Chapter 111: Slaying the Sixth Grandson of the Ape King

"Clang!"

Li Youyi drew the Slave-Horse Blade, discarded the scabbard, and strode across the stone statues, marching straight toward the area of shifting shadows in the mist along the bank of the boiling, churning river.

"Boom!"

"Boom-rumble!"

Dozens of rays of magic power collided and intertwined in the mist.

The sounds of battle were intense and deafening.

Three corpses lay on the ground, wearing the uniform of the Qingli Tribe—two men and one woman, all only fourteen or fifteen years old.

Two Nine-Spring experts of the Nine Li tribe and over twenty young warriors at the Seventh and Eighth Spring realms were locked in combat with the attackers; from time to time, someone fell into a pool of blood. It was exceptionally tragic.

No one had expected the ambush to be so sudden.

They had only just parted ways with the Five-Sea experts of their tribe.

Yao Yin and Hidden Twenty-Four had already joined the fray, squaring off against Yang Yun of the Sui Sect and Huo Zhanbai of the Three Chen Palace, respectively.

"The Five-Sea experts of the Nine Li tribe haven't gone far. If they rush back, they will make you pay the price," Yao Yin said.

Yang Yun’s arrogant and overbearing air remained unchanged. He laughed, "You don't naively believe that our four great sects joined forces just to hunt down the young seedlings of the Nine Li tribe, do you? The Five-Sea experts' side is the true main battlefield."

Hearing this, the young Nine Li cultivators felt a chill run through their hearts, and a sense of despair rose within them.

The Sui Sect, Three Chen Palace, Heavenly One Gate, and Coffin Sea Pavilion—these four former servants and slaves of the Nine Li tribe—were clearly intent on a massacre today, aiming to hunt down the entire generation of the Nine Li.

The Ape King’s sixth grandson, with a massive body five meters tall, stood on the cracked, scorching riverbank. It had four arms as thick as pillars, and its bronze-colored fur was dense.

Two sharp, foot-long fangs protruded from its mouth. It looked domineering, its eyes glaring down at Li Youyi, who was approaching with rapid strides.

Its voice was thunderous: "I heard you could slay the Fire Ape of the Law with a single blade. I don't believe it, and I intend to weigh your worth myself."

Li Youyi glanced at the battlefield behind the Ape King’s sixth grandson and saw the critical situation. He was too lazy to waste even half a sentence on it.

He sprinted, moving faster and faster.

When he was within two zhang of the Ape King’s sixth grandson, he released his magic power, his body glowing like a lit lantern. With a push from his toes, he leaped into the air, the Slave-Horse Blade dragging a long, wide golden light as he slashed down at its head.

The Ape King’s sixth grandson despised its opponent in words, but was incomparably cautious in its heart. Its front two arms grabbed a three-thousand-jin bronze pillar, a magic treasure, to meet the strike.

It possessed the bloodline of the Ape King and was born with divine strength; even before learning human cultivation manuals, it could lift a thousand-jin tripod.

From childhood to adulthood, it had fought across the Southern Border and never met an opponent at the same realm.

Now, with the supreme cultivation of a Hundred-Vein All-Silver Pure Immortal Body, it absolutely did not believe that it could be defeated by anyone at the Spring Opening realm. Precisely because of this, even knowing someone could slay the Fire Ape of the Law with one blade, it dared to fight.

It had an invincible conviction!

"Boom!"

A head-on collision.

The sound of metal striking metal was like a thousand-year-old bronze bell being struck, the sound waves constantly spreading outward.

The Ape King’s sixth grandson felt the force transmitted from the blade like a mountain crashing into it; its arms could not support the weight, its internal organs trembled, and it retreated five steps before it could steady itself.

The ground was trampled into five deep, crater-like footprints.

The invincible conviction in the Ape King’s sixth grandson’s heart was shattered by that one strike. It could not accept that the opponent was only at the Spring Opening realm. Its physical body alone could lift the Five-Sea Pillar, and it was a Hundred-Vein All-Silver Pure Immortal Body.

Yet, its most proud strength...

