Kill! Snow Demon Sky Ape!

Led by Zi Yan, Xiao Yang and she quickly plunged into the vast forest of the Inner Courtyard's Back Mountain. The two weaved through the mountains and woods all the way. Finally, after passing through a vast primeval forest, their view suddenly opened up. Before Xiao Yang stood a small valley nestled against a mountain!

The entrance to the valley resembled the mouth of a gourd, with only this single passage leading inside—easy to defend, difficult to attack.

Zi Yan planted her hands on her hips and suddenly let out a fierce roar. "Big ape, get out here for Grandmother! The day to settle accounts has come!"

Though the roar was childish, it still carried a trace of a true dragon's majesty. Its sound shook the heavens and echoed between heaven and earth.

As the dragon's roar faded, an enormous white ape, three or four zhang tall and powerfully built, charged out of a cave within the valley with a thunderous rumble, kicking up dust everywhere!

This white ape radiated a sharp, icy aura. Heavy breaths billowed from its enormous nostrils like two streams of white mist. Its arms were exceptionally long, and its claws were each as large as two adult human heads. Whenever its claws moved, several fierce gusts shot forth, hacking apart the nearby boulders and scattering shards of stone. Its pair of blood-red eyes brimmed with savagery and killing intent, glaring viciously at Zi Yan and Xiao Yang.

"Little thing, I spared your life last time, yet you still refuse to give up. Do you think bringing a human helper this time means you can defeat me?"

Having just broken through, Xiao Yang was still unable to fully control the aura within his body. Thus, the Snow Demon Sky Ape sensed the Dou Wang-level pressure emanating from him.

The crimson in the Snow Demon Sky Ape's enormous eyes instantly deepened. Its iron-black claws slammed heavily against its white-furred chest, and a visible ripple of force burst outward. Wherever the force spread, the surrounding boulders cracked open with a crunch, fissures spreading across them.

"Foolish humans, do not even think of taking the Earth Core Body Tempering Milk. Leave now, and I may spare your lives!"

The Snow Demon Sky Ape raised its massive head and fixed Xiao Yang with its blood-red gaze. After a long silence, its low, violent voice suddenly rang in Xiao Yang's ears like an exploding clap of thunder.

The "Earth Core Body Tempering Milk" formed beneath the earth, originally condensed from pure earth energy over countless years.

After a hundred years, it became mist and was called Earth Core Mist, which possessed miraculous body-strengthening effects. After a thousand years, it condensed into liquid. Those of even higher quality were called Earth Core Body Tempering Milk, capable of washing the marrow and refining the bones.

Moreover, due to its immensely pure and vast earth energy, it could even help some people at the peak of their rank break through the barrier to advancement.

However, judging from the original novel, even if all of this Earth Core Body Tempering Milk were used, it would only allow a peak Dou Ling powerhouse to advance to Dou Wang. It was nowhere near enough for a nine-star Dou Wang like Xiao Yang to advance to Dou Emperor.

Not to mention that half of the Earth Core Body Tempering Milk still had to be given to Zi Yan.

But Xiao Yang had never expected to advance using this little bit of treasure. His purpose was to use the Earth Core Body Tempering Milk to cultivate the Yuan Magnetic Xuan Gang Overlord Body, first bringing this Dou Technique to the introductory stage.

Xiao Yang did not possess an earth-attributed physique. Therefore, he had to rely on attribute-based heavenly treasures, earthly treasures, or medicinal pills to assist his cultivation.

Thus, Xiao Yang was determined to obtain this Earth Core Body Tempering Milk.

Since the Snow Demon Sky Ape dared to block his path, Xiao Yang could only send it to the afterlife today.

There was no reasoning to be done!

Xiao Yang's eyes narrowed as golden Dou Qi erupted from his body, instantly condensing into a complete set of gorgeous golden armor that covered him from head to toe.

This Dou Qi armor was not like the Da Dou Shi kind, which consisted merely of a breastplate covering the upper body. It was a complete set, its exact appearance resembling the Virgo Gold Saint Cloth from the anime of Xiao Yang's previous life.

However, for the sake of convenience in battle, Xiao Yang did not form a helmet.

"Roar!"

