Water Filth Cave! The Demon Kings Gather!

Jiang Zhe looked at Big Gray the monkey. "Lead the way."

Big Gray the monkey swallowed, the last trace of hesitation in his eyes utterly dispelled by that display.

He bowed, then turned and led Jiang Zhe at a sprint toward the northern foothills of Flower-Fruit Mountain.

Behind them, the other gray monkey quickly disappeared into the sea of trees with the many little monkeys, silently praying for both of them.

On a distant ridge, the outline of a vast, pitch-black cave abode loomed faintly amid the clouds and mist.

Water Filth Cave.

The place where the Demon King of Havoc resided!

At that moment, Jiang Zhe closed his eyes and felt the power pulsing through his body!

After a moment's thought, he poured all the merit he had just gained from killing the toad demon and the other lesser demons into Wild Bull Force!

It was the cultivation technique Old Yellow Ox had practiced back when he was still a demon! Though its name sounded pretty lame!

Its level was not weak, though, and it could be cultivated all the way to the threshold of immortality!

That meant the Peak Dao Integration realm. It was precisely because he had Wild Bull Force's circulation path that Jiang Zhe had been able to break through to the Peak Dao Integration realm so smoothly!

With just a thought, he could step into Tribulation Transcendence. As long as he survived the lightning tribulation, he could join the ranks of the immortals!

But... to be honest, Jiang Zhe was rather reluctant to go to the Heavenly Court right now!

For one thing, he had no backing. If he really went to the Heavenly Court, there was a good chance he would become a heavenly soldier!

After arriving at Flower-Fruit Mountain, Jiang Zhe had also determined where he was in the timeline. The monkey had yet to return from his training, and the Demon King of Havoc was still alive.

In other words, Havoc in Heaven had yet to begin. If he went up to the Heavenly Court during this period, he might well be swept away by a single swing of the monkey's staff when the monkey came to wreak havoc.

Jiang Zhe planned to lie low and grow stronger first. For one thing, he needed to at least obtain the Ultimate Armor before he could barely live in peace in this world.

This was Journey to the West, a myth! It might even have a Primordial World setting!

Just how deep did the waters run here?!

He also wondered whether Primordial Chaos Creation Divine Lightning could conceal his fate.

As his thoughts wandered, the gray monkey leading the way stopped without Jiang Zhe noticing.

The monkey then carefully looked back at Jiang Zhe. "Benefactor, we've arrived."

"It's just ahead, but... I saw underlings serving several other Great Demon Kings nearby. Should we retreat?" After speaking, the gray monkey looked at Jiang Zhe.

Jiang Zhe said nothing. His gaze flickered as he stared at Water Filth Cave before him, dark as black water.

"System! Raise my Wild Bull Force to perfection!"

[Upgrade successful! 1,300 merit points consumed! Current merit: 200 points!]

In an instant, many methods of circulating Wild Bull Force appeared in his mind, as though Jiang Zhe had immersed himself in the technique for decades.

He had already reached the pinnacle!

"No... there's no need." Jiang Zhe shook his head. Then his gaze instantly sharpened!

The improvement to his cultivation technique had also sharpened his senses, and he could indeed hear laughter and cheers coming from the cave.

But he sensed no threat!

"Find somewhere to hide first! Leave the rest to me!" With that, the fiery red patterns beneath Jiang Zhe's skin began to flicker.

A crimson dragon's roar rang out!

Scorching flames instantly engulfed Jiang Zhe, finally forming the Heaven and Earth Belt around his waist!

With a bang, the flames blazed!

Then the flames covering his body gradually dispersed, replaced by a suit of armor!

Armor like a fire dragon!

"What is that?" The gray monkey, closest to him, was forced back again and again by the flames. Jiang Zhe had no intention of attacking him, yet the scorching heat still made the gray fur on the monkey's body begin to curl slightly.

"The source of my confidence!" Jiang Zhe smiled faintly, his voice carrying a mechanical note through the armor.

Looking down at the two differently colored flames coiling around his left and right hands, Jiang Zhe's eyes flashed with a trace of regret.

Unfortunately, he had only two kinds of flame, and the gap between their levels was too great. Otherwise, he really would have liked to try Xiao Yan's Buddha's Fury Flame Lotus.

"What the hell is that?" A dog demon with particularly sharp senses sniffed. Why did he feel like something was on fire?

But before he could react, startled cries suddenly came from the other lesser demons beside him.

"Look up in the sky, what's that??" The sound startled the dog demon into looking up at once.

The next second, his pupils contracted sharply!

A mass of blazing flame had appeared in the sky at some unknown time.

That wasn't the important part. The important part was that a slender black figure could dimly be seen within the burning flames.

"It's an enemy! Hurry and report to the king!" A tree demon, the most sensitive to fire, hastily let out a wailing shriek.

The gray monkey below stared in complete bewilderment. Wait, benefactor!

Are you really this brazen?!

Even if you were going to attack, shouldn't you have sneaked in and gathered information first?

Why did you just start fighting out of nowhere?!

So you really did only need to know the location!

But these are several Great Demon Kings, not just the Demon King of Havoc!

The gray monkey clenched his fangs and, amid the chaos, immediately fixed his gaze on one direction!

There was an underground river in that direction. When he had been captured and brought here before, he had escaped along it.

Now he needed to find that underground river and give his benefactor a location!

If his benefactor proved no match for them, he could find him at once and escape along the underground river!

However, just as the gray monkey started moving, Jiang Zhe, wrapped in flames in the sky, also made his move.

He placed his hand against the side of the Heaven and Earth Belt and gave the knob a light press.

A saber wreathed in raging flames appeared before him.

[Flame Saber]

With the flames concealing it, the ordinary lesser demons had clearly failed to notice that a crescent-shaped saber had appeared in Jiang Zhe's hand.

He surveyed the enormous cave entrance below, black water flowing past it. The commotion outside had also drawn the attention of the Great Demon Kings conferring inside Water Filth Cave.

"Which wretched beast dares come and harass us?!" The Demon King of Havoc's imposing voice rang out, followed by the clang of metal. A hulking man in chain mail, wielding a massive beheading saber, strode out. He stood a full three zhang tall, like a black tower!

The demonic Qi around him had nearly formed dark clouds!

Seeing this from within the flames, Jiang Zhe's gaze sharpened. The Demon King of Havoc truly lived up to his name, daring to call himself demon king of the five hundred li of Flower-Fruit Mountain!

If the monkey had not appeared, the Demon King of Havoc might truly have become the rightful master of Flower-Fruit Mountain!

What a pity!

You ran into the protagonist of this era!

Shaking his head, Jiang Zhe stopped dwelling on it and placed his hand on the side of the Heaven and Earth Belt again, turning the knob!

[Flame Slash]

A huge Demon-Sealing Seal bearing the character for "slash" began to project from the center of the belt. Unlike the one he remembered, the Demon-Sealing Seal was not pure red!

The Demon-Sealing Seal that appeared before him seemed to have formed according to his own innate gifts!

One half was orange, representing Samadhi True Fire, while the other was cyan, representing Green Lotus Core Flame!