Chapter 93: The Peach Garden Oath (1)

  "Second Great King, Second Great King, something is terribly wrong! Just a moment ago the sky was still bright and clear, but suddenly it darkened and many black clouds appeared. From within the black clouds emerged heavenly soldiers and generals wearing silver helmets and armor." A small monkey rushed into the great hall of the Water Curtain Cave with an extremely frightened expression on its face, speaking rapidly like firecrackers going off one after another.

  Lei Hao lightly placed the volume of "Tao Te Ching" in his hand on the case, looked out at the great hall and said softly: "It's finally here."

  After a long time, Lei Hao stood up and shouted loudly: "Come on, summon the great generals of Thunder Guard over here."

  After a moment, Lei Dainiu led the Lei Wei brothers hastily and said: "Head, I don't know why, but suddenly many heavenly soldiers and generals appeared around us, surrounding Huaguo Mountain in a way that's impossible to escape..."

  Lei Hao waved his hand to interrupt Lei Daniu's words, calmly saying: "I already know, no need to say more. Send some small demons to gather all the little demon kings of the 72 caves. Since the Heavenly Court wants war, let's have a battle."

  Lei Da Niu's face hesitated for a moment, and after a few breaths, he whispered: "Head, shouldn't we inform Qi Tian Da Sheng?"

  Lei Hao shook his head and said, "No need, he's still in seclusion, it's not suitable to disturb him, let's go and meet the enemy first."

  Having said that, Lei Hao strode forward with big steps and walked straight out of the Water Curtain Cave.

  As they approached the entrance of Shui Lian Dong, Lei Hao heard some taunting voices outside: "You demon monkey, are you afraid of my nine brothers? If you're afraid, then hurry up and come out to meet your death!" This was followed by bursts of mocking laughter.

  Lei Hao's heart was set ablaze as he heard this, and with an expressionless face, he strode out of the Water Curtain Cave in a few steps. He looked up to see that on the waist of the Flower Fruit Mountain, nine evil spirits were wielding their magical weapons to attack the mountain stronghold. The two single-horned ghost kings, along with the four robust generals and some small demon kings, were desperately resisting on top of the stronghold, but it seemed they would soon be unable to hold out.

  A purple-red light flashed under Leihao's feet, and his figure immediately appeared on the mountain stronghold at the waist of the mountain.

  He pointed at those nine evil spirits and shouted: "Those nine hairy spirits, dare to come to the Mountain of Flowers and Fruits to cause trouble, aren't you afraid of losing your own lives?"

  Those nine evil gods were the Nine Bright Stars sent by Li Jing, the Heavenly King of Tian Tong, to challenge them. They scolded for a while but didn't see Sun Wukong come out, and just as they were getting anxious, they heard Leihao's loud roar. Fixing their eyes on him, they saw that he was a cow demon wearing a white Confucian robe, looking handsome like a scholar with effortless power.

  It's not Sun Wukong who has come, so the Moon Star Lord, one of the Nine Luminaries, immediately broke away from the formation and flew dozens of feet towards the mountain stronghold. He pointed at Lei Hao and shouted: "You wild demon, you have no eyesight, you don't even recognize us Nine Luminaries, hurry up and call out your Great Sage to come and meet his death. If you dare to say half a word, I will immediately turn you into flying ashes."

  Lei Hao's face turned red with rage, and he laughed maniacally. He pointed his finger at the person, narrowing his eyes as he whispered, "Are you threatening me?" A menacing aura emanated from Lei Hao's body, like a venomous snake spitting out its tongue, slowly wrapping itself around Yuè Yè Xīng Jūn.

  Yuè xiāng xīng jūn looked at Léi Háo, and immediately felt a chill all over his body, with some trepidation in his heart. But thinking of the countless heavenly soldiers and generals watching him, and having eight brothers by his side, he plucked up the courage to say: "This Star Lord threatens you again..."

  Lei Hao suddenly burst out, his large hand opened, and Tulong appeared in the center of his palm. With a swift and fierce motion, he slashed out with one knife, and a long, crimson-purple blade of energy shot out from Tulong's body, slicing through Yueyao Star Lord's body before the other nine star lords could even react. Lei Hao's series of movements were so fast that the other eight star lords only saw a white shadow flash by, and they couldn't even come to his aid in time.

  "How." Lei Hao flashed back to the mountain stronghold, and only then did Xingjun spit out these two words. After speaking, he lowered his head in disbelief, staring at the front of his chest, where a golden mark slowly appeared on the silver-white robe.

  "What did you say I would do?" Lei Hao suddenly cracked a smile, his two white teeth reflecting the dazzling light of the nine-star heart-pounding radiance under the sunlight.

  "Second Brother (Second Brother), are you alright?" Without paying attention to Lei Hao, Jiuyao Xing simultaneously rushed towards Yuexiao Xingjun.

  "Don't come over! Don't come over!" Taiyin Xingjun shouted with a stern face.

  The other eight Star Lords stopped in their tracks, looking at Tai Yin Star Lord with urgent and puzzled expressions.

  Taking a deep breath, the face of Monday Star Lord suddenly calmed down. He waved his hand at the eight Star Lords and said urgently: "I'm done for, you all quickly escape, this demon, none of you can handle it."

  "Second brother, what are you saying? Before we nine brothers ascended to heaven, we agreed that even if we weren't born on the same day of the same year, we would die on the same day of the same year. How could we possibly abandon you?"

