Journey to the West: Life Simulation of Sun Wukong

For humans, who cannot fly, close combat is a necessary skill for those with lower vitality, and how to adapt oneself to close combat is also a question to consider.

However, as vitality increases, the modes of combat become diversified.

After all, what is the purpose of combat?

Survival.

The mode of survival varies with each era and race.

Ancient feudal society.

Putting aside human subjective notions and thoughts, the purpose of battle was to seize more land, secure more food, and since humans could not fly or emit waves of energy, they had to rely on cold weapons for close combat.

Then, with the advent of gunpowder, firearms came into vogue.

And as time progressed to the present, the emergence of the Mental Realm, Tai Chi rice, and the essence of the sun and moon changed the methods of warfare as well.

Although close combat still exists and occupies a large part of the current market, Su Jie estimated that with the continual development in the future, combat methods would lean towards mental-evolution phenomena or the release of various energy attacks.

And the Angels...

Su Jie surmised that they are a race that primarily uses energy release as their method of attack.

Like humans.

In the primitive age, they were brutal, without considering art or anything, all means were for survival.

Now, without external enemies, humans have begun to think in other directions: their self-image, appearance, clothing, and other aesthetic aspects, and ultimately they gravitate toward philosophy.

So, for the Angel race, releasing energy is the main method, so naturally, they don't put much emphasis on fist-fighting skills.

After all, who would go punching people when they can radiate light rain and carpet-bomb?

Plus, they can fly...

However, this might only be overwhelmingly effective against other races that cannot fly.

Therefore, Angels might focus more on their appearance.

"So it seems, Angels are indeed very powerful beings," Zhang Manman sighed and glanced at her watch, "Nine minutes have passed of the ten-minute rest period; it's time for the final round."

The four entered the Supreme Cup arena.

The figures of Zhao Xinglong and Cao Jingjing also appeared, standing on top of a distant city gate, one on the left and one on the right.

"At last, the championship match has arrived!"

"Are you all ready?"

Zhao Xinglong shouted loudly.

"We're ready!"

"The championship is ours!"

The teams on the scene were all passionate.

The world surveyed these teams, whose vitality levels were all above 3, and in many teams, there were individuals with vitality around 7; there were also several teams with vitality around 10.

Among them, Su Jie even saw an acquaintance: Jiang Wudao.

As if sensing something, Jiang Wudao also turned his gaze toward Su Jie, smiled coldly, and mouthed, implying, "Su Jie, wait and see. This match will show you what a gap is."

Mirroring the movement of his lips, Su Jie replied, "I'm in it to the end."

Honestly, his current wealth was enough to pay off the debts his sister Su Chen owed, but it seemed like Jiang Wudao wouldn't let him off that easily.

Thus, he had no choice but to entangle with Jiang Wudao, this formidable expert, to the end.

"The final champion will receive an energy beast provided by us!"

After an impassioned speech by Zhao Xinglong, he presented the prize for this Supreme Cup, a golden orb and three silver orbs.

Without a doubt, that was an energy creature!

An energy creature is a type of being entirely composed of higher-order energy. In the physical realm, they can take on countless forms, but their most fundamental form is that of an energy core.

Depending on the quality of the energy creature's energy, the energy cores as perceived by humans come in four colors: white, silver, purple, and gold.

And gold represents the energy cores of stellar level.

This does not suggest that the energy contained within is as immense as a star's, but rather that the quality of its energy composition is comparable to the intense reactions produced by a star.

Moreover, those energy cores might look spherical, but in reality, they aren't. Instead, they are polyhedrons, appearing round only because they have many facets cut into them.

For instance, if one were to look closely at a stellar-level golden energy core, one could discern that its surface has three thousand six hundred fine facets, uniform in size and smooth in regularity.

The moment that energy core was unveiled, all eyes were fixed upon it.

"That is the energy core of an energy beast!"

"Everything about this creature is based on this core!"

"Such energy creatures, it is said, can pass directly through human skin, be stored within the body, and achieve a symbiotic state with the human body's major circulatory systems, which is very peculiar."

"This is the first time that an energy beast is offered as a reward in the Supreme Cup."

"..."

The crowd buzzed with diverse opinions.

Su Jie's ears perked up, and he gained a deeper understanding of energy creatures.

"If we manage to obtain an energy creature, perhaps in the future we'll only need to enhance our Mental Realm. This thing will automatically absorb most of the energy needed for our bodily growth," said Zhang Manman, her heart clearly taken by the idea of energy creatures.

When these energy creatures were initially released by Ming Lun, people avoided them due to various concerns.

But as the practice of Mental Realm cultivation developed, and people started chasing a means to replace eating with something that could perpetually replenish energy within the body, these energy creatures rose to a price beyond measure.

This might be the closest they'd ever come to interacting with an energy creature at their age.

This opportunity absolutely had to be seized!

Composing herself, Zhang Manman asked, "Su Jie, what are our chances of winning the final championship?"

"Fifty percent."

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Zhang Manman was somewhat incredulous.

Although Su Jie had mastered flying swords, in this final round, those creatures with vitality above ten would certainly have cards up their sleeves similar to flying swords.

And they had even higher vitality!

Even though Zhang Manman also coveted the energy beast, when the championship really kicked off, they would have to carefully consider their strategy, awaiting their chances and potentially winning through cleverness.

She estimated that, counting on the full firepower of Su Jie and Chen Tian Yuzi, their chances of winning were at most twenty percent.

Where had Su Jie gotten a fifty-percent chance of victory from?!

"Win or lose, if it's not losing, then it's winning, naturally it's fifty-fifty," Su Jie said earnestly with a smile.

"Now is not the time for jokes," Zhang Manman sternly said.

"What I mean is, relax, don't get too excited," Su Jie still wore a faint smile, "This is also part of the cultivation of the Mental Realm. If you care too much about winning or losing, even if you win in the end and obtain the energy core, it will be difficult to grow into a strong, independent fighter in the future."

Zhang Manman took a deep breath, slowly exhaled, and the impatience in her eyes cleared again, resembling two translucent crystals.

"You're right, I was indeed getting anxious just now," she said.

"Just give it your all!"

At that moment, Zhang Manman's Crystal Visualization Skill broke through once again...