Chapter 139: Fight, Fight, Fight!

"Damn, Sister Catherine actually looks like she's really mad!"
"She's definitely mad! Anyone who's watched Sister Catherine's show for a long time knows that when she's mad, her face goes completely expressionless!"
"To be courted by such a hideous weirdo—if I were her, I'd be mad too, alright?"
"A woman's mentality... It's unpleasant to be pestered, but it's even more unpleasant to be looked down upon and ignored!"
"Does that mean Sister Catherine still has a bit of feminine charm after all?"
"Since when does Sister Catherine lack feminine charm? Just those two lumps of fat on her chest that get in the way of combat are more than enough, okay?"
"Crap! She used to be a bit better, but ever since she started practicing martial arts, don't you think Sister Catherine is evolving more and more into a tomboy?"
"Big breasts are justice! As long as they're big breasts, no matter how much of a tomboy she is, she's still full of feminine charm!"
Viewer 'Small Boobs Make a Model' tipped the streamer two Chaos Meteorites, leaving the message: "Superficial men! The disadvantages of having big breasts are too numerous to count. Your shoulders get sore, it's inconvenient to move, no matter how skinny you are you have to buy free-size clothes, button-up shirts always have to be a size larger, tight bras make your chest extremely uncomfortable, when you run they bounce up and down and hurt by nightfall, and they sag when you get old. They're basically just fat, flab, and useless things... Wuuu, I can't go on, but I also want a pair of big breasts so badly!"
Viewer 'Ace of Spades' tipped the streamer five Chaos Meteorites! Leaving the message: "I've tried every trick in the book, and none of them worked! Teacher Ling, please hurry up and set up your altar to lecture, I'm counting on practicing martial arts to boost my bust!"
Viewer 'Martial Arts Divine Cult Senior Private' tipped the streamer five Chaos Meteorites! Leaving the message: "The person above has very impure motives for learning martial arts! Take me, for example! I'm doing it purely to strengthen my physique and increase my endurance!"
"Increase your endurance? I think I just realized something!"
"You know way too much!"

"I've been observing Sister Catherine every day these past few days, and I've found that this martial arts stuff is truly incredible. Living out in the open like this, without applying a single drop of skincare product, her skin is still just as elastic and glossy!"
"Why even look at Sister Catherine? Just look at Teacher Ling, wouldn't you? Never mind that Teacher Ling's muscles are knotted and look terrifying; if you observe closely, you'll find his skin is even more delicate than Sister Catherine's!"
"Yeah, yeah! I've wanted to lick Teacher Ling for ages! Those gorgeous abdominal muscles, I'd lick them until they explode!"
"Thirsty b*tch, so disgusting."
"Can the people above stop derailing the thread?! Am I the only one who thinks Sister Catherine acted too impulsively?"
"That punch was a bit uncalled for. Isn't this asking for trouble in broad daylight? Will this group of apes let her off?"
"Here they come, here they come! Those apes are about to make a move!"
"..."
After throwing that punch, Catherine actually felt a tinge of regret. She really shouldn't have been so impulsive. If she had calmed down and played along with that 'Old Bachelor Liu', there was an eighty-plus percent chance she could have easily slipped away from the pack of apes and left her master looking like a complete fool. But... what? Play along with this wretched ape? Just the thought of it made her sick to her stomach; she simply couldn't swallow her pride.
Me! Catherine! As a wildness streamer with integrity! Even if I get beaten down! Even if I get beaten to death! I will never act for a bunch of apes! There will be no capitulation!

The apes, which had already mostly dispersed, swarmed back around her in a flurry. An elderly ape with the feathers of an unknown bird stuck in its hair and a cockscomb-like crest walked up to 'Old Bachelor Liu', felt his neck with its fingers, pinched it, and finally shook its head. With a sudden burst of strength, it twisted 'Old Bachelor Liu''s head right off!
The blood from the severed neck didn't spurt very high, proving that 'Old Bachelor Liu' was indeed already dead. The elderly cockscomb-headed ape held the head in one hand, while its other hand surged with powerful dark energy, grabbing directly onto the skull! The flesh and blood on the skull, wrapped in the dark energy, dehydrated and shriveled at a speed visible to the naked eye. With a set of teeth-gritting bone-crushing sounds, the football-sized head quickly shrunk down to the size of a fist. Viewed from afar, this 'withered skull' actually exuded a rugged sense of beauty, carrying a bizarre and eerie bloodiness!
Satisfied as it gazed at the 'withered skull' in its hand, the cockscomb-headed ape let out a loud roar of "Rakanishu" at Catherine. Then, holding the leering skull in one hand and standing straight with a solemn sense of ritual, it walked step by step toward Catherine. Catherine was somewhat baffled, her muscles tensing all over. Just as she was about to strike first, she heard Vayne anxiously shouting from afar, "Senior Sister! Don't make a move! This is probably an elder among the Dark Apes! It is extremely pleased with your martial prowess and wants to perform an 'investiture' ceremony for you!"

Hearing those words, Catherine abruptly halted her charging footsteps and stood motionless in her tracks as the elderly cockscomb-headed ape walked over. The elder drew a strip of vine from the crest on its head, threaded it through the ears of the shriveled skull to weave a loop, and solemnly placed it around Catherine's neck. It patted Catherine's shoulder encouragingly, turned around, and let out another loud roar to the surrounding crowd of spectating Dark Apes: "Rakanishu!"
The surrounding apes, packed three layers deep, roared in unison: "Rakanishu!"
On the other side, Ling Mo's expression shifted slightly. The moment Catherine put on the vine loop, he also received a system notification:
"Your disciple 'Catherine' has obtained a necklace-type equipment: Withered Skull."
"Withered Skull: An evil necklace crafted using the secret arts of the Fallen Evil Spirit clan. When worn, mental resistance is increased by ten percent, and endurance is increased by ten percent."

Catherine hadn't wanted to wear this necklace, but the moment she put it on, she felt a refreshing coolness emanating from the 'accessory' part of the necklace, instantly clearing her mind! Vaguely, her strength even seemed to have improved a fraction. Just as she was feeling a mix of surprise and uncertainty, a giant ape of extremely massive proportions suddenly leaped out from the chaotic, clamorous crowd of apes that had been continuously shouting "Rakanishu." With a loud *thud*, it landed right in front of Catherine, letting out a roar that shook the heavens!
This leaping Dark Ape was even huger than the first batch of apes that had come out to size Catherine up earlier. Standing over two meters tall, its bunched-up muscles were more exaggerated than those of a human bodybuilder. Its steel-whip-like tail lashed back and forth behind it, sending mud flying everywhere. Furthermore, it also wore a vine-woven necklace around its neck, adorned with no less than eight 'withered skulls' of various shapes, including those of tigers, crocodiles, small fiends, and green pythons!
Even more bizarrely, unlike the other Dark Apes who had empty hands, it wielded a spindle-shaped wooden club thicker than a normal person's arm! The club was stained with blood, soaked through to a dark, brownish-black hue. The giant ape pointed the club at Catherine, beat its own chest with its other hand, and let out several loud, ferocious roars!
"Senior Sister, watch out! The ape that came out to fight is the eldest son of the Dark Ape chieftain. It just said that if you submit to it and join the tribe, it can let bygones be bygones regarding you killing that other ape earlier. It will spare your life and not smash your skull open!"
Hearing Vayne's translation, Catherine threw her head back and let out two booming laughs. Without a word of reply, she drew the dagger she hadn't used in a long time from her waist and lunged toward the giant ape like a bolt of lightning!