Chapter 356: Chapter 356: The Advent of the Undying Death Qi
The Demon Ape was dumbfounded. It stared at Yang Xiaotian, at the Sword of Azure God in his hand, its expression alternating between gloom and brightness, as it took a deep breath, “Fine, if you can grant me my freedom again, I shall become your Mount Beast.”
It understood what the Sword of Azure God meant.
And it was precisely for this reason that it did not have too many reservations or hesitations.
In the future, when Yang Xiaotian wielded control over the Azure God Continent, being his Mount Beast would be an unparalleled honor.
So, Yang Xiaotian had the Demon Ape release its soul, and with the blood pact method, he imprinted a spiritual mark in the Sea of Souls of the Demon Ape.
With his current Soul Power, he was fully capable of controlling three Mount Beasts.
Yang Xiaotian then infused his True Yuan, slashing towards the iron chains.
“Clang!” A resonant sound echoed.
The iron chain burst out with astonishing cold light.
However, to Yang Xiaotian’s surprise, the Black Crystal Cold Iron chain was even harder than he had imagined. With his full-force slash, he only left a clear nick on the chain.
Each chain was several meters thick; at this rate, it might take an hour just to cut through one chain.
To cut all four chains, wouldn’t it take half a day?
Yang Xiaotian’s eyebrows frowned, and he simply took out the Heaven-Penetrating Divine Sword as well.
“Heaven-Penetrating Divine Sword!” The Demon Ape’s eyes widened upon seeing the second sword that Yang Xiaotian drew.
Damn it.
It was Divine Master Hong Feng’s Heaven-Penetrating Divine Sword!
Was the person it had just acknowledged as master, the future Divine Master of the Martial Soul World?
Its breathing began to change.
Yang Xiaotian infused True Yuan, and both Divine Swords simultaneously slashed down.
After a clear and crisp resounding boom, this time, the niche in the chain was much deeper.
Seeing this, Yang Xiaotian activated the power of the Thousand Buddha Divine Fire, and immediately, the Heaven-Penetrating Divine Sword’s Buddha flames surged out.
Seeing the Thousand Buddha Divine Fire, the Demon Ape was shocked, but then it saw the Heaven-Penetrating Divine Sword’s light tremble fiercely, and thunder and fire roared forth.
Thunder Tribulation Divine Fire!
Two great Divine Flames! Two great Divine Swords!
For the first time, the Demon Ape questioned its life.
Yang Xiaotian hesitated a moment, then also summoned his two Divine Grade Golden Cores.
Looking at the two Divine Grade Golden Cores flying within Yang Xiaotian’s body, the Demon Ape almost fell to its knees in fright.
Thinking of the Undying Death Qi in the cave, Yang Xiaotian once again summoned his two million-year-old Soul Rings.
Seeing Yang Xiaotian’s release of two Supreme King Martial Souls and two million-year-old Soul Rings, the Demon Ape collapsed to the ground utterly, its overwhelming intent to slaughter now entirely gone.
The Annihilating Heaven Demon Ancestor also trembled with fear at the sight of Yang Xiaotian’s two Supreme King Martial Souls and two million-year-old Soul Rings.
The Iceflame Qilin and Azure Thunder Python were a bit better off, but they too were terrified.
Those were the Soul Rings of the Abyssal Master and the Deep Sea Demon Roc, just the aura of these two mighty figures alone was enough to scare many Fierce Beasts half to death.
With firepower at full blast, indeed, when Yang Xiaotian slashed down again, he cut a very deep gap into the chain.
Yang Xiaotian was greatly encouraged and slashed down repeatedly.
“Boom!” With that sound, finally, one of the chains was cut through.
Following suit, Yang Xiaotian cut through the second and third chains.
When Yang Xiaotian broke the fourth chain, the Demon Ape finally regained its freedom.
However, though one end of the chains was cut, the other end was still shackling the Demon Ape’s hands and feet. So, Yang Xiaotian took up his sword once more and severed the chains from the Demon Ape’s limbs.
“Elder Ape expresses his gratitude to the young master for his great kindness!” the Demon Ape thanked Yang Xiaotian, full of excitement.
It had been imprisoned at the bottom of Demon Ape Mountain for thousands of years, living a fate worse than death, and now, it had finally regained its freedom.
