Battle Erupts!

Neither Dai Mubai, Tang San, nor anyone else understood what had happened to make Zhao Wuji, who had always been so confident in his strength, so tense.

Then, at that moment, they suddenly witnessed a bizarre sight.

In the direction Zhao Wuji was staring, two towering trees slowly parted to either side, and a massive figure silently emerged from between them.

At the sight of this giant, everyone seemed to stop breathing. They finally understood what Zhao Wuji had been worried about.

It was a being like a mountain, its entire body covered in black fur that glimmered faintly beneath the dim moonlight.

Though it moved on all fours, its shoulders stood well over seven meters high.

If it rose upright, it would likely stand more than fifteen meters tall.

Yet despite such an enormous body, it made no sound as it walked, not even the sound of breathing.

Tang San identified the giant's species almost immediately.

"It's the King of the Forest, the Titan Giant Ape!"

Even Tang San, who was usually so composed, had a change in his voice.

Bai Ge blurted out instinctively, "Holy shit, isn't this just King Kong?"

But by now, no one had the time to care what he said.

Titan Giant Apes were overlords among Soul Beasts. Even century-level Titan Giant Apes could contend with other ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts.

They possessed unparalleled strength and speed. In attack and defense, they had virtually no weaknesses.

Most terrifying of all, they could even use abilities similar to Soul Skills.

No one knew what the Titan Giant Ape's true abilities were, because every human who had seen them was already dead.

Even among ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts, there were vast differences in strength. That was the gap in innate talent.

And among all Soul Beasts, the Titan Giant Ape was clearly one of the few species standing at the very top of the pyramid.

No one knew how many Soul Masters had coveted the Titan Giant Ape's power and hoped to kill one for its Soul Ring.

But every person who had held such thoughts and tried to make them a reality had vanished from this world.

Zhao Wuji decisively backed down. "Honorable King of the Forest, we mean no offense. If this is your territory, we are willing to leave immediately."

He knew that Titan Giant Apes could understand human speech.

Especially this Titan Giant Ape before him, which was so powerful that its cultivation had clearly surpassed ten thousand years.

He truly could not think of any Soul Beast stronger than the one before him.

The Titan Giant Ape ignored Zhao Wuji's words. It merely made one simple movement that sent everyone's hearts into their throats.

It took a step forward.

Though it was only one step, with its imposing body, that step had already greatly shortened the distance between it and the people from Shrek Academy.

Zhao Wuji's mind raced at high speed, but only three words kept surfacing: What do I do?

Yes, what should he do now?

Zhao Wuji knew very well that before this creature, even protecting himself was a problem, let alone protecting the others.

But at this moment, he had nowhere left to retreat.

Zhao Wuji took a deep breath. The seven rings around him blazed with light as he charged toward the Titan Giant Ape.

The first, second, third, and fifth rings lit up simultaneously. Facing this overwhelmingly powerful opponent, the Immovable Bright King immediately unleashed four of his seven Soul Skills.

As the four Soul Rings lit up at once, the Immovable Bright King Body shielded him. Gravity Control spread outward from Zhao Wuji, completely enveloping the Titan Giant Ape, while Gravity Crush activated in tandem with Gravity Control, doing its utmost to restrict the Titan Giant Ape's body. At the same time, he swung his palms.

The Vajra Palm was pushed to its limit. A powerful surge of energy abruptly erupted as Zhao Wuji lunged straight at the Titan Giant Ape.

"Tang San, cover everyone's retreat. I'll help Teacher Zhao."

After giving the order, Dai Mubai let out a tiger's roar and charged forward.

Smack! Bai Ge struck the back of Dai Mubai's neck with a chop.

Dai Mubai's eyes rolled back, and he fainted.

Everyone was stunned.

"Why are you all being idiots? Run already! Are you waiting to die?!

You go. I'll hold them off!"

Bai Ge was suffering inside! My plan hasn't even been carried out, and we're already fighting!

Zhao Wuji, you dumb brute, why the hell are you fighting? All I had to do was send a voice transmission with my divine sense, then toss Xiao Wu out there, and this would've been solved.

First knock Little San out. Once the bunny-eared girl comes back after seeing her two lackeys, it'll all be over.

It's just that some bunny-eared girl went home to visit family!

Fucking pig teammates really get people killed!

You're just a Soul Sage. Who gave you the courage to attack? Liang Jingru?

"Seven Treasures are named: first, Strength."

"Seven Treasures are named: second, Speed."

Accompanied by Ning Rongrong's brief, crisp voice, four rays of light shot out at once. Two landed on Zhao Wuji just as he was about to strike the Titan Giant Ape's head.

The other two landed on Bai Ge.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul's most powerful trait was that its amplification ignored the target's base attributes.

At present, Ning Rongrong could provide a thirty percent amplification.

In other words, no matter how strong the recipient was to begin with, the enhancement would always be thirty percent.

Under Ning Rongrong's Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda amplification, Zhao Wuji's speed abruptly increased, and the Soul Power around his bear-like palms also visibly strengthened.

In an instant, his attack power rose beyond the level of eighty-ranked Soul Power.

Boom—

Zhao Wuji's two Vajra Palms, amplified by thirty percent, slammed heavily onto the Titan Giant Ape's head.

But the instant his palms struck the Titan Giant Ape, Zhao Wuji's entire body was sent flying back like a cannonball.

The Titan Giant Ape also seemed to have underestimated Zhao Wuji's strength. Its head was knocked backward, and then the King of the Forest unleashed a heaven-shaking roar.

With that roar, a ring of black airwaves erupted from the Titan Giant Ape's body!

"Crystal Wall!"

With an angry shout, Bai Ge forcibly blocked the attack through the power of his Golden Battle Skill!

Seeing this, the Titan Giant Ape was enraged. As the black airwaves erupted, its massive body leaped forward at a speed almost too fast for the eye to follow. Descending from above, its enormous body crashed down toward where the group was gathered.

At that moment, Zhao Wuji was still in the air. Even if he wanted to rescue them, it was already too late.

Though Tang San had been prepared for the Titan Giant Ape's speed, he had still underestimated the terrifying King of the Forest before him.

Its incomparably enormous body lunged over in a blur, and its Mount Tai-like pressure made everyone feel as though they could barely breathe.

At the critical moment, Tang San lived up to the nature of a Tang Sect assassin from his previous life. Without hesitation, he flung Xiao Wu at his side away first, sending her beyond the Titan Giant Ape's attack range.