Ji An watched a streak of golden light pierce through the ape demon's cheek and emerge from the center of its crown.
He immediately activated the Stone Turtle Shield, controlling the artifact as it charged toward the incoming ape demon. A Water Curtain Talisman appeared in his hand, ready to be activated at any moment.
Bang!
The ape demon was knocked off course and crashed heavily down beside him, its body still twitching instinctively.
Ji An let out a lingering, shaken breath. Thank goodness the perfected Geng Metal Finger was strong enough, or I would have been in danger.
Generally speaking, Qi Condensation Stage demonic beasts possessed only one innate spell. This ape demon could release Wood Element Spiritual Energy to form spiritual armor, so he had instinctively assumed that was its innate spell.
Never in his wildest dreams had he expected the ape demon to possess a second spell. The instant the vine-entangling spell activated, his powerful divine sense had already caught the spell taking shape, and his brain had issued the command to evade.
But his body had reacted half a beat too slowly. Before he could dodge, he had been bound tight.
His reaction in battle was far too slow! If he had been sufficiently prepared, he could have avoided it.
Ji An shook his head. In his previous life, he had merely been an ordinary person. In this life, he was ordinary as well.
The Stone Turtle he had brought with him when he transmigrated had given him a higher starting point and more possibilities, but to dream of cutting down everything in his path without being tempered by trials was still far too naïve.
The only passable thing about this battle was that, the moment he realized he had been hit and could no longer