Rendezvous

[Morning of the Sixth Day, Core Jungle of Longevity Island]

Liu Ma's muscles bulged all over, the radiance of the Star Core: Golden Bull Demon spreading along his veins and completely Golden Transforming his upper body. From afar, it looked as though he were clad in a heavy suit of golden armor.

Bang!

A dull impact echoed through the forest, making the fallen leaves around them tremble and rustle.

There were no flashy techniques. Liu Ma's fist slammed solidly into the mutated gorilla's chest.

The punch carried overwhelming force, making the mutated gorilla let out a pained roar on the spot. Its fan-sized feet plowed two deep furrows through the ground, while the thick, tough vines wrapped around its chest snapped apart like hemp rope.

The next second, a large amount of dark green juice mixed with bits of rotten flesh sprayed from the ruptured wound, splattering all over Liu Ma's face.

Liu Ma wiped the sticky liquid from his face. The stench filling his nostrils made his stomach churn.

This smell... was even worse than the reeking sewage in the sewers of Martial Arts Heavenly Capital!

Complaints aside, Liu Ma did not dare relax in the slightest.

Because the gorilla's chest, which his punch had just caved in, was now swelling back up at a visible speed.

Tiny tender shoots sprouted from the broken ends of the vines, growing wildly like bamboo shoots after rain.

In less than three seconds, the vines had woven themselves back into dense "armor" over its chest, even restoring the bones that had been shattered before.

If not for the blood left on the ground, anyone who saw it would have thought Liu Ma's punch had been nothing but an illusion—that nothing had happened at all.

"Damn it, this again."

Liu Ma spat out