Monster Soul Online

Chapter 15: The Great Millennium Ape

Sila speedily circulated Intermediate Qi throughout his body as he was spotting many golden gorillas around the edges of forest walking towards him. Finally, there were around fifty of them surrounding Sila.

From his previous fight, he knew that these Great Millennium Apes could move very quickly due to qinggong. With the distance between him and them becoming closer, the fight could have erupted anytime.

The other thing that Sila was curious was: Are these apes as skillful as the one I fought before? If they are, I will be in damn trouble.

The gap between the apes and Sila was becoming closer and closer. An ordinary player would run away by now, but Sila needed to beat the leader of Great Millennium Ape first.

Sila fully knew himself that he was more excel in offensive ability than a defensive one. If he waited for these apes to come even closer, he would only be forced to keep defending to death. Thus, he decided to be the one who performed a pre-emptive strike.

As soon as the gap between him and them became fourteen meters, he fired a knife toward an ape in front of him, and swiftly charged following that knife.

A knife stabbed deep into that Great Millennium Apes head and immediately causing it to disperse as a light. This was a signal for all other Great Millennium Apes to go all out to attack.

Seeing his attack worked successfully, Sila felt joyful. He tightened two more knives in both hands. Although he had never fired two knives at the same time before, in this situation, he would just have to try his hardest.

Sila entirely depended on the hidden weapon since he got a glimpse of these apes ability. They were agile creature, but comparing to him when using Qi of Little Fish, their ability to cope against long range attack wasnt that great.

So, even though Sila couldnt damage them with his bare hand combat, his hidden weapon could do.

With his understanding in qi-strengthening hidden weapon usage, all his firing knives would fuse with the only minimum amount of Qi of Little Tiger that could send the apes to death if they were hit at the vital spot.

Both knives in his hands quickly flew toward two giant apes approaching him. Both of these apes were too focus on attacking Sila so they didnt notice the knives at all. When they were finally aware of the knives presence, it was the same time that their life met its end.

Sila slightly frowned. Although its true that he had successfully killed both of them, the knife he had fired with the left hand was missed where he had aimed by two inches. Just now, if the one on the left hadnt rushed toward him, his knife would have missed.

With two more of their comrades dying, the rest of the Great Millennium Apes were filled with anger, they were rushing toward Sila without caring anything else.

Sila had no time to think. He kept firing the knives only from his right hand. When a knife was fired, the other ones immediately fired next and next.

As for his left hand, he only used it to tighten one knife without firing it out. Knowing that its less accurate, he planned to use this knife in only emergency case.

Dozens Great Millennium Apes were dying one after another. This was because their strength lied into qinggong. The more they were alive, the less space for them to utilize it. Thus, their number was declining sharply.

As Sila noticing this weakness of them, he accelerated his firing speed to kill them as many as he could before they became aware of this weakness. If these apes were to change their fighting tactic to come at him one at a time, he would definitely die from exhaustion.

Sila depended only on the hidden weapon to get rid of them. The reason was; if he made an error in performing a bare hand combat, the backlash of power would damage himself badly, allowing these monkeys to besiege him later.

Despite Sila was currently having an advantage, he was fully aware of his limited amount of qi. He also didnt know whether these Great Millennium Apes would be the last for him to fight or not. Thus, he tried to look around to find the boss of these apes, as his quest was to take it down.

However, all of them looked exactly the same as though they had been copied and pasted. Sila didnt have other choice except to keep killing them one by one.

More than dozens of Great Millennium Apes had died. Now, their number declined to seven. Nevertheless, with them having more space to move around, its harder for Sila to kill them.

Despite it was conflicting with normal logic; the less number of Great Millennium Apes Sila had to fight, the more disadvantageous Sila was.

Now, Silas knife finally missed the target. All remaining Great Millennium Apes had learned from their comrades deaths so they could read the direction of the knife and be able to dodge it by simply tilting their head.

With them being able to dodge Silas attack, their liveliness increased. Then, they charged at Sila in unison.

Sila immediately realized his mistake. He had been always aiming at the head the vital spot of the monkeys. Therefore, no matter how silly the monsters were, with him kept attacking at the same spot, they would eventually notice his aim. (Sila still didnt realize that there were some monsters that even possessed exceptional intelligent.)

Sila fired another two qi-strengthening knives. This time, these knives didnt aim at the head; they stabbed at two Great Millennium Apes heart instead.

And even before those two dispersed as lights, Sila made another move; he once again fired two knives toward another two monkeys that flinched, sending them following their comrades to an afterlife.

However, the remaining three apes were now very close to Sila. Their attacks were coming at Sila at full speed.

