Cunning Chaos Demon Ape

In a dense forest near the center of the Sunset Forest.

A giant ape, entirely earth-yellow and nearly six meters tall, let out a ferocious roar at its opponent. Its fists, like massive boulders, slammed down onto the ground.

The earth trembled as if it were a water surface, ripples spreading out. A vast amount of earth element was stimulated, scattering into the air and forming over a dozen stone balls, each about a meter in diameter.

The giant ape stomped the ground again, and the dozen stone balls around it shot out like cannonballs towards its opponent.

The handsome youth in white clothes with golden long hair facing it couldn't help but swallow. His expression was clearly a little helpless, but he wasn't panicked.

He activated the third purple soul ring on his body, and his body instantly grew much larger. His hands transformed into dagger-length sharp claws, and a white "King" character appeared on his forehead. He had already turned into a humanoid white tiger.

Looking at the flying boulders, he gritted his teeth, steeling himself to test the power of this move.

However, just then, a massive crimson dragon claw suddenly descended from above, easily crushing the boulders into powder.

The youth immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and a slightly hoarse voice came from behind him.

"Alright Mubai, this Chaos Demon Ape has a cultivation of about 4000 years. This Earth Meteor Shower is its signature soul skill. You can't handle it right now. Come back first, and leave the rest to the teachers."

A few days ago, the immortal herb Tang San brought down from the mountain caused the soul power of the Seven Monsters to surge. Dai Mubai thus became the first among the Seven Monsters to break through the Level 40 bottleneck and become a Soul Master. This trip to the Sunset Forest was precisely to find his Fourth Soul Ring.

Upon hearing this, Dai Mubai deactivated his third soul skill, "White Tiger Vajra Transformation," and returned to the team behind him. He then asked the middle-aged man who had just spoken, "Master, then my Fourth Soul Skill should be this move, right?"

Yu Xiaogang nodded slightly and then said, "It should be this move, but this Chaos Demon Ape also has another innate soul skill, which is quite troublesome." After speaking, he looked forward.

At this moment, due to the shattering of the boulders, dust had filled the air, completely obscuring their vision.

Liu Erlong then waved her dragon claws, stirring the muddy sand and stones left and right before clearing the field of vision in front of them.

Everyone looked ahead, only to find that the mountain-like Chaos Giant Ape had suddenly disappeared.

Yu Xiaogang had anticipated this and said, "This is the Chaos Demon Ape's other innate soul skill, Earth Escape. It can conceal its aura and burrow underground to escape, but there's a distance limit."

"Flander, use your martial soul to scout from the sky and search within a one-kilometer radius. You'll definitely find it."

Flander nodded, released his martial soul, and leaped from the ground into the air.

He then activated his seventh black soul ring and unleashed "Martial Soul True Body," instantly transforming into a giant golden owl. With a single flap of its wings, it soared into the sky.

The owl, Flander's transformed body, circled in the sky. The soul power surged within its pair of golden eagle eyes, its narrow pupils rapidly contracting, zooming in on the scenery below. Everything became clear.

Indeed, at a distance of one kilometer to the northeast, Flander discovered the Chaos Demon Ape emerging from underground.

He let out an eagle cry towards Yu Xiaogang and the other two on the ground, then flew towards the direction of the Chaos Demon Ape.

As members of the Golden Iron Triangle, Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong naturally understood Flander's meaning. Leading Dai Mubai, the three quickly moved in the direction Flander indicated.

When they arrived, they found that besides the owl that Flander had transformed into and the large pit under its claws, there was no sign of the Chaos Demon Ape.

Upon seeing the three arrive, the owl Flender transformed into immediately spoke, "This Chaos Demon Ape is truly sharp. I had just swooped down from the sky, and it sensed me. It immediately used Earth Escape to burrow into the ground, just like a rabbit."

After speaking, the owl's face showed a very human-like expression of anger.

"It's fine, we'll just find it again. Earth Escape consumes a lot of spirit power, that Chaos Demon Ape won't last long," Yu Xiaogang replied immediately.

Flender nodded, then flapped his wings and ascended into the air.

After circling in the sky for a while, he let out an eagle's cry and then continued flying towards the northeast.

Yu Xiaogang and the other two immediately gave chase. As they pursued the Chaos Demon Ape, the group began to move closer to the core area of the Sunset Forest.

More than ten minutes later, Yu Xiaogang and the other two reunited with Flender. They still hadn't captured the Chaos Demon Ape, but Flender's face clearly showed excitement.

"As we chased it, the spirit power fluctuations on that Chaos Demon Ape grew weaker and weaker. When it used Earth Escape just now, its spirit power was clearly insufficient. It should be the last time. Moreover, I used Eagle Eye to see through its spirit ability, and its escape direction is still to the northeast."

After speaking, Flender intended to fly into the air again, but before he could flap his wings, a powerful roar suddenly came from the northeast.

Everyone immediately looked towards the northeast. At that moment, a large patch of black clouds appeared in the northeast, accompanied by dull thunderous rumbling and flashing lightning. Two powerful dragon roars then sounded.

Upon hearing the dragon roars, Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong exchanged a glance. The surprise in their eyes made them understand each other's thoughts.

"It's the Martial Soul True Body of the Blue Electric Tyrant Dragon!" Liu Erlong spoke first.

"That's right, the Blue Electric Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul within me was just stirred by the dragon roars." Yu Xiaogang clenched his left hand, slowly calming the restless aura within his palm.

Flender also canceled his Martial Soul True Body at this moment and came before them, saying, "Shall we go take a look? Judging by the power, it shouldn't exceed the Soul Douluo level. We can handle it."

Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong exchanged glances, then nodded.

The three immediately adjusted their formation, with Flender and Liu Erlong in front and Yu Xiaogang behind. Dai Mubai was protected in the middle. The group maintained this triangular formation and moved forward at a steady pace towards the northeast.

The closer they got to the thunderclouds, the stronger the oppressive aura became.

When Yu Xiaogang's group entered the area covered by the thunderclouds, the scene before them was fully revealed.

It was a vast lake. Due to the current overcast conditions, the lake water was reflected as black as ink, becoming dark and deep.

And in the very center of this dark lake, three colossal beings were fighting each other.

One of them was a giant python about twenty meters long, covered in black scales. Blue patterns adorned its body, and blue lightning continuously flowed from these patterns, enveloping the entire giant python in a layer of electricity.

On the other side were two slightly smaller thunder dragons. The thunder dragons were covered in blue scales, had a single horn on their heads, four claws on their bellies, and their bodies flashed with lightning. They were constantly attacking the black thunder python in the center, but it seemed they weren't having much effect.

"The one in the middle is a Thunder Abyss Python, with a cultivation of around 50,000 years. The other two Blue Electric Tyrant Dragons should be the transformed Martial Soul True Bodies of Soul Saint level Soul Masters. With just the two of them, they shouldn't be a match for that Thunder Abyss Python."

After speaking, Yu Xiaogang looked at Flender and Liu Erlong. The three exchanged glances, then circulated their spirit power and unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Three golden light pillars immediately shot up into the sky. The powerful aura instantly alerted the one python and two dragons locked in combat in the center of the lake. The three immediately stopped and looked towards the golden light pillars.