Great Demon Sun Wukong

Upon hearing Sun Wukong’s words, which seemed tinged with pity, Li Jing couldn’t help but seethe with rage inside. How dare he mention Nezha? How could he still bring up Nezha?

Boundless fury almost made Li Jing lose his reason, but though he managed to suppress his anger at the last moment, it also led him to abandon all regard for his life. Originally golden, the talismans had now all turned blood-red in color, for Li Jing was burning both his life-bound essence blood and his cultivation on the half-step Great Path.

It could be said that this was Li Jing’s strike of certain death.

Sun Wukong could have easily dodged this attack, for after this strike, even if Li Jing didn’t die, he would likely be left a broken man, his fate—to kill or to maim—at Sun Wukong’s discretion.

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But Sun Wukong did not do so. Because he respected Nezha, he would not evade Li Jing’s sacrificial strike, even if it meant his own demise.

As countless talismans poured into the Exquisite Pagoda, it suddenly surged with a brilliant blood light. Then, the Exquisite Pagoda split from one into two, two into four, four into eight, eight into sixteen... In the blink of an eye, wherever the gaze fell, there were Exquisite Pagodas bathed in the blood light. And each one was solid, at least indiscernible to Sun Wukong’s fiery, golden eyes.

Although Sun Wukong couldn’t discern the reality of the Exquisite Pagodas, the heavy sense of imminent danger was unmistakably clear. And between these millions of Exquisite Pagodas, a Great Formation was faintly taking shape—a formation that felt eerily familiar to Sun Wukong.

"Could it be, could it really be the Zhu Tian Star Dou Formation? Li Jing, you, how could you know this formation?" When the image of a formation in Sun Wukong’s mind overlapped with the scene before his eyes, he was utterly shocked.

Even though Sun Wukong intended to brace for Li Jing’s life-risking strike, it didn’t mean he wanted to die. On the contrary, Sun Wukong was confident in his own abilities to do so.

But as the formation was completed, Sun Wukong faltered. This was the Zhu Tian Star Dou Formation set up by a single person—its power was surely enough to kill him instantly.

"Sun Wukong, so you can feel fear after all, haha, but this is not your Demon Clan’s Zhu Tian Star Dou Formation, this is the Zhu Tian Stars Array, a great formation of the Taoist Sect!"

Although it wasn’t the Zhu Tian Star Dou Formation, its power was certainly not much less. The deadly threat of death was undoubtedly real.

Without hesitation, Sun Wukong’s body shone with brilliant Chaos light, and he began to form extremely peculiar Dharma Seals with both hands, resembling Taoist, Buddhist, and Demon Clan talismans all at once.

Finally, Li Jing, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground, opened his eyes and let out a gentle sigh of relief. One hundred and eighty million Exquisite Pagodas, all real, had consumed most of his life-bound essence blood and nearly all of his cultivation to form the Zhu Tian Stars Array.

It didn’t matter if Sun Wukong was on the half-step Great Path, even if a true Great Path powerhouse were to come, they would certainly be doomed.

Perhaps after this final strike, he too would die. But even in death, he would have no regrets. Nezha, I have never been a good father, but this time, I will fulfill a father’s duty. I will completely kill Sun Wukong and avenge you!

A satisfied, relieved smile slowly emerged on Li Jing’s face. But what followed was resentment and viciousness. Sun Wukong, today, you are destined to die.

The feeling of death grew stronger, yet Sun Wukong’s confusion deepened. This formation should not exist in this world; it was beyond the Zhu Tian Star Dou Formation. The Pangu Realm’s three ultimate formations definitely did not include this one, nor could it be some lost formation. The oppression and the sensation it gave off could not belong to this world. Could it be...

By then, the Great Formation had begun to operate.

And Sun Wukong’s Dharma Seal was also completed with the last one.

"Zhu Tian Stars Array, annihilate."

"Chaos Five Decisions, The First Form, Heavensplitting Strike."

Finally, the last strike of the two men, the same life-and-death blow, erupted simultaneously.

First, countless Exquisite Pagodas, each one meter tall, began to spin wildly, and then, under Li Jing’s command, hundreds or thousands of Exquisite Pagodas split into groups and, in the form of a miniature Zhu Tian Stars Formation, hurtled towards Sun Wukong. When a miniature star formation reached a certain critical point, it would explode with a bang.

Moreover, the exploding Exquisite Pagodas were rapidly stacking upon each other. In just three breaths, the simultaneously exploding Exquisite Pagodas had reached tens of millions. Although these explosions did not reach Sun Wukong, all the blast forces were swiftly converging towards a single point.

Seeing this, Sun Wukong suddenly understood that this Stars Array was actually a formation for individual attacks. It gathered all the forces of the explosions at a single point. If the final 180 million Exquisite Pagodas all exploded and their power converged on one point, that force could potentially blast Pangu Realm apart.

However, Sun Wukong’s attack had also taken shape. As Sun Wukong’s hands came down, a figure a hundred meters tall rose from his form. The towering shadow had bulging muscles and held a massive battle axe in both hands.

When the shadow appeared, warriors fighting across Beyond the Heavens all paused, especially Hongjun, Yang Mei, Nuwa, Fuxi, and Lu Ya, who felt it most directly. The shock of that instant even made everyone stop their attacks.

"This presence, this, is this the breath of Pangu? Could he..."

"How is it possible, how could Pangu appear?"

Among these people, only Nuwa knew some of the truth, but she did not reveal it and instead quickly calmed down to focus on the opponent in front of her.

Li Jing also saw the shadow and felt that desolate and tragic pressure that seemed like the Heavenly Dao. Suddenly, a feeling that he should not offend the shadow rose in Li Jing’s heart. And the explosion of the billion stars also paused at that moment.

It was during this instant pause that the hundred-meter-tall shadow swept both arms horizontally, and then a streak of pitch-black light flashed past.

The next instant, Li Jing’s 180 million Exquisite Pagodas, all instantly shattered. And Li Jing himself was cut in half at the waist.

Sun Wukong’s strength had become dreadfully powerful.

Right up to the last moment, Li Jing remained in shock. He did not understand why he had lost or even why he had died.

However, his last thought before death was of the day when Nezha was born, the day when Nezha called him "father" for the first and also the last time!

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