Subtle seduction won't work; if you hurt them, they'll definitely cry out.
The raging giant ape, King Kong, glared and leaped up, slamming down with both palms.
Ma Hongjun activated his Phoenix Playing with a Hundred Birds technique, quickly leaping off tree trunks to dodge.
"Bang!"
The large palm, shimmering with purple light, smashed a large crater in the ground.
The giant ape was incredibly fast; the ancient trees on the mountain could support its mountain-like weight. Using the trees as leverage, it could catch up with Ma Hongjun in a single leap.
Running downhill from the mountainside, the giant ape leaped almost in a straight line; its ferocious body was unstoppable, giving the impression of a mountain collapsing and trees falling.
The other giant apes were also startled and roared.
The sixth mountain was in chaos.
Ma Hongjun's Dragon Soul Spear appeared, its first soul ring shining, and its speed began to increase.
Other giant apes and Vajras had already caught up. They were clearly very united; the giant ape and Vajra clan possessed wisdom far surpassing other soul beast races, understanding the principle of mutual support.
Zhao Wuji's martial soul was the Mighty Vajra Bear, and generally, anything with "Vajra" in its name represented immense strength. His second soul skill, the Mighty Vajra Palm, originated from the giant ape and Vajra. After his martial soul was attached to him, his strength was definitely no less than that of a giant ape and Vajra.
"You two deal with this one, finish it quickly!
Leave the rest to me!" "
Zhao Wuji looked at the group of thousand-year-old giant apes and Vajra beasts running towards him, his martial soul activated, and said excitedly.
A person's martial soul is closely related to the formation of their personality. For example, Ma Hongjun, influenced by guns and fire, is rather lecherous, wicked, and direct!
Zhao Wuji is the same; his martial soul, the Mighty Vajra Bear, changes his temperament in one word: madness.
He likes to fight against similarly powerful soul beasts, recklessly testing the limits of domination and being domineering.
However, he is a Soul Saint, and dealing with ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts is no problem for him; a few thousand-year-old soul beasts are just appetizers.
Zhao Wuji leaped behind Ma Hongjun, and his third soul ring flashed.
"Gravity enhancement!" "
The giant apes that were chasing after them were suddenly pressed down by a force, and several of them fell to the ground due to the momentum of their charge.
At this time, Ma Hongjun had already run down the mountain. The battlefield was separated by Zhao Wuji. On the mountain, he and his group were attacking the giant apes, while Dai Mubai jumped out from below to fight the giant ape with Ma Hongjun. A
two-thousand-year-old soul beast, with the current strength of the Red and White combination, dealing with it was of course no problem.
"Wait a minute, Mubai, let's use the needles." "
Ma Hongjun stopped Dai Mubai from using his Martial Soul Possession technique, and said mischievously.
Dai Mubai understood immediately, and the corners of his mouth began to turn up slightly. Using needles, as long as they weren't used on themselves, gave everyone a perverse sense of excitement.
It was like watching a horror movie—a feeling of fear mixed with anticipation, incredibly thrilling!
Needles are relatively difficult to release as hidden weapons, requiring highly skilled and proficient techniques. However, the advantage of the Dragon Beard Needle lies in its naturally formed nature. Its greatest difficulty lies in the compatibility and application of soul power.
Ma Hongjun had a significant advantage in this aspect due to the soul power he cultivated using the Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix Scripture
, while Dai Mubai was relatively less experienced. However, dealing with this behemoth was generally not a problem; as long as the needles could be launched, they would almost always hit their mark. Having
practiced the Dragon Beard Needle for so long without finding an opportunity to use it, they could finally unleash it.
Next, the Giant Ape King Kong suffered. Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai each had tens of thousands of Dragon Beard Needles; the Giant Ape King Kong wouldn't last long before they used them all.
" A beam of golden light entered the giant ape's body. Where the needles were inserted, small fleshy bulges immediately appeared. The tangled, twisting pain caused the giant ape to roar incessantly.
It frantically scratched with its paws, but to no avail. The violent movements caused the flesh, contracted by the Dragon Beard Needles, to rip apart.
By this time, Ma Hongjun had already injected over a hundred Dragon Beard Needles, and Dai Mubai had injected nearly a hundred.
