With a buzzing sound.
In the void, a blazing flame descended rapidly, seemingly transforming into a long vine of flame that swept towards Lin Xiaofei.
Without hesitation, Lin Xiaofei stretched out his hands and quickly formed a hand seal.
The ninety-nine sword energy seeds within his body circulated rapidly.
Suddenly, a dazzling white light appeared in the void, which transformed into a sword aura.
With a whoosh.
The sword energy seemed to pass silently through the void, leaving a faint line in the air wherever it went.
The silvery-white sword energy slashed towards the fiery vines.
Sizzle! Sizzle! Sizzle!
The scorching flames trembled slightly the moment they came into contact with the sword energy, vibrating and hissing as they were extinguished.
In an instant, the sword energy cleaved through the flames, and the flames flew down.
After piercing through the flames, the sword energy continued its momentum, swiftly slashing towards the white tiger demon that was pouncing towards it.
Rumble!
The white tiger, formed from demonic energy, was swiftly cleaved in two by the sword energy. Instantly, spiritual light exploded, releasing a terrifying wave of spiritual power that spread outwards, accompanied by a fierce wind.
The sword energy, its spiritual light dimmed, surged forward again, striking directly at the great formation.
Rumble!
The giant ape clan's offensive and defensive formation trembled slightly.
Immediately afterwards, the Giant Ape Prince frowned and activated the attack method on the great formation again. Instantly, a huge rock condensed on the great formation and fell from the sky, smashing towards Lin Xiaofei.
Lin Xiaofei glanced around, then waved his hand and threw out a sword aura.
The sword energy slammed fiercely into the giant rock demon.
Rumble!
The boulder shattered, releasing terrifying spiritual energy fluctuations that swept towards the nearby mountains like a horrific tornado.
Sand and stones flew, and one after another ancient tree collapsed.
"What? That human cultivator held off again? How is that possible?"
"Yes, the attack power unleashed by this offensive and defensive formation is definitely at the level of a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator. How could it possibly fail to kill a late-stage Primordial Infant cultivator?"
...
Countless giant ape monsters, their faces filled with disbelief, began to whisper among themselves.
In their eyes, the giant ape clan's offensive and defensive formation, once activated, could kill even a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.
Now, the attack power unleashed by the offensive and defensive formation was broken by a single sword aura from the opponent, which they found unbelievable.
"Why is the sword energy of this human cultivator so powerful?"
Thinking to himself, the giant ape prince's eyes flashed with shock.
This defensive and offensive formation is not only a defensive formation for the giant ape clan, but also a killing formation. It was set up by a master of formations at great cost by its father.
However, the killing techniques activated by the great formation couldn't even kill a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, which it found unbelievable.
"Am I supposed to just stand by and watch this human cultivator enter my clan's spirit herb garden and steal precious spirit herbs?"
The abundant second-grade and third-grade spiritual herbs in that valley represent the future of my giant ape clan!
The giant ape prince was anxious.
He activated the killing techniques of the great formation three times in a row, causing the demonic power in his body to be almost exhausted. He could only activate the attack technique of the great formation one more time before he was finished.
He knew that the power of this human cultivator's sword energy was too strong. Even if he activated the killing technique of the great formation again, it probably wouldn't be able to stop the opponent from going to the spirit herb garden in that valley.
"What to do? What to do?"
The giant ape prince was thinking quickly, muttering to himself:
Brother Eagle, haven't you conveyed my words to my father yet?
So much time has passed, Brother Eagle should have arrived at my father's place by now, but why hasn't my father sent back a fourth-tier demon king yet?
Despite its thoughts, it dared not leave the great formation of its nest.
It desperately wanted to rush up, defeat and kill that late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, and protect the spiritual herbs in the valley.
"What kind of cultivator dares to cause trouble for my giant ape clan?"
At this moment, a deep voice rang out from within the nest's great formation.
Immediately afterwards, from the cave nest of the giant ape clan, a giant ape slowly emerged, its form transformed into human shape, its face covered in wrinkles, its hair white, and its body imposing.
Fourth-tier monster!
This giant ape is as powerful as a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.
"A mid-stage fourth-tier demonic beast!"
As Lin Xiaofei was walking towards the valley, he suddenly heard a deep voice and stopped in his tracks.
Turning his head, he sensed a strong demonic aura emanating from the giant ape.
The giant ape slowly walked out of the formation.
Lin Xiaofei's gaze sharpened. He felt a sense of oppression emanating from the giant ape. The demonic aura emanating from it soared into the sky, which was terrifying.
The aura emanating from this demon king is at least comparable to a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, or even a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.
"The Great Mad Ancestor?"
Didn't my father tell you to rest deep within the lair? Why did you come out?
The giant ape prince's expression changed slightly, and he quickly spoke respectfully.
"I also want to take a good rest."
However, deep within the nest, I felt the entire nest shaking. How could I possibly recuperate properly?
I couldn't resist my curiosity, so I came out to see what had happened.
"So it was a human cultivator who dared to harass my Giant Ape clan while all the elders were away. He's truly audacious!"
"The Great Mad Ancestor said calmly."
"Haha, our Great Mad Ancestor was recuperating in his old age, but now he's come out. This time, that human cultivator is going to be in trouble."
"That's right!"
When the Giant Mad Ancestor was young, he possessed invincible combat power at the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm. Now, although he is older and the power of his bloodline has weakened, his combat power is still comparable to that of a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator from the human race.
This time, the Giant Mad Ancestor's peaceful recuperation was disturbed by that cultivator, and since that guy even tried to steal the spiritual herbs of my Giant Ape clan, he's probably going to be beaten into mincemeat by the Giant Mad Ancestor."
“This cultivator who dares to steal the spiritual herbs of my giant ape clan deserves to die.”
"When the time comes, we'll pull out his tendons, peel off his skin, and then we'll eat him. Perhaps that will increase our cultivation."
...
Immediately, the demonic beasts showed joy on their faces and began to discuss among themselves.
The Giant Mad Ancestor enjoys extremely high prestige and great strength within the entire Giant Ape clan.
Originally, the Great Mad Ancestor was already old, so the Demon King asked him to live out his days in peace and no longer participate in the affairs of the clan, unless there was a disaster that would wipe out the clan, in which case the Demon King would ask him to take action.
Who would have thought? The spiritual energy fluctuations emitted by Lin Xiaofei's sword energy were sensed by the Giant Mad Ancestor, disturbing its peaceful cultivation.
In the eyes of countless lesser demons, disturbing the ancestor's rest would enrage him, and that was something no ordinary person could bear.
They believed that as long as the Giant Ancestor made a move, he could definitely tear that cultivator to shreds and kill him, thus restoring peace to the Giant Ape Clan.
“Ancestor, this human cultivator started a fight after arriving in my Giant Ape Clan, and now he's affecting your cultivation. He deserves to die!”
Unfortunately, I lacked the ability to get rid of this person.
"The giant ape prince said with an apologetic expression."
"It's alright, let me handle this."
The Giant Mad Ancestor nodded, slowly stepped out of the great formation, sized up Lin Xiaofei, and then spoke again in a deep voice:
This human cultivator, what is the meaning of your actions, causing such chaos and destruction on the territory of my giant ape clan?
"Have my giant ape clan offended you?"
"It's not a matter of offending them."
I just want to pick some second-grade spiritual herbs and go into the valley.
However, since you, the giant ape prince, have unleashed the offensive techniques of the great formation to attack me, I naturally cannot remain indifferent.
Besides, you're a demon, and I'm a human; we're inherently at odds. What's wrong with me casting a few spells here?
Lin Xiaofei said calmly.
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