Apocalypse: My Tattoos are Ten Yama Kings

Lian City.

A vast, primitive forest stretches to the horizon, where it meets an endless ocean.

At the junction of the forest and the ocean, there’s a mountain shaped like a peach.

Let’s call it Peach Mountain for now.

This Peach Mountain is the Ghostly Realm of the Dark Demon Apes.

The ghost servants of the Dark Demon Apes are a group of monkey-shaped evil spirits.

The Dark Demon Apes do not favor humans but neither do they actively kill or eat them.

Of course, if a human intrudes into their Ghostly Realm, these low-intelligence ghost servants would mercilessly slaughter them.

The Dark Demon Ape is massive, about seven to eight zhang tall, with muscles as solid as an ancient dragon.

Its body is covered with ink-black fur, except for a tuft of white hair on its head.

The Dark Demon Ape is not an individual but a collective, a species.

Just like the Qingqiu Fox Race, it’s a group, a race.

In that mysterious world, the Dark Demon Ape clan, although not as powerful as the Qingqiu Fox Race, can barely be counted as a first-rate large clan.

In that mysterious world, the Qingqiu Fox Race is at the pinnacle of first-rate large clans, while the Dark Demon Apes barely make it into the first-rate category.

However, this does not mean the Dark Demon Apes are weaker than the Qingqiu Fox Race.

In terms of individual strength, the Dark Demon Apes are far stronger than the Qingqiu Fox Race.

The relative weakness of the race is entirely due to their fertility, which is far less than that of the Qingqiu Fox Race.

The foxes on Qingqiu Mountain number at least in the tens of thousands.

While the Dark Demon Ape clan, at its strongest, numbers only in the hundreds.

Moreover, in that mysterious world, some powerful sects capture Dark Demon Apes as protectors, reducing their numbers even further.

Last time, when the Ghost Leader from the Ghost King Faction gave Yang Jing an organ transplant, he used a Dark Demon Ape’s heart.

Back then, to hunt that Dark Demon Ape, the Ghost King Faction paid a heavy price.

At this moment, the Dark Demon Ape is bathing in the ocean, each of its movements stirring waves.

With a scoop in the water, it caught a five to six-meter giant squid and used it as a scrub to wash itself.

Suddenly, while bathing, the ”lantern-like” big eyes of the Dark Demon Ape widened in shock.

It sensed that a powerful being had entered its Ghostly Realm.

A Tier Five Evil Spirit places great importance on territorial awareness.

Especially such beast-like Tier Five Evil Spirits consider any trespass into their domain a challenge.

The Dark Demon Ape groped along the shore and found a stone pillar, about twenty to thirty meters long and five to six meters in diameter.

Carrying the stone pillar, it stepped out of the ocean and headed towards the edge of the Ghostly Realm.

Clearly, it was preparing to confront the uninvited guest.

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The outskirts of Peach Mountain Ghostly Realm.

Lin Yuan and his group stood on the back of a Mud Crocodile, using it as a new means of transportation.

It’s worth noting that the Mud Crocodile has the ability to manipulate soil; the lower half of its body merges into the soil, supported as it moves.

It’s like a subway, very fast and without much noise.

Carrying many people, it moves quickly, quietly, and environmentally friendly without pollution.

As a means of transportation, the Mud Crocodile is quite excellent!

However, carrying Lin Yuan and the group from Ze City to Lian City left the Mud Crocodile famished.

Lin Yuan pushed it hard without giving it anything to eat.

Always working it hard without feeding it!

The main reason for not feeding it was that the Mud Crocodile’s appetite was enormous.

Thankfully, the Mud Crocodile has a natural ability.

Which is, eating soil!

It’s an omnivorous evil spirit; it eats anything.

When there’s truly nothing else to eat, eating soil can alleviate its hunger.

Of course, eating soil is only a way to ease hunger, it doesn’t have much flavor.

So, if there are other things to eat, the Mud Crocodile prefers not to eat soil.

As soon as Lin Yuan and company entered the Peach Mountain Ghostly Realm, a group of demon apes blocked their way.

These demon apes are the offspring of the Dark Demon Ape.

