It took quite some time to collect this Grotto-Heaven World and the treasures within it. It was time to continue on his journey.
As for the living beings inside the Grotto-Heaven World, Jiang Yun thought he would make arrangements for them after he returned.
After leaving the Grotto-Heaven World, he activated the protective formation, hiding both the Grotto-Heaven World and its entrance. He then continued toward Mount Sumeru.
One day, while traveling, he passed a Secluded Valley. Suddenly, a fierce Blood Fiend aura shot into the sky ahead, blocking his path. A powerful hostility came from the front, stirring his spiritual sense.
The Secluded Valley was quiet and secluded, with hardly any trace of habitation. Almost no living beings could be seen. Dense fiendish energy filled the soil and air, leaving the earth hardened and as solid as diamond.
This environment was clearly no benevolent place. Some great demon or fiend probably lived here, and the various living beings had wisely avoided the area, not daring to set foot inside.
Just as he was pondering this, a sharp roar rang out from within the Secluded Valley. The sound was piercing, almost like infrasound. Anyone who heard it would feel a wave of agitation rise in their heart, their head spinning and their stomach churning.
After the shrill roar, waves of trembling spread from ahead. Along with the shaking, the Blood Fiend aura gradually drew closer to Jiang Yun.
A moment later, a demonic ape charged out.
Its entire body was covered in red fur that looked as though it were burning with flames, resembling magma surging within an active volcano. Thick Blood Fiend aura hung behind it like a blood-red cloak, while an explosive and terrifying aura radiated from its body.
The demonic ape's eyes were like two bottomless blood-red gems, flickering with layers of murderous light, as though it might erupt into violence and slaughter at any moment. Every time it stared at someone, it made their heart tremble, leaving them afraid to move recklessly.
Its physique was extraordinarily burly, its entire body covered in muscles stacked like jagged boulders, exuding a primitive and savage beauty. Every step it took made the ground tremble. With a casual sweep of its arm, the trees and mountain forest blocking its path were easily flattened.
The demonic ape's skin seemed to be made from congealed lava, incomparably hard. It looked like armor grown directly over its flesh, and ordinary attacks seemed incapable of harming it in the slightest. Countless scratches of varying depths covered its body. Its sharp claws and fangs were stained with the blood and rust left behind by countless battles, radiating a cold metallic gleam.
The demonic ape bared a mouthful of sharp teeth and snarled softly, looking incomparably savage. Jiang Yun had probably released his full aura, intimidating it. Its blood-red eyes remained fixed on him as its body shifted from side to side. From time to time, it slammed both fists into the ground or beat its chest and roared, carefully testing him under the urging of instinct without acting rashly.
Based on the demonic ape's aura and pressure, Jiang Yun roughly assessed its strength. It seemed to lack intelligence and was ferocious and brutal, but its physical body was incredibly powerful, comparable to an Early Taiyi Golden Immortal. It was probably a fierce beast left behind from the Great Tribulation of Fierce Beasts.
It was said that during the Great Tribulation of Heaven Opening, Pangu fought the three thousand Chaos Demon Gods. Most of the demon gods died in battle, while only a few escaped after suffering severe injuries, their bodies shattered in the process. Later, when Pangu created the Primordial Desolation World, he used the flesh and origin of the Chaos Demon Gods to evolve all things. The resentment of the Chaos Demon Gods within that flesh and blood consequently gave birth to the fierce beast race. They were enemies of the myriad races of the Primordial Desolation World, determined to destroy the Primordial Desolation World and return everything to chaos, filled with hostility toward all living beings.
After confronting each other for fifteen minutes, the demonic ape finally could not endure it any longer. Its brutal killing intent overwhelmed its instincts. Using all four limbs, it shot forward at lightning speed. Then one of its massive hands swung in an arc and fiercely struck toward Jiang Yun.
The slap was swift and powerful, accompanied by a boom and explosive Blood Fiend aura. If it landed solidly, it would probably severely injure him in an instant. However, Jiang Yun did not panic in the slightest. He raised his foot, and the flexibility of the Shrink Ground to Inch technique in battle was displayed to perfection. In an instant, he appeared above the demonic ape.
