A giant yellow ape lay on the ground not far away. Its head had been split open with a bloody hole, blood flowing without end. It had long since stopped breathing.
In the lower-left corner of the cavern stood a blood-colored fruit tree over two zhang tall, bearing more than twenty blood-colored fruits.
"We finally dealt with it."
Song Lang said with a smile.
Shen Miao stepped forward and carefully picked the more than twenty blood-colored fruits, placing them into jade boxes. He did not even spare the fruit tree itself.
Song Lang put the giant ape's corpse into his storage ring, and the two left.
Beyond the cave lay a vast, boundless forest. They headed into the woods at an unhurried pace.
After the time it took to drink a cup of tea, they still had not emerged from the forest when a mass of black clouds descended from the sky, enveloping them.
Song Lang reacted swiftly. Dazzling blue light flared from his right hand as he struck at the black cloud. A hazy blue giant hand appeared out of thin air and slammed toward it.
Black Flame surged from the cloud, churning violently before transforming into a black fire spear over a hundred zhang long that shot forward to meet it.
With a thunderous crash, the blue giant hand shattered into pieces. The black fire spear appeared before Song Lang and pierced through his protective spiritual radiance.
After a scream, the black fire spear pierced Song Lang's chest. His corpse turned into a talisman glowing with spiritual light, which ignited on its own and burned away without even leaving ashes.
A Calamity-Substitution Talisman!
Shen Miao reacted quickly. Blue light burst from his body, splitting him into ten figures that fled in different directions.
The black fire spear split