Demon Spirit

Looking at the fallen Ancient Dragon Ape, everyone wore expressions of shock.

No one had expected an Ancient Dragon Ape comparable to Creation Realm Minor Completion to fall at the hands of a Human Youth.

But after the shock passed, they seemed to think of something, and their eyes all burned with excitement.

As one of the overlords of the Ancient Ruined Ravine, the Ancient Dragon Ape was not only covered in treasures, but rumor had it that its cave contained quite a few valuables as well.

If they could pick up even a little of the spoils, they would make a fortune.

Under normal circumstances, they would never have dared to set their sights on the Ancient Dragon Ape.

But now that the Ancient Dragon Ape was dead, and Lin Langtian was greatly weakened after his fierce battle with it—

It stirred thoughts of reaping the rewards while others fought within them.

As if he had seen through their intentions, Lin Langtian narrowed his eyes slightly and snorted coldly. The last remnants of Yuan Power within him gathered, and a terrifying Demon Stele nearly a hundred zhang tall appeared in his hand.

"Those harboring greedy thoughts may as well see whether you can withstand this move of mine!"

Holding the enormous Demon Stele high, Lin Langtian resembled a war god. With the fallen Ancient Dragon Ape behind him, his presence became even more intimidating.

At this sight, the heat in the treasure hunters' eyes slowly faded. As reason returned, beads of cold sweat emerged on their foreheads.

Though the youth before them was young, he was a ruthless man who had slaughtered an Ancient Dragon Ape. That terrifying Demon Stele could crush a whole group of them to death in a single strike.

The Ancient Dragon Ape's treasures might be precious, but compared to their lives, they were nothing.

Besides, for this youth to possess such strength at such a young age, he might well be the heir of some super faction within the Great Yan Dynasty. That made him even less someone they could provoke.

Their thoughts churned, and the treasure hunters' expressions shifted. In the end, they turned into sighs as everyone retreated from the area...

Seeing this, Lin Langtian still did not relax. He continued holding the Demon Stele aloft and swept the surroundings several times with Mental Power. Only after confirming that there was no one left within several miles did he finally let out a breath of relief.

His battle with the Ancient Dragon Ape had actually exhausted all the Yuan Power in his body.

Although he could barely form the Sky Shattering Demonic Tablet Palm, he was already nearly spent. He could perhaps kill a few treasure hunters, but if they joined forces, they might very well wear him to death.

Fortunately, Lin Langtian knew that these treasure hunters were all selfish people. They clearly would not do something as foolish as pulling chestnuts from the fire for others.

A little intimidation was enough to scare them away...

After doing all this, Lin Langtian did not immediately collect his spoils. Instead, he went to a secluded place and took out a high-grade spiritual medicine from the Lin Clan, an Origin Returning Pill.

This Origin Returning Pill could restore Yuan Power. Even within the Lin Clan, it was quite valuable, with a single pill worth over ten thousand Pure Yuan Pills. It was perfectly suited to Lin Langtian's current condition.

An hour later, after Lin Langtian swallowed the Origin Returning Pill and restored seventy to eighty percent of his Yuan Power, he finally put his mind at ease.

"As expected of a demonic beast at Creation Realm Minor Completion. It truly was difficult to deal with..."

Although his Yuan Power had recovered, Lin Langtian could not help shaking his head as he looked at the wounds covering his body.

This battle had been the most dangerous one since his rebirth. His opponent had not only been the vicious Ancient Dragon Ape, but had also forced him to use every trump card he possessed.

Whether it was the Golden Spirit Wheel Realm, Creation Martial Arts, or Black Flame Power, only with the support of all three powerful trump cards had he managed to defeat the Ancient Dragon Ape. This showed just how enormous the gap between the Creation Realm and the Qi Creation Stage was.

Fortunately, the result had not exceeded Lin Langtian's expectations. Though the process had been arduous, he had ultimately slain the Ancient Dragon Ape!

Walking over to the Ancient Dragon Ape's corpse, Lin Langtian looked at its enormous body, a smile of satisfaction appearing on his face. He then began collecting its Blood Essence.

