The giant ape tribe may possess the bloodline of divis, but the Vajra Ape's blood is exceedingly thin. In trast, the Azure Dragon Tome that Xiao Long cultivates is one of the highest teiques of the dragon , inaccessible to lower dragon s and reserved only for the high nobility among dragons.

  Moreover, the bloodline of Xiao Long's body is extraordinary, perfectly plementing the Azure Dragon Tome. The Vajra Ape's aura was immediately suppressed, and a look of fear fshed in its crimson eyes.

  pared to humans, the css oppression among demos is more pronounced. Higher species always dominate lower ones, and the oppression from bloodlines is irresistible.

  In the moment the Vajra Ape hesitated, Xiao Long had already reached it. His inner Qi transformed into seven fine needles, pierg the seven acupoints on the ape's body.

  The Vajra Ape instantly defted like a punctured balloon, colpsing to the ground. Its violent aura dissipated in the blink of an eye, and its skiuro a brownish hue.

  Xiao Long withdrew his pressure and quietly observed it.

  The Vajra Ape involuntarily scooted back, seemingly very afraid of Xiao Long.

  However, Xiao Long had no iion of punishing it. Instead, he issued two ands to Da Hei and Er Hei, then ighe Vajra Ape and proceeded to climb toward the ape's cave.

  As Da Hei and Er Hei passed by, they flicked their to it, showing off before following Xiao Long into the cave.

  The Vajra Ape scratched its head, seemingly unwilling, but cautiously followed behind.

  Upoering the cave, Xiao Long did not sense any spiritual Qi fluctuations, which piqued his curiosity.

  "Huh? It's actually a natural cealment array!" Xiao Long excimed.

  The cave was located at the northernmost part of the valley, a pce of extreme yin associated with water. Judging by the surrounding mountains, this was the ter of the range, eg the celestial and terrestrial energies, f the heart of the valley's array. A natural formation was not surprising.

  As Xiao Long stepped inside, he immediately felt the spiritual Qi rushing toward him. Not far ahead was a small emerald green pool, a spiritual spring!

  Beside the spring were various herbs, including rare and precious spiritual medies, even a Soul-Reviving Grass, and an even higher-grade Revitalizing Flower.

  This astonished Xiao Long. How could a mere eighth-tier demo like the Vajra Ape, even in its berserk tenth-tier state, find so many spiritual herbs? Even a Demon General wouldn't have such a rich colle.

  Xiao Lo aside his curiosity for now a into the spiritual spring, activating the Azure Dragon Tome. The energy in the spring swirled into his body like a vortex.

  "Experience gained: 35 points!"

  "Experience gained: 29 points!"

  "Experience gained: 31 points!"

  The system notifications began to fsh rapidly, filling his mind with a long string of messages, and his experience bar surged tinuously.

  "Ding! gratutions on reag Level 7! You need 8000 more experience for the level!"

  Before long, the system's level-up notification sounded, and Xiao Long ughed excitedly.

  This is the advantage of the system—no bottlenecks whatsoever. Unlike before, where breaking through required several days of preparation and the breakthrough process itself took days, and entering a bottleneck could lead to failure and wasted time.

  He reached into the water and found twreen spirit crystals, which he promptly stored in his iory.

  "Da Hei, Er Hei, e down!"

  "Yes, Boss!"

  The two snakes swam ier the other, quickly reag the peak of the third-tier demo. Their bodies grew to one and a half meters long, but to break through to the fourth tier, they would still need a few more days of cultivation.

  The Vajra Ape watched eagerly from the side, occasionally letting out strange cries of "wah wah," pounding its chest in frustration, but Xiao Long paid it no mind.

  "Experience gained: 21 points!"

  "Experience gained: 19 points!"

  "Ding! gratutions on reag Level 8! You need 15000 more experience for the level!"

  The notification for Xiao Long's sed level-up quickly sounded, but he eechless to find that the color of the spiritual spring had faded signifitly, turning a pale green.

  His experience gain rate had also decreased by more than half. Initially, he gained 30 experience points at a time, then around 20, and now only 10, occasionally even single digits.

  "Sigh! It's really not satisfying." Xiao Loantly climbed out of the spring. If he tinued abs, the spring might be drained dry.

  However, sihis cave was the heart of the valley's array, spiritual Qi would naturally gather here again. It wouldn't be long before the spriuro its deep green color.

  Seeing that Da Hei and Er Hei were still stuck at the peak of the third-tier demo, Xiao Long threw out a rge number of spirit stones, arranging them he spring to set up a simple Gathering Spirit Array to aid Da Hei and Er Hei in their breakthrough.

  While Xiao Long did this effortlessly, the Vajra Ape watched in a daze.

  Apes are among the smartest of demos, and with its a bloodli ied some memories of the giant ape tribe, possessing intelligence far beyond ordinary demos.

  The sudden appearance of numerous spirit stones arranged into an array indicated that Xiao Long had a human ste ring and rofit in formations.

  The Vajra Ape was dumbfounded, its mind struggling to process this.

  "Hey, do you uand what I'm doing?"

  Seeing its astonished and fused expression, Xiao Long used his inner Qi to simute the nguage of the giant ape tribe and asked.

  To his surprise, the Vajra Ape hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

  "Being able to uand the nguage of the giant ape tribe means it has ied the tribe's memories. This is iing!" Xiao Long showed an amused expression.

  Xiao Long stared at it and began to use the skill "Beast Taming."

  "gratutions! You have successfully tamed a Vajra Ape, Level 8, current tamed beast t 3/3."

  A peculiar light fshed in the Vajra Ape's eyes as it realized it no longer felt the same aversion toward Xiao Long. Instead, it felt a sense of attat.

  "Kid, from now on, I'm your boss. Seeing that tuft of yellow hair on your head, I'll call you Huang Mao."

  The Vajra Ape's expression ged, and it jumped up, shouting "ah."

  Xiao Long uood; it robably saying that "Huang Mao" souoo unpleasant and wanted a different name.

  "What, you don't agree?" Xiao Long stared at it, releasing the dragon 's pressure. The Vajra Ape immediately shrank baodding obediently.

  "Alright! From now on, you'll be called Huang Mao. Those two are y brother and sed brother. Ohey break through, remember to greet them."

  The Vajra Ape could only nod in agreement. There was no choice; even before Xiao Long's breakthrough, it was no match for him. Now that he had reached the eighth-tier demo, it stood even less of a ce. Besides, it felt a subtle reluce to resist Xiao Long.

  "Good! As a wele gift, I will teach you a supreme teique of the a giant ape tribe, the 'Battle Saint Physique.' It's only the first half, but if you master even a move or two, you'll be invincible among your peers."