The Void King

5. The Demonic Ape [I]

Feng frowned, slightly surprised. Based on his memories, he believed that this demonic ape should be at the eighth level of Body Tempering, but now, just by hearing its voice, he could tell that it had already broken through.

With that thought, Feng no longer hesitated and, following the route in his mind, landed and ran. Before leaving, he glanced at the blood-soaked Five Ghosts Bandits, "Well, take care of yourselves."

Feng never showed mercy to his enemies. Since these five bandits wanted his life, he had no reason to let them continue to live a life of ignominy.

He obtained the Demon Ape Blood several months ago from a young Demon Ape he encountered on Sky Mountain. The Demon Ape Blood contained a rich essence of energy and blood. If he could absorb and refine it, his own energy and blood would be greatly enhanced. On any given day, he would not waste such a rare treasure.

The demonic ape was an extremely ferocious and savage beast for any ordinary person. Several months ago, Feng was at the eighth level of Body Tempering, so killing a young demonic ape was naturally easy. However, this attracted an adult demonic ape, also at the eighth level of Body Tempering—the one that had come attracted by the scent of blood. 

Although he wasn't physically present, his memories told him of the adult demonic ape's ferocity. He, who originally possessed the strength to kill someone of the same level, had been severely injured and allowed the demonic ape to escape!

An opponent of equal strength would find it difficult to escape from his grasp, but the adult demonic ape was determined to run away, and even Feng could not stop it, and could only watch it leave.

The roar of the demonic ape grew closer and closer. 

The scarred middle-aged man became anxious. He knew that he had been tricked by the boy who had already fled for his life. He was extremely unwilling and immediately flew into a rage, turning into a blur and chasing after him. "Where do you think you're going!"

Even if it meant death, Feng couldn't be allowed to have an easy time; this was the thought in the middle-aged man with the scar on his face at this moment.

Just then, a monster ten foot tall with long, shiny black hair appeared before everyone's eyes. It was the adult demon ape.

The four bandits immediately realized what was happening, felt a chill run down their spines, and then desperately began to flee, scrambling and rolling.

"Grrrrhhgghh"

Enraged by the pervasive stench of blood in the air, the demonic ape roared, unleashing a fierce wind that sent sand and dust billowing into the sky. Its eyes were bloodshot, seemingly about to spill blood, and its veins bulged all over its body, making it an extremely terrifying sight.

"Run!"

The four bandists, who were lagging behind let out miserable screams, their previous arrogance completely gone, they were almost scared out of their wits.

Although the adult demonic ape was powerful, its intelligence was only average. Now that the five ghosts and the other four are all stained with the demonic ape's blood, the ape hadd already identified them as the murderers who killed its son. Naturally, the adult demonic ape would not let the murderers go so easily.

"Damn it!" After chasing all the way, the scarred middle-aged man found that Feng was constantly widening the distance between them. Without saying a word, he grabbed Feng's blood-soaked clothes with both hands, then activated his internal energy to quickly close the distance between him and Feng. "Since you want us dead, I won't let you leave here alive!"

An angry voice came from behind Feng. Before he could react, he suddenly felt something lightly touch his neck. He immediately reached out to touch it and found that the bright red blood of the demonic ape had stained his palm.

Even with his high level of skill, Feng couldn't help but curse under his breath when he discovered he was stained with the demonic ape's blood. However, his pace noticeably quickened. It turned out that the scarred middle-aged man knew he couldn't catch Feng in a short time, so he devised a plan to also get Feng stained with the demonic ape's blood as well. This way, he wouldn't need to chase after him, and he could focus entirely on escaping.

The blood of the demonic ape was not ordinary blood; once it got on you, it couldn't be removed, not even by washing with water. The only way to remove it is with a specially prepared medicinal solution made from spiritual herbs. In other words, now that Feng has been stained with the blood of the demonic ape, he had also become one of the targets of the adult demonic apes.

"Hahaha..." The scarred middle-aged man laughed excitedly after his successful attack, but he then fled in another direction, seemingly intending to leave Sky Mountain. He was certain that as long as he could escape from the mountain and then enter Zhou City, his life would be saved. The city was full of experts; dealing with a demonic ape would be a piece of cake.

"Aaaagrh, big brother, save me!" A chilling scream rang out from one the Five Ghosts, before getting his head smashed by the demonic ape. That scream was his last words before he died.

"Run!" The death of their companion undoubtedly chilled the hearts of the others who were lagging behind. 

They used all their strength, but half a minute later, three screams rang out in succession, and four of the bandits were dead.

After killing the four bandits, the demonic ape's rage only intensified. This was because it realized two of the humans it was chasing had already escaped a long way. When it reached the point where the road divided into two, it stopped in thought. Then, with a slight twitch of its breath, its massive body transformed into a black shadow and dashed in the direction taken by the scarred middle-aged man.

"You heartless monster! That kid also has a lot of blood on him, why did you have to chase after me?" Although the scarred middle-aged man was focused on escaping, he had been keeping a close eye on the situation behind him. He had thought that the adult demonic ape would go after Feng, but things didn't go as planned. Instead, the demonic ape set its sights on him, which made the scarred middle-aged man feel extremely flustered.

The reason the scarred middle-aged man guessed that the adult demonic ape would chase after Feng was because Feng fled towards the depths of the Sky Mountain, while he was running towards Zhou City. 

Generally speaking, even if a demonic beast with the strength of the ninth level of Body Tempering had poor intelligence, it would still know that it couldn't easily step into the human settlement, otherwise it would not return alive.

But this demonic ape seemed determined to kill the scarred middle-aged man. Feeling deeply wronged, the scarred middle-aged man could only run for his life, unleashing all his potential.

Unfortunately, the adult demonic ape was several levels stronger than him. Eventually, he was killed by the demonic ape with a single strike.

This indirectly bought Feng some needed time.