"No, he's not the real Buddha at all. This is a test of the True and False Leiyin Temple."
On the city wall, Guo Wei's glasses reflected the view of the Spiritual Mountain in the sky.
All of a sudden, he seemed to have thought of something.
In Journey to the West, the Yellow Plum Ancestor created a fake Great Leiyin Temple and took down the four pilgrims. The Gautama Buddha might not be the real one.
Or rather, it must be a fake.
The test of the ritual was created by the power of the villains of human beings and aliens, and the Gautama Buddha couldn't be a villain!
However, to borrow a phrase from a movie, cultivators had Buddha in their hearts.
Even if their names were fake, they might not be able to carry out their full strength.
The Monkey King had been suppressed by the Gautama Buddha for hundreds of years and lost his wildness. Obviously, the Gautama Buddha was his inner demon!
The key was whether or not Sun Wukong could see through it himself.
["But I refuse to admit my mistakes and repent!"]
"I, Old Sun, have done anything wrong?"
Sun Wukong suddenly raised his head, and his eyes beamed with golden brilliance.
Divine Power: Fiery Eyes!
Under the golden light, the Gautama Buddha in the sky changed.
There were three eyes on its forehead, a hooked beak, a pair of yellow eyebrows, and a pair of golden wings on its back. It was a Golden-Winged Roc that had been possessed by the Eaglemen.
Not just the Gautama Buddha, the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in the sky also turned into white elephants, golden bulls, and flood dragons, with insects, bats, and other alien species attached to their backs. They were demons, monsters, snakes, insects, rats, and ants!
"He seems to have fused with the Yellow Plum Ancestor's incarnation, which is equal to the power of the Golden-Winged Eagle and the Yellow Plum Ancestor, who can fight Sun Wukong head-on. Together with the two aliens that have possessed them, he has the power of four demons."
Seeing the Gautama Buddha that had greatly changed, Elder Meng saw something wrong.
"This power has completely reached Transcendent Rank-7. He's one of the strongest Transcendent Rank-7 warriors."
Ji Ye, on the other hand, had a better idea of the Eagle Man Buddha's level.
Sun Wukong, on the other hand, had to be exhausted after the consecutive battles.
In fact, anyone could see that he was finding it hard to control himself. Even holding the Golden Cudgel in his hand was a little difficult.
Apart from the difficulty of the Quasi Mythological hero test, it was also because Dragon City's settlement core was only Transcendent Rank-6, and the Nine-Orifice Stone was a Transcendent Rank-7 offering. The power of providence that Dragon City could provide for Sun Wukong wasn't "enough".
"How dare you, Demon Monkey! You still dare to resist? Quickly die!"
However, despite the drastic change in appearance, the Eagle Man Tathagata still had a condescending look on his face. He extended his skinny golden arm and condensed a golden Buddha claw in the shape of a "Five Fingers Mountain", slapping it down at Sun Wukong.
"Executed, executed, executed!"
On the other side, the Buddhist scriptures that the birds, beasts, insects, and fishes were chanting also transformed into streaks of golden light that merged into the five-finger mountain.
This made the latter's body even larger, because in the end, it even covered the entire battlefield. It was as if a real mountain had fallen from the sky.
Boom!
When the attack was a hundred meters away from the ground …
The seawater under Sun Wukong's feet had been emptied, and there was a huge dent in the ground!
Sun Wukong, who no longer had the strength to use the Lawful Embodiment of Heaven and Earth, was like a tiny ant in front of this huge Buddha Mountain.
"Not good. What's going on?"
Furthermore, when the Eagle Man Tathagata attacked, the Eagle Peak to the east of Dragon City shook violently and emitted powerful golden light.
Then, cracks appeared on the mountain, and the golden light condensed into a golden Garuda. The Garuda grabbed Eagle Peak with its feet, trying to lift it up and throw it at the onlookers in Dragon City, just like the Buddha Mountain on the battlefield.
"Ah! Run!"
"Damn it! This Eagle Man Tathagata is able to activate the remaining power in the Eagle Men's settlement even though it's blocked by the power of providence!"
The onlookers on the city wall were in chaos. Some fled in a hurry, and some yelled in fear.
It was also an obvious sign that the power of providence of Dragon City's settlement core couldn't completely suppress offerings of a higher level.