  After finishing, he rushed towards Monday Star Lord at high speed, while the remaining seven Star Lords stared at Lei Hao with their eyes wide open, their hands clenched into fists and veins bulging, as if they would pounce on Lei Hao the moment he made a move.

  Lei Hao was gazing at the nine twinkling stars in the sky with great interest, without any intention of taking action.

  Instead, Moon Star Lord's face turned deathly pale as he shouted repeatedly: "Big brother, retreat, retreat!" But Sun Star Lord was too focused on charging forward with his head down, ignoring Moon Star Lord's cries. When Sun Star Lord's hand landed on Moon Star Lord's shoulder, a desperate expression floated onto Tai Yin Star Lord's face.

  "Big brother......" As soon as Monday Star Lord opened his mouth, he hadn't even said a few words before "Boom!" He exploded into powder. A purple-red sword energy burst out of Monday Star Lord's body and rapidly chopped towards Sunday Star Lord.

  In just a few breaths' time, Monday Star Lord, died!

  Because of the close distance, the Sun Star Lord who couldn't dodge in time could only stiffly withstand this slash of sword energy, and was instantly sent flying for hundreds of feet.

  "Second Brother, Big Brother..." The remaining seven Star Lords simultaneously let out a miserable cry as they charged towards Lei Hao.

  Lei Hao stood still on the mountain stronghold, gazing at the seven Star Lords who were filled with indignation.

  "Everyone stop." At this time, Taiyang Xingjun suddenly spat out a mouthful of golden blood and let out a loud roar.

  "Big brother, this demon killed second brother!" Huǒyào Xīng Jūn pointed at Léi Háo with one hand and turned his head to shout at Rìyào Xīng Jūn in a tearful voice.

  "Retreat, retreat! Monday was right, this monster is not something we can handle." Sunday Starlord clutched at his chest, drop after drop of golden blood continuously dripping from his hand.

  The seven-star lord returned with a sorrowful face beside Sunday lord and flew into the sky supporting him.

  Lei Hao gazed at the distant Eight Trigrams Star, not chasing after it. After a long while, a cold gust of wind swept by, and Lei Hao slowly said: "This king won't kill you, but you want to take this king's brother, so for the sake of this king's brother, this king has no choice but to kill you." It was unknown whether Lei Hao was speaking to himself or to the already deceased Moon Trigrams Star Lord.

  The eight-day star entered the military camp of the heavenly soldiers and generals, and after spitting out a few mouthfuls of blood, the Sun Star Lord fainted. Li Jing, who had been waiting in the camp, came forward and looked at the Sun Star Lord: "Just now, did you fight with Qi Tian Da Sheng? How were you injured so severely?"

  The seven Star Lords were silent and did not speak.

  Li Jing examined the injuries of Ri Yue Xing Jun for a long time, but did not hear any response from the seven Star Lords. He furrowed his brow and looked up to find that something was amiss. Upon counting carefully, he discovered that Yue Xing Jun was missing. Immediately, he asked: "Where is Yue Xing Jun?"

  "Tuesday Star Lord's face was filled with sorrow as he said: 'Second Brother, Second Brother has fallen in battle.'"

  Li Jing was shocked. The Heavenly Court had not had an unnamed heavenly soldier or general die in battle for a long time. Even the likes of Giant Spirit God, who was nothing but a brute, could become famous throughout the Three Realms. How could it be that within a short span of half an hour, a Nine Radiance Star Lord had fallen in battle? He wondered how he would explain this to Jade Emperor after returning to the Heavenly Court.

  At this time, Nezha had already appeared beside Riyue Xingjun. He carefully examined Riyue Xingjun's wound and stood up to say definitely: "It was injured by knife energy."

  Li Jing heard this and exclaimed in surprise: "Isn't Qitian Dasheng a staff-wielding deity? What's with the knife aura?"

  Nezha looked at Li Jing with an expressionless face and said in a cold voice, "Who said that the Nine-Light Star had fought against the Great Sage of Heaven?"

  "Alas, we nine brothers knew the Great Sage Equal to Heaven," said the Fire Star Lord with a sorrowful tone. "The one who came was not him, but a cow demon wearing a white Confucian robe with two horns on his head. As for what kind of weapon he used, none of us saw it. Second Brother died at his hands in just one move."

  Nezha nodded immediately and said: "Cow demon? That's it."

  Li Jing hastily asked: "My son, do you know the origin of that demon?"

  Nezha didn't even look at Li Jing, and with an expressionless face said: "The last time I attacked the Mountain of Flowers and Fruits, I met a strong knife-wielding expert. Later, Sun Wukong told me that it was his older brother, Wan Jin Dasheng!"

  Li Jing's face suddenly turned extremely ugly, and he said with hatred: "I knew it, as soon as we came to Huaguo Mountain, nothing good would happen. The Great Sage Equaling Heaven has not even appeared yet, and we have already lost a great general. What can be done next?"

  Nezha looked at him with disdain and said: "What's going on? Are you prepared to let someone die in exchange for another life?"

  Li Jing's face was momentarily stunned, and he wanted to say something, but then he saw Nezha carrying a fire-tipped spear and walking out of the gate, so he shouted loudly: "Where is my son going?"

  "Since there is a strong hand on the Mountain of Flowers and Fruits, this prince naturally wants to go and fight. Can't just stay in the army camp and not go out?"