The monkey and Uchiha Shin returned to Flower Fruit Mountain. The demons on the mountain were stunned when they saw the monkey appear.
The monkey swung his Adamantine Staff atop Flower Fruit Mountain, startling the mountain demons into constantly hiding.
"Ha ha ha..."
The monkey planted the Adamantine Staff on the ground, and it kept extending into the sky until its end was beyond sight.
After that, many demons on Flower Fruit Mountain came to pledge themselves to the monkey—seventy-two demon caves in all, large and small.
"Organize these demons into units, like a human army. Only then will they be able to exert their greatest strength in future battles," Uchiha Shin said to the monkey.
He knew how formidable a well-trained army could be. Though some gods possessed powerful magic, they might not necessarily defeat a powerful army.
The monkey nodded and did as Uchiha Shin said.
"Big Brother, I discovered that after obtaining this Adamantine Staff, the baleful aura within my body weakened considerably," the monkey said as he sought out Uchiha Shin.
"Oh?"
Uchiha Shin examined him in confusion and found that it was indeed true.
Could it be because the Adamantine Staff had once belonged to Yu the Great, and thus could dispel baleful aura?
However, Uchiha Shin quickly dismissed that conjecture.
The monkey's baleful aura had weakened considerably, but it still remained. Moreover, once it erupted again, it would be far more powerful than usual.
Uchiha Shin understood. The Adamantine Staff was a weapon and inherently carried killing intent and baleful aura. Now that it had encountered the monkey's baleful aura, the two had offset each other, naturally weakening both. But once they adapted to one another, they would merge and become even stronger.
"Be careful from now on," Uchiha Shin warned.
Standing high atop