Chapter 376: Chapter 376 Holy Spring
Sand Demon and the chimpanzee were fighting fiercely in the canyon, the thunderous clashes resonating even in the night. Despite the weak moonlight, Yang Xiao, with his relatively high Agility Attribute and good eyesight, could roughly see the situation of the battle.
The combat powers of the chimpanzee and Sand Demon were matched. Sand Demon’s advantage was its ability to regenerate limbs; an arm or leg shattered by the chimpanzee would regenerate from the sand in a very short time.
The disadvantage of Sand Demon was its huge size, which made it somewhat cumbersome and slow in speed compared to the chimpanzee.
The chimpanzee attacked swiftly, taking the offensive in seven out of ten rounds. However, every time Sand Demon would regenerate its limbs, becoming indestructible which frustrated the chimpanzee to no end.
The chimpanzee was protected by a strong Defense Light Screen, which saved its life every time it was blown away by Sand Demon.
The two equally matched titans fiercely battled in the canyon, turning it into a complete mess, destroying trees, flowers, bushes, and even hills and small mountains around them.
Sand Demon repeatedly tried to charge towards the cave where Yang Xiao was hiding, but was always fiercely blocked by the chimpanzee. It was evident that Sand Demon was specifically targeting Yang Xiao.
"What the hell, do I have a feud with you?" Yang Xiao cursed internally.
Seeing the chimpanzee fighting desperately against Sand Demon, Yang Xiao felt a bit touched, although he didn’t know why the chimpanzee was doing this, it was after all to protect him.
Yang Xiao thought, no matter what help the chimpanzee might ask for tomorrow, as long as he could, he would try his best to assist.
Suddenly, a roar echoed from afar, shaking the entire valley.
"Roar!"
Yang Xiao saw a flash of light and a giant monster appeared hundreds of meters away, in a place he had not explored the previous day, coming from the other end of the canyon.
The light faded, revealing the monster’s two huge spherical eyes, which emitted a golden glow under the hazy moonlight.
The appearance of the monster caused a change in the ongoing battle between the chimpanzee and Sand Demon.
Sand Demon growled lowly and its massive fist struck towards the chimpanzee.
The chimpanzee instantly activated its Defense Light Screen around itself.
Bang!
The massive body of the chimpanzee was thrown tens of meters away.
This time, instead of continuing the attack, Sand Demon growled lowly again, turned, and disappeared into the sandstorm.
Facing the chimpanzee was already challenging for Sand Demon, and with the appearance of another giant beast in the valley, it probably felt outmatched and chose to retreat.
The chimpanzee turned to face the giant beast hundreds of meters away and roared loudly:
"Roar—"
At the same time, it thumped its massive fists against its chest, making a booming sound.
It was a display of defense and fearless challenge.
The distant giant beast hesitated for a moment, then turned and vanished into the night.
After Sand Demon left, the sandstorm in the canyon gradually calmed, and peace once again returned.
The chimpanzee approached the entrance of the cave, saw Yang Xiao, and grinned:
"Hehe, Yang Xiao, don’t be afraid!"
Yang Xiao: "....."
The chimpanzee seemed like a simple-minded child, proud of its own bravery, which moved Yang Xiao somewhat.
"Black Jinkang, have you ever encountered Sand Demon before?"
"No!"
"Is this the first time fighting Sand Demon?"
"Hehe, yes, am I brave?"
Yang Xiao immediately gave Black Jinkang a thumbs up, saying:
"Black Jinkang is brave, incredibly impressive, you have my admiration!"
Black Jinkang, receiving praise from Yang Xiao, grinned like a child.
Yang Xiao felt he should reward Black Jinkang somehow, but he really didn’t have anything on him to give. After thinking it over, he pulled out a packet of salt and handed it to Black Jinkang.
"Salt, as a reward for you!"
"Hehe, Jinkang likes!"
Black Jinkang took the packet of salt in his giant hand, chuckling joyfully.
They say gorillas are ancestors of humans, highly intelligent and capable of emotional interaction, and now Yang Xiao finally experienced this firsthand.
This gorilla must have had a genetic mutation and evolved to King level, even acquiring the ability to speak.
Is it that once animals evolve to King level, they all can start talking?
If that’s the case, the future Earth is just going to be too fun, suddenly encountering a frog greeting you:
"Ribbit, hello!"
Meeting a swarm of mosquitoes,
"Buzz, there’s blood to drink, how wonderful."
Yang Xiao thought of the enormous beast that had appeared earlier in the distance and asked:
"Black Jinkang, what was that giant beast just now?"
Upon hearing this, the gorilla’s face immediately showed an angry expression,
"Annoying lion!"
"Lion?"
Yang Xiao was stunned; under the dim moonlight, he hadn’t clearly seen what the monster looked like.
However, based on Sand Demon and the gorilla’s reactions just now, that huge lion was probably also at King level.
A single mountain does not house two tigers, yet there are two King-level monsters in one valley?
Yang Xiao was shocked inside and looked at the gorilla, saying:
"Are you asking for my help tomorrow to deal with that annoying lion?"
Black Jinkang nodded, angrily saying:
"That annoying lion, it has taken over my territory."
"You can’t beat the lion?"
"No, I can fight!"
The gorilla got a bit excited, and punched the ground, smashing the hard rocky surface into a crater, with debris flying around.
"But, it has an accomplice, a damned fox."
Yang Xiao felt like he was listening to a post-apocalyptic fairy tale, staring blankly at the gorilla: "@#￥%"
"The Holy Spring, they took over my Holy Spring!"
The gorilla roared somewhat, clearly this matter was very important to it.
"Cough, Black Jinkang, can you simply tell me what happened?"
So the gorilla narrated the events intermittently, although its capacity to describe was limited, Yang Xiao still roughly understood.
After the apocalypse, a Great Rift Valley suddenly formed here, and because its terrain was nearly a hundred meters lower than the desert, it boasted relatively abundant water resources, conducive to the survival and reproduction of various plants and animals.
Soon, various plants and trees grew in the canyon and gradually, various animals also came here.
The canyon is about 2 kilometers wide and nearly twenty kilometers long, forming a natural miniature world with a complete food chain.
Initially, the plants and animals in the canyon underwent normal rates of genetic evolution, until one day.
"Boom!"
The gorilla made an exaggerated gesture, saying:
"A Spaceship, it fell down, fell into the spring water."
Yang Xiao was startled, he had also seen a crashed spaceship in the desert; why are these alien spaceships so prone to crashing?
"What happened next?"
"The spaceship crashed into the spring water of the canyon, and then the spaceship disappeared."
"Disappeared?"
Yang Xiao thought about it; the spaceship he had seen had also dissolved very quickly; he guessed that what the gorilla referred to as disappearing was actually dissolving, only that the gorilla couldn’t comprehend many things.
"That’s god!"
Suddenly, the gorilla kneeled down, very devoutly making a kneeling gesture.