Star Dou Great Forest.
A troop of Divine Fire Demon Apes was chasing a human boy, hurling rocks wrapped in divine fire at him like a shower of meteors. The boy never looked back, yet he wove through the streaking meteors without suffering so much as a scratch.
The boy was Jiang Hai.
The aura around Jiang Hai grew weaker and weaker, partly because he was getting farther from Ma Xiaotao, and partly because Ma Xiaotao was also fighting a fierce battle, limiting the divine fire he could borrow.
Fortunately, the ten-thousand-year Divine Fire Demon Apes had already returned when that earth-shaking roar rang out from the valley, so the troop had yet to catch Jiang Hai.
Even the ten-thousand-year Divine Fire Demon Apes could not command these apes that had lost their reason. They would not turn back until they had torn Jiang Hai apart.
But with the aid of his second Soul Skill, Glazed Heart Mirror, Jiang Hai was slippery as an eel. He always evaded danger as though he could foresee it, leading the Divine Fire Demon Apes in circles. Some of the impatient apes even lost control of the divine fire within them and burst into flames, their piercing cries spreading in every direction.
About an hour later, Jiang Hai glanced toward the valley, where flames soared into the sky. He could feel the violent clashes even from several kilometers away.
By then, Jiang Hai had nearly exhausted his Soul Power, and the strength he borrowed from Ma Xiaotao had dwindled to almost nothing. Even with the support of his two great Soul Skills, he had narrowly escaped death several times.
He was already approaching his limit. With a clang, his Bronze Coffin Martial Soul appeared again. Layer upon layer of coffins opened, and Jiang Hai