There really was a monster.
The thought flashed not only through General Black Carp's mind. Guan Qing, the Profound Intent Sect elder who had been watching from the sidelines for some time, thought the same thing.
There was no other way to put it: the enormous white ape that had suddenly appeared inside the formation looked far too savage. It seemed utterly mad, flinging its power around as if its life meant nothing. It seized a mass of water, condensed it into a huge staff, and battered the surrounding demons without mercy.
As it struck, it shouted things no one else could understand.
"Hahaha! I'm out! How could a mere... trap me?"
"No, no! I'm not out yet! You're all illusions made to deceive me! Aaaaah!"
"I've mastered the Nine-Turn Origin Method and cultivated the Whirlpool Water Imperishable Body. I renew without end, cycle without cease! Who can kill me? Even you can only keep me trapped!"
"That's right, you're all fake! All illusions! Hahaha, I still haven't escaped! Hahaha! I'll kill you! I'm going to kill you all!"
The white ape paid no heed to anything else. It swung the water staff formed from its demonic power, sending the aquatic demons fleeing in every direction.
This white Water Monkey was, of course, Wu Zhiqi, whom Su Che had sealed inside the Azure Emperor's Treasure Garden. Every day within the Great Unity Wood-Splitting Divine Restriction, he fought primordial beasts conjured by its power. Whenever he exhausted himself, Su Che drew on Harmonious Yang Qi to replenish his strength.
After all that time, his cultivation had grown, and he had mastered many secret arts of the Nine-Turn Origin Method.
His present white-ape form was the Whirlpool Water Imperishable Body, a divine ability of the Nine-Turn Origin Method. It transformed power into