13: fighting!

After Lu Yu dealt with the giant elephant, he returned to the mountain forest.

Currently, the fierce beasts on the outskirts of the mountain forest had all been dealt with by Lu Yu, and after patrolling two rounds, not even a Tier F fierce beast could be seen, let alone a Tier E.

So, Lu Yu decided to go deeper into the mountain forest.

This mountain forest in Jiangzhou covered an enormous area, and the deeper one went, the fewer traces of humans there were.

Precisely because there was no human destruction, this mountain forest preserved many trees that were hundreds, even thousands, of years old, and also contained many wild animals.

The biggest beneficiary of this Spiritual Qi Revival was primeval forests like this one.

After Lu Yu's rank increased, his mental power also received a great boost, causing him to now have sharp hearing and vision, and many memories that had almost been forgotten in his previous life became clear.

For example, Lu Yu could recall major events that happened at what time in his previous life with just a little thought.

At this moment, he remembered a news report in his previous life that said many high-tier fierce beasts had appeared in the Jiangzhou mountain forest, but after research, the bloodlines of some of these fierce beasts were not very high-grade.

So, experts speculated that there must be many natural treasures in the Jiangzhou mountain forest, and those fierce beasts were able to advance to high tiers precisely by eating those natural treasures.

Remembering these things, Lu Yu felt a surge of excitement.

One spirit fruit could give him nearly a hundred evolution points; although as his rank increased, the evolution points obtained after consuming a spirit fruit would decrease accordingly.

But spirit fruit were only the lowest-grade existence among all sorts of natural treasures!

If he found some precious spirit medicine and consumed it to gain a massive amount of evolution points, wouldn't he immediately take off?

Thinking of this, Lu Yu's speed of advancement quickened a lot.

An hour later, Lu Yu, who was speeding along, suddenly heard the sound of a battle from not far away.

After a moment of thought, Lu Yu decided to go join the fun.

With his current strength, there was basically nothing that could threaten him.

Any existence capable of causing such a big commotion was at least a Tier E fierce beast; these were all evolution points!

Wouldn't it be wonderful to reap the benefits later?

Following the sound, Lu Yu covered several kilometers in a moment and arrived at the battleground.

Bang!

Just as Lu Yu arrived, a huge rock flew towards him.

Instinctively striking out with his claw, the swiftly approaching giant rock was immediately shattered into powder.

Lu Yu's expression was a bit grim; anyone would be annoyed encountering such a thing.

He hadn't even seen the excitement yet, and he was almost hit by a rock in the face; who could stand that?

This unexpected turn of events also put an end to Lu Yu's idea of reaping the benefits, as it exposed his whereabouts.

Lu Yu simply stopped hiding, openly descending in height and beginning to circle to observe the situation below.

The area below had already become a mess; the surrounding trees were broken by the aftermath of the battle, creating a small plain in the middle of the mountain forest.

The two sides fighting were a monkey and a fox.

Calling it a monkey wasn't quite accurate; with a height of nearly five meters, it could fully be called an ape.

This ape had black fur all over its body, a ferocious expression, and its most striking feature was a tuft of red hair on its head.

Lu Yu was slightly startled; this ape looked a bit familiar.

The next moment, Lu Yu recalled it; wasn't this the famous Demonic Ape from his previous life?

The Demonic Ape, a Tier A ferocious beast, had a ferocious temperament. In its previous life, it fought a great battle with humans over a natural treasure, causing heavy losses to humans in that fight. The Demonic Ape ultimately seized the treasure and left freely.

However, at this moment, the Demonic Ape's aura was clearly close to Tier D, estimated to be just one step away from breaking through.

Lu Yu sighed a little, realizing he had underestimated others before. Although he had an evolution panel, in the early stages, he still couldn't compare to those with high bloodlines who were fed by heaven.

As for its opponent, it was a small white fox with a fluffy tail constantly wagging.

The Demonic Ape attacked continuously, while the white fox dodged constantly.

Although the white fox's aura was powerful, it hadn't reached Tier D, and was even slightly weaker than the Demonic Ape.

Even though the white fox was no match for the Demonic Ape, the white fox managed to dodge every attack from the Demonic Ape, which was truly strange.

Lu Yu watched with the mentality of an audience, but both combatants became wary, as they could both sense the threatening aura from Lu Yu.

Especially the Demonic Ape, while continuing to attack the white fox, it kept growling at Lu Yu, who was circling in the sky, to show its threat.

Then, the white fox's eyes suddenly darted around.

Afterwards, it dodged an attack from the Demonic Ape, saw a large pit created by the Demonic Ape's strike where it had just been, and with lingering fear, it turned towards Lu Yu and bowed with its front paws in the air.

Lu Yu was stunned; was this white fox asking him to save its life?

Naive!

Although Lu Yu didn't deny the white fox's cuteness, in his eyes, both the white fox and the Demonic Ape were his prey; they both had to become evolution points!

As for cuteness, could cuteness be used as evolution points?

So, Lu Yu had no reaction to the white fox's plea for help.

However, the next moment, the white fox's eyes burst forth with a strange light, directly hitting the Demonic Ape.

Surprisingly, the Demonic Ape was not injured when hit.

Just as Lu Yu was wondering, the Demonic Ape suddenly leaped up, swung its body on a tree branch, and attacked Lu Yu in the air.

"How dare you!"

The Demonic Ape's movement caught Lu Yu off guard, so in the flash of lightning when the change occurred, Lu Yu didn't have time to dodge and took the Demonic Ape's blow squarely.

Steel Body!

In a moment of crisis, Lu Yu immediately used his skill.

A flash of light passed, and Lu Yu's defense greatly increased.

Boom—

The Demonic Ape punched Lu Yu, emitting a loud sound.

Although Lu Yu was not injured with the Steel Body and his own spiritual power, he was almost knocked to the ground by the impact.

Lu Yu's mood instantly soured.

Spreading his wings, Lu Yu flew directly into the high sky.

A pair of sharp eagle eyes looked downwards, only to see that the Demonic Ape seemed unable to attack Lu Yu, and was roaring on the ground, as if it had gone mad, its pair of blood-red eyes staring intently at Lu Yu, as if Lu Yu had some deep-seated hatred with it.

Something's not right!

It's extremely, twelve-parts not right!

Lu Yu did not act rashly, as everything before him seemed very strange.

This Demonic Ape, ignoring the white fox, inexplicably suddenly went mad and attacked him; this completely defied logic!

After fierce beasts evolve, their intelligence also evolves. Fierce beasts above Tier C already have intelligence similar to humans. Although this Demonic Ape's intelligence is not high at the moment, it wouldn't easily do such an incomprehensible thing.

Unless it was controlled!