Chapter 24

The monster didn't stop there; instead, it pressed its advantage, thrusting with its halberd to pry open the nail rake and stab straight at Tianpeng's vital point.

The Four Sea Dragon Kings are officials appointed by imperial edict of the Heavenly Court; though not high-ranking, they are quite important, and while I can bully them a bit, killing them would be a grave crime!

But this one looks utterly incapable—kill it if you must; it'll give that old loach a good scare.

Besides, this monster has powerful backing!

The immortals all thought Tianpeng would be frightened into dropping his nail rake and fleeing, but they never expected him not to retreat a single step.

All the immortals were shocked—was he courting death?!

All the immortals believed this blow would either kill Tianpeng or leave him gravely wounded, but who would have thought—!

"Dead pig isn't afraid of boiling water!" Tianpeng roared inwardly, though he was terrified, he still chose to believe.

Ding!

With a crisp sound, the monster's halberd could advance no further, as if it had struck something hard.

"What is this?" some immortals couldn't hold back, exclaiming aloud.

Only then did they see that the skin exposed on Tianpeng's body had turned reddish-brown, and immediately Tianpeng grinned.

He had succeeded!

Long live Chaos Residence! Long live Manager Chen! Long live braised pork!

"Are you scratching my itch, Commander?" Tianpeng sneered, putting on an air of nonchalant ease.

If one overlooks his previous sorry state.

The monster's face changed drastically; it stumbled back in panic and exclaimed, "You, you—what kind of technique is this?!"

Just now, he didn't hold back at all!

Tianpeng sneered: "You country bumpkin monster—where do you get the nerve to claim this is my grandfather's divine power? Watch this strike!"

As he spoke, the immortals of the Heavenly Court and Haotian felt embarrassed; they didn't recognize this technique, which looked like a Buddhist Sect Golden Body, but it was far too small, and the color was wrong!

When he activated this divine power, Tianpeng's defensive strength increased enormously, and his strength also grew significantly.

He brought down the rake repeatedly on the monster's head and face, pressing the attack with relentless force.

The monster's momentum was completely shattered by Tianpeng's defensive divine power; it was utterly dominated and beaten back.

Even when the monster occasionally counterattacked, Tianpeng didn't dodge, letting the blows land on him without leaving a trace.

Instead, Tianpeng grew more excited the longer the fight went—just as the saying goes, wild punches can kill an old master; his chaotic, lawless assault left the monster unable to cope.

After all, Tianpeng can take a beating!

"Tianpeng's move is somewhat like the Wu Clan's interconnected method," Haotian mused.

The Wu Clan!

The immortals' bodies trembled—this was once one of the hegemons of heaven and earth!

The Wu Clan are born without a primordial spirit, yet their physiques are extraordinarily strong; even some extremely powerful magical treasures cannot harm them in the slightest.

Now that Tianpeng has received such praise from the Jade Emperor himself, could it really be that simple?

The monster unleashed another blocking move, but finding it couldn't hold on, it hastily leapt back and drew an object from its waist.

"Stop your arrogance—take my treasure!" the monster snarled, though its tone was brimming with confidence.

Tianpeng fixed his gaze on it—only to see a small bell; the monster shook it a few times, and flames actually gushed out from within the bell.

Tianpeng found it amusing—using fire on water? Isn't that just cutting off one's own hands and feet?

But the next moment, Tianpeng was dumbfounded: this fire didn't extinguish in water, and in just a few breaths, it had spread across the sea surface into a raging inferno.

All the fish and shrimp in that area became a delicious seafood feast, yet Tianpeng showed not the slightest fear; instead, he stared fixedly at the bell in the monster's hand.

His eyes gleamed—what a treasure!

This treasure is clearly no ordinary item; if given to Manager Chen, it might even buy several extra days' worth of meal money—I must get it!

Meanwhile, Tianpeng was scheming in his mind, while over there, the Nanhai Dragon King Enming turned pale with fright,

and hurriedly hid far away to continue observing.

