114: Chapter 114 Liang Yue's Inflation

"Brother Liang, are we really going in?"

A lackey behind him leaned in, his voice trembling.

That was a Fifth-Order Beast King; one swipe could take out a group of third or fourth-order Awakeners!

Liang Yue looked back and glared at him.

"What are you afraid of?"

He held his blade, his gaze sweeping over the surroundings.

"You guys just help me clear out the small fry around us. Leave this Mountain-Hugging Demon Ape to me."

As soon as he finished speaking, he charged directly toward the Mountain-Hugging Demon Ape.

After rushing just a few dozen meters, a pack of Second-Order Iron-Backed Wolves surrounded him.

Baring their teeth and dripping saliva, they pounced on him.

Liang Yue didn't stop his pace.

A flash of blade light.

The first wolf's head flew off.

He sidestepped, dodging the second wolf's pounce, and thrust his blade into its throat with a backhand strike.

The third wolf turned to run.

He chased after it and slashed down from its neck.

The entire wolf head rolled to the ground.

Three Second-Order Fierce Beasts couldn't even slow Liang Yue down!

Liang Yue wasn't even out of breath.

He continued to charge forward.

More wolves surrounded him.

Blade light flashed repeatedly, instantly cutting down a large swath of them!

Those Second-Order Iron-Backed Wolves couldn't even last a single round against him.

They fell in heaps as soon as they made contact.

Liang Yue fought with increasing bravery.

The killing became smoother and smoother.

By the time the last Iron-Backed Wolf fell, his eyes were bloodshot from the slaughter.

He stood amidst the pile of corpses, covered from head to toe in wolf blood.

"What are you staring for? Keep up!"

Liang Yue looked back at his dumbfounded lackeys.

The lackeys' eyes lit up.

"Brother Liang is awesome!"

"Dozens of Iron-Backed Wolves, killed in the blink of an eye!"

"With this strength, Lin Mo was probably only at this level back then, right?"

The corner of Liang Yue's mouth curled up.

"Lin Mo?"

He let out a cold laugh.

"I've seen the video of him kiting the giant ape; it's nothing special."

He pointed at another group of fierce beasts in the distance.

"The beast tide is closing in again. Follow me. This time, you guys clear those small fry; don't interfere with my fight against the Mountain-Hugging Demon Ape."

The group let out a howl and charged forward.

Over the next ten minutes, Liang Yue cut through them like vegetables, killing over a hundred low-order fierce beasts.

Second-order, Early Third-Order—one after another fell under his blade.

His blade techniques became smoother, and his movements grew faster.

His self-confidence inflated like a balloon, reaching an unprecedented height.

"Hahaha! Come on! Bring it on!"

He slashed down an Early Third-Order Armor-Rending Tiger and let out a long roar toward the sky.

His lackeys gathered around him, their faces flushed with excitement.

"Brother Liang is so cool!"

"This strength is definitely not inferior to Lin Mo's!"

"Lin Mo is nothing! Our Brother Liang is the true hero!"

Liang Yue wiped the blood from his face and grinned.

"Lin Mo could kite that giant ape for twenty minutes."

He paused.

"If I can't kill it today, I'll stall it for half an hour!"

"Then I'll let everyone see who the number one genius of Great Xia really is!"

He looked up at the dense crowds on the city walls, his confidence having inflated to an unprecedented level.

"Brothers, follow me!" With a wave of his hand, Liang Yue charged directly toward that hundred-meter-tall, massive figure.

Three hundred meters.

Two hundred meters.

One hundred meters.

The Mountain-Hugging Demon Ape finally noticed this group of ants.

It lowered its head.

Its crimson eyes swept over the tiny figures, and then it slowly raised its palm.

Liang Yue's pupils suddenly constricted.

It's coming!

He lunged to the side, his feet exerting force as he shot out like an arrow!

The giant palm fell, grazing his body as it slammed into the ground.

"Boom—!"

The ground exploded into a large crater, sending stone fragments flying.

Liang Yue was blown back by the shockwave, flipped in mid-air, and landed steadily.

Unscathed.

He froze for a second.

Then, his mouth split into a grin.

