Boom!
Two heads were blown to smithereens, and the massive bodies of the Skull Crawlers, whose wriggling brain tissue could even be seen, were sent flying back into the yellowish-brown smoke.
The other three Skull Crawlers, who were ganging up on King Kong, trying to kill him, saw their two companions die tragically. One of them, over twenty meters long, let out an angry roar and then changed its target.
The Skull Crawler looked at the black Shadow soaring in from outside and angrily shot out its barbed, crimson tongue.
The next second.
A sound like metal colliding rang out.
The Skull Crawler, with its tongue out, felt something hooked, and instantly roared, coiling its tongue back, intending to swallow Hawk, who was just a tiny speck in its vision.
Hawk was enveloped by the Skull Crawler's tongue, rapidly being reeled towards its gaping maw.
But just as he was about to be swallowed by the Skull Crawler.
Little Universe burned.
"Bang!"
"Hiss!"
The moment Hawk exerted force with all four limbs, he instantly shattered the Skull Crawler's tongue while hovering steadily in the air.
The Skull Crawler hissed, but showing no pain from its tongue rupturing, it resembled an emotionless super-beast. It immediately bit off the exposed, broken tongue with its mouth full of sharp teeth and then lunged at Hawk in the air.
"Sonic Punch!"
"Bang!"
The Skull Crawler's head tilted, and its long, barbed tail, like a steel whip, lashed out at Hawk.
Hawk delivered another punch, sending this Skull Crawler—which was clearly stronger than the previous two and could at least withstand one of his blows without dying—crashing back to the ground.
The Skull Crawler, back on the ground, shook its head, and in less than a blink of an eye, it readjusted its posture and launched another fierce attack at Hawk.
"Lightning!"
"Sonic Punch!"
"Boom, boom, boom—"
Under a sky full of fist Shadows, the Skull Crawler was first blasted back to the ground by countless fist Shadows. With a shrill roar from the Skull Crawler, there was a loud crash as its limbs splayed out, pressing against the ground. As dust rose from the ground, the Skull Crawler's head was completely shattered by Hawk's hundreds of Sonic Punches per second.
As far as the eye could see.
In the endless yellowish-brown dust, the Skull Crawler, its head completely shattered, lay quietly on the ground, with a strangely peculiar blood flowing from its broken head.
At the same time.
Not far away, King Kong also grabbed a Skull Crawler, directly crushing its head with his mountain-sized hand. Amidst the latter's roars, he bared his fangs and bit open the Skull Crawler's head with a single chomp.
Accompanied by an exceptionally bloody ripping sound, more than half of the Skull Crawler's head was brutally torn off by King Kong.
King Kong then flung the Skull Crawler in his hand at the last Skull Crawler that was lunging at him. Taking advantage of the Skull Crawler's instinctive dodge, he firmly gripped that Skull Crawler's tail with both hands.
The next second.
Slam!
Slam left and right.
Boom, boom, boom, boom!
The last Skull Crawler, held by King Kong and repeatedly slammed against the ground from side to side, had its head visibly crack open until, with a crunch, it completely burst apart.
King Kong dropped the Skull Crawler's corpse, spread his arms towards the constantly emitting yellowish-brown smoke from the cave entrance, and then, while beating his chest, let out an extremely angry roar.
It seemed to be saying…
Come!
If you dare, come up again.
The cave entrance remained silent, but, visibly, the yellowish-brown smoke it was emitting became sparse.
Just then.
King Kong's peripheral vision caught sight of Hawk flying towards the cave entrance.
His roar became urgent and brief.
It seemed to be warning Hawk that there was danger there and he shouldn't get close.
"Roar!"
"…Don't worry, I'm just looking."
Hawk also heard that King Kong's roar was directed at him. He turned his head, smiled, and said, then landed on the edge of the cave entrance, which was about ten meters in diameter. As he leaned in, the phoenix cloth's faceplate appeared and covered his head, then he looked down into the cave.
But…
He couldn't see clearly, not at all.
"Down here…"
"Could it already lead to the so-called Hollow Earth?"
Hawk felt the dense yellowish-brown smoke below, which even his gaze couldn't penetrate, and thought of the Hollow Earth that existed in the King Kong World.
He suppressed the urge to jump down that rose in his heart, withdrew his gaze, and turned to look at King Kong, who had been watching him.
King Kong saw Hawk turn around and let out another urgent roar, as if to say that the Skull Crawlers' lair was down there, dangerous, and he shouldn't go.
