Chapter Forty-Five: Tearing the Sky

  "Monkey, this move of yours is not bad." Lei Hao patted the leaves on his body and jumped out from the bushes.

  "Old Sun, this is the move I wanted to learn from you, but its power is still somewhat weaker than the Earth Splitting Technique. It only sent you flying ten zhang away, and you also blocked it too easily." In the sky, Sun Wukong gripped his Golden Hoop Staff with a face full of gloominess, as if this move was indeed far from what he had imagined.

  "What the hell do you want, you've already sent me flying ten yards away! Do you think one strike will severely injure me?" Lei Hao said with a glare in his eyes, full of discontent. He also saw the shadow of Lidi from the previous strike, but it was just an empty shell, lacking that momentum, so Lei Hao's defense was very relaxed.

  But these epiphanies Lei Hao couldn't share with Sun Wukong, as the Land of Splitting was Lei Hao's own, imbued with his unique will of swordsmanship. Sun Wukong could learn from it, but he absolutely couldn't replicate it; if he even replicated the will of the Land of Splitting, then his techniques would forever stagnate and never improve again.

  Lei Hao continued, "Monkey, if you can't form your own unique will, then even if your martial arts skills are refined to perfection, they're just techniques. Only when you've formed your own will can your martial arts be considered to have reached the threshold of the true way." After Lei Hao finished speaking, he looked at Sun Wukong, who was leaning on his golden staff with a thoughtful expression.

  "Come again." Lei Hao interrupted Sun Wukong's thoughts, his sword rising with a fierce momentum.

  Even if Lei Hao made a violent move, Sun Wukong didn't seem busy at all, and with a casual swing of his hand, he countered Lei Hao's attack with a stick shadow.

  Since Le Wei and other brothers entered the world to practice, Sun Wukong has never returned to Huaguo Mountain. Every day, he and Le Hao cut through martial arts in Kan Yuan Mountain. Le Hao's progress is indeed great, but Sun Wukong has gained more from his dealings with Le Hao. After all, Le Hao has been fighting for many years, and his low-handed kung fu is more pure than Sun Wukong's.

  The sound of "ping ping pang pang" of the weapon striking continued to reverberate in the midst of Kan Yuan Mountain, as Lei Hao and Sun Wukong exchanged dozens of moves amidst their intersecting shadows.

  Lei Hao poured all his strength into every move, every knife stroke bursting with a reckless abandon that left no room for defense. Lei Hao thought to himself, "My will of martial arts cannot be directly imparted to you, so let you comprehend it yourself."

  Sun Wukong swept his staff to counter the Dragon Slayer's attack from the side, and the golden light in his eyes flashed as he became more and more infatuated. Sun Wukong was indeed Sun Wukong, his comprehension ability was abnormally strong. In such a short period of time, he had already grasped Lei Hao's knife intent and understood his own martial arts will, even Lei Hao himself took half a month to comprehend his own martial arts will after sudden enlightenment.

  However, this is also related to Leihao's guidance. If these were left for Sun Wukong, who prefers using his hands over his brain, to comprehend on his own, it would likely take a considerable amount of time.

  At this time, the stick shadow in the sky was no longer just the simple power of the Golden Cudgel, but began to reveal a hint of Sun Wukong's unique brutal aura. This aura slowly condensed the space within tens of meters, making Lei Hao feel very strange when he swung his sword, as the fierce sword momentum was disrupted by Sun Wukong's brutal aura.

  Seeing the situation at this time, Lei Hao shouted loudly: "Crack the earth." One knife cut out, a huge knife gas with a desperate momentum of going all out slashed towards Sun Wukong.

  Sun Wukong, who had completely fallen into the rhythm of Lei Hao's knife intent, flashed his eyes and jumped high, smashing down with a single rod. On the Golden Cudgel, a huge golden rod shadow also burst out, carrying a violent aura that destroyed everything, rushing towards the ground crack.

  Lei Hao, tens of feet away, felt a terrifying pressure and suddenly woke up in his heart, "Ah, this monkey can't control its magical powers now." Lei Hao's foot burst out with a violent thunderbolt, like a flea jumping, and he leaped up, escaping the attack range of Gun Shadow.

