Chapter 2268: Blocking Three Punches

Zhao Hai was stunned when he saw the transformation of the white ape. He immediately felt a heavy spiritual qi coming out of the white ape’s body. This only appears when a person’s qi and blood were pushed to the extreme.

Any person, as long as they use their strength, will have an effect on the surrounding qi when they use their qi and blood. Just like when a normal person uses all their strength and their faces become red, cultivators will have the same effect when they use their qi and blood.

When body cultivators use their full power, their blood and qi would churn like a river. This churning would provide their body with infinite energy.

The power coming from the white ape was more than a churning river, it was more akin to a raging tsunami. At the same time, his body size more than doubled. Then the white ape retracted their fist and then punched out.

Boom! The punch was so fast that it actually broke air resistance. After a sonic boom, the punch reached Zhao Hai’s chest.

Seeing the white ape’s punch, Zhao Hai’s expression turned serious. He took a deep breath and crossed his arms in front of his chest.

Boom! When the white ape’s punch hit, Zhao Hai’s body was pushed back by some distance. However, Zhao Hai’s stance wasn’t disrupted. He left two deep trenches plowing through the ground.

Boom, boom, crack! Zhao Hai knocked down more than ten trees before he finally stopped.

Once Zhao Hai stopped, he let go of his crossed arms. He didn’t use any technique, just relied on his own strength to block the white ape’s punch. But it was clear that he still underestimated the strength of the white ape. The white ape’s punch shocked Zhao Hai’s arms numb. If it weren’t for Zhao Hai’s physique as well as the trees mitigating the force of the punch, then Zhao Hai would have been injured.

Most importantly, Zhao Hai knew that the white ape wasn’t using his full strength. The first punch was merely a test.

Zhao Hai took a deep breath and slowly stood up. He knew that if he didn’t use his divergent abilities, he wouldn’t be qualified to go against a Teleportation Stage Expert.

Zhao Hai slowly walked back to the white ape and then cupped his fist, “Thank you Senior for showing mercy. Please proceed with your second punch.”

The white ape looked at Zhao Hai and a hint of appreciation appeared in his eyes. Then he said, “You can block a punch with 60% of my strength. Moreover, you knew that I held back. You even asked me for the second punch. That’s rare. Alright, young man. I’ll be looking down on you if I still hold back. Be prepared.”

Zhao Hai nodded, then he returned to his horse stance. But this time, he used his earth element divergent ability. His entire person melded with the surrounding land.

As soon as the white ape saw Zhao Hai, his pupils shrank. Then he laughed and said, “Good kid, you already comprehended Earth Intent at such a young age. It seems like I’ll be embarrassed if I don’t do my best.” After that, the aura of the white ape increased once more. At the same time, his height became eight meters.

The surrounding strong apes were stunned when they saw the appearance of the white ape. They all squealed in support. They rarely saw the white ape reveal this much strength. Even when fighting the black-robed cultivator the day before, the white ape’s height was only 6 meters. It was clear that he was being serious this time.

Then the white ape punched alongside a shout. It took no time before the punch was in front of Zhao Hai. This time, Zhao Hai didn’t raise his arm. Instead, he met the punch with his own fist.

When the punch connected, the ground beneath Zhao Hai’s feet seemed to be blown by a thousand pounds of explosives. With a bang, a hundred-meter large pit appeared beneath Zhao Hai. But Zhao Hai himself was fine.

Seeing that Zhao Hai was fine, the white ape appreciated him even more. He laughed and said, “Good, good. You borrowed the strength of the ground to resist my punch. Your meridians are very good, your courage even more so. I was afraid that my punch would shatter your meridians. Good.” After that, the white ape roared louder as his body became ten meters tall. His fist was now as large as a water jar. Then he punched down towards Zhao Hai.

Seeing this fist, Zhao Hai exhaled and raised his own fist. By this point, Zhao Hai’s fist was very small compared to the white ape’s. It was as if a toothpick was going against a sledgehammer.

Tong! Zhao Hai was like a nail being beaten underground by the white ape. But at the same time, the white ape withstood Zhao Hai’s counter force. His arm shook violently before settling down. Then white ape’s eyes couldn’t help but flash a strange glint. Then he laughed and said, “Good, good kid! You are good. From now on, Xiao Wu will follow you. Remember to take care of him, otherwise you will face my full strength.” Then the white ape moved and disappeared.

At this moment, Zhao Hai jumped up from underground. He cupped his fist towards the direction of the white ape and said, “Senior, thank you for showing mercy.”

Xiao Wu also ran to Zhao Hai’s side at this moment. Zhao Hai patted Xiao Wu’s head, causing Xiao Wu to show a comfortable appearance.

The other strong apes also arrived and surrounded Zhao Hai. They didn’t look at Zhao Hai with hatred, but instead with great curiosity. Naturally, they saw Zhao Hai catching the white ape’s three punches. This made the other strong apes admire Zhao Hai’s strength. Zhao Hai became the first human recognized by the strong apes. ℞ÀℕỘВЁŞ

Seeing the strong apes around him, Zhao Hai waved his hand and took out a huge pile of fruits as a gift. Xiao Wu greeted the other apes and told them to take the fruits. The strong apes didn’t hesitate for long and ate all of the fruits in no time.

Once all the fruits were taken, Zhao Hai greeted the strong apes before sending Xiao Wu to the Space and leaving Strong Ape Mountain. The strong apes also accompanied Zhao Hai up until the mountain’s border.

