Chapter 11652 — My Disciple Never Imagined
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No matter how he varied his attacks, the crimson ape showed not the slightest reaction, and remained utterly unharmed throughout.
Wei Zhao and the others all watched with something close to stupefaction.
They could sense the intensity of Zhang Tailing's attacks perfectly clearly—were any of them to take such a blow, they would be maimed if not killed outright—yet against this crimson ape it had no effect whatsoever.
The word for it was simply: invincible!
The one bit of good news was that for reasons unknown the crimson ape stayed utterly motionless, and made no move to invisibly corrode its surroundings. So far, apart from being a little chilling, it was practically harmless to man and beast alike.
Just as everyone was puzzling over this, another crimson ape dropped down from the spatial gate.
Its condition was identical to the first.
Looking at the two crimson apes frozen in stone and striking poses, everyone was utterly dumbfounded.
The crux of it was that the thing would not move, and no attack could break through its defense—that was genuinely maddening.
Li Hongshou murmured, dazed and speechless, "How can this be? How can this be?"
By her reckoning, having schemed so painstakingly to summon a legendary outlander fiend—especially at this critical juncture—the Prince of Qi's Estate ought to have been flattened in a matter of minutes.
But what on earth was this situation?
Zhang Tailing was indeed helpless against these two crimson apes, yet at this rate, even if more crimson apes came down, they would be mere decoration.
Nothing more than indestructible statues—what was the point?
But just as everyone was at their wit's end, Wei Zhao suddenly made a discovery that made his hair stand on end.
One of the crimson apes had moved.
In fact, Wei Zhao had not seen how it moved; he had only noticed that its posture was slightly different from when he had first laid eyes on it.
The change was slight—hard for an ordinary person to detect.
But for an expert of Wei Zhao's caliber, so long as he was paying attention, even a movement of a hair's breadth could hardly escape his perception entirely.
"Did it just move?"
It was not only Wei Zhao who noticed this, but Zhang Tailing and the Three Ancestors of the Prince of Qi's Estate as well.
The problem was that, looking at it now, it was still as motionless as before, still in the invincible state where no attack could break its defense.
So that although everyone knew perfectly well that it truly had moved just now, they still felt as though it had all been some kind of illusion.
The scene once again sank into an eerie stalemate.
After a moment, a third crimson ape descended.
Still the same petrified, motionless, invincible state.
Zhang Tailing could not help but turn to Li Hongshou. "Give me the bronze mirror. This cannot be allowed to continue."
Li Hongshou clutched the ancient bronze mirror to her chest and cried excitedly, "Master, don't force me! Everything I've done is for our young junior brother—he was your most beloved junior disciple too, wasn't he?"
Zhang Tailing frowned. "Your wish to avenge Xiaonan, I understand. Even if you're dead set on wiping out the Prince of Qi's Estate, I wasn't going to say anything—but not by these means."
Li Hongshou retorted, "What's wrong with these means?"
Zhang Tailing pointed at the crimson apes. "They are outlander fiends. Once they slip out of control, the consequences are unimaginable. When that time comes, it won't just be the Prince of Qi's Estate that suffers—it will be the entire Inner Royal Court!"
Li Hongshou choked for a moment.
But the next instant she craned her neck and said stubbornly, "So what? Young junior brother is gone. Even if the whole Inner Royal Court is buried with him, it's only what they deserve!"