Chapter 27: Killing the Giant Ape

Zhao Yuxin told Zhu Zhiquan the information about the giant ape, and Zhu Zhiquan rubbed his chin and said, "You mean the giant ape will be blocking our road in an hour?"

Zhao Yuxin nodded, "Yes, so we had better leave now, that way we won't run into that giant ape."

Zhu Zhiquan didn't care about this and asked, "Where is that giant ape?"

Zhao Yuxin: "I didn't ask that guy Luo about this, wait! Why are you asking this?"

Zhu Zhiquan: "Then I'll ask Luo Jincheng right now where that giant ape is and what its weaknesses are."

Zhao Yuxin: "No, you aren't planning on going to kill that giant ape, are you?"

Zhu Zhiquan opened his panel, "Yes, I'm sending him a message to ask right now."

"Sigh~ fine, but let me be the one to ask." Zhao Yuxin couldn't win against him, so she had to open her panel and send a message to Luo Jincheng again.

Luo Jincheng replied quickly: "If you want to know, trade those two bottles of potion for it."

"No way, that's too expensive. One bottle of potion and three pieces of Fish Scale Armor for the location and weaknesses of that giant ape."

"Sigh, forget it. Given our relationship, I'll give you a discount and just tell you the location and whether you can win or not."

"Pah! Why did we slaughter you two brothers back then!" Although she said that, Zhao Yuxin still replied patiently: "Fine."

Luo Jincheng replied quickly: "Keep going east from your exit and you will meet it. As for the win rate, it's about forty to sixty percent."

"Okay, thank you." Zhao Yuxin gave one bottle of Corpse Potion and three pieces of Fish Scale Armor to Luo Jincheng, then said to Zhu Zhiquan: "We can meet it if we go east from the exit, but the win rate is a bit low, so maybe we shouldn't go."

"How much?"

"Forty to sixty."

"That's enough. Come, finish eating this monkey meat and we'll go over and slaughter the giant ape. Maybe this is a Hidden Boss of the system; if there's a hidden reward, wouldn't it be ours?"

"In that case, I'll go talk to Luo Jincheng again and have him tell me where the giant ape's weaknesses are." Zhao Yuxin engaged in another war of words with Luo Jincheng, finally spending one bottle of Corpse Potion and two Wrist-Mounted Strange Crossbows along with their equipped Crossbow Bolts.

Zhao Yuxin sent the giant ape's weaknesses to Zhu Zhiquan, then took his roasted meat and ate it by herself.

After finishing the meal, Zhu Zhiquan pedaled the Tricycle to look for the giant ape's tracks. Soon, just as the information provided by Luo Jincheng stated, they met the giant ape head-on.

The giant ape was covered in leaves, stood about four meters tall, and its eyes were blocked by huge leaves, making it impossible to see clearly.

Zhu Zhiquan jumped off the Tricycle and said to Zhao Yuxin: "Azhao, drive the vehicle a bit further away. This time, the two of us will slaughter this guy together."

Zhao Yuxin activated the Wrist-Mounted Strange Crossbow and parked the Tricycle in a safe place to prevent it from being caught in the crossfire, while Zhu Zhiquan took the Dagger Spear and slowly walked toward the giant ape.

Meanwhile, in a certain space, the General Manager was very satisfied looking at the constantly changing data, and to show off his achievements, he decided to brag in the group.

A146 General Manager: "Come, come, come, everyone take a look, I have a player here who took the initiative to challenge a Hidden Boss. Do you guys have that?"

A117 General Manager: "The players on my side are relatively lazy; once they reach an Oasis, they don't want to move at all. I suspect that not a single player here will likely survive the seventh day."

A123 General Manager: "The players on my side look pretty good, quite a few have followed along and walked out of the Oasis, but not one has dared to challenge a Hidden Boss. They all hide as soon as they see one, what cowards!"

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Watching his colleagues discuss it in a hubbub made him very satisfied, and he decided that if Zhu Zhiquan and the others won, he would give them a better equipment blueprint.

Zhu Zhiquan approached the giant ape, and the giant ape sprayed a stream of air from its nostrils as it moved toward Zhu Zhiquan's position.

