“It really is him!”
“It’s a good thing Lord Chen went easy; otherwise, I really wouldn’t know how to win. Brothers, watch me, see how I’ll crush this guy.”
As the cudgel landed.
Bai Xiaobai suddenly felt invigorated. Ten Thousand Heavenly Soldiers and Generals, Giant Spirit God, Four Heavenly Kings—as long as these people didn’t interfere, how could a mere scholarly general be his opponent?
With that thought.
Bai Xiaobai shook off his slump and instantly perked up.
“Brother Monkey, let’s get him!”
“Witness my might, indestructible, with this one cudgel, I’ll take on a thousand!”
But no sooner had he finished speaking with renewed vigor.
The black-mist-shrouded evil dog suddenly descended from the sky, roaring as it lunged forward, startling him again. And just two seconds later, a three-pointed, double-edged blade suddenly fell from the sky.
It landed heavily on the clouds.
Lightning flashed around the three-pointed, double-edged blade, emitting a dazzling light.
This sudden change made Bai Xiaobai shrink back.
“Stupid dog!”
In the sky, a light chuckle echoed through the heavens.
“Impudent, retreat at once!”
Hearing the voice, Bai Xiaobai looked up in astonishment, only to see the white-robed man floating down slowly from the sky.
He had no aura fluctuations around him, yet he exuded an air of looking down on the world.
Could that last attack have been from him?
The terrifying energy unleashed from that single strike seemed to tear through the sky, making the Adventurers watching on the bullet screen involuntarily swallow.
This…
Something’s wrong, one hundred percent wrong!
Why does this guy seem so strong…
After landing, the elegant white-robed man in front of him spoke a few more casual words, as if reminiscing with Brother Monkey, especially that last line, “Here, besides me, no one is worthy of a one-on-one with him.” The bullet screen immediately erupted in an uproar.
“No way, is this seemingly not-so-powerful guy actually the strongest here?”
“Even Giant Spirit God isn’t his opponent? He looks so ordinary, is he really that formidable?”
“And did you notice, he said no one here is worthy of a one-on-one with him, doesn’t that mean our Brother Monkey is also very powerful?”
The Adventurers seemed a bit confused. In their worldview, Giant Spirit God was clearly the strongest; one punch from him could level a mountain. How did it seem to be the other way around here?
Later, the elegant man and Brother Monkey began their plot dialogue.
The tension between the two grew increasingly palpable.
However, facing the Ten Thousand Heavenly Soldiers and Generals, Brother Monkey showed no fear, expressing nothing but disdain for them in his words.
From this, it was clear that Brother Monkey was once an extraordinary figure; his calm demeanor gave the Adventurers a feeling that he could slaughter everything.
Finally, Brother Monkey sneered and said, “I’ll show you how I slaughter every dog in the Heavenly Court—the ones here, the ones above, and that black one just now.”
These few short sentences made the Adventurers’ blood boil, and they cheered, saying, “Our Brother Monkey is truly our Brother Monkey, incredibly awesome.”
Brother Monkey raised the Ruyi Jingu Bang (As-You-Wish Gold-Banded Cudgel) in his hand, “Come on, let’s go, all of you!”
Bai Xiaobai’s fighting spirit also soared at this moment, and his soul body clenched its fists and shouted, “Did you hear that? My Brother Monkey told you all to come at him. Are you deaf?”
But no sooner had he finished speaking.
The next second.
Bai Xiaobai found that his soul body had merged with Brother Monkey’s body.
His raised hand was still suspended in mid-air.
“??”
Wait, where’s my Brother Monkey?
Bai Xiaobai looked around blankly, but there was no trace of Brother Monkey. He was now Monkey King.
And across from him, Erlang Shen had already raised his three-pointed, double-edged blade.
“……”
“Brother, I want to say that those words just now weren’t mine, do you believe me?”
Bai Xiaobai tried to explain.
However, Erlang Shen couldn’t be bothered to waste words with him.
He slowly approached.
The system quickly sent prompts to Bai Xiaobai.
This is attack.
This is defense.
This is roll.
Target Mission: Defeat Erlang Shen of Guanjangkou!
What?!
Me?
Where did my Brother Monkey go…
“??”
Before Bai Xiaobai could even type out his question marks, Erlang Shen had already teleported away from his original spot, and when he reappeared, he descended with a thunderous force.
He was sent flying with a single blow.
Then came a lightning-fast five-hit combo while suspended in the air.
Finally, a heavy blow slammed him hard onto the ground…
“Damn it!”
“I’m going to die, I’m going to die!”
Bai Xiaobai was so utterly bewildered by this combo that he almost thought he had lost a life.
He lay on the ground, stunned for a long time.
When he got up and checked, his health bar had only dropped a tiny sliver, practically unharmed.
“Holy crap, turns out I’m durable!”
Bai Xiaobai immediately cheered up.
“Doesn’t hurt, not one bit! Hmph, you three-eyed one, take this cudgel from your Brother Monkey!”
With that.
Bai Xiaobai swung the Ruyi Jingu Bang (As-You-Wish Gold-Banded Cudgel) in his hand and rushed forward, launching into a wild barrage of attacks.
But…
It really was just a wild barrage.
Bai Xiaobai’s cudgel technique had no discernible pattern; he just flailed it around. Erlang Shen stood there and merely waved his three-pointed, double-edged blade slightly, blocking all these attacks.
And with a casual flick.
The cudgel in Bai Xiaobai’s hand flew out, landing in a very ungraceful manner.
“……”
“Holy crap, why is this so hard to fight?”
Erlang Shen didn’t press his advantage, chuckling, “Heaven has given you chance after chance, yet you are so ungrateful. Isn’t that forgetting kindness and betraying righteousness?”
“……Forget a hammer! I’m going to fight you!”
The Ruyi Jingu Bang (As-You-Wish Gold-Banded Cudgel) somehow flew back into his hand. Bai Xiaobai, exasperated, grabbed the cudgel and charged forward again.
And was once again thoroughly beaten and sent flying back.
“……Damn it!”
“Why are you looking at me like I’m trash? Don’t underestimate me, you bastard!” Bai Xiaobai clenched his fists and charged forward again.
He was knocked back again.
To be fair, he was quite persistent in this regard.
Repeatedly defeated.
Repeatedly fought back after defeat.
This was also truly because Erlang Shen looked at him as if he were trash, which made Bai Xiaobai feel humiliated and activated his ‘dignity-preserving buff.’
But what he didn’t know was…
Erlang Shen not only looked at him like trash, but he looked at everyone else the same way.
Even Giant Spirit God and Four Heavenly Kings, who had brought them immense pressure earlier, were trash in front of Erlang Shen.
All twelve thousand Adventurers were stuck here, constantly suffering Erlang Shen’s brutal beatings, utterly unable to resist.
However, fortunately, the health bar Lord Chen gave them was incredibly long; they couldn’t be killed no matter how much they were hit, because this was, after all, a beginner tutorial mode.
It was purely for them to practice and get a feel for things; it wouldn’t be good to have them instantly killed by one move.