Journey to the West: Tang Monk Conquers Everything

The 55-level Golden BOSS tier was one to behold, and Guanyin, as a mini-Boss level existence in the Great Thunder Monastery, was indeed powerful.

However, Jiang Liu's level had also reached 53, which wasn't far behind, and with his augmented skills and equipment...

He managed to hold his ground against Guanyin, even though he was slightly at a disadvantage, just like Sun Wukong's previous fight with Master Leizhen, his own recovery methods were sufficient to ensure robust stamina.

Alternating between two recovery methods, occasionally interspersing effects from a healing potion, as long as the enemy wasn't strong enough to completely overrun him, Jiang Liu could employ the tactic of blood-trading to successfully take down Guanyin.

After about twenty minutes, having refreshed his Guanyin Mantra and Hand of Healing skills twice, Jiang Liu's health still maintained above 80%.

As for Guanyin? She was now battered and her clothing was in disarray, her health bar atop her head had also dropped to a very dangerous level.

The special effect of the Flashing Brilliance Shoes activated again, seeing that Guanyin was left with just a sliver of health, Jiang Liu's figure flashed, and he instantly moved behind Guanyin.

At the same time, he reached out and grabbed towards her.

Whirr!

But just then, suddenly, a verdant willow branch like a spirit snake instantly bound Jiang Liu, rendering him immobile.

On Guanyin's face emerged a mocking expression, "The same tactic, you actually thought you could use it twice on me!? You really underestimate me, don't you?"

"No! You know nothing about my abilities..." Despite looking at the smug expression on Guanyin's face, Jiang Liu merely shook his head and spoke.

During his speech, Jiang Liu cast a Dispel Curse on himself.

This was able to remove all control type effects, and as the Dispel Curse took effect, the tightly bound willow branch instantly loosened.

Seeing Guanyin's astonished and incredulous expression, Jiang Liu reached out and grabbed her shoulder.

At the same time, furious lightning spewed out from the palm of his hand, instantly depleting the health bar above Guanyin's head.

Tip: You have gained 32,500 Experience Points, 18 silver.

Following Guanyin's defeat, the system's notification appeared, and then Jiang Liu curiously opened his inventory...

Feeling secretly delighted, as Guanyin, a golden BOSS tier being, had dropped some impressive items, among them, what attracted Jiang Liu's eye the most was a purple stone.

Emitting a misty purple glow, the stone was clearly no ordinary item. As Jiang Liu's gaze settled on the purple stone, the corresponding attribute information appeared before his eyes.

Special Equipment Strengthening Stone (Consumable): After use, allows special equipment's quality and effects to be enhanced.

A simple sentence, yet it clearly conveyed the function of the purple stone, which delighted Jiang Liu immensely.

Although the world of the Map of Mountains and Rivers is akin to a virtual world within a painting, and items like Guanyin's Jade Clean Bottle cannot be taken out of it...

However, after defeating monsters, one can still gain Experience Points, money, and even obtain items.

These items can be taken out with him.

Jiang Liu had once obtained an enhancement tool for equipment, which he had used to upgrade his legendary weapon, the Mixed Iron Rod, to epic level.

But now, the gemstone that emerged could enhance special equipment, right?

There were only three pieces of special equipment, namely the Feather Demon Blade, Skill Bookcase, and World-Destroying Black Lotus!

These three special items were of great significance to Jiang Liu.

No need to mention the Feather Demon Blade; after being strengthened, his flight speed would undoubtedly increase, and even the group-attack damage from the Feather Demon Blade would be higher, speed being a very important attribute.

Next, the Skill Bookcase goes without saying; Compassionate Bodhisattva is a support profession, with hardly any strong battle methods, the Skill Bookcase allows him to use skills from other professions, making him more versatile.

After being strengthened, would the original three skills of the Skill Bookcase become stronger? Or could it store more skill books?

The last one, the World-Destroying Black Lotus, a Ninth Grade Black Lotus, was indeed a treasure, combining attack, defense, and control all in one.

If it could be strengthened, surely it would become more powerful!

But, there was only one strengthening stone. Which of these three items should he enhance?

After pondering over it for a moment, Jiang Liu's gaze settled on the Skill Bookcase.

This was the special equipment he had used the longest on his journey; Jiang Liu directly took out the Skill Bookcase, then the purple strengthening stone merged directly into it.

Though it looked like just a small, ordinary bookcase, as the strengthening stone merged into it, it was like a regular wooden bookcase inlaid with a purple gemstone.

Flawlessly integrated, it also gave the whole bookcase a more noble appearance.

As the purple gemstone was set into it, Jiang Liu could see that the bookcase seemed to have grown larger, indicating that it could now hold one more skill book than the original three.

