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  Lie Teng looked at Qing Xue with a surprised expression. He didn't sense the aura of a spiritual beast, but he felt a considerable threat. Immediately, Lie Teng hesitated for a moment before his mind stirred and he swiftly ran forward in the direction of the empty scorpion.

  When the scorpion ran forward for a hundred meters, at a small mountain pass, a low growl sounded, and the scorpion's tail was directly pointed at the mountain pass.

  "Rumble..." The ground shook with a loud noise, and the small mountain valley began to stir. A massive arm swung out from within the valley, directly striking Xi Wei, sending him flying backwards with incredible force. Lie Teng's expression changed slightly, his spiritual sword shooting out of thin air, stabbing towards the small mountain valley. Qing Xue and the others also reacted, controlling their own spiritual swords to attack the beast.

  A giant ape-like spirit beast appeared before Lie Teng and the others, its two powerful arms seemed to contain a thousand kilograms of force. Its body bounced up, shaking off the dust that covered it, revealing its original appearance. One fist shot out like lightning towards the scorpion that was constantly retreating, one punch actually made the air produce an explosive sound. Lie Teng's face changed, and he hastily retreated into the air, while at the same time, his crimson long sword had already reached the top of the giant ape's head, a fierce slash descended, the contained sword aura seemed to want to tear apart the giant ape's defenses.

  The giant ape seemed to have felt the power of Lie Teng's spiritual sword, abandoned its attack on the scorpion, and directly pounced on the spiritual sword with its huge hand, as if it wanted to knock the spiritual sword down.

  "The second-level three-layered Spirit Beast, Iron Wall Ape, everyone attack its neck." Qing Xue looked at the giant ape with a gleam in her eye, controlling the Spirit Sword to slash at the ape's neck with a burst of energy.

  "Roar..." The giant ape let out a furious roar, its body suddenly turning around, its two massive arms like steel whips, not fearing the few people's spiritual swords at all. With just a few swings, it knocked the spiritual swords to the ground.

  "This giant ape is already a peak spirit beast of the second or third layer, and it's almost about to break through. Its arm attacks and defenses are extremely high, and the fur on its body has started to fall off, with one foot already stepping into the fourth layer of the second level." Qing Xue said solemnly, but she didn't say another sentence. This giant ape was originally an anomaly among spirit beasts, with its two massive arms being its strongest feature. It's enough to rival a four-layer cultivator who has gathered spirit energy, and for these second-layer cultivators who have gathered spirit energy, it is undoubtedly a great threat."

  Lie Tong looked at Qing Xue with a mixture of surprise and curiosity, hesitated for a moment, then turned his body to face forward and sprinted rapidly. Lie Tong didn't like using his mind to control the spiritual sword's attack; he preferred holding the spiritual sword in his hand, feeling the thrill of charging forward unimpeded. Although this giant ape had given Lie Tong a sense of crisis, it couldn't make him retreat. When Lie Tong was already close to the giant ape, the scarlet spiritual sword flew into his hands. With both hands grasping the sword, he poured the spiritual energy within his body into the spiritual sword. Seizing the opportunity when the giant ape attacked Qing Xue and others with its spiritual sword, Lie Tong unleashed a powerful slash at the giant ape's back.

  "A loud crash... The sound of a collision rang out, and Lie Teng's sword swept across the giant ape's back, as if it had struck a dark stone, emitting a metallic clanging sound. Lie Teng was taken aback, and suddenly discovered that the giant ape had turned its head around. Its massive palm flashed towards him like lightning, and Lie Teng's heart skipped a beat. He retreated repeatedly, his spiritual sword slipping out of his hands and shooting in a straight line towards the giant ape's incoming palm."

  "Bang..." Another loud crash, the iron wall ape's arms were even stronger than its body, and Lie Teng's sword did not hurt the giant ape's palm, but it made the giant ape furious, its two scarlet eyes staring at Lie Teng, its massive body charging towards him.

  The giant ape's body was over one zhang tall, but its speed was extremely fast. It seemed that Lie Teng was about to be hit by the giant ape. Qing Yi and others had already turned pale, while Qing Xue's icy cold controlling spirit sword was heading towards the giant ape. At this time, the giant ape had been enraged by Lie Teng and didn't care about Qing Xue's attack at all, pouncing on Lie Teng instead.

