around Thomas's side, her body subtly changing. The five fingers on her hands were transforming into animal claws, and her spine was constantly making crackling sounds.

Humans are gradually turning into some kind of monster that is not human.

A rough tongue darted out from the gaping mouth, licking up and down. The hatred and anger in his eyes had disappeared, replaced by hunger and salivation.

All these changes happened after hearing the roar of the beast. Before that, no matter what they did, at least they looked no different from ordinary humans.

"It's really surprising..." Thomas murmured.

The four people on the other side seemed to be frightened, or for some other reason, and they didn't run away.

But at least for now, the monster's target is Thomas.

Its body suddenly bounced up, so fast that even Thomas felt a flash before his eyes. The other party moved in front of him in such a strange way, and chopped down with its sharp claws in the air.

However, Thomas's mind was highly concentrated, and his mental field was covering him. He knew the details of his opponent one step ahead of time the moment he exerted force.

It's fast, but the movements are too large and lack variety.

The whirlwind-like slash hit the opponent's shoulder, and the remaining force knocked it away.

The sword cut the bones, but did not cause much blood to flow.

The monster roared in pain and was no longer in human form.

It's really surprising... such an attack only causes pain, but not loss of ability to move?

Logically speaking, ordinary creatures would not be able to withstand electric shocks or knife blades.

Thomas's expression was slightly serious.

What we just did was just a test, the other party will launch a real attack soon.

But the high fighting spirit rose from his body like internal pressure, and this fighting spirit filled his flesh and surged outward.

His martial arts skills have surpassed the limits of human beings and have reached the elite level. There is no reason for him to lose to such a monster.

An unpleasant roar came from the monster's throat, and then its body pounced forward like a black lightning.

It is no longer a speed that can be easily captured by the human eye.

coming!

"Hah!" Thomas caught the incoming lightning with his spiritual eyes.

You're fast! But I'm faster!

I'm not as fast as you, but I can make accurate predictions and be one step ahead.

This is the true meaning of martial arts!

The sense of crisis stimulated the body and mind like a burning flame. In an instant, Thomas's sword broke through the air, one step ahead, and chopped into the monster's head at a faster speed.

The long sword slashed into his face.

Half of the monster's hideous face was deformed and cut under the sword, and then its neck made a cracking sound, and its whole body was blown away by the force.

After rolling several times on the ground, the monster struggled on the spot, but was unable to get up. Only then did it become clear that its head had been almost split in half, with its brains spilling out.

Then Thomas heard applause.

Chapter 53 The Malice of Fate 4

A little further away on the slope, a figure appeared without me noticing.

A strange man with a wicked smile on his face.

He was wearing the clothes common to mountain people, but they were tattered and mismatched, as if they had been stripped from a corpse.

He was clapping, applauding Thomas.

"Not bad, not bad! He actually won a one-on-one fight... A normal person would be bitten to death in seconds."

Thomas ignored it and thought carefully about the battle just now.

The monster's bones are very hard and it seems to be able to ignore lightning.

The magic sword in his hand can generate electricity by striking it. The electricity is very effective on humans, but it seems to be ineffective against monsters. However, its own strength and sharpness are still effective.

The monster was very fast just now, but... its movements were too easy to see through.

There is absolutely no skill involved, it is as simple and straightforward as a beast.

"It's him!" On the other side, the ascetic monk shouted.

Before Thomas could even notice, the stranger had a slightly trembling arrow tail on his body.

Someone fired a crossbow and shot him.

But after being shot, the stranger only took half a step back and then let out a sharp whistle.

Then, from behind the ridge, a half-human, half-beast face appeared.

It let out a low howl in its throat, raised its cracked jaw, and stared at the humans below with its blood-red eyes.

This was just the beginning, and then more monsters emerged from behind.

Unlike the female guide who had just been killed, these monsters had undergone a more thorough transformation, and most of them were naked. Some were completely bald, like hairless monkeys, while others were covered in messy and dirty black hair.

