The First and Final Opponent

Ape God surveyed the surroundings and murmured thoughtfully, "This should be about right."

As far as the eye could see, the entire Tang Sect compound had become utterly unrecognizable.

The once solemn, magnificent buildings had been reduced to crumbling walls and ruins. The once vibrant courtyards were now covered in blood and rubble.

Tables, chairs, and other objects had been shredded into tiny fragments by slashes, scattering in the wind as though recounting the brutal battle that had taken place here.

"Cough! Cough, cough..."

A bout of violent coughing came from beneath a pile of debris.

Bei Bei struggled to rise, but his excessively depleted Soul Power left his legs weak. He could only brace himself against half a ruined wall. His white robes were soaked in blood, and his right arm hung unnaturally at his side—the meridians had been severed by Wind Blades earlier.

He Caitou sat collapsed on the ground, still gripping half of a damaged Soul Tool, his eyes bloodshot. Jiang Nannan's Invincible Golden Body had long since dimmed, and her delicate body was covered in crisscrossing, horrifying wounds.

Fine cracks had appeared across the tortoise shell of Xu Sanshi's Black Tortoise Shield, and every breath brought stabbing pain from his chest. Their Soul Power had nearly been exhausted during their previous struggle against Ape God's domain. At this point, even standing had become an impossible hope.

Ape God raised a hand slightly. Dark-blue Soul Power condensed in the air into ropes covered in flickering runes. Those Soul Power chains twisted like spiritual serpents, shrieking as they tore through the air before accurately wrapping around Bei Bei and the others' necks and limbs.

They struggled desperately, but they were like ants trying to shake a tree. Before absolute power, their resistance was utterly powerless.

Before long, aside