Escape

The clash of that instant was utterly earth-shaking!

The storm and smoke kicked up by the aftermath filled Every Corner of the surrounding fruit grove, sweeping across an area spanning more than a dozen zhang. The nearby Spirit Fruit Trees all bent and toppled outward beneath the horrifying gale, rustling loudly!

Leaves and gravel were swept into the torrent,

Whirling wildly through the air,

Obscuring sight, leaving the surrounding cultivator guards unable to open their eyes!

And at this moment,

Within the smoke-filled battlefield,

At the instant of collision, the Monkey King Demon Ape felt an incomparably terrifying force surge into its claw like a tidal wave. The bones, tempered by Demonic Power until they were as hard as Fine Steel, gave off horrifying cracking sounds. At This Moment, its entire arm twisted and shattered!

Like an egg striking a rock,

Smashed to pieces!

This little runt, whom it had clearly felt it could tear apart with a casual swipe, possessed such terrifying strength!

At This Moment,

The Monkey King Demon Ape, which had feared neither heaven nor earth, finally revealed terror in its eyes. Its towering body staggered backward as it prepared to flee!

However,

With the mighty power of the Late Spirit Essence Realm, relying on the crushing advantage of his cultivation realm, Zhang Qingyuan had crippled One Arm of his opponent with a single Sea Rushing move.

How could he possibly let the Monkey King Demon Ape go so easily?

While he was still in mid-air,

Zhang Qingyuan pressed his advantage rather than retreating,

Silver Shadow in his right hand instantly swept up a peerlessly sharp Sword Light and shot forth through the air. Like a startled swan, like a bolt of silk, it tore through the air with an unending shriek.

Cloud Water Thirteen Sword Styles—Dragon Exploring the Sea!

Sword Qi howled like thunder, twisting toward the Monkey King's head in an instant!

Facing this sword strike head-on, the Monkey King,

Also felt boundless danger and terror. Its fur stood on end!

In that critical moment,

The Monkey King forced out the remaining Demonic Power Inside the Body. Its enormous body twisted and rolled sharply to the side at an unnatural angle.

Riiip!

The Monkey King avoided the blow to its head,

But at the same time,

The Sword Light swept back like a startled swan, veering into its shoulder,

Piercing into its body in an instant,

Blood blossoming like flowers.

A thick, furry arm flew backward from the High Altitude, scorching blood splashing across the ground. Even after it fell, it continued to twitch!

The Demon Ape had avoided Zhang Qingyuan's airborne sword strike by rolling across the ground,

But it had paid the price of One Arm!

Pain and terror flooded the face of the Monkey King Demon Ape, which had survived by sacrificing an arm. It dared not linger, turning with a rumble and fleeing swiftly toward the mountain forest!

Zhang Qingyuan was momentarily stunned by the sudden change,

Clearly not expecting the Ferocious Ape, which had been fighting him to the death a moment ago, to flee at full speed the next. But how could he simply watch it escape?

"Where do you think you're running?!"

He moved to give chase,

But at that moment,

The Monkey King, fleeing as fiercely as a Wild Beast, let out a shrill "Screech!" as a command,

And the surrounding monkey troop,

All rose to their feet in an instant,

"Screech! Screech! Screech!"

Several figures shot out at once, darting in from front, back, left, and right to surround him. They rushed forward to block his path, sealing off every route Zhang Qingyuan could take in pursuit!

Meanwhile,

Even more Monkey Demons gathered from behind,

Pouncing toward Zhang Qingyuan like an overwhelming tide, buying time for the Monkey King to Escape!

The situation changed so quickly,

It was almost too much for the eye to follow!

Faced with the mighty, surging monkey troop, the guards behind him felt their scalps go numb and their legs tremble merely standing there.

"These beasts deserve to die!"

Zhang Qingyuan frowned slightly.

Against the monkeys charging at him endlessly like a tide, Zhang Qingyuan truly had no way to Pass Over them and pursue the Monkey King.

He had not yet reached the True Essence Realm,

And could not use Sword Flight.

Besides,

After this brief delay, the one-armed Monkey King Demon Ape had already slipped into the forest, its figure nearly Disappeared!

Remembering the events of the Last Time during the Azure Mountain Town mission,

Zhang Qingyuan, After All, did not recklessly chase deep into the mountain forest.

"Fine. If that's how it is, I'll kill you lot first!"

Facing the seven or eight low-level Monkey Demons of the Spirit Essence Realm second or third level charging directly at him, Zhang Qingyuan remained unhurried, with little change in his expression.

Silver Shadow in hand,

He spun, his body shooting skyward,

And in the space of a breath, he rose four or five meters into the air.

The attacks of the seven or eight Monkey Demons that had leaped at him all struck empty space, hitting nothing but air.

And then,

Zhang Qingyuan flipped in mid-air and struck downward,

Cloud Water Thirteen Sword Styles—Continuous Drizzle!

Silver Shadow's sharp Sword Light tore through the air, transforming into layer upon layer of Sword Shadows that plunged down. From the sky, it seemed as though a Sudden Storm had descended, bursting forth in scattered brilliance in an instant!

Sword Qi swept across the sky!

The incomparably sharp Spirit Essence Sword Qi tore countless wounds into the Monkey Demons below. Severed hands and legs flew everywhere as they cried out miserably and were sent flying backward.

In an instant,

He had slaughtered every last one of the encircling low-level Monkey Demons!

"Hiss!"

The Clan Cultivator guards behind him, who had originally intended to rush forward and help, stopped in their tracks in horror,

Their eyes fixed on the scene before them as they all sucked in a sharp breath!

After all,

The seven or eight Monkey Demons that had first leaped out to besiege Zhang Qingyuan were among the stronger elites of the troop. Every one of them possessed strength at around the Spirit Essence Realm Second Level.

With the combined strength of their several clans, they would have needed several times their number to take down these Monkey Demons.

Yet such a powerful group of elite Monkey Demons, beneath the sword of this Esteemed Immortal from the Cloud Water Sect,

Had been slaughtered even more easily than seven or eight chickens!

If it had been them,

Under this Esteemed Immortal's sword, they likely would have been nothing more than a single flash of Sword Light!

Among the guards,

Patriarch Zheng wore an expression of shock and horror, but his heart was also Filled With admiration and bitterness.

This was what High-level cultivators were like,

Immortal masters of the top Sect.

A Monkey Demon uprising that was nearly a Cataclysmic Disaster to people like them could likely be quelled by such people with no more than a lift of the hand!

Naturally, Zhang Qingyuan had no way of knowing what those behind him were thinking.

Slaughtering seven or eight low-level Monkey Demons in an instant had not slowed the mad charge of the monkey troop in the slightest.

But,

That did not matter.

Zhang Qingyuan's expression remained unchanged.

With a light push of his feet, he used Cloud Smoke Steps, his whole body transforming into nothing more than a phantom,

Like clouds and mist brushing past willow branches,

His figure light and ethereal, shifting and elusive.

After several flickers, he became a phantom and charged into the monkey troop!

Ring!

Spirit Essence poured forth, and Silver Shadow's snow-white blade gave a clear cry.

Strands of Sword Light,

Like lightning illuminating the night sky, carried boundless sharp coldness and swept up dazzling sprays of blood!

Like a tiger entering a flock of sheep,

The charging monkey troop had no power to resist beneath that boundlessly sharp Sword Light. They were severed and torn apart one after another, monkey after monkey falling. They could not even come within half a zhang of Zhang Qingyuan's body!

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