Thud! Thud! Thud!
Under normal circumstances, Jiang Liu looks like nothing more than a handsome young monk with a modest and polite demeanor. However, when he makes a move, holding a huge Xuanhua Axe in his hand, the ferocity of his onslaught is completely at odds with his original temperament.
As he brought the giant axe down in successive strikes, the Demon King was forced to retreat continuously, completely overpowered.
"Damn it," the Demon King cursed after a moment of fierce combat. Seeing Jiang Liu’s axe descending, he made no move to block it, instead bringing his cleaving saber straight down toward Jiang Liu’s chest.
It was a do-or-die gambit, clearly intended to force Jiang Liu to defend himself.
However, in the Demon King’s mind, while Jiang Liu surely had to parry to protect himself, his movements didn’t change at all.
This left the Demon King utterly shocked. What was happening? Was this Holy Monk Xuanzang truly ready to risk his life against him?
In the blink of an eye, it was already too late to change his move. Jiang Liu’s axe struck the Demon King’s shoulder, and amid a scream of agony, one of his arms was completely severed.
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With a splurting sound, the Demon King’s cleaving saber also landed on Jiang Liu’s shoulder, blood spilling out.
However, this cut was merely a superficial wound on Jiang Liu’s chest, not deep enough to damage even bone, just a flesh wound.
With strong Defense Equipment and the damage immunity from the Vajra Mantra reducing 80% of the injury, the Demon King’s strike inflicted minimal damage on Jiang Liu, barely managing to leave a scratch.
Jiang Liu’s Health Points, following the strike, decreased by a mere 5% or so.
For the Demon King, however, things were different. With an arm severed, his Health Points plummeted by 20%. Now, it looked like only a third of his Health Points remained.
"I will take you down with me!" By this point, the Demon King realized the gravity of his wounds and that victory was impossible for him. His eyes filled with madness, he shouted loudly at Jiang Liu.
Simultaneously, an immense surge of Demon Qi erupted, and his body started to swell up rapidly like an inflated balloon.
"A self-destructive skill?" Jiang Liu’s heart tensed as he observed the Demon King’s transformation.
Extending his hand toward the Demon King, he cast the Silencing Zen, striking him with its power.
In an instant, the Demon Qi within the Demon King became as stagnant as still water, unable to be mobilized. Simultaneously, the inflated figure swiftly deflated, rapidly returning to its original form.
Seeing the baffled look on the Demon King’s face, Jiang Liu, without further ado, charged forward again, his Xuanhua Axe falling continuously.
Then, with a final move of Palm Thunder, he grabbed the Demon King’s head.
Lightning furiously poured forth, instantly enveloping his entire body and completely consuming his form.
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Notification: Earned 45,600 Experience Points, received 880 silver taels.
As soon as the Demon King was gravely injured and on the brink of death by Jiang Liu’s hand, the system’s notification sounded almost simultaneously, prompting Jiang Liu to nod to himself in approval.
As expected of a Demon King level existence, defeating him awarded a whopping more than 40,000 Experience Points, equivalent to over an hour’s worth of cultivation with the Green Lotus Taoist Scripture.
After dispatching the Demon King in a one-on-one fight without expending much effort, Jiang Liu looked down at his own injury, immediately healing himself with the Guanyin Mantra, restoring his Health Points to full before opening his inventory space with satisfaction.
Upon defeating the Demon King, some desirable loot appeared, the most important of which was a large Bronze Chest.
"A Bronze Chest? What is this?" With the item appearing in his inventory space, Jiang Liu felt a sense of wonder, different from the usual Treasure Chests he encountered.
As Jiang Liu’s gaze settled on the Bronze Chest, the corresponding Attribute Information quickly appeared before him.
"Gang’s Treasury (Special Item): Can be placed in the gang’s stronghold. Members of the gang can deposit and withdraw items at will. The Gang Leader can open it from a distance, space is 100*100 slots!"
"Sss, what a treasure!" Jiang Liu gasped at the Attribute Information of the Bronze Chest, feeling both shocked and elated.
100*100 slots? That’s a total of 10,000 slots!
Compared to this chest, his own inventory space seemed like nothing more than a fabric pouch!
"No wonder it’s an excellent item for storing an entire gang’s treasures, the space is truly massive!" After carefully examining the capacity of the Bronze Chest, Jiang Liu nodded to himself, quite satisfied with what he found.
Of course, what mattered most was that the Gang Leader could open it from afar?
Doesn’t this mean that no matter where I go, I can deposit and retrieve items from this treasure at will?
It’s as if I’ve been given a super-huge additional inventory space!
If in the future I end up like during the battle in the Demon Realm, with my inventory space filled, I can just transfer everything to the Gang’s Treasury, couldn’t I just continue looting automatically?
