Battle Against the White Ape Lord!

As the young man drew closer, the White Ape Lord instinctively retreated.

Due to its injuries, it is now somewhat unable to maintain its human form.

As its body swelled, its fur grew wildly, its bones twisted and deformed, and in the blink of an eye it transformed into a giant white ape, emaciated and covered in silvery-iron-like white fur.

It was precisely by transforming into this form that it was reminded that it was originally Demon, and had never lacked the ferocity to fight to the death.

Enraged, he charged straight at them with the gait of an ape!

The iron-like palms were bent into hooks, like two giant ship anchors, and crashed down on Yang Xiao!

There was no landslide or earthquake as I had imagined.

The hard hand failed to touch the ground; a slender figure stood below, catching it with just one outstretched hand, the two immense forces canceling each other out.

Although the White Ape Lord's giant hand was slowly pressing down, its speed was like that of a tortoise crawling.

How can a mortal human body withstand the power of Demon?

The White Ape Lord gritted his teeth. Although he was not Demon specializing in physical strength, his brute force was not something that could be easily countered.

Filled with doubt and uncertainty, it poured all the remaining strength in its body into it!

Yang Xiao had no intention of fighting Demon with his physical body. His Ten-Thousand-Forged Demon Body had only reached the second refinement stage. Although it was comparable to Demon Mystic Core the early stage of the Profound Core realm, it was far from reaching a qualitative change.

My strongest offensive tactic right now is still the combination of Army-Breaker and Demon-Slaying Soul-Extinction.

As the White Ape Lord focused entirely on the contest of strength, the Army-Breaking Spear once again shone with golden light and swiftly pierced into the White Ape Lord's chest and abdomen.

Pfft--

The spearhead pierced through the skin and flesh, penetrating deep into the blood and flesh.

The Demon-Slaying Soul-Extinction surged into the White Ape Lord's body along the spearhead, and the White Ape Lord's expression instantly changed.

Excruciating pain spread from the wound, the Spear Baleful Intent mixed with deadly poison churning within its flesh, like countless tiny blades cutting into its body.

He took a step back, turned and shifted his position, freeing up one of his forepaws to strike Yang Xiao's shoulder with great force.

This punch was incredibly fast, its force carrying Demonic Aura, enough to shatter the bones of any Aperture Opening artist who had just awakened their cultivation.

But the young man neither dodged nor avoided the blow, taking it head-on while simultaneously swinging his gun again.

"Trading injury for injury?"

The White Ape Lord's pupils suddenly contracted, as if he hadn't expected the young man before him to dare to engage in such a contest with Demon who was known for his physical strength.

Its punch was enough to shatter half the body of Deputy General in the Aperture-Opening Realm.

Having great strength is one thing, but it doesn't mean you can defend yourself.

Yang Xiao didn't give it time to react.

He raised his Army-Breaking Spear, and the tip pierced the flesh of the White Ape Lord's shoulder blade.

The moment the spear pierced its flesh, the White Ape Lord felt an equally sinister and deadly injury seep into its depths, the intense corrosive and burning sensation causing its expression to change drastically.

Looking at Yang Xiao again, his fist slammed into Yang Xiao's shoulder, causing a slight indentation and producing a muffled thud.

The force that could shatter a martial artist at the Aperture-Opening Realm with a single palm strike only caused the opponent's skin to sink slightly.

"Again."

Yang Xiao raised his gun and thrust it out again.

This shot was faster and more ruthless.

The White Ape Lord roared furiously and pounced again, the two bodies colliding with a loud crash.

In the blink of an eye, three deep gashes appeared on the latter's body. The deadly poison from the Spear Baleful Intent had completely eroded the tender flesh, turning it into green liquid that rushed towards his internal organs.

"Are you a human or a demon?!"

The White Ape Lord was getting anxious. Its body was comparable to that of Demon, and each attack was accompanied by a strange and deadly poison. There was also the eerie mist at the beginning. None of these could be found in a human.

