Becoming a God from a Water Monkey

Chapter 1170 The Beginning of Lightning (Two Chapters Combined)

Wow.

When the water is full, it overflows; the deep waves swirl and eddy.

The floodwaters poured out, crashing into the Huai River with thunderous roar.

A toddler, with a snotty nose hanging from his nose, tilts his head back as he extends his index finger to block the ants' path.

Under the eaves, the swallows' nests, meant for their northward migration, were empty. Crows, orioles, and ducks in the pond all began to caw, mingling with the barking of neighboring dogs.

Green moss clings to the corner of the wall, spreading quietly. On rainy days, there aren't many customers drinking tea in the teahouse, but there are always one or two people who enjoy the quiet atmosphere of listening to the rain. Ripples spread in the teacup, one circle after another, while the bronze wind chimes under the porch ring incessantly.

That's not the tinkling sound of raindrops hitting the ground.

Instead, it was something more chaotic, disorderly, and terrifying, like... the ground was trembling.

The shop owner stood frozen at the entrance, holding a carrying pole.

"Hercules..."

Lightning flashed, illuminating the street.

The black horse reared up, its hooves raised, and stood at an angle.

Clad in raincoats, the imperial guards gripped their horses' bellies with their legs, brandishing their whips, the tips of which cleaved a black snake that darted across the street.

The spring chill lingered, and the snake awoke from hibernation, its movements stiff and slow, yet it slithered down the mountain and across the street with incredible speed.

Before the imperial guards could control the frightened black horse, a faint sound arose from the ground, followed by small clumps of soil being pushed up. Under the stone slabs, in the mud, in the sewers... not just one or two, but large swarms of ants, centipedes, and woodlice crawled haphazardly, eventually forming a vague order, bypassing the panicked horse's hooves, and heading forward.

My heart trembled.

If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, the Imperial Guards would have found it hard to believe that so many insects were hiding in the ground, and now they all seemed to have been startled and crawled out of the ground.

Chickens fly, dogs bark, and mice cleverly run away first.

The earth dragon turns over?

The imperial guards were surprised that even in Southern Zhili, there was a landslide, something that usually happened in the Northwest.

"Bang."

The shop sign fell to the ground, splashing mud and water. Glancing sideways, the rider saw the shop owner standing by the roadside with his back turned and head tilted back, one foot already in a puddle. He then turned around.

Birds took flight from the misty mountains, heading west and north, a dark mass braving thunder and rain.

The forest birds have all flown away, and the waves ripple with light.

"Clap."

The horsewhip fell to the ground and rolled, hitting the signboard.

The black horse was startled and overturned, smashing bricks and stones and pinning down the guards. They couldn't even get out from under the horse's belly, their breaths catching in their throats.

That is……

what! ?

Circling around the water column, its wingtips pierced through the thin clouds. The bird flew in an arc, crashing headfirst into the water column. Enveloped in white steam, it flapped its wings, struggled, and choked on the water, sinking deeper and deeper until it suffocated and convulsed.

"Ha ha……"

Heavy breathing, violent breathing.

The dragon slowly retreated, observing cautiously.

The water ripples and sparkles, with schools of fish swimming within, forming another lake in the sky. At the same time, the sky and the ground are calm and still, creating two smooth, new silver mirrors that reflect the images of everything, creating a beautiful scene.

Half of a canine tooth is missing.

The white ape, resembling an ant, held up a pen holder by the corner of a porcelain base.

Beneath the pen holder, the dragon transforms into another ant.

The spectacle was astonishing.

Its ability to control water is unparalleled.

The dragon gradually came to believe that the white ape was the second water lord truly born and raised by nature, after the dragon lord. There are always a few exceptions in the world, and it is possible that certain circumstances might occur, causing the water lord favored by heaven and earth to no longer be a dragon, but a white-haired monkey.

But this move is powerful but not threatening, robust but not sharp.

What is the mighty power of heaven to mortals is merely a gentle breeze to the strong; for them, being struck down is no different from taking a bath.

Not to mention that even lifting a monkey is so difficult and strenuous, how could it possibly be used for attack?
Within Ze Ding, the blue tide continued to recede, and one after another, the long qi of heaven and earth combined with ten thousand essences, transforming into azure spirit fish. Liang Qu didn't even have time to see many of the effects of the long qi.

【Water Essence: 1421】

Eight spirit fish lay jumping around in the dried-up cauldron.

This is the surplus of 80,000 from the 1,000 great merits.

Stretching across the great river, shining brightly like the sun.

River dominance: 0.6

The water column was raised by 0.1.

not enough.

not enough.

