Chapter 33: Fierce Battle with the Giant Ape

"Fight! Face your battle with courage! Prove your cultivation achievements and your own strength! Even if you lose, it's always better than running away! Come on! Let me show you the results of my six months of training!" Xiao Chen said boldly, unleashing a tremendous force, his eyes revealing a deep longing for battle.

"Roar, roar!"

As if feeling Xiao Chen's naked provocation, the giant ape became even more frenzied. It pounded its massive fists against its chest repeatedly, roaring at the sky. A terrifying force swept out, turning the surrounding trees to dust in an instant.

With another roar, the giant ape leapt into the air. Its massive body soared to a height of more than ten zhang, and then, like a cannonball, it brought a fist down from the sky, aiming directly at Xiao Chen's position with an unstoppable momentum.

Seeing the giant ape's high-difficulty and terrifyingly powerful move, Xiao Chen's eyes widened in shock, completely overwhelmed by the ape's aura.

"Xiao Chen! Go for it!" the ancient white tiger shouted excitedly.

"If you want to go, you go! I'm dodging!" Xiao Chen said, quickly moving out of the way. The giant ape, as large as a pavilion, descended from the sky; there was no way he would confront it head-on—it would surely turn him into mush!

"Boom!"

The giant ape's terrifying punch landed with a thunderous crash, shaking the earth and raising a cloud of dust. The ape's massive fist had penetrated deep into the ground, forming a huge pit several zhang wide, with cracks radiating outward from the edge.

"Oh my god, this guy's strength is too strong! How am I supposed to fight this?" Xiao Chen exclaimed in shock, terrified by the giant pit the ape's punch had created.

"Roar, roar!"

Having missed Xiao Chen, the giant ape grew even more enraged. It roared continuously, charging at Xiao Chen with such speed that the ground seemed to echo with its heavy footsteps. Though it was only at the early stage of the Golden Core realm, its momentum was even more terrifying than that of the giant python.

"Xiao Chen, use your speed to win. You're faster than this big guy, and it can't keep up with you!" the ancient white tiger transmitted its advice.

"This guy's skin is thicker than a city wall. Even if I'm faster, I might not be able to hurt it!" Xiao Chen said, struggling to find a way to strike. For now, he could only avoid the ape's frenzied attacks.

"How do you know its skin is that thick without trying?" the ancient white tiger retorted.

"Uh... alright, I'll give it a try!" Xiao Chen decided, feeling that there was some truth to the tiger's words. His aura suddenly changed, and he activated his powerful true essence, quickly drawing the divine sword from his back.

"Here it comes! Be careful!" the ancient white tiger warned nervously.

Xiao Chen glanced back and saw the massive fist coming his way. He swiftly stepped on the ground, leaping high into the air to avoid the attack. Then, performing a backward somersault, with his head down and feet up, he slashed his divine sword.

"Whoosh!"

A white sword beam, three zhang long, shot out from the tip of his sword, with incredible power, aiming straight for the giant ape's head.

"Boom!"

The giant ape was slow, unable to match Xiao Chen's agility. Its punch had landed, but before it could turn around, the sword beam had already struck the back of its head with a loud explosion, almost causing the ape to stumble forward.

After landing, Xiao Chen looked at the giant ape, waiting for the dust to settle. When he saw that the ape's head was completely unharmed, he was shocked. "What? It's not hurt at all? Isn't the head supposed to be the most vulnerable spot? How could it take my sword beam and be fine?"

"This guy's skin is indeed thicker than a city wall! Its defense is incredibly strong," the ancient white tiger was also shocked, finding it hard to believe.

"Roar, roar!"

After being hit on the back of its head, the giant ape turned its blood-red eyes to Xiao Chen and roared again, deafeningly. The terrifying power exploded once more, as it charged at Xiao Chen without regard for anything else.

"The noise is so loud, my ears hurt. This guy is really abnormal! Sword beams don't work, I guess I have to fight it head-on!" Xiao Chen said, covering his ears, his eyes becoming fierce.

"Bang!"

Saying this, Xiao Chen suddenly stepped on the ground, shouting as he charged forward, swiftly moving along the ground.

"Hmph! Don't underestimate me. When I get angry, even I am afraid of myself! Let's see if your fists are harder or my divine sword!" Xiao Chen shouted fiercely. Facing the giant ape's incoming punch, he showed no fear and thrust his divine sword upward.

"Shhh!"

"Roar!"

Xiao Chen's divine sword was incredibly sharp, cutting through iron like mud. With a sound, the divine sword pierced the giant ape's fist, causing blood to spray out. The sudden pain made the ape instantly lose its strength, its punch halted by the excruciating pain, and it howled in agony, swinging its massive right fist wildly. Xiao Chen was also thrown around, finally being flung out along with his sword.

"Xiao Chen, that's great! You wounded it!" the ancient white tiger transmitted excitedly.