However, just because the core couldn't suppress it didn't mean that people couldn't.
"How dare you!"
The golden Garuda was about to uproot the mountain and smash half of Dragon City and the tens of thousands of onlookers on the city wall.
With an emotionless yell, the ferocious Golden Roc, which had no Buddhist aura at all, was grabbed by an even larger golden dragon claw.
Bam!
Then, the five dragon claws closed, and like Buddha suppressing Sun Wukong, the Garuda was crushed into a giant piece of Radiant Gold. Then, the dragon claw pressed back to the Eagle Peak. With a burst of orange Fusion Light, the Eagle Peak was restored to its original state.
With a raise of his hand, he could reverse the sky and reverse the sun. This was a great divine ability!
In the sky, Ji Ye's claw turned back into a human form. He looked back at the battlefield solemnly.
"Wow, who's that?"
"That's impressive. That Golden-Winged Eagle can move a mountain, but it can't withstand the power of his claw at all!"
"He can't be the real Buddha, can he? He suppressed the Golden-Winged Eagle so easily! "
"That's horrifying. Is this the power that the players can control? If the players are all so strong, wouldn't the entire Earth be occupied by them? I get it now. The so-called Great Darkness means that the Earth is ruled by the players, and ordinary people like us are hopeless and end up as slaves … "
Some people were surprised, some panicked, and some even shouted conspiracy theories.
"I think I've seen that handsome face before. Ah, it's the Crossgod! "
Some people of Yang City who had seen Ji Ye kill the Black Serpent were excited when their memories were awakened.
"Don't mess with the people of Dragon City. Don't approach the Dragon City Group's base!"
Some of them were jealous of Dragon City and even wanted to attack the newly built Dragon City Base in Yang City to see if they could get the government to promise them something.
After witnessing this scene, he could not help but break out in cold sweat. His face turned pale and his heart was filled with lingering fear.
["Seventy-Two Guts. I'm not going to dodge this time."]
In contrast, Sun Wukong, who was on the battlefield, was arrogant and unruly. There was no fear in his eyes at all.
Even though he had used up all his strength in the previous battle, his pair of iron arms still gripped the Golden Cudgel tightly in the face of the descending Buddha palm that had transformed into a 'Five Finger Mountain' and fiercely smashed it towards the sky.
"Boom!"
The golden Buddha's palm that was as huge as a mountain cracked like glass under the strike.
However, its size was too huge. This blow did not destroy it. Instead, it fell without slowing down at all, completely swallowing Sun Wukong's tiny figure, leaving only a "Five Claw Mountain" with a sharp tip that was like a blade piercing the sky!
"Monkey King!"
Both in Dragon City and on Earth, everyone who saw the scene through the live stream was alarmed.
"No, Monkey King! Stand up!"
"Brother Monkey, you'll be fine!"
A lot of people were roaring.
After all, Sun Wukong's success wasn't just about Dragon City anymore.
However, the whole battlefield remained silent.
The aliens and demons were showing off in the sky, and the sharp tip of the Five Claw Mountain on the ground seemed to have pierced into everyone's heart.
Was the Quasi Mythological hero's test really so difficult that even Sun Wukong couldn't pass it?
No, the Monkey King hadn't failed yet.
Otherwise, the battlefield would've been gone.
Thud!
Under everyone's gaze, something happened on the battlefield again.
The golden Five Claw Mountain shook heavily.
"What?"
The demons and ghosts in the sky changed their expressions.
Dum, dum …
Then, the sounds of collisions came one after another.
The gap on the Five Claw Mountain that was caused by the Golden Cudgel became bigger and bigger.
Boom!
In the end, the entire mountain shattered into golden light, revealing Sun Wukong who was half-kneeling on the ground. He had lost the strength to hold the Golden Cudgel that was more than five thousand kilograms anymore.
But with a pair of iron-boned fists, he smashed the "Five Claw Mountain" into pieces with unparalleled willpower.
"He's not dead yet! Refine him!"
Seeing that Sun Wukong had broken free, the demons in the sky screamed in fear and began to smash Sun Wukong's head with all kinds of methods.
Ghost cries, wolf howls, blood rain, foul wind, demonic spells, thunder … All kinds of attacks swallowed Sun Wukong again.
"Monkey King, you must hold on!"
"Brother Monkey, you have to hold on!"
