bookbashuk Chapter 16 The Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Titan Giant Ape!
Chapter 16 The Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Titan Giant Ape!
Yue Guan frowned slightly, turning his gaze from the Titan Ape to Yang Jian.
Two thousand five hundred years, no.
He scrutinized the child before him, his heart filled with turmoil.
Three months of physical transformation.
It's astonishing that it can now support such ambition.
He originally thought that Yang Jian would choose to absorb a soul ring that was about a thousand years old.
I never expected that they wouldn't even be interested in a soul ring that's 2,500 years old.
"Then let's keep looking."
Yue Guan nodded, said nothing more, and turned to continue deeper into the area.
He led the way, but his mind was churning with unsettling thoughts.
At six years old, his physical strength is comparable to that of a Soul King. Is this really just an effect of the Three-Pointed Double-Edged Sword Martial Soul?
If that's the case, its quality is not just comparable to the Haotian Hammer, it far surpasses it.
Yue Guan recalled Bibi Dong's initial assessment.
At the time, he felt that the phrase "not inferior to" was already a very high compliment.
It now appears that His Holiness the Pope underestimated the situation.
Hu Liena followed behind, glancing left at Yue Guan and right at Yang Jian, her face full of frustration.
Why are Elder Ju and Junior Brother both acting as riddle solvers?
Why not just say it directly?
She bit her lip, her gaze towards Yang Jian filled with complex emotions.
When this thin, pale little boy first came to the Spirit Hall three months ago, she thought he was just a lucky commoner.
But now...
She wanted to see what this guy was up to.
He's only six years old and has level 10 soul power. Could he really be able to absorb a thousand-year soul ring despite the age limit?
……
The three continued their search, for one day, two days, three days.
Soul beasts of the Titan Giant Ape level are not commonly found.
They wandered around the central area for several days. Although they encountered a few, they were all too young, some even less than a thousand years old.
On the fifth day, Yue Guan stopped, jumped onto a tall tree, and gazed at the even denser forest in the distance.
"We can't waste any more time on the outskirts." He jumped down from the treetop. "We need to go deeper and get closer to the core area."
Hu Liena's expression changed slightly.
core area.
She knew all too well what those three words meant in the world of Soul Masters.
Soul beasts with a lifespan of 100,000 years live there.
For ordinary Soul Masters, entering the core area is tantamount to suicide.
"Stay close to me, don't stray more than ten steps from my side."
Yue Guan's tone became unusually serious. "The soul beasts living in the core area are not comparable to those that are hundreds, thousands, or tens of thousands of years old outside."
"There are some beings that even I cannot defeat."
Yang Jian nodded silently, but his mind was racing with calculations.
If he remembers correctly.
The Azure Bull Python and the Titan Ape live near the Lake of Life in the core area.
One is 100,000 years old.
One is about to break the 200,000-year mark.
In addition, there are a host of ferocious beasts, such as Di Tian, Bi Ji, and Wan Yao Wang, in the deeper part.
Yue Guan is indeed a level 95 Title Douluo, but the Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum is not a martial soul known for its attack power.
If a real fight broke out, he probably wouldn't even be able to defeat that 100,000-year-old Titan Ape.
After all, the Titan Giant Ape clan is exceptionally gifted; with only ten thousand years of cultivation, they can rival ordinary hundred-thousand-year-old soul beasts.
Be careful.
If the commotion is too great and attracts those people, forget about hunting for the spirit ring; even getting out alive will be a problem.
……
Another day of searching.
The next day at noon, Yue Guan suddenly raised his hand, signaling the two to stop.
His gaze fell on a valley to the northwest, a glint of shrewdness flashing in his eyes.
"Found it."
He lowered his voice, his tone tinged with surprise.
The three approached silently and stood atop a cliff, looking down.
In the middle of the valley.
Two enormous Titan Apes were devouring the corpse of a long-dead Soul Beast.
One male and one female.
The male was much larger, with thick, shiny dark gold fur all over its body, and when it sat there it looked like a small mountain.
The female was slightly smaller, but still a full size larger than the 2,500-year-old Titan ape we had seen before.
Yue Guan observed carefully for a moment, then quietly probed out with his soul power perception.
"The male one is probably around 10,000 years old."
"The female one, eight thousand years."
Hu Liena gasped.
Ten-thousand-year-old Titan Ape!
How could something like this appear at the boundary between the central area and the core area?
Yue Guan ignored her shock, his gaze shifting back and forth between the two Titan apes before finally settling on the eight-thousand-year-old female ape.
"An eight-thousand-year-old Titan Giant Ape is theoretically suitable for you." He looked at Yang Jian, his tone somewhat deliberate, "but the Titan Giant Ape is much stronger than ordinary soul beasts, so whether you can absorb it is hard to say."
As for that ten-thousand-year-old one, he didn't mention it at all.
The difference between a ten-thousand-year soul ring and a thousand-year soul ring is not just a matter of age.
When a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast dies, it releases a soul shock, which is a test of the soul master's soul level.
Yang Jian's physical strength is indeed comparable to that of a Soul King, but that does not mean that his soul strength has reached the same level.
If one's soul strength is insufficient, their consciousness will be destroyed by the soul impact during the absorption of the ten-thousand-year soul ring, and even if they are saved, they will become an idiot.
After a moment of contemplation, Yue Guan finally decided to give the choice to Yang Jian.
"Yang Jian, an eight-thousand-year-old Titan Ape, what do you think...?"
"Uncle Yue," Yang Jian interrupted him, "let's cripple these two Titan Apes first."
Yue Guan was slightly taken aback, then nodded.
In his view, Yang Jian had implicitly chosen the eight-thousand-year-old Titan Ape.
That's true. Although this kid is ambitious, he shouldn't be foolish enough to challenge a ten-thousand-year soul ring.
"Step back."
Yue Guan stood up, and nine spirit rings rose from beneath his feet.
Two yellows, two purples, and five blacks.
The powerful fluctuations of soul energy spread in all directions like a tide, and the low-level soul beasts in the valley felt this pressure and scattered and fled.
Two Titan apes in the middle of the valley stopped eating at the same time and looked up at the cliff.
They felt threatened.
The male ape roared to the sky, pounding its chest with its fists, producing a deep, thunderous boom.
The mother ape stood guard warily to one side, her dark golden fur standing on end.
Yue Guan flashed and leaped down from the cliff.
Hu Liena and Yang Jian only saw a purple afterimage flash by, and the next second, Yue Guan had already appeared above the two Titan Giant Apes.
"Sixth Soul Skill: Golden Stamens Flowing with Rosy Clouds".
Golden petals fell from the sky, each one sharp as a knife yet as light as a feather.
The petals landed on the two Titan Apes, causing no obvious wounds, but instantly slowing their movements.
The male ape roared and swung its thick arm out, trying to grab Yue Guan in mid-air. However, its movement was slowed by the golden petals, and Yue Guan easily dodged.
"Seventh Soul Skill, Martial Soul True Body".
Yue Guan's figure merged with his martial soul, and a giant golden chrysanthemum bloomed in the air.
The battle lasted for fifteen minutes.
The two Titan Apes were finally crippled by Yue Guan, lying on the ground howling in agony, barely clinging to life.