Chapter 745

This time was different; Sun Wukong intended to attack as defense, placing himself in mortal peril to gain rebirth.

Boom!

Boom!

Taking advantage of the fake Sun Wukong's momentary hesitation, Sun Wukong seized the opportunity and struck first—his Ruyi Jingu Bang slammed into the fake Sun Wukong's head.

Unable to react in time to Sun Wukong's counterattack, the fake Sun Wukong could only let his own head be shattered.

After his head exploded, the fake Sun Wukong's Ruyi Jingu Bang, driven by inertia, continued hurtling toward Sun Wukong's head.

Boom!

At that moment, the Ruyi Jingu Bang that had just shattered the fake Sun Wukong's head suddenly erupted with terrifying battle intent.

This battle intent directly slammed into the fake Sun Wukong's body.

Instantly, the fake Sun Wukong's body was blown apart by this battle intent.

The explosive force rebounded onto the Ruyi Jingu Bang, and with the shockwave, Sun Wukong's body shifted slightly to one side.

The fake Sun Wukong was dead; his Ruyi Jingu Bang, moving only by inertia, struck toward Sun Wukong and could no longer change course.

After shifting slightly, Sun Wukong's head narrowly avoided the fake Sun Wukong's Ruyi Jingu Bang.

Boom!

The fake Sun Wukong's Ruyi Jingu Bang still struck Sun Wukong's body, its immense force shattering half of him—violent energy erupted within Sun Wukong, tearing his flesh and blood into unrecognizable pulp.

For a Luo Jinxian, the most vital thing is the Primordial Spirit.

As long as the Primordial Spirit remains intact, even if the body is shattered, one has not perished.

In Journey to the West, Sun Wukong had severed his own head more than once—and always emerged unharmed. Clearly, the body was not a critical weakness to him.

The first three times, Sun Wukong died immediately after his head was shattered because the fake Sun Wukong had not targeted Sun Wukong's head—but his Primordial Spirit inside it.

It was the simultaneous shattering of both head and Primordial Spirit that caused Sun Wukong's death.

Now, Sun Wukong's head had not been struck; his Primordial Spirit, though shaken by the fake Sun Wukong's previous blow, remained whole.

Since the Primordial Spirit was intact, even with his flesh and blood reduced to pulp, Sun Wukong still lived.

Of course, Sun Wukong cultivated his physical body.

Losing more than half his body was no minor injury for a normal cultivator of the physical form.

It would require vast amounts of time and heavenly treasures to restore the body fully.

But that applied only to ordinary cultivators; Sun Wukong's treatment was clearly different.

"Old Sun won! Old Sun survived!"

Boom!

A tremendous crash echoed from the arena—his half-destroyed body could no longer support his massive frame, and Sun Wukong's colossal form crashed heavily onto the arena floor.

At the same time, Sun Wukong's body shrank back to normal human size.

Once his size returned, Sun Wukong shook off the shock of survival, muttering involuntarily, his eyes filled with relief.

"Yes, Sun Wukong, congratulations—you survived. Now, you will have three days of cultivation time, and also receive some small rewards I left on the arena."

Luo Fu's voice, tinged with approval, sounded in Sun Wukong's ear.

More rewards?

Hearing Luo Fu's words, Sun Wukong's spirit trembled.

Flash!

As Luo Fu spoke, a beam of light directly struck Sun Wukong.

Under this light, Sun Wukong's body healed at a visibly rapid pace.

In the blink of an eye, all his injuries vanished.

Even the fatigue in his Primordial Spirit was completely cleansed.

After the light faded, a red crystal and a spectral axe appeared before Sun Wukong.

Sun Wukong could clearly feel his bloodline yearning for the red crystal.

Clearly, the red crystal was something that could enhance his Chaos Monkey bloodline.

As for the spectral axe, Sun Wukong could not identify it—he could only sense from it a powerful aura of the Battle Dao.

"The first of the Nine Styles of Opening Heaven: Axe Sweeping Demons. But why does it contain the Battle Dao?"

Sun Wukong could not recognize it, but Xingtian outside the arena recognized it at a glance—the spectral axe was the inheritance imprint of the first of the Nine Styles of Opening Heaven.

Yet he was puzzled: the Nine Styles of Opening Heaven were rooted in the Power Dao.

But the version before Sun Wukong contained little Power Dao aura—instead, it radiated a dense aura of the Battle Dao.

"Correct. This spectral axe is indeed the first of the Nine Styles of Opening Heaven. Moreover, it is my customized version, tailored for the Battle Dao—I replaced the original Power Dao with the Battle Dao."

Luo Fu first confirmed Xingtian's guess, then explained why Sun Wukong's inheritance of the Nine Styles of Opening Heaven differed.

Luo Fu had also cultivated the Battle Dao and long ago fully comprehended the first of the Nine Styles of Opening Heaven. With his insight, replacing the Power Dao with the Battle Dao in the first style was no difficult feat.

"The red crystal—you can feel it, yes? It is condensed from a single strand of Chaos Monkey blood, capable of strengthening your Chaos Monkey bloodline."

After introducing the spectral axe, Luo Fu turned to the red crystal and continued:

"In the Blood War Road, as long as you keep winning, you will receive corresponding rewards."

As Sun Wukong had guessed, the red crystal truly could enhance his Chaos Monkey bloodline.

Because it was, in fact, condensed from a single strand of Chaos Monkey blood.

Of course, this "strand" was truly just that—a mere ten-thousandth of a drop of Chaos Monkey blood.

It was not that Luo Fu was stingy; the single drop of Chaos Monkey blood he had already implanted in Sun Wukong had yet to be fully assimilated.

Giving Sun Wukong more Chaos Monkey blood now would be useless.

A single strand was perfect—while assimilating this strand, Sun Wukong could also activate the Chaos Monkey blood already within him, aiding the assimilation of the original drop.

The grade of the Chaos Demon Ape's bloodline is not low; even this single strand is enough for Sun Wukong to refine for a long time.

Moreover, this is merely a reward for one battle.

As long as Sun Wukong continues fighting, even greater rewards await him.

These rewards are both a compensation for Sun Wukong and an aid to help him break through to the peak of Great Luo Jinxian faster.

Given Sun Wukong's potential, becoming a Pretender to Sagehood is not difficult.