’Oh no, what if the Spiritual Monkey suffocates?’

Chu Lingguang realized the problem.

If the Spiritual Monkey suffocated, its essence blood might become useless. By the time he got it to Mr. Du, the blood would have gone cold.

’Could it be...?’

Chu Lingguang recalled what Mo Shan had told him.

If things became desperate, he could consume the Spiritual Monkey’s essence blood himself. Right now, an Iron Wolf Eagle circled above the cave, the black-moled man was outside adding more fuel to the fire, and flames soared at the entrance. The cave was filled with thick smoke. Even though he could hold his breath using his Inner Power Heart Method, the smoke still made his eyes stream with tears.

’If I don’t drink the Spiritual Monkey’s blood, and it suffocates, its essence blood will be useless. Wouldn’t that be a complete waste?’

’And if it falls into the hands of the black-moled man, the loss would be even greater.’

Thinking of this, Chu Lingguang moved to untie the net bag, intending to follow Mo Shan’s instructions to release the Spiritual Monkey’s essence blood and drink it himself.

But his hand stopped the moment it touched the net.

Chu Lingguang looked at the Barbaric Bow and said, "It’s not the last resort yet. I’ve taken the Bone Marrow Cleansing Liquid. I can definitely awaken the Primitive Power!"

"If you don’t want to be smoked to death, hurry up and throw the Spiritual Monkey out! I promise I won’t hurt you."

The black-moled man shouted from outside the cave entrance.

The raging flames had already engulfed the entrance, and tongues of fire were even licking their way inside.

Chu Lingguang stood his ground inside the cave. As he watched the flames creep in, the dense smoke seemed to thin out slightly under their glow.

He closed his eyes again. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

Having achieved Great Success in his Mental Realm, he was surprisingly calm at this moment. The only sound in the cave was the incessant squeaking of the Spiritual Monkey.

As time passed, Chu Lingguang felt himself being enveloped by smoke and fire. Every cell in his body was boiling. When he had taken the Bone Marrow Cleansing Liquid and undergone Washing Marrow, he had heard many responses.

Unfortunately, the responses had been too brief, and Chu Lingguang hadn’t been able to fully grasp them at the time.

But Chu Lingguang remembered that among those responses, some had come from his Sea of Consciousness, others from his Dantian Qi Sea, and also from his Dragon Elephant Power.

Now, his consciousness followed the Dragon Elephant, seeking to understand all the secrets of this power.

The sound of a giant dragon soaring and a Divine Image galloping across the land slowly emerged from within that power.

WHOOSH!

In Chu Lingguang’s perception, all the smoke in the cave and the flames licking in from the entrance swept toward him, surging into his body through the crown of his head.

At that moment, Chu Lingguang finally experienced the sensation of the Power of Heaven and Earth coursing through his body.

The Divine Image within him underwent a transformation.

He realized that so-called external power wasn’t limited to a single type. The force resonating with him, the one that let him feel the Power of Heaven and Earth coursing through his body, wasn’t the fire or the smoke, nor was it the Heaven and Earth Essence Qi absorbed through Breathing and Exhaling. It was the Wind and Wave Power.

On his way to the academy to train, Chu Lingguang had found the key to the Unity of Man and Gun, learning how to wield that Wind and Wave Power.

In the cultivation system, that power was called the application of Potential Energy.

All along, Chu Lingguang had only used that Potential Energy externally, channeling the Wind and Wave Power to enhance his Spear Technique and harm his enemies.

Only just now had he grasped how the Wind and Wave Power could resonate with his Dragon Elephant Power, learning to use it to suffuse his body and transform the power of the Divine Image.

He had successfully awakened the Primitive Power.

At this moment, Chu Lingguang had a strange, indescribable feeling. Awakening the Primitive Power had been both remarkably easy and extremely difficult for him.

It was easy because he had long ago mastered the Power of Heaven and Earth that coursed through his body. It was difficult because he had to make that Wind and Wave Power align and resonate with the Dragon Elephant.

’If I hadn’t mastered Double Potential Energy Superposition, which allowed me to fuse the Wind and Wave Power with the Dragon Elephant Power in my Spear Technique and cause its might to skyrocket, I would never have been able to make the Wind and Wave Power resonate with the Dragon Elephant Power today, nor use it to suffuse my body and transform the power of the Divine Image.’

Chu Lingguang sighed internally. If he had come to this realization earlier, perhaps he could have awakened the Primitive Power right after his encounter with Yan Zhen.

And once he possessed the Primitive Power, then on this trip into the mountains with Mo Shan and the others to find the Spiritual Monkey, the Great Bow he carried might have been the Barbaric Bow.

Fortunately, it wasn’t too late. He had finally awakened the Primitive Power at the last moment.

SQUEAK!

The Spiritual Monkey’s cries were growing weaker.

The Little Red Horse, meanwhile, had hidden in a corner, its eyes streaming with tears as it coughed incessantly from the smoke.

"Come on, old friend, charge out with me!"

Chu Lingguang fed a handful of horse beans to the Little Red Horse.

He then brandished his Long Spear inside the cave, stirring up the Wind and Wave Power to sweep the smoke from within the cave and the flames—and even the firewood—from the entrance back outside.

BOOM!

The black-moled man saw flames gush out of the cave. The firewood outside the entrance was blasted away by a surge of Wind and Wave Power. His expression turned to one of glee. With his two Curved Sabers at the ready, he knew Chu Lingguang couldn’t take it anymore and was about to charge out.

This time, he would cut Chu Lingguang down from his horse. He absolutely would not give Chu Lingguang a chance to draw his bow.

NEIGH!

Just then, Chu Lingguang charged out of the cave on his Little Red Horse. The net bag containing the Spiritual Monkey was tied to his waist.

The black-moled man was overjoyed. He was positioned on the mountainside to the left of the cave entrance. The moment Chu Lingguang charged out, he spotted the Spiritual Monkey at his waist.

Of course, he had to kill Chu Lingguang first. This was the perfect opportunity to strike.

"Here, take it!"

But who would have thought that at this very moment, Chu Lingguang would throw the Spiritual Monkey from his waist in the opposite direction. The black-moled man knew this was a feint. By the time he retrieved the Spiritual Monkey, Chu Lingguang would have already put distance between them, and if he tried to kill Chu Lingguang then, he would have to face the threat of his Archery.