Nine Nether Giant Ape

Tie Han, ten feet tall, suddenly swelled in size. In the blink of an eye, he had grown to five zhang tall.

Like a giant, Tie Han's bronze skin was covered in blood-red patterns that radiated a vivid crimson glow. Enormous scales immediately spread across the surface of his five-zhang body. Blue-gray scales covered his massive frame, making him look utterly different.

As Ye Tian watched Tie Han transform into his true form, the Tianshan Giant Ape recorded in the Five Elements Ghost Ghoul Control Art immediately came to mind. Five zhang tall, possessed of boundless strength, thick hide, and tough flesh, it could withstand metal and stone. A young Tianshan Giant Ape possessed defensive power comparable to a magical treasure, while an adult's defense surpassed even that; ordinary spiritual treasures might not be able to harm it.

Tianshan Giant Apes lived deep within the Tianshan Mountains, guarding the Tianshan spiritual vein. They could be called Immortal Beasts, and were also among the untamed demon beast powerhouses of the Nine Heavens.

Ye Tian was certain that the fellow before him, covered in blue-gray scales, was definitely not a true Tianshan Giant Ape. Otherwise, this demon beast would not have been so dull-witted and heedless, lacking even the slightest vigilance and relying entirely on its formidable innate strength to attack with brute force.

Yet aside from being five zhang tall, the demon beast before him had another similarity to the Tianshan Giant Ape: its eyes, which radiated purple light.

"Could it be..."

Ye Tian suddenly recalled another record in the Five Elements Ghost Ghoul Control Art.

"Fellow Daoist is indeed clever. A traitor once emerged among the Tianshan Giant Apes. It fled Tianshan and escaped into the depths of the Nine Nether Hell. In the end, it mated with a Netherworld