Titan Giant Ape, Kill!

Piercing cries echoed incessantly through the woods.

Gu Qing felt his eardrums ache from the noise.

This woman was giving him absolutely no chance to explain.

His gaze darkened as he reached out and grabbed at the empty air.

A long, slender whip made of Blue Silver Grass fell into his palm.

Gu Qing swung his arm without a shred of mercy.

Crack!

A crisp sound of lashing rang out abruptly.

The whip struck firmly against Dugu Yan's backside.

"Ouch!"

Dugu Yan winced in pain, sucking in a sharp breath of cold air.

Having been pampered since childhood, when had she ever suffered such physical torment?

Crack! Crack!

Gu Qing showed no intention of being gentle, landing two more vicious strikes.

After these few lashes, Dugu Yan finally quieted down.

She bit her lip tightly, tears hanging from the corners of her eyes, and looked down at Gu Qing with eyes full of fear, no longer daring to make a single sound.

"You were bathing out here in the middle of nowhere without even setting up a lookout."

"It's fortunate you ran into a gentleman like me."

"If it had been anyone else, they would have devoured you whole by now."

Gu Qing tossed the whip aside and crossed his arms over his chest.

"I only stumbled into this place by accident."

"Can you listen to reason now?"

Feeling the burning pain on her body, Dugu Yan could only nod silently in grievance.

Her soaked clothes clung tightly to her skin, and combined with her pitiful expression, she possessed a unique, alluring charm.

Gu Qing was just about to let her down.

Just then.

ROAR—!

A terrifying, earth-shattering roar suddenly exploded from the depths of the forest.

A violent shockwave swept through, visible to the naked eye, causing the surrounding leaves to rustle frantically.

The ground began to tremble violently, as if a massive earthquake had struck.

Snap! Crack!

Entire rows of towering ancient trees, thick enough for ten men to encircle, were snapped in two by sheer force.

An absolute pressure belonging to a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast locked onto the area.

That terrifying behemoth had sensed the faint ripple of level-ninety soul power Gu Qing had released just moments ago.

This extremely dangerous human aura had enraged the overlord of the Star Dou Great Forest.

It was coming to eradicate this intruder!

Dugu Yan, still hanging from the tree, trembled uncontrollably under this pressure, her face turning as pale as paper.

Gu Qing reacted with lightning speed.

He immediately retracted his soul power and released the bindings of the Blue Silver Grass.

Dugu Yan plummeted from mid-air.

Gu Qing steadily opened his arms and caught her soft, supple body in his embrace.

With a flash of movement, he placed Dugu Yan behind a large boulder nearby.

"Stay here and don't move."

Gu Qing gave the order.

Dugu Yan was already terrified out of her wits; she could only nod frantically and curl up behind the rock.

BOOM!

A gargantuan figure, resembling a mountain, slammed heavily onto the edge of the hot spring.

It was a terrifying giant ape over ten meters tall.

Its muscles bulged like granite, its eyes were blood-red, and it exhaled thick, white steam.

Titan Giant Ape!

Without the slightest hesitation, the Titan Giant Ape launched a lethal attack directly at Gu Qing.

A ring of thick, earthy-yellow light erupted from within its body.

The Gravity Domain was activated instantly.

The weight of the surrounding air increased exponentially, pressing down until the ground began to crack.

Following this, the Titan Giant Ape raised its fists, which were larger than water vats, and smashed them toward the top of Gu Qing's head with the power to destroy everything.

Facing this mountain-splitting, rock-shattering blow, Gu Qing did not retreat to avoid its edge.

He charged straight ahead to meet it!

His left hand was raised abruptly.

A massive volume of Life Blue Silver Grass surged out, rapidly weaving into an incredibly tough green net in mid-air.

BOOM!

The giant fists slammed into the net, erupting with a dull, thunderous roar.

The extreme toughness of the Life Blue Silver Grass was displayed to its fullest, absorbing the terrifying impact force entirely.

The ground beneath Gu Qing's feet sank deeply, yet his own figure remained motionless.

At the very moment he blocked the attack, Gu Qing's right hand transformed into a claw.

Ink-black Dark Blue Silver Grass surged wildly.

It transformed into over a dozen thick, thorny whips that lashed out at high speed, binding the limbs of the Titan Giant Ape.

The black barbs on the whips ignored the giant ape's tough fur, digging deep into its flesh.

Highly destructive, corrosive toxins were injected madly.

Hiss, hiss—

The Titan Giant Ape's rock-like skin immediately emitted the sound of corrosion, sending up plumes of black smoke.

In pain, this Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast fell into a frenzy.

It struggled wildly, attempting to tear the black vines from its body.

"Just in time to test a new skill on you."

Gu Qing retreated half a step with composure.

He slowly raised his right hand.

The black soul power around his body gathered toward his palm like a vortex at high speed.

A black longsword, formed entirely from highly compressed and solidified Dark Blue Silver Grass, appeared in his hand.

The blade was wreathed in destructive, dark-red electric arcs.

God-Slaying Blue Silver Sword!

Gu Qing flipped his wrist, and his soul power erupted fully.

Dark Night Blood Storm!

The sky above the entire hot spring dimmed instantly.

A terrifying storm, interwoven with scarlet and pure black, roared out from the tip of the sword.

Wherever the storm passed, space warped slightly, and the surrounding towering trees were instantly shredded into a sky full of wood chips.

Gu Qing held the sword with both hands, his figure leaping high like a bolt of black lightning.

He locked his gaze onto the neck of the Titan Giant Ape and slashed down with the sword.

Swish!

A dark-red sword aura, dozens of feet long, tore through the sky.

The massive spectacle was like a god descending to deliver punishment.

The extremely sharp sword aura sliced through the Titan Giant Ape's toughest muscular defenses without obstruction.

The massive head detached from the body and flew high into the air.

Scalding beast blood poured down like a torrential rain.

The Titan Giant Ape's massive headless corpse collapsed with a crash, smashing a huge crater into the ground.

A one-hit kill!

And at this moment.

Dugu Bo, who had rushed over desperately upon hearing his granddaughter's cry for help, had just burst out of the bushes.

This Poison Douluo, who had always held himself above others, felt his legs go weak from the scene before him.

He stared, dumbfounded, at the fallen Hundred-Thousand-Year Titan Giant Ape.

Then, he looked at the handsome young man in mid-air, holding a black sword like a demon god descended upon the world.

Dugu Bo swallowed hard, his mind a complete blank.

Just what kind of background does this brat have?

Gu Qing slowly descended to the ground, retracting the God-Slaying Blue Silver Sword with casual ease.

A soul ring, dazzling and blindingly red, began to slowly condense and drift upward from the corpse of the Titan Giant Ape.

Gu Qing paid no heed to Dugu Bo in the distance.

He sat cross-legged directly on the ground, guiding this precious hundred-thousand-year soul ring into his body.

As the soul ring was absorbed, the remains of the giant ape suddenly shimmered with a rich, earthy yellow light.

A crystal-clear bone shot out, merging directly into Gu Qing's right arm.

A hundred-thousand-year right arm soul bone!

Gu Qing slowly clenched his right fist, feeling the surging, world-shattering power within his body.

This trip to the Star Dou Great Forest was truly worth it.

The surrounding air was thick with a pungent, bloody stench.

Gu Qing slowly opened his eyes, a flicker of dark light passing through his deep pupils.

That Titan strength, capable of shaking mountains, had already fused into the bones of his right arm.

He flexed his wrist slightly, his knuckles popping with the sound of roasting beans.