123: Chapter 123 Evacuation Failed? Evacuation Successful!

"Oi~"

"Did these underlings of yours tell you... that today's lunch is quite smooth?"

Behind the mocking tone, the neurotoxin that had gradually filled the entire Monkey Village cave was already starting to take effect inside these mutated monkeys.

The piercing, agonizing screams and roars echoed within the narrow, sound-tube-like cave, clearly transmitting into the karst cave where the man and the beast were currently located.

At this moment, the boss Primitive One, who clearly understood the meaning of Chu Hong's words, saw its pair of crimson giant ape pupils abruptly blaze with an even deeper red.

On its forearms, the bracer-like blue-purple crystals suddenly lit up with a dazzling light.

"Roar——!"

The battle instantly erupted in the span of a split second.

The blue-purple crystals on the King Kong Giant Ape boss suddenly erupted with fluctuations equivalent to that of the first or second stage of the Energy Gathering Realm; however, this huge disparity in strength did not cause Chu Hong to feel the slightest bit of fear.

Are you kidding me? A normal loot run.

Would I be afraid of you?!

With a loud crash, the terrifying iron fist of the giant ape violently slammed into the cave wall.

However, Chu Hong had already flipped his body, stepping on the flying gravel in mid-air to leverage his momentum and violently sprint onto the giant ape boss's body.

"Do you know that shouting so damn loud is disturbing the peace?!"

The source blade fiercely thrust toward the position of its neck artery.

The crisp, metallic clashing sound of clack made Chu Hong's expression stiffen.

[Current Remaining Time: 01:47]

The purplish-red crystals on the giant ape's shoulder suddenly lit up with a flash of light, and immediately after, Chu Hong instinctively felt as if he had been violently pierced by a scorching cutting ray.

The scorching, slightly burnt smell at his shoulder caused his adrenaline to surge wildly.

Death!

Within this secret realm of the Special Service Department, death was never something Chu Hong needed to consider.

But it was definitely a fault that the guy opposite him should seriously reflect on.

Damn it!

"Haji Dragon! Bite it!"

"Roar!!!"

Amidst the air-shattering thunderous explosions, a fierce dragon roar struck. The Thunder Horned Dragon, which suddenly appeared out of thin air, was not inferior in size to the King Kong Giant Ape at this moment.

As soon as it appeared, that bloody maw—capable of easily biting through steel as if it were cheese—

instantly clamped down like pliers onto one of the giant ape's freshly raised arms.

Its sharp fangs, more than half a meter long, directly pierced deeply into the flesh of that arm. While tearing apart the muscles, the Thunder Horned Dragon unhesitatingly activated lightning magic upon its dual horns.

"Crack!!!"

A streak of lightning struck out from the Thunder Horned Dragon's dual horns at close range, almost grazing the giant ape's head.

It hit the opponent's head squarely.

In an instant.

The giant ape, which had previously been almost overwhelmingly stomping on Chu Hong, was caught off guard and thrown into a passive state under this sudden attack.

"Endure! Keep enduring! Let's see you endure for your daddy again!"

"Clang, clang, clang!"

Metal clashing rang out as blue-purple crystal horn fragments splattered everywhere.

Chu Hong roared ferociously.

His left arm and shoulder were practically hanging limply from his body, but his other hand was frantically holding the source blade, fiercely and crazily stabbing at the single point on the giant ape's neck.

Finally, accompanied by a sound resembling shattering stone,

the source blade plunged deep into the flesh, and then, amidst the giant ape's painful wails, drove deeper into its neck.

Fresh blood spattered onto Chu Hong's face, splashing directly into his pupils.

[Current Remaining Time: 01:21]

Chu Hong could faintly hear dense gunfire accompanied by the roaring sounds of artillery shells coming from outside.

The neurotoxin was still frantically sweeping through all the space inside the cave.

Even the biting strength of the Haji Dragon that Chu Hong had just summoned began to show clear signs of fatigue and waning stamina.

As for the severely injured giant ape, it was in an even more wretched state.

However... the moment the latter let out a fierce roar, smashed the Haji Dragon's teeth to pieces with a single punch, and retreated with its heavily injured arm—pierced by tree-root-like fangs—to sit back down on the stone platform in the middle of the karst cave,

Chu Hong's pupils shrank abruptly.

A dazzling emerald-green light of life, even more brilliant than before, suddenly shone down from the ivy on the dome above.

Filtering through the dense leaves,

Chu Hong finally saw what the object looked like—the thing that refracted sunlight into an emerald-green hue, shone upon the giant beast, and instantly and rapidly restored its injuries.

That was a gemstone resembling amber.

What made amazement flash in Chu Hong's eyes the most was the tender, maple-leaf-shaped leaf embedded in the middle of that amber gemstone.

Those clear leaf veins gave Chu Hong the illusion that his vision had instantly penetrated into the microscopic world, seeing the surging tide of life pulsing within its veins.

The giant ape let out a wail, struggling while trying to throw Chu Hong off its body.

At the same time,

it clearly wanted to maneuver its body closer into the green light refracting downward.

The neurotoxin was finally starting to take effect inside its body as well.

Madness carried within Chu Hong's eyes.

He suddenly let go of the source blade, which was constantly twisting and enlarging the wound area on the opponent's neck.

Source energy erupted.

He leaped up fiercely.

The exact moment Chu Hong's hand, by a narrow margin and amidst the giant ape's astonishment and monstrous fury, grabbed hold of that amber gemstone,

"Store into the source energy space!!!"

After two slots of the source energy space were occupied by the little gold [Hidden Self-Destruct Core],

red light suddenly flared up inside the very last remaining slot of the source energy space.

"Roar——!"

Amidst a terrifying, fierce, and brutal roar, Chu Hong only felt a horrifying burning agony strike him, as if he had been instantly thrown into magma.

Immediately after, his vision instantly went dark.

[Investigation Area: Primitive Valley No. 1 (Normal)]

[Evacuation Failed]

[Action Time: 59:57:27]

[Cause of Death: Killed by "Lord of the Ape Clan: Codename 'Primitive One' "]

[Value of This Operation's Haul: 9,395,892 Source Energy Points]

Special Service Department.

Chu Hong lay on the ground, panting heavily with lingering fear.

All injuries on his body had completely recovered the moment he returned.

But he still lay there, looking at the information of this raid's harvest on the panel before him.

"Heh, hahah, hahahahaha..."

When a wave of arrogant, wild laughter burst from Chu Hong's mouth, Ke Xiaoken, Haji Dragon, Ba Xiaohua, and Ba Xiaoying curiously gathered around upon hearing the commotion.

Chu Hong grabbed hold of the two miniature figurine-like little sisters in front of him.

With a loud "mua", he kissed them right on the face.

"Nine million!"

Massive loot extraction!

With a thought in his mind, the single-slot bright red information of the item he had stored into the source energy space at the very last moment appeared...