At this moment, everybody in Chidragon on Earth, be they male or female, old or young, was lost for words.
Even those who attacked the players stopped their jealousy and complaints. They simply widened their eyes and prayed hard in their hearts with tears in their eyes.
In the end, the demons in the sky ran out of energy and finally stopped after they ran out of the power of providence of their species.
On the ground, Sun Wukong's armor had been completely broken, but he supported his body with his arms so that he couldn't kneel on the ground. He kept his head high.
He had held on!
The aliens in the sky cursed unwillingly, but they could only angrily turn into bright yellow power of providence that surged into Dragon City's settlement core, further expanding the size of the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon to the peak of Transcendent Rank-6.
"We've won! We've won!"
"Eighty-one difficulties and hundreds of Transcendent and Legendary aliens. That test is too horrifying!"
"But we've passed it in the end. Almighty Monkey King!"
"Five hundred years have passed. Welcome back, Monkey King!"
The tens of thousands of residents on the wall of Dragon City and the billions of Chidragon viewers on Earth were overjoyed.
The entire land was filled with thunderous cheers. Firecrackers and drums were even being played. The gloominess caused by the Great Darkness was completely gone.
"Huh? Something's not right?"
However, Sun Wukong didn't relax on the battlefield. He suddenly raised his head and looked at the sky with his golden eyes!
Sounds of Sanskrit rang out, and celestial music rang out.
The Gautama Buddha that had just dispersed appeared again, surrounded by eight Bodhisattvas, four Vajras, five hundred Arhats, three thousand Jiedi, eleven Dayao, and eighteen Sangharas. There were ten times more people than before.
Furthermore, not just the Bodhisattvas, but also the Heavenly Court appeared in the sky.
The Heavenly Court also appeared in the sky. The Jade Emperor of the Lingxiao Treasure Hall was seated high up in the sky. There were also various immortals lined up on his left and right, looking majestic.
Ten thousand streaks of golden light were rolling, and a thousand auspicious auras were spurting out purple mist!
"Seriously? There's still a test! "
"The Buddhists and Daoists are here together."
"It's impossible to pass this test. Even the Monkey King is exhausted!"
Seeing this, the players on the ramparts revealed expressions of despair.
Even the natives who didn't know Sun Wukong's background were anxious too.
Who would be able to pass such an endless test?
"We're doomed. The summoning of a Mythological hero is a trap. It's a test that the Land of Inheritance intentionally set up."
"Just like the Transcendent heroes, only when the settlement core's rating is high enough and provides enough help for the heroes can the Mythological heroes defeat a bunch of enemies of the same level."
"Dragon City is too ambitious. They started summoning before the Legendary advancement test. However, not only did they consume their power of providence for nothing, but they also caused the loss of the power of providence of the entire human race. They even wasted the only offering of the Great Sage, Heaven's Equal. Dragon City is guilty! "
There were even some so-called experts who talked nonsense to attract people's attention.
However, what happened next made these people shut their stinky mouths one by one.
"You've passed 81 tribulations and achieved enlightenment. You can be the Victorious Fighting Buddha."
On the Spirited Mountain, the golden figure of the Buddha sat on the Nine Grade Lotus Platform, looking down at the injured Sun Wukong. His voice was like a loud bell, and many Bodhisattvas looked kind and solemn.
"You're very powerful, Great Sage. The Jade Emperor has decreed that you'll be named the Great Sage, Heaven's Equal. You'll enjoy the blessings of the Three Realms. He asked me to invite you here!"
On the other side, the Jade Emperor sat high above the Cloudy Palace of the Golden Arches, looking down from above. There were also many immortals lined up on his left and right, and the immortal aura was dense.
Taibai Jinxing, who was smiling, stepped on a cloud and shouted at Sun Wukong.
"Victorious Fighting Buddha, Great Sage, Heaven's Equal …"
Looking at the deities and Buddhas in the sky and hearing the promises, Sun Wukong calmed down. He frowned and rolled his eyes as if he were thinking about something.
["You're in the right place, but you can't make a decision!"]
The voice that sounded like a voice-over echoed again.
"What's going on?"
"Does a Quasi Mythological hero need to be conferred by the Heavenly Court or the Spiritual Mountain?"
"Is this the reward for passing the test?"