Seeing that Xiao Yang refused to retreat, the blood-red color and killing intent in the Snow Demon Sky Ape's eyes intensified. Its huge, sharp foreclaw slammed against its chest, and it opened its gaping maw, unleashing a piercing roar powerful enough to shatter boulders.

With that tremendous roar, the Snow Demon Sky Ape stomped fiercely on the ground, making the entire valley tremble. Using the powerful recoil, its body shot directly toward Xiao Yang like a white cannonball!

Its claw clenched, and frost rapidly gathered around it. In an instant, it formed an icy claw more than half a chi long.

The icy claw swung out, reaching straight for Xiao Yang's heart!

Xiao Yang neither dodged nor evaded. He curled his right thumb inward and held his other four fingers straight together. At the same time, he activated the Jade Shattering Metal Splitting Hand. His Dou Qi extended outward, condensing into a blade and transforming into a hand blade. Empowered by the Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear Right Palm Bone, he met the Snow Demon Sky Ape head-on, chopping down upon its icy claw!

The hand blade coated in golden Qi collided with the icy claw. In an instant, blood and ice shards splattered everywhere as Xiao Yang's hand blade forcibly severed the Snow Demon Sky Ape's right foreclaw.

"Awesome! Xiao Yang, great hit! Keep it up! Beat that big ape to death! Make him pay for bullying me last time!"

Zi Yan turned into a cheerleader at the side, excitedly waving her arms as she cheered Xiao Yang on.

Xiao Yang and the Snow Demon Sky Ape separated the moment they clashed. This big ape had suffered a huge loss as soon as the battle began, losing its right foreclaw to Xiao Yang's hand blade. However, icy energy surged within its body and quickly froze over the wound, stopping the bleeding.

The Snow Demon Sky Ape's blood-red eyes locked onto Xiao Yang as a violent aura rose from its body.

Yet Xiao Yang suddenly stomped down with his right foot. Accompanied by the explosive boom of thunder, he appeared before the Snow Demon Sky Ape as though he had teleported!

Then came a sweeping kick, which finally slammed heavily into the Snow Demon Sky Ape's body. Terrifying force erupted at once, hurling it into the mountain wall.

Bang!

Amid the tremendous impact, the hard mountain wall caved in deeply behind the Snow Demon Sky Ape. As huge rocks burst apart, thick cracks spread from behind it like a spiderweb, eventually covering nearly the entire cliff face.

The first form of the Sky Splitting Tyrant Leg, "Thunderclap Sky-Rending," and the third form, "Peerless Tyrant"!

Of the four forms of the Sky Splitting Tyrant Leg, the first was the simplest frontal straight kick. It incorporated movement technique, moving as swiftly as thunder and lightning. It could also be altered into side kicks, front thrust kicks, or aerial spinning consecutive kicks.

The second form, "Tyrant Shatters Mountains and Rivers," primarily used overwhelming momentum to crush the enemy. Descending from above, it stomped directly upon the enemy's crown, attacking in a manner similar to the Leo Kick or a thousand-pound drop. Alternatively, it could strike the enemy's head with a high whip kick.

The third form, "Peerless Tyrant," was an area-of-effect technique. A seemingly simple and direct side sweep actually used force to overwhelm all techniques. Its tyrannical, razor-sharp leg force swept toward the enemy like a whirlwind!

Peerless Tyrant, sweeping through a thousand armies! That was the origin of the move's name, as well as its central principle.

And when the tyrannical leg force originally meant for group combat was concentrated entirely upon the single target of the Snow Demon Sky Ape, the result was easy to imagine!

Still, the Snow Demon Sky Ape truly deserved to be a beast with an ancient bloodline. Its vitality was indeed incredibly tenacious, and it continued struggling to resist!

"Tch... as expected of a magical beast. Its vitality really is absurdly tenacious."

Xiao Yang's ten fingers flew as he completed the hand seals!

Then he spread his right hand, forming a claw with his five fingers, while his left hand pressed against his right arm.

In an instant, countless blue-white arcs of electricity gathered in Xiao Yang's palm. The chaotic crackling of current sounded like the cries of a thousand birds, and the brilliant lightning illuminated the blood-red eyes. "Yang Five Thunder Technique: Thousand Birds!"

Amid roaring thunder, the blazing electric light pierced through the Snow Demon Sky Ape's heart in an instant, blasting through the rock wall behind it as well!