Chapter 183

The giant ape had bone armor protecting its head and back, only the neck needed to move freely and couldn't be covered by armor. Ke Jihai intended to start from this gap and deliver a fatal blow.

The ape demon stood a zhang tall, and Ke Jihai's long spear was also a zhang long; he had to jump to strike.

At this time, his attendants also attacked from the front, helping to distract the violent ape.

Its figure was far less flexible than that werewolf, and at this moment, it was absolutely too late to turn around.

Just as Ke Jihai was about to succeed in one strike, a sudden change occurred:

Two eyes suddenly opened on the back of the ape demon's head, and two more arms suddenly extended from its back shoulders! Ke Jihai finally knew what the two small holes specifically opened on the back of the ape demon's bone helmet were for.

This monster could actually turn into a four-eyed, four-armed being, and it had been enduring until now to unleash it! No, this was very wrong; its demon power was clearly suppressed, and its supernatural power was greatly reduced, so how could it instead enter the next form? Ke Jihai even felt that the airflow around its body suddenly became more violent.

With three iron caltrops hanging on its body, its strength was not only not weakened but instead increased!

The giant ape swatted away the spearhead, pulling Ke Jihai's figure off balance. He couldn't change direction in mid-air, and he saw the opponent's millstone-sized fist coming straight at him!

This monster was unexpectedly strong.

Over there, the werewolf monster knocked down a large tree, and before it could shake its head twice after climbing up, it encountered He Lingchuan's frontal jump slash.

The Bapi Blade's edge was fully exposed, and it didn't dare to take the brunt of it, having to dodge sideways.

It still had the broken blade stuck in its left shoulder, and its entire arm couldn't be lifted; fortunately, the tail whip behind its head rose like a snake, pouncing straight at He Lingchuan's face.

The two fought in one place, both wanting to fight fast with fast.

Ever since He Lingchuan learned to expand his spiritual sense, his five senses had become more acute, and now with the addition of Yuan energy, the monster's speed seemed to slow down slightly in his eyes, no longer as fast and indistinguishable to the naked eye as before.

Don't look at just this little bit; his eyesight was barely able to keep up.

This was also because the werewolf monster's talent points were basically in speed; half of its high agility was physical instinct, and half was supported by demon power, so it was countered by the Yuan energy on He Lingchuan's body.

However, he was after all just a rookie who had just started, and even with Yuan energy on his body, and even if his "Swallow Return" footwork was exerted to the fullest, he was only barely entering the stalemate stage.

This was still because the werewolf monster had one claw crippled; otherwise, with sharp teeth, claws, and a tail whip, he would have been killed on the spot.

In just over a dozen breaths, He Lingchuan had several more wounds on his body, fortunately not deep.

The monster's tail whip was too flexible, causing him far more damage than its claws. After He Lingchuan slashed, he didn't have time to defend, and it opened a hole in his shoulder, the pain making his face twitch.

Fortunately, at this time, He Chunhua finally shouted the sentence he most wanted to hear: "Chuan'er, lure it over!"

He Lingchuan didn't hesitate and jumped backward toward his father.

This monster's offensive was like a storm. He really couldn't hold on anymore and urgently needed someone to block the wind and rain for him.

The monster's original target was He Chunhua, but it had been provoked into ferocity by He Lingchuan's entanglement, and seeing him run toward its target, it naturally gave chase, its hind claws suddenly kicking off the ground, sending even the ground cover and snow powder flying far away.

When He Lingchuan rushed toward his father, his expanded spiritual sense had already seen the thing in his hand, so as soon as He Chunhua shouted "Get down," he threw himself forward and prostrated, sliding more than two zhang through the snow.

During the slide, he didn't forget to spin and defend, and he saw the werewolf monster pounce toward He Chunhua. He Chunhua was truly calm; the werewolf's sharp claws were almost touching his face when something in his hand was ejected, covering the monster's head and face!

With the two sides so close, no matter how agile the monster was, it couldn't dodge. The force of this thing spraying out was great, almost pinning it firmly to the ground.

He Lingchuan took a look; wasn't this the Entangling Silk Heavenly Net he had learned about?

There was still a hole in the edge.

In the Panlong Illusion, Sun Fuping had used this large net to bind him tightly; if it weren't for the broken blade's astonishing sharpness, he wouldn't have had a chance to escape, just like the monster before his eyes.

It struggled desperately in the net, wanting to tear it, but how could the personal treasure of the State Preceptor Sun be so easily damaged? It barked wildly in its irritability, and He Lingchuan determined after hearing a few sounds that this was indeed a wolf demon.

Although the Heavenly Net was good, its activation time was long. He Chunhua's cultivation was far less profound than Sun Fuping's, and he wasn't skilled in controlling the Entangling Silk Heavenly Net, so he needed He Lingchuan to buy him preparation time.

For dealing with such an agile opponent, the Heavenly Net couldn't be better.

He touched his waist, and the broken blade automatically returned.

He Lingchuan looked back at the giant ape; if he used the Heavenly Net to deal with such an immensely strong guy, he was afraid it wouldn't be effective and would damage the magic treasure.

Fortunately, Ke Jihai was still jumping around; otherwise, if the giant ape freed its hands to attack the He family, no one here would survive.

He watched the man and beast fight, both shocked by the giant ape's combat power and envious of the dark Yuan energy on Ke Jihai's body. Humans' physical fitness, strength, and cultivation were mostly inferior to demon beasts, but Yuan energy could level the gap in one go.

