Great Demon Sun Wukong

Having returned to the Netherworld World once again, after a night of enlightenment, Sun Wukong not only gained greater mastery over the World Suppressing Stele, but he could also wield some of its Divine Skills. Of course, the Divine Skills Wukong could use were still the most basic, and even in those, he could only utilize a part.

In the last battle, Di Jun controlled the World Suppressing Stele and turned it into Three Thousand Barren Soil in one fell swoop to annihilate three Supreme beings with Nine Patterns. If it were not for one of them detonating themselves, perhaps all the Supreme beings would have been turned into a Soul Crystal.

Three Thousand Barren Soil is the lowest level Divine Skill of the World Suppressing Stele, also known as the third barren-number Divine Skill.

Wukong’s comprehension wasn’t as profound, and after one night, he could only evolve the Stele to produce a hundred grains of Desolate Sand! Only when the Desolate Sand reached three thousand grains could it be called Wasteland Soil. However, even these hundred grains of Desolate Sand were enough to kill Supreme beings with Seven or Eight Patterns. Nôv(el)B\\jnn

But for the current Sun Wukong, they were of little use.

But this was only the first day, and both Sun Wukong and Xi Zhao believed that as time passed, Wukong’s comprehension of the World Suppressing Stele would become deeper and deeper. Three Thousand Barren Soil would definitely not be a problem, and even Nine Thousand Wasteland Soil could be evolved.

Moreover, once Sun Wukong’s strength advanced to the Nine Patterns Supreme, he might be able to stimulate the Stele to evolve into the Desolate Sand Sea or the Mountain of World Suppression!

Of course, these names were all told to Sun Wukong by Xi Zhao. With his current understanding, Wukong could only know the name of these hundred grains of Desolate Sand.

Although Wukong was curious about how Xi Zhao knew so much about the third barren-number Divine Skill, he knew that Xi Zhao didn’t want to talk about it, so he didn’t ask. Regardless, Sun Wukong trusted Xi Zhao and wouldn’t harm him, a trust like the one he had with Master Sanzang, Bajie, and Old Sha.

Thinking of this, Sun Wukong couldn’t help feeling downcast. It had been a considerable number of days since he had arrived in this Netherworld World, and he truly wondered how Bajie was, knowing that Master’s body was still with Fan Xin, and not having any news of Old Sha and Little White Dragon. He must strive hard to leave this world and return to the Pangu Realm to settle everything!

As the first ray of sunlight shone on Sun Wukong’s resolute face, Xi Zhao suddenly found that Wukong seemed to have matured a bit more. In Wukong’s eyes, Xi Zhao saw the sort of determination and bravery that only someone who desperately craves understanding of the great Dao and power would possess!

Only someone like this could possibly reach that peak, could possibly become the master of this game, instead of just one of the pieces!

With strong confidence, the two continued their journey. This road was still long, and now, it was just beginning!

They left Thunder King City, and after traveling forward for three days, they would enter the territory of the Soul Extinguishing Mountain Range. At this moment, Sun Wukong and Xi Zhao were vigilantly confronting a Nine-Tailed Fox that stood over three meters tall and was completely covered in white fur!

Wukong and Xi Zhao had entered the Soul Extinguishing Mountain Range yesterday. At first, they didn’t encounter any Soul Beasts or bandits, but they didn’t dare to let their guard down. Everything could be lethal within these mountains, and one could easily lose their life if not careful.

They encountered powerful Soul Beasts, all sorts of venomous insects, and even many man-eating plants. The two were just lucky to have safely made it through the first day. But as soon as the second day dawned, they were attacked by three Eight Patterns Soul Beasts that looked a lot like rhinoceroses, but these beasts had three particularly long and sharp horns.

And what’s more, their hide was thick and tough; even Sun Wukong’s Golden Hoop Staff couldn’t do much more than cause them to stagger before they continued to charge as if nothing had happened. Later, it was only when Sun Wukong brought out the World Suppressing Stele and knocked the three Soul Beasts unconscious that they managed to retrieve three Soul Beads.

Then, Xi Zhao even skinned the creatures.

Looking puzzled, Sun Wukong listened as Xi Zhao said, "These creatures are called Sword-Horned Shield Rhinoceroses. Not only do they possess formidable attack power and strength, but their defense is also terrifying. These are just the ones with Eight Patterns; if we met a Shield Rhinoceros King with Nine Patterns, probably even your Stele wouldn’t be able to kill it.

That’s why these three pieces of hide are much more valuable than the Soul Beads."

After saying this, Xi Zhao washed the skins of the Shield Rhinoceroses in a nearby stream and then promptly wrapped one around his body. Seeing Sun Wukong’s puzzled gaze, Xi Zhao said helplessly, "Hurry up and put it on. With this hide, you won’t have to worry about some small creatures ambushing you. What? Do you find it too ugly?"

