"Three-Eyed Ape!"
Gu Chen quickly searched his mind and soon found information about this kind of monster.
"What did you call it?"
Sun Jiangman turned around and heard Gu Chen's mutterings.
"A demonic beast, Three-Eyed Ape, is merely a low-level demonic beast."
"Low-level demonic beast?" Sun Jiangman was dazed, seemingly not understanding Gu Chen's words at all.
However, Gu Chen did not intend to answer her, but instead looked coldly at the Three-Eyed Ape. Although it was a low-level demon beast, it was considered one of the more troublesome low-level demon beasts. In addition to being agile and skilled at hunting in the jungle, the third eye on its forehead could also release special spiritual energy attacks to catch its prey by surprise.
If we were to categorize the Three-Eyed Ape, its strength would be roughly equivalent to the Early Revolving Illumination Realm in martial arts. Although it is not strong, martial artists in the Revolving Illumination Realm would definitely find it troublesome, because the spiritual energy attack from the three eyes on its forehead is something that a martial artist's Inner Breath cannot withstand!
Perhaps only martial artists at the Late Grandmaster Realm, after they have fully mastered the Qi Control Technique, can put up a fight.
"That beast, I'll kill it!"
Sun Jiangman looked at the hideous Three-Eyed Ape with a look of disgust in his eyes, then stepped forward with his short blade and attacked the Three-Eyed Ape.
"Hiss!"
The Three-Eyed Ape let out a piercing screech, and its third eye on its forehead suddenly widened, its color instantly brightening like a red-hot iron. At that moment, Sun Jiangman's body stiffened, as if stimulated by something, and a sharp pain came from deep within her. Her hand holding the short blade also froze instantly.
Gu Chen's expression changed. Sun Jiangman was only at the Bone-Forge Realm; how could she be a match for the Three-Eyed Ape? Moreover, the Three-Eyed Ape's spiritual attacks could take the form of physical objects or be mental attacks!
Seeing that Sun Jiangman had fallen for its trick, the Three-Eyed Ape immediately let out a "squeak," clearly excited that its scheme had succeeded. It circled the branch once, and using the force of the tremor, it pounced straight at Sun Jiangman, its arms outstretched and fangs bared.
Gu Chen wouldn't let it harm Sun Jiangman. He kicked up a wild beast skeleton from the ground, and as the Three-Eyed Ape approached, Gu Chen's right foot flashed out, piercing the skeleton into its third eye!
This bone, likely the shinbone of a leopard that had been eaten by the Three-Eyed Ape not long ago, was incredibly sturdy. It pierced through the Three-Eyed Ape's third eye and went straight into its brain.
The skeleton was hollow, and a large lump of brain matter shot out!
No matter how powerful the Three-Eyed Ape was, with its brain severely damaged, it could only die on the spot. Its burly body trembled violently, then collapsed, twitched strangely for a moment, and remained completely still.
At this moment, Sun Jiangman's eyes regained their clarity, and her face instantly turned pale.
Gu Chen caught her to prevent her from falling. She saw the Three-Eyed Ape corpse lying on the ground, its brains splattered everywhere. She looked up at Gu Chen and said, "This... you did this?"
"Hmm." Gu Chen said, "It only wanted to attack you and didn't take me seriously, so I took the opportunity to kill it. Its vital point was its third eye, and I pierced its head, so of course it couldn't survive."
"This is the first time I've ever seen something like this." Sun Jiangman shaken, said, "I've only ever heard of the Heaven and Earth Beast. It's said to live in an unknown realm at the northern end of our Land of Heaven and Earth. Very few people have ever set foot there; even Peak Grandmaster Realm martial artists have a very low chance of survival."
Gu Chen's heart skipped a beat, and he asked, "The Land of Heaven and Earth, what kind of place is that?"
Sun Jiangman snapped out of her daze, pulled away from Gu Chen's embrace, and said, "Don't ask questions you shouldn't. With your strength and status, knowing too much won't do you any good."
Gu Chen smiled, did not refute her words, and walked towards the Three-Eyed Ape corpse on the ground.
"What are you doing?" Seeing Gu Chen fiddling with that filthy, disgusting corpse, Sun Jiangman felt nauseous.
Gu Chen quickly pulled out a dull, stone-like object about the size of a quail egg from the corpse. Upon seeing this object, Gu Chen's eyes were filled with undisguised joy!
"Demon Crystal!"
This is indeed a demonic beast. Only within a demonic beast can one find demonic crystals formed from the essence of heaven and earth!
In the cultivation world, this demon crystal is worthless. Even for Gu Chen now, the spiritual energy that the Three-Eyed Ape Demon Crystal can absorb is not even as much as the spiritual energy in the Jade Guanyin.
However, the appearance of this monster signifies something else—there are places in this forest that can generate spiritual energy! That spiritual energy can give these monsters life!
If it possesses spiritual energy, then it can naturally be imbued with the Shennong Grass!
"It seems my guess was right."
"It's located at Xiaoxiang Peak."
At this moment, Gu Chen smiled confidently, filled with unprecedented confidence that he could obtain the Shennong Grass!
"Walk!"
Gu Chen stored the demon crystal in the Emperor's Vein, and then walked forward without saying another word.
Sun Jiangman could only follow behind Gu Chen as he walked away.
This feeling, as if their roles had been reversed, made Sun Jiangman very unhappy. She walked on in silence, finally unable to hold back, and said, "I saved your life, and you also saved mine, so we're even."
"Mmm," Gu Chen replied.
Such a perfunctory reply infuriated Sun Jiangman. This coward! He only saved her once, what's with the act of being so arrogant!
But for some reason, she felt that Gu Chen was a little different now. She wanted to scold him, but she held back.
After walking for about ten minutes, getting closer and closer to Xiaoxiang Peak, Sun Jiangman no longer wanted to walk. Seeing Gu Chen's still enthusiastic appearance, she said, "If you want to go into the forest, I won't accompany you. I have other things to do this time, and I can't play hide-and-seek with you and those guys."
"Careful!"
Gu Chen suddenly let out a muffled groan.
Immediately afterward, a dark figure appeared on a nearby tree trunk and attacked the two of them. Gu Chen stopped Sun Jiangman from swinging her knife and tackled her to the ground.
"What are you doing?" Sun Jiangman shouted angrily.
Gu Chen didn't answer her, but stared at the dark figure from before, his eyes filled with fervent desire.
"Kui Spirit Snake!"
Another monster!
Six meters away, on a tree trunk, the dark figure had stopped. Its thick, snake-like body was coiled on one of the branches, its cold, sinister eyes fixed on the two of them.
And its fangs, which occasionally clenched and flicked their tongues, sent chills down one's spine.
"It's just a python, why are you so scared!" As if to prove that the Three-Eyed Ape was just an accident, Sun Jiangman, her pride flaring, pushed Gu Chen away. Then she picked up a short blade, channeled her Inner Breath into the blade, and with a leap, charged towards the Kui Spirit Snake!