He took a deep breath. With a thought, he formed a hand seal, and the Mount Tai Seal instantly condensed. A grand and heavy mountain range phantom appeared overhead, while the space around the fierce beast below began to solidify.
Jiang Yun shouted, "Go!"
A tremendous force followed the mountain phantom of the Mount Tai Seal as it pressed down toward the demonic ape below.
The tremendous force pierced through the Blood Fiend aura swirling around the demonic ape and struck its body, producing a heaven-shaking impact. The demonic ape staggered from the collision with the Mount Tai Seal and fell backward. A mark had been smashed into its head, leaving its skull ringing and its consciousness disordered. For a moment, it could not get back up.
"What a fierce beast. Its physical body is truly incomparably powerful. After taking a Mount Tai Seal, it's merely dizzy and disoriented, yet actually completely unharmed..." Jiang Yun thought in astonishment.
However, this fierce beast fought solely through the instincts of its physical body and possessed no intelligence. With the Shrink Ground to Inch divine ability, he could easily maneuver around it, leaving it unable to touch even a hair on his body.
In that case, I can use this demonic ape to properly hone the execution and timing of my divine abilities and spells in battle, improving my combat experience.
The fallen demonic ape shook its head. It braced its left arm against the ground and stood again, then let out a roar and charged toward Jiang Yun once more.
After that, Jiang Yun used the Shrink Ground to Inch divine ability to dodge the fierce beast's attacks, flashing left and right, up and down. Whenever he found an opening, he struck with a Mount Tai Seal. The demonic ape had also learned its lesson, however, and knew to shield its head with both arms.
Seeing this, Jiang Yun changed his attack pattern. He no longer stubbornly used the seal technique in a straight downward strike. Instead, he condensed and compressed the seal into his palm and sent it out with his movements. Although its power fell by thirty percent, its flexibility increased greatly.
After testing the Mount Tai Seal for a while, he followed up by using the Star Seal.
After unleashing a Star Seal with all his strength, the demonic ape still shielded the top of its head with both arms as before. This time, however, it was smashed into the ground. Its arms in particular were beaten into a bloody mess, and it could not stop howling in pain.
As expected of the Star Seal. With the enhancement of star power, its might was more than ten times that of the Mount Tai Seal.
After taking blow after blow without even touching a single hair on Jiang Yun's body, the demonic ape's arms were now mangled and its muscles and tendons damaged. Its fury had reached its peak.
It roared angrily at Jiang Yun. The Blood Fiend aura soaring around its body gradually contracted into it, while the remainder condensed over its skin into blood-red armor. As the Blood Fiend aura entered its body, it stimulated its blood to boil and caused the veins throughout its body to bulge. At the same time, it weakened the transmission of pain to a certain degree, allowing its flesh to unleash greater explosive force and strength under the stimulation. Its nerves also became more sensitive, and its reaction speed increased greatly.
Feeling the increasingly powerful aura radiating from the demonic ape, Jiang Yun secretly heightened his vigilance.
The next moment, the demonic ape vanished from its original position with a whoosh and appeared before him. Its two hands clapped toward him like it was swatting a fly. This attack was more than twice as fast as the previous one.
The attack came with incredible ferocity. Although he had raised his guard, his body failed to react in time. Fortunately, his mind moved instantly, and he summoned the Twelve-grade White Lotus to block the strike.
The Twelve-grade White Lotus formed a circular protective barrier ten meters around Jiang Yun. The demonic ape's two palms stopped outside the barrier, and no matter how hard it pressed, it could not push inward even the slightest.
Jiang Yun hurriedly used Shrink Ground to Inch within the barrier and flashed into the distance. With a thought, he sent a Star Seal crashing toward the demonic ape.
This time, however, the demonic ape's nervous reaction was fast enough, and its speed was far greater than before. It actually leaped aside and evaded the attack before charging toward Jiang Yun again.
Having prepared himself mentally, Jiang Yun hurriedly dodged. During the gaps, he also found time to launch attacks. This time, he could only land three or four hits out of ten. Although a strike landing on the demonic ape's body shattered the armor condensed from Blood Fiend aura, it also lost seventy to eighty percent of its power, and the remainder could not inflict any serious damage.
After becoming familiar with the battle, Jiang Yun no longer planned to continue using this demonic ape as a sparring partner. It was time to finish off this fierce beast...
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