Chapter 545: Chapter 288: One of My Subordinates Disappeared in Your Territory!
Lu Sheng spoke, then gathered his subordinates and started openly probing the territory of the Giant Ape Kingdom.
He was not afraid of being discovered by the other side at all.
With such blatant intelligence gathering, Lu Sheng’s actions naturally caught the attention of the giant beasts of the Giant Ape Kingdom.
The giant beasts of the Giant Ape Kingdom were also furious.
To them, this was clearly a provocation from the King’s Council.
After all, to any giant beast, even to a Giant Beast King, having someone invade their territory at will, even just to probe it, is full of provocation.
They collectively issued warnings to Lu Sheng, wanting him to stop his probing actions.
However, Lu Sheng didn’t care in the slightest and even instructed his subordinates to intensify their probing efforts, continuously exploring the intelligence within the Giant Ape Kingdom’s territory.
In just a few days, Lu Sheng had already thoroughly investigated the intelligence of the strong beings in the Giant Ape Kingdom neighboring his territory.
"Now, in the direction where the Giant Ape Kingdom is close to my territory, there are territories of three giant beasts and also one territory of a Giant Beast King!"
"The three giant beasts are nothing to worry about, they can be devoured easily, but the strength of that Giant Beast King... it’s actually at late-stage Tier Five, and judging by the situation, it’s close to reaching Tier Five Peak."
"With such strength, I don’t understand how the Lion King managed to withstand it back then, a mid-stage Tier Five, and yet it was able to coexist peacefully with a late-stage Tier Five Giant Beast King for so many years?"
Looking at the intelligence collected by his subordinates, Lu Sheng couldn’t help but raise his eyebrows slightly.
What Lu Sheng didn’t know was that in the Beast Realm, although conflicts among the four major forces were frequent, invasions into each other’s territories were rare.
After all, the strengths of both sides were almost equal, and if they clashed, it would easily give the other two forces opportunities to exploit the situation.
So, conflicts remained at a low level, and unless it was absolutely necessary, there wouldn’t be easy invasions into other forces’ territories.
However, this was something Lu Sheng didn’t know, and even if he did, he wouldn’t care.
After all, for Lu Sheng, the most important thing was to enhance his own strength, only then could he resist the targeted world consciousness of the Beast Realm.
Only then could his celestial demon avatar quickly grow, return to the main body, and strengthen itself.
"Late-stage Tier Five... hasn’t even crossed into Tier Five Peak, what threat can that possibly pose?"
"Then... let’s destroy it!"
Looking at the intelligence in front of him, Lu Sheng spoke nonchalantly, as if in his eyes, killing a late-stage Tier Five Giant Beast King was a trivial matter.
With that said, Lu Sheng’s figure disappeared from the spot.
...
In the territory of the Giant Ape Kingdom, a black ape towering several hundred meters tall lay quietly on the ground, surrounded by countless monkeys busily attending to it.
Some held umbrellas to shade it from the sun, while others peeled exotic fruits and offered them to the black ape.
The black ape enjoyed the care of its subordinates, looking rather content.
The Giant Ape Kingdom is a particularly special exotic beast power in the Beast Realm, where most of the Giant Beast Kings are of the ape kind.
It is said to be the offspring of a Tier Seven giant beast ancestor that left the Beast Realm, which developed over a long period into a powerful exotic beast force.
These ape kings all carry the bloodline from that Tier Seven giant beast ancestor.
It is also the most united of the four major exotic beast forces.
Just as the Black Ape King was enjoying the care of its subordinates, suddenly, it opened its eyes sharply, and a fierce aura surged from within.
"Here it comes again!!"
A flicker of scarlet light gleamed in the eyes of the Black Ape King, and a hint of viciousness flashed across its face.
"This new Giant Beast King from the Beast Council, you really don’t appreciate kindness. I’ve warned you so many times, yet you still dare to gather information on me!"
"Do you really think I’m an easy target?!"
A terrifying aura emanated from the Black Ape King, causing the surrounding ape exotic beasts to scatter in terror.
"Since that’s the case... I won’t be nice to you!"
Killing intent flickered in the Black Ape King’s eyes, and then its massive body leapt up, disappearing instantly from the spot.
Indeed, during this time, Lu Sheng’s frantic intelligence gathering had infuriated the Black Ape King.
As a Giant Beast King, the Black Ape King had even shown some restraint to Lu Sheng.
Thinking that since Lu Sheng had just replaced the Lion King, gathering information might give him a sense of security, the Black Ape King only issued warnings and even released some of Lu Sheng’s subordinates.
In essence, the Black Ape King wanted to send a signal to Lu Sheng.
