Chapter 193 - 193 190 Fire Ape Makes an Appearance
Chapter 193: Chapter 190: Fire Ape Makes an Appearance Chapter 193: Chapter 190: Fire Ape Makes an Appearance Qin Feng was feeling a bit troubled.
Because Xue Baoshu’s strength was extremely formidable, not only was her attack power strong, but her defense was also absurdly strong, leaving him feeling somewhat at a loss on how to proceed.
The Ghost-Faced Spider could only slightly interfere from the side; in such a battle, it could not play a decisive role.
As for Qin Feng himself, even if he could break through Xue Baoshu’s defenses, at best he could only inflict some minor, negligible injuries on her.
After merging with the Barbaric White Elephant, Xue Baoshu stood immovable like a mountain, no matter how hard Qin Feng tried, it was difficult to knock her out of the ring.
Qin Feng furrowed his brows and pondered for a moment, feeling that there were only two ways to defeat Xue Baoshu at the moment.
One was to drag out the fight, relying on the Demon Refining Pot’s continuous supply of Pure Spirit Qi to restore his True Yuan, which was much more effective than those Elixir Pills.
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The other was to release the Fire Ape from the Demon Refining Pot.
The Fire Ape had once reached the Demon Core Realm, and even though its Demon Core was destroyed shortly after its advancement, the understanding of that realm still remained.
After several months of cultivation, the Fire Ape’s injuries had recovered quite a lot, and it could completely be used as a Spiritual Beast at the peak of Foundation Establishment, though it could not fight for long periods.
Looking up at the still brave Xue Baoshu, Qin Feng finally decided to release the Fire Ape.
Otherwise, based on Xue Baoshu’s current mental state, if he chose to drag out the fight, he didn’t know when would be able to finish this battle.
Even if he could exhaust this fierce woman, he wouldn’t be able to appear rejuvenated, and others would still come up to challenge him.
But if he released the Fire Ape, not only could it save him a great deal of energy, more importantly, he could use the Fire Ape to deter the other disciples, thus preventing many who harbored the idea of taking advantage, from daring to step onto the stage.
With that in mind, he no longer hesitated and summoned the Fire Ape.
“Roar…”
Since being subdued by him, the Fire Ape appeared excited outside the Demon Refining Pot for the first time, pounding its chest a few times before, under the command of its master, it pounced toward the fierce-looking woman.
“Hmm?”
The moment she saw the Fire Ape, a shock flashed through Xue Baoshu’s heart.
She hadn’t expected Qin Feng to have such a powerful Spiritual Beast hidden.
Her discerning eyes could tell from the aura emanating from the Fire Ape that it was definitely a Spiritual Beast at the peak of Foundation Establishment, which somewhat surprised her.
According to what she knew, Qin Feng had only reached Foundation Establishment a few months ago, and she didn’t know how, with his power, he had managed to subdue such a high-level Spiritual Beast.
However, this did not make her fearful, instead, it made her a bit joyful.
She was already tired of Qin Feng’s constant circling tactics and equally disliked the Ghost-faced Spider’s persistent annoying action of expelling webs to entangle her.
Compared to these two bothersome fellows, she preferred a straightforward, hard-hitting fight.
Now, with a powerful Demon Beast arriving, Xue Baoshu, who loved to fight, was thrilled.
She was not afraid of defeat.
For her, the outcome of a battle didn’t matter much; what was important was whether she could gain any insight from the fight.
Thus, she never feared challenging those who were even stronger than herself, and in fact, even some cultivators stronger than her might not necessarily win against her in battle.
The Fire Ape leaped tens of meters high, its massive body soaring towards Xue Baoshu.
Even before its figure approached, its wild aura had already pressed down, its ferocious face instilling fear.
“Hmph!”
Xue Baoshu snorted disdainfully, as if to intimidate her with mere presence, truly ridiculous.
With fearless determination, she swung the Wolf Fang Club in her hand upwards fiercely.
