Chapter 439: Immortal cultivation is not just about fighting and killing, but also about acting skil
Chapter 439: Immortal cultivation is not just about fighting and killing, but also about acting skills
Thinking he had pinched the thunder-fearing monkey, Demon King Peng activated the formation and paused the thunder formation, and the lightning in the hall dissipated.
The King of the Yu Monkey collapsed to the ground in a very twisted posture, twitching from time to time. His tail was standing straight up, and his whole body exuded the aroma of meat.
Its golden hair was curled and burnt, and each strand stood upright due to the residual electric charge, making it look furry and like a large doll.
The Demon King Peng slowly descended and walked forward, like a winner's settlement scene. He held his head high and said proudly, "Are you going to behave yourself this time? Do you accept it? Tell me the truth. Where did you take my fairy to?"
The seemingly seriously injured King Yu Monkey climbed up tremblingly with the help of a stick. His face was already charred black, but his eyes still shone with an unyielding wild light.
"Pah!" The monkey spat out a mouthful of thick phlegm, raised his hand to touch his mouth, and said resolutely: "You despicable old bird, why should I obey you? Monkey warrior, never surrender, take my stick!"
No one knew where the monkey, who still had half his life left, got the strength from, but he struck out with his stick, bringing with it the force of wind and thunder. Demon King Peng raised his Fang Tian Ji to meet the attack, but was actually knocked back dozens of steps.
"You are not as good as me in martial arts, and you only know how to cheat and plot. Do you think you are qualified to force me to bow down?"
The monkey exuded supreme courage like a warrior against heaven and earth. His eyes became brighter and brighter, as if he was ready to die. It was as if the thunderbolt had aroused his ferocity. The power of his stick became more violent, and he chased after Demon King Peng and attacked him relentlessly.
Demon King Peng was hit by several sticks without paying attention. Although his indestructible golden body was not injured by these sticks, the huge impact force made him dizzy.
"You are such a bad monkey, you still dare to be violent even when you are about to die?"
The Demon King Peng's eagle eyes glowed red, and he was unknowingly aroused into real anger.
The monkey's martial arts were indeed extraordinary. If they only fought with weapons without using their magical powers, Demon King Peng would be far from being his opponent. This greatly damaged the self-esteem of Demon King Peng, who regarded himself as the number one demon king in Xiniu Hezhou.
This old demon has lofty aspirations and great ambitions. Dominating Xiniu Hezhou is just a small goal. His ultimate ideal is to be crowned the Demon King in the future and compete with the Jade Emperor and Tathagata.
As a result, he, who claimed to be the future Demon King, could not even subdue the ignorant monkey in front of him. How could he suppress his anger?
"A wild monkey is a wild monkey. He doesn't know what's good for him and is courting his own death!"
Demon King Peng's eyes revealed a murderous intent: "I just spared you repeatedly because I value your talent, but you are still pushing me? Do you really think that I, the Golden Winged Peng, am easy to get along with?"
Spreading his wings behind him, Demon King Peng used his supernatural power of speed to get rid of the entanglement of King Yu Monkey in the blink of an eye and flew into the air again. He pointed his Fang Tian Ji at the lightning pillar, and lightning flashed in the hall again.
This time the thunder array was at full power, and the continuous falling thunderbolts as thick as buckets engulfed King Yu Monkey in a sea of incandescent light.
“The demon-killing heavenly thunder, the devil-destroying mystical thunder, and the barrier-breaking Brahma thunder, the three thunders combined into one, is equivalent to a blow from Thunder Ancestor Tianzun himself. Even an old demon with ten thousand years of practice cannot withstand it!”
The hall was already a sea of lightning, the air was filled with the power of destruction, the concentrated explosion of extremely yang energy and the waves it emitted made the monsters within a radius of 800 miles feel a chill from the bottom of their hearts.
Thunder is the natural enemy of evil spirits, and the monsters' fear of thunder is engraved in their genes.
Demon King Peng launched the thunder array again in anger. This time he really wanted to kill. He humbled himself and tried his best to win over a rising star from the demon clan, but was stabbed in the back by that boy. He was already feeling depressed.
