Chapter 135: The Mysterious Iron Chain Man

  The dark night sky, the valley below transformed into a realm of bloody fog. Du Fei sat cross-legged and still at the edge of a towering cliff, he had not appeared in this place for several days due to his breakthrough. Today, to make up for lost time, Du Fei arrived early at the cliff's edge to await the arrival of the apes.

  "You've finally arrived, I thought you were dead." A cold voice came from behind Du Fei, who slowly opened his eyes and smiled. Just as he was about to turn around, Du Fei felt a sudden jolt in his body and a severe pain in his waist.

  "You little devil, you haven't come for several days and made me wait for you for several hours every day. This kick is to let me vent my anger." Yuhu said with an angry tone.

  "You crazy ape, have you taken the wrong medicine? You don't even ask why I didn't come, and as soon as we meet, it's a kick. Ah, it hurts so much." Du Fei angrily scolded while pressing on the spot where he was kicked by the ape.

  "Hey, you seem to have a point." Upon saying this, the gibbon was taken aback and hastily asked: "Have you broken through?"

  "Yeah, I was delayed for a few days because of the breakthrough." Du Fei stood up and looked at Yuan with an unpleasant expression.

  "What, you think breaking through is a reason? I don't care about that. Since you've broken through, bring out your true strength then! Today, I'll increase the intensity of my attack on you." After finishing speaking, Yuanhou made a three-fingered gesture in front of Du Fei. Du Fei looked at Yuanhou's hand gesture with a puzzled expression and asked: "Three? What does it mean?"

  "I'll take you down in three moves." The ape said disdainfully.

  "What did you say?!" Du Fei was extremely angry when he heard the ape's contemptuous words. At this time, Du Fei had already made preparations to attack. Obviously, the ape's words had indeed struck a nerve with Du Fei. Even though Du Fei's cultivation had reached the Condensed Origin Realm, in the ape's eyes, it was nothing worth mentioning. Moreover, Du Fei was originally someone who couldn't bear to be looked down upon, and being despised by the ape like this, how could he remain calm?

  "You think you're so powerful, but you're only at the Condensation stage. Don't be arrogant in front of me. I've already given you a move earlier, and next time I'll use a combo to take you down. Make your move." The ape said, gesturing for Du Fei to attack him.

  Du Fei saw the ape's arrogant expression and gritted his teeth, taking a fierce step forward towards the ape. Suddenly, a flame ignited on Du Fei's palm, and he shot it at the ape as a fireball. However, the ape dodged it with incredible agility.

  "Hmph, petty tricks," the ape said.

  "Look out, Hundred Blade Wind Kill!" Du Fei finished speaking and instantly a gust of wind blew up behind him. The gust transformed into hundreds of wind blades that rushed towards the ape at high speed. When Du Fei saw the ape being enveloped by his own wind blades in the center position, he also revealed a joyful expression on his face. However, just as the wind blades were about to touch the ape, it suddenly disappeared right before Du Fei's eyes. The multiple wind blades collided with each other, causing explosions that echoed through the air with "Boom... Boom..." sounds. Seeing the ape disappear before him, Du Fei also felt a sense of unease and looked around for the ape's position.

  "Second move." A cold voice came from behind Du Fei, and he only felt a chill on his back. The ape's attack had already been launched, and a burst of thunderous applause came from behind Du Fei, sending him flying tens of meters away before landing. Meanwhile, the ape maintained its attacking posture towards Du Fei, with its right palm still wrapped in lightning, emitting a crackling sound.

  "Pffft." Du Fei spat out a mouthful of blood, trying to get up, but felt his whole body go numb, making it hard to even stand. He leaned against a nearby boulder and slowly got up, but his legs were visibly trembling.

  "You little devil, this is the first time I've used martial arts to attack you, didn't expect you to be so resilient. Come on then." The ape stood in the distance, laughing wickedly as he looked at Du Fei.

  "Ah..." Du Fei stood up, only able to gasp for air, without the strength to speak. After seeing the ape's display of power, Du Fei also knew the great distance between himself and his opponent. However, Du Fei had never been one to admit defeat. Even if he lost, he would lose with dignity. So, Du Fei circulated the Tianyuan Technique within his body to recover some of his physical strength in this short period of time. The ape saw that Du Fei was currently meditating to heal his wounds and did not interrupt him, standing still on the spot waiting for Du Fei.

  "Come on, I'm going to fight you this time." Du Fei had also recovered a bit after a brief treatment. He quickly made a hand gesture and threw out his fists wrapped in lightning. Yuan saw the power of Du Fei's fist-wrapped lightning and smiled to himself, saying, "Let's see how you do with this move." At that moment, Du Fei had already rushed to where Yuan was standing and punched fiercely at him, shouting, "Crazy Thunder Fist!" Yuan stood firm, smiling slightly, and swung his own fist to meet Du Fei's.