Had lost in a frontal collision!

This meant the Fire Ape of the Law had not been defeated by carelessness or tactics, but had been crushed by the opponent in every aspect.

The two Five-Sea deformity-type experts guarding the Ape King’s sixth grandson, one from the Heavenly One Gate and one from the Coffin Sea Pavilion, stood twenty zhang away. After this strike, the two of them tensed up and secretly urged their magic power.

Li Youyi rarely pursued a victory, but he was shocked by the Ape King’s sixth grandson’s terrifying combat power. He found it hard to believe: "So powerful! To be able to withstand one of my blades and walk away unscathed. I think even Yang Shenjing was slightly inferior at your age."

The Ape King’s sixth grandson felt a great humiliation. It let out a long howl and poured all the magic power from its ancestral field into the bowl-thick bronze pillar in its hands.

This three-thousand-jin bronze pillar was a mid-grade magic treasure, with power far beyond that of a low-grade one. As it swung, the air in the surrounding world churned violently.

Li Youyi stepped with footwork, his figure shifting.

In an instant, three figures of Li Youyi appeared, each in a different posture, closing the distance. The third figure leaped into the air, arriving at the upper left of the Ape King’s sixth grandson.

A horizontal slash aimed at its neck.

"No matter how fast your speed is, I have four arms!"

The Ape King’s sixth grandson used its front two arms to attack and its back two arms to defend.

In its back two arms, it held a hammer-shaped magic treasure in each, trying to fend off the Slave-Horse Blade in Li Youyi’s hand.

"Boom!"

Upon contact, both hammer-shaped magic treasures were sent flying; they could not withstand the immense force on Li Youyi’s blade.

The tip of the blade grazed the Ape King’s sixth grandson’s arm, which was as thick as a pillar, and a large amount of blood sprayed out.

The two Five-Sea experts from the Heavenly One Gate and Coffin Sea Pavilion looked at each other. Although they hadn't heard the Ape King’s sixth grandson’s initial cry for help, they knew they could not wait any longer.

The opponent dared to kill the Fire Ape of the Law; who would dare to bet he wouldn't kill the Ape King’s sixth grandson?

One was a crow-type deformity Five-Sea expert. He spread his wings and flew up, nocking an arrow.

As the bowstring was drawn, bright ripples of magic power spread out in a circle dozens of zhang in diameter.

"How dare you hurt the Ape King’s sixth grandson!"

The other Five-Sea expert was a leopard-type deformity, possessing speed far superior to other cultivators of the same realm. He ran, magic power overflowing, and a strong wind force appeared around him; it would only take one breath for him to reach the Ape King’s sixth grandson.

In a life-or-death battle, Li Youyi would not be intimidated by a casual remark from him.

And he would certainly not give him a chance to rescue the Ape King’s sixth grandson.

"First slay the Hundred-Vein All-Silver Pure Immortal Body, then slay the Five-Sea expert against the odds, and forge my martial arts myth!"

He unleashed the "Taiyi Opening the Sea" technique, a Heavenly Dao Law-Harmony level move. The Slave-Horse Blade in Li Youyi’s hand erupted with golden light, and a momentum of opening heaven and earth surged from his body.

He did not fear his identity being exposed!

Because he was using a blade to execute a sword technique.

Using a blade to open the sea made this move even more domineering and sharp.

At this moment, the fighting spirit and firm conviction on Li Youyi’s body—let alone what kind of Ape King’s sixth grandson was in front of him, even if it were a Longevity realm expert, he would have to slash through it and split it in two to achieve peace of mind.

"Boom!"

Li Youyi landed on his feet, and the Slave-Horse Blade in his hand snapped.

But the bronze pillar in the Ape King’s sixth grandson’s hand had only been raised halfway; it hadn't blocked the strike at all. It looked down at its chest, where its magic treasure armor had been split by a crack over a meter long, and the broken blade was stuck in its abdomen.

Li Youyi’s strike had slashed from its right neck all the way down to its abdominal cavity.

The blade energy shredded all its internal organs.

"You... pfft..."

