Great Demon Sun Wukong

However, Ling Weiyang's attack was far from over. Just as the Eight Trigrams pattern before Zhibei solidified, Ling Weiyang's axe lost its force. But then Ling Weiyang twisted his body, the giant axe in his hand vanishing, to reveal a kneepad on his right knee, adorned with three three-inch sharp spikes. Simultaneously with the appearance of the kneepad, Ling Weiyang spun back around, nearly lying flat in midair, as his right knee harshly slammed into the Eight Trigrams pattern before Zhibei.

The reason for choosing such an attack was because Ling Weiyang also felt the powerful defensive power of the Eight Trigrams pattern, and the best way to break through such a defense was to focus on a single point. Indeed, the knee strike, aided by the sharp, spiral spikes on the kneepad, did create tiny cracks on the Eight Trigrams pattern. However, as soon as the cracks appeared, Zhibei's right hand transformed from a palm to a claw, reaching through the pattern towards the space before him.

Then, at the point where Ling Weiyang's knee contacted the Eight Trigrams pattern, a Dragon Claw formed of various mysterious runes suddenly appeared, grabbing directly at Ling Weiyang's knee. In the Divine Kingdom, as well as in the other Intermediate Worlds, dragons were tremendously powerful creatures. It was only natural for the Dragon Claw to become one of the most terrifying of striking claws.

Ling Weiyang certainly wasn't going to let himself be caught by the Dragon Claw. Although he knew that if he persisted for just a moment longer, he could shatter the Eight Trigrams pattern, he was unwilling to do so at the cost of his own injury. In Ling Weiyang's eyes, his victory was assured, so now his goal was to defeat Zhibei at the smallest possible cost. The idea of trading injury for injury was not something he wanted to happen.

Therefore, as the Dragon Claw materialized, the kneepad on Ling Weiyang's knee once again transformed into a burst of cyan light and then into a thick and heavy shield. Ling Weiyang grasped the shield with both hands, curled his body behind it, and with the solid shield, he blocked the strike from the Dragon Claw, which dissipated on its own after the attack.

Ling Weiyang let out a light laugh as the heavy shield in his hands once again turned into cyan light, and then a giant hammer appeared in his hands. Furthermore, a flash of purple light sparked on Ling Weiyang's chest, and a Kirin tattoo suddenly emerged there. It depicted a purple Kirin, brimming with violent and murderous aura. As soon as the tattoo appeared, a purple misty aura rose around Ling Weiyang, enveloping the giant hammer in his hands.

Seeing the transformation in Ling Weiyang, Zhibei's eyebrows lifted, realizing that he had underestimated him. In Ling Weiyang, he also saw the concealed strength of Myriad Demons Country. With Ling Weiyang and Bai Zhaoju being only two of the Five Emperors, there were still three more of similar strength. Additionally, there were the four Spirit Beasts. Had the strength of Myriad Demons Country become this formidable over the past million years?

As his thoughts raced, Ling Weiyang's eyes blazed with intensity. He then gently placed the small turtle in his hand on his chest, and the little turtle blinked its glossy black eyes, nodding human-like before slowly merging through Zhibei's clothes into the skin on Zhibei's chest. Then Zhibei extended his left hand, and a golden swirl of Spiritual Energy suddenly formed on his palm, appearing abruptly and disappearing just as suddenly.

After the golden swirl of Spiritual Energy appeared and then vanished, nine copper coins materialized in the palm of Zhibei's hand. Zhibei was now in his strongest state. The Eight Trigrams pattern on the back of his right hand was Zhibei's lineage's unique method of defense, called the 'Bengyu Thousand Divination Patterns,' capable of evolving into thousands of divination patterns for different defenses. The turtle on his chest was the 'Peek the Heavens Spirit Turtle,' the supreme divine object of Zhibei's lineage. Holding this little turtle in hand or placing it on some part of his body granted Zhibei the ability to foresee everything without divination, as well as significantly enhance his own abilities.

As for the nine copper coins in the palm of his left hand, named 'Nine-Destruction Copper Coins,' they were the only offensive divine object of Zhibei's lineage. They possessed nine ultimate Slaughter Daos, but the Nine-Destruction Copper Coins could not be used lightly. Zhibei himself was known for using various methods to pry into the secrets of fate, thereby foretelling future events or learning of past occurrences. Such practices were not tolerated by the natural order, so no Zhibei had ever died a natural death.

The Nine-Destruction Copper Coins, bearing the extreme essence of the Slaughter Dao, were said to be stained with the blood of countless people and possessed a will to kill that defied heaven. Therefore, using the Nine-Destruction Copper Coins not only made the user more abhorred by the Heavenly Dao but also reduced their lifespan and ability to predict the future. Even in his strongest state, Zhibei could only use two of the Nine-Destruction Copper Coins simultaneously. Any more would drastically shorten his lifespan.