Zhu Zhiquan ran toward the giant ape at full speed and thrust the Dagger Spear forward in advance. The giant ape lifted its leg to dodge Zhu Zhiquan's thrust and stomped down hard on him.

Zhu Zhiquan rolled to dodge, then activated the Boiling Blood talent and climbed up along the leaves on its leg.

Whoosh—

Boom!

This Crossbow Bolt was blocked by the giant ape with one hand, and it swiped at Zhu Zhiquan in passing. Seeing this, Zhu Zhiquan rolled to the inside of its lower leg and continued climbing up.

The giant ape stomped its foot, and Zhu Zhiquan was shaken off. Zhao Yuxin fired another shot at the giant ape's eyes, and the giant ape tilted its head to dodge this Crossbow Bolt.

Seeing that the Crossbow Bolts didn't pose much of a threat to the giant ape, Zhao Yuxin took out a Molotov cocktail and a lighter she had purchased from the Trading Channel and shouted to Zhu Zhiquan: "Ajiu, watch out, I'm throwing the Molotov cocktail."

Hearing Zhao Yuxin's shout, Zhu Zhiquan hurriedly dodged to the side. Zhao Yuxin timed it perfectly and threw the Molotov cocktail accurately at the giant ape.

Splat—

"ROAR!!!"

Thud! Thud! Thud!!!

The Molotov cocktail exploded on the giant ape, and the flames spread instantly. The giant ape felt the pain, let out an angry roar, and jumped and waved its arms frantically on the spot, trying to put out the fire on its body. The ground also trembled as if in protest.

Zhu Zhiquan took the opportunity to hack off the giant ape's heel, and the giant ape immediately lost its balance and fell to the ground. After falling, the giant ape kept rolling on the ground, clearly intending to extinguish the fire that way.

Zhao Yuxin intended to throw another Molotov cocktail but was stopped by Zhu Zhiquan, "Don't be in a hurry yet. Throwing it when it tries to stand up will act as a control item instead. If you throw it now, although it increases the fire, I won't have a chance to hack off the other leg tendon."

Zhao Yuxin nodded and gripped the Molotov cocktail, waiting for the right moment. The giant ape finally managed to put out the fire on its body and struggled to stand up. The moment it stood up, Zhao Yuxin was quick-eyed and fast-handed, throwing the second Molotov cocktail over.

Splat—

"ROAR!!!"

The Molotov cocktail exploded on the giant ape again, and the raging flames engulfed the giant ape once more.

Taking advantage of the giant ape being hindered by the flames, Zhu Zhiquan quickly circled behind it, aimed for the right moment, and hacked at the leg tendon of the other leg. With a "Crack!", the leg tendons of both of the giant ape's legs were hacked off, and it collapsed with a crash.

Zhao Yuxin took the opportunity to fire several arrows continuously at its back of the head. As more and more arrows hit the back of the giant ape's head, its aura grew weaker and weaker. By the time it put out the fire, the giant ape no longer had the strength to crawl up.

Zhu Zhiquan arrived at the top of the giant ape's head and thrust a spear into its crown. The giant ape let out a wail and closed its eyes in unwillingness.

"System Announcement: Congratulations to Zhu Zhiquan and Zhao Yuxin of this world for successfully killing the Hidden Boss. You have received one Blue Material Box. Please keep up the hard work, players."

Hearing the system announcement, Zhao Yuxin jumped up in excitement, "Yay! That's great Ajiu, we took down this boss, and it even gave us a Blue Material Box, that's so great!"

Zhu Zhiquan picked up the Skinning Knife to dismantle the giant ape's corpse and brought it back to the Tricycle along with the Blue Material Box. Seeing Zhu Zhiquan's indifferent reaction, Zhao Yuxin was a bit confused.

She hurriedly chased after him and asked: "Ajiu, we killed a Hidden Boss for the first time, aren't you happy?"

Zhu Zhiquan said indifferently: "Happy, why?"

"Then why don't you have any reaction?"

"I originally had a forty percent chance of success when I didn't know the weaknesses, so what's there to celebrate about winning now that I know them? It's better to open the Material Box."

"Hmph! You're really boring! Forget it, once we get back to the vehicle, I'm definitely going to do a big brag on the World Channel."