In fact, they aren’t strictly part of the Dark Demon Ape clan.

They are merely monkeys, orangutans, and baboons that have absorbed the aura of the Dark Demon Ape and were then refined into ghost servants.

In terms of strength, they are quite decent.

Mainly Tier Seven, with over a dozen Tier Six demon apes.

Although the number of ghost servants is far less than that of the Mud Crocodile’s, in terms of quality, they are superior.

Upon seeing these demon apes, the Mud Crocodile’s eyes lit up.

It was starved for a long time, and these demon apes coming over seemed like a buffet!

”Eat!”

”Eat! Eat!”

As the owner, Lin Yuan could clearly sense the Mud Crocodile’s current emotions.

It just wanted to eat all these demon apes to improve its diet.

Lin Yuan and the group got down from the Mud Crocodile’s back, signaling it to go eat!

With Lin Yuan’s permission, the Mud Crocodile excitedly charged into the demon ape crowd.

While the Mud Crocodile’s strength isn’t stellar among Tier Five Evil Spirits, confronting Tier Six and Seven demon ape ghost servants is a piece of cake!

The ground beneath these demon ape ghost servants turned into a swamp, trapping them, unable to move an inch.

A few Tier Six demon ape ghost servants managed to struggle out of the swamp onto the shore, only to be pulled back by mud tendrils from the swamp.

While these demon ape ghost servants floundered in the swamp, the Mud Crocodile moved gracefully through it.

It swam in the swamp, happily devouring the mud along with the demon apes, relishing each bite.

The Mud Crocodile was feasting when the Dark Demon Ape arrived.

Seeing the Mud Crocodile eating its ghost servants, the Dark Demon Ape flew into a rage.

The Dark Demon Ape clan is inherently ruthless, and seeing this, the Dark Demon Ape deemed the Mud Crocodile as good as dead.

The Mud Crocodile was enjoying its meal!

Noticing a gigantic ape ahead, it thought that eating it would stave off hunger for half a month!

The Mud Crocodile is slightly slow-witted, not realizing yet that the Dark Demon Ape is also a Tier Five Evil Spirit with much superior strength.

After a good ten seconds of confusion, the Mud Crocodile finally sensed the Dark Demon Ape as a Tier Five Evil Spirit.

At this point, the Dark Demon Ape, exuding a violent aura, pointed its two-to-three-meter stone pillar at the Mud Crocodile and angrily shouted, ”Trespassing into my Ghostly Realm and eating my ghost servants!”

”You wretched reptile, if I don’t beat the crap out of you today, consider yourself lucky.”

From both appearance and aura, the Mud Crocodile was no match for the Dark Demon Ape.

As the saying goes, the wise adapt to circumstances.

The Mud Crocodile seemed to know it couldn’t contend with the Dark Demon Ape.

So, it quickly withdrew from the swamp and hid behind Lin Yuan.

However, its size made hiding behind Lin Yuan rather comical.

The Mud Crocodile was just too cowardly.

It surrendered even before the battle began.

”Mud Crocodile, go deal with the Dark Demon Ape for me,” Lin Yuan ordered the Mud Crocodile.

Mud Crocodile: ”????”

Hearing this command, the Mud Crocodile thought, you don’t even feed me and always make me eat dirt, yet you want me to risk my life. Is this fair?

Although Lin Yuan realized that the Mud Crocodile was likely no match for the Dark Demon Ape, he still wanted to see the disparity between them.

Furthermore, such a direct comparison would provide the clearest understanding.

The Mud Crocodile, with its thick skin, wouldn’t have a problem enduring a little hardship even if it wasn’t a match for the Dark Demon Ape.

The Mud Crocodile wanted to resist Lin Yuan’s command.

But with the constraints of the Yin Law chains, it couldn’t defy Lin Yuan’s order.

There was no choice but to grudgingly approach the Dark Demon Ape.

Lin Yuan intended to weaken the Dark Demon Ape with the Mud Crocodile, then step in at the crucial moment to subdue it.

This approach would increase the success rate of imposing the Yin Law chains during the Dark Demon Ape’s weakened state.