Failure and Death

Amid the clouds, Pilgrim Sun gripped the Ruyi Jingu Bang tightly, his expression expectant, solemn, and tense... That was right—tense. Sun Wukong, who feared neither Heaven nor Earth, was inexplicably nervous at this moment. All because of Sun Wukong—huh? Wasn't Sun Wukong himself? But if he was Sun Wukong, then who was that statue down below? An inexplicable irritation rose within this otherworldly Sun Wukong. "Boring, boring! Once I kill him, I won't have to deal with such annoying questions anymore!"

On the ground, at one corner of the plaza, Victor forced Zhu Tong back and glanced toward the altar.

"Boss, what do we do? Should we increase the formation's energy output?" An Li, who was maintaining the formation, communicated with Victor through their minds. Victor said, "No! We must leave enough energy to deal with the otherworldly Sun Wukong. We can handle this Zhu Tong."

Of everyone present, Victor might not have been the most nervous, but he was certainly extremely tense. Even while fighting, he kept getting distracted and looking toward the altar. Others were nervous because Sun Wukong was about to appear, but he and the people from Southern Sea University were nervous over whether Sun Wukong could appear at all—because they had no way of confirming whether the Sun Wukong Statue was genuine!

Some might find this strange. Since Victor and the others had no idea whether the Sun Wukong Statue was real, why make such a grand spectacle of it? If it was real, then fine, but if it was fake, wouldn't Northern Garden Manor lose all its face and reputation? In truth, Victor's original plan had included an "unexpected development": at the climax of the "Saint-Welcoming Assembly," a mysterious person would "suddenly" appear and throw the venue into chaos, then attempt to seize the