Journey to the West: Life Simulation of Sun Wukong

"Perhaps a part of you may not know who Su Jie is, let me introduce him once again,"

Zhao Xinglong presented Su Jie's battle footage from the previous matches, saying, "He is a freshman recruited this year by the inner court of Minglun Martial School, an absolute freak of nature."

"Back when he first entered, his vitality was only 1.5, but now—"

"My goodness!"

"It has actually reached 7!"

Cao Jingjing noticed Zhao Xinglong's exaggerated expression, the corner of her eyes twitching slightly, but she still added, "Just as you said, he's an absolute genius, and, earlier, their team also encountered a specially enhanced sand bandit, eradicated a beautiful snake, and then released the strongest monster of this match—the Skeleton Lord."

"Then, perhaps to keep others from benefiting without effort, or maybe because the Skeleton Lord was too strong, they temporarily retreated."

"Lastly, let me complain, skeletons are usually undead creatures, but it has the attribute of searing flames, which is indeed rare."

"Next, they went to a town and eliminated a poor little team, one of whose members, Jos, tried the Sun-shooting Arrow Technique—"

At this moment, Jos was seen in the footage, charging up the shot for three minutes.

And Cao Jingjing wasn't idle either, as she began introducing the details of the Sun-shooting Arrow Technique to the viewers, "This Sun-shooting Arrow Technique, if it hits a person, is destined to be lethal, but the only problem is its long charging time, making one a sitting duck."

Zhao Xinglong took over the conversation, "That's why this skill is generally used by players for amusement and is not loaded onto one's valuable skill bar."

Afterward, the arrow was shot in the footage, hitting the flames vortex formed by the Skeleton Lord, resulting in a massive explosion, with dazzling flames forming a sky full of fire, creating a second sun in the sky over the entire map!

"That's indeed an astounding effect!" Zhao Xinglong exclaimed, asking Cao Jingjing, "The Sun-shooting Arrow, if a person is hit, will undoubtedly be boxed, but what about the monster?"

Cao Jingjing said, "Such immense power, ordinary monsters naturally can't withstand, but the Skeleton Lord is different, it's a new monster introduced in the Supreme Cup, at most it would be critically injured."

"However, let's not talk about that. It seems because of this second 'sun', those players still surviving have guessed that it was Su Jie's doing, so—"

"They've formed an alliance!"

Zhao Xinglong excitedly interjected, "This is an illegal team-up!"

Cao Jingjing remained calm, "But it seems we also didn't say that teaming up illegally isn't allowed, did we?"

Zhao Xinglong also suddenly calmed down, his excited face from before completely changed as he casually smiled, "Right, we don't have such a rule."

"Then why were you so excited just now?" Cao Jingjing calmly asked.

"Just spicing up the atmosphere, after all, we're both nearing forty," Zhao Xinglong chuckled, "we need to occasionally liven up the mood."

Moving past this topic, Cao Jingjing replayed the footage, "Now, with almost all the surviving teams united, what are Su Jie's chances of winning?"

"Ninety-nine percent," Zhao Xinglong suddenly spoke.

"Oh? Why do you say that?"

Cao Jingjing, not upset by Zhao Xinglong's interruption, made way for him to explain.

Zhao Xinglong just said, "Because he is the genius of the inner court!"

"That's it?"

"That's it."

"Alright, let's see how Su Jie's team will cope, and also take a look at where Ye Xiu's team will head next—"

The desolate desert.

In a dilapidated small town.

Su Jie and others raised their hands, shielding themselves for ten seconds before the wind that had just passed over, straining to look towards the explosion site.

Thirty seconds later, when the wind had dissipated, Su Jie and the others were almost buried by sand, the sky's fire tornado and explosion sphere also vanishing without a trace.

Left behind was only that scorching white sun.

Su Jie and his team emerged from the sand, brushing off their clothes and pants, causing a heap of sand to fall down.

After tidying up, the four headed towards the explosion site.

Besides preventing other teams from scavenging, they were also hunting other teams, intent on quickly finishing this round of the game.

However, when they reached below the explosion site, they found a team already battling with the Skeleton Lord, whose body had shrunk from three meters to about 1.7 meters.

At this moment, the Skeleton Lord, its streamlined armor now cracked, its horse-head long spear also broken, from a cone shape to a frustum.

That arrow from Jos just now had definitely caused it severe damage.

And the team fighting them, led by someone in a silver-white martial robe holding a long spear, was using the Water Severing and Wind Breaking spear skills, both are skills from the game.

But this guy was clearly a prodigy, able to perfectly blend the two skills, and his timing was extremely spot on, leaving the Skeleton Lord completely defenseless.

