“Ah, hot!”
“AAAAHHH!”
“Just stay still!”
Wukong gritted his teeth and flew toward Sre while carrying Hong Hae Ah.
If it were up to him, he’d love to tie her to a cloud and use magic to transport her there, but that was entirely out of the question with Samadhi Transformation.
The only thing that could withstand the fire was his own body, so he had no choice but to carry her himself.
SZZZTTT!!
Wukong felt his arm practically turning into a monkey steak as he finally reached Sre.
Even though he hadn’t entered the shield yet, he felt about ten times more alive.
“Ugh…! Get lost!!”
“Waaaah…”
“Hey, you dimwit! Open the door! I’m coming in!”
“Eh?”
“AAAAHHH!!”
Just before Hong Hae Ah could enter Sre’s shield…
BANG!
The mountain shook.
The enormous being that shook the mountain was looking down coldly, holding onto Hong Hae Ah, who was about to take off.
A half-human, half-monster creature with a bull’s head, at least two heads taller than Wukong.
“Who dares touch Hong Hae Ah…?”
“…Crap.”
“Was it you, Wukong?!”
CRASH!!!
The Fortress of the Celestial Sage, the Demon King’s massive fist slammed into Wukong while snatching away Hong Hae Ah.
Hong Hae Ah had been crying for a while, but sensing she was now in her father’s arms, she quickly calmed down.
FLICKERING!!
The fire was still burning hot.
“C… cough…”
“I believed you were my sworn brother, yet you’ve turned into a dog of the Heavenly Realm and this is all you can do?”
“…You’ve grown stronger.”
“Speak!”
BANG!
The Demon King’s foot crushed the mountain.
This was truly a mighty physique filled with great power.
“Why are you doing this? What in the world made you kill my clone and steal Hong Hae Ah?”
“…”
“Hey? Say something at least…”
Wukong glanced hazily backward.
Following his gaze, he turned his head to see a white salamander.
The one he’d been wary of since coming here.
With its cold aura, it seemed to be the one that had eaten his clone…
“…You don’t mean to say?!”
“Ah, no.”
“What do you mean ‘no’ you Inoooon!!!”
CRACKLING!!
The Demon King’s front paw collapsed the mountain, and Wukong barely dodged the aftermath while yelling.
“Damn it! I’m telling you it isn’t true!”
“Shut up! You dare try to feed my child to a monster!”
“I just wanted to put out the fire! Please believe me, brother!!”
“I said shut up!!”
WHOOSH!
Whoa!
The Demon King’s fist is flying through the air!
Seriously, it’s an unbelievably powerful and heavy fist.
I definitely can’t win against that.
“I’m doomed to lose.”
“?!”
But for some reason…
Thwack!
Wukong slightly tilts his Magical Staff and dodges the attack as if letting the force slip by.
That scary fist grazes by with just the narrowest of margins.
“Compared to Master… it’s like a baby’s punch.”
Of course, that baby punch is still strong, but compared to the overwhelming sensation I felt from my Master, my brother’s punch is definitely weaker!
Spit! Wukong, spitting out chunks of stone, fluffs his fur and grips his Magical Staff tightly.
“…First, let me calm you down.”
“You’ve gone mad. Alright, let’s see what you’ve got.”
The two monsters that are wreaking havoc in the Heavenly Realm collide with each other.
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Bang! Bang! Bang!
With every single blow, mountains crumble and rivers and lakes overflow.
Countless animals and people hurriedly flee, and even the so-called monsters scatter.
Creeeeak!
There are only three who can join this fight right now.
“You’re fighting better than I expected.”
Wukong and the Demon King.
Their battle is lasting longer than I thought it would.
The Demon King possesses overwhelming strength and a body as solid as Wukong’s, but the opponent wields magic freely.
Of course, the Demon King can also use magic, but it’s not enough to surpass Wukong.
“Graaah!!”
“Please stop it already!!”
As Wukong’s clones swirl the Magical Staff in unison, they pressure the Demon King, only for one swipe of the Demon King’s fist to crush hundreds of clones.
Without missing a beat, Wukong strikes the Demon King’s head.
Thwack.
“Are you serious about this?”
—Shouldn’t we see this through to the end?
Crack!!
The giant true body, larger than a mountain, takes the form of a white bull, and the Demon King obliterates all of Wukong’s clones.
[Whoa!]
[That’s insane!]
[Isn’t that basically a celestial being? Haha!]
[Wow!]
[Wukong is getting wrecked! LOL]
[This Demon King is no joke!]
[He could probably chew through any celestial being! Haha!]
[Is Wukong gonna lose?]
“It’s not quite celestial level, but it’s strong. I guess in size it’s comparable?”
The celestial Ertarn is a being of strength comparable to the Kraken.
Considering it’s at least on par with the Master of the Tower or Bonchobul, this transformed state of the Demon King doesn’t reach that level but is still around the quality of a top-tier celestial being.
