320: Sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight

Black Reef felt that his guess must be right.

This fellow named Fang Han definitely has problems.

He inexplicably became the City Lord of Darkstone City.

Sometimes he was nowhere to be seen, and only after a long time of announcements would he leisurely stroll out.

It was as if he couldn't be seen by anyone during this period.

At the same time, there were rumors that Fang Han's heart-wrenching wails could sometimes be heard from within the City Lord's mansion.

It was as if he was suffering some kind of torture.

It felt increasingly strange and perplexing.

Which normal City Lord would be like this?

However, now was not the time to discuss these matters. The City Lord was still the City Lord, and his deterrent power was quite significant.

It was better to get the golden pattern fruit first.

At this moment, Black Reef turned to survey the surroundings, then ordered: "This distance is about right, let's do it here. You all start preparing to set up the traps, and be careful to keep the noise down. I'll go ahead and observe the situation."

"Yes!"

More than twenty Stranger responded in a low voice, then quickly took out tools like iron picks from their backs and began to dig and set up.

Meanwhile, Black Reef darted out like a ghost.

In just a breath, with Black Reef's sixth-tier skill, he quickly crossed one Withered Forest after another, each as thick as a man's embrace, and shot out nearly a hundred meters, arriving at the edge of the Withered Forest.

This was already the deepest part of the desolate valley. With the information provided by his teammates, he immediately discovered a huge cave carved into the rock wall dozens of meters to his right, which seemed to be the dwelling of that Red-Eyed Giant Ape.

And at a distance of only about thirty meters from this cave, there was a large patch of thick, python-like dark red vines climbing and growing along the rock wall. At the same time, hanging between the vines were golden pattern fruits, each the size of a child's fist, with red skin and golden light flowing, beautiful and magnificent. Looking around, there were at least a hundred of them!

"That's it!"

Upon discovering this large patch of vines and the fruits emitting a gorgeous light, Black Reef's face was filled with wild joy.

These spiritual fruits could also increase cultivation, though not as quickly or fiercely as human flesh.

But they were still fruits that brought rapid progress.

Having them was better than not having them.

The dazzling, dreamlike light flickering in his vision now made him feel that his path ahead was wide open and smooth, and advancing to the seventh-tier was no longer just a dream!

However, after the initial ecstasy, Black Reef's gaze dropped, and then suddenly turned cold.

Because he saw five or six bloody corpses in the corner, impaled by long wooden stakes, suspended in mid-air.

These corpses looked like toys that had been violently twisted and broken, with drops of fresh blood continuously dripping down onto the soil where the vines were rooted, looking as if these corpses were being used to water the vines!

And these corpses were, naturally, the members of the collection team that City Lord Fang Han had previously sent out.

The scent of blood he had smelled earlier also came from them.

Gazing at these gruesome corpses, Black Reef's face twitched. Then, he hid his figure behind a Withered Forest, stared at the nearby cave entrance, and after estimating that enough time had passed, slowly retreated, returning to the spot where his subordinates were digging traps.

These subordinates placed black pouches into the pits.

The pouches were already filled with Origin Qi, and by using a specific method, they could cause an explosion.

It was a good preemptive choice for dealing with the Red-Eyed Giant Ape.

"Captain, it's all set up!"

At this moment, in the clearing in the forest, there were traces of excavated earth and several simple markers. The middle-aged Stranger who had escaped from the jaws of death earlier and led the way exclaimed excitedly:

"If that beast dares to chase us, we'll give it a good show immediately!"

"Good!"

Black Reef nodded, scanning the nervous and excited faces of his subordinates, and took a deep breath:

"I'm going to lure that beast out now. You all pay attention to concealing yourselves!"

More than twenty Stranger subordinates roared in agreement, quickly moving away from the vicinity of the traps, seeking various covers to hide.

Black Reef, holding a black pouch, once again crept towards the Red-Eyed Giant Ape's cave.

Without a doubt, only a sixth-tier speed could serve as bait.

In just a breath, Black Reef, like a black ghost, arrived near the entrance of the nest cave.

Hiss…

Black Reef activated the explosion device within the pouch by circulating Origin Qi through his body.

Then, Black Reef threw his arm, and the pouch in his hand fell into the pitch-black nest cave, over thirty meters away, and then—

Boom!

Amidst a thunderous explosion, dazzling flames erupted from the dark cave entrance. In the violent tremor, thick smoke billowed instantly, and countless gravel flew in all directions.

However, due to the hard rock and the enormous size of the cave entrance, the black pouch thrown by Black Reef did not cause the entrance to collapse. Then, from deep within the huge cave entrance, an extremely brutal roar suddenly came:

"Awoo!"

Following this roar, a figure as massive as a mountain of flesh burst through the thick smoke and appeared outside the cave entrance.

This was an ape-like radiated species, nearly four meters tall, with white fur all over its body and fangs protruding outwards.

Its arms hung to the ground, a blood-red maw occupied nearly half of its face, and on its head grew a hideous fleshy tumor. Coupled with its blood-red eyes larger than brass bells and its suffocatingly massive size, it could truly be described as overwhelmingly fierce!

Even with Black Reef's current sixth-tier strength, clearly seeing the exaggerated size of this Red-Eyed Giant Ape, he couldn't help but feel a slight chill in his heart.

"Roar!"

Almost instantly, it locked onto Black Reef's location. The Red-Eyed Giant Ape let out an earth-shattering roar, then took large strides, charging towards Black Reef while simultaneously grabbing gravel from its surroundings and violently throwing them at Black Reef.

Boom!

Amidst the fierce whistling of the wind, like a cannonball hitting its target, the spot where Black Reef had stood erupted with earth and stone, creating a pit more than a meter deep.

