321: Little Pony Crossing the River, What Are You Afraid of? I’ll Go!

Fang Nanxi, over here, suspected she was hallucinating and remained stunned for a good while.

Perhaps due to her eagerness, Fang Nanxi suppressed her complex emotions and glanced at Shen Bei and Zhuang Bifan.

The two of them were still enthusiastically watching the otherworlders besiege the giant ape in the distance.

At this very moment.

As Black Reef gave the order, the decision to slowly wear down the giant ape was made.

His subordinates, scattered all around, responded with excited shouts, their attacks never ceasing for a moment.

"Awoo—Awoo—!"

The Red-Eyed Giant Ape, despite being severely wounded and bleeding profusely, was indeed thick-skinned, resilient, and possessed a tenacious life force. Besides its right leg, which had been blown off by the grenade, and the huge wound on its chest and abdomen,

the Martial Skills unleashed by the otherworlders barely pierced its fur and became embedded in its surface muscles, failing to inflict any fatal injuries.

However, having one right leg blown off severely affected its movement. Under intense pain, its single leg was completely unable to support its massive body, forcing it to howl madly and thrash about on the ground, constantly using its door-panel-like hands to block the incoming ranged attacks from the otherworlders.

Black Reef stared intently at the Red-Eyed Giant Ape, which was like a target surrounded and attacked by him and his men, and excitedly licked his lips.

This Vicious Beast's might was fully comparable to a Sixth-Rank otherworlder. If he were to fight it head-on, he might not even be its match.

Unfortunately, no matter how fierce it was, its low intelligence determined its fate.

Seeing victory within reach, he couldn't help but turn his head towards the direction where the spiritual fruits grew, his heart burning with anticipation.

"Roar!"

However, the next moment, just as Black Reef and the others thought victory was assured, as the severely wounded Red-Eyed Giant Ape let out a mournful roar, a startling answering beast roar erupted from the direction of its cave!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The next instant, amidst giant thuds like war drums beating, another equally massive and ferocious Red-Eyed Giant Ape figure reappeared at the entrance of the nest cave, pounding its chest, stomping the earth, and charging out with a roar!

Damn it, there's another one!

At this, the otherworlders who were besieging the heavily wounded giant ape immediately changed their expressions!

One mountain cannot tolerate two tigers; giant apes are like beast kings, living solitary lives, and only one can exist in each area. They never expected there to be another equally ferocious giant ape inside the nest!

"Everyone, be careful!"

The incident was sudden. Seeing this slightly smaller giant ape charging wildly from the direction of the nest, Black Reef also hadn't anticipated it and immediately roared out commands.

At the same time, his expression turned fierce. He pulled out the heavy battle saber from his back, suddenly bent down, hunched over, and the earth and rocks beneath his feet exploded, propelling him forward with a chilling sharpness towards the severely wounded Red-Eyed Giant Ape!

Pfft!

Black Reef's charging figure was as fast as lightning, crossing a distance of twenty to thirty meters in the blink of an eye, and his saber struck the giant ape's shoulder and neck.

It seemed that a main artery had been severed, and blood gushed out from the wounded giant ape's shoulder and neck like a fountain, drenching the several meters around it in a rain of blood!

"Roar!"

The severely wounded giant ape let out a terrifying roar, like a beast on the verge of death. One large hand desperately clutched the massive gash on its shoulder and neck, while its other arm, as thick as a stone pillar, thrashed wildly in all directions.

Amidst a series of thunderous crashes, like a chain of bomb explosions causing an earthquake, huge pits erupted from the ground, large plumes of dust rose, and were then swept in all directions by the fierce winds, showing the immense power of this Vicious Beast's death throes!

After striking a successful blow and hitting a vital spot on the severely wounded giant ape, Black Reef, knowing the tenacious vitality of this rank of Vicious Beast and anticipating its reaction after being heavily injured, had already moved away from the severely wounded giant ape's vicinity.

It's better to break one finger than injure ten.

The reason Black Reef risked taking the initiative to attack was to completely incapacitate the severely wounded giant ape before the other giant ape could arrive as reinforcement. Otherwise, once the other giant ape arrived and they teamed up, he and his men would immediately be put in a passive situation.

In fact, his risky tactic was very successful. The heavily wounded giant ape was too busy dealing with the dense harassing fire from his subordinates and had no time to react to his lightning-fast strike, thus being hit in a vital spot.

However, at this moment, a fierce gust of wind attacked, and Black Reef's spiritual alarm surged. His footsteps flashed, and he left his original position.

Boom! Boom!

Earth and stones splattered, and two rocks the size of millstones smashed like cannonballs onto the spot where he had just been. It was the other Red-Eyed Giant Ape that had arrived!

The newly arrived Red-Eyed Giant Ape clearly exhibited maternal characteristics, seemingly a female. Upon seeing the giant ape, covered in spurting blood, desperately roaring, and struggling in its death throes, its bell-like eyes emitted an extremely violent bloody glow.

With a roar, it directly picked up a thick broken log and swept it towards Black Reef, who was retreating like a ghost!

The nearly four-meter-tall giant ape cast a terrifying shadow like a small building, and when the withered log, thicker than a human, swept out from its hand, it suddenly stirred up howling winds. This display of power made everyone who witnessed it tremble with fear.

