48 The Three Trials 3 (2/2)

”Despicable!” everyone thought the same thing except for his father, Shao Jin.

”Hahahaha, That's my boy. Good work, Shao Huang”, he laughed loudly, obviously proud of his son.

As for the unlucky souls who believed in Shao Huang, it was too late for them to turn back. The Thunderhide Ape started glowing, covering itself in electricity and emitted a large ring of electricity. The golden hue was mesmerizing and shined brightly but as soon as it touched the closest body, cries of pain showered the arena as bodies spasmed on the ground unable to move.

The remaining competitors felt their bodies go cold, the sight of such a thing was enough to scare them. They were extremely vigilant watching the ape from afar, waiting for its next move. The ape turned around, facing them, it looked at them with ridicule earning hostile glares from many of them.

”Let's just charge now!” one of them readied their weapon but was stopped by others.

”Did you not just see what happened to the other? Just charging in will lower our chances of winning. We need a plan.”

Everyone understood this and tried to figure out a way to take down the ape. However, it did not give them the time to think. Leaping into the air, a bolt of lightning manifested in its hand and the ape threw it down from the sky sending shock waves all throughout the arena.

They shielded themselves together and managed to stop the shock wave from hurting them. After blocking it, a shadow ran out and leaped into the air, grabbing the ape and throwing it down onto the arena. It was the farm boy that had just done it, shocking many. This was a rank 4 beast, how could it be possible for some unknown cultivator to have that type of strength?

He was definitely not ordinary after displaying such power.

”A body cultivator!” Everyone realized at this moment, understanding why he was barely fazed by the second trial.

As a body cultivator, his physical state is much stronger than that of a normal cultivator despite losing out in terms of inner force. Even at human realm, body cultivators have a much stronger body, often facing worse tempering than normal cultivators.

After throwing down the ape, he dropped to ground and began wrestling the ape. His body emitted a scarlet hue as he kept the ape in place.

”Attack him now! I can only hold this state for thirty seconds”, he yelled out, struggling to keep an even ground with the ape.

Following his advice, all of the young cultivators sent out a flurry of attack at the ape. From launching icicles to earthen spikes, there was even a cultivator of poison, throwing darts filled with strong poison. Ming Yue had positioned herself behind the ape, sending out blades of wind. Even Shao Huang contributed as well, after tricking some of the participants in front of everyone, no one would fall for his tricks anymore.

The Thunderhide Ape could do nothing but take the attacks, it could not escape the grasp of the farm boy and tried its best to break free. The farm boy tried his best to keep the ape down but his technique was almost finished, the scarlet hue on his body had lost its luster. In a desperate attempt, he thrashed the ape around, slamming it onto the floor with as much force as he could muster. The sheer impact caused cracks into the arena and had knocked the ape out for only a seconds. Unfortunately, it was still recovering from the impact and could not move away from the others, suffering a few more strikes.

After regaining its consciousness, it roared in anger, realizing that it was losing to these weak humans. It jumped away from their attack before holding its hand up into the air. Letting out a defiant roar, a great bolt of lightning struck its body leaving a sword in its palm.

”Was the ape just playing with us?” the farm boy thought.

Even after sending out their strongest attacks, the ape was still moving as if it had never been hurt. After obtaining its weapon, the ape grinned with glee. Now, it was truly time to test them.