Journey to the West: Tang Monk Conquers Everything

Wet Bone Forest was an expansive and dense woodland. Initially, Jiang Liu and his companions had planned to stay in a small village, so by the time they reached Wet Bone Forest, it was already midnight.
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The winter night was chilly with gusts of wind, and without the moon, the forest with its dense trees was pitch dark, making it sinister and frightening.

The White Dragon Horse quietly trod through the Wet Bone Forest while Sun Wukong and the three disciples guarded it.

As they entered the gloomy atmosphere of the Wet Bone Forest, it felt eerily spine-chilling.

After a short while, Jiang Liu could see a shadowy figure, vague and indistinct, suddenly appear and dart towards them.

"Swift Fire Bead!"

Fortunately, in Jiang Liu's eyes, though the shadow was hard to discern in the darkness, the health bar above its head was very clear. Reflexively raising his hand, a ball of flame hurled directly toward the shadow.

Fire exploded all around, and as the Swift Fire Bead burst upon the shadow, Jiang Liu could clearly see it was a humanoid figure, its health bar instantly depleted.

Alert: Gained 185 Experience Points.

Following the instant kill by Jiang Liu, a system alert sounded as well.

From the amount of Experience Points gained, Jiang Liu understood that the shadow that had rushed towards him was probably just barely at the level of a demon.

This level of strength naturally resulted in it being instantaneously slain by him.

"Master, it was just a trivial Corpse Demon!" Sun Wukong said after Jiang Liu killed the shadow with a Swift Fire Bead.

"What!? You all can see clearly?" Jiang Liu asked in surprise, hearing Sun Wukong's comment.

In the midst of Wet Bone Forest during a winter midnight, coupled with the dense trees and no moonlight, Jiang Liu felt as if he was blindly seeing nothing at all.

"Of course, once you break through to the Controlling-Law Realm, Master, everything will become clear as day!" Sun Wukong responded.

"I see! But right now, I can't see anything. Can you light something? It's so dark, I can't even see you all clearly!" Jiang Liu realized and then pleaded.

"Master, it's true that it's dark here, but likewise, creatures weaker than Demon Soldiers also cannot see us clearly. If we make light, they will be able to see us and we might run into trouble!" Zhu Bajie intervened as Jiang Liu spoke.

Indeed, being unable to see clearly was only a problem for Jiang Liu alone; his disciples, and even the White Dragon Horse, could see just fine. That was enough.

However, once there was light, surely the countless demons, little demons, and Demon Soldiers in Wet Bone Forest would be attracted and rush over, right?

"Would the light attract many little demons?"

Yet, instead of retreating, Jiang Liu's eyes brightened upon hearing Zhu Bajie's words.

"Wukong! Please make some light, I'm uncomfortable not being able to see anything in this pitch dark!" Jiang Liu demanded emphatically.

"Right away, Master!" Having heard Jiang Liu's firm speech, Sun Wukong did not say much else and simply raised his Jingu Bang.

In an instant, splendid rays and auspicious vapors arose from the Jingu Bang, illuminating their vicinity for dozens of meters around them.

Previously dark and terrifying, Wet Bone Forest, bathed in this light, turned slightly marvellous, appearing as if under the effect of colorful neon lights.

Screams and groans incessantly arose. Just as Zhu Bajie had said, in the pitch-dark wet Bone Forest, most creatures, besides some nocturnal ones, had poor night vision.

Now, with the light emitting from the Jingu Bang, many demon creatures were attracted and began to move toward them.

Amidst the trees, numerous shadows now advanced towards them; however, these shadows bore an air of death, clearly not regular creatures but rather transformed from corpses.

There were tigers and leopards, snakes and insects, and of course, humans, even skeletons and zombies!

"Wet Bone Forest, as expected, is it really a place dominated by Corpse Demons? All these demons transform from corpses!" Jiang Liu muttered to himself as he watched the continuous approach of these creatures.

Leaping forward, Jiang Liu jumped off from White Dragon Horse's back, consecutively enhancing himself with Arhat Fist, Demon-Subduing Mantra, and Strengthening Demon-Subduing Mantra, watching as dozens of demons approached him, his lips twitching slightly.

"This scene seems to have changed a lot, as if I've suddenly moved from a world of immortals to a zombie apocalypse!"

Looking around at the Corpse Demons, reminiscent of the zombie films from his previous life, Jiang Liu secretly sneered.

Regardless of Jiang Liu's inner thoughts, the Corpse Demons one after another lunged at him.

Without wasting words, Jiang Liu opened his mouth, exhaling a loud and rich dragon chant—Heavenly Dragon Zen Sound!

Heavenly Dragon Zen Sound (Level 3): Emit a dragon chant from the mouth, repelling all surrounding targets, Attack Power +650, Cooldown Time 300 seconds; During ordinary Cultivation State, gain 3 Experience Points every 10 seconds, requires level 31 for the next level upgrade.

For Jiang Liu, the Heavenly Dragon Zen Sound inherently boosted his Attack Power; coupled with his equipment, as well as the boosts from Arhat Fist, Demon-Subduing Mantra, and Strengthening Demon-Subduing Mantra, the Heavenly Dragon Zen Sound turned into visible sound waves that spread destructively around him.

