The Monkey King

The moment Xuanzang and Tianpeng were swallowed by the giant hand formed by the black water, the monkey hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop them.

But at this moment, he showed his flaw.

The raging black water completely enveloped him, and in his panic, some of it even poured into his mouth.

At that last glance, he saw the giant hand made of black water being scattered by himself, but there was nothing inside. Immediately afterwards, he was already caught in a fierce battle with those rivers.

The splashing water covered the sky and the sun.

While the enlarged body brings powerful attack and defense, it also greatly reduces speed and flexibility. When dealing with such a large magic circle, it is not only useless, but actually harmful.

The black bear spirit, the roller blind and the little white dragon who had fallen to the other side stared back at what happened behind them.

…

"I've been hit!" Under the water, Demon King Peng immediately stopped controlling the magic circle. He picked up Fang Tian's painted halberd and pointed at the Prison Tamarin King: "You stay."

With that said, he kicked off his legs and swam towards the distance.

This kind of swimming does not have any spiritual power output, or even any movements. It simply uses the power of the river water to push forward.

After being stunned for a moment, the Lion and Camel King quickly caught up.

The real battle begins.

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"Scatter—!"

With a loud shout, the black water entangled around him was forcefully shaken away by the monkey with his spiritual power.

In desperation, this burst of spiritual power even aroused a whirlwind that spread crazily in all directions, catching the little white dragon off guard. He had to cover himself with his hands and retreat a few minutes.

The entire river seemed to explode and then calmed down.

Taking advantage of the time when the river water receded, the monkey quickly lifted the statue of Fa Tian and looked down, discovering that both Tianpeng and Xuanzang had disappeared. The torrent was mixed with the remaining pieces of wood after the boat was shattered.

Because he suddenly canceled the relationship between the heaven and the earth, a huge whirlpool quickly formed on the river. On the contrary, the originally raging river water was forced to rotate along the suction, thus gaining a little breathing time.

However, before he could fall in the air, waterspouts had already risen into the sky again, roaring towards him.

"Hold still."

A voice sounded in the monkey's mind.

"Canopy?" Monkey couldn't help but be startled.

"It's me. This river is very strange. Although it blocks the outside world's perception of things in the river, it does not block the perception of the outside world from the river."

"What's your situation now? Where are you?"

"Master Xuanzang is with me. It's safe for now. We are about five hundred feet vertically below you to the southeast."

At this time, the canopy, which had already stepped on the mud at the bottom of the river, propped up a spherical shield centered on itself and more than three feet in diameter, isolating all the river water.

There was enough air in the shield, and Xuanzang was standing beside the canopy, panting.

Holding the nine-tooth nail rake, Canopy looked around warily.

Drops of water fell slowly from his forehead, and he didn't know if it was sweat or the water in the river itself.

The situation at this moment couldn't be worse.

His perception of everything on the river was still very clear. But once he got into the water, only the three feet around him were left. Everything beyond this is blank to him.

When encountering a sneak attack at such a distance, let alone Xuanzang beside him, even he alone would have difficulty dealing with other cultivators above the level of Taiyi Golden Immortal.

Without the slightest hesitation, the monkey fell heavily from mid-air like a meteorite, dodging the water rushing towards him and escaping into the river.

The no-fly circle was still there, which meant that he couldn't control his body shape at will. It's the same principle whether you're in the air or in the water. And if you want to swim in such a fierce current, you must be an aquarium. Otherwise it's simply impossible.

To act in such a place, the only way may be to "walk".

Sinking directly to the bottom of the river, the monkey spread his legs and rushed towards the direction mentioned by the canopy.

But after running a few steps, he noticed something strange.

At the bottom of the river, there are many magic formations that have never been seen before. They are all written in Sanskrit and are obviously written by Buddhists. Many of them are not even activated yet.

It is clear. The visitors had planned in detail, even estimated all their possible moves, and made corresponding arrangements one by one.

"It's really... well-intentioned." Thinking about it, the monkey couldn't help but laugh.

He already had a premonition of the ensuing dilemma.

