Half a month later.
South of the Blackwater Mountains, at the edge of the core region.
At this moment, a fierce battle was underway in this area.
Within the forest, a man and a demon beast could be seen exchanging several moves in the blink of an eye.
Every collision of their attacks erupted with thunderous impacts.
The sounds echoed through the area, startling the birds and beasts in the forest into fleeing in panic.
Of the two figures, the demon beast was a Blazing Vajra Ape, roughly two or three zhang tall, its entire body covered in thick fiery-red fur, looking remarkably similar to a human.
The Blazing Vajra Ape was an Upper-Grade Level-Three Demon Beast. Once it reached adulthood, it possessed boundless strength, while its body of steel sinews and iron bones granted it terrifying defensive power.
Its greatest strength was that every one of its attacks carried a scorching force of fire.
Once that fire force entered the body, it would instantly turn into a troublesome fire poison.
At that point, even a level-three medicinal pill specifically made for detoxification might not be able to remove the fire poison.
Moreover, anyone invaded by the fire poison would suffer its frenzied torment every noon.
That torment was like being gnawed without end by millions upon millions of ants, unable to live yet unable to die.
Thus, ordinary True Essence Realm martial artists would usually choose to avoid fighting a Blazing Vajra Ape when encountering one outside.
And at this moment, the one fighting this Blazing Vajra Ape was Ye Yun, who was about to leave the core region.
He wore only the Heavy Mountain Armor on his upper body, exposing his powerful arms, while his lower body was clad in a pair of black trousers.
From afar, he