Shennong Dao Master

Chapter 1876: Chapter 17: Four Rain Stones Gathered, Rain Immortal Festival Sacrifice!

Zhao Xing immediately retreated to the side.

At this moment, Yan Lingjun’s form had also changed quite a bit compared to before.

He had originally been ape-bodied with a snake face; now the snake face had been shed, and his whole body was much closer to an ape’s form—only his face had no fur, covered entirely in black-purple scales.

"Can’t bear to part with the Heavenly Strange Snake bloodline?" Ze snorted coldly. "A stupid evolutionary choice!"

Yan Lingjun didn’t speak; he just began his attack.

Like the "Youyou Wolf" who had first passed the challenge, he also displayed an astonishing speed talent, even a bit faster than Youyou Wolf. His movement technique was even more bizarre than Youyou Wolf’s.

"Youyou Wolf uses an agile movement technique, while his is of the eerie style, drifting and unpredictable." Zhao Xing observed carefully.

"On the surface he’s activating his bloodline talent and seems to be going all out, but in truth his life fluctuations are still very stable. He’s definitely holding back."

"Sss~"

After circling around the White-haired Demon Ape dozens of times, Yan Lingjun suddenly withdrew from the arena.

"Hm? Why did you stop?!" The White-haired Demon Ape growled low.

Yan Lingjun didn’t answer, he just raised the tuft of white hair in his hand.

"Hahaha, Ze, you got your hair plucked and didn’t even know it." The Prince suddenly started clapping. "Ling Ping, you fought very well. According to my rules, you’re the second Deputy Commander."

"Many thanks, Your Highness." Yan Lingjun opened his mouth, his voice hoarse.

It was the first time Zhao Xing had heard his voice; it sounded quite unpleasant, and he didn’t know if it was because of pronunciation issues with that Alien Race body.

The White-haired Demon Ape Ze was very depressed. Two opponents in a row had slightly higher speed than him and relied on their movement technique to pluck his hair. This made him feel very stifled.

"You, come here!"

The White-haired Demon Ape pointed at Zhao Xing, and he suddenly shrank his body size. The scattered armor on him and the large club in his hand shrank along with him.

"Hahaha, Ze is getting serious." The Demon Ape Prince laughed again. He glanced at Zhao Xing. "Jing Yan, you’d better be careful."

Those whose names the Demon Ape Prince remembered were basically ones whose previous tests and performance in the Blood Demon Cave had left an impression on him.

Zhao Xing was from the Lower Realm and was originally Turtle Ape Mixed Blood, yet in the Blood Pool he had actually shed his turtle shell. This had greatly surprised the Demon Ape Prince, and at the same time made him hold a trace of expectation for Zhao Xing.

"Thank you for the reminder, Your Highness." Zhao Xing flew out and landed before Ze.

"Don’t tell me you’re good at running away too!" Ze thumped his chest.

"I won’t run, and I won’t use weapons."

"Good. I won’t use weapons either." Ze was very satisfied. He tossed away the weapon in his hand and removed several pieces of scattered armor from his body.

"Roar!"

Zhao Xing let out a low roar and took the initiative to attack, charging straight at him.

His Ten Thousand Spirits Marquis Transformation Technique now had two transformation stages.

The first stage, which was the form he maintained now, possessed three bloodline talents.

The first was "Demon Ape Tyrant Body" born from the Demon Ape bloodline. It was a passive talent; the Spirit Void Origin Realm had bestowed this body with berserk strength and astonishing recovery.

The second was "Cangjin Claw," which could extend sharp claws from the four limbs, with extremely strong tearing power—an offensive-type talent.

The third came from the Spirit Void Turtle bloodline: "Primordial Turtle Shell," a passive defensive talent, namely that layer of turtle patterns growing beneath the fur and skin.

After his observations just now, Zhao Xing had already assessed the White-haired Demon Ape’s combat strength. He only needed to maintain first-stage transformation, and that was enough to deal with him.

"Bang!"

Their two fists collided, and a huge shockwave erupted from the center, sweeping around and shaking the very space.

Zhao Xing bared his bloodstained fangs, scarlet light rising in his eyes, looking like he would never retreat even if injured to the death; in reality, the blood was all forced out by himself.

Instead, the White-haired Demon Ape skillfully retreated four steps to disperse the force.

"Roar!" Seeing Zhao Xing like this, the White-haired Demon Ape became instantly excited and punched forward to attack again.

He also abandoned technique, because he believed Zhao Xing wasn’t using much technique either. To highlight his own strength at the same age, he naturally shouldn’t use any.

"Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang!!!!"

One red and one white Demon Ape immediately clashed together.

No fancy moves—every punch hit flesh, a pure contest of strength and defense!

They both landed many punches on each other and withstood many punches in return!

Zhao Xing continuously spat blood. When he felt he’d ’performed’ enough, a pair of golden claws tinged with a dark-golden aura extended from his fists, sweeping across the White-haired Demon Ape’s chest.

"Pshh~"

A very shallow blood mark appeared on the chest muscles of the White-haired Demon Ape.

"Stop!"

The Demon Ape Prince called an end to the sparring.

"Jing Yan, you’re the third Deputy Commander!"

"Thank you, Your Highness!" Blood seeped from the corner of Zhao Xing’s mouth as he dropped to one knee.

"Your Highness, he should be the First Deputy Commander!" This time the White-haired Demon Ape wasn’t displeased; instead, he shouted excitedly:

"This kind of fierce, death-defying fighting style is what our clanmen should have! This is what Your Highness’s Blood Demon Guard should be!"

The Demon Ape Prince clearly appreciated Zhao Xing as well.

"Mm, Jing Yan’s status should be above the other two Deputy Commanders. Then he’ll be the First Deputy Commander!"

"Thank you, Your Highness. Thank you, Commander Ze!" Zhao Xing put on a very delighted expression.

.....

Zhao Xing, Yan Lingjun, and Youyou Wolf, the three Deputy Commanders, each led a thousand Blood Demon Guards, and usually only needed to follow the deployments of the White-haired Demon Ape Ze.

The newly formed Blood Demon Guard was mostly made up of people from the Lower Realm, with crude Techniques. The Demon Ape Prince was very patient; he never issued missions to the newly formed Blood Demon Guard at first, but instead taught them Techniques and put them through training.

For the first fifteen years, they were basically training in the secret base in the Royal City.

"Every year I can receive a batch of Boundary Stones. Adding in these years’ Blood Demon Deputy Commander’s Salary, I now have 3,856 Seven-striped Grain Rain Stones, 2,157 Grain Rain Stones, 2,541 Mei Rain Stones, and 1,875 Cold Rain Stones."