Eternal Time and Space

Chapter 32 The Violent Ape

The spear's beam struck the sacred mountain, only splashing up a sky full of flames, but unable to shake the mountain's foundation.

Shen Ni sheathed his spear and stood there, looking at the five sacred mountains, a hint of ferocity flashing in his golden leopard eyes.

A roar.

Shen Ni's body began to swell, revealing his true form.

A dark red and black light exploded from Shen Ni's body, dyeing the entire sky a dark red.

Within the light, Shen Ni's form changed drastically. His body grew taller, his muscles bulged, his hair grew thickly, his robes were torn, and his skin was ripped open, revealing the dark red flesh beneath. As the flesh churned, a layer of steel needle-like dark red hair emerged from under his skin and covered his entire body.

As the light faded, a gigantic, black-red berserker ape stood in the sky.

The berserk ape was tens of thousands of feet tall, with its fur standing on end like steel needles, cold, hard, and ferocious. Its back was like a dragon's spine, its arms like pillars of heaven, and its claws like giant mountains. Dark red baleful energy surged around the berserk ape, like liquid flames. The berserk ape's eyes were pure gold, and its pupils reflected mountains of corpses and seas of blood.

The God-Slaying Spear flew back at this moment.

The spear disintegrated in the void, transforming into a river of blood that poured down from the sky, drenching the violent ape.

The moment the Blood River touched the fur of the Violent Ape, it was sucked into the Violent Ape's body.

The ape's fur turned a darker red, its muscles bulged, and the murderous aura surging around it intensified. The sharpness of the spear blade merged into its claws, and the killing intent of the spear shaft merged into its bloodline. Everything about the God-Slaying Spear became one with the ape.

The ape's aura surged tenfold, a hundredfold!

A roar shook the heavens and the earth, scattering all the clouds in the sky and causing countless warriors on the battlefield below to bleed from their seven orifices. The roar surged into the sea of ​​stars, shaking down countless stars.

The ape's mountain-like body moved, appearing before Hong Qing in a single step. The five divine mountains appeared as mere mounds beneath its feet. The ape clasped its paws together, raised them above its head, and slammed them down upon the five halos below.

Click!

The outermost apricot-yellow halo of the five-colored halo was cleanly pierced, and the ten thousand golden lotuses were shattered like bubbles under the giant claws of the raging ape.

Golden lotus fragments scattered and flew everywhere, turning gray-black before they even hit the ground due to the evil energy.

The ape's arms trembled, its muscles tightened like steel bars, and a creaking sound came from its arms—the mournful cry of its bones enduring the ultimate pressure.

But the power of the ape continued to rise, its arms pressing down, piercing through the second layer of the Azure Lotus Halo, the third layer of the Crimson Halo, and the fourth layer of the Pure White Halo.

The five halos were pierced through by the ape's claws.

The ape plunged its claws into the five layers of light, then suddenly ripped its arms apart, letting out a deafening roar. The five layers of light trembled violently under the ape's tearing motion, and countless fine cracks appeared on their surfaces.

The cracks started where the ape's claws pierced the halo and spread to every corner of the halo, with large pieces of the halo beginning to peel off, break, and disintegrate.

With a whoosh, the five halos exploded simultaneously, and five-colored fragments poured down like a torrential rain, illuminating the sky with a dazzling array of colors.

Hong Qing's expression was solemn. The five divine mountains around him shook violently, countless cracks appeared on their bodies, the golden lotus withered, the azure light dimmed, the flames flickered, the white clouds dissipated, the mysterious water surged back, and the main body of the five flags was shaken.

The giant claw of the raging ape slammed down again, this time aimed at the crimson divine mountain formed by the flame banner that had risen from the ground.

As the giant claw descended, the crimson divine mountain shattered with a deafening roar, its body turning into dust that filled the sky. The crimson powder drifted amidst the malevolent energy, like a rain of blood.

The main body of the Flame Banner flew out from the dust, a deep crack appeared on the banner, and its light dimmed.

Three flowers surged above Hong Qing's head, and the Heavenly Dao Wheel evolved into myriad phenomena. The three heavens overlapped, transforming into a vast and boundless giant wheel that pressed down on the violent ape. The Great Dao resonated, and the Dao sound echoed.

However, the violent ape struck back, sending the Heavenly Wheel flying and crashing into the depths of the sky, exploding into a dazzling ball of light and flame.

The giant claw of the raging ape pierced out again, this claw like a pillar of heaven, straight at Hong Qing.

Before Hong Qing, the remaining four divine mountains overlapped, their four colors of light—blue lotus, pure white, black, and apricot yellow—intertwining to form an incomparably thick barrier.

The giant claw pierced through the first Azure Lotus Divine Mountain, the second Pure White Divine Mountain, the third Dark Black Divine Mountain, and the fourth Apricot Yellow Divine Mountain.

The four sacred mountains were as fragile as paper under the giant claws of the raging ape, pierced through with a single blow.

Hong Qing's pupils contracted. Before his eyes, the giant claws of the raging ape filled the sky and earth. The five claws were like five mountain peaks, and the sharpness of the claw tips was like five divine spears. Before the claws even arrived, the claw wind had already torn the protective divine light around him to shreds.

A deafening roar erupted.

Hong Qing was slammed into the depths of the earth by the violent ape's claw.

The earth split open, and the cracks spread in all directions from where Hong Qing fell, reaching the end of sight. From the cracks, rolling lava and fire surged out, mixing with the evil energy, and turning into dark red pillars of fire that shot into the sky.

Dense malevolent energy and explosive flames roared into the sky, like ten thousand fire dragons sweeping across, turning the sky a fiery red.

The raging ape stood in the sky, its giant claws reaching out. With a casual squeeze, it crushed all the fire dragons, and sparks rained down from between its fingers.

Deep within the pit, Hongqing's aura was rapidly deteriorating.

A ferocious smile appeared on the ape's beastly face.

"Come out; this one claw won't kill you."

The earth shattered, and three streams of pure energy shot into the sky from the deep pit, dispersing the malevolent energy that permeated the world. Within the pure energy, Hong Qing reappeared.

Hongqing's Taoist robe was mostly torn, revealing his bloodied and mangled chest beneath. Blood was still dripping from the corner of his mouth, but Hongqing's eyes remained calm, like a deep, stagnant pool.

Auspicious clouds rose again behind his head, and three streams of primordial energy intertwined and intertwined within them, causing the Heavenly Wheel to condense and slowly rotate once more.

The raging ape looked at Hong Qing, its voice as cold as iron: "Now that I have merged with the God-Slaying Spear, my own power has increased more than tenfold, and my killing power has been elevated to the extreme. If your cultivation is inferior to mine, even the Five Banners of Heaven and Earth cannot protect you."

Slightly lowering its body, the ape's golden eyes looked down at Hong Qing as if he were an ant.

"Summon Hongjun to come out."

Hong Qing looked at the violent ape, raised his hand, wiped the bloodstains from the corner of his mouth, and looked at the ape's golden eyes. A cold smile appeared on his lips.

"Your strength has indeed increased considerably compared to before, but there's no need for Hongjun to intervene."

Upon hearing this, the raging ape burst into laughter, shaking heaven and earth like a thousand thunderbolts roaring simultaneously. The clouds were shattered by the laughter, the earth was cracked by the laughter, and countless warriors on the battlefield below suffered blood streaming from their ears from the force of the laughter.

"You? I've already broken all five flags, what other tricks do you have up your sleeve!"