Zhongshan Shenzhu Chi

The moon hung brightly in the sky, without a single cloud obscuring it.

The demons of Zhongshan gathered at the entrance of the Snake God Valley. There were no roars or fights; the atmosphere was eerily quiet.

"Monkey, why don't you go in and take a look?" Prison Wolf broke the silence first.

"Go if you want." The Golden Ape King pressed his fist to the ground, lowered his eyes, and stared intently at the interior of the Snake God Valley.

The once smooth cliff face is now covered with spiderweb-like cracks, and rocks shattered by violence can be seen everywhere on the ground.

It seemed as if two ferocious beasts, no less powerful than themselves, were engaged in a deadly battle in this place.

One end is a candle.

Who's the other one?

Is there still someone in Zhongshan who can fight against Zhu'ao and has damaged the Snake God Valley like this?

Although the Golden Ape King is reckless, he is not brainless.

After chatting with the bloodhound in the valley, it suddenly realized that its past self... had been somewhat ridiculously reckless.

It panted heavily, its scarlet pupils darting around as it scanned all the demonic beasts crouching at the entrance to the Serpent God Valley.

The prison wolves, mountain lords, black bears... they can't even beat themselves, let alone the candle.

The little black crow that Zhu valued is now smaller than his palm when it spreads its wings, so it couldn't be it.

The other monsters present had even less chance.

outsider?

Humans?

Just as it was deep in thought, a series of crisp, rapid crunching sounds of dry leaves being crushed echoed through the forest.

Immediately afterwards, a frantic fox howl rang out.

Sensing the red serpent's intense emotional shift, the white fox ran tirelessly for several hours before finally reaching the Serpent God Valley.

But as soon as it burst out of the bushes and thorns and looked up, its body froze instantly.

Dozens or even hundreds of demonic beasts gathered at the entrance of the valley. The smallest of them was larger than a water buffalo, while the largest was as big as a small mountain. They could be crushed with just a single palm.

They all turned their heads at the same time, their green, red, or dark gazes converging on them.

The white fox felt a chill run through its body and tried to back away, but found that its four paws were firmly gripped by the mud and it couldn't pull them out at all.

"Your Majesties..." The white fox's throat tightened, and its tail drooped down, pressed between its hind legs.

"You've come at the perfect time." The Golden Ape King moved his body to the white fox, and the wind he created as he spoke made the fox's fur flutter.

"Did Zhu tell you anything about an impending enemy, or that the Serpent God had some other plan?"

"No... Zhu didn't tell me anything." The white fox pressed its ears tightly to the back of its head and lowered its body.

"That's a bit strange..." Upon hearing this, under the astonished gazes of almost all the demon beasts present, the Golden Ape King calmly turned around and faced the Snake God Valley, falling into deep thought once again.

When did this brute become so easy to talk to?

And it's a pet that's raised by candles!

In the past, it would have slapped a white fox like this if it didn't like it, regardless of whether it lived or died.

What's going on now?

"Monkey, have you changed your personality?" the prison wolf asked.

"Shut up, I'm thinking," the Golden Ape King replied impatiently.

"You think you can think? Don't let your brain be boiled into hot water after you've only thought about it twice," the black bear mocked.

"Crackling sound—!"

In response to the black bear's words, a burst of golden lightning suddenly erupted from the Golden Ape King's fist. The lightning flashed and disappeared in an instant, and although it was not very powerful, it frightened the black bear so much that his muscles tensed up.

Just as it thought the Golden Ape King was about to launch a sudden attack, it saw a mocking smile slowly spread across the dark monkey face.

"Just scratching an itch." The Golden Ape King bared his yellowed canine teeth and roared in mockery, "Look how scared you are."

"You...!" The black bear lowered his eyes, his anger ignited.

The demons immediately fled, and the prison wolf leaped onto the cliff of the valley, waiting to watch the show.

Qinghu Mountain Lord tried to stop him, but found that the black bear completely ignored his presence, its gaze fixed on the Golden Ape King, its body surging with murderous aura.

If we don't act now, we won't be able to stop them.

However, if he were to take action, he would not have the power to make a decisive move. If either the Golden Ape or the Black Bear were to hold him back, the situation would immediately escalate from a fight between two beasts into a three-way melee.

This deviates from the original intention of mediating the fight.

The mountain king sighed deeply, chose to step back, and leaped onto the cliff. His apricot-yellow pupils shimmered slightly in the moonlight, reflecting an undisguised sense of defeat and powerlessness.

The black bear slowly approached, its dark blood aura solidified under repeated hammering, becoming even viscous like honey when it flowed.

A pair of eyes, as black as an abyss, revealed a darkness even deeper than the deepest darkness, staring intently at the Golden Ape King.

"I heard you ran into trouble in your cultivation and got beaten up by Zhu again..." the black bear muttered, stinking saliva dripping from between its teeth.

Inside the mountain cave, in full view of everyone, its face was thoroughly punched in the face by the Golden Ape King.

The black bear held onto this grudge, which gradually turned into an unbearable humiliation.

This humiliation fueled its relentless pursuit of the "Thunder God's Bone Forging Technique."

It wasn't until its spirits were ignited that it wanted to get its revenge, but the golden ape remained curled up in its valley and almost never went out.

Now we can finally see each other's faces...

"That's true," the Golden Ape King replied in a deep voice.

"That's good!" The black bear's confidence soared upon receiving the affirmative reply.

The giant bear roared to the sky, its enormous body crashing into the golden ape like a runaway boulder rolling down a mountain.

The heavy footsteps crushed the pebbles, the ground trembled, and leaves fell in the forest.

"What a mess this has become." The prison wolf jumped to the mountain king's side, wanting to get close to it. "From now on, we in Zhongshan will have to call black bears 'wild bastards'..."

Before he could finish speaking, a cold gaze came straight at him.

The prison wolf felt a chill run down its spine, paused in its steps, and awkwardly retreated.

The mountain king withdrew his gaze and looked back at the entrance of the valley.

The Golden Ape King stood in place.

Its heavy breaths exhaled and exhaled lightning fragments, and the blazing lightning on its body was restrained, its light not showing, not as bright and dazzling as before, but its body appeared even more majestic.

It remains still and unchanging, like a rock firmly rooted in the earth.

Shan Jun's heart sank for no reason.

A thought that shouldn't have been in its mind quietly took root—if it were to face the Golden Ape King at this moment... it might not be able to win.

"Why?" Qinghu whispered, his apricot-yellow pupils dimming.

However, before it could figure it out, a familiar aura spread through the valley.

Like the rising tide, it submerges the reefs.

The demons all averted their gaze and looked into the valley—

A colossal red serpent lay horizontally in the moonlight, its golden and silver eyes drooping, as if enduring something.

The snake flicked its tongue, and a scorching heat, like the sun, gushed out with the mountain mist, visibly scalding the rocks beside it.

"You really want to fight?" The giant snake raised its eyes, its gaze passing over the Golden Ape King and fixing on the black bear. "Want to try?"

"I……"

The black bear and the giant snake exchanged a glance.

Just that one glance.

Its eyes were stung painfully, and its fur felt as if it were about to be set ablaze.

There was no time to ponder why the giant snake had become so terrifying.

It has moved forward and is getting closer to itself.