Chapter 98: The Second War of Huaguo Mountain (6)

  "Nezha, you can just stay here with your mother, the people here still remember your kindness to this day, I think you would sleep very comfortably here." Lei Hao stood in front of a tomb made entirely of white jade, his face showing a faint sadness.

  On the tombstone of this grave, there were no long titles or names that shook the three realms, only six simple characters "Filial Son Nezha's Tomb". Next to Nezha's tomb was a plain and clean bluestone tomb with some moss but no weeds, with the inscription "Tomb of Caring Mother Yin Shiniang" on the tombstone. The person standing at the left lower corner of the tombstone was Nezha.

  Lei Hao stood in front of Nezha's grave for a long time, and when he was about to leave, he suddenly said with some self-mockery: "You lost, you died, but you can still go home, you can still be with your mother; if I lose, if I die, I won't be able to go home, and I won't be able to find my mom."

  After finishing speaking, Lei Hao turned around, carried his waist, lowered his head, and walked away step by step. A gust of wind blew over, bringing up a sky full of dandelions, drifting behind Lei Hao's back, reflecting his silhouette, until his silhouette gradually became a small black dot.

  Lei Hao left, and Nezha's grave suddenly became quiet, with only the gentle breeze blowing over the two lonely graves.

  But just as it had quieted down for a short while, a dazzling blue light suddenly flashed across the sky and landed right in front of Nezha.

  However, it was Guan Jiangkou who arrived, that young master in black, with the large black dog still behind him.

  "Nezha, Second Brother has come to see you." The young man in black clothes held two jars of fine wine in one hand and poured one jar onto Nezha's tomb. He raised the other jar and drank it all in one breath. The overflowing wine flowed down from the corner of his mouth, wetting his collar.

  After putting down the wine jar, the young man in black was already in tears.

  …………

  When Lei Hao returned to Dongsheng Shenzhou, he found that Huaguo Mountain was once again surrounded by endless heavenly soldiers and generals. A stern and murderous aura of war could be felt from afar. Looking far away, the sun was blocked by dark clouds, and Huaguo Mountain no longer had the appearance of a beautiful and peaceful paradise, but rather like an open-mouthed demonic cave.

  "Halt, traveler! Take a detour, this road is impassable." Lei Hao Fang pressed down on the cloud head and descended outside of Huaguo Mountain, when suddenly a loud shout reached his ears.

  Lei Hao didn't even lift his head, and continued walking forward by himself.

  Suddenly, a warning weak magical power thundered at the foot of Lei Hao, and the angry shouts of many people sounded in his ears again: "If you don't retreat quickly, you will be dead."

  Lei Hao stopped in his tracks, thought for a moment, and suddenly lifted his head with a sly smile, his pearly white teeth reflecting a captivating glow under the sunlight. He smiled and said, "This king wants to go home? Are you going to stop me too?"

  The dark clouds on Lei Hao's head suddenly dispersed a small hole, and a golden yellow sunbeam passed through the dark clouds, falling on Lei Hao's body. The white-clad Lei Hao's body emitted a faint halo of light, as if an immortal had descended into the world.

  But the seemingly calm and peaceful Lei Hao had frightened those heavenly soldiers and generals who were sizing him up, their hearts almost stopping, after a few breaths, Lei Hao finally heard the panicked cries: "It's that old demon, it's the old devil who killed the Third Prince who has returned."

  Lei Hao smiled helplessly, he knew it would be this result. He didn't bother to care about the chaotic heavenly soldiers and heavenly realm above, but instead continued to walk step by step towards Huaguo Mountain. In front of Lei Hao, all the seals seemed like a curtain, constantly lifting a small opening to let him pass through.

  The Flower-Fruit Mountain, which was surrounded by countless heavenly soldiers and sealed off like a copper wall and iron fortress, appeared to be as unguarded as if no one was there in front of the mighty Lei.

  "Back?" Sun Wukong, dressed in neat and tidy attire, stood dazed on the mountain slope, seeing Lei Hao return and asked softly, his voice as flat as if asking "Have you eaten?"

  Lei Hao nodded and in a flash, he appeared beside Sun Wukong.

  "This time, it's probably not that easy to get rid of. If I die in battle like Nezha, the little fox and Lei Wei's brothers will be left to you." Lei Hao gazed at the dark clouds, his tone as calm as if he were asking Sun Wukong "Have you eaten?"

  "Has Nezha been buried?" Sun Wukong didn't respond to Lei Hao's words at all, and directly asked.

  "It's buried. The scenery of Chentang Pass is indeed no worse than that of Huaguo Mountain." Lei Hao said slowly after a few moments of silence.

  "That's good." Sun Wukong said dazedly.

  The two brothers stood as still as stone statues on top of the mountain stronghold, gazing up at the sky.

  After a wisp of fragrance, a handsome young general wearing golden armor and holding an iron rod jumped out from the dark clouds. With one swing of his iron rod, he pointed at Lei Hao and furiously said: "Old demon, dare you to fight this crown prince?"

  Lei Hao carefully looked at him and found that the young general of the Golden Immortal Realm in its early days had a few similarities with Nezha, so he asked loudly: "What is your name?"

  The handsome young general stared at Lei Hao, gritting his teeth and shouting: "Old demon, you actually don't recognize the crown prince? I am Li Tianwang's second son, Nezha's second brother. Today, I have come to avenge my third brother and take your life."

