Chapter 12 The Terrifying Titan Ape! Fusion with the Intent of the Clear Sky Hammer!
As the Titan Ape closed in, Qin Mu struggled to his feet from Hu Liena's embrace, holding the Clear Sky Hammer, and stood in front of Hu Liena.
"Sister Nana, it seems we don't have any outside help for the time being."
Does this soul beast have any weaknesses?
Qin Mu was not entirely unfamiliar with the Titan Ape, but his knowledge of it was limited to Er Ming in the central area of the Star Dou Forest.
If we're talking about the advantages and disadvantages of spirit beasts, Hu Liena, a student at the Spirit Hall Academy, should know more about them than I do.
"The Titan Ape possesses absolute strength and speed, and has virtually no weaknesses in either attack or defense."
"This is why the Titan Giant Ape was able to become the king of soul beasts."
"They can even use skills similar to those of soul beasts!"
Hu Liena explained to Qin Mu, her fear far more intense than when she faced the thousand-year-old golden tiger.
"Hey! I asked you to tell me about its weaknesses, not to praise it!"
As he spoke, the Titan Ape roared to the sky and then charged towards Qin Mu at top speed.
The Titan Ape leaped seven or eight meters in a single bound, and arrived in front of Qin Mu in just three jumps and runs.
Seeing the Titan Ape's raised right fist, Qin Mu didn't have time to think. He gripped the Clear Sky Hammer tightly with both hands and intercepted the Titan Ape's attack from the left, trying to borrow its strength again.
To Qin Mu's dismay, even though his Clear Sky Hammer successfully struck the Titan Giant Ape's wrist, it did not knock the Golden White Tiger away as it had before, nor did it even deflect the Titan Giant Ape's fist.
Qin Mu's self-created hammer technique has similar advantages to the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique, and its disadvantages are also similar.
Faced with an attack far stronger than itself, this hammer technique had no time to draw strength from above before it was defeated.
However, Qin Mu's attack was not in vain. This hammer blow weakened the Titan Ape's attack somewhat, but the fist still landed solidly on Qin Mu.
Instantly, blood spurted from Qin Mu's mouth like beads from a broken string, and he flew out, landing on the ground ten meters away.
Spitting out another mouthful of blood, Qin Mu felt as if his internal organs were burning. If it weren't for the fact that he had strengthened his physique since childhood and that his Spirit had given him a significant boost, that punch would have probably killed him instantly.
"Is this the strength of the Titan Giant Ape? No wonder some thousand-year-old soul beasts are no match for it."
It should be noted that when Qin Mu faced the Thousand-Year Golden White Tiger, he was still able to use the hammer technique of borrowing the tiger's force against it.
However, when facing this Titan Giant Ape, which was only about five hundred years old, Qin Mu had no power to fight back at all.
This also confirms that the strength of the 500-year-old Titan Ape far surpasses that of the 1000-year-old Golden White Tiger.
After defeating Qin Mu, the Titan Ape's desire to attack intensified, and this time its target was Hu Liena.
Seeing the Titan Ape turn its gaze to her, Hu Liena's hair stood on end instantly. She channeled her soul power to its limit and ran in the opposite direction from Qin Mu.
Hu Liena was fast, but no matter how fast she was, she couldn't outrun the Titan Ape.
In less than a minute, Hu Liena was caught up by the Titan Ape.
Seeing that the Titan Ape's heavy punch was about to land, Hu Liena, in her anxiety, also used her first soul skill.
With a flash of purple light, the Titan Ape's raised fist did not fall, but remained in place, as if it were asleep.
Seeing this, Hu Liena suddenly remembered something, looked at Qin Mu to the side, and shouted as if possessed.
"It's spiritual strength! Although the Titan Ape is top-notch in attack, speed, and defense, its spiritual strength is its weakness!"
"If we can defeat it spiritually, we have a chance to defeat it!"
After saying that, Hu Liena remembered Qin Mu's Spirit and turned her gaze back with some disappointment.
Even though she was as strong as a second-ring Soul Master and was skilled in controlling spiritual power, she could only temporarily control the Titan Giant Ape in place and could not cause any damage at all.
What can Qin Mu, whose Spirit is the Clear Sky Hammer, possibly do?
Upon hearing this, Qin Mu was taken aback at first, then slowly raised his left hand, and a golden illusory Clear Sky Hammer that looked exactly like the Clear Sky Hammer gradually condensed in his palm.
"My only means of spiritual attack is the Clear Sky Hammer Intent."
"But my current Clear Sky Hammer Intent only has shape and cannot produce any attack."
"Since it requires spiritual attacks, how can we make the Clear Sky Hammer's intent offensive?"
"Clear Sky Hammer, Clear Sky Hammer Intent..."
"Having substance yet lacking form, having form yet lacking substance..."
Looking at the two Clear Sky Hammers in his hands, Qin Mu suddenly had a bold idea.
After taking a few deep breaths, Qin Mu gritted his teeth and clashed the two hammers together.
The bad situation that Qin Mu expected did not happen. The Clear Sky Hammer and the Clear Sky Hammer Intent collided without making a sound. Instead, under his control, they showed faint signs of merging.
However, as the illusory Clear Sky Hammer gradually merged with the black Clear Sky Hammer, Qin Mu's soul power and spiritual power were being rapidly depleted.
On the other side, Hu Liena's control didn't last long. Soon, the Titan Ape regained consciousness.
Shaking its head, the Titan Ape glared angrily at Hu Liena, then slammed its massive fist down at her.
Seeing the giant fist about to smash into her, Hu Liena jumped to the side, her nimble waist bending at an exaggerated angle in the air, barely dodging the Titan Ape's fist.
However, the force of the Titan Ape's fist still sent Hu Liena flying.
"Sister Nana! I need time! I need to figure out how to control it for a while!"
Hu Liena stood up awkwardly, and upon hearing Qin Mu's voice beside her, a bitter smile appeared on her face.
This guy actually has a solution.
But controlling this giant monster is actually quite difficult for me!
Hu Liena's second soul skill lit up; it was also a charm-type control skill, but this time the effect was to immerse the opponent in a fantasy.
The Titan Ape just stared blankly at Hu Liena, then began to frantically swing its fists to its left and right, but none of them landed on Hu Liena.
At the same time, Qin Mu also completed the fusion. The Clear Sky Hammer in his hand and the Clear Sky Hammer Intent had gradually merged into one. The shape of the hammer had not changed, but a layer of golden patterns had appeared on the hammer body.
The golden patterns shimmered with light, faintly containing an extremely dangerous aura.
At this moment, the Titan Ape seemed to sense this terrifying aura, turned towards Qin Mu's direction, and shouted something in a panic.
Seeing this, Hu Liena used all her soul power and spiritual strength to use Fox Charm again.
With both soul skills applied simultaneously to the Titan Giant Ape, it was unable to resist even if it wanted to.
Approaching the Titan Ape quickly, Qin Mu raised the golden Clear Sky Hammer in his hand and smashed it down on the Titan Ape's head with all his might.
[end of the chapter]