191: Chapter 188 The Power of Joint Action

Beneath the massive waterfall.

Nearly a thousand black apes were playing and frolicking beside the pool. Their builds were all very tall, and even the shortest one exceeded two meters, appearing rather carefree.

Only four giant apes, all extremely tall with heights exceeding six meters, sat upon huge boulders, their eyes brimming with worry. "Big Bro, what on earth is going on? Just a few days ago, we were still at Langshuishan. How could the entire clan suddenly be teleported here?" a giant ape growled lowly, its voice tinged with unease. "We have been continuously scouting these past few days and simply cannot find the way back."

As Great Demons.

They had also cultivated Star Power, and their intelligence was no longer inferior to ordinary humans. Although they lacked civilization's Legacy, they had formed their own communicative language. For a very long time, this tribe of black apes had lived in Langshuishan.

"We should have been chosen by the 'Celestial Demons', and the entire clan was teleported to the legendary Land of Death." The largest giant ape growled, "We are very likely to encounter terrifying human Martial Artists."

"What?"

"The Land of Death?" The other giant apes felt uneasy in their hearts.

The land where they previously lived had Great Demons of numerous races, as well as the high-and-mighty Sky-Patrol Beast King ruling over the Great Demons... Under the leadership of the Sky-Patrol Beast King, the Great Demons of various races would also exchange intelligence with one another and reduce conflicts.

On the vast land, there were various legends of Celestial Demons, the Land of Death, and human Martial Artists.

Often, massive beast herds would disappear for no reason.

In legends,

The Celestial Demons, piloting flying treasures, would frequently snatch away herds of beasts one by one and cast them into the Land of Death... Legend has it that human Martial Artists, whom they rarely saw, were active in the Land of Death.

And in the stories passed down among them, once cast into the Land of Death, no one could ever return to their hometown.

"According to legends, human Martial Artists have forms similar to us black apes, but they possess incomparably formidable weapons," the giant ape leader said in a deep voice. "They can easily tear open our fur... We must continue scouting and figure out the situation in the surrounding area."

"Regardless of whether we have reached the Land of Death,"

"We must still strive to survive," the giant ape leader said. "In a moment, we will go wipe out several nearby beast herds to expand our living space."

"To survive." The other giant apes could not help but nod, their eyes brimming with desire. Having finally given birth to intelligence from an ignorant beastly state to become a Great Demon,

how could they be willing to die?

Suddenly.

"Not good." The strongest giant ape leader was shocked and angry. In a flash of life and death, its palms slammed violently against the ground, and its massive body instantly leaped into the air. Immediately following, surging Star Power instantly covered the surface of its entire body.

"Pfft~" "Pfft~!"

Two arrows with their surfaces covered in a hazy cyan light pierced through the sky at an incomparably astonishing speed, yet they caused almost no air turbulence.

One of the arrows brushed past the giant ape leader's chest, tearing apart the fur containing Star Power and directly slicing open a wound half a meter long, causing fresh blood to splatter instantly.

"Boom!"

The other arrow, like lightning, directly pierced through the skull of another giant ape.

Even the sturdy skull of the ape Great Demon shattered in an instant.

The terrifying impact force even caused this giant ape to tumble heavily for more than ten meters to one side, directly crushing an ordinary black ape not far away to death. It was dead!

Merely two arrows!

A Great Demon exceeding Level 40 died, and the giant ape leader with a life level as high as Level 45 was likewise injured.

All the black apes present watched this scene in astonishment, staring at the huge corpse on the ground.

"Roar~"

The giant ape leader let out an angry roar. The injury on its chest looked terrifying, but it was only a superficial wound. With a thought, it tightened its muscles, coupled with the protection of Star Power, and it stopped bleeding.

It did not affect its combat power in the slightest.

"Roar~" Many ordinary black apes immediately began to flee in panic. They had already received the leader's command; the invaders were Great Demon-level powerhouses, not opponents they could rival.

Staying behind would do nothing except increase casualties.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

The many ordinary black apes fled for their lives.

The three surviving giant ape Great Demons did not flee. They were long accustomed to actively slaughtering weak Vicious Beasts, and seldom did anyone dare to provoke them. In their fury, they immediately launched a counterattack, reaching out to grab the boulders piled nearby.

These boulders all exceeded half a meter in diameter. Coupled with these giant apes infusing Star Power into them, their might suddenly surged. With a fierce toss, they whistled and smashed toward the dense forest several hundred meters away.

"Boom~"

"Boom" "Boom" Wherever the boulders reached, the air rippled, and patches of large trees collapsed with a crash.

With the perception and judgment of these Great Demons,

the thrown boulders were extremely precise. After being infused with Star Power, the boulders were indestructible and contained a terrifying impact force, sufficient to blast a tall building directly apart from the middle.

Swoosh!

Zhuang Yiliu, holding a Star Power longbow, was like a gust of wind, dodging the consecutive bombardment of three boulders with a gentle sway... With her strength, avoiding such ranged attacks was far too easy.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The moment they hurled the boulders, the three giant apes moved simultaneously. Their massive bodies whistled, the air exploded, and visible shockwaves were even produced.

At the same time,

from a cave beside the cliff wall, two more giant apes with heights exceeding five meters crawled out, roaring as they rushed together toward Zhuang Yiliu, whose position had been exposed.

"It's a human Martial Artist."

"We have truly come to the Land of Death, and she is also at the Earth-Grade."

"She actually killed our brother. Join forces to kill her together."

"She is all by herself. We don't believe she can withstand the five of us brothers. Watch out for her arrows."

The five giant ape Great Demons suppressed endless fury in their hearts. They hadn't expected that through a moment of carelessness, a brother had died.

