Rebirth in Journey to the West: Sun Wukong

"A hundred thousand Heavenly Soldiers and Generals are not to be feared, but the key challenge lies in the Four Great Heavenly Kings and the elemental Gods of wind, thunder, water, and fire—not to mention the Twenty-Eight Constellations are tough to deal with!"

Nezha frowned, "Each of the Four Great Heavenly Kings possesses the cultivation of a Taiyi Golden Immortal. Individually, they aren't too formidable, but their combined force forms the Four Spirits Divine Formation, whose killing power can increase tenfold. We must take them on separately."

"Among the elemental Gods—wind, thunder, water, and fire—the Thunder God is the most formidable. He needs to be dealt with specifically, and the hardest are the Twenty-Eight Constellations!"

Nezha's words took Sun Wushuang, the Bull Demon King, and others by surprise, "The Twenty-Eight Constellations? Are they that powerful?"

"Very powerful!"

Nezha nodded, "Each one of the Twenty-Eight Constellations possesses their own unique supreme skill. Taken individually, at most they stand stronger within the ranks of Taiyi Golden Immortals, similar to the Four Great Heavenly Kings. But once they join forces, their power significantly increases.

The Constellation Annihilation Divine Formation set up by the united Twenty-Eight Constellations can even deter Da Luo Golden Immortals and even Quasi-Saints from confronting their sharpness!"

"That powerful?"

Sun Wushuang and the other members of the Demon Clan were greatly alarmed, and the Bull Demon King's face revealed an extreme look of astonishment. Long before he met Sun Wukong, he had had dealings with the Heavenly Court's Twenty-Eight Constellations and had never realized they were so formidable!

"With the boss not here, let us six brothers take on the Twenty-Eight Constellations!"

After exchanging glances with Jiao Demon King and Peng Demon King, the Bull Demon King spoke.

"Brother Bull, do not underestimate the enemy!" Nezha slightly frowned.

"Don't worry, those Twenty-Eight Constellations may be formidable, but we brothers are no pushovers either. Who is stronger or weaker can only be known after a trial!"

The Bull Demon King laughed heartily, his eyes bursting with sharpness, and a robust aura surged forth from him, then quickly converged again.

Nezha's pupils suddenly constricted, a flash of insight in his eyes, as he reevaluated the Bull Demon King, a hint of shock appearing on his face. This Bull Demon King had already reached the Da Luo Golden Immortal Realm, and his aura was extremely steady, clearly indicating he had broken through some time ago, and his realm had completely stabilized!

Originally, Nezha thought that besides Sun Wukong, no one in Flower-Fruit Mountain could match him. Yet, he now realized he had underestimated the people of the world—this Bull Demon King's cultivation strength was definitely above his!

If that was the case for the Bull Demon King, what about the other Five Great Demon Kings?

Suddenly, Nezha felt that Sun Wukong's refusal to accept the Jade Emperor's decree to ascend to Heaven for an official position was not merely due to arrogance. He genuinely had confidence in the strength of Flower-Fruit Mountain. It was nowhere near as simple as he had initially thought!

"The Heavenly Army won't mobilize that quickly. By my estimate, it will take at least another half a month before they arrive. Following the usual practice of the Heavenly Court, they will definitely seal off the airspace above Flower-Fruit Mountain and then send someone to try to persuade us to surrender. Leng Xuan, you are a master of formations. Set up a Killing Formation in advance to ambush them.

Ideally, it should be one that can be activated against airborne enemies, to strike them hard while they are unprepared and unstable!"

The cold light in Nezha's eyes shone brightly, and upon hearing his words, a chill ran down the spines of the demons present. Nezha, the Third Prince, was truly ruthless! Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li Jing having such a son but failing to win him over had turned him into an adamant foe, which was utterly foolish!

After making his suggestion, Nezha directly entered deep into the Heaven-Piercing Tower within Water Curtain Cave Heaven. Over the years at Flower-Fruit Mountain, he had restored his cultivation to the peak of Taiyi Golden Immortal and was on the verge of another breakthrough.

Now with Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li Jing leading the assault, Nezha needed to break through to the Da Luo Golden Immortal Realm to be unafraid of Li Jing's Seven Treasures Exquisite Pagoda!

The entire Flower-Fruit Mountain was also actively preparing for battle. Long before, Sun Wukong had already shared the main control of the Primordial Unity Grand Formation with Leng Xuan.

With Nezha's suggestions, Leng Xuan combined this Great Formation with the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Tribe's formation and set up a Deadly Slaughter Formation above Flower-Fruit Mountain that had the power of a single devastating strike.

Although it only had the potency of a single strike, if launched unexpectedly, it could inflict tremendous damage on the Heavenly Army, and any damage to the Heavenly Army would be the best way to relieve pressure on Flower-Fruit Mountain!

While the Heavenly Court was mobilizing troops and generals to prepare for the siege of Flower-Fruit Mountain, the demons of Flower-Fruit Mountain were also actively preparing for battle. Throughout this, Sun Wukong remained unaware; he was currently staring eye-to-eye with a small creature with a dragon's head and a cat's body.

"Meow~!"

Despite having a dragon's head, it made a sound like a cat's meow. Ao Tian said this little guy was called a Dragon Cat, an offspring of the union between the Dragon Race and the Cat Clan. Moreover, only the pure-blooded Heavenly Dragons with at least Quasi-Saint Realm cultivation could possibly mate with the imperial Nine-Tailed Celestial Cats of the Cat Clan to give birth to one.

