A Fight, Brother

"Fine, fine. Are you really forcing me to use deadly moves?" The monkey was truly enraged. He suddenly shot backward, and a staff appeared in his hand. It looked like an iron rod, etched with dark patterns.

Could that be the legendary Ruyi Jingu Bang, the Dragon King's Dinghai Shenzhen?

"Get back! This monkey has gone mad!" Yang Jian shouted as the monkey swung his staff.

Was that staff really so powerful?

Ying Gou did not dare let his guard down either. Yang Jian said, "That staff can shatter a person's soul. You have to be careful. If it weren't for that staff, do you think I'd be afraid of him?"

The monkey gave a cold snort. "Stop flattering yourself. Without help, I wouldn't even need a staff to beat you so badly your own father wouldn't recognize you."

"Dead monkey, you're courting death!" Yang Jian was enraged as well.

I knew why he was angry. If the legends were true, then his father was a sore spot for him. The monkey's words had wounded him.

The monkey seemed to realize he had gone too far. He said, "I'll give you one last chance. Hand over the Heart Core!"

I hadn't expected the monkey to be so difficult to deal with, and I especially didn't want anyone to get hit by his staff. I said to Ying Gou and the others, "Fall back first."

Ying Gou did not move, nor did Yang Jian.

I stepped forward and pulled them back to my side. Ye Jinghong said, "You don't really intend to give him the Heart Core, do you?"

Give it to him? How could I? Even if I wanted to hand over the Heart Core, I couldn't. That thing simply would not obey me.

But at this moment, I had