Zhao Lin'er's hand was as sharp as a blade, flashing a multicolored glow that swept towards the thick light curtain. At the same time, she twirled and sprang up in an arc, trying to leap towards the big tree outside of the Stone Forest. But the Four-armed Blood Giant Ape, nimble within the Stone Forest, soared as a beam of bloody light. It seemed ready to rend Zhao Lin'er apart in mid-air.
The Royal Celestial Maiden seemed to have a hard time avoiding the demonic claw.
But things are often unpredictable. At that moment, a silver flash surged extremely quickly from the depths of the dense forest. It collided with the Blood Giant Ape in an instant, catching Zhao Lin'er in midair, then sprang up atop a nearby towering tree.
The monstrous apes nearby surprisingly failed to obstruct it!
Looking up in surprise, Xiao Chen realized it was the Little Unicorn Sacred Beast! It had managed to save Zhao Lin'er!
Its frail body was barely a meter tall. Compared to the four-armed Blood Giant Ape, it appeared extremely weak. However, it had practically knocked back the mountain-like gigantic ape with raw force. It was difficult to comprehend the strength contained inside its small body.
"Roar!"
The Blood Giant Ape roared in anger, led more than ten Giant Apes to spring up, climb the towering tree, and besiege the Little Sky Horse. But the Little Sky Horse's movements were extraordinarily swift, magnificent as lightning, breaking through the treetops in an instant.
"Let's go quickly!" Zhao Lin'er's melodious voice urged the Little Unicorn. It seemed as though they knew each other quite well.
Xiao Chen recalled Prince Feng's words, only a pure maiden could approach a Unicorn Divine Beast. In an instant, he realized - during the two days when the Little Unicorn was missing, it might have been with Zhao Lin'er, or even met her earlier.
Although the more than ten Giant Apes were fast, they failed to catch up with the remarkable Little Sky Horse. In the end, the four-armed Blood Giant Ape howled at the sky and spewed a dazzling glow towards the escaping Little Unicorn Sacred Beast.
Xiao Chen was taken aback! Surprised by the Giant Ape's miraculous abilities, it could utilize such a supernatural Divine Skill which is nearly an enchantment.
The Little Sky Horse sensed the energy fluctuation from behind, its unicornhorn shone even brighter. Turning its head in an instant, silver lightning burst from the horn, hitting the dazzling glow in hot pursuit in an instant. The impact resulted in an explosion of brilliant light.
A strong energy wave wreaked havoc in the forest, where the dazzling light erupted, clusters of trees were destroyed in an instant. Leaves flew off, wood fragments soared into the sky, and a huge pit formed on the ground.
Xiao Chen was very surprised, ordinary experts definitely wouldn't be able to withstand such an attack. Both creatures had impressive Divine Skills, especially the young Little Sky Horse; it was hard to imagine just how strong it would become when it grew up. It truly deserved to be a Holy Beast!
Like an arrow released from the bow, the Little Unicorn Sacred Beast disappeared into thin air in the blink of an eye. More than ten Giant Apes roared at the moonlit sky, seemingly furious but helpless.
Xiao Chen was also quite disappointed. Initially, he had a chance to keep Zhao Lin'er, but in the end, the Little Unicorn Sacred Beast rescued her. At that moment, he felt the several Giant Apes showing clear hostility towards him. It was no longer safe to stay within the Stone Forest, so he retreated to his small peak.
At that moment, something astounding happened that floored Xiao Chen, the Four-armed Blood Giant Ape dug out a crystal clear crystal from the dead ape's body and swallowed it down.
Originally, after it spewed the dazzling light to attack the Little Sky Horse, it seemed much weaker in spirit. However, its energy seemed to have rapidly rejuvenated after swallowing the crystal, and its entire body emitted a faint glow.
Could that be the legendary Demon Core? But it didn't seem quite like it! Xiao Chen was unsure and returned to his small peak with puzzlement.
"Roar..."
