Battle Erupts!

From its appearance, it looked like something between an ape and a gorilla. Aside from its lantern-sized eyes gleaming with golden light, its entire body was pitch-black.

In the darkness of the night, if it had not been moving, its body would have been impossible to see.

This massive creature was unimaginably brawny.

Not only was it enormous, but every part of its body was covered in muscles even more terrifyingly solid than granite, like bulging little hills.

Yet as such a colossal creature walked, it made no sound at all—not even the sound of breathing.

The first to recognize it was Tang San. Drawing on the knowledge Grandmaster had taught him, he identified the creature almost immediately.

"It's the King of the Forest, the Titan Giant Ape!"

Even Tang San, who was always composed, had a tremor in his voice.

Wherever a Titan Giant Ape appeared in a spirit beast forest, it would unquestionably be an overlord.

No spirit beast dared offend it, because the result would inevitably be death.

Even a hundred-year Titan Giant Ape could contend with other ten-thousand-year spirit beasts.

They possessed unparalleled strength and speed. In attack and defense alike, they had virtually no weaknesses.

Most terrifying of all, they could wield abilities similar to spirit skills.

No one knew what the Titan Giant Ape's true abilities were, because every human who had seen them was already dead.

Even among ten-thousand-year spirit beasts, there were vast differences in strength. That was the gap in innate talent.

And among all spirit beasts, the Titan Giant Ape was clearly one of the few species standing at the peak of the pyramid.

The terror it brought was practically the nightmare of every Spirit Master.

No one knew how many Spirit Masters had once coveted the Titan Giant Ape's power, hoping to kill one and make its Spirit Ring their own.

But everyone who had harbored that thought and tried to make it a reality had vanished from this world.

Among known Spirit Masters, there seemed to have been only one person who had successfully hunted a Titan Giant Ape—and only that one person.

Not only was the Titan Giant Ape immensely powerful, it even possessed intelligence no less than that of humans.

Within the forest, it was the absolute king.

Neither Tang San nor Zhao Wuji could understand why this King of the Forest, this king among spirit beasts—who, even if it existed, should have lived in the heart of the Star Dou Great Forest—had appeared here.

"Honored King of the Forest, we mean no offense. If this is your territory, we are willing to withdraw immediately."

Zhao Wuji spoke in a low voice.

He knew that Titan Giant Apes could understand human speech.

Especially this one before them, so incredibly robust that its cultivation had clearly surpassed ten thousand years.

He truly could not think of any spirit beast stronger than the one before him.

The Titan Giant Ape ignored Zhao Wuji's words. It merely made a simple movement that sent everyone's hearts into their throats.

Because it took a step forward.

Though it was only one step, given its massive body, that single step greatly closed the distance between it and the people from Shrek Academy.

Zhao Wuji's mind raced at top speed, but only three words kept surfacing: What do we do?

Yes, what were they supposed to do now?

Though Zhao Wuji had confidence in his own strength, he knew very well that the Titan Giant Ape before him was far more terrifying than the Peerless Dragon Snake couple.

He would rather face a Titled Douluo than confront a king of spirit beasts like this.

Before it, Zhao Wuji knew that even protecting himself would be a problem, much less protecting everyone else.

But at this moment, he had no way to retreat.

Gritting his teeth, Zhao Wuji said in a deep voice, "I'll hold it back. Eat Oscar's Mushroom Sausages and get out of here immediately.

"I'm afraid I can't hold on for long. You must move quickly."

After saying that, Zhao Wuji took a deep breath. The seven rings on his body blazed with light as he charged toward the Titan Giant Ape.

The first, second, third, and fifth rings lit up simultaneously. Facing such a formidable opponent, the Immovable Bright King immediately used four of his seven spirit skills.

As the four Spirit Rings lit up at once, the Immovable Bright King's body was protected. Gravity Control spread from Zhao Wuji, completely enveloping the Titan Giant Ape. Gravity Crush activated in tandem with Gravity Control, doing everything possible to restrain the Titan Giant Ape's body. At the same time, he swung his palms.

The Vajra Palm was pushed to its limit. A powerful surge of energy suddenly erupted as Zhao Wuji borrowed force from a towering tree beside him and soared into the air. Swinging both hands, he lunged at the Titan Giant Ape without sparing any Soul Power.

"Tang San, cover everyone's retreat. I'm going to help Teacher Zhao."

After giving the instruction, Dai Mubai let out a tiger roar toward the sky and charged forward.

Smack! Bai Ge struck the back of Dai Mubai's neck with a chop.

Brother Dai's eyes rolled back, and he fainted.

Everyone was stunned for a moment.

"Why are you all being so stupid? Hurry up and run! Are you waiting to die?

"You go. I'll bring up the rear!"

"Seven Treasures have their name: first, strength."

"Seven Treasures have their name: second, speed."

Accompanied by Ning Rongrong's brief, crisp voice, four streaks of light shot out simultaneously. Two of them landed on Zhao Wuji just as he was about to strike the Titan Giant Ape's head.

The other two landed on Bai Ge.

The strongest trait of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda martial soul was that its enhancements ignored one's base attributes.

The enhancement Ning Rongrong could currently provide was thirty percent.

In other words, regardless of the target's original strength, the enhancement was always thirty percent.

For level-forty Bai Ge, it meant a thirty-percent increase in strength and speed. The same was true for level-seventy-six Zhao Wuji.

Sure enough, under the enhancement of Ning Rongrong's Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, Zhao Wuji's speed suddenly increased, and the Soul Power in his bear palms visibly strengthened. In an instant, his attack power rose beyond that of level-eighty Soul Power.

Boom—

Zhao Wuji's two Vajra Palms, enhanced by thirty percent, slammed heavily into the Titan Giant Ape's head. The instant boost in strength and speed left Zhao Wuji extremely satisfied with this attack.

He was certain that, aside from activating his seventh Spirit Ring, this was the peak of his strength.

But then, a sight that terrified everyone appeared. The instant Zhao Wuji's palms struck the Titan Giant Ape, his entire body was sent flying back like a cannonball.

The Titan Giant Ape also seemed to have underestimated Zhao Wuji's strength. Its head was knocked backward, and then the King of the Forest erupted with an earth-shaking roar.

Using his Purple Demon Eyes, Tang San clearly saw a wave of black energy erupt from the Titan Giant Ape's body!

"Crystal Wall!"

With an angry roar, Bai Ge relied on the power of his Golden Battle Skill to forcibly block the attack!