Even Black Reef, a Sixth-Rank otherworlder about to advance to Seventh-Rank, had no intention of facing it head-on. His figure, like a feather drifting in the strong wind, narrowly dodged the sweeping log.

No, this beast cannot be faced head-on!

In an instant, the giant log swept past, and the strong gust of wind lashed fiercely at his face. Black Reef's skin twitched, and he immediately realized that given the immense strength and tenacious vitality of this beast, fighting it head-on would undoubtedly be the most foolish course of action.

Boom boom boom…

The struggles and screams of the severely wounded giant ape were incessant. In front of it, the female giant ape exuded a violent aura, continuously pursuing with the giant log in hand, each strike bringing howling winds and ground tremors.

Black Reef, however, had decided to use guerrilla tactics, not engaging it head-on, moving and dodging with extreme agility like a slippery loach among the withered trees.

"Roar!"

It wasn't until the female giant ape, unable to catch Black Reef for a long time, became utterly enraged. It immediately abandoned its target and charged furiously towards the other otherworlders who were still attacking.

Its movements were not much slower than Black Reef's. With a single leap, it covered a distance of over twenty meters.

Its mountain-like massive body caused the ground to shake as it landed among Black Reef's subordinates who were besieging the other ape. Then, with a fierce swing of the giant log in its hand, a short, stocky otherworlder grunted, was directly smashed, and instantly splattered into a pile of flesh and blood, becoming a puddle of gore!

"Ah!"

Seeing such a mountain of flesh, carrying a foul stench, instantly pounce before their eyes, these otherworlders, who had originally thought they were safe with ranged attacks, were scared out of their wits. They all unleashed their Martial Skills in unison, fiercely resisting!

Bang bang bang bang bang!!

The dense attacks broke the skin but were completely unnoticed. Like a tiger entering a sheepfold, the female giant ape vented its fury and brutality, sweeping the giant log, pounding the terrified otherworlders beneath its feet into a pulp like a game of whack-a-mole, leaving no complete corpses.

"This beast!"

Seeing this scene, Black Reef gritted his teeth fiercely, made a decisive move, and brandishing his heavy saber, he charged out towards the female giant ape's back.

However, just as Black Reef raised his saber and charged out, the female giant ape seemed to have been keeping an eye on his movements. Seeing this small, hiding mouse actually take the initiative to attack, it immediately abandoned the heavily wounded people in front of it and swung the giant log out with a roar!

Clang!

With a loud clang, Black Reef, who had not expected the female giant ape's reaction to be so sharp, could only raise his saber to block the powerful sweep of the giant log from behind.

The next moment, Black Reef's heavy saber suddenly bent, and he himself, as if hit by a truck, was sent flying backward like a struck baseball amidst a muffled grunt!

In mid-air, Black Reef suddenly flipped over, landed steadily, and with a thick smell of blood in his mouth, he roared at his subordinates: "I'll lead it away! You guys immediately go pick the fruits!"

He wasn't particularly pained by the lives of his otherworlder subordinates; even if all of them died today, he was determined to obtain those spiritual fruits!

These spiritual fruits could help him enter the Seventh-Rank!

But if the situation continued to develop as before, all his subordinates would probably be wiped out very quickly, leaving him as a lone commander with no chance to get those spiritual golden pattern fruits. It would be better for him to draw the firepower and harvest all the fruits first!

In fact, he didn't even need to deliberately lure it. The female giant ape seemed to hate Black Reef to the core. The next moment, it completely ignored the others beneath its feet, leaped up with the giant log in hand, and smashed down on Black Reef with the force of Mount Tai pressing down!

The shadow of death enveloped him from above. Black Reef's eyelids twitched slightly, and he rapidly retreated to evade.

Boom, boom, boom.

The sounds of withered wood breaking, earth and stones exploding, and fierce winds howling rose and fell.

Subsequently, Black Reef no longer simply fled. Instead, he fought and retreated, almost using all his abilities to dodge back and forth amidst the howling blustery shadows of the log, occasionally leaving bloody gashes on the female giant ape's legs, constantly enraging it, and deliberately luring it further and further back.

"Oh no, they're coming this way!"

Just a few dozen meters away, watching the thrilling battle between one person and one beast, Fang Nanxi, hidden behind the trees, was uneasy and felt her scalp tingle, saying:

"That... should we retreat first?"

As a Third-Rank, Fang Nanxi had never witnessed such a scene.

Especially seeing the otherworlder and the giant ape approaching her side, her expression was filled with terror.

She was afraid that a stray shockwave would instantly kill her.

They hadn't had time to set up any traps, and they had clearly seen the might of that Vicious Beast giant ape. If it got close, with her small arms and legs, her fate would probably be no better than those in the otherworlder team who were beaten into a pulp.

Shen Bei narrowed his eyes, looking excited and with surging blood.

Fang Nanxi analyzed it only from her perspective, so naturally, she was scared.

It was like a pony crossing a river, understandable.

But Shen Bei would not retreat.

He made a decisive gesture: "I'll stay, Zhuang Bifan, protect Fang Nanxi and retreat!"

Shen Bei was impatient.

It was his turn to make an appearance!