261: Chapter 261 Dragon Ape Devours Evil and Breaks the Seal

With a slight thought from Ye Tian, the ancient sword pill vanished with a "whoosh." In the next instant, it appeared before his brow, spinning rapidly and emitting a terrifying aura of cutting force, its speed far exceeding any of his previous attacks.

He felt that by using this sword pill to perform the "Cloud-Breaking" Sword Intent, its penetrating power would reach an unimaginable level.

Satisfied, Ye Tian put away the sword pill and stood up, looking toward the light gate.

The Sword Washing Pond had dried up; its mission was complete.

It was time to leave.

It was the perfect time to test the power of the fully refined ancient sword pill.

He stepped out of the light gate and returned to the main hall.

The very moment his figure appeared...

"Roar!!"

The Mini Dragon Ape, which had been sitting quietly on Hou Xiaojie's shoulder, suddenly let out a world-shaking roar without warning—a cry filled with pain, yet mixed with wild joy and rage!

The roar caused the main hall to hum and vibrate!

Its golden eyes were instantly flooded with a violent blood-red color!

Its small body swelled by a size, its golden fur stood on end, and a terrifying aura—far stronger and more violent than before—exploded uncontrollably from within its body!

The aura instantly broke through the True Martial Realm and reached the level of the Sea Transformation Realm!

Though it was extremely unstable and felt like it was on the verge of a rampage, the pressure made it difficult for everyone to breathe!

"Little Dragon Ape! What's wrong with you?!"

Hou Xiaojie was knocked over by the aura and shouted in terror.

Ye Tian's expression changed as he sensed that some kind of Seal inside the Dragon Ape had been broken!

Was it because his complete refinement of the ancient sword pill had triggered a high-level resonance of the same origin?

Or was there something inside the Sword Pavilion that had stimulated it?

Before he could think further, the maddened Dragon Ape's blood-red eyes locked onto a certain direction in the hall.

It was that dark-red, sword-shaped stone pillar!

It let out a hiss filled with endless hatred and longing, turning into a streak of golden light as it threw itself recklessly toward the pillar!

Pale white flames burned fiercely around its body, making it look like a Vicious Beast of flame!

"Not good!"

Alarm bells rang in Ye Tian's mind.

The Killing Sword Malice from the dark-red pages within the stone pillar was terrifying. Given the Dragon Ape's strange state, if it collided with it...

Everything happened far too quickly!

The maddened Dragon Ape's speed was incredible. It pounced onto the stone pillar in an instant, its claws wreathed in pale white flames as it clawed fiercely at the cracks in the pillar!

"Hum!"

The dark-red stone pillar vibrated violently, and countless streaks of terrifying sword malice, filled with the intent of extinction, shot out from every crack, instantly submerging the pouncing Dragon Ape!

The entire hall was suddenly illuminated like a blood-colored Hell!

"Little Dragon Ape!"

Ye Tian's eyes nearly split from strain as he rushed over without a second thought!

"Clang!"

The ancient sword pill left his body and expanded in the wind, hovering above Ye Tian's head.

A vast Sword Intent that seemed to suppress all the sword paths under the heavens erupted outward with Ye Tian as the center!

This Sword Intent actually shared the same source as the blood-colored sword malice erupting from the stone pillar, yet it seemed to be of a higher order!

It was as if a subject had met their king!

In that critical moment, the ancient sword pill spun once and released a great golden radiance, actually forming a halo of dark gold above Ye Tian's head.

The halo cast its light down, forcefully obstructing the surging blood-colored sword malice!

However, the sword malice was too vast. Although the ancient sword pill was of a higher rank, Ye Tian's cultivation was too low to fully exert its power. The halo vibrated violently, looking as if it could no longer hold on.

Just then, at the spot where the Dragon Ape was submerged by the blood-colored sword malice, a burst of incredibly intense pale white flame suddenly erupted!

These flames were more than a hundred times more violent than the flames the Dragon Ape had spat out before!

Wherever the pale white flames passed, even the terrifying sword malice capable of corroding a Sea Transformation Realm expert was actually neutralized!

"Roar!"

A high-pitched dragon's cry mixed with an ape's roar, filled with a sense of liberation, erupted from the center of the pale white flames!

Within the flames, the Dragon Ape's small body was expanding and transforming at a speed visible to the naked eye!

The body, which was originally only about a foot long, grew to the height of half a man in the blink of an eye, and continued to grow...

At the same time, two bulges on its shoulder blades writhed violently. With a "poof," a pair of fleshy wings covered in pale golden down, with pale white flames flowing along the edges, tore through the skin and unfurled!

Although the wings were not yet fully grown and appeared somewhat tender, the majesty of a ruler of the skies was already beginning to show!