  Lei Hao was taken aback, then let out a sigh and said: "So you're Nezha's second brother. You can leave now. Out of respect for Nezha, I won't fight you. Don't come back again either. Your cultivation isn't even as good as Nezha's, how can you avenge your third brother or take my life?"

  Mu Zha's anger surged to his crown upon hearing this, and he bellowed with a hoarse voice: "If you can defeat me, come and fight! I, the Crown Prince, will take your life. Even if I'm defeated, I'll stake my own life to ensure that you're torn into a million pieces!" Having said that, Mu Zha charged at Lei Hao with his iron rod.

  Sun Wukong beside Leiyu was enraged and summoned his golden cudgel, ready to charge forward.

  Lei Hao grasped Sun Wukong with one hand and hastily said: "Don't take his life."

  Sun Wukong nodded without looking back, speaking quickly: "I'm awake, I'll go now, and consider it a lesson for Nezha to teach this ignorant Second Brother." After finishing speaking, he broke free from Lei Hao's hand and transformed into a golden light, rushing towards Muzha.

  Sun Wukong and Mu Zha are both skilled with the staff, but as soon as they clashed, it was clear who was stronger. Obviously, Sun Wukong was much more powerful than Mu Zha. If this had happened before Sun Wukong ate those two gourds of half-gold elixir, Mu Zha might have been able to exchange blows with him for two rounds.

  But now Sun Wukong's cultivation has reached the late Golden Immortal stage, and his solo cultivation is two small realms higher than Muzha. With the addition of Sun Wukong's Lingming Stone Monkey's innate talent and martial arts skills, if he really wants to kill Muzha, Muzha will absolutely not be able to withstand more than a hundred moves.

  But now Sun Wukong is teasing Muzha with a relaxed and casual attitude, so for a while the two of them are also fighting with sound and color.

  Sun Wukong only used six-tenths of his power to fight against Mu Zha, but the Golden Cudgel was swung like a dragon emerging from water, fiercely attacking Mu Zha. Mu Zha hurriedly swung his staff to meet it, and felt wave after wave of violent force transmitted through the Mixed Iron Staff, shaking him so much that he could hardly hold onto his weapon, and his tiger's mouth was also numb with pain.

  Mu Zha gritted his teeth and swung his weapon to fight Sun Wukong, shouting: "This prince has not come with the Jade Emperor's decree, nor does he want to trouble the Great Sage. Please, Great Sage, withdraw your hand and let this prince go find that old demon. This prince guarantees that he will not harm a single blade of grass or tree on Flower Fruit Mountain."

  Sun Wukong's eyes narrowed, and he sneered: "You think you can find my brother's weakness with just these two moves? Don't you know that even if you die, you won't be able to hurt a single hair on his head?" With that, Sun Wukong unleashed his full strength, striking the Huashan Mountain with a powerful blow that landed heavily on Mu Zha's iron staff.

  Muzha listened to Sun Wukong's words, and immediately his eyes blazed with fury. He was about to engage in a fierce battle with Sun Wukong when he felt a severe pain in his tiger-like mouth, followed by numbness in both arms, causing the iron rod to slip from his grasp.

  After Sun Wukong made this move, he didn't rush to attack, but instead retreated dozens of feet away, holding the Golden Hoop Rod and staring at Muzha.

  Muzha seemed to be stunned by Sun Wukong's single rod, his blood-red eyes staring at the fallen iron rod on the ground of Huaguo Mountain, and he muttered to himself with tears: "Third brother, second brother is useless, you died in battle, second brother can't even help you avenge your death, but how can we give up just because we can't avenge our death?" The last sentence was almost shouted out with the last bit of strength left in his chest.

  He finished speaking and stretched out his hand, the iron rod flew back to Mu Zhu's hands at high speed. He rushed towards Lei Hao again, as if he could kill Lei Hao with one move as long as he got past Sun Wukong.

  Sun Wukong snorted in annoyance, muttering: "No wonder he's Nezha's second brother, all of them are stubborn!", and with that, he could only wave his golden hoop rod to meet the attack.

  Lei Hao gazed at the battle between Sun Wukong and Mu Zha, his face filled with helplessness.

  Half a time later, Sun Wukong was still entangled with Muzha. He now regretted it extremely. This guy was a stubborn cow who wouldn't turn back even if he hit the South Wall after reaching the Yellow River. As soon as he had the chance, he would rush towards Lei Hao. He could only use one move to knock Muzha back, and he had to carefully control his strength, fearing that one move would kill this guy, which would be hard to explain when he returned to Lei Hao's place.

  "Considering Nezha's sake, I've told you and fought with you. Don't be so arrogant, you can't even beat me, what qualifications do you have to avenge Nezha? Go back and practice for a few thousand years before coming again." Sun Wukong, who was somewhat angry, struck Mu Zhe flying again and shouted at him.

  "Monkey King is not qualified, is that True Lord qualified?" As soon as Sun Wukong's voice fell, a clear and melodious voice came from the dark clouds.

  As soon as he heard the voice with a magical tone, Lei Hu's wooden face finally moved its gaze, turning his head to look up at the sky.

  Lei Hao furrowed his brow, and a look of understanding flashed in his eyes.

  "Are you qualified or not? You'll know after a fight. What's the point of hiding in the sky and chattering away? Come out and let me, the Great Sage, give you a few hundred blows to vent my anger before we talk."