Ch. 1991..2000
The Pinnacle of Life Chapter 1991
The d*rned child ignored him.
Indeed, this was a child who didn’t think ahead and didn’t have any emotions!
“Run, hurry up and run!”
Right then, people from the American Defense Bureau felt as if they were being stared at by an ancient evil spirit when the scrawny old man glared at them. They were so scared that they felt goosebumps all over their bodies. Their buttocks felt chilly. Someone started shouting, and the entire group fled frantically.
“Are you running after yelling at me?
“Do you think I’d let that happen so easily?” The scrawny old man yelled. The soundwaves exploded, and circles of golden light emitted from his mouth. The golden blade rays connected and instantly swept past several tens of Defense Bureau’s members.
Boom, boom, boom…
A few explosions could be heard.
Those people were all blown into a bloody mist.
“Humph! Useless! You practically can’t even take a single hit!” The scrawny old man murmured. He then retrieved the imposing aura around his body, and his back became hunched again. Now, he looked as if he would stop breathing at any moment. He turned to look at Alex Rockefeller with his odd gaze once more and chuckled eerily. “Kiddo, do you see how powerful I am? If you don’t want to end up like them, be a good boy and hand over that ancient bridge.”
Being stared at by the old man’s piercing gaze gave Alex a headache and made his body tense.
The old man was emitting a strong demonic aura. A kind of strange symbol even appeared in between his brows. It looked like an ancient form of text that resembled a dragon or a phoenix, but it also looked like a crossover between a tortoise and a snake.
The strong, imposing aura pressed down on Alex’s head.
It almost felt like a mountain was on top of him, it was pushing him into a river.
If it weren’t for Alex’s strong body and the support of the Chaos Tree inside, he would’ve been forced to kneel long ago. Cold sweats appeared on his forehead.
Right then, the scrawny old man suddenly sensed something and looked in the eastern direction. His golden pupils contracted. “Kiddo, I remember you. I’ll come back for you,” he said.
After that, his body exploded, and he disappeared before Alex’s eyes.
Boom!
The ground beneath Alex’s legs suddenly blew apart. This was because the old man’s pressure was too great.
Alex’s feet were pressed down into the ground to his kneecaps. Now, Alex finally focused the energy within his body to cause an explosion. Only then did the ground eventually crack open.
“Who… Who is this person?
“Why did he suddenly leave?”
Alex wiped his sweat away. His heart was still pounding. After that, he could hear someone’s voice. “Rockefeller brat!”
A figure quickly rushed over and stood still in front of Alex.
Alex didn’t expect it to be Phoebe Larsen… Oh, he should call her Yuno.
Phoebe would never address Alex by his last name like that
“Elder Yuno!” Alex called out.
A ridiculous thought suddenly occurred to Alex.
Was that terrifying old freak afraid of Elder Yuno? After all, this woman’s background was relatively frightening too. Her single finger was already very powerful. If her actual body were here, she’d undoubtedly have incredible powers.
“What happened here? Was your house destroyed?” Yuno looked at the ruins in surprise.
“It’s a long story. Coincidentally, I have a favor to ask of you, Elder Yuno. I want to go to a dungeon. I wonder, will you be free to come with me?” Alex asked.
That old man was too terrifying. If he was terrified of Yuno, then keeping Yuno around was the best thing for Alex.
“Sure!” Yuno’s eyes lit up when she heard this.
It wasn’t a good idea to stay here for too long.
After that, Alex immediately left California with Yuno. They headed to Imperial Capital at top speed. Alex’s mother, Brittany Rockefeller, was still there. Now that Alex was being pursued by Flying Eagles and the Defense Bureau in America, he felt unsafe leaving her in the Imperial Capital.
As soon as the two of them left, a few members of the Defense Bureau and Flying Eagles gathered around with pale faces.
They saw from afar how the old freak killed a few people with a flick of his finger. That kind of power was terrifying. They still couldn’t calm down right now.
“Let’s go!”
“Report to our superiors immediately!”
The Pinnacle of Life Chapter 1992
ln Imperial Capital’s Young family, Darnic Young quickly received news that Jade Benmore led California’s Rockefeller family to fight back against the American Defense Bureau. A colossal battle broke out in California, and there were casualties in the American Defense Bureau.
Darnic Young was now sitting next to a few representatives from powerful families within the government.
He was precisely waiting for such news.
Now that he had acquired accurate news, he became much more excited. He felt even giddier than if he drank three liters of white wine. “I have news for everyone. I just received news from California that Jade Benmore didn’t obey the American Defense Bureau’s orders. Instead, she violently opposed the rule of law and killed many members of the Defense Bureau,” Darnic said loudly to everyone seated.
