"Leopard King!"
The old monkey looked around, his body brimming with undisguised killing intent.
How long had it been since the God of Wealth entered the range of their senses and the "rebellion" broke out on their side?
How had the Leopard King managed to appear outside the city at just the right time in such a short span?
"Everyone, stop fighting!"
"Obey my orders!"
"Meet the enemy!"
"Kill the Leopard King!"
The old monkey raised his right hand and roared.
As his words fell, a purple-and-gold battle robe appeared on his body. The old monkey, who usually looked somewhat frail, seemed like a god of war at that moment.
Hearing his orders, the Monkey Kingdom's generals who were fighting fiercely overhead stopped in perfect unison and raced toward the outside of the city.
At that moment, everyone followed the Monkey King out of the city to meet the enemy, except Na Nulie, the golden light monkey, who had been beaten to the brink of death and had only half his head left.
"Na Nulie, the future of our race rests with you!"
As he flew out of the city, the Monkey King sent a voice transmission to Na Nulie.
According to their original plan, they would feign a rebellion in the kingdom once the God of Wealth entered the range of their senses.
And to lure the God of Wealth into attacking them, they had arranged three grand performances.
In the first, Na Nulie would rebel and attempt to assassinate the king, while generals from three sides surrounded him and tried to kill him.
At a critical moment for Na Nulie, a general would come to his aid, and Na Nulie would be gravely wounded in the process.
In the second, Na Nulie would summon the Black Flag Army, leaving the gates of Monkey King City completely undefended so the God of Wealth could enter "without a soul knowing."
Na Nulie would also be besieged and gravely wounded, putting on the appearance of someone about to lose his life and journey to the Yellow Springs.
During the second performance, after realizing how cautious the God of Wealth was, they had decided to turn the act into reality and beat Na Nulie to the brink of death.
Only if it was real would the God of Wealth fail to catch the scent of deception.
The third performance was also the most important: a chaotic battle royale!
Just as Na Nulie was about to be slain, the eight spirit vein masters would strike from all sides, seeking to defeat the generals and place the eastern spirit vein master on the throne!
Thus, a horde of demons would dance in chaos, and the battle royale would begin!
The outcome of this battle had already been planned. No matter how the fighting unfolded, the ten generals and eight spirit vein masters would fall in various places throughout the royal palace, all... gravely wounded and on the brink of death!
The various armies in Monkey King City would be caught up in the chaotic melee, unable to tell friend from foe.
Only the Monkey King, who was supposed to have died according to the plan, would watch it all with cold eyes as the ultimate mastermind behind the scenes.
Even after the God of Wealth was lured into the royal palace, he would not strike.
The God of Wealth would surely seek out the gravely wounded generals to hunt them down. If, during the hunt, a general could turn the tables and kill the God of Wealth despite being at death's door, then naturally everyone would be happy.
If not, he would, at an opportune moment, put on his royal robes, carry his armor, and pretend to be a spent crossbow at the end of its draw.
After hunting the generals and vein masters and reaping some rewards, the God of Wealth would surely let down his guard.
The clever God of Wealth would certainly think that he was a turtle trapped in a jar and that he had "seen through" everything. When the God of Wealth attacked, he would simply slay him and seize his fortune!
Thus, he would lead his race out of this endless cage!
They knew full well that the God of Wealth was undergoing a trial, and since it was a trial, he would surely want to take their lives as his accomplishments.
That being the case, they had all the more reason to seize this opportunity.
Just in case, to keep the God of Wealth from growing suspicious, and even more for the future of their race!
They could only turn the act into reality, stake the entire kingdom, and have every general and vein master wager their lives that the God of Wealth... would take the bait!
But who could have imagined that the Leopard King would come charging out to ruin things at a time like this?
Now that the Leopard King had arrived, things could no longer proceed according to plan.
Otherwise, before they could seize that fortune, the Leopard King would lead the Leopard Kingdom's army to raze their royal city to the ground!
"Your Majesty..."
"I... will do my best..."
Na Nulie's weak voice reached him, and that exceedingly feeble voice made the Monkey King even angrier.
Elsewhere, the Leopard King was a little dumbfounded.
He had only wanted to come over and grab what he could, and take a look at the golden pillar shooting into the clouds from the Monkey Kingdom while he was at it.
The legend of the God of Wealth had also spread throughout the Leopard Kingdom.
But he couldn't be sure, so he had come to take a look. Even if it wasn't real, it didn't matter; he could find the right opportunity to give the Monkey Kingdom a beating and see if he could scrounge up some resources.
But when he arrived, he found a rebellion underway in the Monkey Kingdom?
And from the looks of it, their eyes had all gone red with slaughter.
Tsk, tsk!
One side's general had fallen, and all the other top fighters of the Monkey Kingdom were wounded.
Even the Black Flag Army guarding the city gates had run off!
Most importantly, judging by the roar he had heard earlier, that old Monkey King was dead.
With such good fortune before him, if he didn't attack the Monkey Kingdom, his dead ancestors would have to crawl out of their graves and slap him twice.
But after he had let out a roar and prepared to attack the Monkey Kingdom, how had that old Monkey King flown out wearing a battle robe?
Wasn't that bastard dead?
And the others-why the hell had they stopped fighting?
Did they think rebellion was a game?
Hadn't he just let out one roar?
Did they have to look so murderous, as though they couldn't wait to peel his skin off?
"Secret technique!"
"Bloodline Burning!"
The Monkey King howled at the sky, his voice shaking the heavens.
In an instant, the sky began to turn black and blood-red, as though the Monkey King was staking his life to unleash his ultimate move.
Beside him, all the Monkey Kingdom's top fighters also roared in fury and unleashed their own killing moves, the kind that burned their lives and bloodlines.
In ordinary battles, they actually wouldn't roar aloud.
After all, shouting a couple of times while using an ultimate move was just another way of warning the enemy, wasn't it?
I'm about to use my ultimate move, so watch out!
But things were different now. After their anger subsided, the Monkey Kingdom's upper ranks quickly came up with a way to salvage the situation.
The Leopard King's attack was inevitable, and they could not change that.
So they would use his attack as an opportunity and all leave the city to fight to the death. Well... at least, in the God of Wealth's eyes, they had to be fighting to the death.
That way, only Na Nulie, gravely wounded and at death's door, would be left in Monkey King City.
Normally, with all the Monkey Kingdom's top fighters present, even if they were all wounded, the cautious God of Wealth might worry that things could go wrong and decide not to enter Monkey King City.
But now, they had all left!
Everyone capable of fighting had left!
Not only had they left, they had gone off howling to burn themselves up and fight the Leopard King to the death.
Now, only the dying Na Nulie remained in Monkey King City.
What a perfect opportunity!
The right time, the right place, and the right people-they had all three!
They had cleared away every obstacle they could for the God of Wealth.
Even if the God of Wealth was timid and cautious, since he was here for a trial, he ought to go in now, right?
If he still wouldn't go in, they... would think of something else.
Now, as long as the God of Wealth went to hunt Na Nulie, everything they had sacrificed would be worth it.
Meanwhile, outside the city.
"The rebellion in Monkey King City was fake?"
Su Wen said in surprise, "They fought so convincingly, and even that golden light monkey was beaten to such a state, but it was all an illusion?"
"Just to lure the Leopard King here?"
"Hmm... then they'll use their home-field advantage and the Leopard King's underestimation of the Monkey Kingdom to slaughter him."
"Holy shit!"
"These monkeys really know what they're doing, huh?"