The Emperor Ape Descends
As the Emperor Ape rose into the sky, his colossal body—towering a full one thousand meters—loomed above the mountains with an overwhelming majesty.
The surrounding beasts trembled in terror.
For kilometers around them, countless creatures instinctively lowered their heads as the Emperor Ape's aura spread through the region like an invisible storm. His enormous silhouette stood proudly against the sky, casting a shadow over the forest below.
The Emperor Ape lowered his gaze toward the corpse of his son.
For a brief moment, grief flashed across his savage features.
Then his eyes shifted toward Azrael.
His expression became ferocious.
His thunderous voice shook the surrounding mountains.
"You... you are the one who killed my son."
His enormous fists clenched.
"Then I shall make you taste this Emperor's wrath. I will grind your body into dust and tear your soul apart to avenge my son's death!"
Azrael stared at the gigantic beast with unprecedented seriousness.
This opponent was different from the Silverback Gorilla he had just killed.
The Emperor Ape was a Divine Ascender.
Azrael, on the other hand, was only at the True Immortal realm.
The gap between their cultivation levels was enormous.
Furthermore, the Emperor Ape possessed a body nearly a thousand meters tall, while Azrael's body was insignificant in comparison.
For once, Azrael was the weaker party before the battle had even begun.
Escape was not an option either.
A Divine Ascender's speed surpassed that of an Immortal King by several levels, let alone a True Immortal like him.
If Azrael attempted to flee, the Emperor Ape would catch him before he could travel any meaningful distance.
Therefore...
He had no choice but to fight.
Azrael tightened his grip around his battle axe.
His crimson eyes became cold and focused.
The aura around his body gradually condensed.
The Emperor Ape suddenly moved.
BOOM!
The enormous beast vanished from his original position.
The earth beneath his feet exploded, sending countless rocks and trees flying into the air.
In an instant, the Emperor Ape appeared before Azrael and unleashed a terrifying punch.
At the same time, he activated one of his bloodline techniques—
Imperial Mountain Body.
His already terrifying physical strength surged violently.
His muscles expanded, his silver-black fur glowed with a metallic brilliance, and an ancient force descended upon his body.
His defense became nearly indestructible.
His fist was larger than Azrael's entire body.
If that punch landed directly...
Even Azrael's terrifying physical body would be unable to withstand it.
Death would be certain.
Azrael's eyes narrowed.
At the critical moment, he activated his movement technique.
Whoosh!
His body disappeared.
The Emperor Ape's fist smashed through the space where Azrael had been standing.
BOOM!
The shockwave swept across the forest, flattening countless ancient trees.
Azrael reappeared roughly one hundred meters away.
But the Emperor Ape was far more experienced in battle than Azrael had anticipated.
The moment Azrael disappeared, the beast released his divine sense.
He instantly detected Azrael's location.
A sinister glint flashed within his eyes.
His enormous tail suddenly whipped through the air.
The tail was nearly two hundred meters long.
It moved with terrifying speed.
Azrael's pupils contracted.
He had not expected the attack.
BOOM!
The massive tail struck his body directly.
Azrael's figure was sent flying like a cannonball.
He crashed through the forest, destroying one ancient tree after another.
One hundred meters.
Three hundred.
Five hundred.
Nearly a kilometer.
Only after smashing through countless trees and carving a massive trench through the earth did Azrael finally stop.
Dust filled the sky.
Before Azrael could even fully recover—
BOOM!
The Emperor Ape charged again.
He did not intend to give Azrael even a moment to catch his breath.
His enormous body descended from the sky like a falling mountain.
Azrael's eyes sharpened.
His grip tightened around the battle axe.
The corners of his mouth slowly curled upward.
For the first time in a long while...
He felt the pressure of death.
And that pressure awakened something deep within him.
The terrifying battle quickly attracted the attention of powerful cultivators and beast emperors tens of kilometers away.
One after another, ancient figures opened their divine senses.
Some stood atop mountains.
Others hovered above forests.
Some even concealed themselves deep within caves, unwilling to approach the battlefield directly.
But every single one of them was watching.
The Emperor Ape's aura spread across the region like an endless ocean.
Yet what shocked them even more was the aura of the human facing him.
Azrael's cultivation was clearly inferior.
But his aura...
was completely abnormal.
It was far too terrifying for a True Immortal.
Several powerful beings exchanged glances.
"Who is that human?"
"He's only a True Immortal... yet why does his aura feel so dangerous?"
"Could he really be fighting a Divine Ascender?"
A few ancient beast emperors became excited.
After all, battles between beings of this level were extremely rare.
Especially when one of the combatants was a Divine Ascender.
The spectators watched the battlefield with anticipation.
No one knew how the battle would end.
But everyone understood one thing.
The moment the Emperor Ape descended, the fate of this mysterious human had entered a deadly crossroads.
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