Deep within Misty Forest, a four-armed ape more than ten stories tall threw back its head and roared.
Surging force churned around it, sending towering trees dozens of meters high crashing down in succession.
The Red-Eyed Water Ape, its eyes crimson and filled with savagery, charged left and right.
Countless armored figures, like ants, were easily flung away by the Water Ape's force. Before they even hit the ground, the force had eroded them, turning them into pools of blood within a few breaths.
But the next moment, ropes radiating golden light shot out from the forest, densely blanketing the four-armed ape.
No matter how it roared and struggled, more and more ropes bound it firmly in place.
Buzz!
Strands of emerald-green aura rose into the air, merging in an instant into a slender air blade over ten meters long.
With a flash, the crescent-shaped blade passed through the Red-Eyed Water Ape's body.
The four-armed ape, fierce just moments ago, immediately froze. The divine light in its eyes rapidly dimmed, and within a few breaths, all life had left its body.
With a thunderous crash, its enormous body collapsed to the ground.
A gray-robed elder holding a purple-black gourd floated in midair. He shook the gourd's mouth toward the Red-Eyed Water Ape, and the mountain-like ape transformed into a streak of black-red light that flew into the gourd.
At the same time, the golden ropes retracted one by one, disappearing into the bodies of the armored figures.
There were faint smiles on those people's faces, but their eyes were vacant and lifeless.
They paid no heed to the dead and wounded around them. Like puppet dolls, they marched in neat steps deeper into Misty Forest.
Thirty li away, atop a small hill.
Chen Mu had watched the entire battle.