Invincible Over the World-Chapter 63 The Giant Tree Underground
63: Chapter 63: The Giant Tree Underground
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Two months later, within a cave in the Silver Moon Forest, Huang Xiaolong sat cross-legged, radiating Fighting Energy that flickered incessantly.
Suddenly, space behind him rippled, and a Black Dragon appeared.
After the Black Dragon appeared, its form flashed and it vanished, followed by a glow of blue light as a Blue Dragon hovered behind Huang Xiaolong.
After two months of relentless and dedicated practice, Huang Xiaolong finally managed to summon his Double Dragon Martial Soul independently!
Yes, independently summoned!
Through two months of rigorous training in the Silver Moon Forest, the aura around Huang Xiaolong had grown much stronger than before he left the Heavenly Mystical Mansion.
His Combat Energy Cultivation had advanced from the Sixth-stage Early Stage to the Early Stage Peak.
Moonlight cascaded like water, and all around was silence.
Inside the cave, black and blue lights continuously alternated.
Over an hour later, the black and blue lights faded, Huang Xiaolong retracted his Double Dragon Martial Soul back into his body, opened his eyes, and stood up, emerging from the cave.
Gazing at the peaceful moonlight outside the cave and seeing no sign of the Soul-devouring Purple Monkey, Huang Xiaolong shook his head.
That little guy certainly took the opportunity to run off somewhere while he was cultivating.
Huang Xiaolong leaped down from the mouth of the cave, landed on the ground, and summoned the Shura Blade in his hand.
He ascended effortlessly, unleashing a swing, sending Blade Light scattering like starlight—sometimes violently thunderous, sometimes so subtle it was almost imperceptible.
The wailing sound of the Asura, akin to the drifting of a ghost soul, reverberated in all directions.
Two months of arduous practice had significantly enhanced the power of Shura’s Tears.
At this rate, Huang Xiaolong could master Shura’s Tears to the Great Success Realm within half a year.
As Huang Xiaolong practiced Shura’s Tears, suddenly, the ground began to tremble violently as “Boom!
Boom!
Boom!” resounded, getting progressively closer.
Huang Xiaolong turned to look and saw, in the distance, a giant ape standing ten Zhang tall, chasing after a little monkey half a meter tall.
The ape and the monkey were heading his way.
As the ape relentlessly pursued, it repeatedly clapped its hands, but every time it narrowly missed as the little monkey dodged with a flash, leaving the ape roaring in rage.
Looking at this comical scene, Huang Xiaolong couldn’t help but chuckle.
That little rascal!
The one being chased by the giant ape was, of course, the very Soul-devouring Purple Monkey that had disappeared earlier.
Whenever Huang Xiaolong sat down to cultivate, the Soul-devouring Purple Monkey would run out and, before long, return with a large creature chasing it.
This was not an uncommon occurence for the little monkey.
And sometimes, it indeed gave Huang Xiaolong a headache.
“Squeak sqeak!” From afar, the Soul-devouring Purple Monkey saw Huang Xiaolong, its eyes lighting up with joy as it waved and called out to him, clearly indicating there was more excitement to come!
At that moment, the giant ape suddenly swiped a huge palm at the Soul-devouring Purple Monkey.
“Boom!” A loud noise followed, and the ground where the Soul-devouring Purple Monkey had been standing moments earlier now sported a large crater, with debris flying everywhere.
The monkey hopped away, clutching its rear end and screeching furiously at the giant ape which had nearly caught its little behind.
Seeing this, Huang Xiaolong shook his head with amusement, his figure flashed as he leaped into the air, the Shura Blade slashing out at the giant ape now just tens of meters away.
Witnessing Huang Xiaolong intervene, the Soul-devouring Purple Monkey ceased its flight and joined Huang Xiaolong, attacking the giant ape from both sides.
This giant ape was a kind of demon beast called an Iron Ape.
Not only was it immensely strong, but its body was also incredibly armored, as if its skin was coated in iron, causing most swords that struck it to send sparks flying.
Iron Apes are rarely seen, and it’s a mystery where the Soul-devouring Purple Monkey encountered this one.
Fortunately, this Iron Ape hadn’t broken through to the Seventh Rank, but was at the Sixth Rank Late-stage Peak.
