The corners of the Titan Giant Ape's mouth were torn open, and streams of blood flowed from its lips. It lowered its head and looked at Magic Bear Sage lying in the crater, then raised a fist, intending to smash him to death.
In the next second, a sense of danger arrived. But the Titan Giant Ape's head was still reeling from the impact, and before it could react, a huge slash struck its right eye.
That was Ghost Leopard Sage's doing. He knew he could not block the Titan Giant Ape's attack on his own, so he used offense as defense and interrupted its charge.
"Roar!"
The Titan Giant Ape howled in pain. Its raised fist crashed down. Before that happened, however, Ghost Leopard Sage had already rescued Magic Bear Sage and carried him into the distance.
"Magic Bear, drink these!"
Using the aftershock of the Titan Giant Ape's attack, Ghost Leopard Sage carried Magic Bear Sage to a safe place, quickly took out the three potion bottles Wu Ling had given them before departure, and poured them all into Magic Bear Sage's mouth.
After sensing Magic Bear's body begin recovering on its own, Ghost Leopard looked back at the battlefield. Without anyone holding it back, the Titan Giant Ape was now charging toward the Sky Azure Bull Python's side.
Ghost Leopard's face changed, and he rushed over as well. Then he suddenly realized this was an opportunity.
"Eighth Spirit Skill, Tearing Ghost Slash!"
Taking advantage of the Titan Giant Ape's charge, Ghost Leopard slashed down with all his strength toward the back of its neck.
The Titan Giant Ape hurriedly stopped and swung a fist backward, but Ghost Leopard still dodged it.
"Roar!"
With another scream of piercing pain, the back of the Titan Giant Ape's neck and its left shoulder had been cut down to the bone.
The enraged Titan Giant Ape hammered the ground with all its strength.
"Gravity Domain!"
The domain spread outward with the Titan Giant Ape at its center. Ghost Leopard's body stiffened. Then a massive palm slapped straight toward him.
Ghost Leopard Sage's expression changed drastically. In those few seconds, he cast a Spirit Power shield while taking out a round, disc-shaped soul tool. The soul tool also produced a Spirit Power shield, but this one had been charged by the level-ninety-eight Golden Crocodile Sage.
When the Titan Giant Ape's palm descended, Ghost Leopard Sage's first shield shattered immediately. The second shield helped him block the remaining force, but the impact that seeped through still made blood rise in his throat.
Seeing the insect flung into the distance, the Titan Giant Ape was about to step forward and crush him. Suddenly, a pressure appeared above its head. A meteorite as large as the Titan Giant Ape itself fell toward it.
Ghost Leopard knew that was Flaming Meteor Fall.
He looked up toward the other side and saw Magic Bear Sage standing there, covered in blood, roaring, "Little monkey, eat Grandpa's move!"
The Gravity Domain that had been meant to restrain the enemy had instead strengthened the enemy's attack. When the Titan Giant Ape sensed the pressure above its head, it tried to escape, but suddenly dizziness struck its mind.
"Heh. Looks like it has taken effect."
Seeing the Titan Giant Ape's current state, Ghost Leopard Sage smiled proudly. His fourth Spirit Skill, Venomous Claw, made his claws carry deadly poison. This time, Wu Ling had even coated the poison with a special toxin of his own.
Even with the Titan Giant Ape's physical toughness, after being clawed so many times, it could not avoid being affected. That brief effect might become one of the decisive factors in its death.
Just as the giant meteorite was about to crash into the Titan Giant Ape, a huge bolt of blue lightning approached rapidly from afar.
"Annihilation Thunder!"
In the distance, the Sky Azure Bull Python had discovered Er Ming's condition. It endured the attacks of Yue Guan and Ghost, gathered tremendous power between its two bull horns, and fired it out with full force. With a thunderous boom, it shattered the enormous meteorite.
"Eternal Creation!"
Suddenly, Bibi Dong, who had not moved, erupted. Two jade-like giant scythes rose at the same time and crossed diagonally, cutting out a huge green cross-shaped slash.
"Moo!"
Amid the Sky Azure Bull Python's scream, a cross-shaped scar appeared across its chest. Green light surfaced over the wound, continuously obstructing its recovery.
Watching the Titan Giant Ape's condition from afar, Ghost and Yue Guan looked at each other. After a slight nod, the two abruptly left the Sky Azure Bull Python and flew toward the Titan Giant Ape.
The Sky Azure Bull Python was about to stop them, but Bibi Dong's domineering attack forced it to defend. It wanted to knock Bibi Dong away and then intervene, but a giant meteorite suddenly appeared above its head.
"Slowing Domain!"
Sensing the threat, the Sky Azure Bull Python used its trump card. A wave spread from inside its body, and even the meteorite in the sky slowed considerably.
Only in the next second did it realize that this was another Titled Sage's Spirit Skill. By then, Ghost Leopard Sage and Magic Bear Sage had already arrived not far from it.
As Yue Guan and Ghost rapidly approached the Titan Giant Ape, an astonishing surge of Spirit Power suddenly appeared in the distance.
Bibi Dong and her group were surprised only for a moment before continuing their attacks. Wu Ling had already told them the plan for this hunt.
Bibi Dong and the others knew the plan, but the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape did not. Sensing that unfamiliar and enormous Spirit Power, they thought it was some hidden move from Bibi Dong's side and turned to look. Even the Titan Giant Ape, dizzy from poison, instinctively glanced over.
With Titled Sage-level speed, Yue Guan and Ghost had already reached their positions. Then the two silently nodded.
"Two Poles Stasis Domain!"
Their Martial Soul fusion skill activated immediately. Unlike in the original story, where it froze two targets at once, this time it froze only the Titan Giant Ape. Yue Guan and Ghost deliberately held the Titan Giant Ape at the edge of the domain.
In the distance, Wu Ling smiled as he looked at the Titan Giant Ape that had been turned into a living target.
A compression of all of Lucius Cross's Spirit Power as a level-ninety-nine Spirit Master, dozens of Spirit Power amplification and explosion Magecraft arrays, and finally Berserker Lancelot's Knight of Owner from Wu Ling's fourth Spirit Ring.
After this shot, the Barrett made from countless precious materials would probably be scrapped outright. But it was worth it. Let alone ordinary Titled Sages, even the five Sages present all felt their hearts tighten.
"Er Ming!"
The Sky Azure Bull Python understood how dangerous this strike was and shouted a warning to the Titan Giant Ape. But the Titan Giant Ape was still frozen by the Two Poles Stasis Domain. It could only watch the attack aimed at it continue to build while it remained powerless.
The Sky Azure Bull Python wanted to save the Titan Giant Ape the way it had a moment ago. But when power began gathering between its two horns, Bibi Dong's attack interrupted it once more.
"Humans!"
Its rage was beyond words, but what it cared about most right now was its younger brother's safety.
At that moment, with a booming bang, the weapon was clearly a gun, yet it sounded like a cannon.
A fist-sized mass of Spirit Power instantly closed in on the Titan Giant Ape. Yue Guan and Ghost also released their Martial Soul fusion skill in perfect tacit coordination.
Because Yue Guan and Ghost had calculated the timing precisely, the Titan Giant Ape, which had been held at the edge of the domain, had no time to react. The mass of Spirit Power shot directly into its eye.
In the next second, accompanied by an explosion as violent as the earlier beam clash, that mass of Spirit Power detonated inside the Titan Giant Ape's head.
Under the Sky Azure Bull Python's grief-stricken gaze, the Titan Giant Ape, now missing more than half its head, crashed heavily to the ground.
Titan Giant Ape Er Ming had fallen.