He didn't want to end up as barbecue.

"The fire crows in my bell are lihuo—extremely hot, burning everything; if you don't leave now, this Great King will roast and eat you!"

The monster said this proudly.

Though lihuo cannot compare to the famed Three Flavors True Fire of the Three Realms, it is still superior to ordinary fire, and ordinary water cannot extinguish it.

Holy cow? That's impressive?

Hearing this, Tianpeng could no longer restrain himself; he roared and charged straight into the sea of fire, the reddish-brown glow on his body, reflected in the flames, resembling a roasted suckling pig.

Tianpeng charged recklessly, completely disregarding the lihuo as nothing; his heart swelled with joy—Manager Chen never deceives me!

The flames burning on his body caused him no sensation whatsoever—truly worthy of being a divine power!

The monster, meanwhile, was stunned—had he really just charged in like that? You should at least learn a fire-control technique to show some respect for treasures!

In an instant, Tianpeng had already closed the distance to the monster and brought the rake down.

The monster frantically blocked, but was sent flying far away in one blow, too busy to tend to its qi and blood; it roared in shock: "How is this possible? This is lihuo!"

"Lihuo?"

Tianpeng chuckled: "Forget lihuo—even if it were the Three Flavors True Fire, I, Tianpeng, would dare to try it!"

His divine power excels in high-temperature defense; power surged, and Tianpeng stepped forward fiercely, leaping into the air.

He raised the rake to the heavens, like Mount Tai pressing down, and came crashing down upon the monster!

"Don't, don't kill me—I..." the monster, terrified out of its wits, hadn't finished speaking when Tianpeng's rake split open its skull.

The sound cut off abruptly, and one life ended.

"So it was just a carp spirit—no need to stay in the river, insisting on coming to the sea to cause trouble!"

Tianpeng gave a cold snort, returned to his ordinary state, and pretended to be nonchalant as he put away the monster's bell.

"You wicked demonic artifact, Bei Shuai shall seal it away; it must not remain to bring calamity upon the mortal realm!"

The Nanhai Dragon King wore a black-lined face—if you want to secretly keep it, just say so; after all, it's also your spoils of war, why go through all this pomp and circumstance?

The Heavenly Court's celestial beings also clicked their tongues in amazement—unexpected, the usually slippery and deceitful Tianpeng actually possesses such strength; this defensive technique, impervious to blades and spears, untouched by water or fire.

Truly formidable!

After the battle ended, Haotian lost interest in watching further, he put away the Haotian Mirror and said lightly: "I seem to have misjudged."

I didn't expect this Tianpeng to still have some skill; compared to the Heavenly Court's astonishment, Guanyin on this side felt extraordinarily uncomfortable.

She was plotting the various matters of the Journey to the West on Luojia Mountain when suddenly she felt her mind unsettled; after divination, she discovered that the carp essence she had released had actually died!

How could this be possible!

This carp essence was not only just entered the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm, but was also bestowed by her with one of the Purple Gold Three Bells—the Fire Bell!

Now, the Holy Person does not appear, the Prepared Saint retreats into seclusion, the Great Luo is the existence of top-tier powerhouses, and the Taiyi Golden Immortal can also thrive like a fish in water.

I originally intended to release it into the Nanhai to awaken its wild nature, in preparation for the calamity five hundred years hence.

Moreover, to sever ties, she placed that carp essence far from Luojia Mountain, originally intending for her, this Bodhisattva who saves from suffering, to personally subdue it.

And incidentally, to win over a faction of the Nanhai Dragon Clan toward goodwill with the Buddhist Sect.

Moreover, it had always been under her watch, planning to act at the first opportunity, but the arrival of the Six-Eared Macaque and the emergence of the Spiritually Clear Stone Monkey left her no leisure to attend to it.

Who would have thought, such a short time has passed, and yet it died!