Eternal Heavenly Emperor-Chapter 418 - 408: Divine Beast Meat
Chu Hao laughed heartily, his figure soaring into the air as he charged towards the giant ape.
Whoosh!
The giant ape was furious. The Barbaric Girl, with her Divine Beast bloodline, was key to whether it could progress further and had already been deemed its prey. Now, someone had suddenly appeared to block its way, how could it not be enraged?
Crush!
It clasped its two arms together and swung them down mightily towards Chu Hao.
Chu Hao, unafraid, flipped his hand to meet the attack, and the Sky Wind Eight Styles were already deployed.
Bang!
With a loud noise, the massive ape was forced back in the wake of the blow, unexpectedly losing the upper hand in this exchange.
Of course, Chu Hao, now at the Ten Springs level, possessed nearly the strongest force of a Warrior realm. Plus, with the Sky Wind Eight Styles, it would indeed be strange if he couldn’t gain the upper hand in terms of strength.
However, as the descendant of a Divine Beast, the giant ape had an incredibly robust Physique. Although sent flying by a palm strike, it wasn’t injured; instead, its ferocity was aroused. It immediately roared in anger and charged back into battle.
Chu Hao revealed a grin, that previous palm strike had been just a test of his strength since he had just made a breakthrough. Now, he was about to get serious.
He shook both hands, a half-foot long Starlight appeared in his right hand, and a green flame rose in his left hand.
Starlight and Green Flame, belonging to Star Force and Physique respectively. As he practiced Dual Cultivation in both Star and Body, using these two secret techniques simultaneously not only did not hinder his Combat Power but could maximize it.
Bring it on!
He leaped forth, charging once more towards the giant ape.
Bang bang bang bang, a fierce battle erupted between the man and the beast. Blood was soon splattering, and the giant ape roared continuously because each of Chu Hao’s punches and palm strikes left a wound on its body, causing it to howl in pain.
The Starlight, that could only be formed by attaining Double Great Perfection in the Three Minor Realms, was something not even a War God necessarily possessed, and its destructive power was naturally extremely terrifying. Meanwhile, the Green Flame stemmed from the Taiyang Body, and although it hadn’t reached its limit yet, the ferocious ape hadn’t reached its limit either.
With superiority in strength and attack power, what was scarier was that he had also cultivated Body Technique, making his defense equally formidable. In such intense clashes, he wasn’t affected in the slightest by the recoil.
The giant ape’s roars were unceasing, but this did nothing to reverse the tide of battle. It kept being pressured by Chu Hao, forced to retreat step by step, sending tremors through the ground.
"Hahaha, stinky ape, clean your neck nicely!" The Barbaric Girl had already taken out her cooking pots and utensils, clearly just waiting for Chu Hao to bring down the giant ape, and she’d be ready to start cooking.
Fat Cat was also unusually active, helping out on the side while saying to Chu Hao, "Hao, how come you haven’t finished it off yet? The boiling water on my side is already hot."
The giant ape heard this and grew even angrier.
Such a creature, with its Divine Beast lineage, had a highly developed intelligence and could naturally understand human speech. How could it not be angry? It hadn’t even died yet, and they were already impatient to wash it and throw it into the pot; how could it not be furious?
"Fire!" It suddenly spoke human language and belched out an angry blaze from its mouth, shooting flame towards Chu Hao.
"Oh, you’ve still got a trick up your sleeve!" Chu Hao was unafraid, throwing a punch and charging straight into the flames. "Unfortunately, if you had chosen another element to attack me, I might have to be a bit wary. But you just had to use fire. Don’t you know I’m the patriarch of playing with fire?"
The Taiyang Body, extremely yang in its essence, manifested as flames prior to reaching Great Achievement, such as his ability to enhance his Physique by fusing with Spiritual Fire. On the scale of fire, he undoubtedly stood at a very high level.
Attacking him with flames? Unless one’s Physique surpassed his, or their Realm was higher, it could cause him harm; otherwise—every cell in his body had become a Flame Furnace, easily Refining the incoming flames, supplementing his vitality and Star Force.
The giant ape kept using its Ultimate Moves. As a descendant of a Divine Beast, it had significant strength. Even top Heaven Talented individuals like Xu Wuheng across all the states, or even the Gu Clan’s gifted ones, might dread facing this Ferocious Ape. It had claws that could hurt even through Elemental Transformation, just like the Barbaric Girl’s Dragon Transformation.
But Chu Hao was different. He had also cultivated Body Technique, and his Physique was even stronger. The destructive power of the Green Flame made it impossible for the giant ape’s Physique to withstand, as its body kept oozing fresh blood, with the scent of cooked meat wafting out.
"Chu Hao, hurry up, I am starving!" the Barbaric Girl urged, holding a plate in her left hand and chopsticks in her right, appearing extremely impatient.
The giant ape howled infuriatedly, but with its high intelligence, it knew that if the fight continued, it indeed would end up as these people’s dinner. Setting aside any pride as a scion of Divine Beasts, it turned and fled in an instant.
"Think you can get away that easily?" Chu Hao, employing the Wind and Cloud Step, chased after the beast. Wielding his hands continuously, his attacks grew more powerful, unleashing over ten consecutive strikes to the same spot. The Green Flame and Starlight, like an unparalleled Divine Sword, sheared off an arm of the giant ape, which fell heavily to the ground, raising a cloud of dust.
