Chapter 47: Adamantine (1/2)
Chapter 47: Adamantine
What Cloud Leopard said shocked Sun Jizu.
However, he jumped onto a nearby tree as soon as he could. He glanced in the northwest direction and his body clearly froze in place.
He yelled to the people below the tree, “Two Giant Adamantine Apes are headed in our direction two kilometers out from the northwest!”
Giant Adamantine Apes were high-tier Vicious Beasts. Their strength was roughly equivalent to a low-layer Blood Boiling Cultivator.
Team Bright might be able to take on one of them, but battling two simultaneously was not easy.
In particular, Zheng Xia and the others had gone all-out against the Mountain Demon, expending a significant amount of Origin Energy.
Even Zheng Xia’s expression changed. He barked, “Hurry and take care of that one and we’ll leave!”
Cloud Leopard slashed out using the Thunder Blade at a nearby tree.
With a howl, the Mountain Demon was sent flying from the tree. Before it even touched the ground, it became the recipient of Su Chen, Iron Cliff, and Wang Doushan’s warm hospitality.
Cloud Leopard said, “There’s no need. After all, it’s just two Giant Adamantine Apes.”
Yan Fuxing began to yell, “Just two Giant Adamantine Apes? They are both high-tier Vicious Beasts, and…… and……”
He was too ashamed to utter the words “and we expended too much Origin Energy”.
Although he appeared extremely majestic and dominant when battling, the way that he spoke made him seem a bit dumb and silly.
Cloud Leopard coldly laughed and wanted to retort, but Su Chen sent a strengthened Erupting Firebird at the Mountain Demon, ending its life before it could jump to another tree. Then he said, “Were those two Giant Adamantine Apes headed our way?”
Sun Jizu froze for a moment before nodding.
Su Chen said, “They were attracted by the commotion. Although Giant Adamantine Apes are large oafs, they have a sensitive sense of smell, allowing them to follow our scent. Their temperaments are very poor; if they want something, they will chase relentlessly after it. Unless you plan on running away for a very long time, it’s best to just take care of them.”
“Two high-tier Vicious Beasts are not easy to take care of!” Zheng Xia directly identified the most prominent issue.
“While one person attracts the attention of one of them, the rest can take care of the other one. Is seven-on-one good enough?” Su Chen asked.
Zheng Xia knitted his eyebrows. “Taking them down one at a time? It’s not impossible, but the person responsible for attracting the one will be in danger. In addition, the Giant Adamantine Apes have already formed a pair, so it might not be so easy to separate them.”
Su Chen pulled out vial of medicine. “This is the Beast Drawing Medicine. It serves as a strong attractor for most Vicious Beasts. I will use it to attract one of them while you deal with the other.”
The eyes of Zheng Xia and the others lit up.
However, Zheng Xia still resisted. “But if that’s the case, you’ll be the one in danger.”
“No worries. You should know that an alchemist has many cards up his sleeves,” Su Chen laughed. “If I really can’t hold out, I still have this.”
Su Chen pulled out another vial of medicine.
Beast Repellant Medicine.
This was not the fake medicine that Yan Wushuang had tried to give him before. Su Chen had personally concocted it.
Upon seeing Su Chen casually pull out so many medicines, Zheng Xia was speechless. The gaze he used to look at Su Chen with changed slightly.
Originally, Su Chen was just a cowardly and greedy person in his eyes, but now it seemed that at the very least the term “cowardly” could not be applied to him.
He stared at Su Chen, genuine gratefulness in his eyes. “Since that’s the case, then I’ll leave it to you. Delaying the Giant Adamantine Ape for the time it takes a single stick of incense to burn should be enough.”
“No problem,” Su Chen smiled.
“Fine. Jizu, check to see how close the Giant Adamantine Ape has gotten,” Zheng Xia said.
“Half a kilometer out,” Cloud Leopard interjected before Sun Jizu could even return to the treetops.
“……”
“Do I still even need to look?” Sun Jizu asked, slightly befuddled.
“……”
The Giant Adamantine Apes arrived very quickly.
These massive apes were almost twenty feet tall. Strictly speaking, they could not be considered giant beasts. The name “Giant Ape”, therefore, was slightly exaggerated, and their name did not exactly reflect reality.
However, the Giant Adamantine Apes possessed a bloodline that contained a trace of an ancient giant beast’s bloodline. A few Giant Adamantine Apes could surpass the Vicious Beast stage and become Demonic Beasts. They would become real Giant Adamantine Apes, at which point their bodies would really become massive.