As soon as he said this, the representatives seated beneath him didn’t express sadness or anger. Instead, they all had joyful expressions on their faces.
“Really?”
“Jade Benmore, this b*tch. She dared to resist the Defense Bureau. Haha! Water must’ve gotten into her brain. She thinks she’s invincible just because she has a bit of cultivation. She doesn’t even think much of the American Defense Bureau. Unbeknownst to her, she’s getting herself killed. How can the master up there tolerate the existence of such a threat?”
“Just you wait! Jade is arrogant and ignorant. She always thinks she’s the best in the world. This time, we’ll teach her who’s the real master.”
Everyone excitedly criticized Jade. However, a second call soon came in.
“Commander Young, something terrible has happened.”
“There’s been a huge incident in California. An ancient, mysterious bridge suddenly appeared out of nowhere and covered half of California. Members of the Defense Bureau who went to arrest Jade and Alex all disappeared.”
After hearing this, Darnic was dumbfounded. He couldn’t believe what he just heard.
‘What kind of bridge was that big?’
If the person calling him weren’t a trusted ally, who was also now a high-level member of Flying Eagles, Darnic would’ve suspected that person was trying to make a fool out of him.
But soon, someone received a video from a friend.
“Ahh- D*mn. What is this thing?”
“A bridge appeared in California. Somebody said that people who get onto this bridge could become fairies right away.”
“What? Are you kidding me?”
A few people started yelling. Who would believe such ridiculous things?
However, very soon, people started receiving news one after another that a huge, ancient bridge appeared. Apart from that, there was also another piece of news that was shared with everyone… A giant golden statue of Buddha had also appeared above Michigan in the sky. It was up to a thousand meters in the air, shining brightly and encapsulating the entire city with a Buddhist chant.
Moreover, this piece of news already made it into the list of hot topics.
The entire room suddenly became quiet.
Everyone looked at each other. For some reason… They felt that the world outside was changing too fast. They couldn’t keep lip with the times.
Was this normal?
Could something significant be happening?
Soon, another call came in.
“Commander Young, something major happened. Something is terrifying about Alex Rockefeller. There’s an old man beside him who’s extremely frightful. He’s a hundred times stronger than Jade. With a single roar, he has killed three Spirit Severing experts, eight Profound Mystic experts, and several tens of Nascent Soul experts from American Defense Bureau!”
Thud!
Darnic’s phone fell to the ground. The entire room became quiet.
Everyone looked over at Darnic, who looked as if he had seen a ghost. “Mr. Young, what happened now?”
Darnic shared the news with everyone. They all became silent.
How could such a powerful human exist in the world?
That meant that Mount Fuji’s destruction in Japan wasn’t because Alex acquired a kind of powerful weapon. Instead, was it done by the old man next to him? Did he use his terrifying cultivation to destroy Mount Fuji on his own?
Was he even human?
The Pinnacle of Life Chapter 1993
These people tried whatever they could to hold the Grand Conference, forcing the Chief to give the orders. In fact, they even tampered with the message to get the American Defense Bureau’s members to assassinate their targets directly… In the end, their targets didn’t even bat an eyelid. By the time they had enough, they had killed all of the American Defense Bureau’s members with the flick of a finger.
Such a terrifying human wasn’t imaginable to the ordinary person.
They were practically provoking the god of death!
However, these people didn’t know that the old man wasn’t one of Alex Rockefeller’s allies. However, both the American Defense Bureau and Flying Eagles’ members didn’t clearly see what indeed happened at the time.
***
Meanwhile, Alex Rockefeller had arrived at the Imperial Capital with Yuno long ago.
They brought everyone from the Melvis family away and disappeared after that.
Alex discovered that Yuno’s cultivation had become imperceptibly deep after two short months of not seeing her. There was a powerful aura around her body. Moreover, this aura felt ancient and vast. It was as if it originated from an ancient goddess.
Alex didn’t even dare to look at her directly.
“Elder Yuno… How deep is your cultivation now?” Alex couldn’t resist asking.
“How deep? I don’t know either. Would you like to check it out?” Yuno glanced at Alex.
Alex opened his mouth a little. He suspected that she might be flirting with him.
However, Yuno immediately started speaking. “My situation is different from ordinary people. You might not understand if I tell you now! But I could tell that the teleportation portal you activated earlier is called Ancient Pathway. If I’m not mistaken, it is connected to a holy Buddhist land, Dairaionji Temple.”
Alex looked at her oddly.
He didn’t expect her to even know this. However, it was not connected to Dairaionji Temple. Instead, it was Kala Temple.
“What’s the matter? Are you afraid I might steal your stuff?” Yuno rolled her eyes. “I’m not interested in Buddhist stuff. Not everyone can use this stuff. You have unknowingly accepted a Buddhist legacy. There’s going to be trouble for you in the future.”