This kind of opponent who can sit down and plan carefully is actually more terrifying than those opponents who fight against him with swords and guns. This is probably what’s so scary about the enlightened person’s way compared to the practitioner’s way.

On the battlefield, the Enlightenment Way is definitely no match for the Walker Way, but once it recedes into the background, it will soon become a formidable opponent.

It is a pity that Buddhism almost exclusively adopts the "Way of Enlightenment" and abandons suffering and happiness. They are purer than the Taoism's Way of Enlightenment and can consider their opponents more carefully.

Soon, he discovered a bigger problem - the bottom of the river bed was soft silt!

If it were normal, we would be able to move forward by stepping on these muds. But that's not the case at this moment.

The monkey pressed his legs into the mud, and the river water, which was like a sharp knife, could sweep away the mud as easily as the autumn wind swept away the fallen leaves.

The river water cannot push the monkey's body, but it can make the mud under its feet flow like another rapid river. Immobilizing him.

In desperation, the monkey had to use the falling technique to increase his own weight, sinking his body deeply into the mud until he set foot on the deeper sand.

He spread his hands and stepped on the gravel, using all his strength to break through the oncoming mud and move forward. Unfortunately, that speed is still too slow.

…

At another location on the river.

There was a muffled sound, and suddenly, the canopy's shield was torn open from the side and rear. A big knife rushed out from the gap. Immediately afterwards, the figure of the Lion and Camel King could be seen in the black river water.

Before Tianpeng could turn around, the lion and camel king had already rushed across the short distance of three feet and slashed Tianpeng's waist with his knife.

Under the severe pain, Canopy gritted his teeth and wielded a nine-tooth rake to fight back.

But not before the nine-foot rake fell from the sky. But the opponent had already emerged from the shield from the other side and disappeared into the black river.

Canopy kneeled down on one knee, covering the wound on his waist, and the blood dripped down bit by bit from his fingers.

"marshal……"

Xuanzang wanted to help him, but Tianpeng stopped him with his hand.

"Leave me alone...be careful yourself..."

That being said, what could Xuanzang do at the bottom of the river?

The other party was waiting for an opportunity next to him, and Canpeng looked around with wide eyes. But nothing can be seen.

At this time. Tianpeng suddenly felt the monkey rushing out of the river with the power of the golden hoop, and his heart suddenly skipped a beat.

The monkey's position has changed, and it is further away from me!

Since he could sense changes in the outside world, and with the help of several reference objects, Tianpeng could clearly know that although neither he nor Xuanzang moved, the position was shifting silently.

To make matters worse, the monkey is further away than just now. It is clear. The monkey also encountered some problems at the bottom of the river, causing its position to shift somewhat.

"The location has changed. The original location is twenty feet west!"

In this fleeting moment, Canopy quickly informed the monkey of its location.

The monkey didn't answer, but quickly rushed into the water.

The situation no longer allowed him to dwell on it.

Canopy slowly stood up holding the nine-tooth nail rake, changed his hands, and assumed a fighting stance. The eyes were still scanning the dark river outside the shield.

With a muffled "boom", the shield above his head was broken.

A Fangtian painted halberd stabbed along the gap towards Canopy's forehead.

In panic, Canopy had no choice but to duck aside.

At this time. The shield on the side was broken again, and the Lion and Camel King rushed out again holding a big knife. This time the sword's impact point was Canopy's neck.

Between the lightning and flint, Canopy gritted his teeth and quickly used a nine-tooth rake to block it.

But at this moment, Demon King Peng rushed in along the crack above his head, rolled in the air, and Fang Tian's painted halberd slashed Tianpeng's arm hard. The blood is flowing!

Then, just when Tianpeng was distracted to dodge Fang Tian's painted halberd, the Lion Camel King suddenly used a free hand to punch the wound on Tianpeng's waist hard!

This blow directly hit Tianpeng until he vomited blood.

The next moment, just when Canopy thought it was over, the two demon kings turned around and broke out of the shield, disappearing into the black water.

A spiritual power was condensed in Canopy's palm, and the torn shield was quickly repaired, stopping the crazy influx of black water.

