Rebirth in Journey to the West: Sun Wukong

It was already too late, Shen Lang had already pulled out the tree root.

"Damn it!"

Sun Wukong's face darkened, and the next moment the entire platform started to collapse, and the old locust tree that was standing silently at the edge of the platform moved.

The entire platform was originally constructed entirely from the body of this old locust tree.

Shen Lang had pulled out the tree root from the center of the platform, startling the old locust tree, or rather awakening this tree demon that had been asleep for god knows how long.

The previously quiet old locust tree suddenly erupted in power that was truly astonishing!

It was as if the sky had fallen and the earth had collapsed, shaking the entire mountain; even someone as strong as the Hong Jun Daoist Ancestor and Shen Lang couldn't stabilize themselves.

There was a sense of being on the verge of collapse.

"How, how is this tree alive?"

Shen Lang was bewildered, but he realized he might have caused trouble again.

"Dao Ancestor, Shen Lang, you quickly rush up, I'll block it!"

Sun Wukong felt a thing called killing intent, and it was clear that this awakened tree demon had murderous intentions towards them.

"No way! This is the trouble I caused, I'll face it together!"

Shen Lang desperately operated his cultivation technique to stabilize himself and stubbornly shouted.

In his heart, he really felt like chopping his own hand off!

Why had he been so handsy? Why go pull out that tree root for no reason?

Now look, after some peace, another powerful tree demon was stirred up!

"Can you handle it?"

Sun Wukong also shouted, giving Shen Lang a fierce glare before his body suddenly soared into the air.

"Wukong, you, you can fly?"

Shen Lang was shocked, and Hong Jun Daoist Ancestor was also full of astonishment, as they still hadn't escaped the no-fly zone, and neither of them could fly.

Yet Sun Wukong actually flew!

"I don't know what happened either, suddenly the anti-flying restriction weakened a lot, so I could fly."

In fact, Sun Wukong felt a bit strange, feeling as if the fusion with the emerald green flame from the previous era had significantly reduced the restrictions of this space on him.

Just like now, although flying consumed much more energy than usual, at least he could fly.

This greatly increased his flexibility!

"Shen Lang, let's go, don't add trouble for Wukong!"

The Hong Jun Daoist Ancestor almost immediately made a decision when he saw Sun Wukong fly up.

Their cultivation strengths weren't much different now, but in this situation, the difference in combat power between being able to fly and not being able to fly was like heaven and earth!

Rather than staying to add trouble, it was better to leave early.

"Alright."

Shen Lang felt very dejected, on this journey, he felt like he was always relying on Sun Wukong.

Whenever danger arose, Sun Wukong would tell them to leave first, while he stayed behind to cover them.

In Shen Lang's view, it made him seem useless.

And this trouble was caused by him; in the end, he just walked away, which was really embarrassing.

But this wasn't the time to save face, if he stayed and added trouble for Sun Wukong, it wouldn't just be a matter of losing face.

"Wukong, take this Creation Jade Disc for your defense!"

The Hong Jun Daoist Ancestor shouted to Sun Wukong, and the Creation Jade Disc hovering above his head flew out abruptly, heading towards Sun Wukong and landing in his hand.

"Thank you, Dao Ancestor!"

Sun Wukong was stunned, then smiled. The Creation Jade Disc could be said to be Hong Jun Daoist Ancestor's most powerful magical treasure, accompanying him since he attained the Dao.

It was both offensive and defensive, with extremely remarkable power!

The Hong Jun Daoist Ancestor lending this Creation Jade Disc to him made him even more confident.

"Senior, we mean no offense, we just want to pass to the top of Duanfeng, please grant us passage!"

This old tree demon had been alive for who knows how many years, even surviving since the end of the previous era, far older than Sun Wukong.

Calling him senior wasn't something Sun Wukong felt he would lose out on, a case of courtesy before confrontation.

Moreover, it was indeed they who disturbed the old tree demon's slumber, waking it up; it was reasonable that it would get angry.

However, it seemed that the languages of the previous era and now were not mutually intelligible, and the old tree demon had no intention of stopping.

With a strange roar from its mouth, vines shot towards Sun Wukong like sharp arrows.

"Senior, I, Old Sun, mean no harm, can't we discuss this?"

This time Sun Wukong tried using Divine Sense to transmit his voice, but it was like a stone sinking into the sea, with no response whatsoever.

The vine's attacks became even more fierce.

Judging by this, peaceful resolution was impossible, it had to be done the hard way.

Sun Wukong sighed helplessly, his body moved sharply, flashing in mid-air to avoid all the incoming vines.

He had just tried using the Ruyi Golden-Hooped Rod to strike the vines, but it didn't have much effect.

This old tree demon's body had endured countless ages without any damage and had formed a platform rooted halfway up the mountain, and its body's hardness was imaginable.

Just don't know if the fused Heavenly Saint Fire would be effective against it?

Anyway, better to try and see.

In a few flashes, Sun Wukong rushed to the front of the old tree demon, the Ruyi Golden-Hooped Rod suddenly twined with purple-golden flames, and struck fiercely at the old tree demon's face.

Under the Void-Breaking Moon Eyes, the color in this face position was different from other places.

Sun Wukong wasn't sure if this meant it was the old tree demon's weak point, but he might as well try.

Bam!

The rod hit squarely, without any reaction, not even a piece of bark on the face came off.

Sun Wukong's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly withdrew, but before retreating, he left a wisp of the fused Heavenly Saint Fire on the old tree demon's face.

Whoosh~!

The old tree demon, which had not a scratch under the Ruyi Golden-Hooped Rod's attack, suddenly let out a cry of pain.

Countless long vines wildly whipped towards the face area.

Sun Wukong's eyes lit up with success!

The Heavenly Saint Fire was effective!

This old tree demon wanted to extinguish the flames!

"So I found your weakness! You're afraid of fire, huh? Hmph!"

With a cold snort, Sun Wukong grabbed at the newly grown fur on the back of his head, tore off a small tuft and blew immortal qi on it, shouting "transform."

Thousands of clones instantly appeared, charging at the old tree demon with their rods.

Every clone's Ruyi Golden-Hooped Rod was twined with purple-golden Heavenly Saint Fire, charging at the old tree demon from all directions.

Sun Wukong did not expect these clones to harm the old tree demon.

Given the old tree demon's abnormal defense, even delivering his full strength struggled to break it, let alone the clones.

He intended to use the clones to bring the Heavenly Saint Fire onto the old tree demon's body, because this old tree demon was afraid of fire.