Journey to the West: Tang Monk Conquers Everything

The Blood Knife Cave was extraordinarily large, and the Demon Clan numbered in the tens of thousands, so for Jiang Liu, who had taken on the appearance of a demon, entering the mountain was not difficult at all.

However, entering the core area of the Blood Knife Cave was not so easy.

But that was not really a problem, either. Once inside the mountains of the Blood Knife Cave, Jiang Liu calmly surveyed his surroundings and quickly located a target.

A target that seemed to have a status and position of some importance.

Immediately after, Jiang Liu followed behind him and successully entered a pine forest where he unsuspectingly struck, naturally killing the demon with a single move.

Although on the surface it appeared that Jiang Liu and the demons were not much different, it was merely an illusion.

In reality, Jiang Liu still wore the Brocade Kasaya and held the Nine-Ring Staff, and naturally, an ordinary demon was killed with a single strike.

"Wukong, let's transform into his appearance and infiltrate..." After killing the demon with the staff, Jiang Liu spoke.

"Alright, Master!" Transformed into the figure of a mosquito and perched on Jiang Liu's shoulder, Sun Wukong responded.

But hardly had Sun Wukong reverted from his mosquito form to his original form when suddenly a shocked cry rang out.

"You two, who are you? How dare you attack a Demon Being of my Blood Demon Cavern!?"

A lean Demon Marshal with the head of a leopard looked at Jiang Liu and Sun Wukong in astonishment, while glancing at the demon that Jiang Liu had just killed.

Whoosh!

Despite his surprise, this demon reacted quickly. Seeing his direct superior, a majesty of the Demon King realm, silently killed, the Demon Marshal knew he was no match for Jiang Liu and Sun Wukong and quickly withdrew.

At the same time, a signal was released and exploded mid-air.

With the special effect of the Flashing Brilliance Shoes activated, the Demon Marshal's retreat was fast, but Jiang Liu's ability to blink was faster, and he appeared behind the demon almost in the blink of an eye.

Then, without any more words, he continued to smash the head of the Demon Marshal with his Nine-Ring Staff.

Almost simultaneously, the health bar emptied instantaneously, and the Demon Marshal collapsed, granting Jiang Liu a hefty 20,000 Experience Points.

"Refreshing!" A single hit that yielded over 20,000 Experience Points thrilled Jiang Liu immensely.

Unfortunately, their current mission was to retrieve Monk Sha, so these demons needed to be dealt with later.

After quickly killing this demon, Jiang Liu saw that following the alarm signal, many demons had already begun converging from all around.

"Wukong, hurry, let's both transform into pine trees!" Seeing many demons approaching, Jiang Liu urgently said to Sun Wukong.

As they were in the middle of a pine forest in the mountain, transforming into pine trees seemed most fitting.

"But, Master, I..." However, upon hearing Jiang Liu's words, Sun Wukong sounded somewhat troubled.

"What's wrong? You can't transform into a tree?"

Seeing Sun Wukong's troubled expression, Jiang Liu asked in surprise.

Wasn't Sun Wukong capable of transforming into anything with his Art of Transformation?

Seeing the demons closing in, Sun Wukong had no time to explain further. He pointed at Jiang Liu and instantly transformed him into a peach tree using his Divine Skills.

At the same time, Sun Wukong himself also transformed into the figure of a peach tree.

Within moments, dozens of demons appeared and upon finding the severely injured and unconscious Demon Marshal, they were secretly stunned. They then began a thorough search for their assailants.

"Wait, we surrounded this area when we came, no matter which direction the enemy fled, they should have encountered us, but they evidently haven't. So, the enemy must still be here!"

A few demons reasoned among themselves, prepared to spread out and search, but then one of the demons suddenly spoke up,

"Still here?" Hearing this demon's words, the others thought about it and nodded in agreement, then began searching meticulously.

"Wait, look at those two peach trees, don't they seem strange?" After searching for a moment, one of the demons suddenly pointed at the peach trees Jiang Liu and Sun Wukong had transformed into and asked.

In the midst of this dense pine forest, the sudden appearance of two peach trees naturally attracted attention.

"Indeed, I've been to this forest several times and have never seen peach trees here before!" With the demon's words, other demons also nodded, looking puzzled.

This conversation made the surrounding demons aware that there was indeed something unusual about the two peach trees.

Immediately, the leading demon raised his hand and a large knife appeared, striking directly at the peach tree Jiang Liu had transformed into.

With a bang, the knife struck Jiang Liu. Because he was wearing the Brocade Kasaya, the blow felt merely like a tickle.

Naturally, in the eyes of the other Demon Clan members, this mighty Demon Marshal couldn't even chop down a peach tree with one strike?

