Upon hearing Qin Yan's words, Ajun couldn't contain his joy and tremblingly asked, "Is it true? Is it... that fox, where is it now? Is it still in the ancient tomb?"

Qin Yan replied, "It should be in the ancient tomb, but the tomb has collapsed now, so it should be buried inside..."

Before Qin Yan could finish his sentence, Ajun swiftly mounted the unicorn white horse, without a word or glance back, and hurried towards the direction of the collapsed ancient tomb.

Lin Shiqi, feeling puzzled, said, "What's this guy up to, acting all nervously over just a fox? Is it really necessary to be so anxious?"

Though also puzzled, Qin Yan thought it unnecessary to meddle in others' affairs and said, "Let's not worry about that. Let's rest and make the most of our time. We'll set off tomorrow morning."

Subsequently, Qin Yan and the others found a secluded and safe spot nearby to spend the night and rest. The next morning—

"Hey, you two, we're going back to find the Queen Mother. Are you going on your own or joining us?" Lin Shiqi called out to Yitianchou and Yujie not far away.

"Of course, we'll go together—" Upon hearing Lin Shiqi's words, Yujie quickly pulled Yitianchou over. Yitianchou looked listless and lifeless, still not recovered from the blow of yesterday.

"Please lead the way, we'll follow you," Yujie said with a pleasing smile on her face.

Qin Yan took out the map, identified the direction, and hurried along with Dream Butterfly and Lin Shiqi. He slung the large sword diagonally across his back, controlling the gravity direction of the sword to attach it to his back. This way, he could also let the sword push him along while walking, saving some energy.

The return journey was relatively peaceful, with no major incidents. On this day, they arrived at a place surrounded by green mountains and blue waters, where they took a break and rested. Suddenly, a tall and muscular ape-like creature emerged from the nearby forest, staring at Qin Yan and his group from a distance.

"I'll go and drive it away." Qin Yan walked towards the ape-like creature. Along the way, he generally drove away any strange beasts they encountered. If they encountered aggressive and violent creatures, he would directly kill them to serve as food.

Just then, Yitianchou swiftly flew towards the ape-like creature with a "whoosh" sound, delivering a powerful kick to its body, causing the creature to stagger back, almost falling to the ground. Seeing Yitianchou take action, Qin Yan also stepped back.

"This guy is going crazy again," Lin Shiqi remarked. During this period, Yitianchou's mood had been quite bad, and whenever they were harassed by strange beasts along the way, he often took the initiative to fight these creatures to release his pent-up anger.

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The ape-like creature let out a screech, glaring angrily at Yitianchou. It then leaped towards Yitianchou, swinging its arms, and swiftly slapped Yitianchou across the face with lightning speed before quickly moving away and standing aside.

The force of the slap was tremendous. After being hit, Yitianchou swayed, feeling dizzy and nearly falling to the ground. The ape-like creature cheered, jumping and clapping in place, looking very pleased with itself.

"Haha, this monkey is quite formidable. It actually made Yitianchou suffer a blow," Lin Shiqi laughed. Yitianchou, already in a bad mood, became even angrier after being slapped by the creature.

"You beast, watch how I deal with you!" Yitianchou, with a dark expression on his face, rushed towards the ape-like creature. His fists rained down on the creature like a storm, but the creature dodged his attacks with exceptional agility, evading all of Yitianchou's strikes.

"Huh, this monkey is quite powerful," Qin Yan exclaimed in surprise. Yitianchou could change the direction of gravity to significantly increase his speed. In terms of speed, there were very few people or creatures who could match him. Yet, this ape-like creature's speed was not inferior to Yitianchou's, easily dodging his attacks, which was quite strange.

Unable to defeat the creature, Yitianchou grew increasingly frustrated. He picked up a stone the size of a watermelon from the ground, extended his right hand towards the ape-like creature, and used his body-refining ability to infuse all of his energy into the stone in an instant.

With a loud bang, the large stone exploded into several dozen pieces, resembling the bullets of a shotgun, flying towards the ape-like creature at an astonishing speed that was difficult to catch with the naked eye. Although the ape-like creature was agile, it couldn't dodge the barrage of stones all at once.

A series of chaotic sounds rang out as the ape-like creature was hit by numerous stones on its body and head. The creature staggered and then fell backward, knocked down by the stones.

"You beast, now you know how powerful I am?!" Yitianchou's lips curved into a smile, feeling a sense of relief and a slight decrease in anger.

The ape-like creature screeched, leaping up from the ground and grabbing a palm-sized stone nearby, swiftly hurling it towards Yitianchou.

Yitianchou quickly dodged the incoming stone, but with a sharp whistle, the stone flew towards him at an alarming speed. With a loud bang, the stone hit Yitianchou's forehead accurately, knocking him down to the ground.

"This monkey is really amazing?!" Qin Yan exclaimed in surprise once again. Yitianchou had already dodged from his original position but was still hit on the head by the stone, as if the ape-like creature had known in advance where he would dodge and accurately threw the stone to that spot.

"You despicable beast, I will definitely kill you..." Yitianchou gritted his teeth. The ape-like creature had truly provoked him, as he touched his throbbing head from the stone's impact, got up from the ground, quickly ran to Yujie's side, took the red long spear from her hand, activated the red spear's power to dispel anomalies, and charged towards the ape-like creature, continuously thrusting the red long spear towards it.

The ape-like creature swiftly dodged, evading Yitianchou's spear attacks with great agility. Despite Yitianchou's fierce assault, he still couldn't land a hit on the ape-like creature, unable to inflict any harm on it.

"How long can you hold on!?" Yitianchou also got serious, using both his body-refining and magic abilities. While launching stabbing attacks with the red spear at the ape-like creature, he summoned fireballs to strike the creature from different angles.

The ape-like creature continued its high-speed movement, evading Yitianchou's attacks with agility. Whether it was the fireballs or the spear stabs, the ape-like creature skillfully dodged them all, even when the fireballs came from its blind spot behind. It was as if the ape-like creature possessed a 100% evasion ability, effortlessly dodging and neutralizing Yitianchou's attacks regardless of how he attacked.