Chapter 162 - A Battle of Words (1/2)

Someone who claimed to be an emissary from the White Ape King brought news from the ape.

The man looked to be a farmer in his sixties.

“From now on, Shennongjia shall belong to the White Ape King. Any mishaps that happen to any outsider who dares to trespass shall not be the responsibility of the White Ape King,” the man said confidently. “If the human government does not agree to this, you are free to continue the war. I wonder what death count would be deemed acceptable to you humans. I wonder if it will be me who falls first, or if your lands will be reduced to scorched earth before that.”

The man delivered these words from the White Ape King on live broadcast without flinching.

You’re a traitor to our race, no, a traitor to humanity!

You’re a human yourself! How could you speak for an ape!?

Who does the White Ape King think it is, huh? Does that animal really think it can throw its weight around just because it has that bit of cultivation?

So that animal’s just carving out its turf like that? Who does that monkey think it is? Does that thing really think it’s Sun Wukong?

Many online were very agitated, and many wanted very badly to teach the farmer a lesson right there and then.

However, some people did note that the farmer’s eyes looked dead, as if he was not a normal human at all.

An official statement soon came out from the authorities, explaining that farmer was but a common folk farmer who lived near Shennongjia, and he had been enthralled by someone and made to deliver the message from the White Ape King.

Things like that had been commonplace back in ancient times. Many long-dead people had seen beautiful women who were manifestations of the fox gods, but in actual fact, they were all merely illusions seen by people in altered mental states.

That was exactly what had happened to the old farmer.

Some formidable monsters had such formidable mental powers that they were capable of affecting the minds of common people, so much so that they could even control their every move.

It was a given that they were unable to affect more powerful cultivators. Even warriors who looked to be incapable of doing anything against those attempts of enthrallment were actually so strong of body and mind that they were immune to most mental attacks.

Many were shocked and angry. Not only had the White Ape King managed to survive being bombarded by the army, but it was also even able to state its intention to make itself king of a certain territory, as well as its will to stand against humans.

We absolutely can’t agree to that!

If we agree to what the monkey proposes, all the other monsters would just make similar demands. What would we do about that?

It’s worth noting that that white ape isn’t the only one who managed to reach formidable cultivation levels. There are many other monsters as well, and we’ll only see more and more of them in the future!

The comments on the net showed that people were getting very riled up, but the great majority of netizens made it clear that they absolutely could not afford to yield. There was a minority who argued for peace, claiming that all species in the world were surely capable of coexisting peacefully.