Chapter 161

"Great Emperor Zhenwu, do not be too arrogant." Sun Wukong roared, and the power atop his Ruyi Jingu Bang surged simultaneously.

Just now, Great Emperor Zhenwu had not used his true power, and Sun Wukong had done the same.

"Boom..."

A violent vibration resounded through heaven and earth; one could see this patch of sky resembling a mushroom cloud, with circular ripples expanding outward.

That was the aftermath of the energy spreading in all directions.

If this force had been on the ground, it would have been enough to raze tens of thousands of miles of land to the ground.

"Bang..."

Suddenly, a golden figure could be seen being knocked away from the clash, their entire figure unable to stop at all.

"Boom—"

A moment later, the earth shook violently, and a bottomless pit appeared on the ground; that was Sun Wukong having been repelled by Great Emperor Zhenwu just now.

In the exchange just now, Sun Wukong had lost.

"Ah, ah, ah..."

Sun Wukong's roar sounded once again, and golden light shot out from the ground, landing once more before Great Emperor Zhenwu.

"Great Emperor Zhenwu, let us go again." Sun Wukong said, full of fighting spirit.

Although the previous attack had caused him a certain degree of injury, Sun Wukong would not easily admit defeat, even if the Great Emperor Zhenwu before him was a peak Daluo powerhouse.

"Sun Wukong." Looking at Sun Wukong, Great Emperor Zhenwu shook his head. "You are not my match; surrender now. You must know that was not my full strength just now."

Through the exchange just now, Great Emperor Zhenwu already knew Sun Wukong's strength at this moment, and he did not intend to continue wasting time.

"Surrender." Sun Wukong laughed loudly. "Hahaha, old man Zhenwu, do you really think that was my full strength just now?"

"Is it not?" Great Emperor Zhenwu asked in return. "Sun Wukong, it can be said that as someone who has just entered the Daluo Jinxian realm, your strength is already quite extraordinary. Nowadays, even those Daluo who have been immersed in the realm for some years would not be your match."

It can be said that these words from Great Emperor Zhenwu were already a compliment.

Li Jing, Nezha, and the others could also confirm this point.

But to Sun Wukong, these words from Great Emperor Zhenwu carried some insulting intent.

"Fellow Daoist Zhenwu, you are wrong this time." Tianpeng shook his head.

Tianpeng knew that Sun Wukong still had one trump card, and that was the power of the blood of the Chaos Demon Ape.

However...

Even if he used that power, would Sun Wukong be a match for Great Emperor Zhenwu?

Tianpeng was somewhat worried.

More importantly, there were those Western Fomen Bodhisattvas standing before the countless heavenly soldiers.

Marshal Tianpeng recognized Guanyin Bodhisattva; that was a bigwig of Western Fomen.

For a Western Fomen bigwig to appear here, that was not good.

In the Journey to the West, having become Zhu Bajie, based on Tianpeng's understanding, Western Fomen was the true mastermind.

What was the reason for them appearing here?

"Whether it is or not, you will know once you try." Sun Wukong grinned. "Old man Zhenwu, then let me show you my true power."

"Roar..."

Suddenly, Sun Wukong let out a loud roar, and a blood-red light permeated his body.

Astonishing blood-evil Qi began to swirl around Sun Wukong.

One must know that although Sun Wukong was originally a demon beast, as a creature born from Nuwa's five-colored stone, he was not considered an ordinary demon.

To a certain extent, Sun Wukong could also be considered an alternative innate sacred being.

But now, the aura emanating from Sun Wukong did not look like an innate sacred being at all.

It was completely like a demon, a bloodthirsty demon.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."

The blood-red light, like ocean waves, spread in all directions.

One could see that Sun Wukong's body had also undergone astonishing changes.

His body continued to grow, blood-red veins flowed over him, his entire face became exceptionally ferocious, his teeth became sharp and pointed, exposed to the outside, and his pupils also turned blood-red.

Boundless evil Qi surged, making this heaven and earth instantly feel as if it had entered the true Avici Hell.

Countless heavenly soldiers felt such blood-evil Qi, and a sense of extreme fear even emerged in their hearts.

They felt as if they saw a demon ape covering the sky and sun about to devour them.

"Is this the true Sun Wukong?" Li Jing looked at the newly changed, ferocious-looking Sun Wukong and gasped.

