Published: February 19, 2025
Unyielding (Extra chapter for the Sun Alliance Leader, Fifth Update Today)
Looking at the ground covered with the corpses of iron-armed black apes, the furious golden-backed savage ape king pounded its chest, producing a booming sound like metal clashing, its aura growing increasingly fierce and brutal.
Roar! The terrifying power emanating from the golden-backed savage ape king whirled around it, resembling tangible black light, before it vanished with a loud bang.
"Watch me move mountains like the black tortoise."
Xia Youhui's true power erupted, and with a heavy, mountain-like aura, he was enveloped in earthy light, raising the Heavy Shield to block in front of everyone.
At the moment he raised the shield, the vanished golden-backed ape king reappeared before him, its massive black fist overshadowing his vision as it came crashing down.
Under the terrifying power, the air beneath the black fist was compressed into a solid transparency.
Boom!
The gigantic fist almost submerged Xia Youhui’s Heavy Shield; the moment it struck, Xia Youhui's earthy true power shook, causing the ground within a two-meter radius around him to shatter with a loud noise.
The violent shockwave kicked up clouds of dirt, forcing Chen Chu and the others back.
"...I told you, my defense is invincible."
In the deep pit over a meter deep, the earth was being overturned. Xia Youhui was bracing himself with the Heavy Shield; although the tremors of true power turned his face red, his tone remained incredibly arrogant.
Roar!
Seeing that its punch had not crushed this bug, the golden-backed savage ape king let out a fierce roar.
Provoked, the golden-backed savage ape king ignored Chen Chu and the others behind it, its muscles swelling as it unleashed an even more terrifying aura of power in an instant.
Boom! Boom!!
Two enormous black fists exploded everything in sight, leaving afterimages as they struck down hard onto the 'small' shield, which was one meter and a half in diameter and two meters long.
Boom!
On top of the Heavy Shield, the solidified yellow and white shockwave layers exploded.
Under the eruption of terrifying power, the ground within a ten-meter radius trembled, cracked, and shattered, with countless clods of dirt bursting around Xia Youhui.
It gave a terrifying illusion of the earth sinking.
After this hit, even with the absorption of the Blood of the Behemoth and the thick earthy aura of the Yellow-Black Crystal enhancing his defenses, Xia Youhui could not withstand it.
Amidst the clouds of dust, Xia Youhui’s figure sank, kneeling on one knee, every part of his battle armor and bones creaking loudly, the yellow true power vibrating violently, murky and unclear.
Almost hammered into the ground, Xia Youhui's face was red, struggling to hold on as he shouted, "Damn it, aren’t you guys going to take action?"
"Hey! Didn’t you say to leave it to you?"
Though he said this, the main issue was that the golden-backed savage ape king's speed was too fast, and even Chen Chu had not anticipated its strength to be so terrifying.
Just two consecutive strikes had nearly blown Xia Youhui apart.
Li Meng's eyes sharpened, and he lunged forward with a loud bang, wielding a massive hammer that tore through the air and smashed towards the golden-backed ape king's... knee.
There was no choice; compared to the eight-meter-tall golden-backed ape king, they, standing under two meters, were mere tiny bugs, and even wielding heavy weapons, they couldn't reach its body.
Boom!
The air exploded with a white shockwave.
Li Meng was sent flying by a casual punch from the golden-backed ape king, his body like a cannonball, instantly flying over a hundred meters, crashing into a two-meter-wide tree with a loud bang.
Bang!
The trunk shattered, countless wooden splinters flying, the entire tree shaking violently, showering leaves everywhere.
Imbedded in the trunk by a single strike, Li Meng was powerless to rise, his heavily reinforced battle armor deformed and broken under the terrifying force.
His entire aura became exceptionally weak.