Jiang Nan couldn’t care less about all that.
With a blink, he teleported right in front of Wu Liang and Xia Yao, then carefully pulled out that stone slab like it was precious treasure.
“You two, take a look. Hehe, Xiong Er is definitely here.”
Both Wu Liang and Xia Yao stared at the drawing on the slab in shock. Did it really have to be drawn with so much spirit?
“Wow, so cute!”
“Xiong Er. Bro is coming to find you right now.”
Nobody noticed a little gorilla at the edge of the woods vanish in the blink of an eye.
Jiang Nan led everyone straight towards the target location.
…
At this very moment, Ye Xinghe and the others were all tightly bound by ironwood vines.
Every one of them had bruised faces and swollen noses, their bodies blackened all over, carried on gorilla shoulders.
They had originally planned to look for a chance to escape.
But these gorillas were clever enough to mix binding-spirit iron ore slag into mud, then dunk every person in it.
Once their clothes were covered in that mud, they couldn’t use their abilities at all.
Each of them couldn’t help shedding tears of regret.
An hour to steamroll everything?
Their faces were being slapped left and right.
These gorillas were clearly repeat offenders. They had a whole routine down.
“Wah wah, are we going to be eaten?”
“Pah. Saying that out loud is embarrassing.”
“Hm… indeed, it ended before it even started.”
“Nan Shen. You guys better come quick. We’re done for.”
Everyone was carried to the main camp, hauled towards the cave.
There were more than a dozen gorillas lined up excitedly beside the cave.
Everyone’s faces went pale. They were queuing up for dinner?
The moment they entered the cave, Qi Yu heard the sounds of beating inside and completely lost it.
“Holy crap. Eating us raw. Aaaaah. Let me go. I don’t want to die.”
Qin Shou curled his lip. “Tch, a real man faces the fear of death head-on. Even if they really eat me, I, Qin Shou, won’t furrow my brow even half a crease.”
Yu Qingqing’s little face darkened. “Can you not pretend to be cool at a time like this? It’s not handsome at all.”
But when they reached the end of the cave and saw the scene before them, Ye Xinghe and the others turned completely to stone, faces full of horror.
They saw a huge gorilla swinging its fists, madly pounding a person who was already swollen three times over.
The victim kept passing out, then getting beaten awake, beaten awake only to pass out again.
And it looked like the gorilla was deliberately holding back, afraid of killing them outright.
“Holy mother. You gorillas. You’re not monkeys at all.”
“So catching us wasn’t to eat us? It’s to use us as punching bags for fun?”
“Pfft. Those two brothers might not even survive.”
“Damn it. Just eat me instead. I can’t withstand fists the size of iron pots.”
“Eeya. Nooo, wah wah, mummy.”
At this moment nobody could stay calm anymore. They all screamed at the top of their lungs and struggled like mad.
There are things in this world far more terrifying than death, like being lined up by gorillas to be used as punching bags.
Are you lot practising boxing this way?
All the girls were scared to tears.
Ye Xinghe finally understood what Jiang Nan meant by “beasts”.
He couldn’t help yelling at the top of his voice, “Nan Shen. Save us. I don’t want to be queued up as a punching bag.”
The gorillas tossed everyone into a pile of rocks on the side.
What drove them to despair was that the rock pile was all binding-spirit iron ore.
They really weren’t giving them even a single chance, huh? Did they have to be this ruthless?
The white-furred gorilla raised a brow. “Ho ha ho.”
(Go line up. Big bro hits first.)
As soon as the gorillas heard that, they hurriedly nodded and rushed to queue.
Four hundred and twenty-five gorillas formed a long dragon in the shape of the character “弓”.
At this moment, despair was written across every face. Such a long queue?
Who… who could endure this!
The two brothers who had been beaten until they were swollen five times over were mercilessly tossed aside.
Their current expressions: (#)꒪ཀ꒪ͦ(#)
Their eyes had rolled back completely.
The white-furred gorilla grinned, its huge hand reaching straight into the human pile to grab people.
The volunteers were so scared they pressed themselves flat against the wall, legs shaking like a percussion massage gun.
“Don’t you. Don’t come over.”
“Just bloody eat me instead.”
But at this point, they weren’t the ones who got to decide.
The white-furred gorilla’s huge hand grabbed the strongest-looking ones.
