Chapter 764: 451: Capture and release, release and capture, you think this is a game!_2

Chapter 764: Chapter 451: Capture and release, release and capture, you think this is a game!_2

After his spirit had been dazed for a mere breath, Zhao Sheng’s Divine Thought burst forth, forcibly suppressing his instinct and regaining consciousness.

Before he could figure out what was happening, and unable to flee in that instant, a golden cloud had already flown close by. The Golden Giant looked at him, hopping and bellowing repeatedly as if extremely excited. Its pair of eyes, as big as bronze bells, were pure like water and filled with curiosity. When they blinked, they shot out two beams of nearly Condensed golden light.

A mere hundred zhang separated man from ape, and it was only then that Zhao Sheng shockingly realized that the aura emanating from the Golden Giant Ape was far beyond his imagination, actually several times stronger than Zhao Xuanjing of the Divinity Transformation Realm.

Before Zhao Sheng could react, the Golden Giant Ape let out an excited roar and suddenly leaped into the air, reaching high. It stretched out its fan-sized giant paw and grabbed toward Zhao Sheng’s waist.

No sooner had the roar sounded than the body of the Giant Ape began to expand rapidly amidst snaps and cracks, transforming in the blink of an eye into a massive creature more than ten zhang in length. Its well-defined and fluffy paw secured Zhao Sheng entirely within its palm.

A flash of sharpness passed through Zhao Sheng’s eyes, and his figure flickered, about to shift away!

However, in the next moment, he was caught squarely by the giant paw.

Phase Shifting… had failed!

Zhao Sheng was inwardly shocked, his Elixir Field Magic Power surging as he tried to muster all his strength for a struggle.

But to his horror, trouble came in spades, one mishap after the other.

No matter how much he tried to stir, the Mana in his Dantian was like dead water, utterly unresponsive.

At the same time, his Nascent Soul seemed to be affected as well, instantly losing all connection.

In a blink, he felt as if he had regressed to his original form, reduced to an ordinary mortal.

Even so, he clearly possessed a formidable strength capable of uprooting mountains, but at this moment, he couldn’t muster any of it.

After several cycles of reincarnation, he once again felt his own insignificance.

“You… release me!” Zhao Sheng yelled in urgency at the Golden Giant Ape.

The Golden Giant Ape cocked its head, lifting him up to its eyes, revealing an almost humanlike expression of curiosity and joy on its face, as if it were looking at an extremely interesting toy.

Besides, it seemed not to understand human speech.

After Zhao Sheng finished shouting, the Golden Giant Ape lifted him and shook him vigorously, making Zhao Sheng feel as if the heavens and the earth were spinning, his body creaking and cracking.

“Stop… huff~ stop it!” Zhao Sheng struggled and shouted.

As soon as he spoke, the Golden Giant Ape unexpectedly ceased its shaking, and it seemed to be incredibly happy as it hopped and called out.

Seeing the ‘toy’ become silent, the Giant Ape shook vigorously again.

This beast didn’t know its own strength, and Zhao Sheng, tempered through a thousand hammers, couldn’t withstand a mere grasp, immediately emitting a series of cracking joint sounds.

“Beast, monstrous beast! Stop at once!”

Strangely enough, each time Zhao Sheng spoke, the Giant Ape would stop on its own, dancing jubilantly on the cloud, seemingly very excited.

Realizing this, Zhao Sheng shouted promptly, “Beast, quickly release your grandpa!”

Roar, roar!

“Can you understand human language or not? Come on, let go quickly!”

Roar, roar roar!

“Dammit, a beast is a beast! I’ve been wise for lifetimes, only to be defeated by you.”

Roar~~

In this way, Zhao Sheng had a “warm and friendly” exchange with the Golden Giant Ape, while the Ape, delighted, held onto its toy and stepped on the cloud, flying toward its den.

During this period, Zhao Sheng attempted several times to activate Phase Shifting, but all failed.

To be precise, there wasn’t any response.

In theory, Phase Shifting was his Innate Divine Ability, which he should be able to activate with a single thought as long as he was alive.

Encountering such an abnormal situation for the first time, Zhao Sheng was filled with countless speculations, even guessing whether this world truly existed or not, or perhaps it was an incredibly real Illusion Realm, or… someone simply hadn’t woken up and was still dreaming?!

…

The den of the Golden Giant Ape was situated atop a peak in a huge stone cave.

The stone cave was about a hundred zhang in size, with a floor covered in soft, fragrant light-yellow exotic grass. The deepest part housed a natural stone platform piled with rare medicines and exotic fruits, and beneath the platform was a deep recess, which seemed to be the sleeping area for the Golden Giant Ape.

This stone cave was exceptionally clean, devoid of any demon beast skeletons, fur, or other trash—even lacking any stench, which was quite remarkable.

