Just then, the Mighty Demon Ape suddenly froze.
It whipped its head around toward the slope where Lu Chen was hiding.
Man and ape stared at each other across dozens of yards.
The Mighty Demon Ape bared its fangs, a low growl rolling deep in its throat. The savage aura of an organ-nourishing realm mutant beast erupted outward, as though warning the human on the slope to leave immediately.
Lu Chen did not move.
His gaze passed over the demon ape and settled on the three pieces of crimson tide essence.
A single ordinary Spirit Essence had increased the golden crow blood within him from less than a tenth to a third.
The three before him far surpassed his previous find in both size and quality.
If I refined all of them-
The Mighty Demon Ape seemed to read something in Lu Chen's eyes.
Instead of lunging forward to tear this human apart as it normally would, it tightened its grip on the Spirit Essence and took a step back.
The battle just now had left it badly wounded.
The poisonous fire in its chest and abdomen was still eating away at its organs, and the Red-armored Fire Lizard had nearly chewed its left shoulder to pieces. Though the human before it was not at a high realm, he carried a scorching aura that made it uneasy.
After a brief standoff, the Mighty Demon Ape suddenly turned.
It stuffed all three Spirit Essences into its mouth, tucked them into its cheek pouches, then dropped onto all fours and bolted out of the valley.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Its massive body rampaged onward, snapping ancient trees in its path one after another. In a blink, it plunged into the dense forest.
Watching its retreating back, Lu Chen reached for his saber's hilt.