It’s likely that the outer celestial Demon King is as strong as Agareth, the second in command, or among the Seven Archangels like Michael or Gabriel.
“Hmm. Fine then. I’ve been going through some rigorous training myself.”
Boom-boom-boom!!!
Gugugugu!!!
The immensely shattered Wukong restored his body and grew larger in an instant.
Now three times larger than the gigantic Demon King, Wukong swings the Magical Staff, which is as long as a small island.
Zzaaang!
In a flash, the Demon King’s white skin turned red as he smashed down the Magical Staff and plowed right into Wukong.
Wukong crumbled down pathetically despite having grown so massive.
But that was Wukong’s scheme.
—I will calm you down!!
—How dare you say that while falling apart…?!
Pishuk!
From the mouth of the breaking gigantic Wukong, the real Wukong prepared a technique.
The technique he learned for nearly two months during a long ‘cognition’ session.
It had never succeeded even once, but if he used his immortality…
“Storm, sweep through!”
—This is…
The roar of the Magical Staff enveloped the Demon King.
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Kwa-gagagagaga!!!
An enormous storm covered the Demon King, even overwhelming the crumbled mountain.
Though expected, this was truly outrageous technique.
It could not only bring down the great body of the Demon King in one fell swoop but could even blow him away completely.
If this technique succeeded, it would surely harm that Tathagata too.
“Indeed, Master is… ugh?!”
Gaaah!!
It hurts!
His body feels shattered, and it seems his soul is being torn apart!
Wukong screamed in agony as he crashed down to the ground.
Drool dripped from his mouth, and his whole body screamed.
With his mind fading, he recalled what his Master had said.
‘Well, I will let you know… The system protection of the tower is a bit different from Deoen, so I’m not sure if it can be used. If it were a user, it would have worked out well.’
‘Since this is the Space of Enlightenment, maybe it’ll work… We should believe in Wukong’s potential.’
‘What do I mean? That sort of thing exists. All Wukong needs to do is perform well.’
“Gooood… this isn’t it…”
It feels like he’s going to die.
Though he wouldn’t actually die due to the life-sustaining passage, it genuinely feels like he’s going to die.
The pain is so severe that if he hadn’t erased his life, it wouldn’t be strange to die hundreds of times.
Wukong barely gripped a piece of the Magical Staff with his trembling hand.
The Magical Staff was literally wrecked beyond recognition.
Even though he wielded the ‘real’ Magical Staff instead of a fake to lure the Demon King, it shattered after just one use.
“Huhuuuh!!”
He staggered to his feet.
What happened to the Demon King?
“Could it be that he died…”
“That can’t be.”
Jjeo-eok!!
“Ugh!!”
Someone struck him.
I couldn’t believe my eyes as I stared at my opponent, wondering how they could endure that attack; however, they were far from unscathed.
The Demon King, my older brother, had transformed into quite a grotesque sight after going through numerous regenerations.
Upon seeing my gaze, he frowned and used magic to shift into his usual half-human, half-beast form.
“Truly impressive. To acquire such magic. Is that the power of the Heavenly Realm?”
“…How did you endure it?”
“I almost died. If I had let go of my senses in the midst, I would surely be dead by now.”
Crackle…
“But… it seems you’re quite a mess too.”
“……”
“Any last words?”
“……”
‘I want to run away…’
An unreasonable situation, exhaustion from the prolonged battle, damage to the soul…
“? What are you doing?”
The spirits are closing in…
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The Demon King grimaced.
Clearly, he had almost been killed by the unheard and unseen technique of the Heavenly Realm, yet it was the guy who used that technique who had fallen.
With a hand the size of a Wukong’s head, the Demon King picked up the fainted Wukong.
“What should I do with this guy…”
How dare he lay a hand on the child of the Fortress of the Celestial Sage.
No, even more than that, he had tried to feed the child of my ‘brother’ to some strange salamander monster.
Really, what a disloyal and impolite guy.
I should devour him on the spot to quell my grievance, but on the flip side, he is still my brother.
The Demon King’s heart was not so evil as to kill his brother without hearing the full situation.
“But you… are not.”
“Kuuuu…”
A creature leisurely sleeping in the midst of a battle where two great sages ravaged the sky and tore the earth apart.
This guy had tried to harm Hong Hae Ah by devouring her counterpart, so the Demon King had no intention of showing mercy.
“First, I’ll grind you down and then hear the truth from Wukong.”
“Grurrrr…”
“Are you sleep-talking or waking up?”
Crunch!
The Demon King’s fist, imbued with immense strength, shattered the salamander’s surrounding barrier.
“Grurrr. Grurrr. Grurrr.”
“…How carefree you are.”
Even after the barrier was broken, the creature continued to sleep.
Just as the fist aimed for the salamander again…
“Enough.”
“…And you are?”
“Let’s call it a day.”
The god of the Heavenly Realm had descended.
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