Physical mage, challenge me to a solo duel!

"Hey E, did you see those dark clouds over there suddenly brighten for a second?"

In the stone forest, Qi Xiaohao squatted on a branch of a stone tree, glanced at the dark clouds in the distance through the dark brown leaves, rubbed his eyes and whispered.

"Why are you staring at that dark cloud? Keep a proper watch."

Wang Yi leaned forward, his cautious gaze sweeping around him, paying no attention to Qi Xiaohao.

Because the Stone Forest was fraught with danger and monsters could be encountered at any time, the team began to rest in shifts, leaving at least two people on guard each time.

Qi Xiaohao chuckled, scratched his head, and said no more, continuing to take on the task of keeping watch.

On the other trees, Jiang Yue and his three companions were taking a break.

After a while, Qi Xiaohao couldn't help but whisper, "Brother E, I feel like we won't be able to reach the end of the world."

Wang Yi raised an eyebrow slightly upon hearing this: "Isn't this obvious?"

They have been in the Stone Forest for nearly fifty hours, and there are less than twenty-six hours left before they leave Lingnan Shaqiao.

After deducting the time allotted for returning to the Nansha base, they would have at most five or six hours left.

However, after fifty hours of entering the Stone Forest, they had only advanced less than one-fifth of the way in.

During this period, he fought against monsters more than ten times, and narrowly escaped death several times.

Wang Yi absorbed wave after wave of magic crystals, exerting all his strength, barely managing to prevent the team from suffering any casualties.

But everyone in the team had scars.

To think that one could use the remaining five or six hours to traverse the Stone Forest and successfully reach the deepest part of Lingnan Sand Bridge was nothing short of a pipe dream.

Qi Xiaohao smiled awkwardly, remembering the bold words he had spoken before entering the Stone Forest, and shifted his bulky body uncomfortably.

Feeling the slight tremor beneath him, Wang Yi couldn't help but remind him, "Be careful, or we'll break the branches and fall again."

Qi Xiaohao's body stiffened instantly.

More than an hour later, Qi Xiaohao's voice came again: "Brother E, something's up."

Wang Yi carefully turned his body and looked in the direction Qi Xiaohao pointed out.

Two enormous apes, each at least two and a half meters tall, were seen walking out of the stone forest in the distance.

They have canine teeth protruding from their lips, arms that reach past their knees, and long brown fur all over their bodies, with two golden stripes running from their backs to their chests.

"Golden-bodied fighting apes, and two of them at the mid-level, damn it!" Wang Yi's heart sank.

Previously, they encountered a mid-level golden-bodied fighting ape. After a few exchanges, the king was seriously injured and on the verge of death. Later, he was almost torn in half.

Wang Yi's Black Rock Heavy Armor was also dented and battered, almost killing him inside the armor.

The squad's two large shields couldn't hold out, let alone the rest of the team.

After breaking through the protection of Wang Yi and Wang Jiang at the front, the Golden-bodied Fighting Ape withstood numerous rare-grade attack spells and charged into the front of the four people behind it like a tiger entering a flock of sheep.

Wherever it went, severed limbs and blood flew everywhere.

If Healing Light weren't limited to connecting up to five people at a time, and if Wang Yi had cast Healing Light on everyone except himself, a normal single-target healing spell probably wouldn't have been enough to save all his teammates.

Five seconds later, Wang Jiang, who had not yet fully recovered, once again drew the aggro of the Golden-bodied Fighting Ape back.

Even so, in those brief five seconds, Chen Zhengkai had one arm torn off, and Jiang Yue suffered a broken femur in his left leg, piercing through his flesh.

Qi Xiaohao was knocked away and hung on a stone tree, a broken branch piercing through his lower back.

Only Hu Lili, who was protected at the back by everyone, had a little time to react and barely managed to run away and escape.

That was the closest the entire squad ever came to being wiped out.

Ultimately, the team relied on Wang Yi's healing rays to continuously exchange injuries and eventually wear down the Golden Body Fighting Ape.

This is because the Golden-bodied Fighting Ape is inherently belligerent and brutal; once they engage in combat, it often ends in a fight to the death.

There was only one last time, but this time there are two.

Wang Yi's mood immediately turned heavy.

Although the Golden-bodied Fighting Ape is not the top-tier mid-level magical beast, it is definitely among the most ferocious.

As the two mid-level golden-bodied fighting apes approached, Wang Yi flicked out four pebbles, which accurately hit the cheeks of the others.

Although they were resting, no one dared to fall into a deep sleep under these circumstances, so they were all woken up by Wang Yi's pebbles.

After opening their eyes, the group slowly sat up on the tree branch, their movements small and almost silent.

Wang Yi gestured to the group, pointing in the direction of the two golden-bodied fighting apes.

After clearly identifying the type of magical beast approaching, the group's expressions turned grim.

Clearly, the last battle with the Golden-bodied Fighting Ape left a deep psychological scar on everyone.

Chen Zhengkai, in particular, instinctively covered his right shoulder.

His arm was torn off by the Golden-bodied Fighting Ape last time, although Wang Yi later found the severed arm and forcibly reattached it.

However, healing rays are most effective at treating wounds involving flesh, muscle, and skin, but are relatively less effective at treating bone injuries.

Therefore, even now, Chen Zhengkai's right arm still aches slightly, his movement is limited, and he is unable to exert force.

Jiang Yue and Wang Jiang exchanged a glance. Wang Jiang nodded slightly. Jiang Yue thought for a moment, then gave the others a warning gesture.

Then Jiang Yue pointed at Wang Yi, then at the golden-bodied fighting ape on the right, then drew a circle with his fingers, made a fist, and stopped at the golden-bodied fighting ape on the left.

Wang Yi understood that Jiang Yue meant that if the two golden-bodied fighting apes didn't discover them, everyone should let the two magical beasts pass by peacefully.

Once discovered, launch the first attack, because the Golden-bodied Fighting Ape will definitely charge forward.

But isn't it a bit unreasonable to ask him to hold off one while the rest of the group takes care of the other one and then come to his aid?

Wang Yi couldn't help but grin and gave Jiang Yue a friendly gesture from afar.

This guy is pushing him to the limit.

Jiang Yue smiled gently and returned Wang Yi's look with a "I believe in you" expression.

Gan!

Although Wang Yi was very interested in the magic crystals of the Golden-bodied Fighting Apes, he also hoped that the two Golden-bodied Fighting Apes would not discover them.

Even though everyone's strength keeps improving, it's still too dangerous.

The golden-bodied fighting ape drew closer and closer, soon arriving at the tree beneath them. Wang Yi couldn't help but hold his breath.

The group was unwilling to engage in battle with the Golden-bodied Fighting Ape, but things didn't go as planned.

One of the golden-bodied fighting apes twitched its nostrils, suddenly raised its head, met Wang Yi's eyes, and grinned, drool dripping from its mouth.

"Grass!"

Wang Yi cursed inwardly, then pushed off with both legs and decisively jumped down from the tree.

As he leaped into the air, Wang Yi was covered in black rock heavy armor, and he bent his knee to strike the head of the golden-bodied fighting ape.

On the other side, the king was not slow at all. After leaping up, his whole body emitted a faint golden light. The halberd in his hand was covered with dark gold color. With the force of splitting Mount Hua, he slashed at the head of another golden-bodied fighting ape.

A life-or-death battle is about to erupt.