  Lieteng's gaze condensed, his eyes lit up, and his divine sense probed into the storage bag to retrieve the Heaven-Defying Shield left behind by Longhezi. Spiritual energy surged into it, and this palm-sized shield suddenly expanded to half a meter in size, resembling a giant turtle shell floating in front of Lieteng. The giant ape's speed was too fast, and with one strike, it hit the shield, causing it to fly backward several meters before stabilizing. The giant ape crashed into the shield and was directly bounced back, retreating dozens of meters before regaining its footing. Its two scarlet eyes stared at the transformed half-meter-tall shield, filled with apprehension. Lieteng looked at the shield in astonishment, never expecting that the influx of spiritual energy would make it grow to such a size.

  "Roar..." The giant ape seemed unwilling to give up, letting out a few angry roars before charging at Lie Tong once again. Lie Tong sneered inwardly, thinking to himself: "I wonder if the Soul Guide can penetrate this giant ape's defenses." At that moment, Lie Tong controlled the Heaven-Defying Shield to float in front of him.

  "With a loud crash, the giant ape slammed into the Heaven-Defying Shield once again, its body rebounding back. However, at this moment, Lie Tian's body swayed and he suddenly sprinted towards the giant ape, his right hand deep within his sleeve, five fingers spread apart, as five soul-guiding threads shot out from his fingertips towards the giant ape's forehead. The giant ape, now awakened to its spiritual senses, seemed to sense the threat of the five soul-guiding threads and retreated while covering its head with both arms. The five soul-guiding threads flashed by, accompanied by a series of clear, crisp sounds, as they pierced into the giant ape's arms."

  "Ah..." The giant ape let out a mournful cry, Lie Teng's eyebrows furrowed, the giant ape was crying out in pain, but it had stabilized itself on the spot, its scarlet eyes filled with raging flames staring at him, Lie Teng thought to himself "Not good: 'The Soul Guide has been blocked by its arms?'"

  The giant ape let out a low growl and suddenly charged at Lie Teng again. Lie Teng's expression changed slightly as he stood behind the Heaven-Defying Shield, on guard against the giant ape. Just as the giant ape was about to collide with the shield, it suddenly jumped up and slapped its palm towards Lie Teng's head. The power contained in the giant ape's palm was enough to shatter Lie Teng's skull into powder.

  Lie Teng's face changed slightly, his ears were already numb from the fierce wind, and he felt a sense of mortal danger. Lie Teng didn't think twice, and directly fell to the ground, while his heart controlled the Heaven-Defying Shield to float horizontally in mid-air, to prevent the giant ape from attacking again. Just as Lie Teng had expected, the giant ape made a false strike, suddenly flipping over in mid-air, its two feet kicking towards the Heaven-Defying Shield.

  A dull thud, the giant ape stepped onto the defensive shield, letting out a low growl, its massive palm condensed into a fist and struck towards Lie Teng's head. Lie Teng was shocked and his body suddenly shrunk downwards, the giant ape's punch hit the ground, causing it to burst open, sending dust flying everywhere.

  Qing Yi and the others stared with wide eyes at Lie Teng, who was fiercely battling the giant ape. They almost forgot to attack, watching as a punch barely missed Lie Teng's head. Several people took in a cold breath, while Qing Yi suddenly came back to her senses, controlling the Ling Sword to attack the giant ape. However, by this time, the giant ape had gone mad and didn't care about Qing Yi's attacks at all.

  Qing Xue watched everything with a calm gaze, feeling somewhat astonished inside. What a quick reaction! What an intelligent person! Was this really that useless Qing Yun? Such reactions were only possible for a genius or someone who had experienced countless battles. Seeing the giant ape suddenly turn its head and punch towards Lie Teng's feet on the other side, Qing Xue's eyes flashed, no longer hesitating. Her right hand suddenly produced a small red sword the size of a palm, which she swung fiercely at the giant ape.

  A flash of red light shot through the air.

  "Ah..." The giant ape's right fist, which had been about to land, suddenly froze in mid-air and let out a pained screech as its body flew backward, exploding violently in the air with blood and flesh splattering everywhere.

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