If he were to face this Sun Wukong before him, he would probably really have weak knees.

"This is..." Great Emperor Zhenwu's expression tightened.

The blood-evil Qi on Sun Wukong looked like the power of a demon, but if one felt it carefully, it was far more powerful than the level of demon power.

Great Emperor Zhenwu felt a suppressed power in his heart from that level of blood-evil Qi.

This did not mean Sun Wukong's power surpassed his, Great Emperor Zhenwu, but that the level of this bloodline power released from Sun Wukong was very high.

This was also a kind of oppression caused by the level of life.

Even he, with his immortal body, was not as good as that power bloodline of the opponent.

This true thought emerged in Great Emperor Zhenwu's heart.

"Old man Zhenwu, then see how my power is now." Sun Wukong's ferocious pupils stared at Zhenwu, and a bloodthirsty thought arose in his heart.

But Sun Wukong still suppressed this feeling very well.

Even if the Chaos Demon Ape's essence blood level was high, he could not be controlled by this power; who was he? He was the Great Sage Equaling Heaven, Sun Wukong.

"Boom..."

Holding the Ruyi Jingu Bang, Sun Wukong turned into a blood-red light and rushed over.

Blood-colored light shone; this strike was like the sky collapsing and the earth cracking, and Sun Wukong's overall power had increased by an unknown amount compared to just now.

"Clang..."

Great Emperor Zhenwu swung the Zhenwu Sword in his hand, attacking as well.

But what shocked the entire scene was that in this exchange, Great Emperor Zhenwu lost.

He was knocked back by Sun Wukong.

This was the first time Great Emperor Zhenwu had been repelled during the battle between the two sides.

Deep within the Tiangong.

Huang Tiandi and Yaochi sat facing each other; before them, a mirror was suspended.

In the mirror was a familiar scene.

That was exactly the scene of Mount Huaguo, and also the scene of the battle between Great Emperor Zhenwu and Sun Wukong.

"Huang Tiandi, with Zhenwu making a move this time, Sun Wukong will probably be captured and brought back directly." Yaochi looked at Sun Wukong, who was not the opponent, and smiled.

"To me, whether Sun Wukong can be captured or not has nothing to do with me." Huang Tiandi shook his head.

Sun Wukong was involved in the matters of the Journey to the West Kalpa, but such things had no effect on Huang Tiandi; on the contrary, it was still somewhat humiliating for the Tiangong.

But the connection between the Tiangong and Western Fomen, coupled with the pressure from the two Western Saints, was what made the Tiangong have to cooperate slightly with Western Fomen, which led to Sun Wukong entering the Tiangong to serve.

Originally, when Huang Tiandi became the Lord of the Tiangong, he was full of ambition, but as time passed, he understood that the Saints were high above, and as the Lord of the Tiangong, no matter how hard he tried, it was of no use.

He had also tried to see if he could attain the Hunyuan Da Luo Dao, but unfortunately, as time passed, he slowly gave up.

Wanting to become the legendary Saint was now almost an impossible thing.

Back then, apart from the three Saints of the Sanqing, Nuwa, and the two Western Saints, no one else had become a new Saint since.

Many people thought this might be due to the lack of Hongmeng Purple Qi, which left other veteran Quasi-Saints with no choice but to give up.

The last strand of Hongmeng Purple Qi from the past had long since disappeared along with the fall of Daoist Hongyun.

In the end, Huang Tiandi cut off one of his three corpses and became the current Jade Emperor.

This was also the reason why Huang Tiandi would say that Sun Wukong had nothing to do with him.

As for why Huang Tiandi would pay attention to Great Emperor Zhenwu capturing Sun Wukong, it was because he wanted to know if there were any related secrets there.

Whether it was the Jie Sect disciples leaving the Investiture of the Gods list, or the previous incident of Dizang Pusa falling into the demonic path and attacking Western Lingshan.

Behind them, there seemed to be an extremely terrifying existence.

That existence might be able to change his destiny.

During this time, although Huang Tiandi had accepted that the Saints were high above and he had no way to change it, deep in his heart, he had always wanted to change his destiny.

It was precisely because of this that Huang Tiandi was so urgent to know the reason after the Jie Sect disciples left the Investiture of the Gods list.

After all, the Investiture of the Gods list, which contained the power of the heaven and earth Kalpa, was difficult even for Saints to let the creatures on the list leave.