“What kind of trouble?” Alex asked.
However, Yuno snorted coldly. She wasn’t willing to tell him.
Right then, Alex had already found the entrance of the dungeon Eunice Murphy passed through. It was located within an old house in the Imperial Capital.
The property belonged to the Stoermer family. In other words, the Stoermer family was in control of this dungeon.
By the time Alex and Yuno arrived, they discovered quite a few corpses on the ground in this old house.
“Huh..?”
“Something’s not right…” Alex realized what was wrong.
When Eunice ran through this dungeon’s entrance, she didn’t kill the people there. Alex practically saw this with his own eyes using Seal of Past and Present Life.
Eunice only heavily injured one of them. After that, she walked out of the old house nonchalantly.
Yuno kicked one of the corpses. “I can sense a sinister Chi.”
“Sinister Chi? Could the demon tribe have killed them?” Alex asked.
“Indeed, they were killed by the demon tribe,” Yuno said.
“…”
Alex recalled meeting the old beast earlier.
Could that old beast have come out through this dungeon’s entrance too?
When Alex thought of this, he couldn’t remain calm anymore. He quickly pulled Yuno into the dungeon and followed the memory points he had acquired from Eunice to search for Zendaya Stoermer near where she encountered danger.
***
Meanwhile, news of the golden statue a thousand meters in the air and an ancient bridge in California quickly spread.
Such news dominated various media platforms. After that, such news made it to the headlines of various news platforms worldwide at lightning speed.
The world was stunned!
Meanwhile, a scrawny old man slowly walked up to the Flying Eagles Academy’s main entrance. He looked inside the academy with his golden eyes.
The Pinnacle of Life Chapter 1994
The old man was the one ancient leopard demon who killed over twenty experts with a single roar at the Rockefeller’s house that had turned into ruins.
Such a powerful expert could do whatever he wanted in America.
However, he was now standing in front of the Flying Eagles Academy’s entrance.
There was a look of uncertainty on his face. This was because he saw the mysterious ancient bridge previously. There were stains of fresh blood on the ancient bridge, and there was even yellowish water running underneath it.
Meanwhile, at the other end of the bridge was the Mirror of Retribution that shone brightly.
“Isn’t that the famed Persephone’s Folly Bridge within the Three Realms?”
“This is an incredibly powerful divine artifact that belongs to an ancient expert. How did it end up here in ruins?”
“How did that human kid acquire such a thing?”
“Also, the aura I detected was terrifying. Who exactly was that person?”
The old man had a clouded expression on his face. Clearly, this seemed like it was in ruins, but such a powerful object appeared in this place. Could there be an ancient expert’s legacy in the ruins? Or does an ancient expert still live within the ruins?
The old man was shocked by this idea. If this were really the case, it’d be fascinating.
His gaze shifted, and the two golden rays of light from his eyes disappeared. His pupils also transformed into ordinary pupils. In fact, he even hid the sinister Chi in his body.
Step by step, he walked into the academy.
“Stand right there!”
“The academy is a restricted area. You can’t get in without permission. Do you have a pass?”
Two guards stopped the leopard demon.
The old man looked at the two of them. Their cultivation was pitifully weak. They practically like ants that he could kill with a single finger.
“Yes.” The old man nodded.
A golden light flashed in his eyes.
A green-colored demonic aura circled above both their heads. These two academy guards responsible for guarding the entrance instantly lost their sense of self. They completely obeyed the old man’s command and immediately let him through. In fact, they even led him inside.
Not long after walking through the entrance, they arrived at the free trade zone.
Quite a few people were selling stuff, including pills, spiritual herbs, and broken weapons. This wasn’t the academy’s trading area. Basically, there wasn’t any good stuff.
The old man glanced around and belittled them in his heart. ‘Indeed, ruins will be ruins. Even if the ancient boundary is broken and a few entrances were opened, humans are still weak ants despite having conquered some of my demon tribes.’
When the old man walked past a stall, he overheard someone exaggerating a spiritual herb he was selling. “Brother, this is a worldly spiritual treasure I snatched from a demon tribe’s restricted grounds. Do you know what this spiritual herb is called? This is called a divine spiritual root. After consuming it, you can clean your spiritual root, making it even purer. Cultivating will be twice as effective. Even the demon tribe’s big boss thinks of it as a treasure. Ordinary people don’t even get to see it…”
The old man snorted coldly when he heard this. “Trash like this is all over the ancient boundary. Even the non-mainstream demons don’t care about it. A demon tribe’s big boss would be crazy to think of it as a treasure.”
The vendor looked up. He didn’t recognize the old man.