Until the giant ape suddenly turned into a two-headed, four-armed being, and everyone gasped in shock.

What kind of ghost thing was that! He Chunhua's face also changed: "I've never heard of an ape demon having such a change; could this thing have encountered some strange opportunity?"

He Lingchuan thought, couldn't the Great Sage Sun do it? But seeing the giant ape's combat power suddenly increase, he also knew this was very abnormal, and with the giant ape suddenly roaring repeatedly, its combat method was far inferior to before.

It seemed that the sudden increase in combat power would further stimulate its violent nature.

He Lingchuan rolled his eyes and asked He Chunhua: "Father, did you bring the Walnut Boat? Lend it to me!"

He Chunhua looked at the mountain road: "The boat is too big, the road is too narrow, it can't be used here." There was no water here, and it wasn't like the Sand Sea where one could find suitable livestock to pull the boat.

But he still took out the Walnut Boat.

He Lingchuan snatched it from his palm, ran toward Ke Jihai with force, and while stuffing a mysterious crystal into the Walnut Boat, he lamented: This time his wallet was going to bleed heavily.

He didn't take a straight line but took a detour, slipping above the man and beast.

Ke Jihai fought while retreating, already fighting in a mountain col, with the four-zhang-high Motian Cliff above.

The so-called Motian Cliff was a large rectangular boulder. He Lingchuan used the Swallow Return footwork, rushing to the top of the boulder in three steps, and shouted to the bottom: "General Ke, move aside!"

He was afraid the other party wouldn't hear him, so he channeled his qi into his dantian and shouted three times in succession: "Move aside, move aside, move aside!"

Then he threw the Walnut Boat with force.

The cliff and the bottom weren't far apart, and these few sounds were like thunder, and both sides of the battle below heard it.

The giant ape subconsciously looked up at him, but Ke Jihai pointed his spear tip at the side wall, using the force to bounce three zhang away.

As a military general, he didn't drag his feet.

He Lingchuan shouted like a spring thunder: "Grow!"

The Walnut Boat fell down.

Although the giant ape was huge, its eyesight was good, and in the dark night, it could still see something the size of a walnut smashing toward it.

It caught it with one hand and took a look.

Huh, it really was a walnut.

He Lingchuan: "..."

Ke Jihai: "..."

Fortunately, after this walnut consumed one of He Lingchuan's mysterious crystals, the change that should have happened, though late, arrived, and under the gaze of the three, it suddenly expanded!

The giant ape immediately felt something was wrong and wanted to throw it away and run.

However, it was too late.

The speed at which this thing grew larger was beyond ordinary people's imagination, and in less than two breaths, it returned to its complete form, which was a giant wooden boat more than five zhang long and one zhang high!

The mountain col on the Pan Mountain road wasn't much wider, and as soon as the wooden boat appeared, it completely blocked it.

The giant ape let out a heaven-shaking roar—it was still a step too slow to escape, and from its waist down, it was pressed by the wooden boat.

Although it was immensely strong, being suddenly pressed by more than a hundred thousand jin, it wasn't flattened only because of its thick skin and flesh.

The feeling of Mount Tai pressing on the top must definitely be very uncomfortable.

Seeing it finally restrained, Ke Jihai also let out a long sigh of relief and leaned on his spear: "Good boy, you really have your ways."

He and this monster fought fiercely, and He Lingchuan came up, found an advantageous angle, and suppressed the giant ape; he didn't know what to say.

The conventional use of this wooden boat magic treasure shouldn't be like this; this kid took a shortcut, but he took it well.

He Lingchuan laughed dryly: "Luck, just luck." He didn't know the space in the mountain col was so small before he rushed over; if the Walnut Boat's complete form had been a little bigger, it would have been directly stuck on the stone wall and couldn't have been pressed down at all, which would have been a big embarrassment.

Ke Jihai was still panting, and his spear poked at the giant ape: "Who sent you here, speak!"

Where would a demon beast sneak into Shi Huan City for no reason and ambush a high-ranking general of the dynasty?

The giant ape ignored his question, roaring and scratching, not only digging the ground and trees but even making the stone wall drop powder. He Lingchuan saw its eyes were still red and couldn't help but frown.

This thing seemed to have completely lost its reason; could it understand human language?

Just at this moment, a scream and a shriek came from upwind.

Both of their hearts tightened, and they looked back at the same time, actually seeing seven or eight people rush out of the dense forest, slashing straight at He Chunhua. A driver who was very close to him was hit in the eye by an arrow and was screaming endlessly.

Lady Ying was tackled by the civilian youth, and an arrow with gray feathers was stuck in the youth's back shoulder, the feathers still trembling.

There were actually reinforcements in the dense forest! Both were shocked and angry, and He Lingchuan strode back. Seeing the werewolf trapped, he had just taken the Walnut Boat and rushed over to help Ke Jihai. However, He Chunhua had to suppress the werewolf monster with all his might, He Yue's cultivation was mediocre, and Lady Ying couldn't use supernatural powers at all! The reinforcements in the forest first shot an arrow at He Chunhua, which he dodged, but the arrow hit the driver behind; the other arrow was meant to take Lady Ying's life, but the civilian youth reacted very quickly, tackling Lady Ying, and the arrow shot into him.

After the two arrows were fired, the reinforcements also rushed out.

He Chunhua still had to cast spells to control the Heavenly Net and couldn't dodge as fluently as usual; if he gave up the spell and retreated, the Heavenly Net probably wouldn't be able to cover the wolf demon.

(End of chapter)