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Of course, although the Bronze Chest from the Gang’s Treasury was desirable, it could only be used after establishing a gang and placing it in the gang’s territory.
Therefore, it was currently of no use!
Whoosh!
Just as Jiang Liu’s thoughts were occupied with the Bronze Chest, silently contemplating the creation of a gang, a dazzling light suddenly appeared, binding his entire body and rendering him immobile.
The sudden, stealthy attack left Jiang Liu completely unable to react.
"What’s happening!?" Suddenly ambushed, Jiang Liu was instantly bound, and at the same time, a feeling of the world spinning came over him, making him feel somewhat dazed and heavy-headed.
When Jiang Liu regained his senses, he realized that he had been bound, and a wholly red, one-horned Flood Dragon was clutching him, flying off into the distance.
Despite the stealth attack, the ability to instantly capture him and flee into the distance without even needing to check the opponent’s character panel, Jiang Liu could sense that this red Flood Dragon was extraordinary.
Jiang Liu swiftly opened the Social System panel and sent a message via the Master-Disciple channel, calling for help from Sun Wukong.
In Flame Cloud Cave, Sun Wukong, who was originally lounging with his legs crossed, resting, suddenly sprang up, having heard his master’s cry for help!
With just a thought, Sun Wukong leapt to his feet, waking up Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing as well.
"Monkey Brother, what’s up? It’s the middle of the night!" Rubbing his eyes, Zhu Bajie muttered sleepily.
"Bajie, Wujing, this is bad, Master is missing, I heard him call for help using his Divine Skills!" Sun Wukong said with an urgent look on his face.
"What!? Master is missing!?" Upon hearing this, both Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing’s expressions changed dramatically.
Sun Wukong busily went in search of his master, quickly leaving Flame Cloud Cave.
The commotion here was also noticed by the Little Demons of Flame Cloud Cave, who promptly informed Demon King Ox and his family.
"It’s over!" Hearing this news, Demon King Ox’s face turned exceedingly grim.
The members of the Journey to the West Team were the eye of the storm in a major calamity; indeed, it had been a mistake to keep them in Flame Cloud Cave.
Now something had indeed happened, and this was troublesome!
"What!? Something happened to Holy Monk Xuanzang in my Flame Cloud Cave!?"
Leaving aside why Demon King Ox looked so troubled, nearby Red Boy, who was courageous as a calf unafraid of tigers, heard of Jiang Liu’s trouble, grabbed his Red Tassel Spear, and flames of Samadhi True Fire rose from his body as he spoke angrily, ready to rush out and help. Who dared to lay hands on Holy Monk Xuanzang in Flame Cloud Cave? Wasn’t that a slap to his own face?
"Wait, Holy Infant, don’t go..." However, seeing Red Boy angrily preparing to join the battle, Demon King Ox’s expression changed again as he urgently spoke up to stop Red Boy.
"Father, why?" Turning his head in confusion, Red Boy looked at Demon King Ox, unable to understand. How could he stand idly by in such a situation?
"Don’t go! Listen to me! If we get involved, the odds are against us!" Hearing Red Boy’s words, Demon King Ox’s expression darkened, but he still blocked Red Boy, not allowing him to proceed.
"Father, when you were in trouble before, Uncle Wukong and Holy Monk Xuanzang came to your rescue!" Hearing his father speak as if afraid of death, Red Boy found it hard to comprehend.
In Red Boy’s heart, his father had always been a man of indomitable spirit, fearless, yet today, what had happened to him?
Without even seeing who their adversary was, he was already too frightened to act?
"Holy Infant, some things are complicated and can’t be clearly explained, just listen to your father! Don’t go!" Explaining was too troublesome, Demon King Ox simply stared seriously at Red Boy and spoke.
"Sigh..." Princess Iron-Fan, seeing the dispute between her husband and son, inwardly sighed.
Why her husband did not act, Princess Iron-Fan was well aware.
If Demon King Ox was afraid of neither heaven nor earth, then there was one thing in the world that he feared the most, which was the major calamity.
Princess Iron-Fan understood clearly that what her husband truly feared was not the person who dared to abduct Holy Monk Xuanzang, but rather the identity of Holy Monk Xuanzang and his companions, the individuals fated for the current calamity.
Any mishap involving him would strike fear in her husband, prompting him to keep his distance.
"Alright, Holy Infant, no more arguing. There is reason in what your father says; just listen to him this time!"
Despite knowing her son’s rebellious nature, Princess Iron-Fan also joined in, softly persuading Red Boy.
"Indeed, we might even be better off leaving this place; my lady, let’s return to Emerald Cloud Mountain for a few days!" Demon King Ox nodded in agreement, even feeling that staying in Flame Cloud Cave was unsafe.
"Holy Infant, haven’t you always wanted to go back to Banana Leaf Cave? Let’s do it today, the three of us, and spend some time there, shall we?"
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