“Hey, old man. Don’t make nonsense up if you don’t know what it is. Have you ever seen spiritual herbs before? You don’t look like you have any spiritual energy on you. You’re just an ordinary human. You must be a janitor at the academy. How dare you say such shameful things here? Hurry up and go clean your toilets,” he retorted.
“I don’t know about spiritual herbs?” The old man seemed as if he’d heard the funniest joke in his life.
Demon tribes knew more about spiritual herbs than humans. “Forget it. I can’t be bothered to deal with lowly beings like you.”
However, as soon as he said this, the student who wanted to buy the spiritual herb earlier turned around and left.
The vendor instantly became unhappy. “Hey, you do have a big mouth. Who do you think you are? Aren’t you only responsible for cleaning toilet seats? How dare you say I’m a lowly being? Who are you then? Some random old guy?”
“Humph!” The scrawny old man snorted coldly.
However, his cultivation was very powerful. On top of that, he had other objectives. Naturally, he couldn’t be bothered to argue with silly people like this. However, that vendor wouldn’t stop bugging him. He kept staring at the old man and mocked him.
Right then, somebody was advertising something he sold at his stall. “Selling leopards! Selling leopard cubs! Don’t miss it if you’re passing by! These are fresh leopard cubs from a demon tribe. You’ll be able to walk it on the streets like a pet once it grows up. It’s much cooler than walking dogs. You can even eat its flesh once it’s fully grown. It tastes amazing, and it can also improve your cultivation…”
The Pinnacle of Life Chapter 1995
The old man instantly became angry when he heard this.
His original form was that of an old leopard. That meant these leopard cubs were members of his tribe that belonged to the younger generation. This person had caught them and was selling them like dogs. He even suggested walking them like dogs and eating them after.
How could the old man not be mad?
The old man resisted his rage. “Where did you get these leopard cubs from?” he asked coldly.
When that person saw a potential customer, he instantly started introducing his goods. “Old man, you’ve got good eyes for noticing these leopard cubs. I’m telling you. These leopard cubs have unusual backgrounds. They were caught within the ancient boundary. Do you know who their mother is? She’s a Grade Seven Leopardess. These are definitely very rare. If that leopardess didn’t happen to be giving birth, our experts from Flying Eagles wouldn’t have been able to catch her!”
“Grade Seven Leopardess?” The old man’s eyes nearly emitted a golden light when he heard this.
He suddenly thought of a possibility and instantly grabbed one of the leopard cubs to examine it. Upon taking a closer look, a cold light appeared in his eyes uncontrollably.
“My children!” he said with a trembling voice.
Tears nearly rolled down his cheeks.
When the stall owner saw his becoming like this all of a sudden, he immediately frowned. ‘Could this be a lunatic? If you think these leopards are your children, does that mean you think of yourself as a beast?’ he wondered.
“Hey, old man. Why are you crying? Hurry up and return my leopard cubs. If you don’t want to buy them, don’t touch them. Put them down!” He yelled.
How could the old man let go?
That was because these leopard cubs were his newborns!
This leopard demon actually had a significant background. He was the governor of a city in the demon realm within the ancient boundary. The base that Flying Eagles took over happened to be one of the tribes under his governance.
The demon tribe’s management was different from the humans. It was very easy-going. Moreover, they had vast regions, and communication was never convenient. Even though the battle at the ancient boundary had persisted for thirty years, he, the governor, only recently found out about it. He brought his wife with him to check things out, and he treated it purely as a vacation.
He never thought that he’d be delayed because of something he encountered during his journey. As such, he ended up being away for a few months. His wife’s stomach was growing larger and larger. It wasn’t convenient for her to move around. Hence, he went through the ancient boundary into the human ruins to check things out on his own.
Little did he know, his wife gave birth to leopard cubs during this period. His wife and children were even all caught by humans.
How could he not be mad?
Not only did he not put the leopard cub down, but he even waved his hand and picked up all the remaining leopard cubs.
Naturally, the stall owner became unhappy, and he kept shouting.
Right then, the spiritual herb vendor from before found the opportunity to butt in. “This old man came out of nowhere. I think he’s most likely mentally ill. He’s snatching your stuff…”
Just as he said this, the old man suddenly threw a fit and grabbed the leopard cub vendor by his throat. “Take me to these leopard cubs’ mother. Otherwise, I’ll make you wish you were dead!”
The vendor felt as if the old man’s hand was a tough piece of divine steel that he couldn’t even bend. He cried for help loudly.
Right then, a law enforcement team happened to be passing by. They immediately rushed over. “Let go! Fights within the academy are forbidden. Who are you? How dare you attack one of our students? Let go right away. Otherwise, don’t blame us for what we’ll do to you,” the team leader shouted.
Wham!
The old man kicked that person and sent him flying. That person instantly exploded into pieces in the air, and a bloody mist appeared in the sky.