Hawk smiled at King Kong's concern: "Don't worry, I won't go now."
King Kong also seemed to understand Hawk's words, let out another low roar, then turned around, and with his thick arms, he directly clambered up the towering rock face of the canyon, quickly disappearing over the canyon's peak.
Hawk also followed Peter back to the Ivi Race village.
He once again ignored the Ivi Race people who worshipped him as an ancestor and was the first to arrive at Felicia's stilt house here.
After a while.
Peter also rushed back from outside and then gave Hawk a warm hug.
"God, I knew you'd find us, but I thought you'd find us in a month. It's been a year already."
"Peter."
Felicia, who was beside them, heard this and said to Peter, "It's only been a month."
Peter subconsciously looked at Felicia.
Felicia nodded.
"It's only been a month. Only a month has passed outside."
"What?"
Peter's eyes widened. He looked at Hawk: "Only a month has passed outside."
Hawk smiled at Peter, saying nothing.
He found that the current Peter was completely different from the Peter of the past.
But this change was a good change.
At the very least, the Peter he saw now seemed more cheerful and outgoing than the Peter outside, less silent.
After all, outside was a World of rules.
And here was a barbaric World.
Outside, Peter, even with absolute power, was constrained by rules, but here, Peter seemed to have been completely liberated.
Just like just now.
When he and Peter had just returned to the village.
If the Ivi Race people looked at him with reverence, then they looked at Peter with approval and admiration.
Moreover, Peter's popularity here also seemed quite good.
Hawk thought to himself.
Peter, upon receiving the news of such a time difference, sat on a nearby stool with a strange expression, covering his face with one hand, and said to Felicia, who was sitting beside him: "So, the Ivi Race people weren't wrong, my parents really died over a hundred years ago?"
Felicia looked at Peter's question and comforted him: "Look on the bright side, the Ivi Race people didn't lie. Howard and Mary grew old naturally before they passed away."
This was a blessing in disguise.
Howard Parker and Mary Parker did not die in the mouths of the endless terrifying creatures on Skull Island. The plane just happened to crash in the river near the Ivi Race, and they lived here with the Ivi Race until they passed away.
It was precisely because of this that Peter and Felicia were quickly accepted by the Ivi Race when they arrived ten months ago.
Because before this, Peter's parents had already been here, and even taught some English to the Ivi Race people while they were alive. Although more than a hundred years had passed, there were still a few Ivi Race people who preserved this language.
It was precisely because of this that Felicia, with her excellent language skills, was able to communicate smoothly with the Ivi Race people so quickly.
Peter was silent for a moment, then nodded, and a smile squeezed onto his face: "You're right, at least they died of natural causes."
He had actually already accepted the news of his parents' deaths; it was just the Ivi Race people's initial statement that they had died over a hundred years ago that had given him a misconception.
But…
Peter thought about the time difference between Skull Island and the outside World, and still looked at Hawk with some shock: "Only a month has passed outside. This is unscientific."
Even if it were another Planet.
If it were another Planet and they said there was a time difference with Earth, he could accept that.
But…
Skull Island is only separated from the outside World by a thick storm system. And you're telling me that I've actually spent a year here, but only a month has passed outside?
Hawk glanced at Peter.
"You can shoot webs from your wrists, is that scientific?"
"I…"
Hearing Hawk's rhetorical question, Peter opened his mouth, and the past scenes of frequently being asked how he managed to shoot webs flashed through his mind. He wisely chose to skip this question and looked at Hawk: "So, how is Aunt May? I told her in advance that I might not be back for the first half of the year. Aunt May also wanted to know where my parents went, which is why she supported me."
Hawk shrugged: "How should I know? After the old butler told me you guys were missing, I immediately rushed over. However, when you go back this time, Aunt May will definitely be very happy."
Peter thought Hawk was referring to him finding his parents' whereabouts, and he grinned, saying, "Yes, Aunt May has always been worried about my parents."
Hawk chuckled: "Aunt May isn't just worried about your parents, she's also worried about a little spider."
Peter's expression froze.
"What little spider?"
"…You guess."
Hearing this, Hawk exchanged glances with Felicia, who was sitting nearby covering her mouth. After realizing, he gave Peter a mysterious smile.
He didn't know that Felicia hadn't told Peter.
So…
He couldn't be blamed.
Peter wasn't a fool either. After realizing, his eyes widened, and he looked at Felicia beside him with some disbelief.
"Felicia…"
"Mm."
Felicia didn't play coy, meeting Peter's eyes and nodding.
Peter was stunned!
…
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