Who is Hu Yue? Come Out and Show Yourself!

"Brother Su! Come back! It's not something we can meddle with!"

"Brother Su, are you crazy?"

"Brother Su!"

Xia Qihai called several times, wanting to pull back Su Zhan but afraid of alerting the terrifying giant ape. He didn't want to sacrifice his own life, so he anxiously watched Su Zhan move forward.

Although Su Zhan and he were not close, they could be considered partial allies in the Dark Star Forest. Furthermore, the Xia royal family and the Yuntian Sword Sect had always maintained a good relationship. Naturally, he didn't want to see Su Zhan die.

However, there was no way to stop him...

Xia Qihai sighed.

Su Zhan's actions also caught the attention of the geniuses intrigued by the divine light.

"Who is this person? What does he want to do?"

"It seems like he's a genius from the Yuntian Sword Sect in the Xia Nation named Su Zhan!"

"Su Zhan? Isn't Qi Yang the only genius in the Yun Tian Sword Sect? Are there other geniuses in their sect?"

"In my opinion, this person is not a genius. On the contrary, he looks like a fool! Can't he see the terrifying demon ape devouring the flesh and blood of a monster not far from there?"

"Don't worry about him, let him be! He'll be eaten by the demon ape soon enough. Right now, we still have to think about how to deal with the demon ape!"

...

A series of sounds could be heard in the nearby forest.

The true geniuses from various kingdoms watched coldly, waiting for Su Zhan to be killed by the demon ape!

At this moment, Su Zhan had approached and saw a giant ape feasting on another blood-stained monster with its back facing him.

As his gaze swept across the sword marks and the bloody mouth, Su Zhan suddenly felt that this giant ape looked familiar?

The giant ape also sensed the presence of human warriors behind it. It let go of the blood-soaked monster it was holding, released a violent aura, clenched its fists, and turned around suddenly!

"Another ant seeking death! Look at me—"

Before the spiritual message could be fully transmitted, the giant ape, after turning around and clearly seeing Su Zhan's face, froze for a moment.

Then, its pupils suddenly contracted, and its face was filled with a distinctly human-like fear. Even its large body started trembling slightly!

"...What a coincidence!"

Seeing this familiar giant ape, Su Zhan also froze for a moment, his expression becoming somewhat strange.

He didn't expect this!

This giant ape turned out to be the giant ape that accompanied him in practicing sword techniques. Now, everything looked good, and they could happily practice sword techniques again!

As he thought about this, the giant ape's large body suddenly turned around and began to flee!

"Demon! Terrifying demon!"

"I don't want the spiritual fruit anymore, it's all yours, all yours! Don't chase after me anymore!!!"

While running, the giant ape conveyed its message of fear.

What demon?

I only wanted to practice sword techniques with you. What's wrong with that?

Su Zhan felt somewhat displeased, but at this moment, he couldn't leave the nearly mature Star God Fruit behind and chase after the giant ape. So he could only watch the giant ape run into the dense forest, breaking more than a dozen large trees before disappearing.

At this point, the talented geniuses from various surrounding countries were completely stunned.

They all had bewildered expressions, unable to believe what they had just witnessed.

"What happened? The giant ape didn't eat Su Zhan but instead ran away?"

"The Star God Fruit is a rare treasure even for demonic beasts, and it will ripen soon. Yet, the demon ape actually abandoned it?"

"Just now, the spiritual message it emitted seemed to show extreme fear towards Su Zhan. Could it be that Su Zhan is actually very powerful?"

"That's impossible! Before entering the Dark Star Forest's Secret Realm, my master was shocked and informed me that the Yuntian Sword Sect had actually sent someone at the early stage of Barrier Master Realm. Even if he's strong, his combat power might only be equivalent to the top cultivator at the middle stage of the Barrier Master Realm, not higher."

"Could Su Zhan be carrying a treasure that scares the demon ape? Or perhaps Su Zhan resembles a human powerhouse that the demon ape encountered before, and it made a mistake, so it panicked and fled?"

"That could be!"

...

