At this moment, the Red-eyed Giant Ape in the forest stopped a thousand meters away from Churao Mountain, quietly listening to the news delivered by the eagle at its ear. After listening, it laughed heartily, "Entering Cangwu City from Wind End Forest, good! Dare to take my Golden Shuttle Leaf, let’s see how you leave Cangwu City!"
Immediately, the Red-eyed Giant Ape spoke to several Great Demons beside it, "You, go command the beasts to attack Cangwu City from the other three sides, don’t let anyone escape. In short, make that kid terrified enough to kneel in front of me and return the Golden Shuttle Leaf!"
The white Sabertooth Tiger roared angrily and left with the other demons behind the Giant Ape.
After the Great Demons left, the Red-eyed Giant Ape roared angrily.
After roaring, the Red-eyed Giant Ape rushed toward the Immortal Sect’s Churao Mountain.
While running, it shouted angrily, "Wen Yan, come out! If you can’t hand over the thief, I will not only break the peace treaty, but also annihilate your Immortal Sect!"
Wen Ping was stunned for a moment upon hearing this from the Demon King.
Wen Yan was his father.
This Great Demon actually knew his father. From its words, it seemed his father even signed some peace treaty—though from its tone, it sounded like it had already been torn apart.
Also, hand over the thief?
Is it that you demons have become carefree, or humans can’t wield a knife anymore?
Dare to come to Immortal Sect and ask for a thief!
When the ten-meter-tall Red-eyed Giant Ape got closer, Wen Ping directly waved at the Evil Spirit Knight.
"Go, give it a lesson!"
Qin Shan and the others shook their heads at these words, shaking their heads like rattle drums, "Sect Leader Wen, we are powerless against this Giant Ape!"
At a glance, this is a Demon King.
The two of them, one in the Lower Profound Realm and the other a Great Demon, how could they fight?
Wen Ping said plainly, "I wasn’t talking to you!"
When a sinister laugh came, Qin Shan realized that Wen Ping was speaking to that dog.
The sound of flames burning came.
This time, the Evil Spirit Knight revealed its true form—a burning skeletal white skeleton wielding a crimson iron chain charged directly at the Red-eyed Giant Ape.
The Red-eyed Giant Ape roared angrily and swung its arm to smash down.
The crimson iron chain swept directly onto the Giant Ape, entangling the two.
Wen Ping was surprised to see this scene. It was the first time the Evil Spirit Knight got entangled in a fight.
The Evil Spirit Knight already had the power of the Upper Profound Realm.
As he was thinking, the Red-eyed Giant Ape suddenly roared angrily. Its back was struck by the Evil Spirit Knight’s iron chain, and the black fur immediately burst open, revealing fresh blood and flesh.
"Human, I will remember you!"
The Giant Ape glared angrily at Wen Ping on the mountain top and retreated spitefully, fighting as it withdrew.
The Evil Spirit Knight wanted to pursue, but the speed of the Mountain Dog beneath it could not match the Red-eyed Giant Ape. After chasing for a thousand meters, realizing it couldn’t catch up, it had to return.
Qin Shan and the others looked at this "ferocious" scene and exchanged smiles.
Did this Demon King just run away like that?
Looking towards Wen Ping, they saw him turn around, saying blandly, "Go back to sleep."
After speaking, Wen Ping left Churao Mountain, but he left the Evil Spirit Knight on guard, with an ominous feeling creeping in his heart.
Little did he know, after the Red-eyed Giant Ape left, massive numbers of Fierce Beasts and Demons began to gather on three sides of Cangwu City, surging towards it overwhelmingly.
The Kao Shan Sect was the first to face it!
Of course, that is a tale for later.
Wen Ping arrived as expected at the foot of Yunlan Mountain. Due to the explosive attraction effect and Li Yue’s kidnapping incident fermenting, he saw the number of people gathering at the foot of Yunlan Mountain increasing.
There were only hundreds of people yesterday.
Today it was over a thousand.
Ultimately, with primary task completion, the number rose from over a thousand to nearly ten thousand.
Just as Wen Ping was busy, Huan Shan arrived.
Unlike usual, today Huan Shan was wearing a helmet. After dismounting the Wind Flow Horse, he squeezed through the crowd.
Upon seeing Huan Shan, Wen Ping immediately delivered his prepared speech, "Join the sect for a thousand gold, but your talent is low, so you can only be a Named Disciple."
Huan Shan said solemnly, "I’m not here to join the sect, I’m here to say goodbye to you."
Wen Ping stood up and walked towards the Yunlan Mountain, with Huan Shan following him.
Finding a quieter place, Wen Ping continued to ask, "Say goodbye?"
Huan Shan remained serious, "Yes, last night at midnight, groups of demons and fierce beasts consecutively attacked the three gates of Cangwu City. The Kao Shan Sect outside the city was wiped out overnight. According to my father’s spy, the sect buildings of Kao Shan Sect were all trampled to ruins."
"Kao Shan Sect vanished overnight?"
"Yes, father thought you should know this news, so he asked me to tell you. Alright, I should go now. Last night, tens of thousands of civilians outside the city perished. Although they haven’t attacked again, they are stationed a few miles outside the city. They might launch another attack this morning, and I must defend the city."
"Why would so many demons and fierce beasts suddenly attack the city?"
"The reason is still unknown, but you don’t need to worry. My father said your father has a pact with the Demon King in the forest, so they won’t attack from Immortal Sect’s side. But you need to watch out for the Hundred Sects Alliance; they sent three Profound Realm experts last night!"
Wen Ping was unconcerned about the Hundred Sects Alliance and muttered, "Demon King?"
Wen Ping immediately thought of the Red-eyed Giant Ape from last night.
Now he didn’t dwell on it. From his pocket, he took out three Life Cigars and handed them to Huan Shan, saying, "Take these. Light them up and hold them in your mouth. They can give you inexhaustible stamina and help heal your injuries. If you find yourself in danger, make sure to use them. But I hope you won’t need them."
Patted Huan Shan’s shoulder, Wen Ping fell into deep thought again.
He recalled the Demon King saying yesterday that there was a thief in Cangwu City and demanded his father to hand them over.
Without much thought, Wen Ping guessed the general idea. It must have been something important to the Demon King that was stolen, and the thief was hiding in Cangwu City.
Huan Shan, seeing that Wen Ping still cared about him, shook his head but kept the Life Cigar, then said, "I don’t need your concern, I grew up among fierce beasts. But you should be careful of the Hundred Sects Alliance; they don’t care about the lives of Cangwu City’s people and refuse my father’s aid request. They might attack the Immortal Sect!"
"Aren’t you scared, kid?"
"You aren’t afraid of the beasts and still dare to go to the battlefield, what should I fear."
"Alright! Then I shall leave first, hoping we meet again someday." Huan Shan laughed and started walking down.
After seeing Huan Shan off, Wen Ping returned to the Immortal Sect, his mind filled with the scene of Kao Shan Sect’s overnight destruction. He had always hoped for its fall, but didn’t expect it to happen this way.
Wen Ping could almost imagine the scene of the beasts trampling over Kao Shan Sect.
Wasn’t that when the Red-eyed Giant Ape came?
Wen Ping muttered to himself, "So that’s it."
He understood why the Red-eyed Giant Ape came at that time?
Really to demand a thief from his father?
It was there to stop the Immortal Sect, to prevent his father from sending people or personally defending the city.
Thinking of this, Wen Ping couldn’t help but sigh, "Internal and external troubles! I wonder when the Hundred Sects Alliance will come to help me complete the task?"
(Don’t misunderstand, four updates as a base... today certainly won’t just be four updates.)