Dragon Martial Sovereign
Chapter 195 - 194: Exotic Treasure

Chapter 195: Chapter 194: Exotic Treasure

"Exotic Treasure?"

Lin Fan’s heart surged with indescribable excitement.

Shi Hu stopped Lin Fan, his heart filled with immense doubt, and asked, "Young Hero, what’s wrong?"

Lin Fan waved his hand and said, "Let’s go this way."

Afterwards, Lin Fan accelerated to his limit, quickly following the direction indicated by the Universal Image.

"Roar!"

Not long after they moved forward, a sudden roar that shook heavens and earth was heard. Mixed within the sound was an inexplicable oppressive force; even Shi Hu turned pale upon hearing it, feeling for a moment as if his soul would collapse.

"Young Hero, we mustn’t continue forward; there’s an extremely powerful demon beast ahead!"

Shi Hu couldn’t help but remind.

"No!"

Lin Fan waved his hand, "We keep going forward!"

"But..."

Shi Hu wanted to add something.

Lin Fan waved his hand to stop Shi Hu, but he didn’t stop himself and kept moving briskly forward.

Seeing this, Shi Hu felt very helpless in his heart. At the same time, he had no choice but to follow behind Lin Fan.

"Roar, roar, roar!"

As Lin Fan and his company moved further ahead, even fiercer roars erupted.

It seemed that the demon beast had spotted Lin Fan and his group, issuing roars as a warning for them not to continue forward.

Had it been someone else, they might have left upon receiving the demon beast’s warning.

However, Lin Fan knew there were treasures ahead, naturally, he couldn’t just leave because of the demon beast’s warning.

On the contrary, Lin Fan was confident that the more aggressively the demon beast warned them, the more extraordinary the treasure ahead had to be.

Finally, Lin Fan and his company arrived at the entrance of a small valley.

At the entrance stood a giant Ape, over three zhang tall, with blood-red eyes and waves of Evil Qi emanating from its body.

Its limbs were as thick as pillars, and its presence was oppressive.

Upon seeing the Ape, Shi Hu’s heart sank even more. He thought to himself: "Good heavens, this Ape is way too powerful, isn’t it? Looks like its cultivation has reached the Peak of the Heavenly Profound Realm, only a step away from Transcendent level, right?"

Shi Hu knew he was no match for the Ape.

When Lin Fan saw the Ape, his brows also slightly furrowed.

Clearly, the strength of the Ape exceeded Lin Fan’s expectations.

Shi Hu whispered to Lin Fan, "Young Hero, this Ape is too powerful. We are no match for it. Let’s not provoke it and leave quickly."

Lin Fan gestured with his hand and said: "Take a look at the small tree behind the valley where the Ape stands, there’s a fist-sized green fruit on it."

"This..."

Shi Hu glanced over after a pause.

Indeed, Shi Hu saw the green fruit.

"This... this..."

Shi Hu was dumbstruck.

Although Shi Hu did not know what that fruit was, he knew it was no ordinary item.

And this Ape was guarding the fruit here.

It was evident that the fruit was near ripening, and the Ape was stationed there so it could pluck the fruit the moment it matured.

"Good heavens, what kind of fruit is this? To have such a powerful Ape guarding it? Inconceivable, absolutely inconceivable!"

While speaking, Shi Hu looked at Lin Fan, as he felt that Lin Fan must know the origins of this fruit since he brought him here.

Indeed, Lin Fan did not look at Shi Hu; his eyes remained fixed on the fruit as he spoke softly, "If I’m not mistaken, this fruit here is the legendary Life Fruit!"

"What? The Life Fruit?"

Shi Hu was stunned.

He bulged his eyes wide.

Shi Hu had also read about the Life Fruit in ancient texts.

It was said that the Life Fruit was extremely powerful, containing a terrifying force of life within. Consuming it would not only grant a tremendous boost in life energy to enhance one’s cultivation, but more importantly, it could extend one’s lifespan by fifty years.

For a cultivator, lifespan was of utmost importance.

If it truly could extend life by fifty years, that would be incredibly defying the heavens. Perhaps with those fifty years, one could raise their cultivation by an entire realm. If so, it would be more than just a simple fifty-year lifespan extension.

However, the Life Fruit had always been a thing of legends.

Shi Hu could never have imagined that he would encounter it here.

"This... this..."

After forcing himself to regain composure, Shi Hu stuttered to Lin Fan: "Young Hero, you haven’t made a mistake, have you? Is this... truly the Life Fruit?"

Lin Fan nodded without speaking.

"Roar roar roar!"

At that moment, the Ape once again roared at Lin Fan and his group.

It was warning Lin Fan and his companions to leave.

Shi Hu asked, "Young Hero, what should we do next?"

Lin Fan said, "Wait here and look for an opportunity. No matter what, we must obtain the Life Fruit!"

Shi Hu said, "But that Ape is simply too powerful. We’re no match for it at all!"

Lin Fan said, "As long as we wait here, there will be a way!"

Shi Hu fell silent.

But in Shi Hu’s view, there was no possible way out of this situation.

"You two despicable humans, leave immediately, or do not blame me for being impolite!"

The voice echoed simultaneously in the minds of Lin Fan and Shi Hu.

The Ape was communicating spiritually with them.

The cultivation of the Ape had not reached the Transcendent level; it could not speak but was already capable of spiritual communication.

Shi Hu looked at Lin Fan without speaking.

And Lin Fan, too, remained silent, but in his heart, he was already calculating: "This Ape is far too strong; a direct confrontation would mean that even if Shi Hu and I joined forces, we would stand no chance against it!"

"The only way to defeat the Ape is to utilize an Array!"

The Array was Lin Fan’s only advantage.

Lin Fan could set up a trapping array. So long as the Ape charged into this array, Lin Fan believed that it could trap the Ape.

It was just a pity that even if the trapping array was set up, there was no way to lure the Ape into it.

"No matter, let’s set up the array first!"

Lin Fan thought to himself.

First, set up the array, then figure out a plan.

Thereafter, Lin Fan began setting up the array.

In the wave of his hand, many Elemental Stones piled up in front of Lin Fan, all of which were Upper Grade Elemental Stones.

"Young Hero, what are you..."

Shi Hu was again astonished looking at Lin Fan, not understanding why he took out so many Upper Grade Elemental Stones.

At the same time, Shi Hu was puzzled: where did this guy get so many Upper Grade Elemental Stones?

After the appearance of the Upper Grade Elemental Stones, waves of strong energy were released directly from the stones.

When the Ape felt this energy at the entrance of the canyon, its face immediately glowed with dazzling light, and greed appeared on its face.

It couldn’t wait to possess these Elemental Stones.

However, it still did not act, as it knew very well that the most important thing now was to protect the Life Fruit. As for everything else, it was unimportant.