It could be said that, although the Nine-Destruction Copper Coins were not Domain Instruments, they were likely unmatched in offensive power by many Domain Instruments. Clearly, Zhibei was now going all out. If he could defeat or grievously wound Ling Weiyang in a single stroke, any price he had to pay would be worth it. The vision seen through the Peek the Heavens Spirit Turtle filled Zhibei with trepidation and solidified his resolve to defeat Ling Weiyang at all costs.

In this world, the most terrifying thing is not demons and monsters, but the human heart!

Zhibei's series of transformations had actually been completed in the blink of an eye, just as Ling Weiyang, his body engulfed in purple aura and wielding his massive hammer like a fallen meteor, was hurtling towards Zhibei once more. Zhibei bellowed, "Gen's Command, solidify!" And at the moment Zhibei's words finished, a "Gen" character suddenly appeared in the palm of his right hand, yet this character was composed of many simple symbols, different from the original Gen character.

After the appearance of the Kun character, Zhibei pressed his right hand vehemently onto the Eight Trigrams Pattern in front of him. Instantly, the symbol for the Gen trigram lit up, and a giant mountain's illusion suddenly materialized in front of Zhibei. This mountain seemed to be only about ten meters high and was an illusion at that, and it felt far inferior to the Mountain of World Suppression that Sun Wukong had just conjured. However, as Ling Weiyang's hammer, enveloped in purple light, smashed ferociously onto the illusion of the mountain, the mountain merely trembled slightly before completely defending against Ling Weiyang's attack.

Ling Weiyang also appeared somewhat surprised, but his movements did not pause for a moment. With a flash of cyan light in his hands, the massive hammer transformed into two exceedingly thin long swords. Then, stepping in a mysterious pattern, Ling Weiyang's entire form instantly became illusory. With the appearance of the two long swords, Ling Weiyang's aura suddenly grew even sharper, turning the two blades, along with his flickering form, into a Sword Blade Storm.

At the eye of the storm was the illusion of the mountain. In just a fleeting moment, when Ling Weiyang reappeared, the mountain before Zhibei had vanished. It wasn't that Zhibei had withdrawn his spiritual power control, but rather that the mountain had been completely slashed into the most primitive form of spiritual energy by Ling Weiyang. After the mountain disappeared, Zhibei's breathing became somewhat ragged. Once again, he had underestimated Ling Weiyang's strength.

"Zhen's Strike, Thunderbolt!" Another explosive shout emitted from Zhibei's mouth. In his right palm, a Zhen character formed from symbols appeared, and just like before, his right hand once again pressed down on the Eight Trigrams Pattern of the Sheen Money. Then, thunder and lightning suddenly burst forth from the Eight Trigrams Pattern, crackling as they intertwined into a shield of lightning and thunder, positioned in front of the ready Zhibei. Next, Zhibei's left hand finally moved, hovering above his palm, the nine Copper Coins, all stacked up and floating just above his palm. As Zhibei's lips moved slightly, the topmost Copper Coin suddenly trembled, then began to rise slowly.

"Asura's Slaughter, Annihilation!" This time, the voice was much deeper. After the Copper Coin floated up, in sync with Zhibei's voice, it suddenly started to whirl about in the sky in an unpredictable and eerie pattern, looking like a fly trapped in a bottle fluttering aimlessly. However, it didn't take long for bloodlines to start appearing along the trajectory of the flying Copper Coin, quickly forming a terrifying scene reminiscent of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.

Then, without any warning, that Copper Coin shot directly towards Ling Weiyang. Since shattering the mountain illusion, Ling Weiyang had been constantly observing Zhibei, so he was already prepared at the first sign of the Copper Coin. So when it suddenly flew towards him, although surprised, he did not panic. Purple, cyan, and red lights shone brilliantly from him.

Among them, the purple light was the aura of his true form as a Supreme Purple Kirin, the cyan light was the Eastern Green Wood Light he possessed as the Azure Emperor, and the red light was from the Shadow Stele used for defense, the Number Six Demon Transcending.

The three colors of light interwove, and then, in front of Ling Weiyang, a Stele manifested with a Purple Kirin pattern on it and wrapped in countless verdant vines. This was Ling Weiyang's strongest defense, combining his three powers. Kirin Power and Green Wood Power were all added onto the Shadow Stele, and given this fusion of three powers, Ling Weiyang was full of confidence in the Stele.

The next moment, the Asura's Slaughter from within those Nine-Destruction Copper Coins struck directly against the Shadow Stele in front of Ling Weiyang, followed by a burst of shattering sounds suddenly echoing!