Behind this Bone-Eating Ape followed another, slightly weaker one at the fifth rank. Seeing the Snow-Eyed Lion on the ground, it did not pounce at once. Instead, it eyed the surroundings suspiciously and warily.
Clearly, these two demon beasts possessed no little intelligence. Yet demon beasts were still demon beasts. Finding nothing around them, they sniffed around the Snow-Eyed Lion and discovered neither poison nor anything else unusual on it. The Bone-Eating Apes immediately grew excited, baring their fangs and brandishing their claws as they prepared to feast. At that moment, countless branches and leaves exploded outward from the ground as the golden puppet under Lu Xiaotian's control burst fiercely from within.
The two Bone-Eating Apes were startled. They had not expected such a huge outsider to be hiding so close by without their noticing. It even dared interrupt their meal. Their faces immediately filled with ferocity as they charged at the golden puppet from both sides.
The golden puppet lashed out with its massive right foot, kicking the weaker Bone-Eating Ape flying. The ape cried out in pain, but it was not seriously injured. Its body flipped nimbly through the air, and it grabbed a thick branch with both hands, swinging several times to dissipate the golden puppet's tremendous force.
The other, sixth-rank Bone-Eating Ape was not slow. Seeing the golden puppet's heavy sword slash down, it did not dare receive the razor-sharp blade head-on. It kicked off the ground and leaped more than a dozen zhang away. Yet while its body was still airborne, with nowhere to borrow force from, a chilling blade aura struck straight at it from behind. Sensing the astonishing killing intent at its back, the sixth-rank Bone-Eating Ape shrieked. As though its body had suddenly become weightless, two hazy gray lights appeared beneath its