A heaven-shaking roar completely captivated the attention of Li Chen and Ling Shuanghua to the battlefield.
Du Sha and his team, with their superior numbers, already held the upper hand.
Both of the fourth-level Demon Beasts, the mother apes, were already dead on the spot. The other Fire Ape children also fell one after another into pools of blood. Only the Three-eyed Fire Ape King was still struggling desperately.
However, Du Sha’s side, including Weii Hong, had also suffered heavy losses, with more than half dead or injured.
Watching its spouse and children dying one after another, the aura of the Three-eyed Fire Ape King grew extremely ferocious, as if it might go berserk at any moment.
It bellowed towards the sky, furiously pounding on its body, and its mountain-like huge palm fiercely cleaved through the air.
Aside from top experts like Weii Hong and Du Sha, those at the Foundation Establishment Stage were basically smashed to pulp with one palm hit each, just like crushing cucumbers, directly turning into meat paste, a sight too horrible to endure.
"Not good, this beast is about to go berserk, stop it quick!"
Du Sha saw the bad turn of events and hysterically shouted.
Before his words fell, he threw out a Magical Treasure that spun rapidly like a top towards the Three-eyed Fire Ape King.
Weii Hong and the others were also blinded by rage, each displaying Divine Skills as if they were the Eight Immortals crossing the sea. All their trump-card treasures, such as Magic Swords, Light Blades, Thunder, and all sorts of assorted ones, bombarded the Three-eyed Fire Ape King in a chaotic barrage.
In the blink of an eye, the Three-eyed Fire Ape King was bombarded to the point of being drenched in blood, as if it had just been fished out from a pool of blood.
And in many places on its body, skin and flesh were turned inside out, even revealing the while bones underneath.
Yet even so, it had no intention of retreat, and even less of fleeing.
After a series of angry roars at the sky, the Three-eyed Fire Ape King suddenly leaped down, its huge impact immediately causing the surroundings to crumble, opening deep cracks that extended towards Du Sha and the others.
Facing such a fierce attack, top experts like Du Sha and Weii Hong could withstand it. But those with weaker cultivation were not so lucky. Some unfortunate ones close to the Three-eyed Fire Ape King were even instantly killed by the shock, their bodies splitting into two.
Just like that, during a berserk death charge, the Three-eyed Fire Ape King took away the lives of more than twenty experts from Weii Hong’s side in just half a minute.
From the original group of over a hundred, only Du Sha, Weii Hong, and three Quasi Golden Core Experts luckily survived.
If Three-eyed Fire Ape King launched another death charge, it would not spell death for them, but returning without success was guaranteed.
After causing such a massive commotion and losing so many lives, yet ending up empty-handed, no one would be content!
In desperation, Du Sha could not care about manners and hurriedly yelled at Ling Shuanghua who was still watching from the sidelines: "Fairy Ling, act quickly. The Three-eyed Fire Ape King is too fierce, we can’t hold on any longer!"
Ling Shuanghua’s eyes glinted with a cold light, her figure floated up, pulled out an Amber Red Rhombus from her waist, and threw it towards the Three-eyed Fire Ape King.
"A top-grade spiritual tool?"
Li Chen, hiding in the shadows, saw this Amber Red Rhombus and immediately exclaimed in his heart.
It seems this woman in white has an extraordinary background to carry so many top-level magical treasures.
The Amber Red Rhombus, true to being a top-grade spiritual tool, immediately trapped the enraged Three-eyed Fire Ape King within it, rendering its desperate struggles futile as it couldn’t budge.
Seeing this scene, Du Sha, Weii Hong and the others were overjoyed and quickly surrounded the Three-eyed Fire Ape King to attack.
Spears, broadswords, Magic Swords all in that instant penetrated the body of the Three-eyed Fire Ape King, leaving it punctured like a sieve, with horrifying bloody holes.
The Three-eyed Fire Ape King roared to the sky, struggling in its death throes, and even detonated its Demon Core within, aiming to perish together with Du Sha and the others.
"Not good, the beast is self-destructing, retreat!"
Du Sha, Weii Hong and the others were so frightened that their eyes nearly popped out of their heads, frantically retreating.
A thunderous explosion shook the earth, flesh and blood flew in all directions. For several kilometers around, the air was filled with the pungent smell of blood mist. Limbs, bodies, and shattered heads were scattered everywhere. The whole scene was like purgatory in the Human World.
In the end, only Du Sha and Weii Hong survived, both injured. The other three Quasi Golden Core Experts had perished together with the Three-eyed Fire Ape King.
