The power of Barren was the greatest.
As the area expanded, it weakened accordingly.
By the time the gray ripples reached the old ape and the others, the reduction in their lifespans was almost negligible.
It might only reduce their lifespans by a few years in a single breath.
However, a Dharmic art that could strip the lifespans of living beings and that even high-level fiend demons could not defend against was truly frightening!
It was especially so for the old ape.
Although his combat strength was still present and his blood qi was robust, he did not have much lifespan left and was extremely sensitive to the reduction of his lifespan!
Just as the old ape was about to charge forward and kill Protector 1 and the other three, his expression changed starkly as he leaped and escaped from the range of the gray ripples.
The old ape glared at Su Zimo with a conflicted expression and endless shock in his eyes.
This time round, he was truly shocked!
He had lived for thousands of years and was an Overlord – what had he not seen before?
Even with the betrayal of the four protectors around him, he was still unperturbed.
However, this puny low-level fiend demon before him shocked him!
If not for the fact that Su Zimo chose to help him right away, he would have thought that Su Zimo was sent by Protector 1 to deal with him!
Although that Dharmic art did not pose a fatal threat to high-level fiend demons,
However, the fact that it could affect high-level fiend demons that were two major cultivation realms above them and reduce their lifespans forcefully and unreasonably was frightening enough in itself!
This was beyond the scope of ordinary Dharmic arts!
When Su Zimo caught sight of the old ape's gaze, he was invigorated and snapped out of his stupor.
Whoosh!
With a single thought, the gray ripples vanished from Su Zimo's mind.
The moment he put away Barren, he felt a little giddy and a sense of fatigue rose from the bottom of his heart. His scarlet-haired Yin Spirit dimmed significantly.
Although the power of that Dharmic art was frightening, the drain on one's Essence Spirit was way too shocking as well!
His cultivation realm was still not high enough.
If he could cultivate to the Yang Spirit Realm, this situation would be much better.
Now that the strange gray ripples had vanished, the old ape heaved a sigh of relief and leaped into the air, reaching out to grab Protector 1 who was in midair.
Protector 1 had just snapped out of his stupor and turned to flee hurriedly.
"Roar!"
The old ape opened his mouth and roared.
His glabella shone and a golden beam of light shot towards the back of Protector 1's head.
Essence Soul secret technique!
The Great Guardian was also impressive. He also condensed his Essence Spirit immediately. An extremely sharp divine sense fluctuation burst out from his glabella and condensed into a green feather in midair!
Whoosh!
The green feather pierced through the air.
In the blink of an eye, the golden light and the green feather collided.
Without a sound.
With just a slight pause, the green feather turned into nothingness. The golden light also scattered in the void, turning into golden light spots that filled the sky.
Among them, there were still dozens of golden light spots that entered the back of Protector One's head and surged into his consciousness, causing raging waves!
"Ah!"
The Great Guardian's Primordial Spirit was impacted and he cried out in pain. His body swayed and he almost fell from the sky.
The aura of death forced him to calm down. He endured the pain and continued to flee.
However, in that split second of delay, the old ape had already caught up!
Boom!
The gigantic palm pressed down with terrifying momentum. It was like a falling meteor, and a burst of explosive sounds could be heard from the surroundings.
The Great Guardian slapped his storage bag and summoned another Dharma Artifact.
"Rise!"
The Great Guardian bit the tip of his tongue and spat out a stream of essence blood onto the Dharma Artifact.
The Dharma Artifact expanded rapidly and looked like the bone of a demon beast. It was incomparably tough and shielded the Great Guardian's head.
Bang!
The palm fell and collided heavily against the bone.
Snap!
The bone exploded!
The Great Guardian spat out a mouthful of blood as though he was struck by lightning.
The old ape strode forward and reached out with his massive palm once more, grabbing the Great Guardian's head and squeezing!
"Pfft!"
The Great Guardian's head exploded like a watermelon as blood filled the air.
The Essence Spirit was destroyed!
A high-level fiend demon was dead!
The old ape turned around and chased after the remaining three people!
It was too fast!
Although they were both high-level fiend demons, the Great Guardian could not retaliate at all against the old ape who seemed to be in his twilight years.
Within a few punches and kicks, his head was crushed!
When the Great Guardian died, of the remaining three protectors, one was severely injured and had just gotten up while the other was held back by the pale-faced burly man.
The last one did not manage to escape for long before the old ape caught up to him.
When he saw that, Su Zimo knew that the battle was over.
The demons realized that as well and some of them stopped, some fled while some of them helped Su Zimo's side.
The situation was completely reversed!
Su Zimo had already stopped.
Everything that happened here had nothing to do with him anymore. He stood on the spot and recalled the feeling of releasing Barren repeatedly in his mind.
He comprehended and deduced repeatedly.
After an unknown period of time, the sounds of killing gradually died down.
"Territorial Lord of Howling Moon Mountain, what's your name?"
A voice sounded beside his ears but Su Zimo did not seem to have heard it.
Solitary Cloud had to nudge him gently before he snapped back to his senses and looked around.
The battle was over.
The surrounding ground was filled with corpses and fresh blood – it was a tragic sight.
Many fiend demons were cleaning up the battlefield.
The old ape stood not far ahead with a few corpses beside his feet. By the looks of it, they were the fallen protectors.
The one who asked was the pale-faced burly man beside the old ape.
"My name is Mo,"
Su Zimo replied.
"What's your true form? Why can't I tell?" The pale-faced burly man sized up Su Zimo brazenly and asked.
Su Zimo remained silent.
He could not answer that question.
When he saw that Su Zimo was silent, the pale-faced burly man frowned and was about to fly into a rage when the old ape beside him coughed gently.
"Ling 'er, there's no need to ask,"
The old ape waved it off and looked at Su Zimo meaningfully. "I believe that your true form is definitely extraordinary if you can get a wyrm to submit to you willingly!"
Su Zimo smiled and did not reply.
At the side, Linghu rolled his eyes at the pale-faced burly man and sent a voice transmission secretly, "How dare you call yourself Ling 'er when you look so burly! How disgusting!"
"Come forward,"
The old ape beckoned.
Su Zimo and the others walked over.
The old ape swept his gaze across Su Zimo and the others before landing on monkey's shoulder. "Can you let me take a look at the rod on your shoulder?"
Linghu and the others tensed up instantly.
Could this old man have taken a liking to Brother Monkey's Thousand Catty Rod?
Monkey did not even think as he handed it over.
Although he was arrogant, he had principles as well. He would respect others tenfold if they showed him some respect.
Even though the old ape was the Overlord of a region, he sounded as though he was discussing with monkey earlier on. That alone gave monkey a good impression of him.
The old ape received the rod and sized it up for a long time. During that period of time, he would glance at monkey occasionally and nod from time to time, saying, "Very good, very good."
Everyone was confused when they heard that.
They did not know if the old ape was referring to monkey or Thousand Catty Rod.
For some reason, monkey felt goosebumps from the old ape's gaze.
Others might not be able to sense it, but monkey had a feeling that the old ape's gaze seemed to imply something else!
"This rod is not bad,"
The old ape returned Thousand Catty to monkey and said with a benevolent smile, "You're of the same race as Ling 'er. If you have any doubts about your cultivation, you can ask her at any time. You can get closer in the future."
When they heard that, the expressions of Su Zimo and the others turned extremely strange.
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