"Ah, no." Saying so, Sun Wukong accepted the rhinoceros hide and followed Xi Zhao’s example by wrapping it around himself. Then he moved his body to find that the hide was very soft and didn’t hinder his movements at all. Turning to Xi Zhao with a serious expression, Sun Wukong said, "You mentioned these creatures are a kind of rhinoceros, right?"

"Yeah, that’s right, what about it?"

"I was thinking, your surname is also Xi, and here we are with three rhinoceroses… Could there be any kinship? Is it okay to just strip them of their hide like this?"

"Sun Wukong, are you asking for trouble? You’re the one who’s related to these rhinoceroses!"

Xi Zhao originally thought Wukong was about to say something serious, given his solemn demeanor, but was taken aback by Wukong’s jest. Just when Xi Zhao had thought that Sun Wukong had matured.

So the two chased and fought each other along their way until they encountered the white-haired Nine-Tailed Fox facing them now.

The reason the two had stopped was not that the Nine-Tailed Fox was particularly strong – Wukong could sense that the Nine-Tailed Fox’s cultivation was merely at the peak of Six Patterns, still short of breaking through to the Seven Patterns – thus, neither Sun Wukong nor Xi Zhao had any intention of taking action.

And this fox didn’t seem to have any ill intentions, not only did it not attack, but it also didn’t run away, simply staring with its bright, watery eyes at Sun Wukong and Xi Zhao!

Meeting such a soul beast for the first time, one that neither feared nor attacked humans, and what’s more, a very beautiful white fox at that, Sun Wukong and Xi Zhao were also quite interested in observing her, curious about what she wanted to do.

And so, the three of them stood staring at each other for a full quarter of an hour, until finally, Xi Zhao couldn’t take it anymore. He patted Sun Wukong on the shoulder and said, "Monkey, let’s go, let’s go. It looks like it’s just a little fox that has just developed spiritual wisdom. We have important matters to attend to, and if we don’t hurry, we might be too late."

Sun Wukong thought so, too. Although in the gaze of the little fox, Sun Wukong felt a sense of kinship reminiscent of the monkeys on Flower Fruit Mountain, this was, after all, a fox. If it had been a little monkey, Sun Wukong would probably have taken it with him.

He and Xi Zhao slowly backed away, then changed direction and sped off.

But what the two didn’t expect was that the fox followed them, still wearing a curious expression with those big, watery eyes, full of innocence.

Seeing that the fox also followed them, Sun Wukong and Xi Zhao exchanged glances and suddenly increased their speed, changing direction. But before they could take three breaths, the fox was right behind them again.

This game of cat and mouse continued several times until Sun Wukong and Xi Zhao despondently realized that no matter how much they changed directions or sped up, they couldn’t shake the fox off, and they didn’t dare make significant directional changes for fear of getting lost.

They ran on until the sun was high in the sky, and both were somewhat exhausted. Thus, they stopped running. Finding a large tree, the two settled down to rest.

The snow-white fox also stopped, resting at another large tree not far from them. It was apparent that the fox was tired as well.

Even though they had been running for so long, they had not traveled very far, because the mountain range was so vast, and there were countless ancient trees, giant trees, rivers, and swamps. Running here consumed a lot of physical strength, and they always had to keep their divine consciousness power at its maximum to scout the surroundings for powerful soul beasts.

They would bypass those with six patterns or below, and if they encountered a Nine Patterns Supreme that was significantly strong, they would avoid it.

They would only engage solitary Eight Patterns soul beasts or weaker Nine Patterns soul beasts. This had been planned in Thunder King City. While resting, Sun Wukong couldn’t resist taking out a large peach and sharing it with Xi Zhao.

Just then, Sun Wukong noticed that the fox on the opposite tree had eyes full of longing and, unable to resist, tossed over another peach. The fox elegantly leapt, caught the peach, and then landed on another tree.

"Monkey, I’m worse off than that fox, am I? I only get half while you give it a whole one, I..."

"What about you? I already begrudge giving you half!"

"Thank... thank you!"

"Huh? Who’s talking? Xi Zhao, there’s someone!"

"Silly monkey, it’s the fox!"

"Huh? Fox? You, you can talk? Are you a demon?"

For a moment, Sun Wukong was stunned; he had not expected to encounter a member of the Demon Clan here and had thought it was just a soul beast!

"I, I am called Leilei! Yes, yes, I am a demon!"

Just as Sun Wukong was still in a daze, Xi Zhao snatched the larger half of the peach from Sun Wukong’s hand and gobbled it up in a few bites!

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