While Jiang Ming listened to Leina and Yan trade barbs, Ge Xiaolun and the others finally arrived near the pagoda.
Ge Xiaolun saw an armored figure holding a staff sitting alone atop the pagoda. He could not help standing up and exclaiming to the others:
"It's really the Great Sage Equal to Heaven! Unbelievable!"
"Xiao Lun, stay hidden."
As soon as the words fell, the monkey figure on the pagoda suddenly vanished. An enormous pressure bore down on them.
"Clang... Ah..."
Staff met sword. Faced with the suddenly appearing Great Sage Equal to Heaven, Ge Xiaolun had no time to react and could only hurriedly raise his greatsword before him. The instant it met the incoming Golden Cudgel, he was swept flying by the tremendous force, as though a cannonball had struck his body.
Seeing Xiao Lun sent flying, Yao Wen hurriedly stood and warned everyone,
"Everyone, watch your positions!"
When Liu Chuang saw Monkey King turn toward Yao Wen, he immediately sensed trouble. He rushed over with his axe and knocked Yao Wen away, only to be sent flying by a single strike from Monkey King's staff and smashed into a distant tree.
Yao Wen reacted instantly and began directing everyone to take their positions. As the former Deno Prince, he was naturally different from Ge Xiaolun and the others. He had received formal military training, especially in how to become a qualified commander and handle emergencies in all kinds of situations.
"Xin-ye, protect Qi Lin. Prepare for battle."
"Maintain the formation. Don't act rashly."
Qiang Wei hurriedly interrupted Yao Wen and gave the others different orders. She wanted to remind them that their current mission was to determine Sun Wukong's intentions and find out whether he was friend or foe, not rush into battle and provoke him.
"Sun Wukong, we aren't enemies! Calm down... calm down." Qiang Wei spoke again, wanting Sun Wukong to calm down so both sides could have a proper talk.
After a chaotic brawl, Qiang Wei was finally knocked awake. Looking at the exceptionally enraged Sun Wukong in the forest, she felt that if she wanted him to listen to her properly, she would first have to defeat him. She immediately began directing Ge Xiaolun and the others in battle:
"Zhao Xin, Da D, prepare to intercept. The target is at my nine o'clock."
Having come to his senses, Liu Chuang immediately rushed over to support them. He leaped at Sun Wukong with an axe strike, sending him flying, then pressed the attack.
Liu Chuang faced the beating of the third-generation super soldier Sun Wukong and was knocked flat after only a few exchanges. Qiang Wei immediately called Xiao Lun over for support. Seeing this, Yao Wen understood that Sun Wukong was far too fast and had to be restrained.
"Listen to my command now!"
"Da D, Xiao Lun, Zhao Xin, attack together..."
"Seal off all four directions..."
"Yao Wen, use the Power of the Earth to seal Sun Wukong when the opportunity arises."
Just as everyone thought they had completed the encirclement and ended the battle,
"Hahahahahaha..." A burst of laughter rang out. It came from Sun Wukong, who was sitting in a tree. Everyone stared in astonishment and turned to look at the pile of stones.
"You did well. You're not what you used to be."
Seeing their confusion, Sun Wukong casually explained:
"I've been in this world for a long time. You're all just children."
"And I am this world's... Victorious Fighting Buddha."
Coming back to his senses, Liu Chuang looked at the rocks they had just sealed off, then at Sun Wukong in the tree, and instantly cried out, "M-Monkey King... this is the Shadow Clone Technique! Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"
"Confused?"
"But it's fine. You're all very impressive. You really wore me out."
"But some people won't get past me."
"Everyone, wait a moment..."
Sun Wukong instantly moved in front of Liu Chuang, grabbed him by the throat, and leaped to the other side.
"Monkey King, Monkey King, I'm not—"
"Monkey King... let me join you."
"Monkey King, I... I'm a thug."
"I'm a grown man, I..."
"I want to be a soldier."
Liu Chuang was despised by Sun Wukong and sent flying with a single blow. Sun Wukong scorned him as a thug, unworthy of becoming a warrior who defended against alien invasion.
Liu Chuang lay on the ground, sobbing uncontrollably. For the first time, he felt that he had been a bastard before. Never before had he wanted so badly to change himself, to sincerely do something that proved he could become a true warrior—and that he was worthy of the Super Soldier Company.
If Jiang Ming had been there, he would have known this was Liu Chuang's transformation, a change of heart. Liu Chuang had always seen himself as a gang boss, but during his time in the Super Soldier Company, he had gradually been influenced by them. Sun Wukong's trial made him finally resolve himself, laying the foundation for the future emergence of Great Wall No. 1.
At this moment, the night was ending and the sun was about to rise. Facing the newborn dawn, a brand-new Super Soldier Company was about to be born.
Who says we have no clothes? Let us share robes.
On the other side, dawn was nearly here. Jiang Ming had even slept for a while, yet Leina and Angel Yan were still trading barbs back and forth. Unable to stand it any longer, Jiang Ming roared at them:
"Are you two done yet...?"
"One is Angel Yan, the Sacred Left Wing from the Angel Nebula. The other is Di Leina, the Sunlight of the Sun and chief goddess from Liesun Star. In front of me, a genuine Earthling, you're talking about justice and who Earth belongs to. Have you asked the people of Earth? Have you asked me?"
At that moment, Jiang Ming unleashed his full aura. A heart-shaking force awakened within him, and the immense pressure of the Celestial Human Middle Stage continuously pressed toward Yan and Leina.
Angel Yan and Di Leina were both stunned by Jiang Ming's sudden words, not to mention Mo Yi and Zhui. Before they could react, an unprecedented pressure swept over them like a tidal wave, making them feel like mortals facing the vastness of heaven and earth.
Di Leina finally understood Jiang Ming's strength. During the earlier clash at the Super God Academy, she had only thought Jiang Ming was at most a second-generation super soldier with unusual methods and exceptional power. But now, Leina felt that Jiang Ming possessed strength no weaker than that of a third-generation god—perhaps even greater...
Although Angel Yan had met Jiang Ming before and had never been able to fully read him, she had not taken him too seriously. She had merely found him somewhat unusual. But no matter how strong he was, how strong could he truly be? After all, the strongest being in the known universe was Queen Keisha.
Yet facing Jiang Ming's fully unleashed power, Angel Yan was utterly stunned. That immense pressure seemed bottomless, as though she were facing Queen Keisha herself. The computer within her body began calculating frantically, but the result left Angel Yan shocked: he was completely impossible to match, impossible to resist. Mo Yi and Zhui were so suppressed that they could not even speak.
"What, nothing to say now?"
Jiang Ming suddenly stood, withdrew the pressure of his cultivation, waved his hand to put away the God Stone chair, and walked to the middle of the long table. He rapped his fingers hard against its surface, as if emphasizing something.
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