Land of Great Evil

A moment later, Lu Chen had had his fill of enjoyment. The Titan Giant Ape was a qualified masseur, and he was quite satisfied with its service.

He had also gained a fairly clear understanding of his own defensive strength.

As an overlord-level existence of the Star Dou Forest, the Titan Giant Ape's bloodline went without saying—it was a top-tier Soul Beast bloodline.

The Titan Giant Ape was renowned for its strength. Just from the tremors that shook the ground whenever its fists struck Lu Chen, one could see just how terrifying its destructive power was.

Yet even such terrifying strength and destructive power could not inflict the slightest injury on Lu Chen. He did not even feel pain.

He could only feel the sensation produced by flesh colliding with flesh. (Beep beep)

The Power Gem granted Lu Chen unparalleled defense and physique, allowing his body to easily bear the other five Infinite Gems.

"Handsome guy, have you punched enough? Shouldn't it be my turn now?"

Lu Chen struck back with a punch to Er Ming's jaw, sending him flying.

But before Er Ming could fully take off, Lu Chen grabbed the Titan Giant Ape by its hind leg.

Then came the classic scene of Hulk beating up Loki. Lu Chen copied it perfectly.

The entire patch of ground around Lu Chen cracked apart from the impacts.

Even with the Titan Giant Ape's astonishing defense, it could not withstand such a beating. It was slammed until it was utterly dazed, lying limp on the ground, unable to move and looking completely out of it.

"That's it? No way, there's no thrill of battle at all!"

Lu Chen scratched his head in frustration. Was this why Saitama had always longed for a powerful opponent?

Every time, before he could use his full strength, his opponent was already on the ground.

"A Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast is still too weak. It looks like I really need to make a trip to the Land of Great Evil."

Lu Chen returned to his normal size and looked at the Sky Azure Bull Python in the distance. "There should be more than just you two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Forest, right?"

"So you came to hunt us for Soul Rings?" Da Ming stared intently at Lu Chen while looking at the unconscious Er Ming, clearly deeply wary.

However, since Lu Chen had not shown any killing intent earlier, the Sky Azure Bull Python had not rashly joined the battle.

"Soul Rings? I don't need those things. I just want to find a suitable sparring partner to hone my combat skills—or rather, to experience the thrill of battle."

"Why should I believe you? You humans have always been treacherous and deceitful."

"Why? Because my fists are hard enough, because I can easily kill you.

"But I didn't do that. Still, it doesn't matter if you refuse to tell me. I can find it myself anyway."

Lu Chen clapped his hands, looking completely unconcerned.

He knew that there was a place called the Land of Great Evil in the core region of the Star Dou Forest.

There might be quite a few Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts there, and several Soul Beasts that had cultivated for hundreds of thousands of years.

Most importantly, the Silver Dragon King, the ruler of Soul Beasts, was also sleeping there.

"Silver Dragon King, Gu Yuena." Lu Chen narrowed his eyes. In his previous life, he had never read Legend of the Dragon King; he only knew that such a being existed.

Seeing that the Sky Azure Bull Python did not seem inclined to speak, Lu Chen curled his lips. He activated Mind Perception, and the entire Star Dou Forest fell within his range of perception.

"Tsk, there really are quite a lot of Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts. No wonder it's called the Land of Great Evil."

After finding his target, Lu Chen had no intention of staying with Da Ming any longer.

He glanced at Er Ming, whom he had beaten senseless, then summoned his Infinite Gem martial soul. The orange Soul Gem glimmered with mysterious light.

Drawing out a small clump of energy from the Soul Gem's immense power, Lu Chen tossed it at the handsome guy.

He had said before that being a sparring partner came with payment. Since he had said it, he naturally had to follow through. Lu Chen was not someone who broke his word.

However, this action frightened Da Ming badly. It thought Lu Chen was about to do something to Er Ming.

But by the time Da Ming reacted, the orange mass of energy had already entered Er Ming's body.

"Awooo! Awooo! Awooo!"

In that instant, Er Ming, who had originally been unconscious, suddenly climbed to his feet.

Its aura became increasingly terrifying, whipping up a storm.

Even its body grew larger and larger, at one point surpassing the Sky Azure Bull Python.

"Th-this is...?!"

The Sky Azure Bull Python was utterly shocked, because it could feel an immense pressure coming from the Titan Giant Ape.

It was very familiar with that pressure. It had felt it from those terrifying existences in the Land of Great Evil.

"Could it be... this young human before us... he can...?"

The Sky Azure Bull Python looked at Lu Chen with shock and disbelief in its eyes.

Unfortunately, after throwing out that clump of soul energy, Lu Chen had already left.

Once the storm subsided, the Titan Giant Ape revealed its brand-new appearance.

The golden markings covering its entire body had become clearer and more numerous than before.

Its body had surpassed Da Ming's in size, and the aura it emitted clearly belonged to a two-hundred-thousand-year Titan Giant Ape.

A tiny clump of energy had increased the Titan Giant Ape's cultivation by a full hundred thousand years.

"Big Brother, why did you get smaller? You even seem weaker. Awooo! Awooo! It must have been that hateful human's doing."

Er Ming was rather confused. It only knew that it had just been slammed until it lost consciousness and could no longer get up.

Then it felt an incomparably terrifying surge of energy enter its body.

After waking up, it discovered that its big brother had become smaller and weaker.

Hearing this, Da Ming looked at Er Ming as though it were an idiot. His younger brother had never seemed particularly bright since childhood.

Meanwhile, Lu Chen had already arrived in the core region of the Star Dou Forest.

There were very few Soul Beasts here, but every one of them had cultivated for at least seventy or eighty thousand years.

Moreover, they were all Soul Beasts with high-level bloodlines.

This was a forbidden zone for humans, and also a forbidden zone for Soul Beasts. If weak Soul Beasts rashly entered this place, there was only one outcome—they would be eaten.

Even Xiao Wu's Father, Xiao Wu's Father, though he had cultivated into a hundred-thousand-year rabbit, would only end up being eaten if he entered the core region.

After all, rabbits were simply too weak in terms of bloodline. A hundred-year Titan Giant Ape could contend with a ten-thousand-year Soul Beast.

My intrusion should have already caught the attention of certain powerful beings, right? I believe it won't be long before they send some Soul Beasts to attack me.

Lu Chen thought this to himself, but he walked as though he were strolling through his own backyard, completely unaware that some Soul Beasts had already set their sights on him.

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