The howling wind by her ears gradually faded away. Ah Yin craned her head to look back, only to find that the soul beasts pursuing them had vanished at some point.
"Where did those soul beasts go?"
"They stopped chasing us. We probably entered the territory of some top-tier soul beast, and they didn't dare cross into it."
"Hmph, I don't believe you."
Qian Mochen smiled.
What happened to the most basic trust between people?
Ah Yin, I really wasn't fooling you this time.
Qian Mochen carried Ah Yin onward for a while before the two of them landed in a soft, verdant meadow brimming with life force.
Feeling the joy conveyed to her by the surrounding Blue Silver Grass, Ah Yin naturally revealed a faint smile.
"The life force here is so abundant. Should we stay here a little longer?"
Ah Yin looked at Qian Mochen with a bright smile. Here, she felt as though she did not even need to cultivate; the vigorous life force around her would naturally propel her Soul Power ever higher.
Qian Xunji glanced at Ah Yin, his smile difficult to read. "Didn't I say we should ask the owner's permission first?"
"Hmph, you're lying again—"
Before Ah Yin could finish the word "you," a thunderous snort sounded above her head.
"Humans, leave my territory at once. You are not welcome here!"
Ah Yin stiffly turned her head and saw a giant ape that stood fifteen meters tall even while seated, its muscular body like a small mountain.
A trace of impatience flickered in the giant ape's lantern-sized eyes.
"What kind of soul beast is that?"
The moment the giant ape appeared, the surrounding Blue Silver Grass continuously conveyed feelings of danger to their emperor. Before this giant ape, the Blue Silver Grass believed that even their emperor could not withstand its attack.
"A Titan Giant Ape, a savage beast of the earth with the bloodline of the ancient Titans. It has the same hundred-thousand-year cultivation as you, but it alone could fight five of you."
"I don't believe it!"
Though Ah Yin claimed not to believe him, her feet swiftly carried her behind Qian Mochen. Looking at the enormous Titan Giant Ape, then at Qian Mochen's slender arms, Ah Yin hesitated before suggesting by his ear, "How about we run first?"
"Whatever you're looking for, you can come back when this Titan Giant Ape isn't around."
"Relax. This little monkey can't beat me."
Qian Mochen's gaze passed over the Titan Giant Ape and settled on a tranquil lake a hundred meters away. That was Life Lake, and the target of his visit was there.
At this point in time, the only soul beast by the lake was the Titan Giant Ape. Xiao Wu and her mother were nowhere to be seen.
Xiao Wu's mother's territory probably was not here. In the original work, Xiao Wu and Er Ming, the Titan Giant Ape, had lived together after Xiao Wu's mother was hunted by Bibi Dong.
"Human, leave my territory at once!"
Seeing that the black-haired human before it actually ignored it, the Titan Giant Ape slammed its fist into the ground. The earth trembled, and a deep pit several meters wide appeared in the ground.
"Titan Giant Ape, call out the Sky Azure Bull Python. The one I wish to see is beneath the lake."
"Human, you dare ignore my warning!"
Flames of fury flashed in the Titan Giant Ape's eyes. It let out a roar, and the muscles on its arms swelled severalfold as an arm like a mountain crashed down toward Qian Mochen.
No matter how Qian Mochen had learned the secret beneath Life Lake, the Titan Giant Ape would never allow this human to leave alive based on that alone.
Qian Mochen's fifth Soul Ring quietly flashed behind him, and his figure suddenly appeared on the Titan Giant Ape's shoulder.
"Titan Giant Ape, you're too noisy. Quiet down."
Seeing an insect-like human daring to stand on its shoulder, the Titan Giant Ape roared. Its mountain-sized palm, carrying boundless wind pressure, pressed down toward Qian Mochen.
A pair of wings with a hundred-meter wingspan suddenly emerged behind Qian Mochen. With a casual flap, they easily blocked the Titan Giant Ape's furious strike.
At the same time, he stomped heavily beneath his feet. The Titan Giant Ape let out a terrified wail as it felt an incomparably terrifying force descend through its shoulder.
The Titan Giant Ape's body sank uncontrollably. Its two thick hind legs bent unwillingly, smashing two deep pits twenty meters across into the ground.
Roar—
The Titan Giant Ape let out an unwilling roar. The power of the earth continuously surged into its body, and its size expanded dozens of times over in the blink of an eye.
"Human, die!"
With bloodshot eyes, the Titan Giant Ape instantly locked onto the little insect on its shoulder. Its Gravity Domain engulfed Qian Mochen at once. Dozens of times the normal gravity made him seem trapped in a swamp, unable even to move a finger.
Seizing Qian Mochen's inability to escape, its towering giant palm crashed down. The gale raised by the palm strike flattened trees within a hundred-meter radius and cracked the earth.
"Sigh, I already told you, I didn't come looking for you. Why won't you listen?"
Facing such a terrifying strike, Qian Mochen felt no panic whatsoever. With a sigh, his seventh Soul Ring suddenly lit up behind him.
Gentle yet blazing light instantly illuminated the center of Life Lake, as though the blazing sun in the sky had fallen from above.
Such an immense phenomenon even startled the being deep within Life Lake. The Sky Azure Bull Python beneath the lake immediately opened its door-sized pupils. The moment it saw the phenomenon in the sky, it rushed out at once.
With such a formidable enemy, Er Ming could not stop him—and might even be in mortal danger!
Within the light, a sacred golden hand suddenly reached out. Its five fingers spread open and effortlessly caught the Titan Giant Ape's fist.
The terrifying force capable of overturning the earth landed upon that sacred hand without causing the slightest ripple. The full force of the Titan Giant Ape's attack was completely neutralized by the hand's owner.
The Titan Giant Ape instinctively followed that golden arm upward with its eyes. Only after tilting its head back as far as it could did it finally see the complete face of the being before it.
The light faded, revealing the glorious form of an angel within. It stood five hundred meters tall. Even the Titan Giant Ape, whose body had expanded dozens of times with Titan True Body, looked like an unweaned infant before this angel.
The angel—or rather, Qian Mochen—lowered his head and glanced at the Titan Giant Ape. His casual words echoed across the heavens.
"Little monkey, you're making too much noise. Go take a nap first!"
With that, Qian Mochen moved his hand. Like grabbing a sandbag, he lifted the Titan Giant Ape and hurled it toward the surrounding mountains.
The Titan Giant Ape let out furious roars in midair. Yet no matter how it struggled, it could not break free from the massive hand gripping its foot. It could only watch helplessly as the mountains grew larger and larger before its eyes.
Finally, after testing the hardness of three mountains with its head, the Titan Giant Ape smoothly fainted.
At that moment, the Sky Azure Bull Python, which had rushed all the way from the bottom of the lake, finally burst through the surface.
Hearing the commotion, Qian Mochen looked over and tossed the unconscious Titan Giant Ape to the Sky Azure Bull Python.
"Your little brother was too noisy, so I had him take a nap first."
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