The young man before me was clearly only at the Aperture-Opening Realm, but he possessed an incredible variety of skills and wielded a powerful spear that could easily penetrate my defenses. He was even faster than me.

They're incredibly difficult to deal with!

Having been injured multiple times, White Ape Lord was clearly feeling his physical condition was deteriorating.

Continuing this standoff with the kid could even be fatal.

Meanwhile, the time it takes for an incense stick to burn has elapsed.

In the heart of She Mountain, half of the mountain range suddenly exploded open, and a huge yellow rhinoceros abruptly rushed into the sky, fleeing into the distance at an extremely fast speed, its silhouette becoming extremely small in the blink of an eye.

A streak of azure light followed closely behind, blasting him dozens of miles away, his fate unknown.

"..."

The White Ape Lord, who had already intended to retreat, was stunned by this scene.

Aren't you supposed to be an elite outsider? You've already been hunted down!?

You originally hoped to benefit from the powerful connections, but now you realize that's all the skill you have. You can't even handle a Deputy General. How did you even get into Qingzhou?

At this moment, the White Ape Lord wished he had never seen the Rock Rhino Demon King.

Relying on the other side as their backer, their brothers dared to occupy Azure Mist City so arrogantly.

So you, you coward, ran away first, leaving me here to face the Demon Suppression Division's encirclement and suppression. Aren't you just asking for your own death?

It seemed to remember something and hurriedly turned around.

The young man, who had been some distance away, was now incredibly close to him.

Yang Xiao stood in mid-air, his azure robe swaying in the wind.

His expression was solemn, his eyes filled with murderous intent, and a chilling smile played on his lips as he quietly looked down at the Demon at his feet.

The next moment, the heavy iron-like gun suddenly trembled, and the Spiritual Power within it surged forth.

Pfft!

Before the White Ape Lord could react, his chest was pierced through, and several huge crystal prisms gathered around him again, turning around and falling down at the same time!

Yang Xiao followed closely behind and disappeared from the spot, coordinating with the sudden drop of the crystal prism to launch a pincer attack from both sides.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

He first delivered a whip kick to White Ape Lord's shoulder, then followed with a fist that pounded like Mountain-Shattering, brutally striking the opponent's body.

With each punch, a patch of damaged and corroded flesh appeared on the latter's body. His once graceful, silvery-white body was now pitted and stained with blood.

Its retaliation was equally fierce.

Seemingly realizing that defeating the youth before him was the only way to escape, it continued to bombard the youth's body.

Such a terrifying move would be too much for even Body-Refining Martial Artist to withstand for long.

However, after the second transformation of the Ten-Thousand-Forged Demon Body, Yang Xiao's physical strength was already quite formidable.

The two, one human and one demon, stood still, delivering attacks. Yang Xiao seemed oblivious to pain, his tireless stance on the wooden dummy gradually instilling a sense of fear and powerlessness in White Ape Lord.

Finally, accompanied by an incredibly heavy, deafening roar!

Yang Xiao seized the moment when his opponent was momentarily distracted, kicked him away, slammed him into the ground, and at the same time summoned the Army-Breaking Spear, piercing his heart.

"Boom--"

His chest exploded.

Its white fur was stained blood red, and its huge body twitched a few times before falling still.

Yang Xiao took a breath, staring at the corpse at his feet with a large hole in its chest, and weakly pulled out the Army-Breaking Spear.

He then bent down and dug out a Demon Core that emitted a dazzling white light from the White Ape Lord's body.

This is the first Demon Core at the Mysterious Core Realm level that he has collected.

Fortunately, the White Ape Lord's corpse was not damaged too much, and without waiting any longer, it directly put its body into the Fourth Equipment Slot to evolve the Aperture Opening Method.

An uncollected demon corpse at the Mysterious Core Realm level might be able to fill the final gap in the nearly perfected Aperture Opening Technique.