Chapter 2841 — The Incomprehensible Scene
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Just as everyone stood helpless with no idea what to do, all at once a Earth-rank spirit beast came walking from not far off—and the direction it was heading was precisely the direction Wei Zhao was walking. The sight struck everyone with terror, and even Zhang Naipao felt a chill in his heart, certain that Wei Zhao was now doomed beyond any doubt!
Though that spirit beast was only an early Earth-rank beast, it was the most difficult to deal with of all spirit beasts—the giant ape. This kind of spirit beast resembled a human in appearance and could also cultivate martial arts; its movements were extraordinarily agile. Even a Heaven-rank cultivator who met one would be hard-pressed to save himself—let alone Wei Zhao, a late Earth-rank expert who had lost his mind.
"Leader, watch out!" Zhao Qilei shouted at Wei Zhao, but it had no effect whatsoever. Wei Zhao seemed not to hear, still charging head-on toward the giant ape, running forward!
The two of them were like the two cars approaching each other in a word problem. Zhao Qilei groaned inwardly, calculating in his mind how much time remained before Wei Zhao and the giant ape met. This might well be the last span of Wei Zhao's life in this world.
The scene of Dongfang Bushu being sent flying to his death by a swipe of that crawling spirit beast's tail was still vivid before their eyes! Generally speaking, when human cultivators drew near a spirit beast, it was taken as ill intent on their part, and the beast would launch an attack of its own accord—especially here in the Five Baleful Wildlands. This was the spirit beasts' own territory to begin with; with so many cultivators suddenly intruding, the beasts bore these cultivators deep hostility.
Wei Zhao and the giant ape drew closer and closer. The giant ape seemed to have spotted Wei Zhao running toward it too, for it suddenly halted and looked at him. However, it seemed somewhat puzzled—it reached up a forelimb to scratch its head, then shook its head and continued walking forward...
Though this strange behavior of the giant ape left everyone present bewildered, none of them doubted that it would attack Wei Zhao. So long as it had discovered him, there was no reason it would ever let him off.
Thirty meters, twenty meters, ten meters, five meters, one meter... Zhao Qilei squeezed his eyes shut in fright. Feng Shihua, Li Ciba, and Ge Xian also held their breath, scarcely daring to look straight ahead toward Wei Zhao. Zhang Naipao merely shook his head and thought: Wei Zhao, blame only your bad luck and your inferior skill—if you die, then you die.
Yet at this moment there was one—no, it should be said, one spirit beast—that was not worried for Wei Zhao. What it worried about was not whether the giant ape would attack Wei Zhao, but rather how Wei Zhao could possibly recover to normal from this state of madness.
Just when everyone thought the giant ape would strike, Wei Zhao brushed right past it. Though the giant ape looked at Wei Zhao a few more times, it did not raise a hand against him, but continued walking forward, no longer glancing back at Wei Zhao as he ran off into the distance.
"Ah!" Feng Shihua was stunned, staring incredulously at Wei Zhao, who had escaped death. He simply could not fathom why the giant ape had not attacked Wei Zhao. RS