Coupled with Huang Xiaolong’s Shura Blade that could slice through iron as if it were mud, a few minutes later, he slashed the ape’s throat with a single stroke.
Blood sprayed, and the Iron Ape crashed down with a thunderous fall.
Only after the beast ceased to stir did the Soul-devouring Purple Monkey climb onto the corpse to claim the spoils of war.
The monkey clawed open the beast’s scalp and extracted the Demon Core, then swallowed it in one gulp.
It was unclear how the Soul-devouring Purple Monkey could distinguish, as demon beasts below the Seventh Rank seldom formed Demon Cores, yet every time the monkey provoked and hunted one, there was always a Demon Core inside.
Once the Soul-devouring Purple Monkey had ingested the Iron Ape’s Demon Core, Huang Xiaolong approached, his hands shaped like claws, and with a sudden inhalation, the Blood Soul Energy within the Iron Ape’s body was drawn out, continuously entering Huang Xiaolong’s body through the meridians in his hands.
After a while, when the Blood Soul Energy inside the Iron Ape was completely absorbed by Huang Xiaolong, he leaped up, and with a fierce motion, he reached out over twenty meters ahead toward a large tree, grasping the void.
The moonlight around them vanished, and darkness descended instantaneously.
Two black claw marks appeared.
With a “ping” sound, despite being twenty-some meters away, Huang Xiaolong tore off two half-meter pieces of bark, reaching half a foot deep into the tree.
Black claw marks were imprinted on the trunk, with dark death energy radiating around them, and the leaves began to slowly turn black and yellow.
Seeing the power of the first move of Asura Ghost Claw, Ten Thousand Ghosts Howling, Huang Xiaolong nodded in satisfaction.
During these two months in the Silver Moon Forest, not only could he summon the Double Dragon Martial Soul separately, but the Shura’s Tears, Ten Thousand Ghosts Howling, the Asura Technique, and the Yijinjing had all greatly improved.
Had he been at the academy or stayed at the Heavenly Mystical Mansion to cultivate, his progress could never have been this rapid.
At that moment, the Soul-devouring Purple Monkey at his side started chattering excitedly.
“Are you saying you’ve found some treasures inside this Iron Ape Cave?” Huang Xiaolong said after the Soul-devouring Purple Monkey gestured with its hands.
The monkey nodded, then turned around, beckoning Huang Xiaolong to follow as it led him back in the direction from which the Iron Ape had chased them.
Twenty-some minutes later, the Iron Ape led Huang Xiaolong to a dense forest, then walked into it, soon arriving at a massive cave.
“Squeak, squeak, squeak!” Upon reaching the giant cave, the Soul-devouring Purple Monkey chattered at Huang Xiaolong with excitement and flashed inside first.
Huang Xiaolong followed closely behind.
As they entered the giant cave, a faint exotic fragrance wafted from ahead.
The scent grew stronger as they ventured deeper into the cave.
Shortly after, Huang Xiaolong reached the bottom of the giant cave, which surprisingly stretched over a thousand square meters.
With a height of thirty to forty meters from the cave floor to the ceiling, the bottom hosted a huge tree that would take seven or eight people to encircle. freewёbnoνel.com
The tree’s branches spread out, many rooting into the ceiling of the cave.
Betwixt the leaves of the huge tree shimmered points of crystal light.
Huang Xiaolong stared at the tree in front of him, dazed, and then overwhelmed with joy, he could hardly believe it: “Is this, an Iron Tree?!”
Iron Trees bore a kind of strange fruit known as Iron Fruit.
When cultivators of Fighting Energy consumed it, it not only enhanced their Fighting Energy, but also tempered their body, strengthening their muscles, bones, and even their internal organs.
If one could consume Iron Fruits for an extended period, their defense would become as solid as iron, just like an Iron Ape, and regular blades and swords would barely leave a mark on them.
“Squeak, squeak, squeak!” Just then, the Soul-devouring Purple Monkey darted up the Iron Tree, plucked an Iron Fruit, and gulped it down in one go.
Huang Xiaolong smiled.
Sometimes, he truly wondered if the Soul-devouring Purple Monkey’s nose was actually that of a dog’s, and an even more sensitive one at that – how else could it find all the exotic fruits within a hundred miles every time?
