Chapter 334 - 279: Giant Ape and Strange Object! (Double-Length)_2
The underground spiritual energy that suddenly gathers usually erupts for a brief time, sometimes just a few seconds, and at most, ends in about the time it takes to burn an incense stick.
If martial artists have the time and encounter it in the wild, they can stay for a moment to seize the opportunity to use the erupting spiritual energy for qi refining and cultivation, which can be quite beneficial.
Of course, since the appearance of spiritual eyes is so transient, no martial artist specifically searches for these spiritual eyes for cultivation around the area.
With that effort, it would be better to think of ways to earn money, buy spirit crystals, and cultivate in peace.
Moreover, staying long in the wild is not without its dangers.
A spiritual eye that can draw the attention of martial artists will naturally also attract nearby powerful beasts and demon beasts.
With the slightest carelessness, not only does the cultivation effort fail, but it could also lead to a deadly encounter in the wild, which is truly not worthwhile.
This is exactly why Song Ping’an didn’t think much of it when he saw it.
"It’s a bit different." Song Changming suddenly remarked.
"The spiritual energy from a usual spiritual eye eruption quickly disperses into the air, merging with the heavens and earth, but this eruption’s spiritual energy is condensed and not dispersing, and it’s almost turning into spiritual mist!" Su Qingqing promptly explained.
"It seems to be true..." Upon hearing Su Qingqing, Song Ping’an sensed the anomaly as well.
"I’ll go take a look, you stay here." Song Changming said, driving his Innate Qi Aura, transforming into a streak of purple-gold light, and dashed away.
In an instant, he was above the mountain.
Before he could take a close look, a huge black hand suddenly reached out from the towering giant trees towards him.
Song Changming frowned slightly, drew his sword, and slashed.
Clang!
Song Changming was somewhat surprised that his long saber couldn’t sever the giant hand.
The blade only embedded along the lines in the flesh of the palm but did not manage to cut through the bones in one strike.
Boom!
The giant hand slapped down, like swatting a fly, causing Song Changming to lose his balance and be slammed into the mountainside in the distance.
"What monster?!" Song Changming coughed lightly, the sudden appearance of the creature caught him off guard.
Releasing his Innate Qi Aura, he blew apart the surrounding rocks and broke out.
Looking at the Qiushui Long Saber in his hand, seeing the blade was undamaged, he then noticed the huge black silhouette among the mountain forest.
It was a super giant ape, over thirty feet tall, with an entire body of black stiff fur, its eyes crimson red.
At its feet, a large section of the mountain was crushed.
It looked up, watching the reappearing Song Changming with fierce eyes.
Its palm was dripping blood, the drops seemed incredibly heavy, splattering the ground below on impact.
"An Innate-level fierce beast!" Song Changming squinted, murmuring to himself.
Now that Li Jinyu wasn’t around, he hadn’t seen the monster bestiary that Li Jinyu mentioned, not knowing if this Great Vajra was listed.
Comparing with the Mountain-moving Rat encountered within the Ancient Abyss Country’s borders, this Great Vajra was evidently more powerful.
Song Changming’s first thought was that it might be on par with Meng Shuxuan’s Golden Winged Roc, not easy to deal with just at a glance.
The giant ape looked at the wound in its palm, licked it twice silently, and the bleeding stopped.
Then, baring its teeth, it again fiercely locked its gaze on Song Changming.
Meanwhile, Song Changming noticed, not far from the giant ape, what caused the spiritual energy eruption was indeed not the underground spiritual eye but rather a green-purple flower.
Song Changming didn’t recognize what kind of flower it was, but it didn’t hinder him from discerning its preciousness.
Streams of spiritual energy continuously emanated from it, spreading in the surrounding area.
The flower bloomed incredibly enchantingly, distinctively unique.
When Song Changming’s attention settled on that green-purple flower, the giant ape immediately became more agitated.
Undoubtedly, it was guarding this place solely for this peculiar flower.
It extended its palms towards the sky, attempting to swat Song Changming fiercely.
With a giant thunderous boom, massive energy waves exploded between the giant ape’s palms, sweeping across the heavens.
Energy in the surrounding space became chaotic, roaring with rumble.