"The divine sword is amazing! It pierced through that guy's fist in one go! Great! Now that its fist is injured, it can't use that hand anymore!" Xiao Chen said, both surprised and delighted, amazed at the divine sword's power to pierce the giant ape's skin, which was thicker than a city wall.

"Xiao Chen, the divine sword can't cut it, but piercing is different. No matter how thick its skin is, it can't block the divine sword, just like you pierced its fist just now!" the ancient white tiger transmitted.

The ancient white tiger was right. It's like a tremendously muscular man; no matter how much force you use to hit him, he might not feel it. But if you use a needle, just a light prick can cause intense pain. The giant ape was like that muscular man, and the needle was Xiao Chen's divine sword. Although the ape's skin was thick, it was still flesh and blood, not made of steel, so it couldn't withstand the divine sword. When the two clashed, the giant ape naturally got hurt.

"Got it!" Xiao Chen said with some excitement. Piercing the giant ape's fist with his sword gave him great confidence in the divine sword. He immediately activated his true essence, gripping the divine sword tightly with his right hand, and charged towards the howling giant ape with high spirits and a murderous look in his eyes.

However, Xiao Chen clearly underestimated the giant ape. Though its fist was injured, it still hadn't lost its fighting power.

"Roar!"

The giant ape roared, its eyes flashing blood-red. With its right hand injured, it used its left, grabbing a large boulder from the side and hurling it quickly at Xiao Chen.

"Heh, heh! At this distance, you can't hit me!" Xiao Chen chuckled, becoming more and more confident. His figure flickered as he easily dodged the boulder, getting closer and closer to the giant ape.

Seeing Xiao Chen dodge the boulder and approach quickly, the giant ape swung its left fist down. At this moment, Xiao Chen stepped on the ground, dodging the attack agilely, and dove from below, aiming the divine sword at the giant ape's eye!

"Xiao Chen! Watch out for the tail!" Just as Xiao Chen thought he was about to succeed, the ancient white tiger shouted in panic.

"What?" Hearing the ancient white tiger's warning, Xiao Chen was startled and turned to see a tail as thick as a tree trunk rapidly whipping towards him.

Xiao Chen had no idea the giant ape could use its tail to attack, and it turned out that the ape's previous punch was a deliberate lure to use its tail as an opportunity to strike. At this moment, Xiao Chen's face changed completely.

"Bang!"

"Ah!"

The thick tail struck Xiao Chen's body hard, making a dull thud, and the tremendous force instantly sent Xiao Chen flying dozens of meters away. The pain made him scream involuntarily as the impact churned his blood and left blood trickling from the corner of his mouth. Finally, he slammed into a large tree in the distance and came to a stop.

After whipping Xiao Chen away, the giant ape quickly charged again, giving Xiao Chen no time to breathe, its eyes filled with a bloodthirsty killing intent.

"Xiao Chen! Xiao Chen! Are you okay? Get up, that guy is coming!" the ancient white tiger transmitted anxiously.

"Cough, cough! It hurts! That guy can use its tail to attack!" Xiao Chen's face was slightly pale. Being struck by such a massive tail made his whole body feel like it was falling apart.

If Xiao Chen hadn't had an extraordinarily strong physique, an ordinary person struck by the giant ape's tail would have been dead for sure. Now, Xiao Chen was just injured, which was already considered a stroke of luck.

Seeing the giant ape charging over, Xiao Chen roared angrily, "Unforgivable! Ah!"

"Xiao Chen! Don't do anything rash!" the ancient white tiger shouted in horror.

Xiao Chen let out a loud roar, gripping his divine sword as he charged forward swiftly. Being inexplicably struck by the giant ape's tail had ignited a flame of anger within him, unleashing all his strength.

"Roar!"

The giant ape charged as well, but at this moment, Xiao Chen's figure began to flicker rapidly from side to side. His speed was so fast that it left afterimages, his steps incredibly strange, no, more accurately, miraculous. He appeared on the giant ape's left side, then the right, then in front of it, but each time he appeared, he vanished in a flash.

At this moment, the speed Xiao Chen displayed was completely beyond what he had shown before. Witnessing this astonishing speed, the ancient white tiger couldn't help but exclaim, "So fast! My eyes can barely keep up!"

"Shhh!"

When Xiao Chen reappeared, he was already behind the giant ape. At this moment, the giant ape couldn't find a target to attack; it had no idea where Xiao Chen was. Then, a slicing sound was heard, followed by a spray of blood as one of the ape's white tails was severed by Xiao Chen's sword!

"Amazing! That white ape couldn't react at all! It doesn't even know Xiao Chen's position!" the ancient white tiger said, utterly stunned.

"Roar!"

The giant ape howled in pain again, its eyes filled with extreme rage as it turned to glare at Xiao Chen. Finally, it opened its mouth, beginning to gather a powerful force.