The Divine Blood of the giant ape spilt, but it only emitted a roar, continuing to sprint away without looking back. Despite its huge frame, it was unexpectedly fast, vanishing without a trace within moments.
"Aww, why did you let my dinner run away?" complained the Barbaric Girl, pouting.
"There’s still an arm left, that should be enough to eat!" Chu Hao said with a laugh.
Fat Cat had already happily dashed over, stopping beside the ape’s arm. He sniffed it, and said, "Indeed worthy of a Divine Beast’s bloodline, even the blood has a fragrant scent."
Indeed, the giant ape’s blood was devoid of any foul smell, instead giving off a refreshing fragrance.
"Hurry up, I’m going to starve to death!" the Barbaric Girl urged.
"Don’t rush, it needs to be refined a bit more," Fat Cat interjected, extending a paw to fiddle with the severed arm, which slowly shrank in size. "This way, the Divine Blood is concentrated without a hint of waste."
The others had already grown restless and promptly skinned and cleaned it before tossing it into a pot to stew.
All the Hundred Beasts lay prostrate as they witnessed their former leader defeated and stripped of a Divine Arm, which only deepened their reverence.
Before long, a tantalizing aroma wafted through the air, and divine radiance soared from the pot, dazzling and accompanied by the phenomenon of beasts bowing in worship—truly a stunning sight.
"As expected of the bloodline of a Divine Beast!" Fat Cat exclaimed, then salivated profusely, for it had never tasted such a delicacy before. The flesh of a Divine Beast was indeed a supremely nourishing treat.
"Dig in!"
Four humans and one cat lifted the lid and immediately began feasting.
"Hey, this tastes really good."
"Rich without being greasy, so fresh that the tongue might just melt."
"What if we get addicted to it?"
As they ate, wisps of light spilled from their mouths—a sign of the immense energy contained in the beast’s flesh. Had they not been of the Warrior Realm like the colossal ape, they would not have been able to withstand such fortuitous nourishment.
Around them, the Hundred Beasts watched with burning gazes, sounds of saliva dripping everywhere.
If they could consume the flesh of a Divine Beast, it would naturally be greatly beneficial for their own evolution. Some Divine Beasts were not born as such but ascended by devouring other Divine Beasts, gradually enhancing their own limits until they joined the ranks of Divine Beasts.
The same held true for Martial Artists; no one was born a War God. Wasn’t it all due to their own cultivation?
"So full!"
"Really, so stuffed, feels like my belly is about to burst."
Four humans and one cat lay on the ground, patting their not-at-all bulging bellies, feeling as though they would never need to eat again in this lifetime.
"Hurry and refine it; don’t waste it. There’s a hint of divine essence in this!" Fat Cat reminded, squatting down first in a very human-and-dog-like manner, as if it were also in the midst of practicing.
Typically, ferocious beasts followed the path of Body Cultivation, so why was this Fat Cat cultivating like a human?
Chu Hao, Gu Qingcheng, and Fu Xue immediately began cultivating to refine, while the Barbaric Girl, being a Body Cultivator, practiced her punches and kicks on the side, utilizing Body Refinement techniques to assimilate the benefits of the beast flesh into her own body.
Half an hour later, Chu Hao was the first to finish.
His Flame Furnace was the best at refining energy; therefore, he naturally completed the process first, followed by Fat Cat, an old oddity not to be measured by common standards. Then came the Barbaric Girl, who naturally bore Divine Beast blood. Were it not for Chu Hao and Fat Cat’s special circumstances, she would have been first.
After her was Fu Xue, and finally Gu Qingcheng—although Demoness Gu’s physique was almost the second strongest in the world, her strength lay in bewitching hearts, not refining energy.
"I still want to eat!" the Barbaric Girl rubbed her stomach. Having refined the nourishment, she felt hungry again. "Let’s go find that big gorilla and make it give us another arm; it’s got four, after all."
"Forget it. Firstly, we don’t know where it ran off to, and secondly, we don’t have time to waste," Chu Hao said, pointing towards a distant green light pillar.
"Oh!" The girl pouted, clearly unhappy.
They remounted their steeds and headed in the direction of the green column of light.
The vastness of the plains far exceeded their imagination; even after traveling for three days and nights, they still had not reached the end, while the light pillar still seemed as distant as the horizon, as if they had not closed the gap at all.
On the fifth day, the plains finally gave way to a range of snow mountains, stretching far and wide, soaring into the clouds. Yet even such a tall mountain range could not block the green light pillar, indicating just how high it must be.
"Woo! Woo!" Upon arrival, the Hundred Beasts dared not proceed further. Those with claws dug frantically into the ground, while those without, like the serpents, coiled into rings, burying their heads inside.
"Huh, they seem to be afraid of this mountain range," Fu Xue commented.
"I have a bad premonition," Fat Cat proclaimed in a rather mystical manner.
"As if that’s not obvious," Chu Hao snorted.
"So, do we continue forward or not?" Gu Qingcheng asked, somewhat worriedly—she was not one to fancy risks.
"Of course, isn’t it fun?" The Barbaric Girl jumped down from the beast, visibly excited.
Chu Hao laughed, "Yun Cai and I have been blessed with the Qi Luck of this land. The opportunities here are greater than the dangers. Relax, it’ll be fine."
"It had better be, or I’ll twist off your head!"
The group dismounted their steeds and began to scale the snow mountain. (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, I welcome you to come to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for it and give it your monthly vote. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please go to m.qidian.com to read.)