As the Demon Ape expressed its gratitude, the ground trembled incessantly, and the ground was struck by its head, leaving a terrifying deep pit.
Yang Xiaotian watched the terrifying pit on the ground and sighed, asking the Demon Ape to rise.
Seeing the gaping wound on the Demon Ape’s chest resembling a grand canyon, Yang Xiaotian took out a serving of sixfold Heavenly Tribulation Thunder Water and a Life-Extending Pill, and had the Demon Ape swallow them.
The Demon Ape, seeing Yang Xiaotian willingly offer it sixfold Heavenly Tribulation Thunder Water for its injuries, was even more filled with tears of gratitude.
After swallowing the sixfold Heavenly Tribulation Thunder Water and the Divine Grade Life-Extending Pill, the great canyon-like wound on the Demon Ape shrank considerably but still failed to completely heal.
The injury left by the Heavenly Dragon Sword God was fatal, and even treasures such as the sixfold Heavenly Tribulation Thunder Water could not heal it completely in an instant.
Yang Xiaotian knew this couldn’t be hurried, and immediately led the Iceflame Qilin and the others to leave the space beneath Demon Ape Mountain.
Upon exiting Demon Ape Mountain, the Heartfelt Demon Ape, now in human form and taller than both the Iceflame Qilin and the Azure Thunder Python, stood almost three meters high—standing behind Yang Xiaotian, he was a giant.
What was even more peculiar was that not only was his chest covered in black fur, but his entire body was as well, a sight that could make one’s skin crawl just by looking at him.
Just as Yang Xiaotian and his companions were about to depart, suddenly, a loud boom resonated.
Demon Ape Mountain trembled violently.
No, it was not just Demon Ape Mountain that shook violently, but the entire Demon Ape Ridge was quaking.
An extremely terrifying power swept through all of Demon Ape Ridge.
It was as if some horrifying entity was awakening.
What’s going on?
All the experts from the various families who had entered Demon Ape Ridge were shocked.
Then, everyone saw the deadly Qi rise like a towering wave, covering all the peaks, as the force of death churned both heaven and earth.
“Undying Death Qi!” The faces of Yang Xiaotian and his companions paled.
Even the Demon Ape was greatly surprised.
“Undying Death Qi has emerged, young master, hurry and leave!” the Azure Thunder Python urged urgently.
Without hesitation, Yang Xiaotian summoned the Abyssal Spaceship, propelled it upwards, and rushed out of Demon Ape Ridge with several companions.
Just then, the towering death Qi swept over Demon Ape Ridge like an apocalyptic tsunami, engulfing every corner.
Screams of agony resounded immediately.
Yang Xiaotian looked and saw that some of the slower family disciples were instantly consumed by the Undying Death Qi.
The family disciples devoured by the Undying Death Qi were in excruciating pain, their flesh starting to corrode, as if it had been doused with horrifying sulfuric acid, bubbling all over their bodies—an exceptionally terrifying sight.
In a certain corner of Demon Ape Ridge, Princess Lin Mei’er and Aunt Jiang also saw the towering death Qi.
“Undying Death Qi!” Aunt Jiang recognized the death Qi before her, and even through her veil, one could see the terror on her face.
“Princess, we must hurry!” She shouted in alarm, preparing to flee through the sky with Lin Mei’er, but they were already one step behind—the Undying Death Qi was surging from all directions, both from above and below.
Aunt Jiang roared furiously and brought out an exceptional sword, slashing violently at the Undying Death Qi, and finally tearing open a slit just large enough to let a single person through.
“Princess, go now!” She pushed Lin Mei’er through the opening with a palm strike.
When it was time for her to exit, the opening closed again.
Screaming in alarm, Lin Mei’er exclaimed, “Aunt Jiang!”
Aunt Jiang watched as the Undying Death Qi swept over everything and, gripping her sword, struck out with all her might again. But this time, her strike only managed to open a crack in the wave of death Qi—she couldn’t escape.
Looking at the rapidly engulfing Undying Death Qi, she shouted to Lin Mei’er outside, “Princess, don’t worry about me, hurry, escape from Demon Ape Ridge!”
“The emergence of Undying Death Qi signals great changes in the world! Go back quickly and inform the Clan Leader and the Elder!”