“Ahh!” The spiritual herb vendor suddenly felt a jerking sensation on the spiritual level. He screamed in horror.
The Pinnacle of Life Chapter 1996
“D*mn. D*mn. What just happened?”
“Who is this old man? Why is he so ruthless? How dare he kill a member of the law enforcement team in the Flying Eagles Academy? Is be tired of living?”
People started shouting in the free trade zone right away.
The Flying Eagles Academy was initially setup for students to train for battle. Although the students weren’t afraid of fighting and death, they were very shocked by the old man’s behavior.
Countless people secretly shook their heads. The old man would not have a good ending for killing a law enforcement team member in the Flying Eagles Academy.
Soon, the other members of the law enforcement team rushed over to apprehend the old man.
However, they were too naive and too rash. How could they apprehend someone who could kill a law enforcement team member with a single kick that easily?
The old man’s heart was now filled with an endless rage, and the murderous intent in his chest surged strongly. It gushed against the law enforcement team members like the might of the milky way.
The old man stomped his foot on the ground and caused pieces of shattered rocks to rise from the ground.
Pfft…
These shattered rocks were even more powerful than bullets. After rising into the air, these rocks pierced the heads of every law enforcement team member. They bled to death instantly.
Everyone became quiet. The leopard cub vendor was stunned.
What… What kind of being was this?
The spiritual herb vendor even fell to the ground with a terrified expression on his face.
Never would he have thought that this old man was this powerful and this merciless too. It was a miracle that he was still alive after talking about the old man like that. To be honest, the old leopard demon couldn’t be bothered to deal with him.
Right then, the old leopard demon’s grip around the leopard cub vendor tightened. “Take me to her. If you dare to delay another second, I’ll make you regret ever being born,” he yelled angrily.
Drip!
The vendor was so scared that he peed himself in the pants.
“She’s at… She’s at Soul Refining Tower!” he immediately said with a terrified look on his face.
“Take me there!” the old leopard demon ordered.
“Yes, yes…”
The old man picked up a hand-held cage from the ground and put the leopard cubs inside. He was probably using it to carry the leopard cubs.
After that, he grabbed the vendor and went to look for Soul Refining Tower.
Meanwhile, people in the free trade zone went wild. They sent messages out one after another. Naturally, the person who moved the fastest was the entrance’s guard.
An old man charged into the sky.
This old man isn’t Uncle Drake. Instead, it was another old man approximately in his fifties. After Uncle Drake had gone to Japan with Alex Rockefeller and the Fairy Doctor, he returned and went with Martiny Mayer to work on something else.
Although this old man responsible for guarding the entrance wasn’t as powerful as Uncle Drake in terms of cultivation, he was also a very strong old man. His cultivation was at the Spirit Severing stage.
As soon as the old man appeared, someone started shouting, “Mr. Stevenson, hurry up and take down that jerk He has actually dared to kill people in the Flying Eagles Academy. He killed the entire law enforcement team. He’s too cruel!”
“That’s right. Someone like him should be cut into pieces.”
Boom!
The old guardian rushed forward.
“Get lost!” The old leopard demon turned around and shouted.
Just as he opened his mouth, sinister Chi gathered in his mouth. A golden ray of light shot out of his mouth. It was even brighter than the sun, and people couldn’t keep their eyes open.
Meanwhile, this light ray hit the old guardian. The old guardian’s body vaporized instantly.
It decimated over ten students of the Flying Eagles Academy up to a few hundred meters behind the old man.
Everyone present was stunned, and there was a dead silence. A sense of terror spread in everyone’s heart.
‘Something major is about to happen!’ This was what everyone thought.
At this point, nobody dared to get any closer. They could only watch for afar. They were afraid that they’d all die if he attacked again.
The Pinnacle of Life Chapter 1997
During the process, several other instructors from the academy rushed over. In the end, none of them were spared. They were all killed by the old leopard demon.
Things had gotten entirely out of hand.
The entire Flying Eagles Academy was filled with sounds of people screaming. Messages were sent out one after another. Even the academy’s forum was filled with panic.
Ring, ring, ring…
The academy’s bells were ringing. It sounded very urgent.
This was the first-level alarm that would be rung after the academy encountered a high-level threat.
Linda Jackson was still inside the Flying Eagles Academy, and she heard the bells tolling as well.
“Quick, get to somewhere safe!”
Somebody tugged Linda along and ran outside.
This was the Flying Eagles Academy’s emergency drill. As soon as a supremely powerful enemy appeared in the academy, they would open the safety bunker.
Students could hide inside temporarily.
Meanwhile, high-level government officials in America and Flying Eagles also received emergency messages. As the commander with the highest position in Flying Eagles, Darnic Young naturally received the messages too. He was shocked. Someone barged into the Flying Eagles Academy and carried out. a massacre.
