The Great Ape Appears

The Yin Yang Devils rolled their eyes and the stench of corpses rose from their bodies. Suddenly, the two devils stood side by side, transforming into a gust of green wind that whistled through the air.

They were charging in the direction of the Moulan Holy Bird.

All of the cultivators heaved a sigh of relief. In the face of the monsters that were absorbing the blood essence of the living, everyone felt a chill run down their spines.

The green wind that the devils had transformed into appeared to be slow, but its speed was extremely fast. However, it gradually faded away along the way and disappeared without a trace.

Astonishment appeared on the faces of the others, and they couldn’t help but glance at the old man controlling the two corpses.

This person’s expression was completely normal.

The other cultivators glanced at each other and calmed down.

Meanwhile, on the battlefield near the spell warriors, the huge azure bird was calmly releasing demonic flames, crushing the seven old men.

With the spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth at its disposal, the bird was able to easily gather all of the fire spiritual Qi within a five-kilometer radius around itself and convert it into the azure demon flames it cultivated. It didn’t need to consume much of the spiritual Qi in its body. Furthermore, the longer it dragged on, the more fire spiritual Qi it could use.

This was an absolute difference between Deity Transformation cultivators and those below Deity Transformation Stage.

Otherwise, the Deity Transformation cultivator from the Heavenly South wouldn’t have been able to sweep through the entire Heavenly South in such a short amount of time without fear of being attacked by so many people.

In the beginning, the Sublime Truth Seven Great Cultivators were able to use the power of their ancient treasures to tangle with the demon bird, but as time passed, not only was the Devil Restraining Formation broken, but they were also trapped by the raging flames.

Now, they could only protect themselves and were in imminent danger!

The flames in the bird’s mouth suddenly stopped and it looked around in bewilderment as if it had sensed something.

All of a sudden, a clear cry rang out as the bird spread its wings. An azure halo suddenly rose from its body before shooting out in all directions, enveloping everything within a radius of 1,000 feet.

With a sizzling sound, green smoke rose from within the halo.

Soon after, the Yin Yang Devils appeared in a ball of faint smoke. They were about to fly past the bird’s head.

When the concealment technique was discovered, the two devils immediately let loose a sharp howl. After rolling on the ground, their bodies swelled to a height of 20 feet. They had red hair and green faces, and with a shake of their ten fingers, they shot out several tens of grey threads of light towards the huge bird.

The azure bird was stunned for a moment before a furious expression appeared on its face. When it saw the two devils attack again, it immediately opened its mouth and spat out a pillar of azure flames. At the same time, it spread its wings, causing the sea of flames beneath it to surge with azure flames that were over 100 feet tall, consuming the two devils into it.

Although the Yin Yang Devils were at a disadvantage, the threads of corpse Qi emanating from their bodies were able to withstand most of the attacks without fear of the azure demon flames.

The pressure on the Sublime Truth Seven Cultivators lessened, and their spirits were immediately lifted as they reconnected the seven treasures, displaying their might once again.

Just as most people thought that the Twin Devils and the Sublime Truth Seven Cultivators would join forces to deal with the Moulan Holy Bird, grey light suddenly flashed from the Twin Devils’ bodies. They feinted and dodged to the left and right, escaping from the giant bird’s body. They rushed out of the sea of flames and pounced towards the ancient lantern not far away.

Cultivator Le was standing guard beside the ancient lantern. When she saw this, she didn’t panic in the slightest and struck one of the lanterns with a spell seal.

All of a sudden, the nine ancient lanterns lit up and a flame flew out from each of them.

When the two devils arrived in front of them, the nine flames revolved before suddenly expanding into nine small azure birds.

They spread their wings and blocked the two devils with azure flames burning all over their bodies.

The two devils were exceptionally ferocious. They spat out grey corpse Qi and their ten fingers transformed into claw shadows, instantly enveloping the fire birds.

In a flash of grey light, the nine fire birds were torn to shreds by the claw projections.

However, in that short moment of delay, the huge bird in the sky suddenly turned around and spat out a large expanse of azure light from its mouth. The azure light quickly swept up the bodies of the two devils and pulled the Yin Yang Devil Corpses back into the sea of flames.

When the Sublime Truth Seven Cultivators saw this, their hearts sank.

When the shriveled old man saw this, he faintly smiled and whispered something to the black-robed woman.

The black-robed woman’s gaze shifted as she surveyed the entire battlefield. When she saw that both spell warriors and cultivators appeared exhausted, she nodded calmly.

Her lips moved slightly as she gave the order.

A group of black-robed men immediately flew out from the spell warriors’ camp. These people were lined up in a row, and each of them had a bulging waist with seven or eight bags hanging from it.

The black-robed woman opened her mouth and spat out a small banner.

The banner was only two inches long and emitted a faint black light. However, after it was raised into the air, it expanded to around 10 feet in size.

The woman coldly pointed at the treasure and the black banner trembled before flashing with black light. It then shot into the sky as a streak of black light and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

A short moment later, Yin winds swept across the entire battlefield, and dark clouds began to gather, blocking most of the sunlight.

The area down below became dark and lusterless.

When the cultivators saw this, they couldn’t help but be stunned.

As for the group of black-robed men, they took out all of their pouches without any hesitation and began to chant something.

