Sun Wukong, About to Be Captured
"Someone, bring me my armor; I'm going to meet him now."
Then several little monkeys took away all the items Sun Wukong had stolen from the Dragon King of the East Sea: the Gold-Inlaid Mind-Calming Cap, the Phoenix-Winged Purple Gold Crown, the Golden Chainmail Armor, Lotus-Fiber Cloud-Stepping Boots.
After Sun Wukong put on all the armor, he took out his Ruyi Jingu Bang from his ear, growing it from the size of a needle to a length of twelve feet. Then he summoned the Golden Dipper Cloud and rode it to the location of the Golden Dipper Cloud Giant Spirit God that the little monkey had mentioned.
"You impudent monkey, do you know who I am?"
Seeing Sun Wukong Somersault Cloud, the Giant Spirit God knew that this monkey was the Sun Wukong he was looking for, and then spoke to Sun Wukong.
"Hmph, who are you, some minor deity? I, the Sun Wukong, Great Sage Equal to Heaven, have never heard of you. Quickly state your name."
Not to be outdone, Sun Wukong asked the name of the Giant Spirit God.
"I am the vanguard under Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li Jing, the Giant Spirit Heavenly General, also known as the Giant Spirit God. Today, I am here on the Jade Emperor's orders to bring you back to the Heavenly Court to be punished."
"If you know what's good for you, you'll immediately remove your clothes and come back to Heavenly Court with me to confess your sins to the Jade Emperor. Perhaps the Jade Emperor will be in a good mood and release you after imprisoning you in the Heavenly Prison for a few years."
"If you're so blind as to try and resist, don't blame me for taking action. If you force me to, you might not even last a single round before I turn you into dust."
"If you want to live, surrender now."
The Giant Spirit God gave Sun Wukong two choices: either surrender now and return to Heavenly Court to be punished, or submit to his will and be reduced to dust here.
"Giant Spirit God, you mere little god, how dare you spout such arrogant words! Your petty skills are nothing but trifles, yet you dare to show off your meager abilities before me. Don't think that just because you're so tall and imposing, you can act with impunity before me. You can't even withstand a single blow from my staff."
"If I were to strike you down with this blow, you would die on the spot, and then no one would be able to inform that Jade Emperor. I'll spare your life for now. Go and tell the Jade Emperor that I, Sun Wukong, possess boundless abilities, yet he makes me tend his horses. I'm very unhappy about this and might just storm up to Heaven at any moment."
"If he's willing to promote me according to the name on my banner, then this matter is settled. Otherwise, I'll rise to the heavens and show him what it means for emperors to take turns ruling; next year it'll be my turn."
Anyone can talk big, but if Sun Wukong 're really talking about strength, the Giant Spirit God's boast of turning Sun Wukong to dust was just empty talk, while Sun Wukong 'Giant Spirit God statement that he would kill him with one blow was the truth.
After hearing Sun Wukong's words, the Giant Spirit God looked at the mountain peak where he was. On the peak was a tall bamboo pole with a huge golden flag hanging on it, bearing the four characters "Great Sage Equal to Heaven".
"You demon monkey, you're delusional! You actually want to be the Great Sage Equal to Heaven? Prepare to die!"
After seeing the banners mentioned by Sun Wukong, the Giant Spirit God immediately began to act.
The Giant Spirit God picked up his giant axe and swung it directly at Sun Wukong's head. Sun Wukong calmly raised his Jingu Bang to block the blow.
When the giant axe in the Giant Spirit God's hand struck the Jingu Bang in Sun Wukong's hand, it produced a loud clang. Then, the Giant Spirit God felt a huge recoil force from the giant axe, which made his arms go numb.
His expression was also somewhat subtle. The force of the counterattack was about to cause him to show a look of pain, but he tried hard to control his facial expression and not let it show. So now the Giant Spirit God spirit's expression was very strange, like crying but not crying, like laughing but not laughing.
In contrast, although Sun Wukong was not particularly tall compared to the Giant Spirit God Sun Wukong, the same enormous recoil force that was transmitted to the Giant Spirit God Sun Wukong, as if it had vanished into thin air.
Sun Wukong's expression was very firm, his gaze fixed on the Giant Spirit God, as if a tiger were scrutinizing its prey. The Giant Spirit God felt a chill run down his spine from Sun Wukong's gaze.
After a brief stalemate between the giant axe wielded by the Giant Spirit God and the Jingu Bang raised by Sun Wukong, the Giant Spirit God suddenly pulled back his axe, then leaped into the air and chopped straight down at Sun Wukong's head.
This time, he had enhanced a portion of his own power, making his Law Power more than ten times stronger than the previous one. Moreover, as the Spirit-Gathering God descended, the power displayed by the giant axe in his hand was visible to the naked eye.
"You stinking monkey, die!"
As the Giant Spirit God descended, it stared intently at Sun Wukong and roared.
"Hmph, such a trivial skill, yet you dare to show off your limited abilities before an expert."
Sun Wukong glanced at him disdainfully, then said.
Upon seeing this, Sun Wukong disregarded him and, just like before, raised his Jingu Bang to meet the Giant Spirit God's axe strike.
The Giant Spirit God originally intended to use this powerful strike to directly cut the Ruyi Jingu Bang in Sun Wukong's hand, and then use the falling momentum of the giant axe to chop Sun Wukong's head in half.
However, when the Giant Spirit God's weapon once again clashed with Sun Wukong's Jingu Bang, the Giant Spirit God was dumbfounded again; things did not develop as he had imagined.
The Jingu Bang held by Sun Wukong didn't even budge, let alone be cut in half. Then, a recoil force ten times stronger than the previous strike came from the giant axe and returned to his arms that were holding the axe.
This force of reversal entered the body of the Giant Spirit God. Even though his physical body was incredibly strong, he was shaken by this force, causing his Qi and Blood to surge, and a trickle of blood spread from the corner of his mouth.
In contrast, after Sun Wukong received the same amount of counterattack force as the Giant Spirit God, he remained unharmed. However, his eyes were filled with even more excitement as he looked at the Giant Spirit God, as if he wanted to have a good, hard battle with him.
After a brief standoff, the Giant Spirit God quickly leaped back to create distance between himself and Sun Wukong, then remained on guard, fearing that Sun Wukong might catch up.
However, when Sun Wukong saw the Giant Spirit God, he didn't rush to chase after him after creating some distance. Instead, he stood still and measured the distance. Then someone said something like this.
"Giant Spirit God, you're all show and no substance. You're so big, yet you managed to clash with me twice without even hurting me, and you ended up getting badly injured instead."