Chapter 1897: Chapter 1896: Demon Ape King Awakens
Li Feng looked down at the groups of Demon Apes below and took a deep breath. This underground Great Maze was far more perilous than imagined. No wonder the Sikong family repeatedly sent people here only to return in defeat.
Not to mention this underground Great Maze spanned ninety-nine layers vertically, with countless passages horizontally. The demons within were unbelievably powerful.
Even if they didn’t match the five Lords of the surface level, they weren’t far behind. Like the Demon Spiders guarding above, this place also had tens of thousands of Earth Cave Demon Apes.
Without sufficiently strong abilities, entering this underground Great Maze was akin to offering oneself as a meal.
I wonder whether it has always been like this for over two hundred years, or if the concealment of the Vermilion Bird Holy Temple turned the underground Great Maze into such a state.
Perhaps it’s the latter.
After all, this used to be merely a trial ground, with the Vermilion Bird watching over it. There’s no way such an impossible trial would be set here.
At that moment.
Above, Sikong Yu and the others descended into this underground cavern, Li Feng sensed their arrival, and directly leaped to gather them onto the Gigantic Ape’s head one by one.
The head of this Gigantic Ape was so large that it didn’t feel crowded even with a dozen people like Li Feng standing on it.
"Gulp, why are there so many Demon Apes below? How are we supposed to leave?"
Ouyang Qiuhai looked down while swallowing, saying.
Sikong Yu glanced around and furrowed his brow: "The Earth Cave Demon Ape. My family has records of it, one of the four Demon Kings of the ancient underground Great Maze. The Earth Cave Demon Ape King was one of them."
"Rumor has it that this Earth Cave Demon Ape King was an indigenous demon of the Molten Lava Cave, residing here even before the Vermilion Bird came. It was immensely powerful."
"But later, the Vermilion Bird came, tamed the Earth Cave Demon Ape King, and sealed it in a part of the cave, making it the demon king that guards the underground Great Maze."
"It seems this is where the Earth Cave Demon Ape King is suppressed."
"The Earth Cave Demon Ape King, where is it? It’s not among those apes below, is it? They don’t seem that strong."
Ouyang Qiuhai said.
Li Feng, hearing Ouyang Qiuhai’s words, spoke up: "The Earth Cave Demon Ape King Sikong Yu mentioned is right beneath your feet."
"Ah!"
Ouyang Qiuhai looked down, disbelief in her eyes, and stomped her foot: "No way, isn’t this just a stone platform?"
"This is the Demon Ape King. I saw it earlier, although it has been petrified, including the apes below."
"However, I don’t know if these apes were sealed here by the Vermilion Bird or petrified by the Demon Clan when it descended."
Li Feng said, frowning.
He had always thought that though the Demon Clan was strong, it couldn’t possibly suppress such a gigantic ape. Even though size doesn’t equate to strength, size like that indeed represents a certain level of power.
Not just anyone can grow to a hundred meters tall.
"It might be both. This place itself was a sealing ground, and the Earth Cave Demon Ape King’s power was certainly suppressed. Otherwise, it’s unlikely for an Overlord-level being to be easily petrified."
As Sikong Yu finished speaking, he suddenly shivered.
"Something’s wrong."
"What’s wrong?"
Asked Ouyang Qiuhai beside him.
Sikong Yu took a deep breath and said, "If this is a sealing ground, why is it so still? The Vermilion Bird is adept with fire element power. If it sealed the Earth Cave Demon Ape, there should be abundant flame energy here."
"But now I can’t sense a trace of flame energy dissipating; the seal has been broken."
"The seal is broken, no way! Aren’t those Earth Cave Demon Apes petrified?" Ouyang Qiuhai hadn’t finished speaking when a cracking sound was heard.
The petrified layer on the Earth Cave Demon Ape King below them cracked like the earth splitting.
As the fissure appeared, faint heartbeat sounds suddenly emerged, thump, thump, thump. Although the heartbeat wasn’t strong, the signs of awakening were almost irreversible.
"Demons definitely wouldn’t do nothing; this is a trap set by the Demon Clan, Li Feng, you have lost."
Ouyang Qiuhai quickly realized that the Demon Clan’s release of the Earth Cave Demon Ape King’s seal was indeed a trap.
Regardless of whether it targeted them, she had won.
Li Feng looked at Ouyang Qiuhai speechlessly: "You still have the mood to worry about this? Let’s escape here alive first."
"Which direction should we go?"
Ran Yue also asked, a little anxious.
"That direction," at that moment, Lan, who usually spoke little, spoke up.
"Why that direction?"
Lan said: "Because I observed the petrified Demon Apes below and found that they were standing facing one direction. These apes were likely facing their enemies, so by analyzing their positions, we can determine which way the Demon Clan went."
Li Feng nodded: "Lan is right, we’ll go in that direction. Time is of the essence, let’s break through while the Earth Cave Demon Ape King hasn’t fully awakened."
If Sikong Yu’s words are true, and the seal here has been lifted, then the unsuppressed Earth Cave Demon Ape King is an Overlord-level existence.
Even the Vermilion Bird could only suppress it, not destroy it; its power is imagineable.
The Demon Clan must have a plan in unleashing the Ape King from its seal, after it has been confined by the Vermilion Bird for unknown ages. Once the seal is undone, the Vermilion Bird’s absence during its prime is predictable.
Of course there would be vengeance to repay.
With that said, Li Feng took the first step, jumping down from the Ape King’s head, and the others followed closely. A hundred meters of height to a cultivator might as well be flat ground; the only concern was the Earth Cave Demon Apes surrounding them.
Crack.
As they jumped from the Ape King, a large piece of petrified layer at the front of the Ape King broke apart, like mountain peaks crossing after an earthquake. The cracked gap revealed the Ape King’s fur.
With the shattering of the petrification, the Ape King seemed to flex, and more petrified layers began to fall off.
Time waits for no one.
Li Feng took out the Blood God Claw; although using this artifact brought significant side effects, there was no other choice at such a critical time.
The Blood God Claw cut a path open, opening a way for them to dash out rapidly, but the underground space was so vast that Li Feng and the others had covered less than a kilometer.
Behind them, the Earth Cave Demon Ape King’s arm slowly rose, the stone layer on it cracking and shattering, revealing the Ape King’s massively muscular arm.
The Ape King, having freed its arm, slapped its body, and the stone layer on its body directly peeled off.
As more of its body became free, the Ape King gained more mobility, and with the stone layer on its head fragmented, the Ape King finally saw the light of day.
The Ape King let out a mighty roar skyward, the sonic wave causing the entire cave to ripple. Even a kilometer away, Li Feng and his group felt their hearts tremble, and several Foundation Establishment Stage trusted aides coughed up old blood.
The wave-like sonic boom swept across the cave, releasing the petrified Demon Apes from their entombment, although some fully petrified apes shattered instantly.
The Earth Cave Demon Ape King, after a great roar, pulled itself up on its two feet, smashing a fist onto the ground. Instantly, the earth fragmented, waves of force spreading in all directions.
As the ground rolled, the sealed fire meridians shattered under the Ape King’s assault.
The Ape King opened its mouth wide, swallowing the fire element energy, and in the next second, seemed reborn. Streams of flame power traversed its body, forming beast-like patterns.
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