Hah... Hah... heavy panting echoed across the silent Gobi Desert.
The Old White Ape dragged its half-collapsed body, coughing blood while fleeing frantically.
Finally, it stopped moving.
Seeing it stop, the slender figure also halted several dozen steps away.
"Do you truly think that this Lord... is afraid of you?!"
The Old White Ape suddenly turned around, its chest heaving violently.
The young girl had a strange expression and didn't speak, merely raising her head silently to glance at the sky.
The meaning was clear.
If you weren't afraid, were you running all night for exercise?
The flesh on the white ape's face twitched, and it said angrily, "If you leave now, this Lord can promise you that the matter today will be dropped, never to be pursued! The death of my son will also no longer concern you!"
However.
Jiang Yuechu merely sneered, "Do you really think I'm a three-year-old child?"
The Old White Ape roared, "I am a Core Formation Great Demon! If I forcefully detonate my Demon Core for a death match, you might not survive either! Why suffer mutual destruction when we can stop now?!"
Jiang Yuechu shook her head, "What benefit is there for me if I let you go?"
"In my eyes, mutual defeat is far better than letting you win alone."
"You!!!"
The Old White Ape trembled with rage.
The Old White Ape even felt a trace of regret in its heart.
Why did it provoke such an unyielding woman?
But... if it hadn't been ordered by the Demon Court to come to the Longyou Circuit to help that Little Girl of the Black River solidify her Foundation, consuming nearly half of its Origin Demon Core's power... if it hadn't been for that, causing it to be unable to easily use its ultimate innate Divine Ability... how could it have fallen to such a state?!
A mere Core Formation Human Race member, no matter how much of a Prodigy, could have been suppressed with a flip of its hand when it was at full strength!
Thinking of this, the regret in the Old White Ape's heart was instantly replaced by monstrous hatred.
"Good... good... good!"
"Since you insist on seeking death, then this Lord... shall grant your wish!"
The moment the words fell.
Boom—
A stream of golden Demonic Qi erupted violently from the Old White Ape's damaged body!
The Demonic Qi soared into the sky, condensing in mid-air into a ferocious Ape Demon Dharma Idol, dozens of feet high!
A mad glint flashed in the Old White Ape's eyes, and its already withered flesh shriveled rapidly at a visible speed.
Its entire coat of white hair turned completely into deathly gray-white within a few breaths, as if all its vitality had been drained.
But contrasting this was the steadily rising momentum of its Qi.
It was burning its Demon Core, burning everything it had accumulated over nine hundred years!
"Roar—!!!"
A roar exploded from its shrunken chest cavity.
The rolling sound waves actually shook the gravel and sand on the surrounding Gobi Desert, causing them to lift off the ground!
It seemed this desperate, all-or-nothing resolve gave it a boost of confidence.
It slowly raised its face, which was no longer recognizable.
"I am Heaven-Pacifying True Lord. As an infant, I observed the vast sea; as an adult, I comprehended the divine mountains. I wield the Divine Ability of Mountain Moving, and hold the authority to shatter peaks!"
The hoarse voice echoed between heaven and earth, carrying an indescribable desolation.
Accompanying his words, countless broken stones and giant boulders within a hundred zhang radius slowly, slowly floated up, defying gravity!
Even the ground beneath Jiang Yuechu's feet began to shake violently and crack!
"The me right now is invincible among peers!"
The Old White Ape's voice was near madness.
"What is there to fear?!"
Listening to that crazed roar, only one word remained in Jiang Yuechu's heart.
Damn!
It wasn't that she didn't want to interrupt his theatrical, supernatural display.
The instant the opponent's aura changed, she felt an inexplicable palpitation.
Furthermore, the countless giant boulders floating in the air had already cut off all her routes for rapid advance.
Hesitating no longer.
In the blink of an eye, Jiang Yuechu's body had completed its Demonization!
Her long scarlet hair danced without wind, and ferocious tiger stripes spread rapidly from her fair right arm up to her shoulder.
She slowly raised her face, a pair of amber-gold vertical pupils staring intently at the figure before her, which had gone mad.
The next second.
"Roar—!!!"
The white ape roared, slamming its arms inward!
The giant boulders floating all over the sky, like soldiers receiving a military order, rapidly enveloped the area where Jiang Yuechu stood!
Jiang Yuechu wanted to dodge, but giant boulders whistled in from all directions, dense and airtight, leaving nowhere to hide.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
In just the blink of an eye, a stone mountain piled up from countless giant boulders rose from the ground, firmly suppressing the slender figure within!
"Hoh... Hoh hoh..."
The Old White Ape, its upper body sagging, propped itself up, its eyes filled with pathological delight.
It hadn't smashed her to death directly.
It wanted to trap her, and then, personally devour her flesh, inch by inch!
It wanted her to watch helplessly as her body was slowly, bit by bit, consumed entirely!
Only this could appease the hatred in its heart!
Dragging its broken body, it slowly walked up to the stone mountain.
But the look of terror and despair it had anticipated did not appear.
Through the crevices of the rocks, it could see that the pair of golden vertical pupils remained calm.
"What confidence do you have?"
"Why do you dare to remain so composed, even when you've reached this state!!!"
The endless hatred and the forcibly ignited Demon Core had long since caused it to lose its former composure.
The fury in its heart was amplified infinitely, so much so that it completely failed to notice what was behind it.
"You..."
It wanted to say something more.
But the next second.
Pfft—
A blade, without any warning, pierced through its throat from behind.
"Ugh..."
The Old White Ape's body suddenly stiffened.
It lowered its head in disbelief, looking at the blood-stained blade tip protruding from below its throat.
How... is this possible?
It struggled to turn its eyes, carefully looking at the young girl in the stone mountain's crevice.
She was still trapped inside.
Who is it?!
This woman has a helper?!
The cold blade was pulled out from its throat, bringing forth a spray of scalding demon blood.
The person behind it also slowly walked around to stand in front of it.
Finally, it saw the opponent's appearance clearly.
White forehead, drooping eyes, variegated King stripes, a robust physique, and a natural Evil Qi between his brows.
Only on that face, there was no longer the filial affection of the past, only indifference remained.
"Hu... Hu'er...?"
"Long time no see, Adoptive Father."