Indeed, this tree was extremely peculiar, defying common logic.

As the strike came down, the Divine Skills of the Art of Transformation on Jiang Liu were lifted. Without wasting words, a pair of huge wings unfolded behind him, and then, hundreds of feather-like Flying Daggers appeared, sweeping toward these Demon Clan members.

Since he was discovered, he might as well take action and eliminate all these Demon Clan members who had discovered him.

He remembered a saying from the game "Assassin's Creed" well, "The most perfect infiltration is to kill all the targets that have discovered you; naturally, there's no one left to discover you."

Therefore, once discovered, Jiang Liu didn't bother being polite. He burst forth into action, and his Nine-Ring Staff continuously struck down on these Demon Clan members.

Similarly, seeing his disguise had been recognized, Sun Wukong also directly took out his Jingu Bang, and then, with a swing of his Iron Rod that grew in size as it caught the wind, he swept it across these Demon Clan members.

In just a few breaths' time, Jiang Liu and Sun Wukong had erupted into action. Both of their strengths were completely overwhelming, so naturally, dealing with these Demon Clan members was an easy task.

This wave of slaughter was quick and decisive, ending almost as soon as it had begun.

However, for Jiang Liu, even this brief slaughter had provided him with a good six to seven hundred thousand Experience Points.

"Let's go!" After annihilating all these Demon Clan members, Jiang Liu said to Sun Wukong, and then, the two quickly left.

They ran out seven or eight li before stopping in a secluded area in the mountains of the Blood Demon Cavern.

"Monkey, why didn't you transform us into pine trees just now? Why insist on becoming peach trees?"

After stopping, Jiang Liu finally had the time to speak to Sun Wukong, turning his head with his gaze landing on Sun Wukong, he asked.

"Master, I, Old Sun..." Hearing Jiang Liu's inquiry, Sun Wukong's face showed a troubled expression as if he had some unspeakable difficulties.

In Jiang Liu's eyes, a look of surprise and inquiry remained as he curiously watched Sun Wukong.

Sun Wukong had long mastered the seventy-two transformations, and in his hands, it seemed he could change into anything in the universe.

Tables, chairs, benches, flying birds, swimming fish, there was almost nothing he couldn't change into.

Yet, he couldn't become a pine tree? If it weren't for this monkey dropping the ball just now, he wouldn't have been discovered by those demons, right?

"Master, I can indeed transform into a pine tree, but, I'm not quite proficient at it, please don't ask anymore!" Showing some difficulty, and seemingly unable to speak freely, after a long silence, Sun Wukong finally spoke to Jiang Liu.

"Not proficient at turning into pine trees? That wasn't mentioned in the original work!" Sun Wukong's words left Jiang Liu somewhat astonished.

Was transforming into a pine tree the weakest of the seventy-two transformations? Or was it Sun Wukong's weakness? This seemed to make no sense.

Pine trees are nothing special, right?

Moreover, wasn't there a time in the original work where Sun Wukong did transform into one?@@novelbin@@

"Wait a second, I understand now!"

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Considering the time in the original work when Sun Wukong had transformed into a pine tree, Jiang Liu suddenly realized what was going on.

In "Journey to the West", Sun Wukong's seventy-two transformations really seemed to enable him to change into anything in the universe, but, the original work only mentioned his transformation into a pine tree once.

That was the time during his cultivation in the Moon Three-Star Cave under Ancestor Bodhi, studying the seventy-two transformations. When he mastered his art, his fellow disciples egged him on to demonstrate his new skill.

Just like a normal person playing a game and wanting to show off a newly learned skill a few times after learning it, right?

So, when his fellow disciples challenged him, they pointed at a random pine tree for Sun Wukong to transform into.

Naturally, Sun Wukong changed into the appearance of a pine tree just as his fellow disciples had said.

But what happened afterward? It happened that Ancestor Bodhi came out and saw Sun Wukong flaunting his seventy-two transformations in front of others, so he drove Sun Wokung from the Moon Three-Star Cave.

Perhaps from that time on, becoming a pine tree became a mental block for Sun Wukong?

So, he was very reluctant to transform into a pine tree again?

Looking carefully, it seemed that since then, despite countless uses of the Art of Transformation, Sun Wokung really had never transformed into a pine tree again?

"Alright, Monkey, let's continue our infiltration! Although we weren't caught, at least we caused some confusion; let's move on!"

Understanding why Sun Wokung was reluctant to transform into a pine tree, Jiang Liu internally sighed but didn't blame him further, realizing that being driven out of the Moon Three-Star Cave by Ancestor Bodhi was a knot in Sun Wokung's heart.