The giant ape leader was the fastest.

In less than half a second, having erupted with full force, it had already sprinted across two hundred meters.

Suddenly.

Swish!

Dozens of meters away in the reed marsh taller than a person, a humanoid figure exceeding two meters in height, entirely shrouded in black battle attire, suddenly burst forth.

Fang Yu was facing a Great Demon for the first time, and it was still an ape Great Demon detected as 'Level 45' by the Sky-Patrol bracelet.

He did not dare to be careless in the slightest.

Right upon starting, he unleashed the Innate Divine Ability "Red Sun", instantly enhancing and enlarging his body. Surging Star Power poured into the dark silver Fire-Scale Blade! Almost in an instant,

a layer of hazy dark-red light emerged on the surface of the long blade. Accompanied by the instantaneous eruption of both sides, the Fire-Scale Blade slashed out directly, even inducing the blessing of the formless power of heaven and earth!!

"There is still a human Martial Artist? I actually haven't noticed all along? The aura of life doesn't seem too strong." The giant ape leader was shocked and furious, but now at close range, moving at super-high speed, it simply could not dodge.

Boom!

The Great Demon's life instinct caused it to throw a punch.

A dazzling flame blade light!

Sharp!

Swift and fierce!

Fang Yu easily dodged its wok-sized fist, and with a single slash, struck directly at the abdomen covered in Star Power. The sharp battle blade instantly sliced open the giant ape leader's tough fur, and then, like cutting wood, completely severed a little more than half of its waist.

Immediately, countless blood splattered.

This giant ape leader staggered and roared, its angry eyes mixed with fear.

"Taking my blade head-on?"

"Too weak." Fang Yu felt tranquil in his heart. Although his life level appeared to be only Level 41,

as an Innate Grade-1 Star Core, and having cultivated Divine Abilities, with skills also reaching the Terrain Realm, and using a Tier-2 Star Power weapon... if he still couldn't easily defeat a Level-45 Great Demon,

that would be abnormal.

With a single blade, the giant ape leader was heavily injured.

Before it could react,

"Swish!" Another sharp arrow attached with cyan light once again silently crossed the sky, directly piercing through the giant ape leader's neck. The Star Power contained in the arrowhead exploded, causing its neck to almost blast apart.

The huge impact force contained in the arrow caused the giant ape leader's entire body to slam into a huge steel plate, crashing backward to the ground, with fresh blood spraying from its neck like running water.

Even if it tried to cover it with its hands, it could not stop it.

The giant ape leader's massive body twitched, its eyes widened like copper bells, gazing up at the sky, but it could no longer crawl back up.

Dead.

First its waist was cut in half, many of its internal organs were shredded, and now its head and body were almost blasted apart by an arrow...

With injuries like this, even a Sky-Patrol Beast King would surely die.

The other four ape Great Demons were all scared silly.

Their 'Big Bro', whose strength was formidable in their hearts, was actually killed just like this so easily?

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

The four ape Great Demons did not hesitate in the slightest, immediately transforming into four streams of light, fleeing frantically in different directions with incomparable tacit understanding... In just the blink of an eye, they had all sprinted over a hundred meters away.

Only!

Their speed was fast, but Fang Yu's speed was even faster. After heavily injuring the giant ape leader with a single blade, he was like a wisp of smoke, directly charging and killing toward another ape Great Demon.

"Swish!"

"Swish!" "Swish!" In the high altitude, streams of astonishingly fast and terrifyingly powerful cyan arrows also appeared.

A moment later, all the ape Great Demons were completely slaughtered.

However, running with all their might, the last ape Great Demon escaped for nearly a kilometer before being caught up and killed by Fang Yu.

Fang Yu also spent some effort dragging its massive body over to the giant ape leader's location to pile them together.

Thus,

the bodies of the six ape Great Demons were all piled in one place.

"Yiliu, your arrows are truly terrifying. I have never seen such a formidable divine archer," Fang Yu couldn't help praising. "They are simply too suited for sneak attacks."

Normally speaking,

when reaching the Earth Martial Artist level, the deterrent power of a divine archer would greatly decrease.

Because Earth Martial Artists had astonishing mental perceptions and fast reaction speeds... and the arrows produced by divine archers often had extremely violent air fluctuations, and could not turn midway.

Therefore,

unless it was a volley of ten thousand arrows,

otherwise Earth Martial Artists, as long as they were careful, could easily avoid an enemy's arrows.

Therefore, in the slaughter of Earth Martial Artists, close combat was the mainstream.

Previously, Zhuang Yiliu mentioned that she excelled in archery. At that time, Fang Yu didn't quite believe it... But now he believed it. The other party's arrows, even when shot over a thousand meters, could actually perfectly blend into the surrounding environment, which was simply incredible.

By rights, even for an Earth Martial Artist whose Realm reached Unity of Heaven and Man, once the arrow distance was too far, the blessing might of the power of heaven and earth would also drastically decrease...

A Martial Artist manipulating the power of heaven and earth had distance limitations.

The higher the skill, the stronger the Mental Energy, and the stronger the control over the power of heaven and earth.

Normally, an Earth Martial Artist at Unity of Heaven and Man, at close range, could manipulate a ten-thousand-jin boulder to fly out of thin air... but a thousand meters away, they couldn't even manipulate a hundred-jin stone.

"This is my other Innate Divine Ability, pursuing the comprehension of the Source Intent of Wind," Zhuang Yiliu smiled and said. "When I become a Sky-Patrol Martial Artist, I can truly become a 'Heart-Flow Warrior'. By then, my arrows will be even more terrifying... and can even form Heart-Flow arrows, directly attacking a Martial Artist's mental world."