Its head was also changing; its forehead bulged slightly as if a single horn was about to emerge. Its golden fur became denser and more dazzling, its claws and teeth glinted with a cold light, and its aura climbed steadily, instantly breaking through a certain threshold to reach the Early Stage of the Sea Transformation Realm!

Though its aura fluctuated slightly due to the recent Breakthrough and unstable state, the life pressure belonging to a Sea Transformation Realm expert was now undeniable!

What was even more shocking was that while its violent eyes—originally flooded with blood-red—still carried wildness and chaos, a trace of ancient vicissitude now appeared deep within its pupils!

A flood of memories that had slept for ages was pouring frantically into its mind.

"Is this... an ancestral awakening? Or has some kind of Seal been undone?!"

In the distance, the well-traveled commander of the Governor's Mansion, Zhao Qing, cried out in shock, his face full of horror.

This unremarkable little monkey was actually a terrifying existence that possessed the Bloodline of an ancient exotic beast and had its power sealed?!

"It... it's absorbing the sword malice! It's using the sword malice as fuel to ignite its Bloodline and break through the Seal!"

Jing Wutian also saw the truth of the matter, and the shock in his heart was beyond measure.

Just who was Ye Tian?!

It was one thing for he himself to be a monster, but even the creature following him was actually a monster too!

The pale white flames surrounding the Dragon Ape were frantically "burning" the blood-colored sword malice. With every bit of sword malice purified and absorbed, its aura became more solid and its physical transformation more complete!

This peerless and terrifying sword malice, which had caused even the two Old Ancestors to suffer greatly, had actually become a supplement for it to break its Seal and restore its power!

The dark-red stone pillar seemed to be enraged, or perhaps it had sensed a provocation from power of the same level. The erupting sword malice became even more violent, its color turning from dark red to crimson, and its power increased again!

The dark gold halo formed by the ancient sword pill shook violently. Ye Tian let out a muffled groan, a trace of blood leaking from the corner of his mouth, and even his newly broken-through Realm began to fluctuate.

"Suppress for me!"

Ye Tian gritted his teeth and poured his newly attained seventh-level True Martial true yuan without reservation into the ancient sword pill above his head!

"Hum!"

The ancient sword pill let out a ringing sound, and the dark gold halo suddenly solidified, turning into a hemispherical light shield. It not only protected Ye Tian but also faintly shielded the transforming Dragon Ape behind him.

No matter how the crimson sword malice outside struck it, although the light shield rippled violently, it remained immovable!

It displayed its powerful essence as an ancient supreme treasure of the sword path.

With the protection of the ancient sword pill, the Dragon Ape's transformation proceeded more smoothly.

It roared toward the sky, its voice shaking the hall, and its new fleshy wings flapped suddenly, whipping up a cyclone of pale white flames and residual sword malice.

It opened its large mouth and took a fierce breath!

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"

A significant portion of the crimson sword malice erupting from the stone pillar was actually forcibly sucked into its mouth!

The pale white flames burned fiercely within its body, transforming the sword malice—filled with the aura of destruction and slaughter—into energy and a Concept of Slaughter, merging them into its demon soul!

Its aura began to stabilize toward the Early Stage of the Sea Transformation Realm and slowly climbed higher!

Its body size finally settled at about the height of a person. Though not particularly massive, its streamlined body, pale golden fur, wings wreathed in pale white flames, and the faint flame pattern on its forehead made it look extraordinary and majestic, with a sense of spirituality amidst its ferocity.

As a large amount of sword malice was devoured and absorbed by the Dragon Ape, the eruption from the dark-red stone pillar gradually weakened, and its light began to dim.

Inside the stone pillar, that dark-red page seemed to have sensed something. It vibrated violently, emitting an angry intent.

Just as the stone pillar's sword malice was about to be completely exhausted and the Dragon Ape's transformation was nearing its end, that dark-red page actually turned into a streak of blood-colored light. It shot out from the crack in the stone pillar like a bolt of lightning, its target being Ye Tian, who was currently putting all his effort into maintaining the ancient sword pill!

It seemed to have identified Ye Tian as the "mastermind," or perhaps it sensed that the chaos bead and the ancient sword pill on him were the greatest threats. It was launching a final counterattack, or perhaps even an attempt at Possession?!

This change happened in the blink of an eye and was extremely fast. Even Jing Wutian and the others nearby couldn't react in time!

"Senior Brother, watch out!" Hou Xiaojie only had time to let out a cry of alarm.

Ye Tian also sensed the fatal threat, but the blood-colored light was too fast, and the killing Sword Intent it contained far exceeded the previously dispersed sword malice.

The ancient sword pill was being used for the outer defense, and it was too late to bring it back for protection!

It was a moment of life and death!

"Roar!"

The Dragon Ape, which had just completed its transformation, suddenly let out a roar. With a flap of its fleshy wings, it actually blocked the path in front of Ye Tian!