The most immediate impression Old White Ape gave Yu Sheng at that moment was...
A fractured personality.
There seemed to be one distinct personality after another inside his mind, all lying dormant most of the time, only suddenly emerging when needed.
That was why Old White Ape's moods changed so quickly.
Sometimes he would suddenly fly into a rage, only to wear a warm, welcoming smile the very next second.
On closer thought, it actually made sense.
Spending long years alone, traveling across mountains and rivers, closing his eyes and hearing nothing but his own heartbeat and the wind.
That kind of loneliness could drive someone mad.
There were simply a few more reasons behind Old White Ape's complete descent into madness.
By then, the fighting on the battlefield had reached a fever pitch.
Neither side had any intention of backing down.
After all, they had spent half a year building up their "momentum" for this battle alone. No matter what, they would not easily stop the first battle of the first day.
Still, the higher-level combatants on both sides were clearly holding back.
The stage did not belong to them yet.
And so, the Human Race's Eighth Awakening experts and the Demon Domain's Demon Lords stared at one another from afar, their eyes filled with indifference.
Similar scenes played out simultaneously at the Human Race's other Three Passes.
Elsewhere, in Deep Mountain, the fighting was just as relentless.
Countless Demon Beasts charged like mad toward the Human Race's heartland, only to be intercepted again and again by the soldiers stationed in Deep Mountain.
Scarlet blood splashed onto the soil and leaves. Everywhere one looked, there was nothing but that vivid red.
Now and then, flames from the Demon Beasts set trees alight, only to be extinguished even faster by