The Second-Tier Monkey King stood eight feet tall, with gray fur covering its body and silver ears. The massive staff in its hands was ten feet long, and Liu Changxu estimated that it weighed at least ten thousand jin.
Right from the start, Liu Changxu relied on his formidable physical strength, wielding his spear like a staff and striking at the Monkey King with the crushing force of Mount Tai bearing down.
The Monkey King refused to back down and raised its staff to meet the blow. A thunderous clash rang out, shaking the air for dozens of miles.
Liu Changxu had not expected the beast to be so strong. Although he had used only forty percent of his strength, that was still thirty thousand jin of force, yet the Monkey King had blocked it. This was an opponent worth taking seriously.
For his second strike, Liu Changxu used seventy percent of his strength, bringing fifty thousand jin of force crashing toward the Monkey King's head. To his surprise, the monkey darted aside in a flash.
The spear slammed into the ground, smashing out a crater several dozen feet deep. Liu Changxu was so annoyed that he laughed. The monkey was far too crafty.
After dodging the strike, the Monkey King made a face at Liu Changxu, making him laugh. So this monkey even knew how to goad an opponent. It was remarkably clever.
Once it realized that Liu Changxu's strength far exceeded its own, the Monkey King no longer dared to pit its strength against his. Instead, it relied on its nimble footwork to keep him locked in combat.
Liu Changxu had initially looked down on it somewhat, but he had never expected this Spirit Monkey to be so difficult to handle. Man and monkey remained locked in a