Chapter 60

Earth Old Man

Earth Old Man said: "They are three demon chiefs who fled from Ling Mountain, possessing boundless magic power and vast supernatural abilities. A single letter sent to Ling Mountain summons the Five Hundred Arhats to greet; a single note sent to the Heavenly Court brings the Nine Luminaries Star Officials to receive. The Four Sea Dragon Kings are his close friends, the Eight Immortals of the Upper Cave often meet with him, and the Ten Courts of Yama address each other as brothers."

Five Hundred Arhats

Heavenly Court

Nine Luminaries Officials

Without waiting for the Earth Old Man to finish speaking, Sun Wukong somersaulted into the sky, headed straight for Lion Camel Mountain eight hundred li away, and then halted in midair.

Eight Immortals of the Upper Cave

Ten Halls of Yama

Sun Wukong

How to put it? The world-renowned Lord of the Rings series is currently being filmed. Its prequel, The Hobbit series, will not be born until twelve years later.

Lion-Camel Mountain

Keeper of the Heavenly Horses

Of course, in consideration of compressing "bookkeeping costs," the scene was set at night, so many details need not be rendered so finely, yet it still delivers tremendous shock to the audience in the theater.

Golden Leopard King

Pohou

Buddha

Taiyi Golden Immortal

As the audience gasped and chattered, a minor wolf-headed humanoid officer guarding the city already spotted Sun Wukong hovering in midair, for no other reason than the moonlight was too bright.

White Elephant

Wolf-headed Humanoid Minor Leader

Flower-Fruit Mountain

Golden Hooped Staff

Shaolin Dragon Claw spokesperson

The whole process was extremely perilous, and with a slow-motion shot comparable to "bullet time," the audience's breathing grew hurried.

A voice from the city wall shouted: "Hold it! Out there is the Keeper of the Horses, I am the Great King Golden Money Leopard of Lion Camel Country—do you dare, you rebellious monkey, to step forward and accept death?"

Little Soft-shelled Turtle Dragon

Seeing Sun Wukong land on the ground, the Golden Money Leopard did not descend from the city tower; he seized the thick bowstring in his hand and, out of thin air, drew forth an enormous crystal arrow.

He let it fly with a casual flick, and behold, the arrow seemed to carry the might of heaven and earth as it shot straight toward Sun Wukong.

More than ten years later, when games like League of Legends and Honor of Kings hit the market, audiences watching this scene again will surely exclaim, "Holy shit, the archer unleashes his ultimate on the monkey right off the bat!"

But at this moment, the audience only felt stunned—so damn stunned, even more imposing than Nie Feng's forty-meter blade in The Storm Riders!

Sun Wukong also sensed the arrow was dangerous, hastily flew aside, but hearing a tremendous boom, the spot he had just occupied already formed a huge pit.

"Holy shit!" the audience in the theater exclaimed.

"That's so awesome!"

"This Golden Money Leopard is not bad!"

Sun Wukong said, "Monster, dare you lay down your bow and arrow and fight me, Old Monkey?"

Golden Money Leopard laughed, "What's there to fear? Just a pesky monkey, suppressed by the Buddha for five hundred years, even a Taiyi Golden Immortal has had his cultivation eroded, yet you still dare to show off here!"

After speaking, he put away his bow and arrow, raised a long spear, and with a tremendous boom it landed on the open ground before the city tower.

At this moment, the Green Lion and White Elephant had already climbed onto the city tower, scouting the enemy for Golden Money Leopard.

At the same time, the massive city gate opened, and the Wolf Chieftain led hundreds of fully armored wolf cavalrymen out in neat formation.

The audience in the theater witnessed this scene and was utterly shocked.

One must know that in the year 2000, before The Lord of the Rings was released, audiences had never seen an army resembling beast-men, let alone cavalry!

On the silver screen, Sun Wukong sneered, "Back then, a hundred thousand heavenly troops besieged Flower-Fruit Mountain!!"

Before he could finish speaking, Golden Money Leopard brandished his long spear and thrust forward, shouting, "Damn, still bragging!"

Sun Wukong blocked with his golden hoop staff, and they immediately engaged in battle.

The actor portraying Golden Money Leopard is none other than Cao Rong, the Shaolin Dragon Claw Hand spokesperson and Prince Mo'ang.

In The Journey to the West Sequel, his battle with the little tortoise dragon was extraordinarily exciting.

Moreover, in this film, with even more stunning and refined special effects, the excitement of their long-weapon duel far surpasses the scene of Lü Xiaobu fighting Hattori Hanzo in iPartment.

The audience in the theater was utterly enthralled, shouting "Holy shit!", feeling exhilarated, and feeling the ticket price was worth it.

However, Golden Money Leopard's techniques were exquisite, but his strength was far inferior.

After dozens of rounds, Sun Wukong smashed half of Golden Money Leopard's body with a single blow of his staff, and as he moved forward to finish him off, the Green Lion spirit on the city wall let out a mighty roar; his Lion's Roar skill shook heaven and earth, paralyzing Sun Wukong as if struck by lightning.

Yet the White Elephant spirit's nose suddenly elongated, resembling a gigantic octopus tentacle, and together with the Lion's Roar sound wave it surged forward, aiming to seize Sun Wukong.

At the critical moment, Sun Wukong let out a loud shout, similarly shaking the myriad demons so their forms stalled, then he leapt back a hundred or so meters.

The White Elephant spirit's nose grasped at air, its tip landing on the edge of the deep pit blasted out by the huge arrow earlier; it then shortened, yet it pulled the White Elephant spirit from the distant city wall over.

Gazing at the ultra-realistic special effects on the screen and the extremely fast-paced fight, the audience's hearts were shaken to the core, unable to find words to describe it.

Next came the White Elephant spirit's battle against Sun Wukong, which ended in defeat.

Then came the Green Lion spirit, who also suffered defeat.

Sun Wukong sought to slay the three demons, when the Wolf Chieftain led hundreds of wolf cavalry in a charge to rescue their lord.

Just at this critical juncture, the camera panned to reveal a golden-winged great peng bird with a wingspan of a hundred meters soaring tens of thousands of meters above.

After a flash of light in its eyes, it suddenly folded its wings and dove downward.

Because its speed was truly too great, its golden body ignited with sparks, resembling a flame descending from heaven, yet even more mighty than the Tathagata's Divine Palm descending from heaven in the film Kung Fu.

Many of the audience in the screening hall were so excited they could barely hold their breath.

A girl couldn't help but shout, "Great Sage, dodge quickly! Why aren't you dodging!"

A boy beside her said, "Got duped again, thinking the three demon lords were the Green Lion, White Elephant, Golden Leopard…"

Before the words were finished, the Golden‑winged Roc swooped down to the ground; its massive golden talons struck in a flash, gripping Sun Wukong in the claws, and it shot straight up into the heavens.

"Three Great Kings are mighty, three Great Kings are mighty!"

The Wolf Cavalry Leader shouted loudly; at the same time, cries of little demons echoed from the city walls, the towers, and the mountains and forests.

The audience in the screening hall stared in amazement, "Damn, how many ambushes were hidden?"

A hundred thousand heavenly soldiers encircling Flower‑Fruit Mountain are only this strong, I guess!

So many demons and monsters still need to resort to scheming to outwit Sun Wukong, the Great Sage—awesome!

(End of chapter)