Qi Yu, Ye Xinghe, and Qin Shou were all caught.
Just as the huge hand was about to grab Yu Qingqing!
Yu Qingqing struggled desperately, tears streaming down her face.
“Please don’t grab me, okay? I’ll die after two hits. I’m not tough, wah wah.”
The white-furred gorilla looked at Yu Qingqing with clear disgust.
“He, tui.”
It swatted her aside with one hand and grabbed the bespectacled guy behind her instead.
Yu Qingqing: ???
Did I just get despised by a gorilla?
You lot even have standards when choosing punching bags?
The white-furred gorilla grabbed ten people in total.
Now lined up in a row, Ye Xinghe and the others were scared out of their minds.
Qi Yu roared, “You worthless Qin Shou. If you’ve got guts, just kill me now.”
Qin Shou panicked. “When you curse it, can you not drag me into it?”
The volunteers who hadn’t been pulled out all let out huge sighs of relief.
The white-furred gorilla stroked its chin and thought for ages.
Who should it start beating first?
It had grabbed so many punching bags, yet none of them looked promising.
That first punching bag was still the best.
One beating, and it received a gift from the god.
Got Mighty Strength potion to drink.
Still, the white-furred gorilla believed that as long as it caught enough punching bags and beat them devoutly enough, beat them swollen enough, one day it would receive the god’s blessing.
Even if not, it was still good for the brothers to practise their boxing.
Just then, a little gorilla ran into the cave, face full of excitement.
“Ho ho yo ho wa.”
(Chief. Another bunch of punching bags is coming.)
The white-furred gorilla frowned. “Ho.”
(Why are there so many punching bags today?)
Then it turned back and roared a few times.
(I’m taking the brothers to catch punching bags. Nobody move until I return.)
The little gorilla brothers replied in unison, “Ho ho.”
(Understood. Big bro hits first.)
The white-furred gorilla nodded in satisfaction, then charged out with its mighty troop.
At this moment, the ten people who had been pulled out all breathed massive sighs of relief.
Meow, that was close.
But when they thought about the miserable fate they were about to suffer, and that queue of over four hundred gorillas, they all started crying.
This… this is karma.
…
In the jungle, Jiang Nan and company headed straight for the cave.
Just then, Xia Yao wrinkled her nose, her expression turning serious. “Xiao Nan. Be careful. The scents are mixed. We might be surrounded.”
Jiang Nan gave a cold snort. “Everyone prepare for battle.”
Just as they were about to act, a white-furred gorilla burst out, face full of excitement.
It danced wildly in front of Jiang Nan, unable to contain its joy.
“Ho ho ho.”
(Big bro. It’s me, big bro.)
Jiang Nan was stunned. What was this gorilla hopping about for?
Wu Liang’s eyes lit up. “Nan bro. You forgot? The one we beat and gave Mighty Strength to. The leader. It’s got that scar on its lip. It’s definitely him.”
Jiang Nan was shocked. “Bloody hell. How did you grow so big? All white fur? Where did you get it dyed? So fashionable?”
The white-furred gorilla was beside itself with excitement and let out a huge roar.
Over three hundred silverback gorillas emerged from the surroundings, every one gleaming golden.
Everyone’s scalps went numb.
An army of gorillas? What was going on?
Then something happened that shocked everyone.
The white-furred gorilla dropped to one knee, lowering its body very low, huge head bowed.
It extended its palm towards Jiang Nan.
All the gorillas were stunned, staring at the scene in disbelief.
Then the entire gorilla army dropped to one knee and extended their palms towards Jiang Nan.
All the volunteers were dumbfounded. This scene was simply too shocking.
Absolute presence. The aura was off the charts.
Zhong Yingxue said in shock, “I read about this in spiritual beast studies. Gorillas are social creatures. This is how they show recognition of a leader and submission.”
Rabbit Baby said excitedly, “They’re choosing Nan Shen as their leader, right? My idol really is full of charm. He doesn’t even spare gorillas.”
Jiang Nan rolled his eyes.
He lifted his hand and pulled out 1000 bottles of Mighty Strength 2.0, placing them in the white-furred gorilla’s palm.
“Hi, you just want some Mighty Strength, right? Why kneel? Here, here, here.”
White-furred gorilla: ???