Looking back, he saw Xuanzang with his hands clasped together and a solemn look on his face, and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Xuanzang had no chance of participating in a battle of this level. As long as you can take care of yourself and don't cause trouble, it will already be a big help.

But what happened to the Lion Camel King and the Peng Demon King?

I thought they were people from Buddhism, but it turned out that two demon kings appeared. What's going on? The demon king took refuge in Buddhism? Or do they really believe the rumor spread by Buddhism that they can live forever?

Tianpeng couldn't think about this reason in detail at the moment. The question he was more concerned about was, was the other party's performance just now cautious or confident?

What a great opportunity. He had already been stabbed twice and faced a close attack from the Lion and Camel King. As long as the Peng Demon King took a little risk, he should have a great chance to capture Xuanzang.

But the other party actually gave up...

Are they really so sure that the monkey can't arrive quickly?

At this time, Tianpeng once again felt the monkey protruding from the water with the help of the golden hoop.

"The location just now...51 feet to the northwest..."

A mouthful of blood spilled from Tianpeng's mouth.

They moved again. They clearly didn't move, but the river water and even the mud at the bottom of the river were moving. What's worse is that the distance of the monkey is suddenly far and near, and it is obvious that it has not escaped from the predicament at the bottom of the river.

Under such a situation, can the monkey really find himself?

Just when the canopy was getting a little desperate, the monkey, who was slowly falling from the air, adjusted his body in the air and pointed the golden hoop in his hand directly at the position reported by the canopy!

"long--!"

With a shout. The golden cudgel in the monkey's hand suddenly extended, penetrated the river's canopy shield, and pierced into the mud at the bottom of the river beside Xuanzang!

For a time, the sand, gravel and silt on the seabed were lifted up.

Tianpeng suddenly understood and quickly stretched out his hand towards the golden hoop that was not far away.

But at this moment, Demon King Peng suddenly broke through the shield behind the canopy. Appeared next to Xuanzang.

In desperation, Tianpeng had no choice but to turn around and hit the Peng Demon King with a rake.

Demon King Peng quickly dodged, but this time he dodged, he got closer to Xuanzang.

At this moment, behind Tianpeng, the Lion and Camel King suddenly appeared, and stabbed Tianpeng heavily in the back with a horizontal slash.

A scream. Blood spurted out.

Under severe pain. Canopy had to turn around and deal with it.

Demon King Peng grabbed Xuanzang with one hand and Fang Tian's painted halberd with the other and backed away suddenly, ready to escape into the black water at any time.

At this moment, the canopy is at the end of its strength.

Wounded, losing blood, and in danger, he had to deal with two opponents whose strength was almost equal to his own at the same time, and he also had to protect Xuanzang. This is simply an impossible task for him.

However, in the midst of this fierce battle. Tianpeng tried his best to hit the big knife in the hand of the lion and camel king hard. Under the sharp pain from the tiger's mouth, the lion and camel king had to take two steps back and accidentally stepped on the golden hoop behind him that pierced into the mud diagonally. Great.

Suddenly, the vibration on this side was instantly transmitted to the other end of the golden cudgel.

Before anyone could react, there was a loud "bang" sound... The monkey got in at the top of the shield...

In an instant, the faces of the Lion Camel King and the Peng Demon King turned pale!

"It turns out to be you!"

The monkey rolled in the air and kicked the lion and camel king hard in the face. Kicked him away directly.

Immediately afterwards, he landed on his toes, sprinted, and punched the Peng Demon King hard in the abdomen.

Under this blow, the armor on the back was torn apart.

In severe pain, Demon King Peng had no choice but to let go of Xuanzang's hand and turned around to escape into the black water.

The monkey did not pursue him, but quickly carried Xuanzang behind him. Holding the scarred canopy with one hand, holding the golden hoop with the other, he shouted - "Long!"

Suddenly, the golden hoop broke through the river and rushed to the other side.

"hold!"

The black bear spirit standing on the shore reacted quickly when he saw the golden cudgel hitting him hard and quickly grabbed it!

The next moment, under the drag of the black bear spirit, the golden hoop shortened at an extremely fast speed, pulling Monkey, Xuanzang, and Tianpeng out of the water together!

