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In the silent forest, Crimson Lightning flickered beneath a black-robed figure's feet. The two First Order Crimson Ice Serpents hidden not far away immediately turned charred black, and the savory smell of roasted meat spread through the surroundings.

Crimson Ice Serpents were ice-attribute beasts that bred cold poison and were skilled at hiding. If someone bitten by one did not receive treatment within half a day, their body would gradually stiffen, their blood would freeze, and they would die.

They were common magical beasts on the outskirts of the Demon Beast Mountain Range, and they were also magical beasts mercenaries absolutely loathed. The reason was that the chance of them producing a magic core was extremely low, their bodies were small, their meat was inedible, and they had little value.

"Xiao Bai, one of them had a magic core. You don't want it?" Seeing that Xiao Bai's attack this time had been extremely violent, directly shattering even the Crimson Ice Serpent's magic core, Yao Lao could not help speaking up.

"I don't want it. I have too many in my hands and can't carry them all!" Xiao Bai shook his head and said somewhat irritably.

It was not aimed at Yao Lao. It was just that he had already been in the Demon Beast Mountain Range for five days, and after searching more than a dozen cliffs, he still had not found the cave from the original work.

Moreover, the Demon Beast Mountain Range truly deserved to be called a paradise for magical beasts. There were simply too many First Order Magical Beasts, enough to make him endlessly annoyed.

When he had first entered the mountain range, Xiao Bai had been very interested in magical beasts. After killing them, if they had magic cores, he had carefully taken them out. Each time, he had felt a little thrill, like killing monsters and farming materials in an online game in his previous life.

But now, Xiao Bai was about to throw up at the sight of First Order Magical Beasts. He truly admired the Ten Mile Slope Sword God. Farming small mobs every day without the slightest bit of boredom was incredible.

If those two Crimson Ice Serpents had not tried to attack him just now, he would not even have bothered with them.

"Take it slowly! If what that Tian Canzi said is true, then every time you finish searching one cliff, the chances of finding it at the next one increase!"

Seeing that Xiao Bai was a little gloomy, Yao Lao floated out and softly comforted him.

Xiao Bai rubbed the spot between his brows. Ever since entering the Demon Beast Mountain Range, he had not withdrawn his Soul Strength. Although the scanning range was not large and the consumption was small, he still could not help feeling a little mentally exhausted.

He also had no idea where the Mercenary Group Xiao Yi Xian was with might be. Over the past few days, he had encountered quite a few mercenary teams, but he had not found any girl who matched the original work's description.

Hearing Yao Lao's words of comfort, Xiao Bai nodded. "For now, I can only—hmm?" He seemed to sense that something was off around them.

"Eh?" Yao Lao's hand, which had been stroking his small beard, paused, and he also let out a soft sound of surprise.

"Why are there so many of these things here? Did we barge into their nest?" Yao Lao said in confusion.

"Senior knows what these are?" Although Xiao Bai had seen them through his Soul Strength, he did not recognize them.

"Heh heh." Yao Lao did not answer, his smile a little strange.

A short while later, strange magical beasts gradually appeared all around them, numbering around twenty or so.

They looked like both humans and apes. They were a little taller than humans, extremely strong, with skin that was white tinged with green and full of wrinkles.

They were hideously ugly, and most importantly, they had absolutely nothing on.

They're fucking blinding, Xiao Bai cursed inwardly.

These strange magical beasts surrounded the man and the soul, keeping a distance of over ten meters. They neither advanced nor retreated, their small eyes staring gloomily at the two of them.

Xiao Bai sensed their ranks. There were a dozen or so Tier 2 ones, while the rest were First Order, so there was not much pressure.

He was just a little curious about what these indecent magical beasts wanted to do.

"Roar!"

A loud roar came from not far away. The magical beasts surrounding the two of them stirred slightly, and the magical beasts in one direction quickly split to either side, revealing a gap three meters wide.

Turning to look, he saw three magical beasts even stronger than these ones slowly walking in from outside the encirclement and stopping not far from the two of them.

