Chapter 134: The Monkey King Dispute, The Battle to Slay the Snake

The forest was quiet.

The further one went inside, the more chilling it felt, with an abnormal, deathly silence.

The ground was tangled with ancient vines and layered with thick fallen leaves.

Occasionally, a few venomous snakes, startled by the sound of footsteps, would crawl out from the vines and leaves, slithering along and hissing, which made one's heart palpitate.

Luo Zijun did not dare to walk fast, carefully observing while cautiously moving forward.

"Caw... caw..."

Occasionally, a few crows flew past, emitting noisy and hoarse sounds.

In this silent forest, it sounded particularly eerie.

He walked for about another two li.

In the forest ahead, a burst of monkey cries suddenly rang out.

The cries were sharp and angry, chaotic and particularly ear-piercing.

Luo Zijun immediately walked over.

Just as he arrived nearby, he discovered it was a fruit grove; the trees were laden with golden-yellow fruits, and a group of monkeys were jumping and screaming on the branches.

Among them, two monkeys were fighting.

One was tall, with black fur all over its body, thick arms, and bulging muscles; when it stood up, it was as tall as a person, looking quite burly.

The other was small and thin, with golden fur all over its body and two wisps of white hair on its head, looking like a young monkey.

The eyes of these two monkeys were both scarlet.

Luo Zijun's heart stirred: Demon Beast!

Back then, he had bought a few books on Demon Beasts at a martial artist's shop, which recorded the appearances of various Demon Beasts and noted that those with scarlet eyes were mostly Demon Beasts.

Demon Beasts would be stronger and more powerful than ordinary animals, and might even possess innate supernatural abilities.

These two monkeys were clearly both Demon Beasts.

At this moment, this large and small demon monkey were fighting angrily on the branches.

The small golden-furred demon monkey was agile and unafraid, actually fighting the burly black-furred demon monkey to a standstill.

The other monkeys were all screaming and cheering from other branches.

Luo Zijun hid behind a large tree, holding his breath and focusing, carefully observing the battle.

The two demon monkeys went back and forth, grabbing and biting each other, constantly jumping on the branches and screaming.

The fruits on the branches fell to the ground one after another.

"It seems that apart from being larger in size, stronger in force, and more agile in movement, there are no so-called innate supernatural abilities."

Luo Zijun observed carefully for a while and found that the two demon monkeys were fighting with ordinary scratching and biting, without releasing any other skills.

It seemed they were just the most ordinary Demon Beasts.

"Squeak, squeak..."

After fighting for another moment, the winner was finally decided.

The burly black-furred demon monkey won, grabbing the small golden-furred monkey's face with one claw until it was covered in blood, almost causing it to fall from the branch.

Seeing that the winner was decided, the surrounding monkeys immediately screamed and jumped to the side of the burly black-furred demon monkey, surrounding him to lick him, stroke him, and pick off lice, fawning over him in various ways.

As for the defeated small golden-furred demon monkey, it stood alone on another tree, lowering its head to lick the wound on its arm, looking dejected.

"Squeak, squeak... squeak, squeak..."

An old monkey, in order to curry favor with the victorious monkey king, immediately jumped over and screamed at the defeated demon monkey to drive it away.

Seeing this, the other monkeys also immediately jumped over to drive it away.

Some monkeys even picked fruits from the branches and threw them at the defeated small golden-furred demon monkey.

"Awoo—"

Who would have thought that at this very moment, the defeated small golden-furred demon monkey suddenly opened its mouth wide, a beast-like roar issuing from its throat, and then, with a "whoosh," it actually spat out a ball of golden flame from its mouth, instantly engulfing the old monkey in front.

The old monkey immediately let out a shrill scream, fell from the branch, rolled on the ground a few times while burning all over, and actually died on the spot.

Seeing this scene, the other monkeys were all so frightened that they screamed and fled for their lives.

The victorious burly black-furred Demon Beast also changed expression, immediately leaped, jumped onto a large tree not far away, and then quickly fled with the rest of the monkeys.

In the blink of an eye, only that small golden-furred demon monkey remained in this fruit grove.

Perhaps it was because spitting out that ball of golden flame had exhausted all its spirit and physical strength, but after those monkeys had all left, its body suddenly tilted, and it fell headfirst from the branch.

"Bang!"

It fell heavily to the ground.

Fortunately, the ground was covered with thick fallen leaves, so it did not fall until it was bleeding.