Boom boom boom!

With the emergence of the Heavenly Dragon Zen Sound, all surrounding Corpse Demons were blasted away.

At the same time, in Jiang Liu's eyes, the health bars above the Corpse Demon's heads had all dropped to some extent.

Some Corpse Demons with higher cultivation levels had only seen their health decrease by one third.

However, many of the Corpse Demons were instantly killed by the Heavenly Dragon Zen Sound. This group attack sonic wave burst forth with an extremely substantial attack power.

Perhaps in single-target attacks, Heavenly Dragon Zen Sound was not as powerful as Palm Thunder, not to mention the Swift Fire Bead. Still, the total damage caused by its area-of-effect exceeded that of the Palm Thunder.

"Amazing! Truly deserving of being the top supernatural powers at the Great Buddha Temple!"

Seeing that even Corpse Demons at the same level, those in the Demon Soldier Realm, had lost a third of their health points, Jiang Liu felt secretly delighted.

Looking around at the dozens of staggered Corpse Demons, whose health bars were now greatly diminished, Jiang Liu raised his Mixed Iron Rod and charged like a tiger into the sheepfold toward these Corpse Demons.

Bang, bang, bang, bang!

With Jiang Liu's current cultivation level, even a Demon General would not take much time to deal with, let alone these Corpse Demons with low health points. Naturally, they were easy to capture.

With a Mixed Iron Rod in hand, it truly was a case of touch them and they die, graze them and they're injured, as countless Corpse Demons continually fell.

Through this bout of slaughter, Jiang Liu could clearly feel his strength improving.

Initially, when the Snow Rabbit Demon destroyed the vegetable garden at Jinshan Temple, he could only watch. The injured Wolf Demon Soldier had once been too much for Jiang Liu and Gaoyang together, but now, they were just like small fries easily killed by him.

After striving for half a year, he was quite satisfied with such progress in his growth.

Notification: Gained 88 Experience Points.

Notification: Gained 550 Experience Points.

Notification: Gained 960 Experience Points.

...

As one after another Corpse Demon was turned into corpses under his attacks, the notifications from the game system in his mind were also incessantly coming.

With no one else joining the fight for the kill, naturally, the items dropped by these slain Corpse Demons all went into his storage space.

Yes, these Corpse Demons had actively approached to attack him, so as their health bars emptied, they all died, instead of being seriously injured and unconscious.

"Alright, no wonder Master unleashed that bright light, we were worried about stirring things up, but Master intended to stir them up!" Watching Jiang Liu killing one Corpse Demon after another like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, Zhu Bajie suddenly realized.

"Not bad at all, Master's methods are indeed getting more sophisticated!"

Although Jiang Liu's current cultivation level was still not impressive in Sun Wukong's eyes, the growth over this period was clear to see, and he nodded inwardly. Continuing like this, he was indeed looking forward to seeing how strong Jiang Liu would be by the time they reached Western Heaven.

Shaw Wujing, watching this scene, was quietly bowing his head.

Having followed the Journey to the West team for half a month, although he had seen Jiang Liu exercise his supernatural powers to subdue demons and eliminate evil, eliminating many Little Demons, Wujing had not thought much of it.

But today, watching him kill so many Corpse Demons like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, the formidable air about him was truly startling to Wujing; could it be that the Scripture Seeker's killing intent was that strong?

Along the way, the twinkling light from the Jingu Bang attracted more and more Corpse Demons, and as the Journey to the West Team progressed, one after another Corpse Demon was slain behind them, truly creating a path strewn with corpses and a sea of blood...

In the thrill of the battle, Jiang Liu had slaughtered hundreds of Little Demons in just half an hour, gaining tens of thousands of Experience Points!

Breathing slightly, Jiang Liu took out a Mana Potion from his pack and gulped it down to replenish his depleted strength.

Suddenly, a black beam of light appeared above Jiang Liu.

Yes, the beam was pitch black, a black lotus hung upside down, emitting a black beam that engulfed Jiang Liu.

Immediately, Jiang Liu's form was sucked in without any resistance.

"Tsk!"

Seeing this, Sun Wukong gritted his teeth and howled. He leapt up, swinging the Jingu Bang at the black lotus.

A loud bang, the black lotus remained unscathed, transformed into a shadow, and instantly disappeared.

Instead, Sun Wukong was knocked out of the air by the shock and fell down.

"Oh no, Big Brother, the demon has captured Master, ah, no, Master has been captured by the demon!"

The usually observant Sha Wujing, while watching Jiang Liu brutally slaying around, unintentionally misspoke. Indeed, today's killing spirit had entirely overturned Wujing's prior impression of the Scripture Seeker.

(PS: The first volume, "Holy Monk of Great Tang" and the second volume, "Westward Journey Five-Person Group" are completed. Now starting the third volume, "Emerging Blades," ah, fighting demons is immensely enjoyable, battling evil spirits is immensely enjoyable, and contending with Immortals and Buddhas is also endlessly delightful...)