"What treasures! What fortune!" Sun Wukong had already sensed the pull of an unseen opportunity when he chased the Fierce Beast into this sea domain.
Now that he had truly seen this ancient tree—or rather, the three fruits on it—
He was scratching his ears and grinning from ear to ear, clearly feeling the deadly attraction those three Dao Fruits held for him.
He had a premonition that these three fruits could help him complete his transformation and rapidly catch up to those other Children of Kalpa who had been born before him.
They might even be the key to helping him survive the future Tribulation.
That was why he had temporarily cast aside the caution he had developed through his recent training and charged forward with his staff in hand.
Fortunately, perhaps because this was a disordered land in the Outer Sea, there were no Innate formations guarding the area around this Chaos Origin Tree.
This saved Sun Wukong the trouble of being trapped by a Formation or having to break it. He moved very quickly, flashing forward and reaching directly for the three Dao Fruits.
However, a Spiritual Root of Heaven and Earth, even without a Formation guarding it, would certainly have other means of protection.
Just as his monkey paw was about to touch one of the Dao Fruits, a sudden change occurred!
"Roar—hiss—puff!"
A massive pillar of ice shot straight up from the bottom of the sea and hurtled directly toward Sun Wukong.
Sun Wukong's mind was being drawn toward the three Dao Fruits, and for a moment, he was unable to dodge.
The ice pillar struck him squarely and immediately launched him into the high heavens.
Immediately afterward, three enormous Sea Domain Fierce Beasts emerged from the sea, firmly guarding the three directions around the