Chapter 142: The Back Road Approaching the Truth - Continental Chronicles Opening

  The giant ape feigned a strike and ran, its massive body displaying an unnatural agility as it traversed mountains and ridges with ease. Just as it was about to leave Li Yuanba's line of sight, Li Yuanba made his move. Standing in mid-air, Li Yuanba's figure gradually became illusory and disappeared, reappearing instantly above the excited giant ape's forehead. With a flick of his finger, the unsuspecting giant ape lost its balance, its head spinning wildly as it fell towards the ground. However, the giant ape reacted quickly, opening its mouth to shoot a beam of light at Li Yuanba in the instant it lost its balance. Li Yuanba didn't dodge or evade, allowing the energy beam to hit him straight on, causing a massive mushroom cloud to erupt into the air, destroying countless giant trees and affecting an area of thousands of miles.

  The giant ape twisted its waist, quickly adjusted its body, and with a mighty kick of both feet on the ground, it fled at incredible speed without looking back! In its perception, that tiny insect-like Li Yuanba was clearly unharmed, but delaying for a moment would have unpredictable consequences!

  The dust dispersed, Li Yuanba squinted his eyes and gazed at the rapidly departing giant ape, stretching out a hand to grasp its massive body with one hand. Suddenly, the giant ape froze in place, its entire body standing upright, as if it had been restrained by something and couldn't move!

  Like being pulled by a thread, the giant ape's feet were three feet off the ground, slowly approaching Li Yuanba! The giant ape was clearly of a strong temperament, and as it approached Li Yuanba, its entire body suddenly lost moisture, tightly adhering to its massive skeleton. Its eyes turned bright red, and with a loud roar, its four limbs suddenly spread out and landed on the ground! Its surroundings were like boiling water, with visible waves of energy being scattered everywhere!

  "It's interesting!" Li Yuanba muttered, his single hand clenching tightly once more. The giant ape was again bound by energy, suspended mid-air! This time, a transparent large hand appeared on its body, grasping its enormous torso fiercely within it!

  The giant ape's blood vessels erupted all over its body, forming a terrifying striped pattern on the surface. It was clear that this ape was not willing to be restrained by Li Yuanba, and even in its struggles, the blood vessels on its forehead burst first, causing red and black blood to spray everywhere like a mist!

  The long worm in the air could not bear it. It whispered to the giant ape, trying to persuade it. The giant ape let out a loud roar. Regardless of everything, it extracted all its strength and vowed to break free from its shackles once again, preferring death to unfreedom!

  The yearning for freedom is strongest in these animals, which are relatively low in human intelligence. They don't have what we call reason. Dying is better than living a life of dependence. Cherishing one's life seems to be non-existent for them. The more ferocious the animal, the stronger its desire for freedom. In fact, there is a limit to this. Take the great ape, for example. If Li Yuanba gave it a bit more space, the ape wouldn't be so fierce. But Li Yuanba is a certain kind of person - with a domineering personality cultivated over hundreds of years, he doesn't leave any room for emotion when he acts. A huge hand of energy grasps the great ape, not giving it any space to move, without even basic knowledge of taming beasts. This involves an interesting term - temperament!

  In the past, the bird with the worst temper is probably the sparrow. This little thing has a particularly bad temper, once it's caught by humans, it won't eat or drink for several days until it exhausts itself to death! According to old people, this is what they call "dying of anger"......

  Relaxed and tense, with a rhythm of give-and-take. This is the best way to wear down all living beings that yearn for freedom. Up until now, when has Li Yuanba ever appeared in a situation where he was beaten back by a stronger force? Now, Li Yuanba just wants to pull this giant ape over and give it a good thrashing. As for killing it, at least for now, Li Yuanba doesn't have that intention. Otherwise, with one blow, the violent giant ape would have been finished off long ago!

  The giant ape lived a life of freedom and ease, especially after becoming the overlord of dark creatures, rampaging unchecked. With its despicable mentality of fighting when it could win and fleeing when it couldn't, it had always lived a carefree life! But the wild nature in its bones never disappeared!

  The persuasion of the long worm was ineffective. Under Li Yuanba's strong will and yearning for freedom, the giant ape struggled desperately, even detonating the crystals in its body, just to break free from Li Yuanba's shackles and regain its liberty, even if it meant death!

  The crystal was detonated, and the giant ape temporarily gained a huge energy boost, sticking to its skeleton while its flesh and blood rapidly expanded. Its four limbs were fully extended, forcing open Li Yuanba's massive hand that had been condensed using the power of heaven and earth, giving itself some free space!

  The giant ape let out a joyful roar, but was immediately enraged by Li Yuanba's increased energy transmission, "Boom!" The giant hand clenched tightly, crushing the giant ape to death! The giant horn on the ape's head rolled off in the impact of the surging energy and landed on a mountain peak, where it stood upright, wedged between two massive boulders, pointing straight up at the sky.

  The long worm appeared in the air, let out a sorrowful roar that echoed through the sky. It stared silently at the pile of broken flesh on the ground for a moment, then turned its dragon head and hid into the dense clouds!

  Li Yuanba was infuriated by the pet's actions, and he dragged Chang Chong out of the clouds to give him a good scolding: "I was brought here by you for revenge, what kind of attitude is this?! What do you mean?! Rabbit dies, fox grieves, how can it be?!" Chang Chong didn't resist, allowing Li Yuanba to vent his anger with his fists, but the sadness and nostalgia in his eyes made Li Yuanba stop after a while.