Bang…
A loud clash sounded as the Fire Ape’s claws collided heavily with the Wolf Fang Club, causing massive Spiritual Power fluctuations that caused numerous small stones on the stage to fly about disorderly.
Xue Baoshu staggered backward several steps, while the Fire Ape was also knocked back by her strike.
Upon landing, the Fire Ape immediately spat out a stream of red flames, shooting it towards Xue Baoshu from a distance.
“Argh…”
Xue Baoshu let out an elephant cry, as loud as thunder, deafening.
Then, she swung her head again, the white, jade-like elephant trunk lashing out and scattering the flames with a loud slap.
Qin Feng, watching, was amazed; this woman was indeed fiercely formidable.
However, at this point, he was not worried about not being able to win.
Xue Baoshu’s cultivation realm was still far behind that of the Fire Ape.
Even if she could rely on the Barbaric White Elephant’s powerful Divine Skills and defense, she could only defend temporarily.
Moreover, to resist the Fire Ape’s attacks, her consumption was definitely huge, far from the effortless appearance she showed.
As expected, as the Fire Ape continuously attacked, Xue Baoshu gradually began to falter.
The disciples below were all astounded, never expecting Qin Feng to possess a Spiritual Beast at the peak of Foundation Establishment.
Actually, Spiritual Beasts of this realm were not uncommon in the Outer Sect, with many veteran disciples possessing one or two.
However, now, all the disciples competing for the Inner Sect slots were those who had been in the sect for less than ten years.
It was already quite remarkable for them to have successfully established their foundations at this age, let alone subduing a Spiritual Beast at the peak of Foundation Establishment.
As Qin Feng expected, the appearance of the Fire Ape instantly discouraged some disciples who still harbored thoughts.
Spiritual Beasts at the Peak of Foundation Establishment were not something they could handle.
Instead of coming up to get beaten, it was better to look for opportunities on other stages, where, with some luck, one might still snatch a spot.
Luck, at many times, was also a form of strength.
In previous Outer Sect competitions, there were many disciples who obtained spots to join the Inner Sect by relying on their luck.
On the stage, the Fire Ape’s two robust arms swung continuously, emitting massive flames that forced Xue Baoshu to keep retreating.
But the fierceness of this woman also far exceeded others’ expectations.
Knowing she was no match, she still disregarded the consumption of her own energy, swung her trunk, and fiercely landed a hit on the Fire Ape.
It was this strike that allowed many disciples to see through the Fire Ape’s condition.
“This Fire Ape definitely has injuries on its body.”
Below the stage, a disciple with sharp eyes immediately saw through the Fire Ape’s weakness, “A normal Fire Ape should be even more fierce and formidable than it is now.
Although Qin Feng’s Fire Ape looks normal, its attack speed is slightly slower, and its Spell power does not demonstrate the strength of a Spiritual Beast at the Peak of Foundation Establishment.
After being hit by Xue Baoshu, its stance became unsteady, which is definitely not normal.”
“Indeed.”
A disciple beside him agreed, “If Xue Baoshu can maintain her current offensive, it probably won’t take long for the old injury inside the Fire Ape to recur, forcing it to retreat.”
“Unfortunately, Xue Baoshu can’t hold on any longer.”
“It’s already very impressive that she can fight to this extent.
Even if Xue Baoshu loses this match, once she recovers and competes for spots on other stages, there certainly won’t be many who dare to challenge her.”
Below the stage, a group of disciples discussed animatedly, with many being intimidated by Xue Baoshu’s formidable war power, thinking she was not someone to provoke lightly.
With the war power she displayed, there really wasn’t anyone among the disciples present who dared to claim they could defeat her.
However, at this moment, Xue Baoshu on the stage was indeed unable to hold on any longer.
Although she had not yet suffered major injuries, to counter the Fire Ape’s attacks, she had to elevate her defensive power to the extreme, and the amount of True Yuan she consumed was so great that even she could not bear it.