It crawled on the ground for a while before struggling to stand up.

Luo Zijun was hiding behind a large tree not far away; seeing this scene, just as he was hesitating whether to go up and take advantage of the monkey's vulnerability, the fallen leaves under his feet suddenly flew up with a "whoosh"!

Immediately, a thick and long black snake tail suddenly flew out from under the fallen leaves and, with a "slap," whipped heavily onto his back, sending him flying.

At the same time, the fallen leaves on the ground suddenly flew up one after another!

Then, a python about ten meters long with a pitch-black, shiny body suddenly darted out from under the fallen leaves, and with a "swish," it rushed toward the small golden-furred demon monkey, its tail coiling around and directly binding him and the small golden-furred demon monkey together, then quickly wrapping them around a thick fruit tree in front.

This shock to Luo Zijun was truly no small matter!

The sudden strike on his back immediately made the Qi and blood in his body churn, and he almost spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Squeak..."

The small golden-furred demon monkey squeaked, wanting to struggle, but was immediately tightly constricted against the tree trunk by the thick snake tail.

Luo Zijun's body was then tightly bound together with this small demon monkey.

One human and one monkey, in just a single breath, were restrained by this python and could no longer move.

The python raised its massive triangular head, quickly coiled around the tree trunk a few times, and squeezed them tightly.

Luo Zijun immediately felt the bones throughout his body in extreme pain, nearly on the verge of snapping, and he could no longer catch his breath.

The golden-haired little demon monkey beside him also began to roll its eyes.

The python's massive, hideous head slowly moved in front of them, a pair of scarlet, eerie vertical pupils staring coldly at them, as if wanting to watch their expressions before death with its own eyes.

The snake body coiled around them continued to slowly tighten.

This immense force was likely enough to crush even a thick, sturdy tree.

Luo Zijun could no longer breathe, and his arms were also tightly pinned within the thick snake body, but at this moment, the Internal Energy in his Dantian Sea was surging like a tide toward the thumbs of both his hands.

"Hiss!"

Suddenly, with two soft sounds, his two thumbs, which were tightly constricted by the snake body, abruptly erupted with two streams of flames!

The flames were like sharp blades, instantly slicing into the thick, slick python body!

The demon python's body trembled instantly, and two waves of heart-piercing pain struck at once!

Its taut snake body immediately and involuntarily shuddered and loosened.

"Whoosh!"

At this very moment, Luo Zijun's two thumbs gained freedom and immediately, like two sharp blades, sliced deeply into the demon python's body once again!

Then, he cut rapidly!

"Swish! Swish! Swish!" His two fingers danced rapidly, like wielding sharp blades to chop vegetables; in the blink of an eye, he had sliced the python body that had coiled around him several times into pieces, with blood spraying everywhere.

Terrified and in pain, the demon python hurriedly rolled on the ground, wanting to pull away its snake body and tail, only to suddenly discover that its nearly ten-meter-long body was left with nothing but its head and the two meters beneath it.

The rest of its body had all turned into segments, a bloody mess, and fallen to the ground.

The scent of scorched meat permeated the forest.

The demon python, feeling pain, terror, despair, and great rage all at once, suddenly endured the agony to spring up from the ground, opened its blood-filled maw, and bit toward Luo Zijun.

Luo Zijun had just gained his freedom and was still in a state of pain and weakness; unable to dodge in time, his head was bitten directly.

In his terror, he hurriedly thrust his two thumbs, which were burning with the Fiery Blade, inside as well!

At the same time!

After the demon python bit his head, it immediately widened its throat, jerked its head upward, and actually swallowed him whole!

However, it forgot that its body was already severed.

!

Moreover, on Luo Zijun's two thumbs, flames as sharp as blades were still burning.

"Hiss—"

Luo Zijun slid down its throat, his two fingers burning with the Fiery Blade slicing directly from its mouth to its throat, and then from its throat to the body below.

"Snap!"

Flesh burst open, and Luo Zijun fell out.

The demon python's head and remaining body were instantly split in two, dying on the spot!

Blood gushed, internal organs spilled, and mangled remains covered the ground.

Luo Zijun panted heavily in the pool of foul-smelling blood for a while before enduring the pain and struggling to stand up.

The flames on his thumbs had already extinguished.

The Internal Energy in his Dantian Sea had been completely exhausted.

The bones and muscles throughout his body were in extreme pain, as if they were about to fall apart.

He stood in place, swaying unsteadily.

