Chapter 76: Capture

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

How incredibly fast Dongbo Xueying was! In just a few flickers, he had already approached, though his speed began to slow.

“Mortal, scram away obediently,” the golden ape snarled threateningly.

“Alchemical beings are ultimately not real life; they must obey their master’s commands. After their masters’ deaths, these two alchemical beings have remained here guarding so faithfully, obviously under strict orders,” Dongbo Xueying mused inwardly.

Dongbo Xueying drew closer.

The golden ape still did not attack.

Whoosh.

When Dongbo Xueying took a step into the area previously covered by ripples, the golden ape immediately roared and charged forward.

However, Dongbo Xueying immediately took a step back, and the golden ape also halted immediately, glaring angrily at him.

“A boundary?” Dongbo Xueying smiled, looking at the boundary where the ripples had covered before. “Did your master give orders that you must attack anyone who crosses this boundary? As long as I stay outside, you won’t attack me?”

The golden ape growled lowly, “Mortal, what difference does it make if you know? Just scram away obediently!”

Dongbo Xueying was in a good mood, thinking he would have to test several times to determine the orders given by the deceased transcendental to the alchemical beings, but he had determined the attack boundary immediately.

“Then take this!” Dongbo Xueying held his Feixue Divine Spear, suddenly flashed forward into the boundary area, the spear transforming into a stream of flaming light piercing toward the golden ape. Flames spread around, completely enveloping the golden ape. The power of the heavenly flames had a strong suppressing effect, but such power was nothing to a transcendental alchemical being like the golden ape.

“Mortal, die!” The golden ape swung its huge palm downward, completely ignoring Dongbo Xueying’s spear.

Puh!

The spear struck the golden ape’s knee, leaving only a white spot on the knee. As an alchemical being, its body material was incredibly tough; even if Dongbo Xueying were ten times stronger, it would be difficult to damage its body.

Boom~~~ The huge palm slammed downward, and Dongbo Xueying hastily dodged away.

“Transcendental alchemical beings have extremely strong physical defenses,” Dongbo Xueying thought inwardly. “If I can’t pierce through, I’ll have to rely on brute force. Fortunately, its agility is somewhat inferior to mine.”

In an instant of combat, he determined the opponent’s strengths and weaknesses.

Peng! Peng! Peng!! Amidst the heavy sounds, Dongbo Xueying, bathed in flames, darted like a ghost around the golden ape, dodging repeatedly while fiercely lashing and sweeping with his spear. He exerted his strength to the fullest, targeting joints like the knee and ankle. Although alchemical beings were agile in battle, these joint areas were complex and relatively weaker against attacks.

The golden ape occasionally stumbled when attacked at the joints but remained unharmed, continuing to slam its huge palm repeatedly.

“Monkey, you can’t even handle a mortal? Looks like I have to step in,” the golden roc beside, which had seemed like a statue, suddenly opened its eyes, its golden gaze scanning the ape.

“You just watch,” the golden ape growled, grabbing the chains wrapped around its body. Clanking, the chains flew out and lashed violently.

“Hmm?”

Dongbo Xueying was alarmed. The chains came whistling like shadows, and Dongbo Xueying instantly thrust his spear at one of the chain links, but the chain quickly coiled around the spear.

“It can use chains too? The chains are quite powerful in the ape’s hands. Fortunately, the techniques are simple, or else it would be impossible to fight,” Dongbo Xueying’s expression changed slightly, immediately becoming more cautious. Wielding the chains significantly increased the golden ape’s attack range, making Dongbo Xueying’s dodging quite strenuous. Although the ape’s strength wasn’t excessively overwhelming, it was still slightly stronger than his.

Stronger in strength, invincible in defense, and the chains were quite mysterious. For a moment, Dongbo Xueying found it quite difficult.

However, relying on his agility, he could still hold on.

“You’re still fighting with a mortal until now!” The golden roc suddenly dove down like a phantom, moving extremely fast. Dongbo Xueying was greatly alarmed—how fast!

Its wings whistled past like sharp blades.

Dongbo Xueying hastily raised his spear to block, and the wing struck the shaft of the spear.

Boom!

With a loud impact sound, Dongbo was sent flying backward. At that moment, a strange and unpredictable chain flew over, attempting to entangle and bind Dongbo Xueying.

