r18novel Chapter 13 Reverse Breakthrough: Seizing the Bottom of the Ape King's Lair
Chapter 13 Reverse Breakthrough: Seizing the Bottom of the Ape King's Lair
Two days later, at Lingxu Cave Square.
Before the morning mist had dissipated, two hundred new and old disciples lined up in two groups.
The team was led by two elders.
The old man on the left has white hair and beard, and a gentle face; he is Wu Qingfeng.
The man on the right has a hooked nose and a sinister look in his eyes; he is Elder Liu, a close confidant of Han Yishui.
"Train the rules, operate within a hundred miles of the outer perimeter, and bear the consequences of your own actions."
Elder Liu's voice drowned out the morning breeze.
His gaze swept intentionally or unintentionally over Li Xian and his two companions at the back of the crowd.
Li Xian was looking down at the map book, estimating the approximate location of the Azure Emperor's Tomb, and marking resource points such as Jade Snake Orchid and Rehmannia Essence.
"So you're the barbarian who crippled Junior Brother Han?"
A young man dressed in inner sect attire approached, accompanied by a tall female cultivator.
The young man was named Li Yun, and the female cultivator was named Li Lin.
Although she doesn't have any special physique, her cultivation aptitude is quite remarkable. She reached the Life Spring Realm at a young age and is Han Feiyu's senior brother or sister.
"Barbarians are barbarians, I wonder what underhanded tricks they used." Li Lin sneered, staring at Li Xian. "The primitive ruins are not a sparring ring. The monsters don't care about your fancy moves. My advice is to write your last words carefully."
Li Yun coldly replied:
"We've offended Elder Han. The three of you had better pray you don't run into us during this training trip, otherwise..."
Pang Bo glared, about to lash out, when Li Xian looked up from the jade book.
"Are you done talking?"
His tone was flat.
Li Yun frowned:
What's your attitude?
"The NPC cutscenes are too long," Li Xian muttered, then looked at the two of them. "If your goal is just to make threats, you can get lost. If you want to fight, draw your swords now and don't waste my time."
"You're asking for it!"
Li Yun placed his hand on the sword hilt, and divine power surged forth.
"Silence!" Elder Wu Qingfeng's voice rang out, defusing the conflict. "Let's go!"
Li Xian didn't look at the two of them again, and turned to follow the group.
"Two elite monsters that are just giving away experience points; we'll farm them in the wilderness later."
……
Inside the original ruins.
Ancient trees reach for the sky, vines entwine like dragons, and the air is filled with the stench of decay and blood.
The team had barely entered the ruins a few miles when someone was bitten by a venomous snake and was snatched into the air by a bird of prey, revealing numerous loopholes in their plan.
For several days in a row, I stumbled and struggled, barely managing to get through the experience.
On this day, a crisis suddenly arose.
"唳——"
High in the sky, a bird's cry that could pierce through gold and split rocks exploded forth.
A giant golden bird with a wingspan of over ten meters swooped down, its body crackling with blinding lightning.
"That's a Zapdos!"
Someone exclaimed in surprise, their voice trembling.
From the dense forest below, a deafening cry of a monkey echoed back.
A giant ape, ten zhang tall and covered in blue scales, rose from the ground, wielding a thick stone pillar and smashing it down on the Golden-Winged Thunder Bird.
"The Scaled Ape King!"
Elder Liu's expression changed.
This was the beast king he least wanted to encounter.
The collision of the two strange beasts caused the shockwave to overturn ancient trees within a radius of hundreds of feet.
The violent fluctuations of spiritual energy caused the disciples of the Spirit Ruins below to stagger and fall.
"Not good! It's the Beast King Tournament at the peak of the Other Shore realm!" Wu Qingfeng's expression changed drastically. "Everyone, retreat!"
late.
The roar of the Scaled Ape King awakened the troop of apes in the forest.
Hundreds and thousands of scaled apes, each over two meters tall, surged out from all directions, their eyes bloodshot, tearing apart anyone they saw.
A beast tide erupted.
Screams rang out one after another.
A dozen or so slow-moving new disciples were pounced on by the scaled ape and instantly torn to pieces.
"Don't wander off! Form a defensive formation!"
Elder Liu roared and unleashed his magical weapon to kill the Scaled Ape.
Li Xian did not form a formation.
"Come with me."
He grabbed Ye Fan and Pang Bo, and flashed away.
Instead of retreating, they advanced, plunging directly into the densest part of the forest where the apes were most concentrated.
"Old Immortal, are you crazy! There are monkeys all over there!"
Pang Bo brandished the bronze plaque of the Great Thunder Temple, smashing a scaled ape into the air.
