82: Earth Spirit Ape, Ironwood Tree Crystal

Qin Feng stood in the forest, remaining motionless the entire time.

The restless monkey group suddenly quieted down.

The green mist behind gradually contracted, finally solidifying into a monkey with golden fur.

It was six feet tall, lean, and its eyes were dark and bright, full of wisdom, just like an Immortal Master.

At this moment, its eyes were repeatedly scrutinizing the black-robed person under the tree in front. After a moment, it knelt down with a thud and began kowtowing repeatedly.

"What's going on?"

Zhang Qiang and Wang Rong, who were in the nearby bushes, were both stunned.

This was a Fourth-tier demonic monkey!

Why would it kowtow to that person for no reason?

"Junior Sister, this demonic monkey must have something it wants to ask humans for help with. Since that black-robed person chose to travel with us, his strength can't be that great. Let's go out now!"

"Right, what he can do, we can do too!"

Seeing the demonic monkey kowtowing repeatedly, Zhang Qiang and Wang Rong were so eager that they immediately crawled out of the bushes.

"Monkey, if you have something you need help with, we can also lend you a hand. Why bother kowtowing to him?"

Zhang Qiang shouted loudly, and with a flash, he appeared with Wang Rong between Qin Feng and the Earth Spirit Ape.

Qin Feng stared at the two without speaking. The Earth Spirit Ape also stared intently at them, and a sense of irritability gradually appeared in its eyes. The surrounding monkey group once again spat at Zhang Qiang and Wang Rong.

"What's going on?"

Feeling that the atmosphere seemed off, Zhang Qiang and Wang Rong immediately exchanged glances, unable to understand why this was happening.

Qin Feng ignored them directly, turned around, and leisurely began searching for Ironwood Trees in the forest.

At this moment, the Earth Spirit Ape's gaze towards the two people in front of it became increasingly agitated. Although it remained standing still, the entire dense forest was already filled with an extremely powerful pressure, which made Zhang Qiang and Wang Rong break out in a cold sweat.

Several monkeys walked over, picked up the monkey corpses that had been severed in two on the ground, and threw them in front of the two.

"Uh... Monkey, we mean you no harm!"

Zhang Qiang explained bitterly on the surface, but secretly, he put his hand into his sleeve and pulled out a small jade box.

"Roar!"

The Earth Spirit Ape let out a roar, and the surrounding monkey group immediately rushed forward.

"Junior Sister, you block them for me, I'll deal with that demonic monkey!"

Zhang Qiang roared, his spiritual power surged, frantically pouring into the small jade box in his hand. The lid instantly opened, revealing it to be empty.

The Earth Spirit Ape, standing not far away, raised a hand to block its forehead. A pinhole-sized blood hole had already appeared in its palm, and a similarly sized blood hole also appeared in its glabella.

The Earth Spirit Ape's body stiffened for a moment. After recovering, the violent aura in its eyes grew even stronger. It roared and fiercely threw a punch. A golden fist print instantly appeared in the Void Realm, striking towards Zhang Qiang.

"How is this possible! I had already cultivated the Soul Needle to Major Achievement in advance, how could I not be able to control it!"

Zhang Qiang's expression was panicked. He immediately took out a Magical Artifact to defend against the Earth Spirit Ape.

Wang Rong, standing behind, realized the failure and immediately fled in the direction Qin Feng had left, leaving only Zhang Qiang to endure the Earth Spirit Ape's wrath.

The Earth Spirit Ape's strength at this time was already comparable to a Fourth-tier Spirit Beast. Its combat power could crush ordinary Nascent Soul stage cultivators. Zhang Qiang was only at the Foundation Establishment Stage Great Perfection Realm. In just two or three moves, his Magical Artifact was shattered, and his body was torn into several pieces...

At this moment.

Under a large tree several hundred steps away, Qin Feng witnessed everything that had just happened with his own eyes.

When he discovered the pinhole-sized blood hole that appeared in the Earth Spirit Ape's glabella, his expression immediately darkened.

This method was exactly the same as when Fifth Senior Sister died!

"Could Fifth Senior Sister's death be related to the Spirit Beast Sect?"

Qin Feng kept calculating the cause of Fifth Senior Sister's death in his mind. There were only four Sects in the Zhao Country Cultivation World and its surroundings. The method Zhang Qiang used just now was very suspicious!

