Journey to the West: Tang Monk Conquers Everything

The thirty-fifth ordeal, the theft of the golden body.

The thirty-sixth ordeal, the two disciples were ambushed.

Maitreya Buddha sat quietly on his own lotus platform, flipping through the Calamity Book in his hand, his face uncontrollably revealing a smile as he looked at the two ordeals that had appeared in the book.

Although the development of events had deviated slightly from his own design, Guanyin was unexpectedly fine.

But fortunately, the overall direction was correct, and this time, two ordeals had directly occurred, which was very good.

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Julu Continent, an unnamed marshland.

Jiang Liu's gaze fell on the handsome man in golden armor before him; soon, a translucent character panel appeared in front of Jiang Liu.

ID: Soul Demon (Blue).

Gender: ???

Profession: Demon.

Level: 79.

Equipment: ...

Looking at the information on the character panel in front of him, Jiang Liu's eyes widened, his face filled with astonishment.

Reaching level 79 wasn't strange, but the gender marked by three question marks was peculiar—what did that mean?

Since Jiang Liu had unlocked the ability to view character panels, the only other instance where the gender appeared as question marks was with Guanyin.

Unexpectedly, there was another one here? What did this Soul Demon mean? Could it be genderless?

"Who are you!?"

Jiang Liu was focusing on the character panel, but as he looked at the figure rising from the marsh, Zhu Bajie couldn't stand it anymore, his face displaying anger as he shouted fiercely.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

However, before the Soul Demon could reply, four more figures flew straight out of the marsh, two men and two women, gathering around the Soul Demon.

They clearly looked like they were together.

Jiang Liu's gaze also swept over these four demon creatures, naturally, pulling up their character panels to have a look.

Goodness, the level information of these four demon creatures was also not low, all above level 71, all of which were in the Taiyi Realm.

Having encountered several spider demons from Pansi Spider Cave days ago, all in the Heavenly Immortal Realm, Jiang Liu had already considered them a fairly formidable force.

Now looking at this, including the Soul Demon, there were five Taiyi Realm demons?

"Is this really the Juli Continent notorious for rampant demons?" Looking at the five Taiyi Realm demons before him, Jiang Liu couldn't help but internally remark.

Among the four major continents, Julu Continent in the north was a land of rampant demons and was also the least described in the original Journey to the West.

After all, the scriptural pilgrimage team only traveled from Shanbu Continent in the south to Niuhe State in the west, and did not pass through Julu Continent.

And the eastern Shengshenzhou Continent was somewhat described because it was the birthplace of Sun Wukong.

Now, to come across five Taiyi Realm demons in Julu Continent right away caused Jiang Liu to internally sigh.

This level of power was very rare in the other three major continents.

"You two also seem to be born from our Demon Clan, right? Why do you obediently follow a little monk?"

Led by the Soul Demon, the five Taiyi Realm demons glanced at Zhu Bajie and Sun Wukong, their lips curling slightly in a sneering smile as they spoke.

This remark was naturally directed at Zhu Bajie and Sun Wukong.

"You evil creature, what is your identity!? How dare you steal Old Pig's golden body!" Raising his hand, the Supreme Treasure Golden Rake shone brightly as Zhu Bajie spoke, his face filled with anger and indignation.

As he spoke, his aura burst forth, giving off a very terrifying feeling.

Normally, because of his lazy nature, Zhu Bajie fought in a lax manner, which severely contradicted his level information.

But if he really got angry, Zhu Bajie's strength was extremely fearsome.

Now, Zhu Bajie, seeing his golden body seemingly occupied by others, was clearly furious.

"Wukong, don't be in a hurry to strike!"

Taking a look, the opposite side had only their strongest controlling Zhu Bajie's golden body, while the others, although reaching the Taiyi Realm, all appeared below level 75, Jiang Liu thought slightly and spoke to Sun Wukong.

"Eh? Not letting I, Old Sun, strike!?" Jiang Liu's words slightly stunned Sun Wukong, obviously puzzled as to why his master disallowed him from taking action.

Jiang Liu didn't let Sun Wukong strike because he didn't want him to snatch the experience points.

After all, Level 81 exceeded his own by over 10 levels, and they were not yet sufficient to form a team.

The Double Fish Jade Pendant was taken out, and a skill swap chosen—Sun Wukong's.

Jiang Liu directly used his own Water Avoidance Art skill and exchanged it for the Heaven and Earth Mighty Magic from Sun Wukong.

Strengthening Demon-Subduing Mantra!

The first Strengthening Demon-Subduing Mantra was readied for himself.

Strengthening Body-Protection Spell was cast on Zhu Bajie as the two entered a team state.

Jiang Liu directly took out the Fire Tip Spear, without wasting any words, he pointed the tip of the spear towards the sky.

An invisible fluctuation fell from the sky, exploding into a gigantic lotus-shaped figure, the very skill of Jiang Liu's Lotus Spell.

After all, Jiang Liu had reached the level 70, not far behind these evil demons. Additionally, with his equipment and the augmentation from the Strengthening Demon-Subduing Mantra, discussing just the attack power, he had certainly reached the level of a Taiyi True Immortal.