Several giant apes roared and returned to the Stone Forest with the corpse.
In the following two days, Zhao Lin'er did not appear, seemingly accepting defeat. But Xiao Chen did not dare to let his guard down; he did not believe that the Royal Celestial Maiden would give up easily.
The giant apes clearly displayed some hostility toward Xiao Chen, not as harmonious as they initially were. Xiao Chen knew it was time to change locations.
While passing through the territory frequented by the Tyrannosaurus, he found the remnants of many large barbarian beasts. The size of the carcasses varied from three to four meters to over ten meters. The white bones were chillingly eerie. It was apparent that they were the remains of beasts that the Tyrannosaurus had consumed.
As Xiao Chen passed by a pile of bones, he inadvertently discovered a thumb-sized red crystal stone, as brilliant as a gem. An idea struck him, didn't the Four-armed Giant Ape consume a similar sparkling stone? The only difference was the color.
Clutching the transparent red crystal stone, he could distinctly feel the pure energy it contained. Xiao Chen was surprised, was this a Demon Core? He operated the Qi Refining Technique inscribed on the Ancient Stone Tablet, guiding this extremely pure spiritual energy into his body.
A short moment later, there was a crisp "snap" from Xiao Chen's hand. The originally translucent red crystal stone now looked dull, and it cracked open. Once the final bit of spiritual energy was absorbed, the crystal stone turned directly into powder!
The spiritual concentrate within the crystal stone was indeed strong, and it was easily absorbed. The speed of its absorption was many times faster than extracting the Heavenly and Earthly Essence. If it wasn't a Demon Core, it could very well be called a Spirit Stone.
However, Xiao Chen was very confused. Only a tiny portion of the absorbed spiritual energy was nourishing his wounded body, but most of the spiritual concentrate had disappeared without a trace, and he had no idea where it accumulated.
Xiao Chen operated the Mysterious Cultivation and introspected his own body, searching for traces of the spiritual concentrate. Suddenly, he saw a silvery light spot in his left foot. This was the transformation of the massive energy contained in the Dragon Egg, which had converged with the Shangqiu Accupoint. Compared to the other acupoints, it seemed to have undergone God Transformation, shining like a lantern in the dark!
At the same time, he noticed a faint reddish glow in the Shangqiu Accupoint of his other foot. He immediately understood that the same thing was happening in his other foot. However, the spiritual energy from the crystal stone was far lesser in comparison to the Dragon Egg. He wondered whether the red glow would also undergo a similar God Transformation if there was enough accumulated spiritual concentrate.
Xiao Chen did not venture deeper into the island. He had only shifted a few miles sideways from the habitat of the Giant Apes, settling near a stone cliff that still falls within the boundary of Overlord Dragon Territory.
Only within its territory were there comparatively fewer terrifying barbarian beasts. Given his current physical state, it would not be wise for him to engage in fierce battles with such ferocious beasts.
At dusk, Xiao Chen was quietly cultivating on the stone cliff, recovering his wounded body.
"Howl..." The distant forest suddenly emitted a series of wolf cries, accompanied by the roars of other wild beasts.
Initially, Xiao Chen didn't pay much attention, as the wolves on this deserted island were quite weak compared to the numerous dangerous beasts here. But subsequently, with the sounds of lion roars, tiger roars and ape cries, the forest began to quake as if numerous beasts were fighting!
Xiao Chen halted his cultivation and decided to go see what was happening.
When he arrived at the forest, the battle between the beasts was nearing its end. Numerous animal carcasses lay strewn throughout the forest, a cloud of blood mist hung in the air, and the pungent odor of blood permeated the forest.
Two huge lions, as large as elephants, lay dead in the forest, their necks broken; seven or eight three-eyed black tigers were torn apart, their bodies convulsing in the brush; a pair of giant eagles, six meters long, were impaled and hung from a giant tree; three one-horned giant bears, each five to six meters long, were beheaded..... There were dozens of beasts lying dead in the area.