Once out of Strong Ape Mountain, Zhao Hai asked Xiao Wu, “Xiao Wu, your grandfather mentioned about your clan’s mission. Do you know what it is?”

Xiao Wu didn’t hide the truth from Zhao Hai, “Our Clan has a mission to guard Strong Ape Mountain. In fact, my grandfather isn’t the strongest in Strong Ape Mountain. Our Strong Ape Clan has a long history. I heard that we have many strong ancestors in the mountain. I don’t know how strong the ancestors are, but I heard that there are many ancestors that can kill my grandfather with just a finger.”

Zhao Hai stared, he didn’t expect that the Strong Apes stayed in Strong Ape Mountain to protect it. He looked at Xiao Wu and said, “What are you protecting?”

Xiao Wu shook his head and said, “I don’t know. But I heard grandfather say that it is a stone coffin. As for what’s inside, grandfather doesn’t know. I only know that it is our clan’s mission to guard the coffin. As long as the Strong Ape Clan survives, the mission will continue forever. Our clan has been guarding the mountain for generations.”

Zhao Hai raised his brow, “A stone coffin, that’s interesting. People outside only know that Strong Ape Mountain’s strongest is at the Teleportation Stage. They didn’t know that the mountain would have at least a Space Breaker Expert. It seems like your clan really places a huge importance on the stone coffin. Alright, don’t worry, I won’t tell anyone about this.”

Xiao Wu nodded, “Thanks, Young Master.”

Zhao Hai added, “I asked the Space to change the Demon Subjugation Technique slightly so you can practice it. Your Strong Ape clan seems to have its own cultivation method. But it doesn’t seem to be strong. Try practicing the Demon Subjugation Technique to see if its stronger.”

Xiao Wu nodded, “Don’t worry, Young Master. I will practice well.” Zhao Hai nodded. Then he sent Xiao Wu back to the Space to practice on his own.

Zhao Hai’s battle against the white ape wasn’t quiet at all. Cultivators in the surrounding areas have heard it. Some of them found that the battle was coming from Strong Ape Mountain and immediately gave up the idea of taking a look. They knew that they would be unlucky if the strong apes suddenly went crazy.

But there were also people who weren’t afraid of death. They want to take a look at Strong Ape Mountain and find out what made such a big move. If an almighty from Strong Ape Mountain falls, they might be able to get some bargain. After all, Strong Ape Mountain hasn’t been conquered. It still had a lot of treasures. If they can obtain a piece, they would be rich. Therefore, cultivators began dashing to Strong Ape Mountain’s border.

Zhao Hai already discovered these cultivators, but he didn’t show himself. He deliberately avoided them and looked for a place for rest.

While Zhao Hai was looking forward to resting, the other cultivators continued on. They arrived at the foot of Strong Ape Mountain but haven’t seen any strong apes. However, they did discover that there were several destroyed places in the mountain. There was an especially large hole that the white ape had made.

Seeing this, the eyes of the cultivators shone. They couldn’t help but be certain that something significant has happened in Strong Ape Mountain. It might be a powerful expert coming over to the mountain to kill the strong apes.

Thinking of this, the cultivators were excited. Their courage ballooned. They immediately stepped into Strong Ape Mountain to look for treasures. Not long after they entered, they saw several spiritual herbs, they all excitedly yelled.

Cultivators that had not yet entered the mountain saw the harvest that these people made and could no longer hold on. They also ran into the mountain to loot.

At this moment, the resting strong apes were alarmed. They saw humans run up to the mountain and began disturbing the terrain. The strong apes were immediately infuriated. Although they accepted Zhao Hai, it didn’t mean that this sentiment extended to other humans. In fact, they still hated humans. Seeing humans causing trouble, the strong apes immediately turned crazy. They rushed towards the humans to attack them.

Hearing the roars of the strong apes, the humans were stunned. They immediately turned their head to see the strong apes present, they weren’t killed off. Naturally, they were surprised and then immediately turned and ran. However, strong apes were stronger than humans. The strong apes immediately caught up and began tearing humans to pieces. In one night, hundreds of human cultivators were killed. Since then, for a long time, Strong Ape Mountain became a forbidden area. Nobody dared go near a hundred kilometers around it.

Zhao Hai also heard what happened on the next day. He didn’t care about the event. Humans in Gale Canyon were a mixed group. Only a few of them were clean, most of them had dirty hands. Hearing that they were killed by strong apes, Zhao Hai had zero sympathy towards them.

Zhao Hai was now on the road towards the second forbidden area in Gale Canyon, The Valley of the Sacred Elephant.

The Valley of the Sacred Elephant was a large valley within the canyon. The valley was quite sizable. It had pure water and fertile grounds. It had many fruit trees and all kinds of treasures. More importantly, there was an ore called essence gold in the valley. This ore could be refined to get a metal that had only the metal attribute.

Ores having the metallic attribute doesn’t seem special. However, it was actually valuable. Metals have the metal attribute, but it also has other properties, mainly the earth element. After all, ores were extracted from the earth. Even metals that were labeled pure have very small traces of the earth attribute.

In addition to metals having the earth attribute, metals could also contain other attributes. These metals were sought after goods. They could be made into weapons that amplify the power of their respective attributes.

Essence gold was an exception to this. Metals refined from its ores didn’t contain any other attribute. It only has one, which is metal. It doesn’t have even a hint of the earth attribute.

One shouldn’t underestimate this property. Since the metal only has one attribute, it could display the maximum power of the metal attribute. Weapons with essence gold added were far sharper than other weapons. Ordinary weapons that had essence gold could cut through other weapons without damage.

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