Following the deployment of Jiang Liu's mass attack-type Lotus Spell, Zhu Bajie's Supreme Treasure Golden Rake trembled and he lunged at the Soul Demon that possessed his golden body.

Heaven and Earth Mighty Magic!

After initiating the combat state first, Jiang Liu also used the Heaven and Earth Mighty Magic Divine Skill, his body transforming instantly into a hundred meters tall.

Simultaneously, under this skill, Jiang Liu temporarily possessed the strength of Sun Wukong's Heaven and Earth Mighty Magic.

Boom, boom, boom!

The power of a Great Luo Golden Immortal gave Jiang Liu an absolutely overwhelming advantage. Also, because he struck first, he wasn't afraid of damaging Marshal Tianpeng's physical body and acted without any reservations.

Under the swings of the Fire Tip Spear, several early Taiyi True Immortal demon creatures were no match for Jiang Liu.

There was no need for skills like the Silencing Zen or Sheep Transformation Technique, these control-type skills, it was completely about overpowering them.

Down went the Fire Tip Spear, and under this immense strength, all spells and Dharma Treasures were utterly futile.

Soon, the health bars of four Taiyi True Immortal realm demons were emptied under Jiang Liu's attacks.

Notification: Gained 205200 Experience Points, earned 2100 Silver.

Notification: Gained 185000 Experience Points, earned 1980 Silver.

Notification: Gained 195200 Experience Points, earned 2020 Silver.

Notification: Gained 285000 Experience Points, earned 2850 Silver.

One after another, four Taiyi True Immortal realm demons fell under Jiang Liu's hands, their health bars emptied and they sank into a critically wounded coma.

The sound of four consecutive system notifications rang, nearly a million Experience Points and nearly ten thousand Silver gained, making Jiang Liu nod in satisfaction.

Although it was far less than the Great Luo Realm target, the benefits of the Taiyi True Immortal were still significant, very decent indeed.

However, thinking of the 2.2 billion Experience Points he now needed to level up, Jiang Liu's face darkened again.

Alright, if relying solely on monster slaying for leveling up, even if all the opponents were of Taiyi True Immortal cultivation, he would need to defeat tens of thousands to level up. This required Experience Points were indeed becoming terrifying.

No wonder in the legends of Primordial, those Great Luo Golden Immortal fellows would often meditate for ten thousand years, and their cultivations would hardly increase.

"Hmm, hmm, hmm, I, Old Sun's Heaven and Earth Mighty Magic Divine Skill, sure is getting more handily used by Master!"

Although Sun Wukong did not make a move, seeing Jiang Liu solve the opponents with his, Old Sun's, Heaven and Earth Mighty Magic Divine Skill, Sun Wukong knew that was his strength and nodded in approval.

If Master could clear the opponents so swiftly, does it not mean his (Sun Wukong's) own strength is very powerful?

After quickly eliminating four early Taiyi True Immortal demon creatures, Jiang Liu's gaze turned to the Soul Demon.

Both were of strength level 79. Although Zhu Bajie held a slight advantage thanks to his Strengthening Demon-Subduing Mantra, it wasn't enough to quickly secure a victorious situation.

Jiang Liu was not in a rush, and after waiting for a while at the side, once he saw that his skills had cooled down, he raised his hand and applied another Strengthening Demon-Subduing Mantra to Zhu Bajie, increasing his attack power by 25%.

Boom, boom, boom!

With the augmentation from the Strengthening Demon-Subduing Mantra, Zhu Bajie immediately perked up and began overwhelmingly crushing the Soul Demon.

Soon, the injuries on the Soul Demon grew more severe.

However, because the Soul Demon was controlling his own golden body, Zhu Bajie restrained his actions after overpowering the Soul Demon, cautious not to damage his own golden body, leaving the Soul Demon a chance to catch his breath.

Seeing this, Jiang Liu shook his head reluctantly, though he understood.

Noticing the health bar above the Soul Demon's head was almost depleted, Jiang Liu's mind stirred.

The Eighteen Lotus flew out, landing on the Soul Demon's head, and the Destructive Power of the World-Destroying Black Lotus fell directly down.

Ah!

A scream echoed as the health bar on the Soul Demon's head was also instantly emptied, plunging into a critically wounded comatose state.

Notification: Gained 725800 Experience Points, earned 6850 Silver.

As the Soul Demon's health bar was emptied, the system notification sounds began to ring, pleasing Jiang Liu as he nodded.

Fortunately, Sun Wukong did not interfere; otherwise, based on contribution points, his own Experience Points and money would have been drastically reduced.

Beep, beep, beep!

Just then, suddenly, a series of urgent sounds came from the friend list, signaling an incoming message.

Hearing this, Jiang Liu felt a slight stir in his heart and pulled up his friend list.

The icon of Sha Wujing was bouncing.

"Wujing? Sending me a message at this time, what's the matter?" With an internal pondering, Jiang Liu opened the chat bar.

"Master, help!"