The Ape King’s sixth grandson’s bell-sized eyes filled with terror as the blood-red wound, over a meter long from its abdomen to its shoulder, burst open.

Its internal organs, like a pile of bloody mud, fell to the ground, and its massive body fell backward, shaking the ground.

This scene stunned the leopard-type deformity Five-Sea expert who had rushed over to rescue it.

Who could have imagined that someone would actually dare to kill the Ape King’s sixth grandson?

At the same realm, the Ape King’s sixth grandson was slashed to death in three strikes?

Even if it spread across the Southern Border, no one would believe it.

"Twang!"

The crow-type deformity Five-Sea expert shot the magic treasure arrow. The arrow carried a tail of lightning several meters long, like a bolt of lightning, heading straight for Li Youyi.

Li Youyi was locked on and could not dodge.

He swung the broken blade to block.

"Boom!"

Blade and arrow collided.

The magic treasure structure of the broken blade had already been destroyed and could not withstand the arrow; the blade shattered into pieces.

A fragment grazed Li Youyi’s cheek, leaving a thin bloodstain.

Of course, the magic treasure arrowhead also exploded into iron powder, turning into a bright cluster of sparks.

"Good, very good! Finally, I have a chance to compete with a Five-Sea expert."

Li Youyi glanced at the crow-type deformity Five-Sea figure in mid-air. He felt no fear in his heart; instead, his blood boiled, and his fighting spirit soared. Facing the leopard-type deformity Five-Sea expert charging at him, he did not retreat or dodge, but met him head-on.

Fighting against the odds, Spring Opening battling Five-Sea.

The absolute gap in combat power between the great realms was bridged by his palms and crushed by his feet.

Magic power surged through the one hundred and eight veins; Li Youyi struck with a palm, the magic power energy transforming into a majestic palm force.

"Dare to kill the Ape King’s sixth grandson; no one in the Li Province can save you."

The leopard-type deformity warrior stood upright; his lung ancestral field seemed to be burning and became bright. His magic power was of a higher grade than Li Youyi’s, his sharp claws tore through the palm wind, and the two forces collided directly.

"Boom!"

This leopard-type deformity warrior was no ordinary person; he was an Eighth-Spring breaking into the Five-Sea realm.

But in one confrontation, he was evenly matched with the Spring Opening warrior opposite him.

The leopard-type deformity warrior was terrified in his heart, thinking it must be that the heaven and earth here suppressed Five-Sea experts, causing his magic power to circulate poorly, which led to this result.

He shouted: "This child possesses Five-Sea level combat power; use the bow and arrow to help me, and let's end this battle quickly."

The combat power of deformity-type warriors was inherently stronger than that of mortals at the same realm.

Fighting one against two, crossing a great realm, Li Youyi did not dare to be careless. He used his magic power to urge the high-grade magic treasure night-walking suit on his body, his speed increased greatly, and he vanished into invisibility.

Such invisibility naturally could not deceive the hearing and combat intent of a Five-Sea expert. But it could make the opponent’s reaction slow and hesitant, and at the same time, make it difficult for the crow-type deformity expert in the distance to lock on with his bow and arrow.

By the river, the earth was a scorched red, devoid of vegetation, like a Gobi wilderness.

"Whoosh—"

Near the two stone statues, one standing and one fallen, the air and white mist vibrated, and runes appeared out of thin air.

A graceful, moving silhouette stepped out from the runes.

Magic power white feathers fluttered around her body, and a pair of giant white-feather light shadows floated in the void behind her. Deeper in the void was a magnificent building and palace, luxurious and imposing.

Jiang Ning wore a veil, looking as hazy and beautiful as a feather fairy. Her magic power energy was unpredictable, and every white feather seemed like a real immortal feather floating in the air.

The Pure Immortal Body Five-Sea expert Zhuang Yue followed behind her, sword on her back.

Zhuang Yue was already very strong, her beauty stunning, and she was not dressed in a maid's outfit today. But standing beside Jiang Ning, she was overshadowed, and her Pure Immortal Body seemed as ordinary as a mortal's.

They looked toward the fierce battle in the distance.