Standing midair a thousand meters high, Song Changming felt as if he was hit by a high-speed train under this boundless palm force.
The flock of birds in the distance didn’t have enough time to evade; under the impact of this palm force, they seemed to instantly be crushed, turning into a mess of bloody flesh.
Once the palm force passed, Song Changming still stood there, unscathed, staring at the giant ape.
"Are you afraid I’ll take that flower?" Song Changming pondered.
It made him very curious as to what kind of flower could warrant such attention from the giant ape.
The more it valued it, the more Song Changming wanted to obtain it, to snatch food from the tiger’s mouth.
He didn’t have many collected treasures in this world yet, even if he couldn’t use the flower himself, he could exchange it for other resources or spirit crystals in the main city, which would still be a gain.
As for this giant ape, although it was powerful, he was not without confidence in defeating it.
Song Changming didn’t delay, stepped forward, burst with thunder light all over, and directly swooped down towards the giant ape below.
Holding the sword handle with both hands, under high speed, the weapon weighing tens of thousands of pounds turned red and hot, then burst with a purple-gold color.
Song Changming’s diving speed got faster and faster, like a comet dragging a fiery tail crashing down.
Roar!
The giant ape, with rage, didn’t lay idle but leaped high, its hands like heavy hammers, trying to smash Song Changming directly.
They collided in midair, this time, the giant ape couldn’t hammer Song Changming away.
Song Changming’s heartbeat became increasingly heavy and strong, his physical potential began to manifest.
His blue trait Earth Shaking and Heaven Trembling, developed over many years, and the addition of his unique orange attribute Immortal Dragon Body, meant his physical strength was always his strongest aspect!
The power of Three Dragons, the manifestation of hundreds of thousands of pounds of giant strength, exploded in an instant as speed constantly compounded!
This slash, carrying the momentum of heaven collapsing and earth shattering, traced a great arc, severing the giant ape’s hands, along with slicing off half its head!
The giant ape fell back to the mountains, howling in pain.
Though its head was sliced, it didn’t die immediately, fleeing down the mountains in disarray.
Holding the saber, all of Song Changming’s powerful Sword Intent surged higher, Innate Qi Aura emanated from his nostrils and mouth, forming streams of purple-gold fire in the air.
He didn’t pursue the escaping giant ape.
Feeling something within, he slowly closed his eyes, comprehending that recent slash, repeatedly replaying it in his mind.
His Sword Intent and Sword Momentum were changing, growing ever stronger.
"An unexpected joy indeed."
The recent slash allowed him to reach new heights in his mastery of swordsmanship, a considerable gain.
Improving swordsmanship mastery has never been an easy task.
Apart from consuming a lot of time and energy in cultivating Sword Skill and Sword Technique, only by putting oneself into actual combat can one effectively progress in Sword Tao.
Those truly strong in swordsmanship, without exception, emerged from thousands of battles.
Buzz!
A mere light swing of the long saber caused a spatial tremor!
Song Changming was confident, that if he faced the giant ape again, he wouldn’t need to exert this much effort, perhaps just mobilizing the Power of Two Dragons could sever the beast’s flesh and bones.
This is the fruit of increased swordsmanship.
At this moment, there was movement below the purple flower.
Several milky-white roots cautiously broke through the soil, and once confirming the surroundings were quiet, they entwined around the purple flower, the tip piercing into the flower’s body.
In the next moment, the spiritual energy and nutrients within the flower rapidly drained away.
The flower’s color faded, its body withered, wilted, and then perished.
Once the roots drained every last bit of valuable nutrient from the purple flower, they quickly attempted to retreat back into the ground.
But right then, a streak of purple-gold Innate Blade Qi slashed down, lifting that entire patch of earth.
Amid the flying soil, a small white object flew out.
Song Changming looked intently, it seemed like a white ginseng, or perhaps a white radish?
About the size of a palm, bearing numerous fine white root-like threads.
Undoubtedly, the culprit that just sapped the purple flower, was this white radish.
The white radish fell to the ground, trying to burrow back down, behaving much like a living creature.
Song Changming wouldn’t allow this thing to succeed in its opportunism, so he encompassed it with Innate Qi Aura, enclosing it as if in a cage.
"What is this thing?"
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