"Now is the ti."
Xiao Zhan seized the opportunity and used Instantaneous Movent to reach the Thunder Ape King’s back. He watched the giant barb, its lightning gradually fading away, and swung the Demon Scythe in his hand, bringing forth a howling surge of black death energy, and chopped down fiercely!
Crack!
This sound was different.
The originally steel-hard barb in that instant beca as thin and brittle as a biscuit, easily severed by Xiao Zhan. It exploded into dozens of uneven pieces, scattering in the air.
Roar!
The Thunder Ape King let out an exceedingly pained roar, its body in that mont suddenly rigid, as though a vital dragon tendon had been gripped from behind, rendering it immovable.
At the sa ti, energy poured out frantically from the break in the barb, like floodwaters bursting through a dam, spurting chaotically in all directions.
Electric light and Thunder Snakes struck all around it, demolishing the surrounding trees and mountains!
Xiao Zhan retreated to the distance at his fastest speed, but the erupting energy was so potent that he still accidentally received a hit on his arm. Sudden intense pain followed, along with the numbness from the lightning strike, his arm was injured and hung limply by his side.
Enduring the severe pain and disregarding the lightning behind him, Xiao Zhan’s Thunder Shadow Step bood, and he reached a safe area.
Liu Xin and the others imdiately went forward to inspect Xiao Zhan’s injuries. The energy that spurted out was all of the Thunder Ape King’s energy in a single burst, uncontrollable and at its most powerful—a weaker person would have died upon contact!
They looked at Xiao Zhan’s wound and saw that the flesh of his entire upper arm was mangled, with the inside charred black, and dark blood flowed out like a torrent.
It looked extrely terrifying.
However, Xiao Zhan wasn’t too worried. He knew his body the best; these were rely superficial injuries, and the internal bones and ridians were only slightly damaged.
He activated his Spirit Manipulation Energy to perform a simple treatnt on the wound, then looked up at Ye Wudi still in the air.
Ye Wudi, having beco Man and Sword as One, was at a stalemate with the Thunder Dragon released by the Thunder Ape King. However, due to Xiao Zhan’s sneak attack, the stalemate lasted only an instant.
The Thunder Dragon, lacking ongoing energy support, was instantly penetrated by the Azure Water Cold Light Sword! It charged forth, delivering a chilling thrust through the Thunder Ape King!
The Thunder Ape King’s tense body instantly froze, like a machine that had lost power, then like a deflated ball, the energy in its entire body began to flag.
Two seconds later, the Thunder Ape King was calm.
With the cessation of life, its body fell toward the ground.
Boom!
Like a small mountain collapsing, it sent snow flying in all directions.
"We won!"
Ye Anu shouted excitedly.
Dancing with joy, he wanted to embrace those around him with enthusiasm, but seeing that they were all single ladies, his hand froze awkwardly midair.
Turning to hug Xiao Zhan, he noticed Xiao Zhan was still wounded, which made it inconvenient. Hands suspended in the air in indecision, he found himself even more embarrassed.
Fortunately, his younger brother Ye Ajian knew how to offer face-saving gestures.
High five!
Still a bit scornful.
Ye Wudi ca out of the Man and Sword as One state, floating above the corpse of the Thunder Ape King. After glancing down at the Thunder Ape King and confirming it had completely stopped breathing, he turned and ca over to Xiao Zhan and the others.
He let out a long sigh of relief.
"It went smoother than expected," Ye Wudi said.
"With the Thunder Ape King gone, the Demon Beast tide will likely retreat soon," Su Mulan remarked.
With the Demon Beast tide retreating, their support mission was thus completed.
Hearing this, Jiang Xian’er unconsciously glanced at Xiao Zhan.
The Demon Beast tide had receded; he should be able to help her snatch the Holy Snow Lotus now, right?
"Let’s go back. We can consider this mission fully accomplished," said Ye Wudi in a relaxed tone.
A smile appeared on everyone’s faces.
Just as they were about to leave,
but at this mont, a deep beastly roar suddenly reached everyone’s ears.
Everyone imdiately looked towards the Thunder Ape King with vigilance!
But then they realized the sound was not coming from the Thunder Ape King, but from sowhere else.
Yet, when they listened closely, they couldn’t pinpoint the exact location of the sound; it was like surround sound, coming from all directions.
Roar!
The sound ca once more, and it was even more intense than before.
At the sa ti, the ground also began to shake.
Everyone imdiately sensed sothing was wrong and huddled together, vigilantly looking around.
"What’s going on? Could it be an earthquake?" Ye Anu asked nervously.
"Since when do earthquakes co with the roar of a Demon Beast? You might as well say it’s Gorza," retorted Xiao Zhan.
He then imdiately released his Perception Skill and soon he felt a massive amount of energy bursting forth from deep underground.
"There’s sothing underground, spread out!"
Xiao Zhan cried out in alarm.
That mass of energy was moving so swiftly, Xiao Zhan hadn’t even had ti to perceive its form before he had to dodge.
The ground shaking beca more and more intense. At first, it was just a slight tremor, but in the blink of an eye, it turned into a violent quake that could topple mountains.
Moreover, the ground under their feet also seed to be squeezed by so force, rising up.
Hearing Xiao Zhan’s voice, everyone unhesitatingly dashed towards the safe and open space around them.
And just a short while after they left that spot, the ground there suddenly cracked open, tearing apart like in an earthquake.
At the sa ti, a black Demon Beast covered with hard scales burst out of that position!
Accompanied by an excited roar, Xiao Zhan and the others saw a huge black shadow swiftly passing before their eyes. At first glance, they could not clearly see what it looked like, only that its body was very thick and long.
About three ters in diater, its body slithered like a waving ribbon, rising from the ground and then shooting up into the clouds.
It took a full four to five seconds for its body to completely erge from the soil.
Coiling and twisting, positioning itself, the Demon Beast’s head finally faced Xiao Zhan and the others.
Only then did everyone clearly see the visage of the Demon Beast.
Monstrously long, at least a hundred ters, resembling a python. Its entire body covered in snow-white scales, as large as a human skull, very hard and with a tactile quality, reflecting a rainbow sheen under the sunlight.
It had no limbs.
Its head was enormous, roughly three tis the width of its body, a triangular shape, similarly covered in scales. But also, it was adorned with sharp spines.
Two oversized eye bulbs, golden eyes with a black, narrow vertical pupil, gave it an incredibly sinister look.
On its head were two massive antlers, a bloody mouth, teeth fine as saw blades, and a red, forked tongue; behind it, an abyssal esophagus seeming capable of swallowing thousands without filling up.
The entire Demon Beast’s appearance was similar to that of an ancient Jiao Dragon.
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