Joe withdrew her gaze from the Azure Blood Demon Monkey King and turned to the elderly woman beside her. “Ursula, the strength of this Azure Blood Demon Monkey King is incredibly formidable. Is there any way to kill it?”
Without hesitation, the elderly woman replied, “Miss Joe, I estimate that the strength of this Azure Blood Demon Monkey King is no less than mine. I have no certainty of defeating it. If our sect leader were here, it wouldn’t be a problem.”
Seeing that the group of people was undeterred by her presence, the Azure Blood Demon Monkey King couldn’t hold back any longer. It stomped the ground with its thick legs and charged toward Lance Eliot, who was at the forefront of the crowd.
When the monkey was about four or five meters away from Lance Eliot, it threw a punch.
“Damned beast, you’re asking for death!” Master Wind Elder had been vigilant. He quickly formed a seal with his hands, summoning a golden light shield in front of Lance Eliot.
“Boom!”
The Azure Blood Demon Monkey King’s punch struck the golden light shield, leaving numerous cracks but failing to shatter it.
Master Wind gestured for Lance Eliot to retreat, then dissipated the golden light shield and infused his palms with internal energy. Instantly, his hands were enveloped in golden light, as if they had transformed into pure gold. He charged forward, engaging in combat with the Azure Blood Demon Monkey King.
The Azure Blood Demon Monkey King’s strength was undoubtedly formidable in terms of speed, power, and defensive capabilities, far surpassing the previous five Azure Blood Demon Monkeys. Although Master Wind Elder had unleashed his full strength, he was temporarily unable to subdue the Azure Blood Demon Monkey King.
Seeing this situation, Master Fire Elder turned to Lance Eliot and said, “Young master, leave the monkey king to me and Second Elder. Take this opportunity to search for the honey wine in the caves.”
Lance Eliot nodded, intending to wait until the monkey king was drawn away by Master Wind and Master Fire before venturing into the caves.
Joe knew that unless they defeated this Azure Blood Demon Monkey King today, no one would have a chance to obtain the honey wine. She turned to the elderly woman and said, “Ursula, please help the two elders from the Flying Dragon Gang. This Azure Blood Demon Monkey King is exceptionally strong, likely due to long-term consumption of honey wine. It’s possible that it has already formed an elemental core within its body.”
The elderly woman nodded. “Miss, while I engage the monkey king, you should use the opportunity to search for the honey wine in the caves.”
“I understand,” Joe replied.
As the elderly woman joined the battle, it became a fierce confrontation between the three martial experts and the Azure Blood Demon Monkey King, creating a deafening cacophony within the cave.
The less powerful martial artists stood at a distance, watching in fear and refraining from getting too close to avoid the monkey king’s wrath.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, Lance Eliot and Joe sidestepped the battle and rushed toward the five dimly lit caves behind the monkey king.
Among the five caves, the one in the center was the largest, but due to the lack of light, they couldn’t see what was inside, making it impossible to determine the contents from the outside.
Lance Eliot first circled the exterior of the five caves, finally deciding on the central one.
Greed could make people lose their rationality. Some fearless martial artists also charged through the battle and entered the caves, with the central one being their primary target.
Although Lance Eliot was somewhat irritated, he had no choice but to rush in. Some of the martial artists believed that the middle cave might not necessarily contain honey wine, so they chose to enter other caves.
Leo protected Master Jennifer and Violet as they approached the five caves. He activated his Spiritual Power, examining the conditions within each cave one by one. However, due to the darkness inside the caves and the distance involved, even with the enhanced vision from his Spiritual Power, he couldn’t confirm the presence of the honey wine.
The only thing that piqued his interest was the first cave on the right. It appeared to have an unusual glow inside.
Violet held Master Jennifer’s hand and looked at the five caves in front of her. She couldn’t help but ask, “Leo, which cave should we enter?”
“The first one on the right,” Leo decided.
When Leo, Violet, and Master Jennifer entered the first cave on the right, Leo picked up a thick branch from the ground and lit it to create a torch. With the torchlight, they could roughly see the situation inside this cave.
To their surprise, this cave was clean, without the lingering scent of the monkeys. Another unusual aspect was that the cave had a slope, leading further down. As they ventured deeper, a scorching heat began to envelop them.
After about five or six minutes of walking, their sight suddenly brightened, and their surroundings opened up. The final destination of this rightmost cave turned out to be an underground river of lava, and the scorching temperature emanated from the flowing magma.
Besides the searing heat, there was a distinct aroma of wine hanging in the air, indicating that the honey wine they sought was right there.
Leo squinted as he looked ahead and noticed a large pit on the ground about five to six meters from the river of lava. The pit was approximately three meters in diameter and contained a large earthenware jar. Inside the jar was a reddish-orange liquid with some fruit pulp floating on its surface.
The peculiar scent of wine wafted from the jar.
Violet couldn’t contain her excitement and ran over, pointing at the jar with joy. “Leo, this should be the honey wine.”
Leo glanced at Master Jennifer and patted the two gourds hanging from his waist. “Let’s start collecting.”
Leo, although never having tasted this honey wine, had no doubt that it was a rare and precious treasure. Honey wine was made by the spiritual monkeys using royal jelly and over a hundred types of spiritual fruits, and consuming it was equivalent to ingesting over a hundred types of spiritual fruits. Its effects were self-evident.
These spiritual monkeys were quite clever and even knew how to use the underground magma’s temperature for fermentation. Moreover, during the fermentation, the honey wine absorbed the power of the earth’s heat, making it even more potent.
Once they stood before the earthenware jar, Leo squatted down and began filling the gourds with the wine. Violet and Master Jennifer also removed their own gourds and started the collection.
The gourds they had were purchased in East Town. They were initially bought because Violet liked them, and Leo bought extra, not knowing they would come in handy here.
After filling all their gourds, only about half of the honey wine in the large earthenware jar had been taken. Seeing the remaining wine, Violet frowned. “Leo, there’s so much honey wine left. What should we do?”