Chapter 731: Chapter 730: The Four Sons of Demon Door (Seeking Subscriptions!)
From the first glance at the giant White Ape, Shi Xiaole knew that this creature was not ordinary—no, more accurately, quite terrifying. Especially its pale golden eyes, which perhaps even Lords dare not meet with.
Roar!
The White Ape swung its arms and looked fierce as if it was threatening and intimidating itself.
"I’ll leave in a few days."
Having a good understanding of human nature, Shi Xiaole guessed that the White Ape could comprehend his words.
As expected, the White Ape seemed to understand but became more furious. It roared and rushed towards Shi Xiaole seeing him unmovable. The momentum of its body was terribly powerful, even above a regular low-level Earth Immortal.
Shi Xiaole was slightly taken aback, but having changed greatly from his past, he aimed a quick two-fingered jab with his left hand.
Whoosh...
The White Ape’s aggressiveness stalled abruptly.
Roar! Roar! Roar!
This clearly enraged the White Ape, the pale gold in its eyes intensified, and its fur unnaturally evolved from white to gold. The soft, terrifyingly bright glow illuminated the underground.
With a push off its legs, the speed of the White Ape dramatically increased by fifty percent, bringing it within close quarters of Shi Xiaole in the blink of an eye. The moment its fist extended out, the oppressive air pressure had already flattened the atmosphere. With the heat of friction escalating to 5000°C, it threatened to annihilate everything.
"Wind of Lingxi!"
His Sword Qi struck the big White Ape but did no damage. On the contrary, Shi Xiaole felt a slight numbness in his arm. The White Ape continued its crazed attack, gaining the upper hand.
"This ape’s combat power is five times stronger than Qingfeng, but its temperament is too brutal."
After elevating his cultivation and the Wind Sword Way, the lethality of Wind Extreme Sword Technique should have reached the threshold of the low Fifth Tier. Yet, it still could not suppress the White Ape. Amid the surprise, Shi Xiaole raised a rare interest to tame it.
This type of creature is rare in the world and furthermore so powerful. It would undoubtedly be a great aid if kept by his side.
"Stormy Martial World!"
Abandoning sword moves, Shi Xiaole deployed Divine Wind Movement.
Whoosh... Whoosh... Whoosh...
The White Ape was immediately suppressed. But its powerful legs impacted against him could not harm Shi Xiaole due to the White Ape’s golden fur, instead, it boosted its morale, resolute to not stop until it had Shi Xiaole killed.
The young White Ape in the distance was darting up and down, seemingly unable to fathom Shi Xiaole’s strength.
Accompanied by a great roar, the White Ape’s rage reached its peak. Its speed and strength leaped again, its hands ferociously aiming to shred Shi Xiaole.
"It must be taught a lesson."
If his guess was correct, the mental power of this mutant animal was its weakness. However, Shi Xiaole knew without an absolute power advantage, it was unlikely he could make it submit genuinely.
As for initiating the Unrivaled Soul Transformation from the Life and Death Four Transformations, Shi Xiaole now realized it would permanently consume mental power. Even if the consumption was slight, he did not want to see it.
Considering testing the power of the Spring Fury Sword, Shi Xiaole kept his strength to seventy percent. Launching a sword slash, the frost covered sky in an instant.
Thousand One.
Sizzling...
With the support of the Spring Fury Sword, each sprouting Sword Qi had the power to kill a Tier One Earth Immortal. When combined, they became inexhaustible.
The previously matchless White Ape was directly beaten to the point of defenseless. Blood seeped through its golden fur.
With two more sword swings, the White Ape was screeching in agony, no longer able to resist.
As the third sword was on the verge of slashing its throat, the little White Ape sprang forth to protect its mother, glaring angrily at Shi Xiaole. However, its eyes hid a hint of fear.
It probably didn’t anticipate its attempt to retaliate would bring such a disaster upon its mother.
"I can spare both of you, but you must submit to me."
