With a flash of light, numerous strange spiritual sense symbols darted out from the web and zoomed toward the monster's head. It happened so fast and so unexpectedly that the ape didn't realize what was going on until it was too late.
The ancient evil ape was stunned. It had no idea what this array was and how to deal with it. It kept still, staring at the web with alert eyes. Right after the monster had taken ten deep breaths, the dazzling lights of array grew brighter.
All of a sudden, all the symbols in the array zoomed toward the ape's head with a harsh whirring sound. The ancient evil ape cried in agony as it struggled against the array and threw itself onto the ground with a heavy thump. Its wretched howls of pain sounded both terrifying and pitiful.
Suddenly, the monster stood up with feeble legs, its whole body shaking.
It turned around and tried to scurry into the distance.
But after taking just a few strides, it stopped. For a long while, it stood motionless at the same spot with its arms hanging limply by its sides, as if it was waiting for something.
At this moment, Austin was overcome with a strange feeling. He felt like there was a connection between him and the huge animal. He had been secretly calling for the ancient evil ape to stop, and it had stopped. It seemed that the monster was under his control now.
The Beast-subduing Skill Array had worked. Austin had tamed the ancient evil ape!
With this realization, he jumped with joy and excitement, a brilliant smile breaking across his face. He couldn't help but let out a roar of hearty laughter. It was indeed something worth celebrating as he had a powerful helper at the level of Imperial Realm now.
'A helper at the Imperial Realm level! What does that mean exactly?' Austin pictured himself bringing the ancient evil ape back to the Violet Orchid Empire. 'This ape alone can outperform the majority of the warriors throughout the Violet Orchid Empire!' He grinned at this thought, his eyes sparkling with excitement.
While Austin was still deep in thought, the ancient evil ape docilely returned to him. It viewed Austin as its master now as a master-servant relationship had been established between them. It would fight for him and die for him, no matter what the cost. It owed its fidelity to him and that would never change.
It looked at Austin with its eyes full of awe, in the way that a servant would show his respect to his master. It was as tame as a meek cat. There was even tremendous admiration in its gaze toward Austin.
As far as Austin could guess, the ape would kill itself immediately without any hesitation if he issued such an order. He clearly felt its devotion from its eyes.
The power of the Beast-subduing Skill Array was beyond Austin's expectation. He thought it might be a tough fight before he could successfully conquer the ancient evil ape and tame it. He had even considered the possibility that he might fail. But the process hadn't been too difficult.
Now that the ancient evil ape had surrendered, Austin felt like most of his burden had lessened. With mixed feelings in his heart, he cast his gaze at the soul-recovering fruits. There were just around ten of them left. Not too many.
The black and white thumb-sized fruits were huddled in a cluster on the tree. When the wind blew, the sweet scent of the fruits wafted toward Austin.
With a nimble leap, Austin found himself right next to the tree. He reached out his hands and picked all the thirteen soul-recovering fruits from the tree. He carefully collected them and put them into the jade bottle he had brought with him.
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