"The herbs on the outskirts aren't even enough to fill a tooth gap. The beast tide has lured the big monsters out, so it's a good time to raid their lair."
Li Xian kept walking.
The broken monk's knife twirled in his hand, its blade flashing like the wind.
Using the Eight Extremes Footwork combined with the divine power of the Life Spring Realm, he weaved through the ape horde, and with each strike, a scaled ape would have its throat severed.
There were no unnecessary movements; every strike was a fatal blow.
The three of them ventured several miles into the dense forest.
The surrounding Scaled Apes grew stronger and stronger, transforming from ordinary Bitter Sea realm beings into peak Bitter Sea realm beings, and even some Flying Apes with wings on their backs appeared, reaching the Life Spring realm.
"Bang!"
Pang Bo is like a wild bull.
The scaly ape crashed into a tree trunk, the bronze plaque slammed down, and its brains splattered.
Ye Fan held a bronze ancient lamp in his hand, and the wick of the lamp lit up with a tiny flame. Wherever the flame passed, the scaled apes all retreated and dared not approach.
Although these two Buddhist treasures have lost much of their divine power, they have not been depleted. In particular, the plaque is made of indestructible material and has a natural Buddhist aura that can restrain demons.
"We're almost there."
Li Xian stopped in her tracks.
Pushing aside the thicket of bushes, a stone cliff came into view.
On the cliff face grow a dozen or so brownish-red fruit trees, each half a meter tall, covered with thumb-sized red fruits that emit a wonderful fragrance.
"A year's worth of Zhu fruit!"
Ye Fan's eyes lit up: "This stuff can be directly refined to replenish life essence!"
"Get to work, pick them all."
The three men quickly stepped forward and looted all of Nian Zhu's fruit.
Pang Bo picked the fruit and stuffed it into his mouth, chewing until his mouth was full of red juice.
"It's so sweet, much better than the herbal remedy!"
Li Xian put the thirty-odd Vermilion Fruits he had been given into the Sea of Bitterness, intending to find a place to refine them.
These aged Zhu fruit are no less delicious than Baicao Ye (a traditional Chinese medicine).
In terms of overall size, it surpasses the Jade Snake Orchid in the original work.
Just then, the ground suddenly shook violently.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Heavy footsteps came from behind, each step cracking the ground.
Li Xian suddenly turned around.
A hundred meters away, a giant ape covered in blood was staring intently at them.
It had a deep, charred wound on its left leg, clearly indicating that it had just fought with Zapdos.
Upon seeing the Vermilion Fruit Tree completely looted, the Scaled Ape King raised its head and let out a mournful roar.
"roar--!"
The sound waves transformed into tangible air currents, making it impossible for the three people to open their eyes.
"Holy crap, the Monkey King is back!"
Pang Bo felt a chill run down his spine.
The demonic beasts of the Other Shore Realm possess formidable physical strength, and even cultivators of the Dao Palace Secret Realm must avoid their attacks when they are in a berserk state.
"run!"
Ye Fan made a decisive decision.
"If we split up, we'll die even faster." Li Xian turned his head and glanced at the charred, broken leg that the ape king was dragging. "It's injured and can't run fast. Lure it to Li Yun and Li Lin and force out that old ghost Han's backup plan."
In the original story, a year later, Ye Fan and Pang Bo were attacked by the Jade Horned Serpent while training in the primitive ruins. By diverting the trouble to the east, they forced Han Yishui to appear and save Han Feiyu.
Now that the conflict has escalated, that old devil can't possibly not come to eliminate the threat completely.
……
The wind howled in my ears.
Li Xian leaped between ancient tree branches, his feet treading on afterimages.
Behind him, with each step the Scaled Ape King took, the ground trembled, and ancient trees as thick as a person's embrace were brutally broken, with wood chips flying everywhere.
Its left leg was scorched so deeply that the bone was visible, limiting its speed, but the oppressive aura of the Other Shore Realm locked onto the three of them.
"Old Immortal, the Monkey King is hot on our heels!"
Pang Bo carried the plaque, panting heavily, his Taoist robe soaked with sweat.
Ye Fan held up an ancient bronze lamp, its flickering flame dispelling the approaching pungent smell of blood.
"It has chosen us."
"Make sure you're on the right track." Li Xian checked the map in his mind. "There's a poisonous miasma forest ahead. Hold your breath and go through."
The three held their breath and plunged into the gray-green miasma forest.
The Scaled Ape King roared and charged into the poisonous miasma without hesitation. The wounds hissed as they came into contact with the miasma, slowing its speed by a fraction.