Rito crouched and entered.
The rabbit burrow was very winding and dark. Fortunately, with the increase in his power, even his vision had improved, and thanks to that, he managed to get by.
After advancing a hundred meters, the space ahead of him grew larger.
That could only mean one thing.
Holding his breath, he approached silently.
When he poked his head out of the tunnel, he saw that there was about a few hundred square meters of space in the hole. Inside, there were many giant rabbits. There were more than a hundred of them.
There were also a few other tunnel entrances on the side. They must lead to other caves or exits.
The cunning rabbit has three burrows. The rabbits here must be smarter than those on Earth. They must have that habit too.
The moment he peeked, some giant rabbits perked up their ears, alert. They looked in the direction of the sound and stared at Rito with their blood-red eyes.
'Their ears are very sensitive…'
He ducked back into hiding while holding his breath, not daring to even breathe loudly.
At that moment, a rustling sound came from behind him. The sound was getting closer.
It was rabbits coming back through the tunnel he was in.
The corners of his lips curled up.
He backed away, moving toward the rabbits. The tunnel was about 1.5 meters high. Rito saw two rabbits hopping cheerfully toward him but stop and study him upon noticing him.
Crouched forward, he ran ninja-style toward the rabbits.
His hands were stretched out like blades, and he used all his strength to strike the neck of each rabbit, which had little room to dodge.
"Gu Gu!"
*CRACK!*
*CRACK!*
The rabbits' necks snapped.
Soon, two rabbits fell to the ground, lifeless, and it didn't take long for them to turn into dust, leaving red orbs glowing among the ashes.
Before killing the two rabbits, one of them had let out a sound.
At first, he didn't think much of it, but he soon realized it was some kind of call for help or warning.
Soon, he heard the sound of furious rabbits behind him coming from the more open area he had seen earlier.
Honestly, the Lady Goddess of Luck was smiling at him in that moment.
He couldn't hope for a better situation.
In this narrow tunnel, he was the king.
When the first rabbit reached him, Rito landed a punch right on its forehead.
*POW!*
His punch was so powerful it crushed the rabbit's head, deforming it, and it soon turned to dust.
And then, in a Plants vs. Zombies style, the rabbits kept coming at him, and Rito kept killing them with a single punch.
Rito stayed at the tunnel entrance, and as soon as a rabbit appeared, he attacked it with a punch.
Then came another. Rito did the same and killed it with a single blow.
Soon, the rabbits couldn't even give warnings and fell to his punches. The dust on the ground piled up.
He killed while collecting the light orbs.
3, 5, 10…50… a great haul!
While collecting all the light orbs, he curled his lips. This was truly a good place.
Soon, he gained over a hundred orbs.
At that moment, he realized it was the giant rabbit in the corner's turn.
This was a rabbit the same size as the green wolf.
It was time for him to get serious.
In a horse stance, he prepared a punch like a bow stretched with an arrow.
The rabbit was huge, and the tunnel was just enough for it. It couldn't turn around.
*Whoosh!*
Like a battering ram, Rito's punch shot into the side of the giant rabbit's head.
*DUM!*
This punch truly had a deafening sound. It was extremely powerful!
The large rabbit clearly didn't expect to encounter a fist upon turning the corner.
The immense power surged from the fist and struck the giant rabbit, knocking it against the narrow tunnel wall.
The giant rabbit didn't die from that alone.
But that was expected, and Rito approached, landing punches on the fallen rabbit's massive head.
*Thud, thud, thud!*
The sound didn't stop and echoed throughout the tunnel.
The rabbits inside the cave went wild upon hearing the sound, but Rito didn't care. It didn't matter anymore. He would kill this one first.
While the rabbit was stunned, he delivered punches to its head.
When he didn't hold back, a strange white light vibrated around his body. However, he didn't even have time to be surprised by it now.
He continued to land punches on this resilient rabbit.
His fists started to turn red, but even so, the rabbit still held on.
Five punches, ten, fifteen punches…
Every time the giant rabbit tried to get up, it was knocked back down. Gradually, its resistance weakened. Rito's fists didn't stop. It was like a jackhammer, consistent and relentless!
When the giant rabbit stopped moving and its body began to turn to ashes, Rito finally stopped.
He looked down. The rabbit left behind five faint red light orbs and a faint purple light orb the size of a passion fruit. There were only five red orbs, but they were many times larger than the previous ones.
'Finally, a purple orb!'
Rito's eyes gleamed.
Grabbing the orbs, without hesitation, Rito began running toward the outside of the burrow.
This large rabbit he killed was just one of many others.
It was fine if he faced just one in this narrow burrow, but if he ended up having to face another, or if they used even the slightest bit of intelligence and tried to ambush him from the outside… His death would be imminent.
Even crouched forward while running, he was very fast.
In a few seconds, he was outside.
Cautiously, he observed his surroundings.
Sighing with relief, he saw no danger and moved toward tall grass.
Over five hundred meters away, Rito sat on the grassy ground, with the tall grass, at least a meter high, serving as camouflage.
With both hands on the ground, he breathed deeply, exhausted.
Sweat dripped from his forehead. This time, he had made a great effort.
'I did it!' He thought joyfully.
Not only did he obtain over a hundred red light orbs, but he also got a purple light orb.
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