His gaze fell upon the savage wound on the Ancient Dragon Ape's shoulder. He formed seals with both hands, and a dark light formed into a ring about the size of a human head before him.

The ring then floated out and hovered near the wound. As it slowly rotated, it emitted a pulling force.

Under that suction, the flesh around the Ancient Dragon Ape's wound began to twitch. Threads of blood containing violent energy quietly seeped out and were absorbed into the ring.

"Blood Essence acquired!"

When the final thread of blood entered the ring, Lin Langtian waved his hand and stored it in his Universe Bag.

This Ancient Dragon Ape's Blood Essence was what he needed to cultivate Demon Ape Transformation, so it was quite a valuable gain.

After finishing this, Lin Langtian clapped his hands and swept his gaze around before heading deeper into the valley.

He had not forgotten that the most important objective of this trip was the Demon Spirit of the adult Ancient Dragon Ape.

With a flicker of his body, Lin Langtian soon arrived in the depths of the valley. At that moment, the two Myriad Beast Fruits at the center of the small pool still hung there completely unharmed.

During the fierce battle earlier, both Lin Langtian and the Ancient Dragon Ape had clearly taken care to avoid letting the aftershocks of their fight affect this place.

However, Lin Langtian had emerged victorious in the end, and the two Myriad Beast Fruits had become his spoils.

Looking at the two Myriad Beast Fruits that had yet to fully ripen, Lin Langtian rubbed his chin. Then an idea struck him, and he took out a portion of the Ancient Dragon Ape's Blood Essence from his Universe Bag and tossed it into the blood pool.

Since the Ancient Dragon Ape was already dead, Lin Langtian had not held back when extracting its Blood Essence. The amount he had on hand was more than enough to cultivate Demon Ape Transformation.

The Myriad Beast Fruit was nurtured by the Blood Essence of demonic beasts. As a demonic beast with a faint Dragon bloodline, the Ancient Dragon Ape's Blood Essence was exceptionally powerful.

If he added the Ancient Dragon Ape's Blood Essence, the Myriad Beast Fruits would surely mature much faster.

Just as Lin Langtian had expected, once the Ancient Dragon Ape's Blood Essence entered the blood pool, it immediately began bubbling with hissing sounds like boiling water, releasing a crimson mist.

Bathed in the blood mist, the colors of the two Myriad Beast Fruits became increasingly vivid, like lifelike demonic beasts.

"It really works..."

Seeing this, Lin Langtian raised his brows and smiled faintly.

The Ancient Dragon Ape had likely never imagined that the Myriad Beast Fruits it had nurtured by slaughtering countless demonic beasts would one day ripen through its own Blood Essence.

Shaking his head, Lin Langtian saw that it would still take some time for the Myriad Beast Fruits to truly ripen. After setting up a warning formation nearby, he headed deeper into the valley.

The depths of the valley were not as unobstructed as Lin Langtian had imagined. Instead, they were exceptionally winding, with countless branching paths.

Looking at the pitch-black fork before him, Lin Langtian wore a wary expression. He gathered Yuan Power throughout his body and cautiously entered.

Fortunately, there was no real danger. A moment later, the slightly dark passage suddenly began to glow faintly, and the view before him abruptly widened.

Bang!

A soft sound rang out, and Lin Langtian suddenly discovered that he had entered a somewhat hidden cave.

The cave was enormous, with skeletal remains of various unidentified demonic beasts scattered within. The aura inside was very similar to that of the Ancient Dragon Ape. This was likely its lair.

Lin Langtian's expression tightened slightly. He briefly surveyed the cave before his gaze settled on its center.

There, a dark black ball of light as enormous as a small mountain floated quietly. Within it, he could vaguely see a giant ape sleeping.

Looking at the dark black ball of light, Lin Langtian's expression grew solemn. He could sense an extremely powerful energy contained within it.

"The Nirvana-level Demonic Spirit of an adult Ancient Dragon Ape..."