Although she had also noticed the Fire Ape’s façade of strength masking fragility, if she could hold on a little longer, even if she couldn’t defeat the Fire Ape, the Fire Ape itself wouldn’t be able to continue fighting.
Sadly, the time she could maintain was even shorter than that of the Fire Ape.
Her True Yuan was nearly exhausted, and she no longer had the strength to continue fighting.
Thus, seeing the Fire Ape spewing fierce flames once again, Xue Baoshu, recognizing her inability to resist, swiftly leaped off the stage and indicated her surrender to Qin Feng.
Qin Feng nodded his head and courteously thanked her with a fist salute, “Thank you, Senior Sister, for yielding.”
Honestly speaking, the strength of Xue Baoshu had far exceeded his expectations.
Originally, he thought she was at most on par with Yuan Powang and Lei Zhan, but it was only when he actually fought against her that he realized her strength far surpassed those two.
If it were not for the Fire Ape that Qin Feng had on him to fight in the critical moments, it would not have been easy for him to win her.
He recalled his Fire Ape and also directed the Swallowing Sky Toad to withdraw its Star Light, allowing the Golden Eagle to leave.
Xue Baoshu nodded at him, summoned her Spiritual Beast, and turned to walk towards the distance.
She needed some time to recover her True Yuan and prepare for the upcoming battles.
Otherwise, if her True Yuan was insufficient later, someone might notice her weakness and if engaged in continuous battles her strength might be entirely drained, likely following in Fang Zheng’s past misfortune.
On the beaten stage, Qin Feng cast his eyes to the disciples below, asking, “Is there any fellow disciple willing to come to the stage and enlighten me?”
The disciples below murmured among themselves.
Some considered giving up challenging Qin Feng, turning to assess the situation on other stages instead, while others thought that, despite Qin Feng’s continuous battles, his True Yuan must be almost depleted by now.
As for the Fire Ape, hadn’t Qin Feng already recalled it?
Clearly, the Fire Ape was severely injured and could not fight for long.
Otherwise, he would just need to keep the Fire Ape outside to deter everyone from challenging him.
Another point was that his spirit must be very exhausted right now, so some felt that if they challenged him at this time, they might actually stand a chance to win a match.
However, when it came to actually stepping onto the stage, those disciples hesitated.
Qin Feng asked three times and seeing that no one came up, he was about to sit down cross-legged to recuperate.
The continuous battles he had just experienced had kept his spirit tightly wound, and now that he was relaxing, he did indeed feel somewhat fatigued.
Just then, someone sneered from below the stage, “Spiritual Leopard Peak’s Guo Lingshan has come to seek guidance from Junior Brother Qin.”
With that, a young man, looking very robust, jumped onto the stage.
“Third Guo from the Guo Family?
I didn’t expect this guy to choose this moment to come up?”
“It’s typical.
The methods of these three brothers have always been rather unscrupulous.
Sending the weakest, Third Guo, up now is just to test how much strength Qin Feng still has left.
If he is already at the end of his tether, even if Third Guo loses, the other two brothers will come up and defeat him.”
Qin Feng heard the murmurs from below the stage, and he looked at the two other young men not far from the stage.
Those two, similar in appearance to Guo Lingshan on the stage, were indeed triplets from the same mother.
He understood that these brothers were still not giving up hope, wanting to come up to test him and, ideally, to knock him off the stage.
Qin Feng’s most disliked thing was these latecomers trying to take advantage early.
He knew that if these kind of people were not dealt with harshly from the start, others would keep coming up continuously.
At the very least, once Guo Lingshan’s two brothers felt there was still a chance, they definitely would not give up.
Thinking this, his expression turned icy, and he nodded slightly, “Senior Brother Guo, please make your move.”
“Alright, Junior Brother Qin, be careful.”
Though Guo Lingshan spoke politely, his attack was extremely ruthless.
With a flash, he appeared directly in front of Qin Feng and reached out to grab at his chest.