Journey to the West: Tang Monk Conquers Everything-Chapter 319: Divine Skill - "Soul-Returning Spell

Yu Hua’s cultivation level had reached the Great Luo Realm, a level that, even within the Heavenly Court, solidified his status as a prominent figure. Naturally, his identity in the Demon Realm was also extraordinary.

The Demon Clan of the Blood Knife Cave numbered in the tens of thousands. When they swarmed into battle, they resembled an endless, surging tide...

However, faced with this infinite horde of demons, Jiang Liu secretly rejoiced.

His Divine Medicine’s effect would last for nearly an hour. During this time, the more demons there were, the better. Otherwise, if he defeated all of them before the effect of the Divine Medicine wore off, wouldn’t that be a waste?

Fortunately, he hadn’t consumed all the Divine Medicine in one gulp but had wisely only drunk half of it.

After all, such a precious substance would undoubtedly prove to be extremely useful once the true blood battle at Spirit Mountain commenced.

Looking at the tens of thousands of demons now, even if he were alone, his attack speed and the group attack effect of the Heavenly Dragon Zen Sound that occurred every few seconds meant he could take down tens of thousands of demons himself. Adding Bajie and the others to the mix, these tens of thousands of demons might not even be sufficient for them to kill.

On another front, the Little Witch’s Samadhi Demonic Fire was a true group attack move. The black flames, spreading like a sea of fire, swept toward the demons, eliciting continuous screams of agony. Naturally, this also meant a vast amount of Experience Points flowed into Jiang Liu’s possession.

Watching the Little Witch’s attacks rake in countless Experience Points, Jiang Liu felt immense inward delight.

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In his Journey to the West Team, even the member with the lowest level, the White Dragon Horse, was already over level 60.

Well, he was almost level 50 himself. After growing a bit more, he should be able to team up with the White Dragon Horse, right? That was certainly good news.

Bang!

Leaving aside what Jiang Liu was pondering feverishly, elsewhere, Yu Hua’s injuries grew more severe under Sun Wukong’s relentless onslaught. Observing Sun Wukong still bursting with vigor, Yu Hua felt a sense of despair sinking in.

If it were a fair fight, Yu Hua was confident he wouldn’t falter. However, the silence from Silencing Zen every three seconds, interspersed with occasional Sheep Transformation Techniques, and even Jiang Liu’s Hand of Healing every two minutes, had become a formidable strategy.

Fighting until now, Sun Wukong and his team’s Health Bar had always been brimming full, never once dropping below 70%, which drove Yu Hua to the edge of despair.

It wasn’t Sun Wukong’s techniques that were causing despair but these nearly unsolvable controlling moves that did.

The Blood-Transforming Divine Blade was a Dharma Treasure of heaven and earth, and with this blade, almost anyone below Quasi-Saint could be slayed.

That meant even those who reached the level of Great Luo Golden Immortal could be killed by the Blood-Transforming Divine Blade, indicating its fearsome reputation.

However, that "almost" signified that there were indeed some special exceptions, and as it turned out, Sun Wukong was precisely such an exception.

The Vajra Indestructible Body meant that Sun Wukong’s innate defensive ability was perhaps even stronger than his Attack Power. Although the Blood-Transforming Divine Blade was capable of injuring Sun Wukong, killing him was not an easy task.

With Hand of Healing coming into play every two minutes, the Divine Blade actually managed to strike Sun Wukong several times. Yet, in just moments, Sun Wukong’s injuries would heal, rendering the fight seemingly unwinnable.

Escape!

After nearly half an hour of struggle, Yu Hua, a being of the Great Luo Realm, was thoroughly overpowered by Sun Wukong, which he found hard to accept. However, the insurmountable control exhibited by Jiang Liu left him with no choice but to think of fleeing to save his own life.

Was this too terrifying? Was this calamity truly such an ordeal on the Journey to the West? Even at the Great Luo Realm, was he still not a match?

"Thinking of escaping!?" Although much of Jiang Liu’s attention was on the battle with the surrounding demons, he had also kept part of his focus on Yu Hua; after all, this was the first opportunity on his Journey to the West to slay an opponent of the Great Luo Realm.

According to the experience he had gathered, the higher the level discrepancy with one’s foes, the greater the Experience Points gained, and the higher the likelihood of obtaining quality loot.

Defeating Yu Hua should at least yield an Epic Level item, wouldn’t it?

With this in mind, how could Jiang Liu let him escape?

"Sheep Transformation Technique!"

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As Yu Hua turned to flee, Jiang Liu raised his hand, and a Sheep Transformation Technique descended upon him.

Simultaneously, the special effect of the Flashing Brilliance Shoes activated, bringing Jiang Liu directly in front of Yu Hua, followed by a Fiery Slash and Palm Thunder landing directly on his opponent.

With Jiang Liu’s attack now comparable to a Great Luo Golden Immortal Level, his hits dealt tremendous damage to Yu Hua.

After nearly half an hour of combat, Yu Hua’s Health Bar, which had only a sliver remaining, emptied following the impact of these two skills. Yu Hua’s body ignited in flames and, with a final scream, he fell into a critically injured and dying state.

Notice: You’ve gained 1,085,800 Experience Points and 3,000 taels of money.

As Yu Hua’s Health Bar emptied, the system’s notification rang through Jiang Liu’s mind.

