Gui Zhengqi was utterly stunned. Originally, he had only asked Xiao Chen to investigate the three demons so that he would recognize the danger and back down.
After all, the three demons were far too powerful. Provoking any one of them could bring retaliation from the other two.
He had never imagined that Xiao Chen would be so bold as to attack the Devouring Mountain Demon Ape King!
Although the Devouring Mountain Demon Ape King was gravely wounded and nearing death, the mountain full of demons on Demon Ape Mountain were no pushovers. Moreover, behind the ape king stood two peerless greater demons terrifying enough to shake heaven and earth!
A newborn calf might not fear a tiger, but Xiao Chen's attempt to assassinate the Devouring Mountain Demon Ape King had been far too reckless. A single misstep could have cost him both his life and his cultivation.
"The Demon Ape King feigned illness to lure me into attacking. After a bloody battle, I barely managed to kill him," Xiao Chen said. Facing Gui Zhengqi, he chose to hide nothing.
"The Demon Ape King recovered? You fought through a mountain full of demons and killed him at his peak?" Gui Zhengqi looked as though lightning had struck him. Even the three sparse strands of hair atop his head stood on end.
Originally, he had thought Xiao Chen had merely clashed with the gravely wounded, dying Devouring Mountain Demon Ape King. He had never imagined that the ape king had already recovered.
For Xiao Chen to slay the terrifying Devouring Mountain Demon Ape King at such a young age was truly earth-shattering!
"He wasn't at his peak. He had swallowed divine medicine and recovered seventy or eighty percent of his strength."
"Even killing the Demon Ape King at seventy or eighty