"Evolve!"
With anticipation, the Giant Ape's consciousness tapped on the question mark appearing behind the Evolution Value.
Instantly, a hundred points of Evolution Value vanished, and within the depths of the Giant Ape's body, a torrent of immense and scorching energy erupted like a flood.
Boom boom boom!!
The Giant Ape felt its entire body ignite, with its genes beginning to reorganize under the evolutionary energy, splitting into new cells and forming new bodily tissues...
After beginning the evolution, the Giant Ape's consciousness grew drowsy and it wanted to sleep, akin to being drunk.
However, such a place was definitely not suitable for sleeping; if a ferocious beast appeared while it was asleep, that would be problematic, so the Giant Ape kept its consciousness alert.
As time passed, the drowsy awareness of the Giant Ape didn't know how long had gone by.
It wasn't until all the scorching energy within vanished that the consciousness of the Black Giant Ape slowly regained clarity, and a strong sensation instantly emerged.
At this moment, the Giant Ape's body had expanded to twelve meters, more robust and sturdy, with thick arms and a shape-shifted foot transitioning from palm-like to sole-like, weaker in climbing ability but stronger in lower body stability.
Simultaneously, its whole body had grown a layer of fine black scales, with fur protruding from the gaps between the scales, and several pieces of black armor-like shells appeared on its chest and abdomen.
These scales compensated for the Giant Ape's defensive weaknesses, with even its hands covered in armature, so there was no longer a concern of its hands becoming battered during battle.
This evolution had armed the Black Giant Ape to the teeth, similar to that Black-armored Ferocious Beast.
And this was just the change in appearance.
Internally, the Giant Ape's bones and muscle fascia now had a trace of gold, and within the circulating blood, a faint golden power mixed in.
Boom!
The air shattered under the grip of the Giant Ape, and the fists covered in scale armor glowed faintly gold, like Gang Energy, exuding an aura of invincible force.
Life transition, a change in the nature of power, I should have reached Tier Four by now, the Black Giant Ape mused, noting this power.
Boom!
The fist covered in faint gold struck the ground, instantly causing network-like cracks to spread across the palace's hard floor, covering a range of ten meters like lightning.
This power is so domineering, the Black Armored Giant Ape's eyes showed a hint of excitement, but it soon slowly lifted its gaze to the distant horizon.
At a distance of about three hundred meters from the forest edge, two ten-meter-long, four-meter-tall wolf-shaped beasts covered in black spikes had appeared.
Following these two beasts, three more emerged, one of which was even larger, at thirteen meters long with a two-meter-long blue horn on its head.
Four Tier Three, one Tier Three Peak?
Observing the emerging beasts, the Black Armored Giant Ape, comparing their aura to that of the Black Centipede Beast it previously defeated, roughly gauged their level.
As the Black Armored Giant Ape 'surveyed' its prey, the five beasts, seeing the Giant Ape standing in the palace with its evolution aura yet to dissipate, showed madness in their eyes.
Awooo!! The lead beast roared, the horn on its head emitting a circle of blue light.
Under the blue glow, the eyes of the other four beasts turned red, their bodies ballooning to twice their size, becoming even more massive and ferocious.
Awooo!! The four beasts falling into a frenzy roared and charged directly at the Black Giant Ape under the orders of the Wolf King Beast.
Their massive bodies, coupled with speeds not less than fifty meters per second, made their charge like a stampede, the ground booming with tremors.
As these Thorny Wolf Beasts charged, the Black Armored Giant Ape slightly bent its legs.
Bam! The hardened ground shattered, forming two large footprints, and under the powerful reactive force, the Black Armored Giant Ape shot out like a projectile, intersecting with the beasts in an instant.
Boom!
The fists covered in golden light smashed into a Thorny Wolf Beast, shattering half its face and splattering dark red blood and flesh in a fan shape over a range of over ten meters.
The massive body flew backwards with a crash, rolling over ten meters before stopping.
Awooo!!
As the Black Giant Ape killed a beast with a punch, two Thorny Wolf Beasts leapt high, their vicious mouths clamping down on the Giant Ape's forearms.
Roar!
The Giant Ape roared, swinging its arms to fling off the beasts, raising its fists high to strike down forcefully at another charging beast.
Bam!!
The Thorny Wolf Beast attempting to bite the Black Armored Giant Ape's throat had its skull crushed, its neck collapsing, and its massive body lay on the ground spewing dark red blood.
Awooo!!
The Unicorn Wolf King Beast, with the blue horn on its head, circled around the Giant Ape, while the two flung-off beasts also stood, howling as they charged again, fearlessly.
As the two beasts attacked, the Wolf King to the Giant Ape's left gave a cold look, the horn on its head glowing again.
This time, the blue light condensed on the horn like a two-meter-long spear, emitting an incredibly sharp aura.
Shuu! The Unicorn Wolf King also shot forward, its speed doubling that of the Thorny Wolf Beasts, nearly reaching over a hundred meters per second.
Additionally, the creature's steps were light, like an assassin, launching an attack with only a faint sound of breaking through the air.
Roar! Facing the siege of three beasts, the Black Giant Ape roared to the sky, pounding its chest with a sound like war drums.
Simultaneously, invisible energy within merged with the scale armor, rendering it with a black sheen like Dark Battle Armor, exuding an indomitable aura, not dodging nor avoiding.
Bang bang!!
The Black Armored Giant Ape's palms spread wide, cradling the heads of the two charging Thorny Wolf Beasts, its stature unfaltering, ignoring the impact of their massive sizes.
Meanwhile, behind the Black Armored Giant Ape, the spear-like horn of the Wolf King Beast stabbed firmly into its back, the tip clashing with the dark scales, emitting a brilliant circle of blue ripples.
Yet regardless of how the unicorn beast roared and exerted its four claws, the blue horn couldn't penetrate the black scale armor.
Roar! The Black Armored Giant Ape's eyes erupted with endless fury, its eyes covered in blood-red light, a burst of explosive power surged out, and it clasped its arms together.
Bang! The heads of the two Thorny Wolf Beasts cracked like watermelons, blood splattering everywhere.
Having killed the two beasts, the Giant Ape rotated its upper body, swinging its right arm to seize the Wolf King by the head as it attempted to dodge, its strength dismissing the beast's struggles.
Roar!
With a roar filled with unending anger, the thirteen-meter-long unicorn beast was hefted high by the Black Armored Giant Ape and then slammed down with force.
Boom boom boom!! The earth shattered, dust billowing.
A few minutes later, the rampaging, furious Black Giant Ape finally slowed down, surrounded by shattered ground for tens of meters and still clutching the unicorn beast.
The once vicious and wild Unicorn Wolf King's body was now battered, its flesh ruptured, devoid of its former kingly presence, resembling a heap of boneless flesh.
Huu huu!!
The Black Armored Giant Ape exhaled a hot breath, slowly lowering its head, looking at the Wolf King's corpse, as its enraged blood-red eyes showed coldness.
"With just this level of strength, you dared to try eating me."
Speaking thus, the Black Armored Giant Ape exited its enraged state, and simultaneously, the black sheen of the surface of the scale armor vanished, along with that indomitable sensation.
Yet, though the earlier outburst was powerful and unrivaled in defense and strength, the aftereffects of using the Bloodline Power were evident, and that was hunger.
Grabbing the tails of the five ravaged beasts, the Black Armored Giant Ape dragged the beast carcasses back into the palace.
The grand yet broken palace, with the Black Giant Ape sitting on the ground devouring flesh, surrounded by the piled corpses of equally ferocious creatures.
From a distance, the scene was quite horrifying.