Broad-Wood Heavenly King's Deviousness

"This Sun Wukong has given us all a pleasant surprise. His strength has exceeded our expectations. Even the four of you working together couldn't capture Sun Wukong."

At this point, Dragged-To Heavenly King Li Jing with emotion, somewhat helpless at Sun Wukong's strength.

"And the first thing you told me when you came back was about Sun Wukong's strength. The fact that Sun Wukong was able to defeat you wasn't a fluke, but a testament to his power. It far exceeded the combined strength of the four of you, yet you were still defeated by him."

"Now that I've said all that, Wide-Eyed Heavenly King, do you understand what I mean?"

"Do you know how much we have to pay to wear down that Sun Wukong to death?"

After saying this, Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li Jing, changed the subject and asked the Wide-Eyed Heavenly King his question.

"I'm sorry, I still don't understand what you mean, Marshal. It's just a matter of paying a price, how big can it be?"

"Wouldn't everything be great if we could just capture Sun Wukong?"

Wide-Eyed Heavenly King answered Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li Jing,'s question like a simpleton, and said that the price was nothing after Sun Wukong was captured.

"You, you, you bastard."

When Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li Jing, heard what Broad-Wood Heavenly King said, he was so angry that he didn't know how to scold him. He pointed at Wide-Eyed Heavenly King and walked back and forth, saying "you" several times. He pointed at him with trembling hands, shook his head, sighed, and then walked to the side to sit down and sighed deeply.

"Okay, you say you didn't understand what I meant, then I'll explain it to you clearly."

"If we send those 100,000 heavenly soldiers and generals to capture Sun Wukong, even if we eventually manage to capture Sun Wukong, it's highly unlikely that half of them will return unscathed."

"After that person assessed Sun Wukong's strength, I asked him to calculate how many of the 100,000 heavenly soldiers and generals could be brought back if they were to capture Sun Wukong."

"He told me that if I sent 100,000 heavenly soldiers to capture Sun Wukong, I might lose around 20,000 of them. That includes all those who died, were seriously injured, were slightly injured, or were disabled."

"This is still the price you mentioned before you even made your move, the price you said you would have to pay to deal with Sun Wukong."

"I'm just asking you, is this price too high?"

"Even if we manage to capture Sun Wukong, how are you going to explain this to me and the Jade Emperor?"

After saying this, Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li Jing, clapped his hands and stood up abruptly from his seat. He walked up to Wide-Eyed Heavenly King, pointed at him, and asked him a series of questions.

"The price is high."

"I'm sorry, Marshal, this is quite different from what I estimated. I thought that if these 100,000 heavenly soldiers and generals attacked at the same time, we would only lose about 200 men at most before we could capture Sun Wukong."

The Wide-Eyed Heavenly King replied in a somewhat heavy voice, and told Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li Jing, the price he estimated would be in sending 100,000 soldiers and generals to capture Sun Wukong.

After hearing the assessment from the Heavenly King of Criticism, the Wide-Eyed Heavenly King was greatly shocked. He had not expected that sending 100,000 heavenly soldiers and generals to capture Sun Wukong would result in the loss of about one-fifth of their manpower.

"Now that you know, I still need to tell you the price you'll have to pay to send 100,000 heavenly soldiers and generals to deal with the current Sun Wukong."

"After hearing what you just told me about Sun Wukong's strength, I combined the information I had previously gathered about Sun Wukong with what you've said about his strength, and re-estimated the cost of having 100,000 heavenly soldiers subdue and capture him."

"If we send them to deal with Sun Wukong, the death toll alone could exceed 50,000. You probably don't know that Sun Wukong has a technique called 'Heaven and Earth Manifestation'."

"You may have heard of this Law Technique, but the conditions for Law Technique it are extremely demanding, so we rarely see anyone who has successfully Law Technique it."

"If this move is activated, Sun Wukong's body can grow to be as large as a mountain. Combined with his Ruyi Jingu Bang), he can transform it into a weapon that allows him to grow to the size of his Jingu Bang form."

"At that time, not only will the Jingu Bang be his weapon, but his body will also be a weapon. He can use every means to deal with those 100,000 heavenly soldiers and generals. Just if he jumps up and smashes down there, just that one blow could crush a large number of our heavenly soldiers and generals."

When Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li Jing, finished speaking, he looked at the Four Heavenly Kings with a serious expression. It was clear that everything he said was true, without a single lie.

"If we send our 100,000 heavenly soldiers and generals to deal with Sun Wukong, is it really possible that 50,000 heavenly soldiers and generals would suffer such heavy casualties?"

Upon hearing these words from Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li Jing, Broad-Wood Heavenly King asked in disbelief.

"Listen carefully, I just said 50,000 heavenly soldiers and generals died, not the total number of dead and wounded."

"If these 100,000 heavenly soldiers and generals go to deal with Sun Wukong, losing 50,000 will only be the beginning. If they go to fight him, not one of our 100,000 heavenly soldiers and generals will be able to return unscathed. If more than 10,000 heavenly soldiers and generals return unharmed, that will already be a great victory."

"Therefore, in my estimation, if 100,000 heavenly soldiers and generals were to besiege Sun Wukong and wear him down until he was unable to resist, at least 50,000 heavenly soldiers and generals would die, 30,000 would be crippled, and a total of 20,000 would be seriously or lightly injured."

"Wide-Eyed Heavenly King, tell me, is this price too high or too low?"

"Just to capture Sun Wukong, our entire Heavenly Court's military strength has been severely depleted."

After Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li Jing, stated his estimated cost of sending 100,000 heavenly soldiers and generals to deal with Sun Wukong, he turned to Wide-Eyed Heavenly King and asked him about the cost. This was to tell Wide-Eyed Heavenly King that such a method was absolutely unacceptable.

"The cost is too high."

"But Marshal, what other options do we have now?"

The Wide-Eyed Heavenly King asked, somewhat bewildered.

"Where do we find the man to deal with him?!"

"Even the four of you combined are no match for Sun Wukong. If I were to go up against him, the result would probably be the same. I'd likely be defeated by him just like you all."