There’s no need for conflict between us, it would be best for both of us, because fighting to the end only makes Giant Beast Kings like them, with neighboring territories, suffer.
The Black Ape King thought that after showing goodwill, Lu Sheng would settle down, just like the previous Lion King, and coexist peacefully.
But who would have thought...
The Black Ape King’s goodwill, as it seemed to Lu Sheng, meant nothing, and under such circumstances, Lu Sheng instead intensified his efforts.
He started ramping up his intelligence gathering processes.
This made the Black Ape King furious and even went so far as to kill a few of Lu Sheng’s subordinates as a warning.
But who could have expected... just now, it sensed Lu Sheng’s presence within its territory.
A Giant Beast King appeared within its own territory, which implies something very clear to any Giant Beast King.
This was clearly... provocation!
The Black Ape King couldn’t endure it anymore and decided to teach Lu Sheng a lesson.
...
On the edge of the Black Ape King’s territory, Lu Sheng’s massive body, like a small mountain, slowly walked deeper inside.
Suddenly, from the sky above, a dark shadow descended and crashed onto the ground, creating a huge crater with sheer force.
In just an instant, dust filled the air, accompanied by a violent aura that roared from the dark shadow.
"Get out!!"
The deep growl, full of unrestrained brutality, roared at Lu Sheng, with a dangerous tone in the voice.
The Black Ape King looked at Lu Sheng, eyes filled with savage rage.
Lu Sheng looked at the Black Ape King and smiled slightly, saying softly: "I had a subordinate... who disappeared in your territory!"
Listening to Lu Sheng’s words, the Black Ape King hadn’t even processed the meaning behind Lu Sheng’s words.
Yet its pupils suddenly contracted.
Lu Sheng turned into a red afterimage and charged at the Black Ape King’s position in an instant.
The speed was so fast that even the Black Ape King couldn’t react in time.
Then...
The gray Deathly Silence Breath sprayed directly at the Black Ape King’s face.
Boom!!!
The Deathly Silence Breath, containing various attributes, exploded with extremely terrifying power, giving the Black Ape King a breath wash.
Even with the Black Ape King having a Late-stage Tier Five cultivation close to Tier Five Peak, it was instantly severely wounded under the Deathly Silence Breath.
"You..."
The Black Ape King’s eyes exploded under the Deathly Silence Breath, plunging into darkness in no time.
Lu Sheng smiled slightly, his claw descended upon the Black Ape King, giving no chance for reaction.
Bang!!
The sharp claws easily tore through the Black Ape King’s flesh, blood splattering, and Lu Sheng seized the chance and bit down on the Black Ape King.
Ripped a chunk of flesh.
"Ah!!"
The Black Ape King screamed, having no chance to resist in Lu Sheng’s grasp, directly ravaged by him.
In the next moment, Lu Sheng bit into the Black Ape King’s neck, severing the throat in an instant.
In a moment, the Black Ape King’s life slipped away quickly, and the body like a mountain fell back heavily, crashing onto the ground.
After doing all this, Lu Sheng calmly started to leisurely devour the Black Ape King’s body.
Upon finishing devouring the Black Ape King’s body, Lu Sheng’s gaze slowly turned toward the nearby territories of other Giant Beasts.
"Giant Beasts... even mosquito meat is meat!"
Lu Sheng said and began to leisurely walk toward the nearby Giant Beast territories.
...
Several days later.
A king’s meeting administrator looked at the suddenly expanded king’s meeting territory, silent.
"How... did this territory expand so suddenly?"
This Sixth Tier administrator looking at the territory belonging to the meeting, fell into deep thought.
In the next moment, an angry roar of a Sixth Tier Giant Beast King from the Giant Ape Kingdom echoed from the sky.
"King’s meeting... are you intending to completely wage war with my Giant Ape Kingdom!!"
Listening to this voice filled with boundless fury, the Sixth Tier administrator’s scalp instantly felt numb.
Despite the continuous friction among the four Exotic Beast factions, it was rare to suddenly attack another’s Giant Beast King.
After quickly comforting the Sixth Tier Giant Beast King of the Giant Ape Kingdom, the Sixth Tier administrator started investigating.
After learning that Lu Sheng occupied the Lion King’s territory and then invaded the Giant Ape Kingdom’s territory, he fell completely silent.
He had not expected Lu Sheng to have such audacity.
"Although... the expanded territory is good for the meeting,"
"But... we’ve completely offended the Giant Ape Kingdom."
"This guy’s courage is truly enormous, not only killing the Lion King but also targeting the Giant Ape Kingdom’s territory in short time..."