Chapter 35 (Part A) – The Fierce Ape

(Mustang: This is Friday’s regular release.)

Bi Fan had barely left the scene and soon after, five humans arrived at the scene of the explosion.

These five humans were covered with dust. It seemed that these people were trying very hard to camouflage themselves according to their environment, probably not having the courage of fighting their way out of the devil’s territory.

“Well, there is snake skin here and dead bodies of humans as well. It appears that the snake was killed by the explosion and one of the humans too, looks like he was killed in the explosion. However, the other two humans seemed to have been killed by a human only. It could be that there was a crystal nucleus within this python’s body and the people responsible for its death started fighting over it, amongst themselves.”

One of the human, a rather handsome one, was checking the perimeter of the explosion and analyzing the situation.

Another man, a slightly older one added: “Your analysis sounds fairly correct, but there is another possibility. Maybe there were two different groups involved here, and one of the two could have left alive, and certainly with a solid reward.”

If Bi Fan had overheard their analysis, then he would have definitely been very impressed.

By just looking at the scene, these people were able to identify exactly what had happened, so it was rather obvious that these men weren’t amateurs, in fact, it would be fair to assume that these men were very experienced.

“Let’s not waste our time analyzing this; Jiang Sheng was insulted by somebody. We must find the boy responsible and kill him, Jiang Wen has personally requested it, we cannot return empty handed.”

The speaker was wearing a jade colored hat, and had a very fair complexion. He was also a disciple of the ‘rising sun’ school. His name was Gu Yu and was the leader of this group.

“Gu Yu, are we going to let go of this opportunity? There could be a very serious reward if we track these people down!” The handsome looking man insisted.

“No, the ‘rising sun’ has rolled out this order to every disciple in their network, so we need to find and kill that boy.” Gu Yu shook his head: “Jiang Sheng has a lot of influence in the school and this is a big thing, a lot of our superiors are eagerly waiting to see what happens next and we must make sure that we succeed at this task.”

…. ….

Bi Fan on the other hand, had finished his recovery and had set out on a new journey, completely unaware of the fact that the ‘rising sun’ school had asked its huge network to find and kill him. Traps were being laid down for him and his life was in more danger than it had ever been.

Bi Fan had been keeping a watch on an ape, this ape was around the ‘brave’ layer, and Bi Fan hadn’t attacked him yet.

This ape was almost thirty feet in height, was mighty in stature, and his body was visibly as strong as iron itself. He was extremely violent in nature and wasn’t going to be easy to deal with.

He had been watching this ape for some time now and as soon as he saw an opening, he took his chance and tried to advantage of the situation.

This time, Bi Fan decided that he’s not going to use his sword, keeping in mind the physicality of the ape’s skin. Using his light-ray sword on such a tough skin wouldn’t yield much benefit, so he decided to practice his boxing skills against this one.

Wan Zu boxing.

Bi Fan attacked the ape with his best boxing combinations.

Even though Wan Zu boxing was only an entry level technique, but at Bi Fan’s level of expertise and strength, it would still prove out to be a very powerful weapon.

“Boom!” He landed a punch. The ape’s towering body remained fixed in its place, Bi Fan’s on the contrary shook, and he fell back a few steps before he could stabilize himself again.

“Amazing power and strength!” Bi Fan patronized his opponent in a gloomy undertone and charged at the ape again.

The ape snarled loudly and swept his forearms to catch Bi Fan.

Bi Fan with aid of his mystical footwork managed to get out of the way, side stepped the ape and readied to attack the ape again.

He was considering this ape to be a punching bag and was using him to practice his boxing.

The ape had a very strong body but his strong and mighty body wasn’t as flexible or fast as Bi Fan’s, and he was failing to catch Bi Fan, repeatedly.

Bi Fan was fighting with more and more vigor. He even started using techniques like ‘prancing tiger’ and ‘the immortal finger’, but even then, it appeared that he saw causing no harm to the ape.

Soon, he could feel that he had used up almost half of his energy, so he decided to immediately escape.

The ape chased him for a while, but since he figured that there is no point chasing such a quick target, he decided to give up.

Bi Fan found a place where he could safely restore his energy, and recover his strength.

Soon, after he was done, he decided to go out again. A thought came into his head, that fighting is the best way to increase strength and practicing his boxing has always given the best results.

“I should go after the ape again, such an amazing ‘sandbag’ is very difficult to find.”

Bi Fan went out searching for the ape again, and found him sleeping in his nest.

Bi Fan suddenly sprung up. This woke up the ape, and as soon as he saw Bi Fan, his eyes suddenly changed colors and were now, red with fury.

“Boom!” The ape hit out again. He was aiming for Bi Fan, who got out of the way, so he only managed to break off a part of the tree that stood next to him.

“Wow, what amazing strength. I wish I could kill him and peel off his amazing skin.” Bi Fan secretly smacked his lips with greed.

This time, Bi Fan was fighting even more violently and the battle was becoming increasingly fierce by every passing minute.

His attacks landed on the ape’s body like rain drops, but even then were unable to do any harm to him. On the other hand, the ape’s temper was becoming more and more explosive.

But Bi Fan didn’t care even the slightest bit; he had found himself an excellent punching bag. It was time for some serious practice.

The idea was to learn and practice, Bi Fan was learning a lot about using his boxing skills against a taller opponent. He even tried ‘prancing tiger’ boxing technique later.

‘The immortal finger’ had also seen some improvement; his attacks were more powerful now.

Bi Fan was employing every technique he knew, and every move he had was becoming more and more powerful, thanks to his new punching bag.

However, ‘the immortal finger’ used up a lot of energy, so Bi Fan was using it very judiciously.

If only Bi Fan ever managed to reach the magical powers category, then he would be able to use the ‘the immortal finger’ at will, and the power, impossible to even imagine for him right now.

Not only that, Bi Fan was paying special attention to his ‘dance of mist’ foot work and was learning a lot, perhaps at this rate, it wouldn’t be very long before he would be able to practice other, more sophisticated moves.

This was a rare encounter, and this ape was so beneficial for Bi Fan, and he naturally didn’t want to miss this opportunity and was ready to maximize the benefits.

The ape was extremely strong and his body was almost invincible, to an opponent like Bi Fan. But then again, he was too slow compared to Bi Fan, and Bi Fan was easily able to toy around with him.

The ape’s eyes were purple with rage; he was beginning to realize that he was destined to become a punching bag for Bi Fan.

Perhaps one day, if Bi Fan became really strong and managed to make a big name for himself, he would tell people about this ape, his ‘punching bag’ and maybe, it would make for a very funny and popular tale.