  Lei Hao can easily escape the attack range of the Golden Hoop Rod because Sun Wukong's staff shadow is locked onto the Earth Splitting Knife Qi.

  The Earth Splitting Sword Qi was more mature than Sun Wukong's staff shadow, and the will it contained was even stronger. However, Lei Hao's magical powers were far inferior to Sun Wukong's Golden Immortal level, so Sun Wukong's staff shadow directly shattered the Earth Splitting Sword Qi, still charging towards the southwest direction of Kuan Yuan Mountain with undiminished momentum.

  Lei Hao was shocked once again, "Damn it, if I get hit by this stick, won't the entire Kankan Mountain be doomed?" Lei Hao cursed in his heart and didn't dare to hesitate, rushing towards the stick's shadow at high speed.

  "Monkey, what are you still stunned for? Come and help!" At this moment, Leihao also couldn't care about disturbing Sun Wukong's epiphany, and let out a loud roar. After shouting, Leihao began to frantically slash out knife energy attacks at the giant club shadow, but Sun Wukong's full-strength club shadow was not affected much by Leihao's knife energy. In this short period of time, Leihao had already slashed out dozens of knives, but the energy of the club shadow seemed to have not decreased at all, and it continued to charge towards Kansheng Mountain with great momentum.

  At this time, the stick shadow was only a dozen or so zhang away from the ground.

  After swinging out this stick, Sun Wukong stood on the spot with a thoughtful face, and his eyes flashed with a hint of mystery. It wasn't until he heard Lei Hao's loud shout that he came back to his senses. He composed himself and saw Lei Hao desperately attacking the stick aura that had been split open earlier. His heart suddenly skipped a beat: "Oh no, I forgot to suppress my spiritual power!" The next moment, Sun Wukong's figure appeared right in front of the stick aura.

  All this said, it only took less than half a breath. This is not Lei Hao exaggerating, with Sun Wukong's Golden Immortal abilities, if the entire Kuan Yuan mountain range, which stretches for hundreds of miles, was still left standing after his attack, then that would be considered a subpar performance from Sun Wukong. If Kuan Yuan mountain was completely destroyed, then there wouldn't even be a few remaining demons from the Water Cavern Army who could escape.

  The power of the Golden Immortal is truly terrifying beyond compare.

  Lei Hao was still constantly slashing out purple knife energy to grind away the energy in the rod shadow when, in a flash, Sun Wukong appeared right in front of the rod shadow.

  Sun Wukong stood still, his hands gripping the staff as he stared at the incoming shadow of the staff. A violent aura suddenly rose around him, and this aura concentrated onto the Golden-Hooped Rod like flowing water.

  "With a 'drink' sound, Sun Wukong struck out with his staff again, and another identical staff shadow shot out, colliding with the staff shadow in front of him."

  Two massive energies collided rapidly, yet didn't make a single sound, and just silently dissipated.

  Next to him, Lei Hao touched the bull's horn and calmed down his rapidly beating heart. He glanced at Sun Wukong with a slanted eye and said expressionlessly: "In the future, if you want to fight, go to your Huaguo Mountain to fight. My Kanyu Mountain is a small door and a small household, not as big as your Huaguo Mountain family. It can't withstand the toss of a dignified Golden Immortal like you."

  Sun Wukong's eyes flickered as he scratched his fluffy monkey face, looking embarrassed. He had just come to and was also frightened in his heart, this Kengyuan Mountain would be finished if Lei Hao wasn't there, and if those little monsters inside the Shuigedong were hurt, Lei Hao would have to turn against him.

  "Don't be angry, don't be angry, I, old Sun, just lost control for a moment." Sun Wukong said with an embarrassed face.

  Lei Hao glared at Sun Wukong for a few moments, but didn't scold him anymore. Lei Hao understood that this guy was unable to control himself during the moment of enlightenment, and after all, he had blocked that stick shadow.

  "That last move of yours was quite impressive, comparable to my own Earth Splitting technique. What's the name of that stance you're preparing?" Lei Hao asked curiously, looking at Sun Wukong.

  "That move of yours is called Earth Splitter, and this move of Old Sun's is called Sky Ripper." Sun Wukong said with a heroic air.

