Nalan Yanran's Growth! Elder Yao's Apprehension!

The Giant Ape let out a deafening roar, its massive body immediately lunging at Nalan Yanran like a cannonball.

The earth trembled, and the towering trees around them toppled one after another beneath the Giant Ape's charge.

Nalan Yanran narrowed her eyes. Though this Giant Ape was enormous, it was surprisingly nimble.

In the blink of an eye, the Giant Ape had reached Nalan Yanran. It pounced at her like lightning, its gaping maw opening as a roar like ten thousand claps of thunder erupted, sending the air into violent upheaval.

Facing such a ferocious magical beast, Nalan Yanran did not dare let down her guard. The sword in her hand abruptly changed into the eighth-tier Demonic Core Weapon Gu He had given her—the Divine Wind Sword.

As the Giant Ape's enormous, razor-sharp palm came crashing down, Nalan Yanran wielded the Divine Wind Sword and struck several times.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

At once, the clanging of metal against metal spread through the dense forest.

In just a few breaths, Nalan Yanran had thrust more than a dozen times at the Giant Ape, yet its claws had not touched her even once.

After another clash, Nalan Yanran and the Giant Ape temporarily pulled apart.

Looking at the blood staining her sword tip, Nalan Yanran knew that although the gap between their strength was immense, she could still injure the Giant Ape with her speed and the sharpness of this eighth-tier Demonic Core Weapon.

At that thought, Nalan Yanran finally let out a breath of relief.

On the Giant Ape's side, it glanced at the blood continually streaming from its body, and a chilling glint appeared in its eyes. Clearly, suffering at the hands of such a frail human woman had enraged it greatly.

"Roar!"

The Giant Ape opened its gaping maw again,