Sila calmly circulated Qi of Little Fish to agilely spin his body out of their attacks range, and then slapped at the nape of a neck of the monkey closest to him.

Well, due to lack of time to put Qi of Little Tiger into his attack, that ape didnt die.

Sila grabbed its body and started using Intermediate Qi as his inner force, which he normally used it to fire hidden weapon, to fire Great Millennium Ape away.

Of course, he knew that his inner force wasnt strong enough to push its big body without him having to move like his usual hidden weapon; so, he added his arm strength to throw it forcefully.

Its body was thrown toward another Great Millennium Ape whom rushing at him. Sila quickly followed his thrown object while putting the full power of Qi of Little Tiger into his right hand.

At the time that the rushing Great Millennium Ape catching its friends body, Sila struck his palm at the thrown Great Millennium Ape with full force. His palm was so powerful that its impact was enough to affect the Great Millennium Ape in behind, killing both of them together.

Finally, there was only one Great Millennium Ape left.

Nevertheless, with Silas big movement to kill those two Great Millennium Apes previously, his back was wide open. The last Great Millennium Ape didnt miss this chance and leaped forward. Both of its palms were intensely glowing in dark red aura.

Sila didnt even have time to turn his head. But he somehow could sense the frightening power through the air from his back. So, he fired the knife backward without looking.

Silas qi was nearly depleted from his previous attack, so this knife wasnt fused with qi. Its also not precise as he didnt aim. However, it made the Great Millennium Ape had to dodge slightly and lost its tempo a little.

Sila turned his body back while circulating his nearly-exhausted Qi of Little Fish to evade its attack. Well, he was a bit too late; the palm was bound to hit him in the next second.

Sila followed his instinct. He flicked his hand to hit the opponents wrist from the side, making the palm to awry slightly.

Although this made him avoided being hit directly, it still slammed into his shoulder heavily.

The sound of bone cracking could be heard. It seemed like Silas right shoulder was totally done for. His right arm was falling to the ground without him being able to control it at all.

Sila grit his teeth while bearing great pain. He forced himself to fire a knife toward the head of the last Great Millennium Ape with his left hand.

The knife stabbed at its forehead precisely. The Great Millennium Ape staggered for a while before finally turning into a light and disappeared.

Sila opened his system window and picked up Large Health Potion to drink while circulating Recovering Qi to heal his bone fracture. The amount of qi he had used was also now regenerating slowly.

However, the system sound alarmed again.

You have defeated 50 Great Millennium Apes, Squire Rank, Level 500 -- achieving a certain condition.

Monster Great Millennium Ape, Knight Rank, Level 200, has appeared.

After the end of system sound, Sila immediately looked around to find his new enemy. Of course, he still didnt stop circulating Recovering Qi as he wanted to prolong his healing time as much as he could.

Screech!

The sound of monkey was coming from behind.

Sila turned his head. At the base of a peach tree in the middle of the field, there was one golden monkey standing.

This Great Millennium Ape was obviously different from previous ones. Its size was three times bigger. Its also wearing navy blue Wuxias clotheing embroidered with gold thread. It was looking at Sila with great fury.

Sila continued to circulate Recovering Qi. and his bone began to slowly join back together. Meanwhile, Silas eyes were stared at Great Millennium Apes muscles, preparing for its sudden movement.

Not waiting for Sila to be fully healed, the giant ape flashed forward like a shooting arrow.

Sila saw this as a good opportunity to strike. He instantly fired a knife toward its head.

However, the result was unexpected; when a knife flew closer to its head, the Great Millennium Ape flicked its hand to easily brush away the knife.

Sila was frightened. This was the first time that someone was able to sweep his hidden weapon away. That ape swept it as though doing so was a child play, even!

When the gap between them got closer, the Great Millennium Ape accelerated by kicking the ground, its palm was focusing at Silas chest.

Sila hurriedly circulated Qi of Little Fish to evade.

Its palm was completely missed, making Sila felt relieved to know that at least he could still depend on Qi of Little Fish.

But after its palm missing the target, the Great Millennium Ape immediately used its right foot as a fulcrum, spinning its body and thrusting its palm again.

Sila had no time to think, he turned around to evade its attack a second time.

With him dodging another hit, the Great Millennium Ape still didnt quit attacking; it used its foot to strike anew.

Although its a combat in very close range, Sila couldnt find any chance to fire a hidden weapon as the Great Millennium Ape kept moving its vital spots.

Sila was only able to keep dodging, waiting for an opportunity to escape from the Great Millennium Apes series of attacks.

