The Lord of Void and Real
Chapter 1336

Chapter 1336: Chapter 1333: I, Old Sun, Am Back Chapter 1336: Chapter 1333: I, Old Sun, Am Back Shen Luo peered through the charred and blackened remains of the stockade gate and saw Sun Wukong walking out with a stern expression, rage brimming in his eyes, which had started to show hints of redness through his golden fire eyes.

“How did it spread to here?” Fu Donglai could not comprehend.

Shen Luo was not surprised, well aware of the relationship between Mount Fangcun and Longevity Village. He knew many from Longevity Village had once gone to learn immortality arts at Mount Fangcun. As followers of the mountain, they would not stand idly by when outsiders attacked.

“The woodcutter who showed me the way to Mount Fangcun that year was from this village… Since they have taken things this far, do not blame me for not showing Buddhist mercy in enlightening them anymore.”

Having said this, Sun Wukong yanked off the kasaya draped diagonally across his body, flames rose from behind him, and a bright red cape unfurled as if by its own volition, rustling loudly without wind.

The group soon left Longevity Village and quickly arrived at the foot of Mount Fangcun.

At the entrance to the mountain gate, silence prevailed as always, with only the occasional bird song from within the forest, as if everything was normal.

Sun Wukong took the lead under the wooden arch, his figure leaped, ready to enter.

Instantly within the archway, a bright light shone, and a burst of colorful dazzling light emerged, emitting a forceful wave that pushed Sun Wukong back out.

“Great King, the protective Great Formation is still there; it seems Mount Fangcun has not encountered any trouble,” Marshal Ma commented upon seeing this.

Sun Wukong, upon hearing this, did not speak but formed a magic spell with one hand, chanted rapidly a few times, then reached his palm towards the archway once more.

As his hand just penetrated the arch, the layer of colorful dazzling light emerged again, still keeping him on the outside.

“Humph, even the gate-opening spell passed to me by Master is ineffective? Are you forcing me, old Sun, to bring out my special skills of pushing down walls and smashing gates?” Sun Wukong snorted coldly, his wrist twirling as a bright golden halo coalesced in his palm, materializing a shining golden staff in his hand.

He gripped the Ruyi Golden Cudgel with one hand, took a step forward, and his body suddenly inflated several times in size, towering over the archway.

Waving his arm, a circle of golden light surged from his body.

Shen Luo could feel the intense energy of the Huangting Technique radiating from within, yet saw no trace of the Dragon Elephant Power, deducing that Sun Wukong must have integrated the strength of the Dragon Elephant and no longer needed to manifest it outwardly.

While he pondered, an overwhelming aura like the sea surged from the spinning Ruyi Golden Cudgel, “humming” incessantly with immense mountainous power cascading down upon the archway.

“Boom boom boom”

The sound of mountains collapsing echoed continuously as the Ruyi Golden Cudgel, wrapped in heavy golden light, approached the wooden arch. At that instant, colorful dazzling light shone inside and outside the arch, revealing the full extent of the mountain-protecting Great Formation.

The sprawling light curtain stretched hundreds of feet into the sky, and at the moment the Golden Cudgel struck, it rippled with a vast wave, layer upon layer of golden waves carrying boundless strength surged forth.

A deep, muffled boom resounded.

Sun Wukong's figure was hit by the golden light and sent flying backward.

But midway through his flight, he forcefully twisted his body around, instantaneously reappearing on the other side of the colorful light curtain. He swung the Ruyi Golden Cudgel again, hammering it down hard on the light curtain.

With a “boom,” a blast more intense than before surged forth, and Sun Wukong was once again sent flying.

This time, his body had flown backwards for only about a hundred feet when it suddenly turned direction in an extremely unreasonable arc, charging directly into the high altitude and quickly vanishing from the sight of Shen Luo and his companion.

But a moment later, a thunderous roar that shook the skydome emanated from above Mount Fangcun.

“Boom”

The entire mountain range violently quivered, and the seemingly impenetrable Mount Fangcun defense formation shattered with that explosive sound, dispersing countless golden lights, which fled in all directions.

At this moment, Shen Luo saw a person darting back and forth high in the sky, holding a silk book of charm patterns made of golden thread brocade, emitting a golden halo above it, gathering all the dispersing golden lights back together.

After a while, that figure finally descended back to the ground, and it was naturally Sun Wukong.

Seeing Shen Luo and his companion's puzzled faces, Sun Wukong explained, “This is the core object of the Mount Fangcun defense formation. Without knowledge of its location, even I would not have been able to break the formation so quickly.”

“Great Sage, now that the formation is broken, what are you doing?” Shen Luo asked, pointing to the remaining turbulent halo above.

“Can't you see? Naturally, I'm collecting the spiritual energy back. Sigh… With this breakage and recollection, at least half of the Heavenly and Earthly Spiritual Qi is lost. If Master finds out, he will scold me again for being a wasteful prodigal,” Sun Wukong said with a continuous sigh.

On Mount Fangcun, where the protective formation had been dissolved, black smoke could be seen rising in various places, causing everyone's hearts to rise in their throats once more.

“Great Sage, there's no time to delay, we should hurry up the mountain,” Shen Luo urged hastily.

No sooner had the group begun to ascend with flight than they saw a figure stumbling down from the high altitude. Sun Wukong quickly raised his hand for a remote grab, and an invisible force emerged from the void, rescuing the person in distress.

Sun Wukong slowly pulled him in front, and upon recognizing the face, he couldn't help but exclaim,

“Brother Jue An…”

The man, of medium stature with round cheeks and his clothes torn and bloody, was Jue An, a direct disciple of Master Bodhi.

“Wukong, is that really you? You… you've come back?” When Jue An saw Sun Wukong and the others, a light of hope suddenly ignited in his eyes.

“Senior Brother, your old Sun has returned. How is Master? How is everything on the mountain?” Sun Wukong stepped forward to support Jue An and asked.

“Just yesterday, a group of monks with unknown identities came to our Mount Fangcun under the pretext of paying a visit. After being denied entry, they attacked our disciples. We fought desperately, but alas…” Jue An's speech was fast and disorganized, and at this point, he found it difficult to continue.

Impatiently, Shen Luo asked, “Elder Jue An, who are these attackers, and how did they manage to break through the defense formation?”

“The assailants were led by Erlang True Monarch Yang Jian of Lingbo City, Flower Ten Women from Pansi Cave, and Six-tusked Elephant King of Lion Camel Ridge. They didn't break through the defense formation; there was a traitor within the Mount Fangcun gates who opened the formation for them, allowing them to infiltrate Mount Fangcun without spilling blood. Then they began a massacre of our disciples…”

Upon hearing this, Shen Luo couldn't help but be startled. The main force was clearly three monks of Taiyi level, among whom the strength of Six-tusked Elephant King he had witnessed, and he was well aware of Yang Jian's combat power. Plus, an enigmatic Flower Ten Women made Mount Fangcun's situation extremely perilous.

“In addition to those three top fighters, they gathered about a dozen different sects and amasses several hundred monks, a considerable number of whom are at the True Immortal level. We simply couldn't resist and were pushed back,” Jue An continued.

“What about Master? If he takes action, can't he hold them back?” Sun Wukong quickly asked.