The True Lord of Manifested Sainthood's Fearsome Reputation

He immediately became interested again and asked Erlang Shen about his origins and name.

"Since you're so eager to know, then I'll tell you. Listen carefully, I am Erlang Shen, True Lord of Manifested Sainthood of Guan River Estuary."

"I have come today on the orders of the Jade Emperor to capture you, you demon monkey of Flower-Fruit Mountain!"

Erlang Shen didn't try to hide anything and immediately answered Sun Wukong.

"Oh, so you've come to capture me? I'd like to see if you have the ability. Bring it on! I, the Great Sage, will take all your tricks."

Sun Wukong had obviously never heard of Guan River Estuary Erlang Shen from Guanjiangkou. After Erlang Shen introduced himself, Sun Wukong didn't take him seriously and just waved his hand, telling him to go ahead and attack him.

As we all know, even a lion has to go all out to catch a rabbit, let alone Sun Wukong, who is facing a god who dares to fight him alone. Since he has the confidence, he is either one of two kinds of people: either he has the strength, or he is an arrogant fool.

It is clear that Erlang Shen is the first type of person. Sun Wukong did not take him seriously because he had never heard of him before. He will pay a heavy price for his underestimation of his opponent.

"I'll make you pay."

Sun Wukong, who had just displayed this attitude, said nothing. In his heart, he made a declaration to Sun Wukong, and then charged towards him.

Erlang Shen charged forward and arrived in front of Sun Wukong, handing him his double-edged trident. In the short time it took to think about it, Erlang Shen thrust at Sun Wukong more than a dozen times, each thrust aimed directly at Sun Wukong's vital points: his brow, face, throat, and heart. Erlang Shen spared no one.

Although Sun Wukong was very arrogant and conceited just now, he also possessed a certain level of strength. Every one of the dozen or so attacks that Erlang Shen launched at him was skillfully defended by Sun Wukong with his Jingu Bang.

Whenever Erlang Shen's two tridents were about to hit Sun Wukong's Jingu Bang cudgel would arrive just in time to block, deflect, or deflect the attacks, thus neutralizing them all.

Seeing that Erlang Shen Sun Wukong n't take it to heart. He swung the trident in a circle and slashed it diagonally at Sun Wukong's waist.

If Erlang Shen had struck him, Sun Wukong would have been badly injured, if not seriously. However, to everyone's surprise, Sun Wukong was incredibly agile. He jabbed the Jingu Bang diagonally to block Erlang Shen's blow, used the force from the cudgel to jump up, and then, wielding the Jingu Bang, slammed it down on Erlang Shen's head.

Erlang Shen knew that if he were to withdraw his double-edged trident now to block Sun Wukong's blow, it would be too late. So he devised a ruthless plan: to exchange injury for injury.

Erlang Shen, focusing his mind and taking advantage of the momentum from his previous attack, suddenly thrust his double-edged trident upwards, intending to strike Sun Wukong, who was flying in the air. Seeing that Erlang Shen did not retract his weapon but instead thrust it towards him, Sun Wukong made a ruthless decision. Instead of retreating, he smashed the trident directly down on Erlang Shen's head.

Nothing else happened. Their attacks landed on each other, except that when Sun Wukong swung his staff, he was aiming directly for Erlang Shen's head.

However, Erlang Shen reacted with extraordinary speed. Just before Sun Wukong's Jingu Bang was about to strike him, he suddenly tilted his head, allowing his head to dodge Sun Wukong's fatal blow. However, Sun Wukong's cudgel struck straight down on the bone in his shoulder.

If Sun Wukong's staff hadn't been blocked and had struck Erlang Shen's shoulder directly, it would have been powerful enough to cripple Erlang Shen's arm.

However, nothing in this world is that easy. Although Sun Wukong borrowed his armor from the Dragon King of the East Sea, Sun Wukong still had it nonetheless. If Sun Wukong had armor, then Erlang Shen certainly did too.

Moreover, considering Erlang Shen's status as the Jade Emperor's nephew, even if Sun Wukong's armor was all borrowed from the Dragon King of the East Sea, which was a treasure of the Dragon King of the East Sea, Erlang Shen's armor would certainly not be inferior to Sun Wukong's.

Therefore, even if Sun Wukong tried his best to smash the weapon against Erlang Shen's breastplate, most of the force contained in the blow would be absorbed by the armor. Erlang Shen could easily withstand the remaining force that hit Erlang Shen shoulder with his bare hands.

Of course, Sun Wukong was no less capable. His Golden Chain Mail directly blocked the two tridents that Erlang Shen thrust at him, weakening their power and energy significantly. What reached Sun Wukong at most only injured his monkey hair.

Even so, after being hit, the two cautiously took a few steps back, touching their wounds to check for any abnormalities while staring intently at their opponent as if the other might pounce at any moment.

"You're not bad. I didn't expect your name, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, to be so fitting; you do have some real strength."

After Erlang Shen was struck by Sun Wukong's staff, he stretched the side of his shoulder that had been hit and praised Sun Wukong.

"You're not bad either. Although I haven't heard of your near-defeated victory over True Lord Erlang Shen, the strength you've displayed is far greater than that of the Four Heavenly Kings combined."

Sun Wukong also touched the spot on his body where Erlang Shen's trident had pierced him, but which was now covered by his Golden Chain Mail, to see if there was anything unusual.

He then responded to Erlang Shen's praise of him, and even humiliated the Four Heavenly Kings who were watching him fight Erlang Shen.

The Four Heavenly Kings never imagined that they would be drawn into the conversation between Sun Wukong and Erlang Shen while simply sitting on the sidelines watching the battle.

"That ugly monkey, I'm going to teach him a lesson he won't forget."

After hearing these words, the first of the Heavenly King of Ten Kingdoms reacted and uttered a harsh remark to Sun Wukong.

"Snort!"

Although the other three Heavenly King remained silent, it did not mean they were without anger. The three Heavenly King stared at Sun Wukong with eyes that seemed to blaze with fire.