Chapter 66: Duel with Lü Dongbin

  Lei Hao is about to recreate under Lü Dongbin's hands.

  Suddenly behind Lü Dongbin appeared a hand covered in golden fur, holding a glittering golden staff.

  Lei Hao, who was still fuming with anger, saw the familiar hand and knew that Sun Wukong had arrived. His heart, which had jumped to his throat, returned to his chest, and he couldn't help but smile slightly at Lü Dongbin.

  Lü Dongbin, who was fully focused on unleashing his ultimate move, saw the sudden smile on Lei Hao's face and felt a jolt in his heart. His instincts told him to dodge, but it was too late.

  How heavy is Sun Wukong's hand?

  All he heard was a dull thud, and Lü Dongbin stumbled forward with a staff, his head spinning like an open waterway, bustling and extraordinary, with golden stars flashing before his eyes, and it took several breaths to come back to himself.

  It's all because of Sun Wukong, as it was a sneak attack and he didn't have the heart to use his full strength. If he had used his full strength, even a powerful being like Taizhen True Immortal would not have died but would have lost several layers of skin at least.

  "Monkey, how did you get here?" Lei Hao looked at Sun Wukong curiously and said. He remembered that when he left, this guy should be in the Water Cavern Cave eating and drinking wildly, how could he run to this place in a short while? And sneakily hiding aside to ambush Lü Dongbin.

  "I was having a great time drinking when Little Fox rushed in, saying that Zhu Jia had gotten into danger and you'd gone to rescue him alone. I could only put down my wine jug and hurry over to help you." Sun Wukong said somewhat disgruntledly. Yeah, whoever is driven out of their warm cave while they're having a good time drinking will be a bit disgruntled.

  After Sun Wukong finished speaking, his sharp eyes glanced at the side and saw that Zhuahua had restored its original form. It stretched out its hand to scratch its fluffy monkey face. Sun Wukong flashed in front of Zhuahua and asked somewhat uncertainly: "Is this pig head Zhuahua?"

  The boar slowly lifted its massive head and weakly grunted: "I have seen the beautiful Monkey King."

  After hearing the wild boar's words, Sun Wukong felt like laughing. He had never seen the wild boar's true form before. Although the wild boar often joked with him, it was always cautious and never dared to cross the line, which made Sun Wukong feel annoyed. But now that he saw the injured wild boar, he couldn't help but find it a bit comical. However, once he confirmed that this injured wild boar was indeed the wild boar, Sun Wukong couldn't laugh no matter what.

  Sun Wukong stood up silently, with a gloomy monkey face, and shouted at Lü Dongbin: "You, this Taoist priest, are you a mountain monk? Dare to hurt my brother's brother on the territory of our Flower Fruit Mountain, do you want to die?" At this time, Sun Wukong had the demeanor of a dominant demon king.

  Lü Dongbin, who had just come to his senses, was sizing up the sneak-attacking monkey, and seeing Sun Wukong ask him, he opened his mouth and said: "This seat is a pure Yang Taoist of the Pure Yang Palace. Is the visitor the master of the Eastern Victory State, the Eighth Elder of the Accumulated Thunder Mountain Eight Demons, the Beautiful Monkey King of the Flower Fruit Mountain, Sun Wukong?"

  Sun Wukong slammed the Golden Cudgel heavily onto the ground, and amidst a tremor-like commotion, he loudly declared: "It's indeed me, Old Sun! You, Daoist priest, still have some discerning eyes. Today, I'm in a good mood, so you can choose your own way to die; I, Old Sun, will certainly grant it to you."

  Listening to Sun Wukong's unreserved words, Lü Dongbin's eyes flashed with a few threads of anger, wanting to erupt, but he first looked at Lei Hao and then looked at Sun Wukong. After secretly calculating for several breaths, he still forcibly suppressed his anger. He cupped his hands towards Sun Wukong and said: "The Great Sage is joking, this time I came here to seek justice from the Thunder King for my grandson. This trip didn't report to the Great Sage, it was a bit rash, but I didn't hurt any small monsters on the Mountain of Flowers and Fruits! This matter is only between me and the Thunder King, please don't interfere, Great Sage. After this is over, I will definitely visit to apologize!" Lü Dongbin's words were neither humble nor arrogant, reasonable and justified, as if Sun Wukong would be in the wrong if he helped Lei Hao again. It's no wonder he was a famous guardian of the three realms.

  From Lv Dongbin's experience of subduing demons and exorcising evil spirits for hundreds of years, every single demon that can cultivate to the Golden Immortal stage is not a fool. He just needs to give this demon king a step down, even if he has a good relationship with Lei Hao, but even considering the Eight Immortals of the Upper Cavern, he will choose to be an onlooker and will no longer intervene in his feud with Lei Hao.

  But Lü Dongbin was definitely wrong this time. First of all, Sun Wukong didn't know him, and wasn't clear what the Eight Immortals from the Upper Cavern were about. Even if Sun Wukong knew, relying on his friendship with Lei Hao, he would definitely support Lei Hao to the end.

  Sun Wukong looked at Lü Dongbin with extreme disdain and sneered, "The Eastern Divine State is the territory of my Mount Huaguo, I can do whatever I want, Oxhead is my brother, his affairs are mine too. You think you can move against my brother on my turf without letting me intervene? What kind of thing are you?"

  After Sun Wukong finished speaking, Lü Dongbin's face turned gloomy and he almost dripped with sweat, wanting to take action but also considering the combined strength of Lei Hao and Sun Wukong, and for a moment was at a loss for what to do.