Was that person mad?
Darnic immediately sent many Flying Eagles members to aid the academy.
Meanwhile, the old leopard demon had already found Soul Refining Tower.
After a single glance, he was certain that his beloved wife was really inside.
“Rosalie, Rosalie…” He shouted.
The thundering flames in Soul Refining Tower had increased recently. The female leopard by the name of Rosalie had only just given birth before she was captured. She was even severely injured. Now, she was locked inside and barely alive. “Honey, let me be. Go and look for the children. Go and look for our children,” she called out weakly from within.
“Rosalie, Rosalie, I’ve found the children. Aren’t there five of them?” the old leopard asked.
“Huh? Why are there only five? Weren’t there seven?”
“Seven. Are two of them missing?” The old leopard immediately grabbed the vendor. “Speak. Where are the other two?”
The vendor frantically shook his head. “I… I don’t know. My uncle gave them to me. Could he… Could he have given them to someone else?”
Roar!
The old leopard demon couldn’t contain his anger anymore. His raging sinister Chi was released and instantly caused explosions in a radius of three hundred meters.
Meanwhile, that vendor was decimated into a mist of blood right away. After that, the old leopard demon immediately started attacking Soul Refining Tower.
However, this Soul Refining Tower wasn’t ordinary. Even if this leopard demon was very powerful, he couldn’t forcefully open it without using the correct method.
This also surprised him.
Clearly, the ruins weren’t as simple as he imagined. There must have been a lot of things he didn’t understand. Treasures like this were definitely spiritual treasures. In fact, there was even a divine artifact. This was a land of treasures. Most importantly, there were very few experts.
Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom!
While the old leopard demon used his full force to attack Soul Refining Tower, some Flying Eagles members made their way over.
A huge battle broke out immediately.
The old leopard demon transformed into his real body. After letting out a few roars, blade energy surrounded him, and countless Chi energy balls collided against each other.
These people from Flying Eagles were indeed quite capable, and they also possessed decent treasures. On top of that, they outnumbered the old leopard, who also needed to protect his leopard cubs. This was going to be tough.
Soon, the old leopard demon’s back was injured. His skin was torn, and his flesh became exposed.
“Turns out it’s a leopard demon. Did it escape from the ancient boundary?”
“Kill it! We’ll have leopard meat for dinner tonight!”
The old leopard demon was enraged. After roaring angrily, it fired a powerful light beam from his mouth and instantly killed a dozen Flying Eagles experts. After that, he brought the leopard cubs with him before dashing left and right while killing anyone in his way.
Finally, they made it out of the circle. “Protect my wife. Seven days later, I’ll lead the demon tribe’s army to attack this city. If you don’t return my wife, I’ll annihilate all of you humans!” he shouted.
The old leopard demon killed his way out of the Flying Eagles Academy with his leopard cubs.
There was a path of blood along the way. He killed anyone and destroyed any building he saw. He was able to cause countless buildings to collapse with a single stomp of his feet. There were innumerable deaths in the academy!
The Pinnacle of Life Chapter 1998
At this moment, every student in the Flying Eagles Academy was shivering in fear.
It was too terrifying and too strong. Such a being shouldn’t have appeared in this place.
It was practically a cheat.
Some of the students and instructors who were knocked over by the old leopard demon were the unluckiest. They died upon contact, and they couldn’t fight back at all. The old leopard demon showed his true form, and golden rays of light projected from his body as tall as a building. His long tail was his sharpest weapon. A single swipe of his tail could cause a building to collapse to the ground.
Even the students hiding in the safety bunker could feel the grounds shaking. It was as if there had been a strong earthquake. Once everything had passed, these students walked out of the safety bunker. When they arrived outside and saw their surroundings, they were all dumbfounded.
Buildings had collapsed, and there were holes in the ground.
The surface of the ground had sunk over ten meters deep around Soul Refining Tower. Only the ground beneath Soul Refining Tower remained intact. It remained upright in the center of the huge bowl-shaped pit.
News about what happened here quickly reached the high-level members of Flying Eagles and the high-level government officials in America. Soon, a group of investigators made their way into the Flying Eagles Academy.
They used various tools to survey the environment and made some calculations. In the end, they came to a single conclusion, America was about to face a huge disaster.
That fellow’s destructive capabilities definitely exceeded a Tribulation Crossing expert. He was very likely above the Tribulation Crossing rank and the strongest member of the demon tribe with noble status. This time, he likely appeared in America to gather intel.
Twenty minutes later, the government, Flying Eagles, the Flying Eagles Academy, and various military groups held an emergency meeting.