"Fellow Daoist, save me!"

Wang Rong quickly escaped to Qin Feng's side, completely shaken, her face showing a pitiful expression with tears like pear blossoms in the rain.

Qin Feng stood still, just looking at her indifferently. In terms of looks, she was not top-tier, and in terms of character... judging from her intentionally exposed clothes, her character was not very noble either.

Noticing that the black-robed person in front of her seemed to be looking at her chest, Wang Rong immediately lowered her body and said weakly:

"If Fellow Daoist can take me with you, you can do whatever you want!"

After Qin Feng clearly saw the Spirit Beast Sect symbol on her clothes, he asked:

"Can do whatever you want?"

"Yes!"

"Then I'll ask you a few questions!"

"..."

"What method did that person use to make a pinhole-sized blood hole in the demonic monkey's glabella?"

"It's our Spirit Beast Sect's unique Soul Needle, used to control and subdue Spirit Beasts!"

"Can it subdue Cultivators?"

"Zhang Qiang has higher talent and cultivated the Soul Needle early. It can only be used to deal with Spirit Beasts. If you want to subdue Cultivators, you need at least Core Formation Stage cultivation."

"Besides your Spirit Beast Sect, are there any others near the Zhao Country Cultivation World who can use similar Spells?"

"No... the Soul Needle is unique to our Spirit Beast Sect. If Fellow Daoist wants to learn... I will teach it to you in a moment, and I will be entirely yours!"

Wang Rong had an unrestrained smile on her face. As her voice fell, the Earth Spirit Ape had already walked over, carrying Zhang Qiang's head.

Seeing this bloody scene, her face instantly turned pale with fright, and she immediately moved closer to Qin Feng.

At this moment, she knew that Qin Feng was the one who could suppress the entire scene!

Even if it meant sacrificing her beauty, she had to cling to this powerful figure!

Qin Feng didn't speak, carefully staring at the tiny blood hole on the Earth Spirit Ape's glabella that was about to heal, then pondered Fifth Senior Sister's situation in his mind.

Similarly, there was a pinhole-sized hole in her glabella, and her internal organs were also hollowed out...

Presumably, this woman in front of him couldn't possibly know these things. After a moment of thought, Qin Feng spoke to her indifferently:

"You unseal the Restriction on your storage items, and then leave."

"Unseal the Restriction?"

Wang Rong immediately clutched the storage ring on her finger, asking angrily, "Why don't you just rob me?"

Clang!

A silver-white Flying Sword, entirely engraved with lightning patterns, instantly rested against her neck. Wang Rong immediately understood in her heart that he was indeed robbing her now, and she had no way to stop him!

She was currently in Spirit Monkey Mountain and needed his protection!

After a moment of hesitation, Wang Rong took off her storage ring and handed it to Qin Feng, then said:

"Then I've given you all my things, so you can't kill me!"

Qin Feng nodded. After sweeping his Divine Sense over her to confirm that she hadn't hidden any other items, he made a throat-slitting gesture towards the Earth Spirit Ape.

Wang Rong's face instantly turned ashen, and she roared at Qin Feng with full of anger, "You said you wouldn't kill me!"

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!"

Her answer was the Earth Spirit Ape's excited roar and an iron rod that tore through the Void Realm with immense power...

After dealing with Wang Rong, the Earth Spirit Ape hesitated before walking up to Qin Feng, reluctantly handing over Zhang Qiang's storage ring along with his finger.

"Ma... Master."

Qin Feng looked at the Earth Spirit Ape.

It was now wearing a tiger skin around its waist, holding an iron rod in its hand, and even the other monkeys behind it were holding weapons: Flying Swords, great sabers, long spears... all of them used by human Cultivators.

Two monkeys nearby were currently holding a human book, similar to an erotic painting, and reading it with great relish...

Facing the storage ring it offered, Qin Feng refused it. He also threw the newly confiscated storage ring to the Earth Spirit Ape, then said indifferently:

"Keep these things. I need iron wood tree crystals."

Seeing that its Master didn't want its things, the Earth Spirit Ape's eyes immediately showed an excited expression. It immediately snatched a black lump about an inch long from a small monkey behind it and handed it to Qin Feng, asking:

"Master, is this what you want?"