…

The black water lapped at the bank one after another, looking like ocean waves.

The clothes of the three people who fell into the shallows had been dyed pure black.

"Damn, it turns out it's them! Don't let me meet you. If I meet you, neither of these two guys can survive! We shouldn't have spared their lives in the first place!" Dragging Xuanzang and Tianpeng, the monkey Cursing, he walked towards the river bank.

Wisps of black water choked out from the mouths of Xuanzang and Tianpeng.

In the distance, the black bear spirit and the roller blind waded into the water and hurried towards them.

"Stop scolding... scolding is useless." Tianpeng coughed twice, coughed up blood, and dragged the monkey's hand to float weakly in the water: "This battle is not something they can do. They are behind Someone is instigating it. Even if they are not there, there will be another group of people who will do it."

The blood continuously overflowed from the wound and floated on the water. The blood was mixed with red and black, and it looked like cinnabar in an ink painting.

In this fierce fight, the monkey was basically unscathed, Tianpeng was already injured, and Xuanzang, a mortal, only had half a life left, but he was much better off than Tianpeng.

At the very least, he could still struggle to stand up on his own.

"Are you okay?"

Xuanzang looked up and down and shook his head slowly: "Let's see how the marshal is doing first."

The monkey carried the canopy on his back.

"Severely injured?"

"A bit." Tianpeng replied with a pale face: "I can't die. But if you come later, I guess I will really die."

"At critical moments, you have to trust the Great Sage, do you understand?"

The monkey chuckled and walked step by step towards the river bank with the canopy on his back, meeting up with the roller blinds and others.

…

At this time, at the bottom of the river, the three demon kings had gathered together.

The magic circle on the side is still flowing, and the skinny old monk in the middle is still sitting motionless, and some strange golden element is floating around like fireflies.

From beginning to end. He didn't move at all and looked as if he had passed away.

Miao Jie held the golden awl given to him by Demon King Peng and looked at the three of them carefully.

Since the Prison Tamarin King did not participate in the sneak attack, he was naturally unharmed.

The lion and camel king was hit by the monkey's kick, and his face was full of pain, and it seemed that he had not recovered yet. It looks like it's been a bit overwhelming.

The Peng Demon King also took a hit, but it didn't seem to be serious.

Looking at the three demon kings who looked a little ugly. Miao Jie said cautiously: "Just now, why didn't you capture Xuanzang directly? Or you could just kill him."

Demon King Peng rolled his eyes and snorted coldly: "Do you need to care about what I do?"

"This is not a matter of ignoring it." Miao Jiehan said with a smile: "It was such a good opportunity just now..."

Before she finished speaking, Miao Jie had already noticed that Demon King Peng was glaring at her. She swallowed the words that were about to come to her lips and turned around and said, "I'm going to monitor them."

The demon kings also remained silent.

Helpless, he had no choice but to leave angrily.

After Tao Jie leaves. The lion camel king frowned and said, "Just now... it was indeed a rare opportunity."

The Peng Demon King reached out and rubbed his temples. He said coldly: "What do you know? If you take action in the situation just now, if you are not careful, Xuanzang may die at any time."

"What does this have to do with anything?" The Lion and Camel King raised his head and said, "Didn't Ksitigarbha say that? Just use a golden cone to draw blood and get the blood. It doesn't matter whether Xuanzang lives or lives."

Hear the words. Demon King Peng sneered and sighed leisurely: "He must not care about it. In fact, it is not that he doesn't care, but it is better to die. It's just that the matter of killing Xuanzang cannot come from his mouth. This is the same as Sakyamuni's inability to kill Xuanzang. They all claim to test Xuanzang, but in fact, they are all trying to prove their own way and defend their own methods."

After a slight pause, Demon King Peng continued: "However, for us, Xuanzang cannot die. You must remember this."

"Why is this?" The Prison Tamarin King on the side raised his eyebrows and asked.