Shi Xiaole said with a laugh, feeling fortunate.
If not for his surge in power, he couldn’t have overcome the White Ape. In the Martial World, one in ten million can become Earth Immortal, and fewer could reach the Fifth Tier Earth Immortal.
Given the White Ape’s rare combat power across the whole world, once it enters Wuling Villa, it can become the villa’s temporary guardian deity, which would secure his rear.
However, as soon as he spoke these words, both the White Ape and its child showed signs of resistance. The White Ape even placed the child behind itself, ready to fight to the death.
"You’re not afraid I’ll kill you both?"
Shi Xiaole’s sword aura erupted, freezing the void.
How could he not see that the White Ape was secretly gesturing its child to escape while it stayed back, ready to fight him. From the fierceness in its eyes, it did not intend to submit but rather entangle him to create a chance for escape.
Is it because it understands human emotions that it won’t submit?
Shi Xiaole began to guess. He probably hadn’t shown the White Ape his overwhelming power yet, so it remains defiant.
"This way, I won’t use a weapon. If you can defeat me, you can follow me. Otherwise, I’ll leave immediately. How does that sound?"
"Shi Xiaole said.
The White Ape hesitated for a while, nodded, its eyes carrying a mocking expression akin to human scorn.
Thump!
With ninety percent of his power operating, he funneled the strength of Thousand One into a concentrated beam. Shi Xiaole’s single sword stroke sent the White Ape flying, the sword qi sinking into its chest. As Shi Xiaole swung his hand, the qi dispersed, sending the ape into a cold sweat from the shock.
Although the attack just now couldn’t kill it, it had the capacity to pierce its skin. Once its skin was broken, it wouldn’t be able to withstand many more attacks.
Despite the White Ape being less intelligent, any human martial artist would immediately realize that Shi Xiaole wouldn’t be able to launch many similar attacks.
Making strange noises from its mouth, the Large White Ape and the Small White Ape were muttering nonstop to each other. They continued to gesture at each other until they finally seemed to reach an agreement. They neither left nor continued to attack.
Neigh, Neigh, Neigh.
The sound of a horse echoed, Qingfeng happened to arrive at this time.
The moment they saw him, the Large White Ape and Small White Ape—both initially hostile—widened their eyes, a never-before-seen look of delight on their faces as they rushed up to greet him clumsily.
Qingfeng looked at Shi Xiaole in confusion, and then neighed several times to express goodwill.
Mutant creatures had different aura. As long as there was no deliberate hostility, they would naturally feel close. The White Jade Tiger they had met in Peony Town, if it hadn’t attacked Shi Xiaole, wouldn’t have ended up fighting with Qingfeng.
With Qingfeng’s mediation, both the large and small white apes’ attitudes towards Shi Xiaole changed a lot. In their minds, since Qingfeng and Shi Xiaole were friends, this man was certainly not a bad guy.
After sending the horse and two apes to leave first, Shi Xiaole stayed underground and drew out the Red Dragon Sword and the Autumn Water Sword.
Three days later.
A long sword pulsating with red light, like a gem, appeared in Shi Xiaole’s hand. Although its quality was not as good as the Spring Fury Sword, it was definitely a top-quality lower-grade spiritual sword, superior to the Red Dragon Sword and Autumn Water Sword.
"Since it’s a combination of Red Dragon and Autumn Water, I will call you Red Left."
Red stands for red, Autumn implies departure, the name Red Left not only indicates its origin, but it also has a nice ring to it.
From now on, Shi Xiaole will openly have the Red Left Sword, and secretly has the Spring Fury Sword as his ace up his sleeve. Along with the middle-grade Spirit Armor on his body, at least in terms of weaponry, he wouldn’t be inferior to most of the Terrestrial Immortals in the world.
After dumping all the Mystic Crystal Stones from the medium Spirit Veins into the system space, he put on a green shirt and emerged back to the surface.