Xiao Bai looked at the three magical beasts not far away. Two were at the peak of Tier 2, while one had even reached Third Order.

"Senior, what kind of magical beasts are these? Why do they feel rather intelligent?" Xiao Bai asked Yao Lao curiously as he looked at these strange magical beasts that neither attacked nor retreated.

"Heh heh, kid, these are Union Apes. They're very interested in men too, you know!" Yao Lao said with a wicked grin as he looked at Xiao Bai.

"Union Apes!" Xiao Bai understood. So this kind of magical beast was the Union Ape mentioned in the original work.

Afterward, Yao Lao explained the Union Ape to Xiao Bai. As it turned out, Union Apes were not very intelligent, but they were a communal species. The females in their race were generally stronger than the males. In terms from his previous life, they were a matriarchal group, and the males had relatively low status.

Aside from being interested in their own kind, Union Apes were equally interested in humans.

Although they were ugly in appearance, their aesthetic standards for humans were very high. Male Union Apes liked beautiful human women, while female Union Apes liked handsome men.

And some males who could not endure life within the tribe would simply leave and live alone, whereas female Union Apes would not leave the group. As a result, the rumors people spread outside were all that Union Apes liked human women. Very few people knew that the Union Ape species swung both ways.

And the Third Order Magical Beast before him was precisely a female Union Ape.

Hearing this, Xiao Bai was utterly disgusted. Looking at the eye-burning things around him, cold light surged in his eyes.

"Roar, roar!"

Just as he was preparing to make a move, that Third Order Magical Beast suddenly roared twice at the two Tier 2 Magical Beasts beside it.

The two magical beasts let out two low roars, sounding somewhat reluctant. The Third Order Magical Beast roared a few more times before they finally walked unwillingly toward Xiao Bai.

"This female Union Ape is telling those two to capture you and bring you back to her cave! Those two are unwilling because they're afraid you'll go compete with them for favor!" The lousy old man, afraid Xiao Bai would not understand, even provided live commentary.

"Heh." Enduring the nausea in his heart, Xiao Bai let out a cold laugh.

His Mortal Realm Late Stage Soul Strength surged out in all directions without holding anything back. At the same time, the Bing Fire Yang Thunder inside his body abruptly erupted through him.

Yao Lao sensed his majestic Soul Strength and was not too surprised, but when that crimson, supremely yang and unyielding power appeared immediately afterward, Yao Lao let out a strange cry and hurriedly floated up into the sky.

His Soul Strength was far too precious right now. He could not let this brat consume it.

"What a monster!"

Yao Lao looked at the scene below, shock covering his face. He had never seen Xiao Bai attack with his full strength before.

With Xiao Bai at the center, Crimson Thunder flickered across a radius of over ten meters. The Union Apes around him were first stunned by the soul impact and stood dazedly in place, then they were swallowed by the rapidly spreading thunder.

The first- and second-rank ones instantly became lumps of charcoal. Even the third-rank ones only let out muffled groans and held on for two more seconds before dying outright.

Only after his soul perception detected nothing alive nearby did Xiao Bai put away the Bing Fire Yang Thunder.

At that moment, a circular patch of scorched black had opened up around Xiao Bai. Standing on it, waves of searing heat rushed into his face, wisps of green smoke curling up from the ground, while a burnt stench drifted in from all around.

"Things like Union Apes shouldn't exist in the first place. From now on, I'll kill every one I see!" Thinking of the Union Apes' actions just now, Xiao Bai felt another wave of nausea and spoke viciously.

Then he glared fiercely at Yao Lao. This lousy old man was rotten to the core!

Seeing Xiao Bai's expression, Yao Lao knew he had been disgusted badly just now. He rubbed his nose awkwardly. What he had done earlier really had been a little wicked.

But this could not be blamed on him. His disciple was always nagging in front of him, saying he wanted to see Xiao Bai fly into a rage, and that had made him a little interested too.

Mm, today he had finally seen it. What a pity Xiao Yanzi was not here!