Right then, a high-level member of Flying Eagles who was at the scene earlier suddenly recalled something. “Wait a second. Do you remember what the leopard demon said before it left? It asked us to hand his wife over safely. But the female leopard is severely injured now. She won’t live much longer in Soul Refining Tower. If she dies…”
“Quick, let her out!” Somebody shouted.
“This… This might be a little tricky, I’m afraid. Soul Refining Tower is Principal Henderson’s refining treasure. Now that he isn’t here, we can’t really control it. That female leopard hasn’t been locked inside for long. At the very least, she’ll need to stay inside for three days before we can let her out.
“Could what it said be true? Will it really lead the demon tribe’s army to attack us after seven days?”
Right then, Darnic Young started speaking. “Don’t scare yourselves. Our battle in the ancient boundary has lasted thirty years. Don’t we know the situation inside well enough? There were mostly demon beasts. How could there be a demon tribe army? That b*stard was just scaring us.”
“What do you propose, Commander Young?” A high-level government official asked.
“I’d say that the leopard demon is definitely an ally to Jade and Alex. Perhaps, Jade was the one who raised it! Didn’t we see that leopard demon standing next to Alex in California? He even killed so many of our people. Alex is Jade’s disciple. This is most probably Jade’s way of exacting revenge after losing her position as the commander.”
“I have two suggestions. Firstly, we’ll send a huge army to stand guard at the ancient boundary.”
“Secondly, immediately give orders to make Jade and Alex wanted criminals across the globe. These two people co-operated with the demon tribe to harm humans. They are practically public enemies of all humans. As long as we capture them, that leopard demon naturally can’t cause any trouble,” Darnic said.
“What about the female leopard? Should we let her go?” somebody asked.
Darnic laughed coldly. “Why should we let her go? Won’t she just become a threat to us then? Previously, that female leopard was only weak because it had just given birth. Once we let her out, she’d only meet up with that male leopard. By then, they’ll truly become invincible. As long as we keep the leopardess here, that b*stard will be wary of hurting her. Anyway, it doesn’t know if the female leopard is dead or alive!”
With that, he looked at a few family representatives in the government. “What do you guys think?”
One of the representatives immediately nodded in agreement. “Commander Young is right. I agree.”
With someone taking the lead, the other government officials also nodded along.
“I agree with this too! Jade is the source of all this trouble. We must enhance our forces to capture this woman as soon as possible. We can’t allow her to do as she wishes any longer.”
“That’s right. It’s been thirty years. Jade made herself appear like a hero. In reality, she’s just cultivating her strength. The American government has invested a lot of manpower and resources, but there were few returns in the end. She was the only one who benefited from all this, as well as her core team.”
“She’s not a hero. She’s a liar!”
“That’s right. We must announce this to the American public. Get everyone who’s seen her provide us with information of her whereabouts.”
The Pinnacle of Life Chapter 1999
The entire group became restless. The emergency meeting turned into a trial against Jade Benmore.
In the end, the proposal even went through.
Half an hour later, Jade and Alex Rockefeller were on the list of wanted criminals. News traveled across America. Moreover, it was announced to all the media in the world. Jade and Alex were described as anti-social culprits.
Suddenly, the news exploded again.
Many of Jade and Alex’s friends felt very shocked. However, more and more people joined the efforts to look for Jade and Alex.
After two days, neither of them was found. It was as if Jade and Alex had thoroughly disappeared from the world.
***
Meanwhile, Alex and Yuno finally arrived at the tree that Zendaya Stoermer once leaned against, as well as where a battle took place.
It was a disaster.
The bloodstains on the ground were still obvious. Many demon beast corpses were lying around. The most rampant was a kind of wolf that had enormous bodies. They were nearly four meters in length, and their bodies were completely white. There were also odd demon beasts that were completely black and looked like hybrids of lions and pigs.
“This is a Frostblade Wolf. It’s of the Cryo element,” Yuno pointed at a wolf’s corpse on the ground and said.
After that, she pointed at a black one. “This is a Bloodthirst Swine. It has powerful attack powers.”
Yuno looked around. “Looks like your woman’s cultivation isn’t weak. She was able to kill so many high-tier demon beasts on her own. She’s at least a Spirit Severing expert.”
“Spirit Severing? Is she that strong?” Alex was stunned for a moment.
When Zendaya Stoermer first left him and came to the dungeon, she only had a little mental strength. She had only picked up some of Alex’s mental strength cultivation techniques. In reality, she couldn’t even be considered a martial artist. She was practically powerless.
If Alex had known the place she had to come to was this dangerous, he wouldn’t have allowed her to come in.
After searching around and not finding Zendaya’s corpse, Alex felt a little relieved. It was a good thing that he didn’t find her.
‘But where did she escape to?’ Alex was very concerned.
