Eternal Life: I Rely on Fortune Points for Improvement-Chapter 258 - 166: Narrow Encounters (Part 3)
Now, with Liu Jinhu—this Celestial Profound expert—blocking the way ahead, and the White Ape and countless monkeys surrounding him from behind, Jiang Feng truly didn’t know what to do. He could only shrink into a corner, using his Tai Chi Longevity Skill to hide all of his aura, making himself just like a stone fossil.
But the place he was hiding wouldn’t stay safe for long; soon enough, the monkey horde would overrun it. Hoping to stay hidden beneath the wall and avoid the swarming monkeys was utterly impossible—unless the monkey group stopped advancing toward him altogether.
"Beasts!"
"Get lost!"
At this moment, Liu Jinhu—one hand carried behind his back—strode out from within the cave.
Nearly a month ago—
Inside the underground palace of Zhenbei Prison, due to a single word from the one-eyed old man, he was beset by a group of Innate powerhouses. Though he killed several Innates and charged his way out, it also caused the wounds that Xiao Zhan had inflicted to flare up again.
That very night, he endured the pain and returned to the Imperial City to recuperate.
Only seven days had passed.
The Second Prince sent word, requesting him to come in secret.
He rushed there as fast as possible, and arrived at Nanfu City in the shortest time; the Second Prince then led him to this valley. During these days, in the valley, and amidst the abundant power of heaven and earth, he recovered much of his injuries.
Unfortunately, the arm that Xiao Zhan had almost crippled never truly healed after his struggles atop Black Iron Mountain—especially after resisting Jiang Feng’s arrows and sustaining further injury. It had never recovered, so he habitually kept his right hand carried behind his back.
Seeing the crush of monkeys filling the valley, his brows twitched in annoyance.
The full power of his Celestial Profound cultivation erupted.
A nascent domain began forming around him. With a single, angry shout, a visible blast wave rippled outward from the valley, spreading far and wide—a surge of energy, unleashed with his grasp over the power of heaven and earth.
"Woom!"
The valley seemed to erupt in a tidal wave of energy, flinging scores of monkeys through the air.
The two heavily wounded Brown-haired Vajra and Red-haired Vajra were caught in the blast before they could escape. Just as they stood, they were swept skyward, and when their massive bodies hit the ground, all movement had ceased.
They were killed by Liu Jinhu on the spot.
Jiang Feng, hiding in the corner,
skillfully avoided the brunt of the blast. He dared not move a muscle, wishing he could truly become a stone. He could faintly sense that Liu Jinhu at present had recovered to his peak state—enough to go toe-to-toe with Xiao Zhan.
The reputation of the Celestial Profound Fourth Uncle.
Was no empty boast.
If discovered by him, the outcome would be ridiculously grimmer and more dangerous than facing the White Ape and the monkeys at the same time.
"Kee-kee-kee!"
The White Ape called out again.
Yet it did not order the monkeys to launch a suicidal assault on Liu Jinhu.
Instead, it had the monkey horde retreat to either side.
It strode into the valley from outside.
Beside it were eight Vajras, arrayed to the left and right. The way they looked at Liu Jinhu was filled with awe and fear; their emerald eyes darted uneasily, as if they were all acutely aware that this human before them was a terrifying force.
The White Ape approached the assembled monkeys.
And met Liu Jinhu’s gaze.
It began to screech, gesturing with its hands; behind it, two Vajras carried a water urn.
It pointed into the cave, then pointed at the urn at its side.
Jiang Feng quickly understood.
Amazingly, the White Ape was bargaining with Liu Jinhu—asking if it might carry the urn inside, take a jar of spiritual spring water, and then leave with the monkeys, never to disturb him again.
Jiang Feng could see its intentions clearly; naturally, Liu Jinhu understood even more so.
On hearing this, Liu Jinhu snorted coldly.
"Hmph!"
The snort itself was like a shockwave attack.
"Crack!"
The urn beside the White Ape shattered instantly into powder.
Jiang Feng’s eyes widened.
Liu Jinhu had flatly rejected the White Ape’s offer—and domineeringly destroyed the urn with a burst of aura.
"If you still won’t get out, I’ll wipe your whole monkey tribe from existence!"
Liu Jinhu roared.
The power of heaven and earth, drawn to the spiritual spring, seemed to gather at him with this shout—a dreadful aura radiated from his body, enveloping the White Ape and all the monkeys, as though blanketing the entire valley in its menace.
Jiang Feng was so terrified he didn’t dare blink.
At this moment, it seemed as if Liu Jinhu could kill him in an instant.
He couldn’t help but check his Fortune Point.
Fortune: 317738
Regrettably,
his circumstances remained steeped in peril.
And it was only getting worse; Jiang Feng noted that his Fortune Point was stagnant. To think of enhancing his cultivation at such a critical moment by spending Fortune Points—it was simply unrealistic now.
In truth, his only possible path was to throw all his Fortune Points into the Three-legged Body Technique and hope to escape alive?
"Gu-gu roar!"
The White Ape let out a low growl.
Even if it could not understand human speech, it knew the urn for drawing spiritual spring water had been shattered in an instant by Liu Jinhu’s blast. Coupled with the oppressive surge in Liu Jinhu’s aura, even a fool could see that Liu Jinhu was giving it no face and no quarter.
"Roar!"
It knew Liu Jinhu’s strength.
Yet, as Monkey King—
A Great Demon of this region—
With the spiritual spring so near at hand,
The White Ape could not simply let this go.
With a furious roar,
The monkey horde instantly erupted into chaos.
"Swoosh!"
And as its rage echoed, Liu Jinhu transformed into a blur, striking at it with a palm.
The White Ape was no fool.
Liu Jinhu was even less so.
He knew well—catch the chief and the bandits scatter.
The White Ape refused an olive branch and tried to rally the monkeys for a mass attack; Liu Jinhu would never let it seize such an opportunity.
"Bang!"
The White Ape couldn’t block it.
Liu Jinhu was too fast.
It didn’t even see the palm coming before Liu Jinhu sent it flying.
Its body responded instinctively—activating its racial talent as its white fur stiffened like steel needles all over.
It felt a terrifying force slam into its body, and its three-meter-high frame was instantly hurled backward, smashing into the midst of the monkeys, grinding a handful of them into pulp.
"Swoosh!"
Liu Jinhu pursued, another palm aiming for the White Ape’s skull.
"Roar!"
But the White Ape roared, planting both hands in the earth and ripping up a mound the size of a house, shielding itself from Liu Jinhu’s second attack.
And then—
The monkeys rallied.
Especially the Eight Great Vajras flanking the White Ape, who hurled themselves recklessly at Liu Jinhu.
Jiang Feng watched as Liu Jinhu was instantly engulfed by the monkey horde, as if every monkey had surged onto him at once.
"This... Run!"
Seeing all this,
Jiang Feng acted instantly, darting for the cave—not to flee into its depths, but to scramble up the cliff beside the cavern, hoping to cross the valley and get far away from this nest of madness.
Who could have guessed, under the White Ape’s command,
countless monkeys surged down from above the valley.
Jiang Feng never managed to climb out, and was forced back inside the cave.
