Just then, the spirit ape shouted at the group of cultivators again: "I heard that only human geniuses can participate in this trial, but how come you are so weak? Does your human race have no one left? If so, I should consider sending my king to attack you."
The spirit ape's words caused everyone's expressions to change.
Those who had initially considered retreating now dared not. They stopped in their tracks, intending to escape.
If they leave now, and if the spirit ape really lets the demon leader attack them, it will cause a catastrophe for the human race.
When word gets out that they surrendered to the spirit ape without a fight, they will be infamous for eternity.
Now they have no choice but to fight, and they can only win, not lose! If they lose and it triggers another war, they will be held responsible. Their only recourse is to atone with their deaths!
"Charge, everyone!"
I don't know who shouted it.
But the ape clearly didn't accept them fighting together; it preferred to torment and torture them one by one. Then it would let the others watch the torture unfold, enjoying seeing their terrified faces!
"Are you humans only good at bullying the weak with numbers? You're too weak."
Someone yelled at the ape, "But you know perfectly well that we can't beat you one-on-one!"
The spirit ape didn't care whether they could win or not. It mocked, "That's why I said you're all too weak. Now I'm only giving you one chance. You choose one person to fight me. If that person defeats me, I'll leave immediately, and I'll abandon my plan to send my king to attack you! Otherwise, prepare for war!"
"Come on, who's going?"
A red, bloodthirsty glint flashed in the ape's eyes.
The Spirit Ape Clan is the most brutal, taking pleasure in torturing their prey, and they especially enjoy torturing human cultivators.
Only by torturing these human cultivators to death and seeing the resentment and despair flash in their eyes can they feel immense pleasure.
The same is clearly true now; it is eagerly anticipating seeing such a scene.
Those present clearly knew what the ape was planning, and they all gritted their teeth but no one dared to step forward.
Just then, a clear, cold female voice rang out: "I'll fight you!"
Bai Ying was walking step by step toward the spirit ape.
Bai Ying's idea was simple: she wanted to enter the spirit herb garden as soon as possible. Defeating this spirit ape should intimidate everyone, saving her the trouble of fighting them one by one.
But Bai Ying had only taken two steps when Gu Qingzhou stopped her.
Gu Qingzhou could hardly believe his eyes. He had reminded Bai Ying countless times along the way, but how could this bastard still not understand her own limitations! Was this the place for her to be? What a disgrace!
Gu Qingzhou yelled at Bai Ying in a fit of exasperation:
"Are you crazy? What are you trying to prove at a time like this? Don't you even know your own limitations? You're just a Foundation Establishment cultivator, you can't even beat a single one of the people here, yet you dare to dream of representing all of us in this battle? Get out of here! Seriously, aren't you ashamed of yourself?"
"Watch your mouth, Senior Bai isn't even at the early Foundation Establishment stage..." Yuan Shijie was about to defend Bai Ying when Yang Yu's mocking voice rang out behind him: "If she's not at the early Foundation Establishment stage, then what is she? Are you trying to say she's already at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage? Do you think we're all blind? Anyone here can sense her aura."
Everyone looked at Bai Ying with disdain. Even those who had seen Bai Ying use the Spirit Rhinoceros Void-Piercing Slash before thought she was just putting on a brave face, after all, this was a Nascent Soul stage spirit ape!
It's difficult for them to deal with it even together, let alone for one person to deal with it.
Why did she go and try to show off? It's disgusting!
Even Xiao Yu's gaze towards Bai Ying held disappointment. He thought to himself, "It was definitely the right decision not to choose Bai Ying..."
Yuan Shijie was extremely anxious.
"No, Senior Bai is already in the late Golden Core stage!"
If those who witnessed Bai Ying's late-stage Golden Core cultivation with him hadn't been afraid of that Nascent Soul cultivator and hidden away, many more people would have come forward to testify!
But now that he has said these words, the cultivators present only show expressions of utter mockery.
"Alright, alright, stop pretending. Late Golden Core stage? Do you think we're stupid? Just three days ago, Bai Ying was only at the early Foundation Establishment stage, and you're telling me she's now at the late Golden Core stage. I've seen people brag, but I've never seen anyone brag like this! Do you think she's a genius like Ruan Xinrou? Ruan Xinrou only took three days to advance from the early Foundation Establishment stage to the Pseudo-Core stage, which is already one of the few geniuses I've ever seen! Late Golden Core stage? You think you can even imagine that!"
"I've long heard that Bai Ying is jealous of Ruan Xinrou, which is why she's at odds with the entire sect. Do you know why she left Huayang Sect? It's because she forced Master Qin Hua to choose between her and Ruan Xinrou! Luckily, Master Qin Hua had sharp eyes and chose Ruan Xinrou, the genius. Otherwise, he'd probably be dying of frustration right now!"
"So that's how it is. No wonder she showed up at this time. She's probably so jealous of Ruan Xinrou that she's gone mad and started fantasizing that she's a late-stage Golden Core cultivator. Only this idiot next to her, who's at the same cultivation level as her, would believe her!"
These people took turns belittling Bai Ying, but after Bai Ying, no one dared to stand up for her.
They also lamented, "If Ruan Xinrou were here, she might be able to defeat it."
Everyone sighed and groaned.
Seeing their timid and hesitant demeanor, the spirit ape realized that even the rare opportunity to torture and kill it had been rejected by them.
Its eyes darted around, and it immediately plucked a hair from its own body, turning it into a little monkey.
Then he said to them, "Since you are all afraid that my cultivation is higher than yours, then I will lower the challenge rules. This is just a hair on my head. As long as the people you send can defeat it, I will leave here immediately and hand over the spirit herb garden."
Upon hearing the spirit ape's words, the people's eyes lit up instantly. They couldn't defeat the spirit ape itself, but surely they could handle a single hair of it? As long as they defeated that hair, they could win the opportunity to enter the spirit herb garden and spread the fame of the War God Spirit Ape. Many of these people began to be tempted.
Yuan Shijie found it strange, "Senior Bai, that spirit ape is bloodthirsty and cruel, how could it possibly lower the challenge rules and make them so simple?"
Bai Ying said, "Of course not. The hair he's plucking out now is his true form. This spirit ape is really cunning. It will only reveal its true nature when the people they sent out get there."
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