The giant ape was no longer able to attack or resist; the tearing pain throughout its body was unbearable.
Its face was contorted in agony. The pain, unbearable even for a giant soul beast, revealed the venom of the Dragon Beard Needles. The giant ape's condition was extremely pitiful; the pain made its eyes bloodshot. Its entire body convulsed and twitched, its helpless rolling only intensifying the pain.
Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai couldn't bear to watch.
They both stopped. After the initial thrill of the needle injection, the result felt cruel to both of them.
"Are you done yet? You two were taking so long against a thousand-year-old soul beast." "
Zhao Wuji was fighting a group of giant apes alone, but he didn't use any lethal soul skills. He was basically just testing his strength against the giant apes. It was more like a workout.
Although Zhao Wuji was arrogant and impolite, he wasn't cruel. On the contrary, he was quite kind and principled.
It was just that his violent and impatient temper made people think he was a ruthless person.
These giant apes were at most a thousand years old. If he were more ruthless, he would have killed countless of them long ago.
But he was just playing with them and practicing his punches. He knocked down each giant ape, but none of them were fatal."
On the contrary, Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai, in their pursuit of pleasure, resorted to some rather vicious methods. Hidden
weapons are inherently insidious; if the person wielding them is also vicious, they become utterly evil.
Ma Hongjun remembered Tang San saying in the original novel, "In this world, whether a weapon is vicious or not is not determined by the weapon itself, but by the user. Used for good, it is good; used for evil, it is evil."
Looking at the Giant Ape King Kong's miserable state, Ma Hongjun somewhat understood this statement. Undoubtedly, it was a powerful and vicious hidden weapon, and they had just used it wickedly.
Possessing a powerful weapon, the desire to kill arises.
Since obtaining this powerful hidden weapon, Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai had always wanted to try it out.
Using it to save themselves or punish evildoers would be understandable, but facing the Giant Ape King Kong, they didn't need to use so many Dragon Beard Needles. Instead, to experience the thrill of releasing a hidden weapon, they used a living soul beast as their test subject. Killing
soul beasts to obtain soul rings is a natural rule, a necessity for cultivation. But using such vicious methods is unacceptable to the world.
When Zhao Wuji turned around and saw the giant ape King Kong on the ground, its form distorted by hundreds of dragon whisker needles, he suddenly looked at Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai with a sense of unfamiliarity.
These two students, once his proudest and most beloved, suddenly seemed like strangers to him. Killing a soul beast and torturing a soul beast were two vastly different concepts.
Torture was a form of mental perversion.
The seeds of evil began to grow from there.
"Do you think this is fun?"
Zhao Wuji's voice was devoid of emotion, tinged with a regretful sigh.
"Teacher Zhao, we were wrong!"
Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai both realized their mistake, lowering their heads, not daring to look at Zhao Wuji.
"This is not how power is used. If you treat life with such a twisted, mocking, and indifferent attitude, then even if you become powerful, you are no different from beasts."
Zhao Wuji's words were harsh, but Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai dared not refute him. They had been too naive, too playful, showing no regard for life.
They were not children, nor were they ignorant; they were indifferent.
The ferocious appearance of the giant ape King Kong deeply struck their hearts.
Zhao Wuji shouted, "Kill it! Give it a quick death!"
Dai Mubai hesitated.
"Kill it, absorb its spirit ring, and we won't need to kill a second one," Zhao Wuji said weakly.
Dai Mubai activated his martial spirit and walked towards the Giant Ape King Kong. Seeing Dai Mubai approach, the Giant Ape King Kong stopped struggling; it too was hoping for the end of its suffering.
Dai Mubai stretched out his right hand, revealing a sharp, gleaming claw, and swung it towards the Giant Ape King Kong's neck.
The Giant Ape King Kong roared on the mountain, but fearing Zhao Wuji, it dared not come down.
A purple spirit ring emerged from the Giant Ape King Kong's corpse.
"Absorb it!"
Dai Mubai sat cross-legged and began to draw the power of the spirit ring into his body.
His brows were furrowed; this time, his heart was heavy, devoid of any joy at obtaining a spirit ring! (End of
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