“Clang.” In midair, Dongbo Xueying instantly thrust his spear again, deflecting the chain.

Then he landed, retreating three steps backward, naturally now outside the boundary.

Dongbo Xueying looked at the distant golden ape and golden roc, somewhat troubled: “In terms of pure power, the golden ape is already above me. Its only weakness is its slightly inferior agility, and even so, fighting it is quite strenuous for me. That golden roc is far faster than me. Together, they are simply unbeatable.”

Fighting together, he would only end up being overwhelmed.

“Haha, mortal, I admit you have some strength, but you’re still far from defeating us two. Your spear is nothing but a tickle to me,” the golden ape laughed Proudly.

“Hmph,” the golden roc, however, was quite terse in speech.

“No rush, I still have plenty of time,” Dongbo Xueying remained calm. “My body has been continuously strengthening, and my battle qi is also improving! Once my body reaches its limit, my strength will likely increase significantly. Then I can test these two transcendental alchemical beings again.”

…

Yishui City.

While Dongbo Xueying was fighting the two transcendental alchemical beings, Ji Rong had returned to her home in Yishui City. She had been driven out of Xueshi Mountain early that morning.

“Rong’er, why have you returned?” Ji Wu Hai and his wife were both by their daughter’s side.

“That damned Dongbo Xueying!”

Ji Rong’s face was cold, her eyes filled with ferocity.

It had been a long time since she had last faced such misfortune! Those who had bullied and looked down on her in the past, she had avenged herself thoroughly! At Xueshi Mountain, she was even adored… after all, she was second only to Kong Youyue in beauty.

“Dongbo Xueying?” Ji Wu Hai was somewhat puzzled. “What happened? Did you discover Dongbo family’s secret?”

“No,” Ji Rong coldly replied. “The Dongbo family’s wealth is unimportant. What matters most is… this Dongbo Xueying is an extremely powerful titled expert! Last night, he perished together with Xiang Pangyun at Heifeng Cliff.”

“Perished together with Xiang Pangyun?” Ji Wu Hai and his wife were greatly shocked.

Goodness.

Although they had some contact with powerful individuals, Xiang Pangyun was the strongest figure in the entire Qinghe County. How could Dongbo Xueying, who was so young, be his equal?

“He is a titled expert? This is a major event; we must report it to the guardian immediately,” Ji Wu Hai said urgently.

“Dongbo Xueying is dead, and he must have left many treasures to Qing Shi,” Ji Rong was filled with anger and resentment. “I originally wanted to continue staying by Qing Shi’s side, making it easy to obtain those treasures. But that Dongbo Xueying, before falling into Heifeng Abyss, actually expelled me from Xueshi Mountain and forbade Qing Shi from being with me.”

“All those treasures… if I obtained them and presented them to the guardian, how great the merit of our family would be, and the great god would bestow even more blessings upon us,” Ji Rong’s eyes burned with fury and resentment.

“This matter is of great importance; we must report it to the guardian immediately,” Ji Wu Hai urged. “The sooner the better!”

At this moment, outside the Ji family’s mansion on the street.

A dense crowd of knights and soldiers had already arrived, led by the head of the Longshan Pavilion, Si An.

“Sir, I’ve been watching closely; Ji Rong just returned home,” a scout quickly reported.

Si An nodded slightly. “Dongbo Xueying is such a genius that he will surely attract the attention of transcendental beings. We must do everything impeccably. This Ji family is suspected of being followers of a false god, although it’s not confirmed. However, they have certainly committed many serious crimes. We must arrest them all first… to prevent the Ji family from notifying their false god’s subordinates and causing more trouble.”

“Sir, your wisdom is profound,” the nearby You Tu praised.

They had already assigned people to watch, so as soon as Ji Rong returned home, they would arrest her.

“Go in, arrest everyone from the Ji family, including the servants; not a single one should escape! Some of these servants might be followers of the false god,” Si An ordered.

“Yes!”

Boom!

A large number of soldiers swiftly surrounded the mansion. The two guards at the entrance of the Ji family’s mansion were somewhat fearful and panicked but dared not resist. The knights directly rushed forward, kicking the door open with a single kick. With a thunderous noise, a large group of knights and soldiers poured into the Ji family’s mansion.