Yang Ji gritted his teeth, not caring about much, and poured blood into his feet. At the same time, he used the "Swallow Through the Clouds" to the limit, constantly tapping on the rocks and trees to use his strength to pursue.
"Goooooooooooooooooooo!——"
When the spirit ape realized that it could not get rid of Yang Ji, it became even more anxious. It screamed and ran away like crazy.
All the way deeper into the mountains, getting further and further away. In the beginning, when Yang Ji sometimes turned, he could still faintly see clusters of firelight on the top of Tieguan Mountain in the distance from the corner of his eyes, but gradually the firelight could no longer be seen. The surroundings
It is also getting more and more remote, and the air is getting colder and colder.
"Goooooooooooooooooooo!——"
After an unknown amount of time, a series of ape cries suddenly came from the mountains in front of him. Yang Ji was startled: "We're here!"
The cries of so many apes can only be attributed to the "Ape Mountain" that Senior Sister Lan mentioned. It was hard to tell how many apes there were in the dark night, but at first glance, there were masses of blood and mist on the mountain. I don't know how many apes there were.
Jump in it.
——These spiritual apes have actually cultivated "blood energy" like warriors!
"These spiritual apes can actually cultivate blood energy!"
Yang Ji's surprise was nothing to be taken away from. "Spirit Ape" can cultivate blood energy, which is no longer as simple as being strong, but has already mastered martial arts and knows some of the principles of martial arts.
This is almost like a human being.
"Ouch!"
Seeing the Ape Mountain in sight, the "Spirit Ape" in front became energetic and its speed increased.
"No. Don't let it escape! -"
Yang Ji's eyelids twitched, he used his speed to the limit, and chased after him. If he couldn't catch up with him here, when he got to the Ape Mountain, the mountains and plains were full of "spiritual apes". Even if this guy stood in front of him, he would not be able to catch up with him.
It was impossible to spot it among a crowd of apes.
"call!"
Seeing the lush vegetation ahead, the spiritual ape will soon escape into it and disappear completely——
"go!"
In the flash of lightning, Yang Ji flicked his fingers, and with a whoosh, a black thing wrapped in blood flew out.
"Wow!——"
With a cry of pain, the spirit ape touched its head with one paw, screamed, and rolled into the vast "Ape Mountain".
From behind, Yang Ji shot forward. He was about to chase into the "Ape Mountain", but suddenly blood flashed on both sides, a strong wind roared, and two groups of dark shadows, tall and powerful, caught the mountain wind and flew from the trees.
Lightning leaped from the top of the tree.
"Ouch!——"
Amid the sharp screams, two pairs of scarlet eyes swung around in the darkness. Before Yang Ji could react, two furry ape arms, longer than human hands, howled in the strong wind, and grabbed them from both sides with the force of smashing the monument and cracking the stone.
"Bang! Bang!"
In the flash of lightning, there was no time to think too much. Yang Ji raised his arms and heard two bangs. In the darkness, two spiritual apes that were slightly thicker than adults rolled and fell out. They fell to the ground and jumped up.
Scratching his head and feet, his scarlet eyes looked at Yang Ji with bursts of fierce light, as if he wanted to choose someone to devour.
"What strong muscles!"
Yang Ji was secretly surprised. Although he did not use all his strength in the two attacks, the strength of the "warrior" at the third level was not trivial, but the two spiritual apes only suffered a slight pain in their flesh. Nothing happened at all.
Even when the two came into contact, Yang Ji felt an extremely strong dark force coming back. Such muscles and bones were simply terrifying.
"Born as a beast, it's really different!"
Yang Ji secretly thought in his heart.
Seeing that the two apes had fierce looks on their faces, they were about to pounce. Suddenly, whoosh! A stream of fishy wind shot out from the rocks. With a swish, they pounced into the ape mountain and bit one of the apes.
"Wow!--"
Just hearing a scream, the whole body of the bitten ape trembled, turned blue and black, and its skin shrank rapidly. In the blink of an eye, it turned into black water and melted on the ground.
"Ouch!——"
The other ape was so frightened that it jumped out without looking back and plunged into the depths of the "Ape Mountain". Its terrifying screams could be heard in the distance.
Yang Ji was shocked at first, but soon discovered what was going on.
"Xiaoji?!"
Yang Ji was quite surprised. The "vicious creature" that killed a spiritual ape like lightning was actually his pet Xiao Ji. At some point, it came out of the corner of the room where it lived and followed it all the way.
, followed him here.
"His!"
Xiao Ji stood up with his head raised and made a hissing sound. In the darkness, he could see that his whole body was as red as fire, burning with thick blood mist. At first glance, he looked like some kind of psychic god.
The most surprising thing is that the aura that Xiao Ji exudes at this moment is extremely powerful and is not inferior to that of Yang Ji.
Yang Ji was surprised and happy: "Xiao Ji, have you finished shedding your skin?"
"His!"
Xiao Ji made a sound and nodded proudly.
"Very good!"
Yang Ji was overjoyed. The "Crown King Snake" is different from humans. Every time it sheds its skin, it becomes stronger. Xiao Ji poisoned a "spiritual ape" to death in one bite this time, and even the bones melted. It was obvious that his strength was
There has been a huge change from before, and even the toxicity is much stronger.
"come over."