1.08 million Experience Points delighted Jiang Liu; a being of the Great Luo level was indeed impressive. Even though he wasn’t the main force in the battle and only contributed partially, he still reaped so many Experience Points?

Of course, it was lucky that Sun Wukong couldn’t team up with me, which meant that the equipment dropped by the slain Yu Hua couldn’t be picked up automatically.

Otherwise, given that my inventory space was already full, if Yu Hua had been slain by me, the equipment dropped would not have been able to fit into my inventory space, wouldn’t that be a waste?

Facing Yu Hua, Jiang Liu had no intention of sparing his life.

Seeing him critically injured and comatose, Jiang Liu approached, and without any superfluous words, followed up with another hit of his staff, immediately ending Yu Hua’s life.

Then, Jiang Liu searched Yu Hua’s body and indeed, a number of good items were under it.

These were items dropped by a being of Great Luo Realm. Jiang Liu took a careful look: a skill book and several pieces of equipment; naturally, there were also quite a few potions.

Seeing these items, Jiang Liu was overjoyed. As he set his gaze on them, the attribute information of all these items appeared before him.

After a brief selection, he picked up the skill book and an ancient-looking ring.

There was also a bracelet that he was in need of, which Jiang Liu promptly wore on his wrist.

Holy Demon Bracelet (Perfect Level): Required level 50, Defense +2000, Durability 32/50.

It was just a perfect level bracelet, but being in need of one, the additional 2000 points of defense value was better than nothing.

Though the bracelet’s quality wasn’t high, the ring was a real treasure. Being the first Great Luo Realm being to be killed, how could it not drop something valuable?

Godslaying Ring (Epic Level): Required level 55, Attack +13000, Special Effect: Active ability, consumes 10% of current maximum life value to double the damage of the next attack, no cooldown time, Durability 80/100.

Epic level equipment, this made Jiang Liu inwardly sigh.

Killing an opponent of Great Luo Realm for the first time, although Jiang Liu felt certain an Epic Level piece of equipment should drop, there was still a glimmer of hope in his heart, wondering if a Divine Level piece might drop. Now it seemed he was expecting too much.

With a level requirement of 55, even with the effect of the Black Jade Prayer Beads lowering the level restriction by five, he would still have to wait until he reached level 50.

Was I now level 49? Just right, with the gains from this, I could level up to 50 and then be able to use it. Naturally, Jiang Liu also placed the Godslaying Ring into his inventory space.

Last was the skill book. When Jiang Liu’s eyes fell on it, they were filled with ecstatic delight!

The Compassionate Bodhisattva’s level 60 skill book, "Soul-Returning Spell".

Now that I’m still a distance away from level 60, I’ll have to keep this book in my inventory for a time.

Yet, the acquisition of the "Soul-Returning Spell", a resurrection type skill book, was a truly divine skill for Jiang Liu. Wasn’t its value much higher than any Divine Level equipment?

Resurrection, an exclusive privilege almost monopolized by Immortals and Buddhas. If I’m determined to overturn the entire Heavenly Deities, then I must break their monopoly.

The ability of "Soul-Returning Spell" might just be what I need to disrupt the Immortals and Buddhas’ control, obviously of significant value to me.

Not having acquired Divine Level Equipment, I indeed felt a bit regretful at first. But now that "Soul-Returning Spell" has been looted, I feel that it’s worth being more delighted about than any other drop.

"Ah! The Demon Lord, the Demon Lord has actually been killed!"

While Jiang Liu was consumed with his thoughts, elsewhere the many members of the Demon Clan from the Blood Knife Cave were shocked at the sight of Yu Hua’s death, exclaiming in disbelief.

At this moment, Jiang Liu also snapped back to reality, realizing he was still under the precious effect of divine medicine, and quickly collected his thoughts.

Jiang Liu picked a few lower quality pieces of equipment from his inventory, discarded them, and then collected the Godslaying Ring, "Soul-Returning Spell", and of course, the Blood-Transforming Divine Blade that fell to the ground after Yu Hua’s death into his inventory space.

Having reaped a full reward, his eyes wandered back to the Demon Clan members.

With about 20 minutes left of the effect’s duration, of course, it couldn’t be wasted, so Jiang Liu continued to charge at the demons, the battle still entirely one-sided.

However, following the death of Yu Hua, many across the Three Realms and Six Paths were shaken, reacting in different ways.

"Amitabha, Yu Hua has actually been killed? Xuanzang is doing better than I imagined!" On the side of the Great Thunder Monastery, Tathagata felt a sensation, chanted a Buddha’s name, and softly spoke.

"Yu Hua? Truly courting death, it’s hard to believe he was a part of the Deification War!" In a corner of the Demon Realm, a man smirked and laughed disdainfully.

The heavenly disaster is something people normally shy away from, yet he foolishly hoped to share a part of the merit. Now what? He’s lost everything, including his life.

"Yu Hua? Seems he’s the first from the Journey to the West calamity to die at Great Luo Realm, isn’t he? Indeed, even at the Great Luo Realm, it’s hard to ensure one’s safety during heavenly disasters!" Atop Lingxiao Hall, the Jade Emperor lightly stroked his beard, mumbling to himself.

"Red center, I win! Hahaha…" Over at Wuzhuang Temple, Master Zhenyuan, who was playing mahjong with several disciples, also felt something and stopped, concentrating deeply.