In a film, we usually see a fight between hero and villain take turn to offense and defense. But thats for the audiences to enjoy watching. Sila, who had been raised in a dojo, fully knew that: in an actual combat, the turnaround of flow of the battle is something very strenuous to happen. Just from the tiny disadvantage at some point, as a fight drag on, it will gradually keep expanding until the disadvantageous one is defeated in the end.

In an actual fight, the result is usually cleared from the start of the battle.

As if emphasizing this fact, the Great Millennium Apes attacks now started to scrape Sila. Its tail struck at Silas left leg. Although this attack of it wasnt strengthened with qi, it made Silas speed decreased.

With Silas injury at the leg, the Great Millennium Ape accelerated its attacks, wanting to get rid of him as soon as possible.

Youll know the reason when you confront the Great Millennium Ape. Just be sure to give it your all. To tell you the truth, the current you are no match for it. Youll need to use your wit.

Words of his teacher echoed into Silas mind.

My wit...

Looking at his own injured leg, Sila finally realized what his teachers words meant.

How could he be such a fool before?

Sila tightened a hidden weapon. The Great Millennium Ape saw that action and sneered. It raised both of its hands to cover its forehead and its heart, while its foot still swinging toward Sila.

The sound of a dagger stabbing something could be heard. Sila had already fired his hidden weapon.

This time, its target wasnt the vital spots like a head or a heart. It instead pierced at the Great Millennium Apes swinging leg.

With the successfulness of this attack, the Great Millennium Ape halted for a brief period. Sila surely wouldnt let this precious opportunity go. He instantly fired another three knives, aiming at Great Millennium Apes other leg.

Just now, he had noticed that the Great Millennium Ape had tried to attack all over his body; whereas he was too naive, trying to wait for an opportunity to kill it in one hit like he had always done to his past opponents. Of course, it was a very effective method, but with him fighting against a skilled opponent, it was undoubtedly not an easy task to do.

The opportunity to win is something one has to create oneself, not just simply waiting for it to occur.

Not only his three firing knives werent fused with qi, but they were also fired in close range. Thus, the accuracy of them was topnotch. They pierced at the Great Millennium Apes right leg in unison, causing the Great Millennium Ape to cry in pain. Its guard was slightly down.

Sila fired another three knives toward its chest, flank, and shoulder tip. Even though they werent fused with qi, they were enough to stop the Great Millennium Apes movement.

Conscious of the principle of fighting, Sila knew he mustnt let go of this hard-earned chance of winning. He didnt take a break and fired another four knives disregarding the preciseness.

The Great Millennium Ape raised its hand to brush away the knives. But it could sweep only one. The remaining three knives stabbed at its flank and lower abdomen. While its still in pain, another series of knives were coming again, not letting it rested.

Its large body turned into a drawback. If disregarding the vital spots, with its massive body, Sila could hit this Great Millennium Ape with his knives even with his eyes closed.

All four of daggers pierced at its body. Its guard was completely broken. Thus, Sila immediately fired qi-strengthening knife toward its wide-opened head.

Come to think of it, this was truly notable. From the tiny bit of the tempo he had gained from firing at its leg, Sila kept widening that tempo to reach this point.

The knife pinned down precisely in the middle of the Great Millennium Apes forehead. Well, its still not die yet. Now, it gritted its teeth to bear the pain and rushed at Sila as though it wanted him to die together. It didnt even care about defending anymore.

Sila jumped backward while keep firing knives with his both hands.

The Great Millennium Ape stopped. Its body was covered in so much blood, dyeing its clothes and fur in red.

It should be close to death already. But Sila didnt want to be too careless. He fired an addition one qi-strengthening knife to stab its head.

Its massive body began to totter. Sila kept firing knives nonstop. Now, the Great Millennium Ape looked almost like a hedgehog.

Finally, Sila stopped firing. The reason for that was he had already run out of the knife.

The Great Millennium Apes body fell to the ground before turning into a light and disappeared, this happened together with alarming of system sound.

You have defeated the Great Millennium Ape, Knight Rank, Level 200. You have received 600,000 experience points, gotten 200 gold coins, the Great Millennium Ape Card 1 EA, Cloud Roaming Hermits Clothing 1 EA, and the Nameless Elders Secret Scroll 1 EA.

Your Level has been risen to 580.

Territory of the Great Millennium Ape has been decayed. You can use Returning Scroll from now on.

At the end of this system sound, Sila ended up lying down on the ground in exhaustion. He let out a heavy sigh and began to circulate Recovering Qi.

Then, after quite a long time passed, Sila used Invitation Card to the Bamboo Hut to return to the place his teacher was.