Chapter 316
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Chapter 316: Three-Eyed Stone Ape
Roar~
Accompanied by deep growls, massive stones came hurtling through the air.
These stones were irregularly round, each measuring two or three feet across, and were hurled with tremendous force, capable of splitting a large tree in half and leaving an enormous pit in the ground.
What was terrifying was that the stones fell like rain, their relentless assault continuing without end!
Three hundred cultivators rode three hundred mountain-steeding rhinos, forming a defensive formation.
The saddles of all the mountain-steeding rhinos glowed lightly with golden light, and beams of light shot up into the sky, forming a magical barrier to block the incoming stone balls.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The stone balls collided violently with the shield; although the former were completely deflected, the outer layer of the magical barrier experienced intense fluctuations, and its brightness dimmed at a visible rate.
If this situation continued, collapse was only a matter of time.
Of course, the cultivators would not sit idly by; they unleashed spells and summoned magical tools to counterattack the assailants.
This was the eleventh day of the group’s journey into the Yulong Mountain Range.
According to their plan, they expected to cross this vast chasm, spanning thousands of miles, in twenty to twenty-five days.
During the first ten days, the team encountered some trouble, but all of it was resolved by the ferrymen of the Mountain Crossing Society.
Overall, the journey had been quite smooth.
The cultivators hadn’t had a chance to strike.
However, this morning, they ran into a migrating group of demons.
Most demons have their own territories, especially great beasts and beast kings, who seldom leave their domains.
Because the territorial instinct of demons is very strong, if a great beast enters the territory of another, it often means a war to the death.
Yet, many demons migrate, either voluntarily or involuntarily, in search of new homes.
What the mountain-crossing team encountered was such a group of Three-Eyed Stone Apes.
Due to the abruptness of their encounter, a battle broke out immediately. When the leading ferrymen were forced to repel a scout from the Ape Clan, there was no longer any possibility of negotiation.
The enraged stone apes surged from all directions, encircling the team.
These stone apes were tall and muscular, their bodies covered in thick, hard yellowish-brown fur, with long arms and the most distinctive feature being the “stone eyes” on their foreheads.
The attack method of the Three-Eyed Stone Apes was peculiar; they would dig up large chunks of soil with their claws, mold them slightly, and then their stone eyes would suddenly open wide, instantly solidifying the mudball into a stone ball.
Next, they would swing their long arms and hurl the stone balls toward the cultivators.
Although most of the Three-Eyed Stone Apes were first-level transformed beasts, they possessed immense strength, innate talent abilities, and were quite cunning, making them very difficult to deal with.
Moreover, the number of Three-Eyed Stone Apes reached hundreds, with many stronger Three-Eyed Spirit Apes among them, and taking advantage of their home turf, they caught the cultivators off guard.
Fortunately, the ferrymen were experienced; sensing the situation was dire, they quickly rallied the mountain-steeding rhinos to form a defensive formation.
They barely managed to withstand the frenzied attacks of the Three-Eyed Stone Apes.
The cultivators were certainly not weaklings, especially with over a hundred Purple Palace cultivators in the group, forming a formation strong enough to counter Golden Core levels.
In this moment of crisis, everyone was willing to expend their magical power, unleashing fireballs, wind blades, ice spikes, massive hands, and beams of divine light in a tempestuous barrage against the incoming Three-Eyed Stone Apes.
The spells unleashed by the Purple Palace cultivators were ten times more powerful than those of high-level Qi Training cultivators, striking a wide area and crushing everything in their path with ease.
The nearest Three-Eyed Stone Apes instantly faced disastrous luck, suffering heavy casualties from their magical onslaught.
Some were turned to powder, others burned to ashes.
Some were even sliced into pieces.
The scene was so tragic it was unbearable to witness!
Even if only half of the Purple Palace cultivators in the team attacked, they cleared a vast stretch of land within hundreds of steps, transforming it into a barren wasteland in an instant.
Forget the Three-Eyed Stone Apes; not even a blade of grass remained!
The first wave of counterattack eliminated at least a hundred Three-Eyed Stone Apes, including several second-grade spirit apes equivalent to the Purple Palace.
This greatly struck a blow to the pride of the Ape Clan.
Roar! Roar!
Sudden cries rang out as the surviving Three-Eyed Stone Apes that had escaped the magical storm began to retreat.
They were massive in size, but moved with great agility, disappearing into the dense forest in the blink of an eye.
“Pah!”
A cultivator spat disdainfully.
Although the mountain-crossing team was a temporary formation, the combined strength of over a hundred Purple Palace cultivators and nearly two hundred high-level Qi Training cultivators was terrifying.
These stone apes had three eyes, but it was useless; their attack was just foolish!
However, the leading ferryman now wore a serious expression, raising a hand to signal everyone to remain calm.
In the next moment, a chilling sensation arose in everyone’s hearts.
The ground began to tremble slightly.
The leading ferryman was instantly alarmed, shouting urgently, “Protect!”
The reactions of the cultivators varied; the quickest ones immediately infused their magical power into the saddles of the mountain-steeding rhinos at the moment the command was given.
The saddles were actually specially crafted magical tools that could be activated individually or combined with other saddles to form defensive formations, each acting as a focal point.
The more focal points there were, the stronger the generated formation’s Defense naturally became.
But it required the cultivators’ magical power to maintain!
Because this formation relied on the mountain-steeding rhinos, it was also called the Rhino Formation.
Having saved some energy after dealing with the incoming ape group, when the cultivators heard the ferryman’s desperate warning, they instinctively made the correct response.
Beams of light surged up once again, brighter than before.
The defense shield, which had appeared precarious moments ago, was suddenly greatly reinforced.
Boom!
At the moment the defensive formation reactivated, the ground shook violently once more.
Long cracks appeared on the flattened forest floor, trees in the distance toppled in large numbers, and the soil surged like a furious dragon heading toward the cultivators’ location at high speed.
Moreover, this "earth dragon" was continuously expanding!
When it came within a hundred steps, it had grown to several dozen feet wide, resembling a giant dragon riding the waves of the sea, sweeping in with a cloud of dust.
The sight left the cultivators pale—this was no longer a force at the level of the Purple Palace!
But reality offered no time for thought; all they could do was exert their utmost effort to activate the formation and brace for impact.
Every cultivator who had reached high-level Qi Training or the Purple Palace was no fool, and they all understood that if they didn’t unite now, finishing the journey ahead would be impossible!
Boom!
The distance of a hundred steps vanished in an instant as the massive earth dragon crashed heavily into the Rhino Formation.
The impact was earth-shattering!