  "With a loud crash, multiple lightning bolts burst out at the point where the two fists met, and the shockwave also blew away the stones on the ground. Du Fei was using his own creation, the Crazy Thunder Fist, because he had already reached the Condensed Origin Realm, allowing him to generate thunder elements within his body. He had compressed the thunder elements to their maximum value, making this attack more powerful than any of his previous martial techniques. However, the ape didn't seem to care at all and countered Du Fei's Crazy Thunder Fist with a casual strike. Although the ape's strike seemed careless, its power was not ordinary. After they exchanged blows, the ape stood still without any signs of injury on its hands, while Du Fei spat out blood. The lightning on his hand had already disappeared, and he heavily fell to the ground in front of the ape. A symbol appeared at the center of his forehead, and when the ape saw it, it reacted by pressing down on the symbol with its finger before retreating back into the air, leaving Du Fei on the ground to suppress the power of the Crazy Thunder Fist."

  "Ah..." Du Fei shouted in agony on the ground, although he was in great pain, but at this moment, Du Fei's consciousness was extremely clear.

  "What's going on? You're being so brutal today, finishing off that little demon in just three moves." The principal appeared beside the ape, asking with a smile.

  "It was he who sought his own death, and I have been waiting for nothing these past few days." The ape said coldly.

  "Oh, really? I think you're lying!" The principal looked at the ape with a puzzled expression. The ape also gave the principal a white eye and ignored him, staring at Du Fei below.

  "Monkey, don't deceive me anymore. You're happy today, I still don't know your personality, no matter if you're happy or sad, it's always that dead expression. Are you excited for him?" The principal laughed and said.

  "Say whatever you want, I'm too lazy to bother with you." Yuanhuan stared at Du Fei and said.

  "But with this kid's talent and perseverance, I won't be needed for many years. Junior brother, by then you'll have a rival." The principal patted the ape on its back a few times, the ape also looked at the principal with a face of impatience, while the principal had a smile on his face all along.

  "It's over, this kid has increased his strength significantly after breaking through. I didn't think he could hold on for so long. It seems we've all underestimated him." The principal looked down at Du Fei, who had fainted. "I was still doubting Master's choice earlier, but now I know that Master's vision is still as sharp as ever." Yuanhuan stood in mid-air with a smile.

  "It seems that it won't be long before this kid can suppress this power. It seems that you don't need to come out and teach him every day." The principal spoke as he exchanged a glance with the ape, and both nodded in unison. At that moment, the two disappeared from Du Fei's line of sight, only to reappear in a dense forest a short while later. The forest was filled with bloody mist and miasma, with the remains of various beasts and humans scattered all over the ground. Ordinary people wouldn't be able to see their hand in front of their face, but the two walked through it as if they were strolling down a main road. The forest was also filled with an aura of killing intent, and the sounds of wailing and screaming could be heard everywhere, sending chills down one's spine. Some ferocious beasts had been hiding in the distance, preparing to ambush the two, but upon seeing who it was, they all disappeared without a trace. Within less than two minutes of the two entering the forest, an eerie silence fell over the area.

  "With a 'whoosh' sound, an iron chain suddenly flew towards the two people's position. The gibbon lightly shifted its body and grabbed the chain with one hand. Then another iron chain came flying towards the two of them, and the gibbon caught it again."

  Suddenly a cold, hoarse voice came: "Hahaha." Only to see two people in front of a dark shadow huddled on the ground, a broken and tattered robe that had been through many years, a large cloak hat covering his face, and what was even stranger was that this person's limbs were all shackled with iron chains, but the iron chains had already been broken. The black shadow suddenly jerked its hand, and the two iron chains in the monkey's hand instantly returned to the front of the black shadow.

  "What's so funny? You're laughing for no reason." The monkey scolded.

  "Dead monkey, you're not dead yet, are you asking me to send you on your way?" The hoarse voice came again.

  "I'm not a monkey, I'm called King Kong Ape. Do you think you still have the strength of your heyday?" The ape scolded.

  "Hahaha, if it wasn't for you guys designing a trap to harm me, locking up my meridians, I wouldn't have ended up like this today. If I can see the light of day again, I will definitely use your blood to sacrifice the years that have passed, ah..." The black shadow let out a long, mournful howl, its cries so heart-wrenching and full of resentment. The black shadow stopped laughing abruptly and suddenly looked at the ape and the principal, its eyes blazing with fury, as if it had an irreconcilable feud with them. Suddenly, it became clear that this person was none other than the iron chain man who had tried to kill Du Fei when he first entered the Valley of the Human-eating Gorge.