But no matter which one it is, you can vaguely see the former human form.

A gust of wind blew by, bringing with it a strong fishy stench.

A normal person would feel a chill running down their spine just by looking at these half-human, half-beast creatures.

Thomas looked back and saw that the person shooting the arrow was none other than the mercenary.

He actually carried a crossbow with him...which was completely invisible before.

Not only that, there is also the ascetic and the ascetic's servant.

"What...is this?!" the woman exclaimed.

"Once human, but now just a lower quality product!" said the ascetic. "You could call it a beast ghost."

"Not bad, not bad. Beast Ghosts? That's a good name, I accept it. By the way, I haven't fed them yet today," the stranger said. "You should be careful. When they get hungry, they will even attack their own kind."

He reminded me with seemingly good intentions, seemingly unaware that he had been hit by a crossbow arrow.

In an instant, accompanied by a silent command, dozens of beast ghosts rushed over.

They each rushed towards different targets, and Thomas was naturally one of them.

In fact, he was the obvious target because Thomas was the closest and was separated from the others by a significant distance.

The first beast ghost rushed over, its eyes drooping, a scarlet light flashing in them. It pounced with a sharp move, opening its large, toothy mouth with ferocious speed, reminiscent of a tiger or leopard's pounce.

But... just like before, the movements were too simple.

Thomas kept his upper body still, but shifted his feet, already avoiding the attack, and slashed it from the side, creating a terrifying gash on the side of his body.

It was unaware of the sword strike, and after missing the target and landing on the ground, it turned around and jumped, then attacked again.

This thing has a strong ability to resist damage!

But...that's all.

This time, Thomas aimed at the opponent's neck and swept his sword across.

The monster was hit by a sword and fell to the ground again. It supported itself with its limbs and turned into a black lightning bolt that rushed straight up again.

But this time, although its body was still swift, half of its head was tilted.

Thomas backhanded it and knocked it away.

The beast ghost rolled several times on the spot, struggling to get up, but the sword in its neck had severed its spine. So its whole body was moving in disorder and it couldn't even stand up.

"His short-term explosive power is terrifying... The moment he aims at his target and attacks, his movements are so fast that I can hardly catch up. But... apart from this explosive power, his other features are not worth mentioning."

True human combat techniques emphasize concealing preparatory movements, preventing the opponent from anticipating them, and also carefully considering the trajectory of the attack. In short, by the time it comes to truly determining the true direction of the attack, the available time is infinitesimally small.

However, the beast ghost's movements can be predicted very simply and clearly.

Even before the beast ghost jumped, Thomas could predict its attack route.

He also quickly understood how to deal with these beast ghosts.

The second beast ghost rushed up and pounced in mid-air.

From a third-party perspective, the speed was as fast as a ghost appearing.

But for Thomas, who could predict the opponent's actions, there was no problem at all.

As long as you know the opponent's attack route in advance, it doesn't matter how fast they are. In fact, the faster, the better.

Thomas leaned sideways, sword raised.

The long sword seemed to be waiting in mid-air when it collided with the beast ghost that was rushing towards it.

The sharp blade cut through the entire neck.

The headless beast ghost fell to the ground and started to claw and dance around, but it only dug up some soil.

The same is true for the third and fourth ones.

Thomas didn't even move, he just changed his posture, holding the sword horizontally in the air and controlling the angle.

The beast ghost hit the sword with its neck as if committing suicide, and its spine was severed.

The fifth beast ghost rushed up, but this time he didn't jump. Instead, he opened his bloody mouth and bit Thomas' leg quickly and fiercely.

Thomas finally moved, raised his right foot, and inched back slightly.

The beast ghost's first move missed, so it naturally continued to bite forward.

Then the sword chopped off its head in mid-air.

At this point, all five beast demons that attacked Thomas were eliminated.

Except for the first one which took two encounters, the rest were resolved with just one encounter.