It is quite rare, with usually only one appearing at a time.

It's said dragons have nine sons, each different from the others; the breeds born from dragons mating with other races vary in strength. Normally, this isn't something extraordinary, but this Dragon Cat was an incredibly special existence.

There are three reasons for this, the first being its cultivation. Since birth, the Dragon Cat was at the Quasi-Saint Cultivation level, having perfectly inherited its parent's cultivation. Its body was immensely strong. Most attacks would bounce off its chubby, tender yet extremely resilient body. Its resistance was also very high; hardly any negative states could affect it.

However, every strength has its weakness, and although the Dragon Cat could take a beating, its attack power was terribly weak!

With the cultivation of a Quasi-Saint, its only mode of attack was a charge, using its tender body no less. The power of this charge, as you can imagine, wasn't impressive. At least for Sun Wukong, the Dragon Cat's attack power was barely stronger than that of a Taiyi Scattered Immortal's—it was practically negligible!

Of course, if that were all, Sun Wukong wouldn't be having such a headache now. The key issue was that the Dragon Cat possessed a unique Innate Divine Ability, the Charm Divine Skill!

Called the Charm Divine Skill, in Sun Wukong's view, it was more like "acting cute"—it should be called the "Acting Cute Divine Skill." When the Dragon Cat would pout its dragon lips and wave its chubby little paws, anyone it gestured to would be immediately charmed, stopping whatever they were doing and falling into a daze for a moment.

In Sun Wukong's eyes, this Innate Divine Skill was ridiculously overpowered. No one but those in the Heavenly Dao Saint Realm could resist it, not even Sun Wukong himself. He even thought that reaching the Heavenly Dao Saint Realm might not be enough to fully withstand it.

"All I did was steal a peach from you, right? Are you that mad about it? You've followed me all this way! You just want to annoy me, right? Don't you think I could roast you?"

Sun Wukong encountered the Dragon Cat under a peach tree on Dragon Island. This little guy had been guarding the tree, eyeing the sole peach on it with eager anticipation.

Monkeys love peaches, and even having lived again, Sun Wukong couldn't change this craving. Just as the peach ripened and fell from the tree, the Dragon Cat was joyously stretching out its chubby little paws to catch it, but Sun Wukong swooped in and snatched it, devouring it in just a few bites, leaving only the pit.

Having guarded this immortal peach for so many years, just as it finally ripened, it was stolen by Sun Wukong. The Dragon Cat was heartbroken. It attacked Sun Wukong immediately, but its pitiful strength was far too weak to hurt him; it was merely tickling, and Sun Wukong ended up beating it up.

Although the Dragon Cat could take a beating and wasn't injured, this was a huge humiliating insult in its view— an excessive bullying of a Dragon Cat!

So the Dragon Cat got into a squabble with Sun Wukong.

Whenever Sun Wukong drank water, the Dragon Cat used its Acting Cute Divine Skill, splashing water on Sun Wukong's face; when Sun Wukong fought with the Undead Dragon Tiger Beast, the Dragon Cat used its skill, resulting in Sun Wukong being slapped several times by the beast, leaving him dirty and disheveled; when Sun Wukong crossed the iron chains of Dragon Island, the Dragon Cat still used its skill, causing Sun Wukong to fall off the chains several times.

Once, twice, and a third time, even a Buddha gets angry, and Sun Wukong was never known for his patience. He finally lost his temper, grabbed the Dragon Cat in his hands, which was only slightly bigger than a normal cat, and held its chubby body in front of him. It struggled briefly but couldn't escape; even its Acting Cute Divine Skill didn't work, and it was left staring furiously at Sun Wukong.

Undeterred by Sun Wukong's threat to roast him, the Dragon Cat had yet to encounter any power that could hurt him, including fire. If Sun Wukong wanted to roast him, he'd have to see if he was even capable!

"You stole my peach!"

"It was just one peach. Aren't you being a bit petty, you silly cat, holding a grudge like this? How much trouble have you caused me? You really think I can't deal with you?"

"Hmph! If you had a way to deal with me, you would have used it already, no need to scare me!"

"Hey now! Getting bold, aren't you!"
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Sun Wukong now actually laughed in fury, "Today, I'll let you understand that there are skies beyond skies, and people beyond people!"

"Chaos Primordial Force!"

With a thought, Chaos Primordial Force surged from within Sun Wukong, enveloping the Dragon Cat entirely. The True Solar Fire also spread along with the Chaos Primordial Force onto the Dragon Cat's body.

With the Chaos Primordial Force fully empowering the True Solar Fire, its power was unleashed entirely; the flame turned completely golden from golden-red and burned so intensely that the Dragon Cat couldn't help but cry out.

"Stop! Stop already! It's too hot!"

The Chaos Primordial Force can assimilate anything in the universe, and though the Dragon Cat's physical body was extremely strong and resilient, it couldn't resist the erosion by the Chaos Primordial Force. After its physical defenses were penetrated and then scorched by the True Solar Fire, the Dragon Cat finally felt unbearable pain and screamed in agony, struggling desperately.

It now truly believed that Sun Wukong indeed had a way to deal with it; he had merely been holding back all this time.

"Just because you yell stop, do I have to stop? When I told you to stop earlier, why didn't you?"