  "Get out! I'll give you the freedom you want! Hmph! You'd better hide in a place where not even all living things can find you, or else you won't have true freedom! Even I haven't had true freedom before, let alone you beasts!" Li Yuanba said coldly, forming a massive palm with one hand and grabbing the dragon's giant horn, shaking his hand to fling it out of his sight.

  The long worm was thrown far away before it fell down, and in that simple consciousness, it seemed to know that it was free, making a loud cry like a giant ape, and ran!

  But this little guy wouldn't have thought that after leaving Li Yuanba for decades, the craze of dragon-slaying would never stop! It wasn't until he met Li Yuanba again that he realized freedom requires powerful protection...

  Li Yuanba looked at Chang Chong leaving with a sad expression, shook his head, cast aside distracting thoughts and flew away from the Tang Dynasty!

  Along the island chain that connects the mainland, Li Yuanba arrived in Antarctica from the Tang Dynasty. The icy and snowy Antarctica is not a forbidden zone for life. On the contrary, it is a paradise for the strong! Life here is extremely powerful, and each individual has terrifying abilities. The harsh environment has made the creatures here have dense fur and physical strength that far surpasses other continents! Li Yuanba's power on this continent has been rising steadily, and with just a flick of his wrist, he can unleash even greater power than before, which makes him very curious about this strange phenomenon. His skills are gone, but he can create extraordinary unofficial moves as if the entire world is integrated with him, at will! Especially in terms of strength, how much power has he hidden that even he doesn't know? In this new era, almost everyone he encounters relies on genetic energy to enhance their powers, speed, and defense, using close-range combat methods. His previous fighting style seems like it was from another space-time continuum! However, there is one important point: although it's close-range combat, the use of spiritual power has been amplified. In battle, all spiritual powers are naturally mixed into the fight, with astonishing auxiliary effects! The larger the species, the more their bodies seem to be shrouded in layers of mist. During battles, this mist acts as a natural defense, automatically countering opponents' powers and producing stunning, bewildering, guiding, and blood-sucking effects! This is something that didn't exist before but now pervades the entire planet!

  Antarctica, one of the coldest continents on this planet, has temperatures far lower than before. The air here is almost all condensed into ice, and with each breath, you can feel a stinging pain as if needles are being injected, of course, that's for ordinary people...

  Li Yuanba didn't stay long on this cold continent, losing the initial freshness. He followed the island line and arrived at the Transcontinental Continent. Since arriving on this continent, Li Yuanba was speechless!

  Here, people have created a large number of so-called miracles, with religions springing up everywhere, completely transforming into a pseudo-ancient Greek mythological world! Moreover, driven by interests, this place has actually become a world where light and darkness coexist! Those humans infected with the virus and recovering their sanity, unrestrictedly launch pseudo-divine wars, massively absorbing multi-attribute life crystals to undergo mutations, calling themselves the Titan Giant God Tribe. Using spiritual illusions, they form various mythological images of the Titan Gods on their bodies, such as those in Li Yuanba's mind - the destructive gods with magma surging all over their bodies, the ice giants covering their entire body...

  "Is there a sea god or something......" Li Yuanba couldn't help but ridicule. In front of him was the first woman he had met since stepping onto the mainland, asking about the situation here. Facing this woman with a face full of unwillingness and eyes that showed fear, Li Yuanba was very curious, whether this self-proclaimed love god was brain-damaged or mentally ill? With such abilities, she still dared to call herself a god, don't be ridiculous!

  A suit of peculiar armor, a faint humming noise that was almost inaudible, indicating that this armor also had some science fiction-like operational capabilities! It's strange to say, but this armor almost wrapped the entire person into a rice dumpling, with the entire head tightly wrapped up, without any aesthetic appeal at all! If it weren't for the fact that the voice coming from within was female, and the two mountain peaks on her chest, Li Yuanba might not have even known he had taken a woman hostage!

  The world has changed, except for these few continents where Chinese is the main language, technology has developed in an auxiliary form, and even this hundred years of time has made Li Yuanba lose his former prestige.

  "I don't know who you are, I've never even heard of the name Li Yuanba! What do you want to do? I have an important mission at hand, if I delay the God's time, I swear, you will be judged by the wrath of all the gods and die without a burial place!" Aiywa was very depressed, having barely escaped from the Dark Lord, who would have thought that on the edge of the continent she would be hijacked by a legendary Easterner, and not even have any room for resistance!

  However, the name Li Yuanba seems to have been mentioned in some biography, and he shouldn't be an important person! Unfortunately, after Aiwa returned, she searched through all sorts of biographies and books but couldn't find a single character with this name. It wasn't until she accidentally opened up the precious book "Continental Chronicles" in the Temple of Gods that she realized how terrifying the Easterner she had met was!

  The Continental Chronicle, written by the surviving gods of old, begins with this passage: The mysterious Eastern Continent's Supreme War God Li Yuanba gazed out upon the warring lands and, in a fit of rage, reshaped heaven and earth before sinking into slumber! The multitude of gods were awakened to reclaim order over the mortal realm! An image of the War God is attached for the reverence of all people.

  The portrait of the sketch is very vivid, and this is also what people feared at the beginning. What if this evil demon didn't die and came to this continent personally? Wouldn't they be dissatisfied with their self-proclaimed godly ways and start killing again? It's not that they're afraid of ten thousand, but rather one in ten thousand. Saying a few good words wouldn't affect their rule, so why not do it? After all, the gods also have origins, right?

  Aiyue was stunned at that time, and her little friends were also dumbfounded.

  However, these people also vaguely depict the indirect approach to the truth of the changing world, after all, this is indeed what Li Yuanba has come up with.