Chapter 1457: Iron-backed Blue Ape

Ye Liuyun and Luo Yun repeatedly confirmed the details of pill refinement, spent two days on it, and still hadn't begun the refinement.

They were not in a hurry, but the ferocious beasts on the perimeter could not wait.

In recent days, ferocious beasts often came to scout, and they were all slain jointly by Ye Liuyun's own beasts.

Meng Zhangxing and Guo Da watched the two still researching, feeling anxious yet knowing such matters could not be rushed.

Just as Ye Liuyun and Luo Yun were about to start the refinement, a beast's roar startled them.

Then a ferocious beast's wail followed.

Ye Liuyun immediately sensed that a Divine Soul Contract with a beast had vanished.

He instantly released his Divine Sense to investigate and discovered an Iron-backed Blue Ape of the Heavenly Venerable of Nine Layers had entered the area.

The creature was massive; faced with attacks from numerous beasts, it simply shielded itself, letting the blows land on its body.

Flame and other elemental attacks were also of no effect on it.

The black-and-white python launched a Spiritual Soul Attack, but only managed a stalemate and returned empty‑handed.

Yet each time it attacked, at best it left Ye Liuyun's beasts grievously wounded and unable to fight; at worst a single palm could crush a beast to death.

"Recall them; we'll deal with it together."

Ye Liuyun immediately used the Divine Soul Contract to summon the beasts back.

"Guo Da, set up a Formation; a big guy has arrived!"

Ye Liuyun promptly told the others to prepare defenses.

Then he rushed forward, meeting the recalled beasts.

"Boom—, boom—, boom—..."

The Iron-backed Blue Ape bounded after Ye Liuyun's beasts without relenting, shaking the ground with a rumbling roar.

"I'll block it; you attack from afar and draw its attention!"

Ye Liuyun relayed the order to the beasts.

The beasts, as they passed Ye Liuyun, slowed down and scattered in all directions.

Ye Liuyun directly employed his Golden Pupil, firing two violet bolts straight at the Iron-backed Blue Ape.

The Iron-backed Blue Ape didn't even try to block; in Ye Liuyun's realm, it paid it no mind.

But this time it was careless; the violet bolt scorched two blackened patches on its chest, its whole body went numb, and when it hit the ground its legs gave way, sending it sprawling like a dog rolling in mud.

It wiped its face with a paw, let out a roar, leapt violently, and hurled a distant punch toward Ye Liuyun.

The power of the Heavenly Venerable of Nine Layers blasted the air, and wherever the True Essence passed, it tore a vacuum zone.

Ye Liuyun dared not meet it head‑on; he shifted his position through the void, while also regulating his bloodline power to press the ape.

"Roar!"

The ape, feeling its bloodline suppressed, roared again, hammered its chest with both hands, then slammed both fists toward Ye Liuyun, trying to crush him with its body.

Because of its massive size, the twin blows came down like a small mountain.

Seeing the bloodline suppression was limited, Ye Liuyun instantly switched to Primordial Spirit Secret Technique, not only disrupting the ape's True Essence manipulation but also draining all its surrounding spiritual energy, preventing its replenishment.

He then used spatial power again to dodge the ape's attack.

Ever since he saw the ape bounding after the beasts, Ye Liuyun had noticed its spatial power was weak.

Thus he prepared to exploit that weakness and circle it.

The Iron-backed Blue Ape missed with both strikes, furiously chasing Ye Liuyun and slapping repeatedly.

But it couldn't land a hit on Ye Liuyun.

Its spiritual intelligence was indeed low; it simply let its temper flare, pounding away without any strategy.

The beasts beside Ye Liuyun also attacked it from a distance.

Although they couldn't wound it, they could disrupt its attacks, allowing Ye Liuyun to respond more calmly.

Ye Liuyun also frequently used lightning and Golden Crow Holy Fire to ambush it.

Both forces could harm it; though not severely, they caused it pain.

Especially, it felt frustrated—after fighting for ages it still couldn't land on such a small thing, yet kept getting hurt, making it increasingly irrational as True Essence bombarded outward continuously.

Each of its attacks, powered by True Essence, was mountain‑splitting and earth‑cracking.

Their battlefield, after barely a moment, was pocked with craters and littered with flying earth and stone.

The rumbling Zhen Yuan Gong Ji echoed, making Meng Zhangxing and the others in the distance feel alarmed.

They were not far from the battlefield; their Divine Sense could fully perceive Ye Liuyun's fight.

Each time the ape launched an attack, they clenched their fists in nervous sweat for Ye Liuyun.

But after a while, they also spotted a problem.

"That big monkey is so dumb! Ah Yun, the white monkey you're raising—should we replace it?"

Meng Zhangxing started chatting with Luo Yun.

Luo Yun didn't even glance at him, her eyes fixed on Ye Liuyun, and she retorted, "You're the one who's dumb! My little white one is very clever, not like that big brute!"

"Is Ye Liuyun trying to subdue this big brute?

It looks to me like he's deliberately draining it!"

Guo Da asked in puzzlement.

"I think so too.

Even though this big monkey is a bit dumb, its strength is undeniable! Even without True Essence, I couldn't withstand a single punch from it!"

Meng Zhangxing nodded.

Over there, Ye Liuyun kept monitoring the ape's True Essence usage.

After the Iron-backed Blue Ape exhausted its True Essence, it stared at Ye Liuyun, panting heavily as it rested.

It had fought for half a day, and it had also vented roughly enough.

It just couldn't hit Ye Liuyun, and it was starting to lose interest in playing!

"Roar!"

After roaring at Ye Liuyun, it slowly turned and left, not even defending its back, completely unafraid of Ye Liuyun's sneak attack.

"Have you had enough fighting? Just go?"

"I haven't even started fighting yet!"

Ye Liuyun said, sending an unceasing palm toward the azure ape's back.

He had already practiced this Qiankun Palm technique to great proficiency.

He is using it now in order to further practice the fusion of two kinds of flames, Buddha Demon Power, and Heaven and Earth Power.

The azure ape walks slowly, giving him just the right time to gather his strength.

This unceasing grows stronger the more it operates.

Like a millstone, the harder it presses down, the stronger it becomes!

"Howl!"

That azure ape was also angered by Ye Liuyun.

It rose to its feet, raised both hands, and relying on the strength of its Physical Body, it blocked Ye Liuyun's downward palm.

"Idiot!"

Ye Liuyun silently cursed, continuously accumulating more power in that palm.

The Buddha Demon Power grew stronger with each turn, the Heaven and Earth Power gathered more and more, and the power of the two flames burned ever brighter.

However, in the face of absolute strength, this palm's power was still insufficient.

After all, Ye Liuyun is one major realm behind him!

That Iron Hundred Azure Ape let out a sharp whistle, pushed upward with force, and directly scattered Ye Liuyun's unceasing palm!