Successive Strikes

Yan Chihuo's Sword Fiends encircled Yuan Bai tightly, shearing fur from its body until it flew everywhere. He shouted, "Why haven't you surrendered yet?!"

Fire blazed in Yuan Bai's eyes as it cried, "On Divine Ape Peak, there are only Earth Divine Apes who die in battle—never Earth Divine Apes who surrender! Kill me, then!"

Yan Chihuo laughed. "Still talking tough!"

Watching from the air, Yuan Qian said as well, "Yuan Wan has gone too far."

With a long howl, Yan Chihuo sent a Sword Fiend surging and contracting. In an instant, it swallowed Yuan Bai whole. Yuan Bai gave a great roar and charged headlong into the Sword Fiend.

Shame and fury drove it nearly mad. It would rather die beneath Yan Chihuo's sword than continue being toyed with like this. Yan Chihuo had only meant to make Yuan Bai surrender, but he was not an Earth Divine Ape and did not understand just how proud they were, nor how dearly they valued their dignity.

Had it been a true Earth Divine Ape, if it wished to spare Yuan Bai's life, it naturally would have stopped. No matter how much Yuan Bai hated its opponent, if it still rushed forward to fight to the death under such circumstances, it would be despised by the Earth Divine Apes and would no longer have the face to remain on Divine Ape Peak. Otherwise, it should simply kill Yuan Bai outright; then the other Earth Divine Apes would have nothing to say.

Yan Chihuo understood none of this. "Fine, I'll grant your wish." True anger had been provoked in him as well, and he refused to hold back any longer. Since entering the cultivation world, Yan Chihuo had always left room for mercy in his actions, but he had never been soft-hearted.