All the geniuses were confused and perplexed. Although they didn't consider Su Zhan to be strong, no one dared to be the first to go and snatch the Star God Fruit.

Besides, Su Zhan wasn't powerful, so even if they waited for him to pick the fruit and then take it from him, it would be very simple. It would be better to think about how to compete with other powerful geniuses later.

As for Su Zhan, there was no need to worry about him!

The geniuses started planning in their minds.

Xia Qihai was astonished.

Seeing Su Zhan beside the Star God Fruit tree, he felt like he was dreaming.

Did the terrifying demon ape just run away when he walked straight towards it?

Shouldn't it have attacked Su Zhan angrily?

Even if Su Zhan was strong, shouldn't there have been a fierce battle?

Why did the ape immediately flee after a glimpse???

Confused and bewildered, Xia Qihai looked at Su Zhan with envy and exclaimed in a low voice, "Brother Su, you're really lucky! When the divine light subsides and the Star God Fruit ripens, you can take the fruit and run! Don't waste even half a second! Many powerful geniuses are watching!"

"I know, thank you for reminding me."

Su Zhan nodded slightly and felt a slight goodwill towards Xia Qihai.

Although this person's strength was lacking, at least he wasn't cunning and dangerous like Qi Yang.

After a while, the divine light suddenly dimmed, and Su Zhan's vision focused. He knew that the Star God Fruit was about to ripen!

The divine light was actually just a manifestation of the power of the stars in the sky. When the power of the stars gathered completely, the divine light would disappear, and the Star God Fruit would ripen fully!

Three minutes later.

The divine light had become very faint, and then, from the sky, the divine light began to recede, revealing a solid layer of starlight on the surface of the Star God Fruit!

The Star God Fruit had ripened!

Everyone's eyes burned with desire!

"I will take this fruit. The rest of you can go!"

A young man wearing a golden robe rushed out, his voice echoing for several miles!

When they saw this young man, the expressions of the geniuses who had gathered in groups or lurked alone around the tree immediately changed.

"It's Hu Yue! It is said that his strength has surpassed the average cultivators at the early stage of the Core Yuan Realm!"

"Hu Yue is here too! He is the powerhouse who has escaped unscathed from attacks by middle stage Core Yuan experts!"

"We're done for. Our hopes for this journey are slim!"

"Even so, we must not give up! For a precious treasure like the Star God Fruit, we must fight for it!"

...

One by one, the geniuses gritted their teeth and rushed toward the Star God Fruit tree!

At this moment, Su Zhan had already taken the Star God Fruit and stored it in his storage ring. He then glanced at the geniuses who were now filled with madness in their eyes.

There were too many forces involved among these people, and if I have to kill them all, I don't mind, but it might bring trouble to the Yun Tian Sword Sect.

However, it's not necessary.

As the saying goes, capture the strongest among them first, and the rest will be easy to handle. So I just need to defeat Hu Yue, and it will surely silence these people.

Keeping this in mind, Su Zhan infused his true qi into the Extreme Yang Sword and unleashed the Starfire Flowing Light Sword Technique at the Minor Achievement level to attack the first young man in the golden robe.

"Just an ant at the early stage of the Barrier Master Realm, seeking death!"

Hu Yue grinned and also attacked with his sword towards Su Zhan.

The green sword qi intertwined into a wave of sword qi, rising tens of meters high and ferociously attacking Su Zhan!

In comparison, Su Zhan's Starfire Flowing Light Sword Qi seemed insignificant!

But when the two collided, the wave of sword qi instantly shattered!

Under Hu Yue's horrified and incredulous gaze, the Starfire Flowing Light Sword Qi broke through the wave and continued to soar towards him!

Soon after, a red line appeared on Hu Yue's neck, and his head rolled off his body and fell to the ground!

"You are so weak, yet you dared to be the first to attack?"

After beheading the young man in the golden robe, Su Zhan looked at the headless corpse in surprise, then glanced at the geniuses shocked by his attack and paused in their tracks, and said in a cold voice:

"Who is Hu Yue? Come out and show yourself!"