Yang Ji leaned down and waved. Xiao Ji refused to accept life and swam flexibly among the rocks. The blood flames on its body quickly faded away as it swam and returned to its original color.
Dark and unremarkable.
"Whoosh!"
In front of Yang Ji, "Xiao Ji" straightened his body, bounced up lightly, and landed in Yang Ji's hand with perfect accuracy.
"Good job."
Yang Ji smiled and narrowed his eyes, stroking its head. Xiao Ji shrank into the palm of Yang Ji's hand and made a comfortable sound. Suddenly he raised his head, hissed and screamed, and then turned to look at the dark ape mountain behind him.
.
"Forget it, let it go."
Yang Ji smiled and said. After being delayed by two spiritual apes, the spiritual ape was still found there, but Yang Ji didn't look worried at all.
"Sizzle!"
Xiao Ji made a reluctant sound.
"Haha, don't worry, it can't escape."
Yang Ji smiled and glanced at the dark right palm. Although the surroundings were dim, if you look carefully, you can see the ink marks on Yang Ji's palm and a small remaining ink strip.
Yang Ji was tracking the head of the spiritual ape. He put his palm on the inkstone and copied a handful of ink and an ink stick like a reflex.
Although the chase was fast and furious along the way, the ink in Yang Ji's palm was wrapped with blood and never leaked out. And just in case, some ink strips were melted by his blood on the road and dripped into the palm of his hand.
Although he didn't see the last wave clearly, judging from the reaction of the ape, Yang Ji could basically confirm that the ink he sent hit it and successfully marked it.
As long as the mark is on, even among ten thousand spiritual apes, Yang Ji can accurately identify the one that stole his "blood sword".
"Let's go. It'll be the same if we come back tomorrow."
Yang Ji took one last look at the vast "Ape Mountain", and then turned around and left with "Xiao Ji". With the memory in his mind and the knowledge he learned from astrology books, Yang Ji followed the original path and quickly returned to Tieguan Mountain.
There were clusters of fires on the mountain, and everything was as bright as if nothing had happened.
When Yang Ji returned to the back window of the palace, something suddenly happened on the ground.
"This guy is really smart."
Yang Ji picked up a blue cloth on the ground, shook his head and laughed. On this stolen robe of a disciple of the Iron Crown Sect, Yang Ji clearly found a few ape hairs.
Yang Ji also had to admit that Senior Sister Lan was right. These guys were indeed somewhat spiritual. At night like this, if they weren't careful, who would have noticed the sneaky "spiritual ape" wearing Taoist robes outside the window?
"I don't know where it was stolen from. The last time I stole my blood energy sword was during the day, and the second time it was at night...it was really smart and cautious."
Yang Ji thought to himself.
If Xiao Ji hadn't had a keen sense and immediately discovered the "spiritual ape" outside the window and successfully completed the "sloughing" at the same time, Yang Ji might not have been able to discover it. The "Hundred Refined Long Sword" hanging on the wall was stolen again. It is possible to walk.
"Click!"
Lifting the window, Yang Ji jumped in and got in.
"how's it going?"
Duan Gang hurried over from another house after hearing the news, looking forward to it.
"found it."
Yang Ji shook the cloth in his hand and threw it to Duan Gang: "But let him escape."
"ah!"
Duan Gang looked embarrassed, then looked at the blue cloth in his hand and said in surprise: "What is this?...Ape hair?"
"Yeah. This thing is very smart. It actually walked around in the clothes of our Iron Sword Sect disciples in the evening. You really can't spot it if you don't pay close attention. - However, although it ran away, I have marked it. Tomorrow's When the time comes, go catch it again.”
Yang Ji briefly explained what happened.
"fine."
Duan Gang breathed a sigh of relief: "No need. It's really dangerous there. And Xiao Ji is already awake, so just let him accompany me."
"That's fine."
Duan Gang thought for a moment and nodded. He and Yang Ji walked from Pingchuan City together, and he also knew more or less some of the mysteries of "Xiao Ji".
After sending Duan Gang away, the room immediately became quiet. Yang Jixian took off the "Hundred Refiners Long Sword" on the wall, thought about it, and sorted the scriptures in the corner.
Xiaoji has shed his skin and completed his evolution. There is no need to pay attention to these covering scriptures.
"What a big snakeskin!"
When sorting out the scriptures, Yang Ji was surprised. In the corner of the room, covered with scriptures, Yang Ji actually found a huge transparent snake slough. After pulling it open and looking carefully, he found that it was as thick as a sea bowl. , twisted together, roughly estimated to be more than ten feet long.
Yang Ji turned around and glanced at "Xiao Ji" who was licking water from the bowl on the table and was secretly surprised. Looking back carefully, except for the first time, he seemed to never look like Xiao Ji again.
"Is it true that only when you evolve can you return to your original appearance?"
Yang Ji secretly thought in his heart.
"His!"
At this time, Xiao Ji seemed to have had enough water. He jumped off the table, swaggered to Yang Ji, grabbed the snake slough in Yang Ji's hand, and watched him bit by bit in his surprised eyes. Swallowed it.
"Goo!"
When the last bit was swallowed, the light in Xiao Ji's eyes became much brighter. Then his body straightened up and wrapped around Yang Ji's wrist as before, motionless.
"It seems that even snake sloughing is extremely important to it."
Yang Ji stroked its forehead, thoughtfully. (To be continued...)