Suddenly, a golden figure darted over, plunged into the python's flesh, and began to eat the snake meat and drink the blood in large mouthfuls.

Luo Zijun looked closely and saw that it was actually that golden-haired little demon monkey.

At this moment, the little demon monkey's eating motion suddenly paused, and then it looked at the flesh and a black bead in its paws.

Luo Zijun's heart stirred: a Demon Core!

This black Demon Core was the same as the one drawn in that book, only the color looked darker and more lustrous.

The book said that among all Demon Beasts, the Demon Core is the most precious.

Only Demon Beasts that have cultivated for a hundred years have a chance to develop a Demon Core within their bodies.

The moment he saw this Demon Core, Luo Zijun immediately clenched his fists, preparing to go up and snatch it.

This snake demon was something he had risked his life to kill!

This Demon Core naturally belonged to him!

Who would have thought that the golden-haired little demon monkey, whether it didn't recognize the Demon Core or simply wasn't interested in the one in its claws, flicked its paw and tossed the Demon Core aside, continuing to wolf down the snake demon's flesh.

Luo Zijun felt a surge of joy, immediately went over to pick it up, wiped it clean, and put it into his Storage Bag.

Looking at the large chunks of flesh all over the ground, he felt it shouldn't be wasted.

Although as Xu Xian, he had a very special sentiment toward snakes, this snake was a Demon Beast snake demon, not a snake demon that had cultivated and transformed into a human; killing and eating it caused him no psychological burden.

He immediately took out his Storage Bag and began to pack it away.

After the golden-haired little monkey ate several large chunks, its belly was bulging, and it couldn't eat any more; it then stood quietly to the side, clutching its belly, blinking its scarlet eyes, and watching him pack the snake meat with curiosity.

Luo Zijun quickly finished packing the snake meat, and his gaze suddenly turned to it again.

While he was pondering whether to find a way to pack it up too, the golden-haired little monkey suddenly let out a "squeak" at him, then jumped onto a nearby tree with a "whoosh," and after a few leaps, quickly disappeared into the forest.

Luo Zijun stood dazed in place, covered in blood, when he suddenly heard a roar of beasts coming from the forest not far away.

His expression changed, and he immediately left with quick steps.

The thick scent of blood here had clearly drifted out, and it was estimated that many fierce beasts would arrive soon.

He was now injured and exhausted; how could he dare to linger?

It would be better to find a safe place to rest first.

Or, just go back directly.

In any case, this time he not only obtained a lot of Demon Beast meat, but also gained a Demon Core; it could be said that his harvest was quite bountiful.

The Internal Energy that had been exhausted in his Dantian Sea was recovering rapidly.

He felt that after this life-and-death battle, his entire body seemed to have been tempered more deeply and thoroughly.

In his Dantian Sea, that Inner Strength Seed also seemed to have suddenly grown a circle larger.

The meridians and acupoints throughout his body were now suddenly becoming incomparably famished, as if urging something on.

As his Internal Energy recovered rapidly, that desire became even more intense.

This was a sign of an impending breakthrough!

Sure enough, only by coming out to gain experience and undergoing life-and-death struggles could one's bodily potential be unleashed to the maximum, could one's body be tempered more thoroughly, and could one advance more quickly.

If he had kept hiding in his room practicing alone, he estimated that even after another few months, he might not have been able to break through.

Thinking of this, he secretly decided that whenever he had the chance in the future, he must come out to hone himself often.

He had to advance quickly and become stronger quickly so that he could take revenge, protect himself and his family, and prevent those tragedies.

"Whoosh..."

A roar of flowing water suddenly came from ahead.

He immediately quickened his pace.

After a few hundred meters, a waterfall suddenly appeared in front of him.

He was currently covered in foul-smelling snake blood—in his hair, on his face, in his ears, everywhere—and he needed to go wash it off properly.

Otherwise, he feared he might become food in the mouths of other fierce beasts later.

He arrived before the waterfall.

He did not take off his clothes, but jumped directly into the pool below, then took off his clothes in the water and began to scrub away the bloodstains on them.

Just as he was scrubbing earnestly, the water current beneath him suddenly moved rapidly, and a slippery thing suddenly brushed past his calf as it swam by.

He thought it was a fish, looked down, and was instantly so frightened that his whole body shuddered and his soul flew out of his body!

A python with a body entirely green was twisting its body, swimming past his feet, and then, it suddenly turned around and swam toward him!

(End of this chapter)