Great Demon Sun Wukong

The battle between Yao Wumeng and Bi Hai ended almost as quickly as it had begun. No one would have expected that Yao Wumeng, so arrogant and domineering, would be at a complete loss against a Myriad Gods Hall expert named Bi Hai. Regardless, the battle had come to an end.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Therefore, within the Sand Realm, on the eve of the final night, the only ones still fighting were the Six-Eared Macaque and Jixin. The Six-Eared Macaque had expended a great amount of mana to summon ten thousand Divine Dragons to aid in battle, which indeed caused considerable trouble for Jixin.

It forced him to use his strongest defense, but even then, it only served to neutralize the attack of the ten thousand Divine Dragons.

Seeing the incredible strength of the Six-Eared Macaque, Jixin decided it was time to stop holding back. When compared to the risk of dying before using his great powers, revealing his strength now seemed trivial. Thus, as the purple and red pagoda shattered, Jixin had already completed his ultimate evolution.

This was the six-armed creature that the Six-Eared Macaque had seen. Jixin, already an outlier amongst the Myriad Spirits Realm body cultivators due to his exceptionally strong physique and the crimson birthmarks which doubled his cultivation efforts, had nearly perfected his physical conditioning at a young age.

And it was on the night of Jixin's coming of age that he suddenly acquired a new ability. This ability wasn't inherited from his family, nor was it taught by anyone; it seemed to have been learned abruptly. This ability was evolution, his ultimate evolution.

Under normal circumstances, Jixin looked ordinary, but upon initiating ultimate evolution, he would sprout four additional arms out of nowhere and his eyes would become divine. Most importantly, the purple lines on his body would transform into three long bows, and the red lines would turn into sharp arrows.

This ultimate evolution miraculously changed Jixin from a close-combat fighter to an ultra-long-range archer.

At this moment, the Six-Eared Macaque's gaze burned with intensity as he watched Jixin from a kilometer away, internally chiding himself for being too careless. Had the Crimson Blood Roaming Dragon Staff not warned him and protected its master automatically, that long arrow would have already pierced through his chest by now.

He knew that his physical body was real and no longer in the state of a soul in the Netherworld World. A pierced chest wouldn't result in immediate death, but it would certainly affect his strength and, in that case, it wasn't much different from being dead.

In fact, the Six-Eared Macaque was suppressing an impulse—the impulse to risk his life to test his hypothesis. The timing and the balance of power between them were suitable for such a test. If he did not dodge, deflect, or defend against the next incoming arrow, the answer he was seeking would be immediately revealed.

However, the Six-Eared Macaque dared not gamble. Despite his great confidence in his speculation, if there were even a sliver of a chance of failure, he could not take the risk. His life was no longer his own to bet with.

Feeling the Jixin who had been seated behind him suddenly dissipate into a burst of purple light, the Six-Eared Macaque slowly propped the Crimson Blood Roaming Dragon Staff on his shoulder.

"A second round, is it? Since you're so eager, I'll accompany you to the end. Don't think that transformation is your unique trick!" After speaking, the Six-Eared Macaque's Crimson Blood Roaming Dragon Staff began to vibrate violently. With the staff's tremors, he too bore a look of solemn concentration.

At that moment, the Crimson Blood Roaming Dragon Staff suddenly turned into a red crystal dragon as if it had been carved out of ruby. As the dragon took form and its eyes opened, an intimidating force capable of vibrating the soul suddenly spread out, disrupting the focus of Jixin who was a kilometer away, drawing his bow and aiming at the Six-Eared Macaque. His vision blurred for an instant.

During that instant, Jixin saw a blood-red world filled with various Divine Dragons. Nonetheless, Jixin's divine sense was exceptionally strong, and he wasn't deceived by the intimidating force. However, the momentum he had built up dissipated, forcing him to regather his energy.

Transformed into an archer, Jixin's combat style had also changed; he shifted from relying on direct physical hits to using his invincible aura and blood-red arrows to aim for a one-hit kill.

In that brief moment, the Six-Eared Macaque had also completed his transformation. This time, however, he did not turn into his true form, which was a giant monkey over fifty meters tall. His height had only increased slightly, to a little over two meters, but it was apparent that he was now clad in blood-red battle armor.

