Behold My Dharma Body, Hell Fú Tú

A day later, Hai Bodong took Qing Lin to the Black Corner Region.

Another two days passed. Unable to brush off the Misty Cloud Sect's repeated summons, Yun Yun set out from Desert City. After all, she was the Misty Cloud Sect's Sect Master.

A week later, Nalan Yanran emerged from seclusion, having advanced to a nine-star Dou Shi.

By then, Lingyan Pavilion's sphere of influence had already enveloped Desert City and several surrounding cities, and it continued expanding at an impressive pace.

Although expansion inevitably brought deaths, Chen Mo had laid down several rules.

First, no arson, murder, or plunder.

Second, do not lay a hand on ordinary civilians.

Third, do not clash with the authorities for the time being.

Fourth, obey orders without question.

Within a mountain range bordering the Jia Ma Empire and the Chu Yun Empire.

"Overall Pavilion Master, we spotted a Fourth Rank magical beast near a waterfall."

A subordinate hurried over to report.

"Pfft." Warm blood sprayed from the head of a Third Rank magical beast. Chen Mo dug the beast core out of its body with his spear and tossed it to a subordinate responsible for collecting beast cores. He then wiped the blood from his hands and asked, "Where is Pavilion Master Sha?"

"Pavilion Master Sha and several brothers are watching it near the waterfall."

"Let's go take a look."

During this period, Chen Mo had been hunting magical beasts throughout this mountain range, gaining combat experience while also accumulating Fortune Points.

Name: Chen Mo

Race: Human

Cultivation: Seven-Star Dou Shi. (He had broken through another star during this period.)

Fortune Points: 6700

Cultivation Art: Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Force

Dou Techniques: Underworld God's Spear, Wings of the Demon, Extreme Flame Art, Body Like a Swimming Dragon, Thousand Thunder Art.

Items: Aura Concealment Technique, Fantasy Egg. (Things like Lust Pills had been tossed into his storage ring.)

Functions: Treasure Chest Draw, Plunder, Shop.

Faction: Lingyan Pavilion.

Dharma Body: Hell Fú Tú.

On a tree not far from the waterfall.

Chen Mo leaped up into the tree and landed beside Shaluo.

"Overall Pavilion Master, it's a Vajra Demonic Ape, a Fourth Rank magical beast known for its brutality. It's rather troublesome," Shaluo said gravely. During this period, they had worked together to kill a Fourth Rank magical beast before, so they had some experience in that regard.

But this time, their opponent was a Vajra Demonic Ape. This kind of magical beast grew fiercer the longer it fought, and the sight of blood would drive it mad.

Once it went berserk, it would latch onto its target and fight to the death.

Once, a Dou Wang who had only recently advanced had provoked one of these magical beasts.

The final result was two deaths.

Because he had only just become a Dou Wang, he was not yet proficient with Dou Qi Wings. He initially held the upper hand, but after driving the Vajra Demonic Ape berserk, he was pressed into a corner at every turn. The ape chased him for over a hundred miles, and after exhausting all his Dou Qi, he was beaten to death.

The ape itself also died from blood loss.

Thus, people later said that one would rather provoke a Fifth Rank magical beast than a Vajra Demonic Ape.

If you escaped from the former, it might not pursue you. But if you drove the latter berserk, either you died or it did.

Chen Mo frowned as he watched the Vajra Demonic Ape bathing beneath the waterfall.

Indeed, Shaluo's concerns were also what worried him.

But letting it go meant giving up more than four thousand Fortune Points.

Chen Mo was reluctant to do that.

After thinking it over for a while, Chen Mo said, "I'll make the move myself later. Ready the crossbows with poisoned bolts and wait for my command."

Before coming out to hunt magical beasts, Chen Mo had specifically commissioned a batch of powerful crossbows and armor-piercing Vajra bolts, then purchased several potent poisons from an apothecary.

When dealing with the Fourth Rank Gale Giant Wolf earlier, Chen Mo had not gone all out. He had merely broken through the Gale Giant Wolf's armor, then had the crossbow bolts fired into its body. Once the poison took effect, he finished it off.

After all, even customized crossbow bolts found it difficult to pierce the armor of a Fourth Rank magical beast.

"If the Overall Pavilion Master acts personally, then victory is surely within reach," Shaluo flattered him. He had immense confidence in Chen Mo.

After making their preparations.

Wings of the Demon emerged behind Chen Mo's back, and he beat them as he rose into the air.

The giant ape stood two or three men tall, covered in brown fur, with bluish-red eyes.

Beneath the waterfall, the Vajra Demonic Ape seemed utterly unaware of the approaching danger, still leisurely bathing.

Just then, a sharp whistle tore through the air from behind the demonic ape.

It was a Black Spear.

Thunderfire blazed at its tip, and ripples spread even through the air in its wake.

"Roar!"

Just as the spear was about to pierce the ape's back, its body jolted. It spun around and slammed its massive fist into the spearhead.

The Black Spear dissipated.

However, its fist was pierced through by the spear, blood streaming from the wound.

The demonic ape was enraged. Its gaze immediately locked onto Chen Mo, who hovered in the air not far away.

With a furious roar, the demonic ape struck out with its palm. A column of water shot skyward from the pool beneath the waterfall, gathering into a water dragon that tore through the air. It surged more than a hundred meters straight toward Chen Mo.

Just as it was about to swallow Chen Mo whole—

A spear condensed in his hand. Chen Mo wielded the Extreme Flame Art with fierce momentum, and after several swings, the water dragon scattered into droplets and fell to the ground.

Seeing Chen Mo so easily deal with the water dragon, the Vajra Demonic Ape was somewhat taken aback. But soon, a savage expression appeared on its face, its enormous fangs bared.

Its massive body leaped into the air, kicking up towering waves as it swung its huge fist toward Chen Mo in midair.

This was where the advantage of being able to fly became apparent.

The Wings of the Demon spread and flapped, and Chen Mo immediately rose higher into the sky, causing the demonic ape to miss.

"Thousand Thunder Art."

Lightning descended at his command.

With no foothold in midair, the leaping demonic ape was struck by the lightning without fail. The layer around its body that resembled a battle aura armor was shattered as well.

Bang!

The Vajra Demonic Ape crashed heavily into the river below, sending water splashing everywhere.

"Fire!"

At Chen Mo's command—

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Countless poisoned arrows shot out from the dense forest around them, streaking through the air like a torrential rain as they sped toward the demonic ape.

"Roar! Roar! Roar!"

The demonic ape rose from the river and let out several furious roars. It was no fool. Judging from the dense arrows coming from all directions, it had clearly been ambushed. This human had not merely provoked it—he wanted its life.

Its massive fist slammed into the river beneath it, sending up towering currents that gathered around its body into a water wall as hard as steel.

Every crossbow bolt struck the wall, yet not a single one managed to break through.

"It even knows how to use the water to block attacks. This beast is incredibly intelligent."

Seeing what was happening below, Chen Mo frowned. It was more difficult to deal with than he had expected.

"Thousand Thunder Art."

Several more bolts of lightning struck down. Aside from breaking through the defensive water barrier and its bodily armor, they caused surprisingly little damage.

Instead, after realizing it could not reach Chen Mo for the moment, the demonic ape began attacking the surrounding members of Lingyan Pavilion.

"How dare you!"

Left with no choice, Chen Mo flew down to confront the demonic ape head-on.

But Chen Mo clearly had little patience left.

"Beast, since you don't want to live another moment, I'll send you from this world ahead of schedule."

"Behold my Dharma Body—Hell Fú Tú!"

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