However, Black Reef himself had sneered the moment the Red-Eyed Giant Ape appeared and ran wildly backward without looking, causing the Red-Eyed Giant Ape's furious strike to miss.

Roar!

With its nest bombed, the Red-Eyed Giant Ape was enraged beyond measure. How could it let go of this little worm in its eyes? It immediately trampled the ground, its massive body displaying astonishing agility, chasing after Black Reef like a heavy truck.

…

They're making a move!

At the same time, nearly a hundred meters behind the trap-setting location of the Stranger team, Shen Bei, Zhuang Bifan, and Fang Nanxi suddenly poked their heads out from behind cover, hearing the muffled roar from ahead.

Beside Shen Bei, Zhuang Bifan frowned and said, "I think that big fellow shouldn't be their opponent. Should we retreat immediately and set up a trap for them outside the Withered Forest?"

In his opinion, with a sixth-tier Stranger leading the way and traps laid with explosives, no matter how fierce that unintelligent big fellow was, it couldn't cause any trouble. So, it was natural to prepare early.

"No need for such trouble."

Shen Bei listened to the commotion ahead and said indifferently:

"If that big fellow is really quickly dealt with by them, it doesn't matter. Let them first help us collect the fruits, and then we'll just ask them for them."

Ask, ask them for them?

Zhuang Bifan was a bit stunned for a moment, asking foolishly, "What if they don't give them?"

Shen Bei gave a sinister smile and squeezed his iron fist, which was as big as a sandbag:

"Then we'll force them to give them!"

At the same time.

Thump, thump, thump!

Now, behind the Withered Forests, twenty to thirty meters away from the traps, the Stranger team, hidden, immediately felt the ground shake and saw their captain dart back like an arrow.

At the same time, they also saw a mountain of flesh, the massive body of the Red-Eyed Giant Ape, behind their captain, displaying a fierce speed utterly disproportionate to its size. It was trampling the ground, furiously chasing Black Reef, rapidly closing in!

"It's coming! Get ready!"

Such a huge and ferocious radiated species was rare even in the wilderness. Everyone hiding behind the trees tensed up, nervously gripping their weapons, and swallowed hard.

In just a few blinks of an eye, a hundred meters flashed by. Black Reef, with a cold expression, his figure stirring up a fierce wind, suddenly leaped over the already marked traps.

The Red-Eyed Giant Ape behind him, in its fury, only wanted to tear apart this tiny worm and was completely oblivious to anything else, still chasing like a truck.

So, when it stepped onto the trap that the Stranger team had already set, its massive body suddenly stumbled!

Rumble!

The next moment, with an earth-shattering roar, a blazing fire erupted from the ground.

The calm air was instantly torn apart, powerful air currents swept violently, a scorching wave, stirring up minced meat, smoke, and Wood chips like an overwhelming sandstorm, splattering everywhere!

"Awoo!"

An extremely tragic roar echoed through the vast Withered Forest. The ground rumbled and shook. Amidst the billowing thick smoke, the massive, mountain-like body of the Red-Eyed Giant Ape was instantly covered in flying flesh and blood, then lifted by the explosive airflow, crashing to the ground with a thud, rolling all the way!

Black Reef turned his head and clearly saw that the Red-Eyed Giant Ape's entire thick right leg was directly blown off, revealing jagged bone fragments. Even its chest and abdomen were blown to a bloody pulp, with white bones and wriggling organs faintly visible. It was clearly severely wounded!

"It's done!"

"Attack!"

Without Black Reef even needing to give the joyful order, his subordinates, hidden behind various covers, seeing that the trap had successfully severely wounded the Red-Eyed Giant Ape, immediately rushed out excitedly to finish it off!

Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!

With such a large target, the long-range attacking Stranger directly activated their Martial Skills. There was no need to aim. Dense fireballs, ice arrows, bows, and other Martial Skills rained down with whistling sounds.

They struck the Red-Eyed Giant Ape, which was rolling and struggling on the ground, from all directions. In an instant, the Red-Eyed Giant Ape's entire body was riddled with dense bloody holes, as if it had been shot full of holes, and blood splattered everywhere.

"Roar, roar!"

However, the vitality of this Red-Eyed Giant Ape was also extremely tenacious. Even though it was now practically disemboweled and its entire right leg was blown to pieces, it instead stimulated an unprecedented ferocity in it.

In just two or three seconds, it propped itself up on one leg and one arm, actually enduring the various colorful attacks and getting up from the ground, furiously pounding the ground. At the same time, it grabbed all the surrounding earth, stones, and Wood chips, roaring and throwing them in the direction of the attacking Stranger team.

It was just a pity that this time, the Stranger team was no longer the careless, suicidal team from before.

They had already formulated a complete battle strategy, and each Stranger used a Withered Forest as cover. Except for a few unlucky ones who were hit, most of the Red-Eyed Giant Ape's frantic counterattacks were useless, as it couldn't even stand due to its severe injuries and could only roar and struggle on the ground.

"Damn it! So many pouches couldn't even blow you to death? A beast is a beast, I'd like to see how much blood you still have to shed?"

Somewhat surprised that the Red-Eyed Giant Ape wasn't directly blown to death, Black Reef, also hidden behind a Withered Forest, had a cold expression. He had no intention of getting close, determined to exhaust this ferocious beast at the lowest possible cost.

"Everyone be careful! Keep your distance and don't get too close. We'll slowly wear it down!"

…

In the distance, Shen Bei, observing, made a clicking sound: "The intelligence of the Stranger is not low, almost catching up to my toenail."

Zhuang Bifan: …

Thank you, I've learned something.

But Fang Nanxi kept picking her ear.

Just now, before those Stranger set up the explosives, she seemed to have heard an Stranger say Fang Han's name…

"Am I hearing things?"