I never thought that the dead monkey was so shameless. He weighed more than 100 kilograms, and 80 kilograms were rebellious. It was a white-eyed monkey that could not be tamed. It would be a nuisance if it was kept. It was better to get rid of it early. As for whether he stole the fairy or there was really a mastermind behind the scenes, whether he was wronged or not, it was no longer important.
After a long time, the lightning gradually dissipated, and the stone tablet engraved with the word "thunder" dimmed. Only a few ball-shaped lightning formed by residual electric charges floated in the hall. As time passed, they dissipated on their own and exploded into balls of electric sparks.
The continuous and large-scale release of formations to attract heavenly thunder has consumed a great deal of the demonic energy that the Eight Gates Killing Formation has accumulated over the years. It is likely that it will not be able to launch a heavenly thunder ability of the same power in a short period of time.
If Demon King Peng knew that Wen Rui was just acting, and that this series of chain thunders that consumed thousands of years of accumulation of the magic formation and had extremely terrifying lethality to the demon clan could actually only tickle the gods, he would probably be so angry that he would vomit blood on the spot.
This is the importance of acting skills. Strategic deception often has unexpected effects.
If Wen Rui had revealed his cards openly and used conventional methods to break the formation head-on, it would be hard to say whether he could have broken it. But now he had used up all the power of the formation by lying down and doing the electrotherapy massage, so it was no exaggeration to say that he had won without any effort.
But even though he had detected that the energy of the Eight Gates Killing Formation was almost exhausted, he still did not stop acting, but instead raised his acting skills to a higher level.
In the center of the formation, there was no trace of the Yu Monkey King anymore, only a shriveled and burnt monkey-like carbonized mass.
If it weren't for the silver armor wrapping the charcoal, it would have turned into ashes and floated everywhere.
Demon King Peng couldn't help but admire: "This monkey has a good set of armor. It was cleansed by the thunder without any damage. No wonder it can block the stabbing and slashing of Fang Tian Bao Ji."
Landing on the ground again, this time Demon King Peng was more cautious. He did not rush forward to check, but stretched out his halberd to poke one of the Charcoal Monkey's claws.
With just a slight touch, the dry and twisted monkey paw shattered into ashes and scattered.
Shaking his head, Demon King Peng murmured, "Are all monkeys so brave? Why bother? A thousand years of cultivation was wasted in one stroke... We must be wary of monkeys in the future. If all of them are as bold and rebellious as him, there might be one or two monkey kings born in the future who dare to cause trouble in the Heavenly Palace or even in Lingshan Mountain."
King Yu Monkey's death seemed to be extremely tragic, as he was electrocuted to a crisp on the outside and tender on the inside, but in fact, it was all Wen Rui who was acting with his life on the line.
This state of suspended animation is just a biological mimicry created by the nanorobots and the demon gods combining armored cancer cells, just like a possum can even emit a corpse odor when it pretends to be dead, and Wen Rui can carbonize his limbs and only retain his vital organs when he pretends to be dead.
The shining silver armor worn by the charred monkey corpse once again attracted the attention of Demon King Peng. Compared with his own fairy armor that was smashed to pieces by a few hits, the quality of King Yu Monkey's silver armor was indeed not low.
The old demon looked carefully and found that the surface of the armor, which was made of unknown material, was as smooth as a mirror. Even with the most keen insight, he could not see any flaws.
"Well, even though I lost two fairies, I got a piece of armor, which is a bit of a return on my investment."
Demon King Peng leaned down and reached out to pick up the suit of armor, holding it in his hands to examine it carefully.
Wen Rui was waiting for the opportunity to touch the corpse and pick up treasures. According to the convention of the world of immortal cultivation, no matter whether it is the protagonist or the supporting role, the first thing to do after killing the enemy is to touch the corpse and search for spoils.
Demon King Peng is incredibly fast. It is impossible to capture him at close range with his supernatural power of speed. But as long as you have good acting skills and pretend to be dead convincingly, you can use yourself as bait and make him come to you.
(End of this chapter)