"Because Xuanzang is dead, who are we?" He reached out to cover the spot on his abdomen where the monkey had hit him. Demon King Peng walked step by step to the edge of the magic circle, looked at the monk inside and said, "Xuanzang is dead, that monkey Just broke the jar and broke it. Do you think he really can't solve this black water? If he had to force it, he could completely change the course of the entire river and cut off the flow. Besides, do you all take what Buddhism promised to you and me seriously? Xuan Xuan As long as Xuanzang is alive, the monkeys are a threat, and we are the knives that can keep their hands clean of blood. Once Xuanzang dies, the monkeys are nothing, and Buddhism no longer needs us. Hehe... that falcon dragon The boy still hasn't figured out the situation yet. Revenge? Wei Zheng will be dead by then, and the revenge will be avenged. When the monkey is angry, his family can't even fill the gap between their teeth. It won't be enough to bury them all in the Dragon Palace of the West Sea. Who will avenge them?"

Hearing this, the Lion and Camel King couldn't help but nodded anxiously.

The Hell Tamarin King on the side looked helpless.

Clearly, they were all on the wrong track. The news of Monkey letting Red Boy go has spread throughout the Three Realms, and Monkey has no intention of arguing with his former subordinate.

If they had bowed their heads and admitted their mistakes like the Bull Demon King, they might not have had to go to the opposite side of the Monkey at all.

But now that the matter has come to this, who can guarantee that the monkey can forgive them like it did the Bull Demon King?

They made a wrong step, and now they can only bite the bullet and walk all the way to darkness.

After being silent for a while, Demon King Peng laughed slowly and said, "Don't worry, they can't escape for the time being, we still have a chance."

…

At this moment, it was already sunset, but everyone did not go away from the Blackwater River, but camped on the river bank.

When the monkey stepped onto the bank of the Blackwater River, he discovered that the land on the other side had also been shrouded in a magic circle at some point. Quickly searching around, he soon discovered that what they were setting foot on was not the other side at all, but an "island" in the Blackwater River, or a one-mile-square enclave on the Blackwater River. , surrounded by rolling black river water.

"Never mind..." Monkey couldn't help but laugh.

This is the disadvantage of me being in the light and the enemy being in the dark.

To put it simply, the other party had already made up its mind to lure his group here as soon as he sent Najie Jie to be the boatman. The small boat was wandering around and crossing the river at an extremely slow speed. On the one hand, it was to try to seize the opportunity. On the other hand, it was to delay time, paralyze the group of people, and wait until the boat reached this area along the river before taking action. .

Although they are still not out of danger, fortunately, the other party does not have the courage to set foot on land. Overall, it can be considered a temporary comeback.

But how to break through this situation?

Just use the golden cudgel to lead them across the Blackwater River one by one?

Although the other party may be pointing out that there is something hidden in the river, this trick is not impossible. At the very least, these people couldn't do anything to them when the monkeys were around.

However, how many people can a monkey take with him at such a long distance? What if the monkey suddenly attacks when he leaves to take someone with him?

After thinking about it, Monkey suddenly thought of a strange story he heard when he was a child. It is said that a tiger gave birth to two little tigers and a leopard. Once the big tiger is gone, the little leopard will bite the little tiger to death. Now you have to cross the single-plank bridge, and you can only take one at a time. You have to keep all three little guys safe. Take it there, what should you do?

How can a tiger give birth to a leopard?

Monkey still doesn’t understand this question.

Thinking wildly all the way, the monkey slowly walked back to the place where he camped, and saw Xuanzang lighting a fire nearby, the black bear spirit collecting firewood, and the injured Canopy still lying still.

Walking step by step to the canopy, Monkey sat down cross-legged, looked at the river and said leisurely: "Are you feeling better?"

"Much better." Tianpeng coughed twice and said slowly: "Maybe we all guessed wrong, and the person who came is not the Buddha."

"What is that?" The monkey turned around.

Pursing his lips, Tianpeng hesitated for a while and whispered: "It is probably... the golden body of a certain Buddha who became a Buddha. Sometimes this thing is more difficult to deal with than the Buddha himself." (To be continued~^~ )

PS: Well, I updated the outline yesterday, so I will update it twice at once today. Of course, they are merged together and updated. Subscriptions for too many new chapters will be dropped...