Confronted with such a bloody scene, Ling Shuanghua’s brows could not help but wrinkle slightly.
However, she wasn’t frowning over the tragic deaths of these people; it was because their blood had sullied her Amber Red Rhombus.
"Fairy Ling, below that fire tree, lies the entrance to the Nascent Soul cultivator’s cave abode..."
The speaker was Du Sha.
But before he could finish his sentence, his entire body suddenly stiffened, and the raised arm also fell accordingly.
Looking down, a sharp blade had already pierced through his heart.
Du Sha struggled to turn around, only to see a young man with sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes, cracking a smile at him. ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs, ᴘʟᴇᴀsᴇ ᴠɪsɪᴛ novel※fire.net
That young man was none other than Li Chen who had been lurking here all along!
"I heard you were going to kill me, so I decided to come!"
After saying this, Li Chen abruptly pulled the Dragon Abyss Sword out from Du Sha’s body, and blood gushed out, staining the sky.
The Golden Core Early Stage Great Cultivator, Wuji Sect’s Ninth Elder Du Sha, dead!
Du Sha and Wei Hong, having just killed the Three-eyed Fire Ape King and with their much-desired treasure almost within grasp, had become somewhat complacent and did not guard against a stealth attack.
Moreover, Li Chen’s speed was extremely fast, his body broke the sound barrier and directly surged to five times the speed of sound. Covering thousands of meters in the blink of an eye, his assassination skills were even superior to those of the top assassins, striking to kill without giving Du Sha any time to react.
Du Sha died, with unwillingness and regret.
Wei Hong was left with fear, breaking out into a cold sweat. With Li Chen’s assassination skills, if the intended target had been him, instead of Wei Hong, the one lying in a pool of blood right now might have been himself.
Ling Shuanghua’s beautiful eyes also fiercely trembled.
Upon hearing Ling Shuanghua’s words, Wei Hong seemed to think of something and, with eyes wide open in anger, shouted, "Was it you, you rapist, who killed my son?"
Before he could finish speaking, he lifted the blood-drenched spear in his hand and charged at Li Chen.
The spear traced a line, like a venomous snake spitting crimson flames, thrusting straight towards Li Chen’s heart at his Life Gate.
Though Wei Hong was injured, he was after all a Quasi Golden Core Expert. Now in a state of rage, the viciousness of this thrust was such that even Li Chen did not dare to take it head-on.
Moreover, there was Ling Shuanghua by the side, eyeing him like a tiger watching its prey. If he were to get entangled with Wei Hong, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Ling Shuanghua’s Amber Red Rhombus could easily bind the Fourth-level Late Stage Demon Beast, the Three-eyed Fire Ape King, and would surely be able to trap him as well.
Given their towering hatred for him, if he really fell into her hands, even a quick death would be a luxury.
It seemed that a quick battle was necessary to deal with this Wei Hong.
With that thought, Li Chen dodged the deadly thrust and quickly closed in with the seven-star step. He lifted the blood-soaked Dragon Abyss Sword and thrust it forward with explosive force.
Wei Hong, having expended a great deal of his True Yuan in the fight with the Three-eyed Fire Ape King, and having been injured on top of that, was now blinded by the pain of losing his child. His movements were disordered and his defenses full of gaps.
Now that Li Chen closed in suddenly, catching him completely off-guard, he could only block in a panic.
However, as soon as he fended off the assault of the Dragon Abyss Sword, he saw Li Chen’s mouth curve into the Death God’s characteristic cruel smile.
"Go reunite with your son in the afterlife!"
Before his words fell, Li Chen violently raised his palm, where lightning flickered, illuminating Wei Hong’s face into a pale shade.
With one palm strike from Li Chen, a Thunder Light Ball surged directly into Wei Hong’s mind, shattering his entire head on the spot.
The Quasi Golden Core Expert, Green Mountain Town’s overlord Wei Hong, perished there and then!
After Li Chen consecutively killed Du Sha and Wei Hong, two formidable foes, when he turned to search for Ling Shuanghua’s figure, she was already nowhere to be seen.
However, he knew in his heart that Ling Shuanghua had not left. Instead, she had taken the opportunity while he and Wei Hong were fighting to enter the Underground Palace alone, seemingly intent on getting a head start!
"Hmph, trying to snatch food from my mouth, Li Chen, won’t be that easy!"
Li Chen sneered and his figure flickered, turning into a black stream of light, rushing towards the crater mouth.
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