Seeing this change, Jiang Liu was overjoyed and carefully looked at the Skill Bookcase!

Indeed, the space that could hold three skill books had turned into four!

Upon witnessing this scene, Jiang Liu was overjoyed.

He immediately accessed his inventory space, took out the Weakness Talisman Skill Book that had dropped earlier, which he had been unable to learn, and placed it inside.

Prompt: Would you like to consume 1 Skill Point to learn "Weakness Talisman" Skill?

The system's prompt arrived as expected, and Jiang Liu did not hesitate to choose "Yes."

As soon as the learning process for the Weakness Talisman was completed, intangible information suddenly appeared, helping Jiang Liu fully understand the effects of the Weakness Talisman.

After checking the Attribute Information of the Weakness Talisman, without any hesitation and having plenty of Skill Points, Jiang Liu, in one breath, maximized the skill level of the Weakness Talisman to the top level.

After reviewing the effects of the Weakness Talisman, Jiang Liu nodded in satisfaction.

Weakness Talisman (Great Perfection): After being cast on the target, it causes the target to fall into a continuous 10-second Weakness State, reducing attack, defense, and speed by 25%. Cooldown time: 300 seconds.

"Very good!" Seeing the skill effect of Weakness Talisman at the Great Perfection Realm, Jiang Liu nodded happily to himself.

The weakening effect of this Weakness Talisman is indeed comprehensive.

Attack, defense, and speed have all been reduced by 25%—truly worthy of a DEBUFF skill for Weakness State!

For Jiang Liu, after slaying the Bodhisattva and having special equipment and Strengthening Stones drop, learning the Weakness Talisman was, of course, a fantastic addition and a powerful control mechanism.

After the Bodhisattva was slain, many other Buddhas and Bodhisattvas came forth.

The level of the Bodhisattvas is generally around Grade 50.

While the level of the Buddhas is generally around Grade 55, which for Jiang Liu, was just the right level of monsters.

For each one killed, he could gain at least more than 10,000 Experience Points, plus a few thousand from the Arhat Venerable…

Having made his way through the Great Thunder Monastery, and after fighting for a little over an hour, he had gained roughly 200,000 Experience Points.

An hour to gain about 200,000 Experience Points?! If he spent a whole day in the Map of Mountains and Rivers, wouldn't that mean millions of Experience Points accrued?!

Moreover, the most important thing is, slaying monsters and meditating in cultivation are not the same. This method could cause equipment and various items to drop!

"Indeed, where does the game system mention cultivation through meditation? Killing monsters to level up is, of course, the fastest way!"

Seeing that he had gained 200,000 Experience Points in just about an hour, Jiang Liu's heart quietly rejoiced, and he felt even more enthusiastic.

"Amitabha…"

However, after about an hour of slaying, the disturbance caused by Jiang Liu naturally caused a great stir in the Great Thunder Monastery; a Buddhist chant resonated, and immediately, Tathagata appeared before Jiang Liu, appearing quite imposing.

Sitting upon the Lotus Platform, the Tathagata was extremely large, emitting a heavy aura all over.

Character Profile!

Seeing even Tathagata stepping forward, Jiang Liu tensed up and looked closely at Tathagata while silently murmuring to himself.

Immediately, a semi-transparent character profile appeared before Jiang Liu.

ID: Tathagata (Golden).

Gender: Male.

Level: 60.

Profession: Buddha.

Equipment: Merit Golden Lotus (Epic Level)…

"A Level 60 Golden BOSS!? He's much stronger than the Bodhisattva!"

Looking at Tathagata, Jiang Liu understood that in the dungeon of the Great Thunder Monastery, Tathagata was definitely the final BOSS. Discover exclusive tales on My Virtual Library Empire

A Level 60 Golden BOSS? In terms of level, that's the Peak of the Returning Void Realm, and with a golden hue and even Epic Level equipment, Tathagata's strength is surely much stronger than the Bodhisattva's.

Although he was now Level 53, could he really handle this bootleg version of Tathagata!?

Jiang Liu wasn't entirely confident.

However, at this moment, it was naturally time to act, as everyone was from the Returning Void Realm, and there was no need for him to be timid, right?

Most importantly, the recently maximized Weakness Talisman should be able to play a significant role!

Taking a deep breath, Jiang Liu quietly applied several Buffs to himself, including the Strengthening Demon-Subduing Mantra and the Strengthening Protective Mantra.

As Jiang Liu quietly applied several Buffs to himself, Tathagata showed no hurry to start fighting and said, "Amitabha, this benefactor, you have been causing unrest in my Great Thunder Monastery, what are you trying to achieve? We don't need to waste much time, how about a wager? If you can escape from the palm of my hand, I will admit defeat, but if you can't, you must leave and never…"

"Get lost!"