  "Tear the sky? You really dare to think." Lei Hao speechlessly looked at Sun Wukong.

  "How dare you?" Sun Wukong glared at Lei Hao with a defiant expression, as if Lei Hao had said someone wouldn't let him use this name, he would go find that person to fight.

  Lei Hao didn't respond, but silently muttered to himself, "This monkey is getting more and more arrogant, this won't do." However, Lei Hao also didn't know what to say, if he said something wrong now, it would lead to big trouble.

  If Lei Hao said that the Heavenly Court is above, this name is a bit rushed. Generally, demons, even if they are a bit arrogant, will change to another one based on the idea of "one less thing is better than one more thing", but now Sun Wukong, Lei Hao said so, eighty percent is him directly wielding the Golden Cudgel and rushing to the South Heavenly Gate to find out who's higher.

  This is because of Sun Wukong's innate proud and majestic nature; it also has to do with the self-inflation that often results when someone suddenly gains great power without undergoing any tempering.

  Seeing Lei Hao not speaking, Sun Wukong felt a bit proud and waved to Lei Hao saying: "Old Sun has decided, from now on this move will be called that name."

  Head!

  Lei Hao was about to speak, but heard a familiar voice. He lowered his head and focused for a moment, only to see that it was the little fox. Without hesitation, he flashed over to appear beside the little fox.

  Looking at the small fox, Lei Hao walked forward and gently patted her smooth forehead: "How did you come here? Didn't I tell you not to come over here unless it's necessary? What if I accidentally hurt you while fighting with this dead monkey and my magic goes out of control?" At first, Lei Hao pretended to be very serious, but as he spoke, his tone gradually softened. He really couldn't bear to scold the little fox.

  Lei Hao heard some blame, the little fox stretched out his small hand and gently pulled Lei Hao, lowering his head and saying in a low voice: "I've been here for a while, before you were fighting, I was three miles away, it was only when I saw you give up that I came over." The sweet voice made Lei Hao's last bit of discontent disappear.

  But Lei Hao heard that she was still three miles away, and suddenly a few drops of cold sweat seeped from his palm. He glared fiercely at Sun Wukong who had just come down from the sky, and his heart was filled with endless fear, "If I hadn't blocked that stick shadow just now, Little Fox..."

  The little fox suddenly felt that Lei Hao's big hand was a bit stiff, and he looked up at Lei Hao with a puzzled expression.

  Sun Wukong was stared at by Lei Hao, somewhat perplexed and bewildered, opening his mouth to say: "What's going on? What's going on? Cowhead, why are you staring at me again?"

  Lei Hao stared at Sun Wukong, not saying a word. After a long time, Sun Wukong became impatient. Lei Hao gritted his teeth and said: "Just now when you punched the sky, the little fox was three miles away."

  After Lei Hao said this, Sun Wukong also broke out in a cold sweat on his forehead as he reflected on what was going on.

  "It's all right, it's all right, I, old Sun, woke up quickly." Monkey King scratched his face, thinking with relief. If he had been a little slower just now, the sky would have exploded where they were standing, and the small fox three miles away from here would not have had any chance of surviving.

  After understanding, Sun Wukong lowered his head and carefully looked at Lei Hao, thinking in his heart that as long as Lei Hao drew his sword, he would immediately slip away quietly.

  The little fox looked at the reflection of these two brothers and became even more puzzled. However, she was very clever and didn't ask Lei Hao what was going on, but instead pulled Lei Hao again: "There's a small demon from Huaguo Mountain in the cave, saying that there's a noble guest on Huaguo Mountain, called... Niu Mo Wang, and asking Mei Houwang to go back."

  After the little fox spoke, Sun Wukong secretly let out a sigh of relief and surreptitiously gave the little fox a thumbs up before saying: "So it's that old demon who has arrived. Niu Tou, I'll go welcome him first, you come later." Having said this, he didn't wait for Lei Hao to react, flipped over and stepped on his筋斗云 (a type of cloud) and slipped away.

  "This dead monkey, escaped quite quickly." Lei Hao glared fiercely in the direction Sun Wukong was escaping, gritting his teeth and saying.

  The little fox covered its mouth and laughed on one side.