"Little Wind, you take Big White and Small White back to Wuling Villa first," Shi Xiaole instructed.
The innocent fears no accusation. Qingfeng has the ability to disguise himself, but Big White and Small White are lacking in this aspect, and it is unavoidable that someone may discover their real identity.
Big White was muttering something, and gradually the faint golden color in its eyes vanished, making it completely indistinguishable from an ordinary white ape. Small White followed suit and concealed its brilliance.
With this, even with Shi Xiaole’s mental strength, it would be difficult to discern anything unusual.
"You guys are really something," Shi Xiaole praised.
What Shi Xiaole didn’t know was how lucky he was.
The apes were naturally restless. They had stayed here for a long time only because Big White was going through a transformation, and coincidentally saw Qingfeng, which made them decide to travel together.
If it were anyone else, even if they had ten times the strength, they wouldn’t be able to make them genuinely submit.
And so, Shi Xiaole set out for the Sword King City with a horse and two apes. Although he was walking on a remote path, wherever they went, they attracted many surprised or mocking glances from the locals.
In the Martial World, the topic of geniuses is always in trend, and it’s particularly invigorated with the advent of Yao Mie Sheng. Everyone refocused their attention on the Endless Risky Peak.
"Half a month ago, Yao Mie Sheng defeated Xu Zhongting, second on the list of lesser Earth Immortals, with a single stroke. He formally ascended the Endless Risky Peak a few days ago and is seeking battle with Mysterious Sparrow!"
In a certain inn, everyone was silent.
Finally, it is indeed happening. From Yao Mie Sheng’s series of actions, people had speculated that sooner or later, he would challenge the five formidable prodigies. And, indeed, he did.
Among the five formidable prodigies, Young Dragon was at the ninth realm and needed no mention.
The levels of Jade Lion and Kirin were comparatively low due to their age. On the other hand, Mysterious Sparrow and Heavenly Phoenix might have made breakthroughs, especially Mysterious Sparrow due to a greater age. So, he became Yao Mie Sheng’s target.
Of course, Yao Mie Sheng’s wording was uncertain; he merely sought to challenge Mysterious Sparrow which implied that if Mysterious Sparrow’s level wasn’t at least third tier of Earth Immortal, he wouldn’t even qualify for the challenge!
"But it’s not just this one match. On the same day Yao Mie Sheng issued the challenge, Nu Yanluo, Iron Yama and Blood Yama each successively challenged Heavenly Phoenix, Jade Lion and Kirin! Damn, the Demon Door is making a fierce comeback. Are they planning to overturn the four prodigies in one swoop?"
Someone gritted their teeth.
Nu Yanluo, Iron Yama and Blood Yama, mentioned in his speech, were all exceptionally talented hundred-year-old Earth Immortals. It was rumored that before their master, Three Demon Monk passed away, he had poured all his energy into them.
So, the three only need to systematically absorb the power of the Three Demon Monk, and they could all become peak Earth Immortals at the very least. This also caused their power to increase massively compared to those on the same level as them.
These three debuted later than Yao Mie Sheng, but the masters they defeated were each stronger than the last. Whether C-list talent or old, well-renowned masters, many fell to the three, and their reputations rivaled that of Yao Mie Sheng.
Now, some people in the Devil Path referred to the four as the Four Sons of the Demon Door, alluding they could compete with the four prodigies.
Under these circumstances, the challenges sent out by the Sons are tantamount to an earth-shattering bomb, causing a stir in the Martial World. Countless people were watching, waiting, uncertain of the four prodigies’ response.
The elites of the Righteous Path had complex feelings. On one hand, they hoped the four prodigies could severely defeat the Four Sons of the Demon Door; on the other hand, they were slightly worried.
After all, except for Kirin, the other three prodigies had been in hiding for too long, and even Kirin, judging from his battle record, didn’t have an absolute advantage over the three Yama and was far less thriving than Yao Mie Sheng.
