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Its gaze was like a cold machete. Anyone who looked at it would feel frightened. Its look revealed that it was totally calm and fearless. In fact, it was the look that could only be possessed by one who had undergone the baptism of time.

Being stared at by the leader of the gorillas did not cause Chen Fan to be stressed at all. This was because Chen Fan was at an elevation of over a thousand meters, while the gorilla was no more than 15 meters tall and obviously did not have wings.

The next moment, Chen Fan realized that his judgment was terribly wrong. After seeing the golden eagle in the sky, the huge gorilla put down the trunk and picked up a large rock.

Then, he whirled the rock, which was over half a meter tall, above his head, just like a tornado. He then threw it towards Cloudracer.

It is common knowledge that the anatomy of gorillas closely resembles that of humans. It is also known that primates can use simple tools, and that a gorilla weighing 150 kilograms can shove a car a distance of four meters in just one push...

Boom!!!

It was difficult to describe how strong the gorilla was. To provide an idea, however, it threw the rock, which weighed a few hundred kilograms, at the speed of a crossbow projectile!

”Tweet! Ah!”

Cloudracer and Chen Fan, both being inexperienced in such situations, shouted out simultaneously. The first was flapping its wings desperately, while the other was clinging tightly onto the handle in front of him.

Their reactions were actually quite exaggerated. If the adult golden eagle were to have been there instead, it would definitely have remained much calmer, as the gorilla was over a thousand meters away from the eagle. Over this distance, even a bullet shot by the Barrett anti-material rifle would take more than an entire second to reach it.

Vroom!

After 2.5 seconds, the heavy rock flew past the golden eagle. It rushed by roughly eleven meters on its left. The speed was so fast, Chen Fan was certain that it would smash the two into sludge, should it hit them!

”Let's go!” Chen Fan yelled. Not daring to stay any longer, he immediately urged Cloudracer to escape.

Roar!

Just as the lead gorilla was throwing the rock, a black wild boar, which was over ten meters in length and had tusks taller than a human body, howled and charged towards that plant.

Bang!

Without even using the weapon in its hand, a big gorilla closest to it lifted its left paw to slap the side of the boar's head. The sound the impact created was even louder than thunder.

The boar flew forward immediately, its body slanted and blood oozing out from its ears and nose. The scene was like cold water being poured into boiling oil: the group of animals, which had been staring at the plant, went totally berserk. All of them roared and charged towards the circle of huge gorillas.

Chen Fan, who had already escaped far away from the place, looked back to see a scene that he would remember for the rest of his life. The more than 20 ”guardians” reminded him of Megatron from the movie Transformers. Whenever they attacked, they would kill whatever and whoever were in their paths, instantly. The scene was so bloody, that ordinary people would not have been able to tolerate even the sight of it.

Whenever an animal was smashed by a trunk, either its brain fluid would burst out or its bones would be crushed. The most tragic animal was a reptile with two huge horns on its head. Just as it opened its mouth wide to bite the arm of a gorilla, which was fighting with other monsters, a trunk came out of nowhere and was inserted into its mouth. Then, the trunk was also inserted into its belly with the same force. Next, the gorilla raised its arm and lifted the reptile in the air, throwing it hard at another animal.

Needless to say, the trunks the gorillas were holding were definitely something similar to iron sandalwood trunks, which had the absolute high resistance to impact. Otherwise, it would not be possible that, after fighting with the animals for so long, there were still no cracks in the trunks.

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”It's so scary!”

Five minutes later, Chen Fan, who had returned to the seaside, leaned against the electric eel's back, while patting his own chest. He was astounded that the gorilla could actually throw a rock over a thousand meters, and then, that the rock was still powerful when it reached them over that distance!

After calming down from the shock of all that had just happened, an even more shocking question came into Chen Fan's mind. Compared to humans, animals understand the phrase ”to act according to one's ability” even better. For example, a wolf will never go and fight with a tiger. So, what was this treasure that could cause so many clever animals to risk their lives?

Judging from the roars he had heard during that period of time, there were at least a few hundred animals that had already been killed by the gorillas. Since so many of these animals had tried to bite off more than they could chew, which eventually got them all killed, it meant that the thing being guarded by the gorillas must be extremely attractive and valuable to them. Perhaps, it could even make them immortal!

”Immortality, perhaps? Should I go and take that plant, then?” Chen Fan mumbled to himself and kept rubbing his head, wondering aloud with hesitation.

There were 27 silverback gorillas. If Chen Fan really wanted to eliminate them, he only needed to use his brain and think of some feasible way. The problem was that he was totally unsure of the plant's effects, meaning that he did not know whether he would get back an adequate return as compared to the price he would be paying to get it. If he did get the plant in the end, if the plant was useless, he would be taking a very huge loss!