Chapter 5746

A sudden respect stirred in Jared’s chest for the lumbering black-furred giant ape. The creature, so clumsy at first glance, had somehow sniffed out this hidden basin and the clump of Blood Ganoderma pulsing crimson at its heart. He swung off the ape’s broad back, boots skidding across moss-slick stone, and strode toward the living jewels, intent on harvesting the medicine his body so desperately craved.

A roar burst through the humid air-raw, earthquake-loud, and thick with primordial hate-rolling across the basin like thunder ripped from a cracked celestial drum.

The sound detonated from the far side of the valley, deep within a wall of tangled forest. A second giant ape exploded into view, its fur a sinister dark gold, trees shattering to toothpicks as the monster barreled forward like a moving mountain.

This newcomer stood even broader than Jared’s mount, its eyes two lakes of boiling blood-red light.

Those burning pupils fixed on Jared, his black-furred ally, and especially on the Blood Ganoderma―rage so hot it seemed ready to ignite the very air.

The black-furred giant ape refused to yield. It reared onto its hind legs and answered with a roar of its own, the cry vibrating like war drums. Massive fists pummeled its steel-hard chest, each strike thudding louder than a battering ram against iron gates.

Bloodshot eyes met bloodshot eyes, the space between them crackling with murderous intent.