"Whew... whew..."
Zhang Chen sat drenched in sweat, resting in a mountain stronghold halfway up Great Demon Mountain.
Beside him, a woman with antlers growing from her forehead and dressed in ancient clothing scooped up a ladleful of icy water and offered it to Zhang Chen.
"Thank you."
Zhang Chen drank the water, which contained a trace of spiritual energy, temporarily easing his physical exhaustion.
At this moment, all the great demons were in the Persona World a thousand meters below Zhang Chen, using their respective powers to repair the damaged world within the Persona. The battle between Zhang Chen and Sun Wukong had ultimately destroyed the entire small world of Flower Fruit Mountain stored inside the Persona. The damage was so severe that even the Persona's reset ability could not restore it.
As the current holder of the Persona, Sun Wukong treated the devastation with great caution. The slightest carelessness could damage the Persona itself.
"I heard you fought King Sun to a draw?" the female Deer Spirit who had handed Zhang Chen the water asked softly as she sat beside him.
"It was only a spar. Senior Sun didn't use his full strength, and there was no decisive outcome in the end..."
Zhang Chen answered calmly. During their previous fight, he had become so engrossed in battle that he completely forgot the limits of what the surroundings could withstand. Only when the mountains shattered and exposed layers of broken space did Zhang Chen realize it and stop the fight.
"That's incredible."
The Deer Spirit beside him was tall and slender, and a blush appeared on her pretty face. Every woman in the Monster Realm admired the strong.
Just then, waves of intense commotion rose from the base of Great Demon Mountain. All the great demons left the Persona