Chapter 207 - 179: Collapse (Part 2)

Chapter 207: Chapter 179: Collapse (Part 2)

This slowed the Spiritual Apes’ advance.

The two sides were locked in a stalemate.

However...

"OOH, OOH, OOH."

The Monkey King watched as ’his’ hand grenades and bullets were expended, its heart aching at the loss. It didn’t dare join the fray itself, terrified of being blown to bits, so it could only roar continuously, ordering its kin to attack.

It even unleashed the Spiritual Apes’ secret bloodline technique.

The next moment.

"ROAR."

"ROAR."

...

One by one, the Spiritual Apes’ eyes turned crimson, their expressions twisting with madness.

They had completely lost their sanity.

And with it, all fear!

All they knew was to charge!

Furthermore, their defense, speed, and perception were all enhanced across the board.

They had surpassed their peak.

In an instant.

Brother Dong and his men were overwhelmed.

Zuo San’er, his bloodlust ignited, could have held on longer, but he was caught in a mutual-destruction gambit by a Spiritual Ape.

The Spiritual Ape was stabbed through the heart.

He, in turn, had his neck and carotid artery torn open by a single swipe of a claw.

"ARGH!"

Before he died, Zuo San’er pulled a dagger from his pocket, grappled another Spiritual Ape, and with every last ounce of his strength, plunged the blade into its skull.

One stab.

Two stabs.

His strength gave out. The dagger fell from his grasp, and he couldn’t deliver the third strike.

However.

The Spiritual Ape beneath him was already dead.

He had traded his life for two of theirs—a heroic end.

However.

Men like him were few and far between.

Wang Kang turned to flee, only to have his heart ripped out by a Spiritual Ape. He took a few more frantic steps before collapsing powerlessly to the ground. His body twitched uncontrollably as he was trampled by ape after ape, and soon, he moved no more.

Brother Dong’s luck was even worse.

In the heat of battle, he had a moment of carelessness and was instantly killed when a sharpened wooden stake pierced his skull.

In a matter of seconds.

The entire first group—all fifteen of them—had been slaughtered.

None were spared.

The second group.

The bald man and his team didn’t even need to rush forward to relieve them; the Spiritual Apes were already upon them.

The battle erupted in an instant.

"Second Sister-in-law."

"Guns for you!"

Seeing the situation, Hong She cast aside all hesitation and hurled a case of firearms down to them.

"Grab the guns!"

Second Sister-in-law’s eyes lit up, her estimation of Hong She rising.

’Not rigid. Ruthless. Cunning. A truly capable man.’

"RAT-TAT-TAT."

...

Their three guns became more than a dozen, and one can only imagine the increase in suppressive fire.

Even with the Spiritual Apes’ suicidal charges, they couldn’t advance another inch.

The pressure on the bald man and his team lessened dramatically.

The two sides were once again locked in a stalemate.

At this sight, the Monkey King’s heart ached even more. It paced back and forth anxiously before finally grabbing a sharpened wooden stake and taking aim at the battle below.

It threw!

"THWACK!"

A brute fighting beside the bald man had been using a corpse as a shield over his head. Now, both the corpse and his own body were pierced clean through.

The stake’s momentum didn’t falter, and it ended up embedded deep within a crevice in the rock.

"ARGH!"

The man let out a bloodcurdling scream, and in that moment of distraction, he was killed by the Spiritual Ape in front of him.

"!!!"

The bald man jumped in fright, looking up just in time to see the Monkey King aiming directly at him.

"Holy shit!"

He cursed out loud. Under the threat of death, he unlocked some hidden potential, launching himself backward with an acceleration 1.5 times faster than his peak.

"THUD."

The sharpened stake slammed into the spot where he had just been standing, shattering into a spray of splinters. One of the fragments even flew up and sliced a gash across the bald man’s face.

Blood streamed down his cheek.

But as if he didn’t even feel it, he quickly scrambled for cover behind a massive boulder.

Seeing this.

The Monkey King frowned, clearly displeased with its miss. But when it saw how nimbly its target had hidden behind the boulder, it had no choice but to give up and find another.

"SWOOSH."

"THWACK."

...

Soon, it claimed another life.

Then two more.

"Hm?"

Little Nannan noticed something was amiss. A moment later, she witnessed firsthand the Monkey King sniping its fourth victim. ’Such incredible arm strength!’ she thought in shock. ’That’s... that’s on par with Brother Hua, isn’t it?’

’Could it have the power of a Second Grade Spirit Ability Realm?’

Her expression grew solemn.

She finally understood why Yu had been so meticulously careful and had them prepare with everything they had from the very beginning.

"BANG!"

Seeing the Monkey King raise another sharpened stake to throw, Little Nannan quickly composed herself and decisively pulled the trigger.

The bullet shot from the barrel.

The Monkey King’s attention was fixed on its target, and it was in the very instant of exerting its strength—the perfect window for a shot.

Little Nannan, naturally, would not miss it.

Unfortunately.

"WHOOSH."

The Monkey King’s perception was extraordinarily sharp, and it had been secretly on guard the whole time. It sensed the danger in that first instant. With a powerful push of its legs that snapped the branch beneath its feet, its body launched violently backward.