Chapter 1849: 1846: Long-Armed White Apes
Chapter 1849: Chapter 1846: Long-Armed White Apes
Li Chen looked up at the sky and said, “The sky is dark, continuing deeper inside may be dangerous. Why don’t we find a place in this mountain forest to rest for the night?”
Usually very decisive, Aqing completely lost her own opinion in front of Li Chen.
Whatever Li Chen said, that was it.
She didn’t even think, just nodded vigorously like a pecking chick.
“Alright, I’ll listen to you!”
Li Chen and Aqing found a huge rock to shield against the howling mountain wind.
They started a bonfire behind the rock.
The flickering flames illuminated Li Chen and Aqing’s cheeks.
Through the firelight, Aqing secretly glanced at Li Chen.
His features were handsome, and his face was sharply defined…
Just as she was secretly assessing Li Chen, who had already started the bonfire, he felt someone was watching him, so he instinctively looked over.
Their eyes met!
Aqing’s cheeks instantly turned red with embarrassment, as if she had been caught in the act, and she quickly avoided Li Chen’s gaze.
Li Chen felt a bit awkward and also withdrew his gaze, casually picking up a piece of wood and tossing it into the fire.
Silence!
Only the crackling of burning wood could be heard.
Suddenly!
Li Chen’s ear twitched suddenly.
Aqing keenly noticed Li Chen’s change in expression and hurriedly asked, “What happened?”
Li Chen listened for a moment, pointed toward the southwest, and said, “Thirty miles southwest, there’s a fight going on!”
Upon hearing Li Chen’s words, Aqing was stunned.
Never would she have imagined that the happenings thirty miles away couldn’t escape Li Chen’s ears.
“Let’s go, take a look!”
Aqing nodded and went southwest together with Li Chen.
Southwest, thirty miles away:
This was a valley:
In the valley, twenty to thirty men and women were surrounded by hundreds of Demon Beasts.
“It’s the long-arm white apes!”
Aqing recognized these Demon Beasts’ names, letting out a gasp of disbelief.
Li Chen’s attention wasn’t on the long-arm white apes but rather on the surrounded crowd.
He spotted Zhao Qinglan, Zhao Yifei, and Zhao Qingfeng, three familiar faces.
And also Qin Yang, whom he had seen once at the assessment site.
“Woo, woo!”
The long-arm white apes emitted sharp screeches, pressuring the humans trapped inside step by step.
Among these people, some timid ones immediately suggested releasing signal flares to call for rescue from their mentors.
However, the proud Heavenly Prides like Qin Yang rejected this.
After all, once the signal flares were sent, even though their mentors could rescue them from immediate danger, they would lose the qualification to continue the training and be eliminated early.
Being eliminated on the first day would, without doubt, result in poor training scores.
For them, proud as they were, it would be more agonizing than being killed.
“Everyone, don’t panic. They’re just a few beasts, nothing to fear!”
“Young Master Qin is right. If we can’t pass this small challenge, then we shouldn’t belong at Imperial College. Leave early and live as ordinary people with wife, children, and warm beds!”
Wang Wu chimed in, agreeing.
His words immediately triggered a burst of laughter, slightly easing the original tense atmosphere.
Upon hearing Qin Yang and Wang Wu’s words, those who had been clamoring to fire signal flares for help quietened down.
Qin Yang looked at Zhao Qinglan and said, “Sister Qinglan, don’t worry, as long as I’m here, you won’t be harmed even a bit!”
Not only did Zhao Qinglan possess an exceptional dual Spirit Root talent, but she was also extremely beautiful, attracting admiration from many aristocrats and outstanding Heavenly Prides.
She was also hailed as one of the three golden flowers of the Spiritual Academy.
Looking at Qin Yang, Zhao Qinglan’s mind suddenly summoned Li Chen’s image.
If the person promising protection was Brother Li Chen, how wonderful would that be?
While Zhao Qinglan was in a daze, the long-arm white apes crazily pounded their chests and launched an attack on them.
These long-arm white apes had great strength and were extremely swift.
Besides, this was their territory.
The twenty to thirty students from the Spiritual Academy, although considered top talents locally,
were too young, severely lacked combat experience, and lost home advantage.
Those with mediocre mental fortitude couldn’t even exhibit half of their usual fighting power.
This greatly reduced their combat effectiveness.
Facing the aggressive assault of the long-arm white apes, they could only defend without any counterattack.
Therefore, after just a few rounds of engagement, they were defeated step by step.
Though there were no fatalities, everyone was injured.
The situation was becoming dire!
Even the proud Qin Yang, Wang Wu, and others were no longer stubborn and didn’t prevent others from firing signal flares to call for help.
“Whoosh!”
“Whoosh!”
“Whoosh!”
Three signal flares instantly took off, blooming into dazzling fireworks, illuminating the night sky.
The attention of the long-arm white apes was immediately drawn to the three brilliant signal flares.
Just then:
A sudden commotion arose behind the long-arm white apes.
Seeing this, Zhao Yifei and the others saw hope for survival and became extremely excited.
Moreover, they assumed that it was their mentors responding to their distress signals and had arrived.
Suddenly!
Zhao Qinglan’s eyes brightened. She pointed at a silhouette in the night and excitedly said, “It’s Brother Li Chen!”
Qin Yang had never seen Zhao Qinglan like this before.
For a moment, jealousy ignited within him.
But having no outlet to vent, he poured all his anger onto the unfortunate long-arm white apes.
“Slash!”
With one swing of his sword, an arm of a long-arm white ape was cleanly cut off.
Blood spurt forth instantly.
The long-arm white ape with an amputated arm, due to the pain, flew into a rage and used its remaining arm to fiercely attack Qin Yang with the force of “Sweeping Thousands of Army”.
At this perilous moment, a Sword Shadow sliced through the air like lightning, creating a splendid electric arc straight towards them.
“Awoooo!”
The long-arm white ape let out a desperate wail and toppled backwards into a pool of blood.
Following this, a silhouette was revealed.
The owner of this silhouette was none other than Li Chen.
Li Chen swiftly slayed another long-arm white ape, quickly moving in front of Zhao Qinglan.
“Qinglan, are you okay?”
Zhao Qinglan hurriedly shook her head and said, “Brother Li Chen, I’m fine!”
Seeing Zhao Qinglan had only minor surface injuries and was otherwise unharmed, Li Chen was relieved.
Witnessing Li Chen chatting and laughing freely with his dream goddess, Qin Yang felt he was going insane, wishing he could rush over and kill Li Chen with one sword…