"Hahaha! I dodged it!"

He looked back at his lackeys.

"Did you see that? I dodged it! It's not that scary!"

The lackeys, whose legs had originally gone weak from fear, saw that Liang Yue was unharmed and immediately felt a surge of confidence.

"Brother Liang is awesome!"

"Charge! Everyone together!"

"This beast only looks scary, but it's actually quite clumsy!"

The group howled and charged forward.

The Mountain-Hugging Demon Ape looked down at these hopping ants.

A hint of impatience flashed in its eyes.

It raised its other palm.

This time, Liang Yue didn't dodge.

He charged toward the palm.

Raising his war blade high, he slashed down with all his might!

"Break for me!"

The blade light struck the giant ape's palm.

Leaving a shallow white mark.

The Mountain-Hugging Demon Ape didn't even flinch.

But Liang Yue smiled.

"See that? I can hurt it!"

He turned and shouted to his lackeys.

"That's how Lin Mo fought back then! Grind it down slowly; we'll wear it to death!"

The lackeys were so excited they were going crazy.

"Brother Liang! You're too strong!"

"After today, everyone in the city will know the name Liang Yue!"

On the city walls, the old soldiers who were originally terrified couldn't help but take a few more looks.

"That student... has some skill."

"An Early Fourth-Order, able to dodge a Fifth-Order Beast King's attack and even hurt it?"

"Maybe... he can really do it?"

Director Zhou stood on the city wall, watching this scene with a complex expression.

There was worry, surprise, and a faint hint of expectation.

Could it be... Liang Yue can really do it? Is our Jiangcheng University really going to become famous nationwide this time?

However, no one noticed that a hint of impatience had already flashed in the Mountain-Hugging Demon Ape's eyes.

It was like a human being annoyed by a fly for a long time, finally deciding to swat it to death.

Chu Tianye's heart suddenly sank.

"Not good..."

He was about to shout.

But it was too late.

The Mountain-Hugging Demon Ape suddenly let out a heaven-shaking roar.

"Roar—!!!"

It raised both arms.

Two massive palms fell simultaneously.

A pincer attack from both sides.

It sealed off all of Liang Yue's escape routes.

Liang Yue's smile froze on his face.

He didn't have time to dodge at all and could only raise his blade to block it head-on.

The two palms slammed together.

"Bang!"

A dull thud.

Like swatting a fly.

Liang Yue didn't even have time to scream.

The blade snapped.

The man was gone.

Half of his body exploded, flesh and blood flying everywhere.

The remaining half of his corpse fell to the ground, blood gushing out.

The lackeys froze in place.

The excitement on their faces hadn't even had time to fade.

"Liang... Brother Liang..."

Someone murmured.

Then, the Mountain-Hugging Demon Ape's foot came down.

"Boom—!"

Flesh and blood splattered.

Liang Yue's remains were instantly turned into a pile of mangled meat.

The remaining few stood frozen, their legs weak with terror.

"Run... run..."

They turned to flee.

But the Mountain-Hugging Demon Ape's other foot had already come down.

"Boom—!"

A wave of earth-shaking tremors.

In an instant, the group was crushed into meat paste.

...

On the city wall, there was dead silence.

Director Zhou stood there, looking as if he had been struck by lightning.

The student who was just full of life, the genius who said he could stall it for half an hour, was now nothing but a puddle of mangled meat.

"Save them! Quickly, save them!"

He roared, charging down with a few teachers.

But they had only rushed halfway when the Mountain-Hugging Demon Ape's tail swept across.

Two teachers were whipped away on the spot, crashing into the ruins, their fates unknown.

Director Zhou was knocked back by the shockwave, falling to one knee with his mouth full of blood.

He looked up at the mountain-like beast.

His eyes were filled with despair.

It's over.

Everything is over.

On the city wall, those who had just held a glimmer of hope now looked ashen-faced, one by one.

That giant beast was simply not something they could contend with.

Just then—

A figure streaked past him.

Director Zhou only saw a flash of bluish-gold light.

And then, that figure had already landed below the city wall.

Standing before the Mountain-Hugging Demon Ape.