The Giant Ape swaggered over to the stone platform, flinging Zhao Sheng onto it with a toss.

Then it turned and darted out of the cave like lightning.

Zhao Sheng watched this unfold and joy flashed across his face.

Just then, he felt a loosening of his body, and his Elixir Field Magic Power, along with his Nascent Soul, unexpectedly returned to normal in an instant.

Sensing this, he immediately initiated a thought, and his figure abruptly became ethereal.

The next instant, Zhao Sheng’s body reappeared, and as he looked around, his face changed color.

Though he had successfully stimulated Phase Shifting, he still found himself back where he started.

“What’s going on here?”

Zhao Sheng was extremely shocked and immediately rose into the air, transforming into a streak of Lightning, and dashed out of the stone cave.

As soon as he flew out of the cave entrance, his view abruptly opened up.

Zhao Sheng’s spirits lifted, enveloped in tunneling light, he sped towards the end of the sky.

In the blink of an eye, he had flown out a hundred li.

However, at that moment, an excited ape’s roar came from behind, and within the range of Zhao Sheng’s Divine Thought, the figure of the Golden Giant Ape appeared instantaneously.

Now, the beast was chasing him at an unbelievable speed, its feet stepping on auspicious clouds.

When there were only two or three li between them, Zhao Sheng was greatly shocked, because his Mana and Nascent Soul once again lost contact in an extremely mysterious way.

He dropped like a stone, plummeting straight down from the sky.

But his fall was brief; he was caught by the giant ape in an instant and held in its embrace, excitedly hooting as it returned to its lair.

Subsequently, Zhao Sheng attempted to escape three to five times, but each time the giant ape excitedly recaptured him.

The Golden Giant Ape became increasingly excited, as if it was playing an extremely interesting game.

In the end, Zhao Sheng gave up on escaping.

The golden-haired beast, frustrated, scratched its head and cheek and actually let him go voluntarily.

Initially, Zhao Sheng used every trick he had to run away, hide, and conceal his aura.

However, something went wrong.

No matter where he hid, the Golden Giant Ape could always find his hiding place with unerring accuracy.

Zhao Sheng resisted several times, but all the Spells, numerous True Fires, and even Magical Treasures like the Three Suns Intense Fire Banner he cast on the Golden Giant Ape seemed to have no effect at all, as if merely tickling it, making the beast even more excited.

Later, he deliberately lured the giant ape into other powerful demon beasts’ dens, trying to provoke a great demon beast fight.

But heaven’s plans superseded human plans!

The beast was overwhelmingly powerful, the overlord of a million li, and any demon beast that saw it would obediently submit, daring not to resist at all.

For seven days and nights, Zhao Sheng was repeatedly caught and released, enduring torment.

On the eighth day, the Golden Giant Ape finally grew tired of the game, placing him on a stone platform and then curling up beside it, gradually starting to snore…

Seeing this, Zhao Sheng quietly hopped off the stone platform and tiptoed out of the stone cave.

As soon as he left the cave, his Mana and Magic Body instantly returned to their original state.

In an instant, a rainbow shot up from the mountain top, desperately racing towards the horizon.

…

Ugh!

Zhao Sheng clutched his head and sat up abruptly from the ground, opening his eyes and looking around; he was surrounded by a vast expanse of snowy wilderness.

Gazing in all directions, the scene was filled with boundless snow, with only shadows resembling rolling mountains faintly visible at the edge of his sight.

Just like the vibrant grasslands before, this icy plain was also filled with extremely dense nature’s spiritual energy, and of course, the strange aura that suppressed Divine Thought was present as well.

Looking up at the Heavenly Vault, the Star River was still radiant, yet a wry smile appeared on Zhao Sheng’s face.

The terrain of this icy plain looked eerily familiar, and coupled with the Heavenly Curtain of stars, he was almost certain that his location had not changed, only the season had.

Zhao Sheng only remembered escaping the clutches of the giant ape and flying tens of thousands of li in one breath.

But as he passed over a lake, he suddenly lost consciousness.

Waking up again, he found himself back at the starting point.

At this moment, his heart filled with confusion; there were too many anomalies that he couldn’t make sense of.

Watching the snow fill the sky, a layer of light glowed on Zhao Sheng’s body, shielding him from the harsh cold outside.

He did not set off right away but stayed put, his expression fluctuating with thoughtfulness.

“Should I go over there and look?”

As he grappled with uncertainty, a surge of the Spiritual Tide howled from the depths of the mountain range, accompanied by the tide were dull explosions and roars, as if some demon beast was in the throes of battle.

Zhao Sheng’s eyebrows furrowed, his face showing contemplation.

With his mind made up, he immediately concealed his aura, his body blurring into indistinctness, melting into the surrounding ice and snow.