Because they had never been summoned by a Quasi Mythological hero before, most people were curious about what was going on.
"Great Sage, this isn't right!"
"There were only 80 tribulations before. This is the 81st!"
Suddenly, Guo Wei shouted out.
He counted carefully. There were only 80 tribulations and not 81 tribulations before.
Just like the last trial in the original Journey to the West, this hidden trial was the enemy's trump card. It was the real "last trial"!
"Great Sage, don't be fooled by those alien monsters. The deities and Buddhas are all alien monsters in disguise!"
Very soon, other players realized what was going on and shouted crazily.
Many people on Earth also realized that something was wrong and shouted, trying to warn Sun Wukong on the battlefield.
However, the Battlefield of Providence was like a wall, and no sound could reach it. Sun Wukong closed his eyes, as if he was hesitating and struggling.
"Sun Wukong's arrival must be different from the previous heroes."
"Maybe because our settlement core is only Transcendent Rank-6 and can't summon him completely, Sun Wukong must've only had the memories before he went to the sutras. Every time he defeated an opponent, part of his memories would be awakened! "
"Because of that, he became crazier and crazier during the battle, and his mind became more and more chaotic."
"In the end, he saw the fake Six-Eared Macaque Monkey King, the fake Leiyin Temple, and the real Gautama Buddha … From the perspective of a normal person, he might not be able to see through the last trial!"
Shang Yan, who used to be a psychiatrist, clenched her hands and sounded nervous.
On the battlefield, the Golden Cudgel that had fallen to the ground gradually became transparent and was about to disappear.
That weapon was undoubtedly a reflection of Sun Wukong's fighting spirit.
Did abandoning the Golden Cudgel mean that he was going to become a Buddha and not enter Dragon City to get involved in the war between the species that created him and another species?
From Dragon City to Chidragon on Earth, there was dead silence for several minutes.
Hum!
Faced with the promise of becoming a deity and living as high as the sky …
At the moment when the Jingu Bang on his face was about to dissipate, it suddenly turned from its original illusory form into reality again. Sun Wukong opened his eyes abruptly, and two golden beams of light burst out of his eyes and soared into the sky.
["After all, I've been through the human world. But I've made nine hundred and nine thousand mistakes on my journey. But I have eighty-one reasons why I'm reluctant to give up! "
The golden light swept across and destroyed everything.
The Gods, Buddhas, Dao Ancestors, and Gautama all turned into illusions.
["The Great Sage, Heaven's Equal, the Walker on Earth!"]
Sun Wukong didn't want to become a deity and preferred to be a walker on earth. That was his choice.
The poetry recitation stopped. The millions of Dragon Citizens and one billion Earthlings stared at the person whose armor was already shattered, but who still remained wild and had a straight back.
[Sun Wukong]
[Level: Transcendent Rank-7]
[Rarity: Quasi Mythological]
[Description: He's a Quasi Mythological hero from Chidragon on Earth. His nicknames are Monkey King, Heaven's Equal, and Victorious Fighting Buddha.] He's strong and has mastered the Great Way of Heavenly Immortal Technique, the Seventy-two Transformations, Reverse Sun, Ground Imprisonment, Size Manipulation, Golden Eyes Fiery Eyes, and Somersault Cloud.]
The entire battlefield dissipated into spots of light that covered Sun Wukong and healed all his wounds.
He turned back into the man who wore the Purple Gold Crown with Phoenix Wings, the Golden Chain Armor, and the Cloud-Walking Shoes. He became the first Quasi Mythological hero of Dragon City!
"So, the last test doesn't come from the aliens but from the Land of Inheritance itself. For those virtual heroes, they can only be qualified to be Quasi Mythological if they meet certain conditions.
"The Great Sage, Heaven's Equal, the Earthwalker … The former is a god, a deity, and a demon saint. Only the latter is a human and a qualified 'hero'! "
Through this unprecedented ritual, Ji Ye also understood something.
"Roar!"
At the same time, the Five-clawed Golden Dragon began to expand, and the golden light on its body became even more intense. It had reached Transcendent Rank-7. Good.
Everything was ready. All he had to do was wait for the Legendary advancement test to begin.
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[Note: The poem is from Nine Nine Eighty-One, which was written by the Evil Cult Leader. Part of it has been modified. The original song is quite nice.]
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