“Huh..?” Right then, Yuno seemed to have discovered something. She came to a location where the ground was dented. After looking around, she leaped into the air and floated there.
“Come up and have a look,” she said.
Alex also leaped into the air. When he looked down, he was shocked.
He saw that the huge, dented area was actually an enormous footprint. The footprint was up to a hundred meters in length. How huge was the demon beast for its footstep to be this large on the ground?
Yuno narrowed her eyes. “If I’m not mistaken, the thing that left this footprint behind is a kind of demonic ape known as Vajra Demonic Ape. With such a large footprint, I predict that it’s at least a level eight demon beast.”
“Level eight? How strong is that?” Alex asked.
“It’s the equivalent of a Tribulation Crossing expert!” Yuno answered.
“D*mn… In that case, if Zendaya bumps into it, could… Could she still be alive?” Alex asked.
The Pinnacle of Life Chapter 2000
Alex Rockefeller was distraught. How could Zendaya Stoermer handle such a large demonic ape on her own?
Alex recalled that Jade Benmore had fought against demon beasts in the ancient boundary for several decades, and she might have seen such ancient giant demons. He immediately opened Kala Temple’s door and summoned Jade from within.
“What is a demonic ape?” Jade asked.
Surprisingly, Jade seemed dumbfounded by this name. She had never heard it, let alone seen it. When Jade leaped into the air and saw the complete footprint, a shocked expression appeared on her face.
“How could such a large footprint exist? How fall is this giant ape?” Jade asked.
“The demonic apes, Vajra Demonic Apes, originate from the ancient prehistoric times. They are considered prehistoric mutants. Even in the prehistoric mutant realm, they are at the top of the food chain. The strongest among the demonic apes can even become gods capable of destroying a planet with a single punch and crushing the galaxy with a single stomp of their foot,” Yuno explained.
Alex and Jade were both dumbfounded by what they heard.
Right then, the longer Jade looked at Yuno, the more familiar she found her to be. After a while, Jade finally recalled. “Aren’t you the daughter of Michigan’s mayor? How would you know all these things? Your cultivation…”
Yuno looked at Jade coldly.
Even if Jade’s cultivation was higher than Yuno’s right now, she was still insignificant in Yuno’s eyes. Yuno could kill Jade by stepping on her like she were an ant. Yuno couldn’t be bothered to answer Jade’s question either.
Instead, she spoke to Alex. “If your woman really bumped into a demonic ape, I’m sorry to say that she’s most likely dead. Demonic apes are ferocious. They’d have swallowed your woman whole.”
Alex’s expression turned cold. He refused to believe this. “Before finding her corpse, I refuse to believe it. I won’t give up either,” Alex said.
The three of them searched around the area. After searching in a fifty-mile radius for half an hour, they still couldn’t find any traces of Zendaya or her corpse.
In fact, they didn’t even bump into any demon beasts. It was eerily quiet in a radius of several dozen miles.
“If this is really where demonic apes show up, it’s very normal not to see other demon beasts. That’s because, for other demon beasts, a demonic ape is like the king of beasts. The entire area within a hundred miles belongs to its territory. Other demon beasts would run away in fear after smelling its scent,” Yuno said.
Alex thought about it for ten seconds.
He immediately decided to follow the demonic ape’s giant footsteps. If the demonic ape really swallowed Zendaya and the baby in her stomach, Alex would avenge them no matter what.
Yuno frowned. “Rockefeller brat, think it through. That’s a demonic ape. Now, it’s at least a level eight demon beast. It might very likely be level nine. On top of that, it carries a mutated bloodline, and it also has the natural god-like talents of a demonic ape. Even a Peak-Tribulation Crossing expert would die with a 90% likelihood in a fight against it. You might die!”
Alex shook his head. “Since I’m already here, I can’t possibly give up. Perhaps, she’s still alive and waiting for me to rescue her! You two can stay here. Perhaps, you can go into Kala Temple and hide for now. I’ll go on my own,” Alex said after a pause.
Jade laughed and placed one hand on his shoulder. “You are my disciple. Your wife and child are in danger. As your master, I can’t possibly stand by without doing anything. Don’t worry. Even if it’s the lion’s den, your master will brace it with you!” she said.
“Thank you, Master,” Alex looked at Jade and said.
Yuno shrugged. “Since you’ve decided, I won’t advise you against it. Anyway, I don’t care. Even if I can’t beat it, it won’t be a problem for me to escape,” she said.
After discussing for a while, the three immediately followed the footprints toward the west.
The footprints were oddly huge. The distance between each footprint was also significant, and it could go up to a thousand meters. In fact, some were even further apart. Alex and the others needed to fly higher into the sky to find the next one.
The further ahead they went, the more surprised Alex felt.