In the mountain forest southeast of the secret realm,
"Aooo!"
A Sky-Piercing Divine Ape covered in wounds gave a mournful howl and crashed heavily to the ground!
Rumble!
A vast stretch of forest shuddered as the mountain-sized Divine Ape flattened swathes of trees beneath him!
Three cultivators dressed alike, each carrying Iron Chain Divine Hooks, landed on the Divine Ape's chest with vicious grins.
"Shi Tian, is this all the strength the princes and nobles of Brahma Heaven Province can muster?"
"It's been decades. Do you still think you can escape this place?"
The Prince of Dong'an stood solemnly atop a nearby peak.
A horrific wound still pierced his abdomen, courtesy of those three men.
"Enough nonsense. If you have the guts, come at me."
"Have you forgotten how your two underlings died?"
At those words, all three men's expressions changed, their hatred laid bare in their eyes!
"Hmph! We'll make this beast pay for the lives of our Shouyang Sect cultivators first!"
Whoosh!
An Iron Chain Divine Hook gleamed coldly as it shot straight toward the Sky-Piercing Divine Ape's throat!
That strike was meant to finish off the Dao-Unification Realm Divine Ape once and for all.
The Prince of Dong'an's gaze hardened, and a terrifying blade aura descended from the sky.
"Get away!"
Mad Demon Slash was the Prince of Dong'an's killing move; every strike sought to put his enemy to death!
The raging blade aura slammed into the Iron Chain Divine Hook, knocking the Shouyang Sect cultivator's Spirit Treasure aside. An instant later, the Prince of Dong'an flashed forward to attack!
The three men snorted, the gleam in their eyes betraying the success of their scheme.
"Hmph, you're exactly who we were waiting for, old man!"
"Die!"
The Shouyang Sect excelled at techniques for surrounding an enemy with