"The Copper Coin Monkey and the Black Coin Monkey were both so stupid, but these top-tier fighters really are different!"
Su Wen said with a sigh, "Perhaps this is also why humanity will suffer defeat after defeat in the future, and even have traitors infiltrate its ranks."
"The other races are already stronger than humanity. If they're better at plots and schemes too, then humanity's future really will be shrouded in darkness."
As he spoke, Su Wen looked at the white chess piece in his hand and murmured, "Then let's go back!"
"In a battle of this level, if even a little of it reaches me, I'm done for."
"But this white chess piece..."
With a thought from Su Wen, a wisp of blood and qi entered the white chess piece.
"Hum!"
"Hum!"
"Hum!"
"..."
The white chess piece trembled slightly, and a message entered Su Wen's mind.
Star Weapon activated! Countdown initiated! One use of Star Strike available! Ten uses of Sword Falls upon the Stars available! One hundred uses of Star Sword Qi available!
The next moment, the Star God's voice rang out in Su Wen's mind.
"God of Wealth, Star Strike has a range of one thousand meters. Not a blade of grass will survive within that range."
"But this energy's tier exceeds the limits of the Training Arrow Realm. Return quickly after using it. I suggest you consider using Star Strike after reaching the first tier and gaining the ability to return."
"Sword Falls upon the Stars draws on the power of the stars with sword qi. Its attack range is two hundred meters. After using it, it's best to return within ten minutes. Any delay could bring unforeseen changes."
"Star Sword Qi uses the power of the stars to activate a wisp of the sword mark I left inside the white chess piece. If the Earth Deity is on duty, it's best to advance a tier and leave the Arrow Realm within half an hour."
"Finally, I wish you a successful completion of your training. I'll be waiting for you to return in Jiang City."
After receiving the message, Su Wen chuckled.
The white chess piece's power was on a completely different level from what the Star God had told him before!
It seemed the Star God had said that to keep him from relying on outside help as much as possible in the Training Arrow Realm.
But activating the Star Weapon meant he needed the Star God's help.
Now that it had come to this, there was no need to keep anything hidden.
The Star God really was a good person!
"It would be a waste not to use it."
Su Wen looked at the Star Weapon's countdown and sighed softly.
Then he concealed his aura as he approached Monkey King City.
He had a rough idea of where the Golden Light Monkey had fallen, and he planned to launch Star Strike from a great distance.
The moment he launched it, he would choose to return!
As for the Heavenly Mandate Coins that would drop after killing the Golden Light Monkey?
Forget it!
The Monkey Kingdom's leaders had left a deep impression on him, and he didn't dare get that close.
What if the Star God's attack failed to kill the Golden Light Monkey? Wouldn't he be done for?
After all, the Monkey Kingdom had deliberately arranged for the Golden Light Monkey to be gravely injured. So was the Golden Light Monkey really injured?
That was unknown!
And he had chosen to use the Star Weapon on the Golden Light Monkey to avoid wasting it purely because, after thinking it over carefully, he felt a lingering fear.
If he had entered the city, something might have happened to him by now.
And if he looked at it from the perspective of someone with a persecution complex, what if the Monkey Kingdom's fake rebellion was aimed not at the Leopard King, but at him?
He was the God of Wealth!
This was the God of Wealth's Training Arrow Realm!
He had also occupied a mine belonging to the Monkey Kingdom and killed all but one monkey in one of its armies!
Most importantly, the Monkey Kingdom's top fighters were so strong, yet none of them had detected the blood and qi he had attached to the Silver Coin Monkey?
Did that make sense?
So he would find an opportunity to hit the Golden Light Monkey with the Star Weapon, then run. From so far away, they wouldn't be able to catch him!
"The God of Wealth is approaching the city gate!"
"Na Nulie, get ready!"
"The God of Wealth is about to enter the city gate!"
When the Monkey King noticed Su Wen's movements, his heart leaped with joy, and he hurriedly sent a voice transmission.
But he fought the Leopard King even more fiercely, using furious brutality to conceal his joy.
Na Nulie was at the main battlefield; theirs was the secondary battlefield.
The conflict at the main battlefield had yet to begin, so absolutely nothing could go wrong at the secondary battlefield.
The Leopard King had to be pinned down and beaten by the "enraged" Monkey King!
The fighting had to make a tremendous racket!
Everyone had to see the Monkey Kingdom's fury!
"Why has the God of Wealth stopped?"
When the Monkey King sensed Su Wen stop near the city gate, an ominous feeling suddenly welled up in his heart.
What is the God of Wealth hesitating over?
Is he worried we'll rush back to help?
"Your Majesty, the God of Wealth saw through our act earlier. Could he be worried that our fight with the Leopard King is an act too?"
The Ancient Fan Monkey "burned" himself as he fought and sent a voice transmission. "I was just thinking that our attack on the Leopard King might make the God of Wealth misunderstand. From the looks of it, he really has misunderstood."
The Monkey King replied, "Don't panic. We can still salvage this! At least the God of Wealth still thinks we're putting on an act for the Leopard King. As long as he hasn't discovered our true objective, we still have hope."
The Ancient Fan Monkey suddenly said, "Your Majesty, fighting without killing isn't convincing!"
The Monkey King was stunned for a moment, then gritted his teeth.
"Everyone, the Leopard King has oppressed us for years! He's cruel and overbearing, and who knows how many of our people he's killed!"
"If we can endure this, what can't we endure?"
"Today!"
"We fight to the death, without retreat!"
With an angry roar from the Monkey King, purple flames blazed around him.
The instant the purple flames rose, all the Monkey Kingdom's generals understood.
The next moment, the auras of all the Monkey Kingdom's generals began to turn sinister and frenzied.
Across from them, the Leopard King and his party were dumbfounded again.
What the fuck is going on?
Although the fighting had been fierce just now, he could tell they hadn't intended to fight to the death. Even the ultimate moves the Monkey King had shouted out had been fake.
Perhaps they were trying to... intimidate him during the battle?
But now it looked like this shit was real!
And when had he ever regularly oppressed the Monkey Kingdom?
When two kingdoms fought, wasn't raiding back and forth, adding fuel to the fire, and kicking a man when he was down all standard practice?
You're allowed to hit me, but I'm not allowed to hit you?
What kind of logic is that?
The Leopard King grew a little angry at the thought.
You think you're the only one who can burn your life away?
You think you're the only one with ultimate moves?
"Brothers!"
"Fuck them up!"
The Leopard King let out an angry roar, and white flames began to appear around him.
Burning one's life made one's combat power soar.
So since the Monkey King was burning his life, he could only do the same, or he would be beaten badly.
If things went wrong, his life might even be in danger.
"Roar, roar, roar..."
The Leopard Kingdom's generals roared one after another and began burning their lives to fight.
If the Monkey Kingdom's brats dared to do it, why wouldn't they?
What was there to fear?
Elsewhere, Su Wen looked through the city gate and saw a towering, magnificent palace in the distance.
The Golden Light Monkey had fallen northwest of the palace. Although he only knew the approximate location, the range extended one thousand meters in every direction, so that was enough!
The next moment, the white chess piece floated in front of Su Wen.
At Su Wen's thought, the white chess piece turned into a streak of light and sped toward the northwest of the palace.
Standing in the distance, Su Wen watched the sky above the palace gradually change color. Star Strike was about to descend.
"Return!"