  Lü Dongbin's dilemma had nothing to do with Lei Hao, and after Sun Wukong appeared, Lei Hao's confidence grew even stronger. After Sun Wukong finished speaking with Lü Dongbin, Lei Hao once again ferociously swung his Dragon-Slaying Sword and charged forward.

  When Lei Hao took action, Sun Wukong also raised his stick and smashed it down without hesitation. Under Lei Hao's 'influence', Sun Wukong's mind had no concept of being a master or having the demeanor of a martial artist; like Lei Hao, as long as he could win, any means were acceptable. Therefore, tactics such as ganging up two against one, using sneak attacks, and other underhanded methods came naturally to Sun Wukong.

  With the addition of Sun Wukong, this powerful helper, Lei Hao's offensive became even more fierce, with every knife strike using all his might, each move seeking to kill the enemy. And Sun Wukong's golden cudgel was getting heavier and heavier with each strike.

  Facing Lei Hao and Sun Wukong, two opponents whose strength is almost the same as his own, or even slightly higher, Lü Dongbin can only defend himself. His four ultimate moves, which he had been saving for a critical moment, were already broken through by Lei Hao once before, and they would likely have no effect on Sun Wukong, another powerful opponent of the same level, so Lü Dongbin continued to defend himself.

  Another good fight, previously Lei Hao and Sun Wukong faced opponents stronger than themselves in the battle of Ji Lei Mountain, being beaten repeatedly without any chance to counterattack. Lei Hao was lucky, with his Tianxian-level cultivation participating in the high-end battle of Ji Lei Mountain where even the lowest level was Jinxian, it was indeed a bit strenuous. Moreover, being able to escape from Taiyi Zhenxian-level Puxian Bodhisattva's hands with Tianxian-level cultivation was truly something to be proud of.

  Sun Wukong was in a bit of a sorry state, having been beaten by the Great Sage and forced to learn the final step to becoming a Buddha from his ultimate move. He nearly got himself and his brothers killed, and to make matters worse, he was smashed into the body of Mount Accumulated Thunder three or four times by a mysterious person. This was a huge blow to Sun Wukong, who had just started his journey. After returning to the Eastern State of Divine Victory, Sun Wukong refused to go back to the Mountain of Flowers and Fruits, feeling that sitting on the throne of the King of the Ten Thousand Demons was a bit too dazzling.

  At this time, Sun Wukong was going all out, the Golden Cudgel dancing faster and more smoothly. With the accumulation of the great battle at Mount Accumulated Thunder, plus Sun Wukong's extremely high innate talent as a Stone Monkey, his martial arts finally showed a sudden improvement. The increasingly steady staff technique danced with a sense of advance and retreat, various wonderful moves came out one after another, and Lü Dongbin was beaten into a state of confusion.

  Gradually, Lei Hao and Sun Wukong's double battle against Lü Dongbin turned into a one-on-one fight between Sun Wukong and Lü Dongbin. Lei Hao was clearly unable to keep up with Sun Wukong's fighting rhythm, and looking at Sun Wukong's infatuated appearance, it seemed as if he was using this battle to comprehend something.

  Lei Hao certainly couldn't disturb his brother's enlightenment to kill Lü Dongbin, so he retreated to the side, holding Túlóng and acting as a spectator.

  "Marvelous, marvelous, marvelous... truly beyond words." The infatuated Sun Wukong's eyes suddenly shot out two beams of divine light, a monkey face full of joyful expression, the golden hoop rod waved continuously, then made a move that was never seen before, yet seemed familiar.

  "With a loud cry, Sun Wukong threw out his Golden-Hooped Rod. The golden light flashing Golden-Hooped Rod suddenly expanded the moment it left Sun Wukong's hand, transforming into an enormous rod tens of zhang long and several zhang thick, rolling towards Lü Dongbin with an unstoppable, crushing force."

  Although this blow's oppressive power was locked onto Lü Dongbin, Lei Hao on the side was also being pressed to the point of seemingly being unable to breathe.

  As for Lü Dongbin who was locked down by this move, it was extremely difficult to even move at this time. With great difficulty, he finally raised his long sword just before the Golden Hoop Stick pressed down.

  Without any sound, Lü Dongbin was slapped by the Golden Cudgel as if swatting a mosquito, heavily slapping him into the ground below, his life or death unknown.

  Seeing the power of this move, Lei Hao stared at Sun Wukong in shock, sizing him up with an unprecedented gaze. "What kind of tonic did you eat? How did you suddenly become so fierce?"

  Sun Wukong raised his hand to recall the Golden Cudgel, and said with a pleased expression: "When has old Sun not been fierce?" He looked as if he had completely forgotten the embarrassing events of the great battle at Accumulated Thunder Mountain.

  At this time, Lei Hao also did not pour cold water on Sun Wukong, and he gave him a thumbs up: "This move is really unbeatable!"

  Lei Hao and Sun Wukong finished speaking, but did not see Lv Dongbin getting up from the ground. He asked with some confusion: "Monkey, didn't you kill this guy with one stick?"

  Sun Wukong thought for a moment and said, "Impossible! How could a Golden Immortal-level expert die so easily? This one blow of mine can at most severely injure that Taoist priest. To kill him would require several more blows."

  Lei Hao looked at Sun Wukong with a silly gaze and said in a strange tone, "No matter who it is, once they've been hit by this move, they'll never want to be hit again."

  A smug expression once again floated onto Sun Wukong's face.

  Lei Hao didn't bother with the triumphant Sun Wukong, and stretched out his divine sense to explore the large pit that Lü Dongbin had smashed out. After searching for a moment, he still couldn't find Lü Dongbin, but at the bottom of the pit, he found a pool of pale golden blood.

  After recalling his divine consciousness, Lei Hao was perplexed and saw that the group of Taoists on the empty ground had all disappeared.