At the head, a Dragon Horn Helmet broke through the sky, fully protecting his head. But at the ears, there were three wing-like protrusions on each side to accommodate the Six-Eared Macaque's unique trait, his six ears, specifically designed to maximize their potential.

Apart from the head, he was also wearing a suit of Dragon Scale Heaven-shocking Armor on his body, each scale seemingly carved from the purest red jade and constantly swirling with the vital energy of a dragon shape. On either shoulder of the armor, two ferocious dragon heads protruded, while the arms were encircled by two dragon claws that extended three sharp claw-tips over the back of the hands.

The belt was a dark red, long dragon coiling around the waist, with an incredibly realistic dragon head situated right in the center of the waistband. The legs, too, were protected by guards of the same dark red dragon scales, and the feet were clad in a pair of Cloud Dragon Nine Steps boots, which allowed the wearer to move about in the sky as freely as if he was treading on solid ground.

Once he had fully donned this armor, a flash of red light emanated from the palm of Six-Eared Macaque's right hand, and a Crimson Blood Roaming Dragon Staff appeared. As soon as he gripped the staff in one hand, Six-Eared Macaque had vanished from his original spot and, at the same time, a blood-red figure suddenly appeared behind Jixin, who was thousands of meters away.

However, due to Six-Eared Macaque's incredible speed, at the moment, Jixin was still maintaining the posture of drawing his long bow and facing forwards, seemingly unaware that Six-Eared Macaque had disappeared. Find exclusive stories on empire

Nonetheless, Six-Eared Macaque would not give him any extra time to hesitate, as he had already switched to holding the staff with both hands and directly smashed it down onto Jixin's waist as he appeared.

As Six-Eared Macaque's Crimson Blood Roaming Dragon Staff swept through the air, the still Jixin seemed to suddenly realize something incredible, his eyes widening in shock. Yet he didn't turn his head, instead he performed a forward roll in an instant, and behind him, where his surprised expression had emerged, a purple pagoda three meters high and one meter in diameter had appeared.

Six-Eared Macaque's strike, devoid of any fancy technique, directly hit the purple pagoda, which only managed to hold for a moment before shattering into countless fragments. Without any pause, Six-Eared Macaque misstepped, executed the Cloud Dragon Nine Steps, and reappeared beside Jixin.

By this time, Jixin had just stabilized his stance, still sporting a look of astonishment, when Six-Eared Macaque's Crimson Blood Roaming Dragon Staff directly hit Jixin's back. However, the moment the staff was about to strike Jixin, a layer of purple Tortoise Shell appeared on his back in the blink of an eye.

It was obvious that the Tortoise Shell had been activated in haste, and its defensive power was not very strong, allowing Six-Eared Macaque to smash it to pieces. However, with the Tortoise Shell absorbing most of the force, Jixin only felt a pain in his back as if his bones had snapped, but his injuries were not particularly severe.

The rapid series of attacks from Six-Eared Macaque had caught Jixin somewhat off guard. He never expected that merely donning a suit of armor could so greatly multiply Six-Eared Macaque's strength. The speed had indeed become almost as fast as his own thinking.

This meant that as soon as his thoughts had formed, Six-Eared Macaque's attack was already there, forcing him to defend hastily at the last moment. Under the terror of such speed, he had no chance to draw his bow and shoot arrows. Yet, abandoning the pose of Ultimate Evolution would mean he would definitely be unable to withstand a single attack from Six-Eared Macaque.

As he pondered swiftly, Jixin had already collided heavily with the side of a sand dune, the immense impact smashing it into a deep pit. As his momentum died away, Jixin suddenly shot up into the sky, his back now adorned with four pairs of purple wings.

At this moment, Six-Eared Macaque's attacks came once more, but this time Jixin was able to defend in advance. Although he was still directly struck by the staff to the ground, it was much better compared to before.

(Two updates today, starting with a new book recommendation from Starting Point tomorrow—also two updates! The Six Kingdoms War is about to end, and the trial in the Patrolling Celestial World is about to begin, which is the main event.)