However, the defense of the cracked armor on the Skeleton Lord was still quite astonishing, and judging by just those four people's attack, it would probably take them hundreds of hits to break through.

Jos said, "They are clearly adept game players, with very low life force, but they have good ideas about how to handle the game's skills, working together to defeat beings with higher vitality."

Well, limited to this game's fantasy realm.

"That person looks familiar, seems to be Ye Xiu," Chen Tian Yuzi tentatively said.

"Ye Xiu? Who is he?" Su Jie asked.

"It seems he's a gaming god," Chen Tian Yuzi said, unsure, "I don't know the details, just saw his poster somewhere; I don't follow these events anyway."

Zhang Manman chimed in, "Don't ask me either. I don't follow them too."

So, the three turned their gaze to Jos.

Jos felt uncomfortable under their scrutiny and said reluctantly, "Don't look at me—how would I know?"

Zhang Manman was puzzled, "Aren't you always playing this game?"

"Just because I play often doesn't mean I have to follow the gaming community, right?"

Jos retorted firmly, "Besides, I got into Minglun Martial School. I play games just to get used to it for real combat and stuff. How would I have time to keep up with game celebrities? There are loads of players who have been playing this game for two or three years who don't know the top gamers."

"Even if they know, they might only know the names or codenames. Forget about the real names."

After pondering for a moment, Su Jie looked down at the battle below and said, "Let's stop arguing. It doesn't matter whether we know or not, we'll just play the fishermen when the time comes."

Then, the three of them quieted down.

The leader, Ye Xiu, however, played his spear skills brilliantly—the skeletons couldn't even touch him, and the winds and waters he cast vaguely began to form shapes.

Dim and indistinct.

Under his control, the Water Severing Spear Skill conjured a transparent water dragon in the void, while the Wind Breaking Spear Skill was applied on top of it, finally converging in a thrust.

Roar!

Accompanied by a dragon's roar, the water dragon, enhanced by the wind, shot towards the skeleton.

Ye Xiu's teammates, Fang Rui, Su Mucheng, and Tang Rou, also restrained the skeleton, allowing Ye Xiu's strike to hit.

However, the skeleton realized the danger of that thrust and, in an instant, twisted its body, causing the Wind-Water Dragon Spear to miss and swipe past.

"It missed?" Jos showed a hint of regret, "That move, even a real-life expert with a vitality of 3 might not be able to execute it, but that severely injured skeleton isn't just a simple NPC."

"Not necessarily."

Su Jie focused and saw Ye Xiu flick his spear, and the missed water dragon suddenly turned back, lifting upward. For a smoother reading experience, visit MV&LEMPYR.

Dragon Lifts Head!

Crack!

The skeleton's armor was pierced, breaking open at the frontal neck of the skeleton.

"Damn! This guy is a real gaming expert, being able to use skills like that?" Jos's eyes widened.

In his view, being able to combine skills was impressive enough, let alone manipulating a skill after it had been cast.

This guy!

A genius!

A gaming genius!

"Although the cultivation techniques are preset, the fact that we can reference them in reality shows that these techniques can be manipulated in various ways, not just cast and forgotten," Su Jie squinted, "That man, if he doesn't immerse himself in the glory of the game, might make significant achievements in martial arts."

At this moment, Su Jie could vaguely discern people's characteristics and inner thoughts.

That Ye Xiu, his sincerity towards the game was evident.

If spiritual cultivation and vitality enhancement hadn't been introduced, his passion alone would have shone brightly.

But now, he seemed somewhat "negligent of proper duties."

Spiritual cultivation and vitality enhancement were gradually impacting all aspects of life, perhaps in the future, every profession might require a certain level of vitality to qualify.

"Well done, Ye Xiu," Su Mucheng watched the shattered armor monster, smiling as she slung her crossbow over her shoulder.

"Be careful, this guy's health bar might not be empty yet," Ye Xiu was not as optimistic as Su Mucheng, still vigilant.

Indeed, vigilance was warranted.

The shattered armor revealed a silver-white skeletal frame underneath, a fierce skull head emerged, its silver-white teeth opening and closing as wisps of blue flames burst out like fumes, igniting its entire body.

"Well done, little rats," the skeleton spoke, "No one has ever made me, injured and re-injured, so embarrassed like this."

"Shoot!" Fang Rui exclaimed, "This creature can even talk!"

"It's normal; this is our first encounter with this guy. In previous rounds, we never faced a similar 'airdrop,'" Ye Xiu stepped back three steps, a retreat in mind, "With our current strength, we probably can't take this guy down; let's retreat."

"Understood!"

The trio didn't want to continue the fight.

After all, the skeleton in front looked ferocious, apparently in a berserk state now.

Of the thirty-six stratagems, fleeing is the best.

However, their way back was blocked by someone.