Suddenly, a dense black mist mixed with gusts of Yin winds swarmed out of the pouch. In the blink of an eye, it covered a large area in front of them, forming a vast sea of black mist. Within the mist, human heads were moving and armor plates were flashing. It was as if there was an army inside.

This astonishing scene was naturally seen by the spectating cultivators, and their expressions couldn’t help but darken.

Long Han’s brows were tightly furrowed as he sighed inwardly.

Not long after, all of the pouches had unleashed their mist, and the army slowly emerged from the mist, revealing their true appearances. They were shriveled, fleshless refined corpses clad in copper armor.

These refined corpses swayed as they walked, and the armor plates on their bodies clanged incessantly. However, each of them had green eyes and bared fangs, indicating that they were Foundation Establishment Stage and above. The three tall Corpse Kings at the very front even had Core Formation cultivation, and their gazes seemed to be quite intelligent.

A cultivator behind Long Han cried out in alarm, “Copper-armored Corpses! How could there be so many? There are thousands of them!”

“It’s nothing! The Moulan people have the support of the Great Jin’s demonic sects, so it’s not surprising that they have so many refined corpses. When the battle just broke out, we naturally wouldn’t have to fear these things. However, we and the spell warriors are all physically and mentally exhausted right now. If these Copper-armored Corpses charge into the battlefield, our Heavenly South Region will definitely be defeated! We’ll have to go up and hold them off for a while,” Long Han said coldly.

When the others heard this, they glanced at each other and couldn’t help but bitterly smile.

Even if the spectating cultivators were to make a move, the spell warriors on the other side had similarly yet to make a move. Their defeat was certain.

As for the three great cultivators and Moulan Divine Sages, although they didn’t know the outcome of the battle, they could still faintly hear the incessant rumblings in the sky. It was clear that the battle was currently very intense, and neither side would easily emerge victorious. They couldn’t count on the three great cultivators to help them.

Just as Long Han and the other cultivators were about to make their move helplessly, a rumbling beast roar suddenly sounded from afar. Silver light erupted from a certain location on the battlefield, creating a dazzling scene. Then, a huge beast suddenly appeared within the light.

The huge ape was over 200 feet tall and its entire body was pitch-black like ink. Its fur was like arrows, and its eyes were as red as lanterns. Its nose was extremely large and ugly. It was a strange huge ape that they had never seen before.

As soon as the huge ape appeared, it turned its huge head toward the Copper-armored Corpses in the black mist in the distance. It suddenly hammered its chest twice with its two long arms and let out a long whistle of excitement. Then, it kicked off its four limbs and leaped several times, approaching the Copper-armored Corpses.

When the bronze-armored refined corpses saw the giant ape approach, a portion of them rose into the air without any orders. At the same time, they spat out bursts of black Qi from their mouths, transforming into huge black clouds that enveloped the giant ape.

These refined corpses didn’t possess high cultivation, but with so many of them releasing corpse Qi, even Nascent Soul cultivators wouldn’t dare to face them head on.

However, the huge ape had no intention of dodging. Instead, it raised its head and snorted at the black Qi.

Two thick pillars of yellow light suddenly shot out from the ape’s nose, transforming into a streak of yellow light that swept toward the black cloud at lightning speed.

In the blink of an eye, the black clouds were sucked into the huge ape’s mouth without any resistance.

These refined corpses possessed extremely low intelligence, and they couldn’t help but be stunned upon seeing this.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the huge ape continuously harrumphed and yellow light surged out. This time, the light directly sprayed onto the refined corpses, causing them to emit wisps of black Qi that were completely absorbed by the light.

The refined corpses that had lost all of their corpse Qi turned into inanimate objects and plummeted from the sky, turning into balls of grey smoke in midair before dissipating into nothingness.

In a short moment, the several hundred refined corpses were swept away by the huge ape. The huge ape licked its upper lip with its huge tongue before turning its greedy gaze to the other refined corpses on the ground.

The ordinary refined corpses didn’t show any fear and remained completely unmoved. However, the three Core Formation Corpse Kings stirred with a trace of hesitation and fear.

As for the other cultivators and spell warriors, they were dumbfounded by the giant ape’s abilities.

The black-robed woman was even more shocked. She no longer had the time to greet the shriveled old man at her side, and her body suddenly turned into a ball of yellow light as she shot directly toward the huge ape. When she saw the huge ape open its mouth with a yellow light faintly appearing from its nose, she raised her hand in exasperation. With a sizzling sound, a streak of purple light transformed into a huge blade that was several tens of feet in length, ruthlessly slashing at the huge ape.

However, before the huge blade could reach the ape, a soft thunderclap suddenly sounded and silver lightning flashed. An azure-robed youth strangely appeared on the ape’s shoulder. The youth’s face was covered in blood-red scales and he had an inch-tall horn. He also raised his hand and released a blue shield of light.

A loud clang rang out as blue and purple light intertwined. The blue shield was knocked back, but the huge blade was also blocked. As for the azure-robed youth, he swayed slightly on the giant ape’s shoulder with a hint of surprise on his face.

“Devil cultivator!” The youth looked at the black-robed woman and indifferently asked.

Immediately thereafter, he rubbed his hands together, and a loud thunderclap erupted as arcs of golden lightning of varying thickness and size suddenly appeared over his body.

This young man was Han Li!