Overturning rivers and seas...

not enough!
"Ah!! Move!!!"

Roar, roar, and roar again.

The white ape hugged the pillar tightly with its large arms and shook it frantically.

His arm skin was cracked, his back muscles were torn apart, and streaks of blood flowed, staining his white fur. Umibozu did his best to help him repair the wounds.

Boom!
The water column trembled.

It seemed the white ape could not support it and knelt on one knee.

Countless waves cascaded down the water column, like a pen holder placed in an ice cellar and then taken out, where water droplets condensed and gathered before dripping down. The difference was that this seemingly insignificant "droplet" was enough to easily submerge a county town.

What is that monkey doing?
Digging your own grave?

The dragon grew increasingly alarmed, hesitating whether to step forward and interrupt, yet also worried that this might be some kind of trap. Who would do something so meaningless and so obviously flawed in a deadly battle?

The white ape knelt down seemingly out of thin air, causing the water column to become unstable and tilt to one side.

Without hesitation, the dragon swung its tail, dodging to the side and beyond the pillar's edge. Unexpectedly, the water column, instead of crashing down, slowly changed direction and chased after it.

With a flick of its long tail, it changed direction and avoided the pillar. The dragon felt the pillar fly over its head again, changing from being close to being far away.

With its eyes wide open, the dragon suddenly lowered its head and stared at the ants screaming desperately under the "pen holder".

The white ape, half-covered in blood, roared incessantly, its clamor irritating the dragon.

But it held on.

It caught the falling water column and, using the momentum of the tilt, pulled it backward. The entire ape arched backward with all its might, its lumbar spine almost breaking in half, making one worry that the keel might break.

The toppled pillar straightened itself, then tilted backward, and finally collapsed sideways with a sudden, forceful drop.

The ant not only lifted it up, it also stirred up the pen holder!

Rumble…

Horse hooves, puddles, swarms of insects—the bluestone slabs trembled incessantly.

Pedestrians fled, and the crowd surged.

Grabbing the black horse, the imperial guards turned into rocks in the flowing water, just like the shopkeepers picking out signs at the door.

No one knows where the water column grew from, or how it grew to a point where everyone could see it.

It looks close, but it's actually very far.

It towers high as the clouds, majestic as a mountain, mostly hidden above the clouds, as if it wants to break through the sky, break through the heavenly palace, and take down the Jade Emperor's plaque. Even the Tianshan Mountains in the northwest are not as high as it, reaching to the heavens and the earth.

If a comparison must be made, it must be the "Celestial Phenomenon Covering the Sky and Earth Overturning the Plate," a "Northern Pivot" that is 60,000 li high and 23,000 li in diameter.

But the imperial guards knew that beneath the water column lay the vast marshes of the Yangtze and Huai rivers.

Only the Jianghuai Marshland could produce such a huge and majestic water column, but he couldn't believe how far the Jianghuai Marshland was from the capital of Southern Zhili.
Thousands of miles? Tens of thousands of miles?
What kind of person, what means, and what purpose could erect a towering water pillar in the Jianghuai marshes, so clearly visible even from the capital of Southern Zhili?

The shimmering light pierces through the dark clouds.

The water column suddenly trembled, and a waterfall of spray cascaded down its sides.

next moment.

Their stagnant breathing began to reverse, and the Imperial Guards' pupils dilated to the point of tearing.

The "Arctic Gyroscope" has started moving! It has started spinning! It has started rocking!

Round after round, again and again, in one session after another.

Dark clouds churned, lightning gathered, and gales swirled.

The wine signs on the flagpole flew into the sky; damp leaves broke free from puddles; the crowd screamed, and capes billowed around their backs, fluttering wildly, making it hard to open their eyes.

The wind, rain, thunder, and lightning swirled and meandered toward the center, like a ladle inserted into a clay pot, stirring up the salt inside and creating a whirlpool.

Its incredible power was astonishing.

"Your Majesty..."

Electricity is the light of Yang. When Yang energy is weak, the light cannot be seen. When Yang energy is abundant and desires to reach its full potential, it is suppressed by Yin. Only then can its light be emitted, hence the term "initial electricity".

"what!!!"

Bleeding from the gums.

A continuous white light shone through the leaden clouds, and lightning coiled around the pillar, forming a roaring thunder dragon.

boom!
The "pen holder" pressed down on the Jianghuai River and then swung it sideways.

A fierce wind swept across, shattering the smooth silver mirror, breaking the shadows of dragons and monkeys, and causing waves to rise in the sky and on earth.

The villagers swarmed in, only to be swept into the water god temple by the wind.

Stretching across the great river, shining brightly like the sun.

River dominance: 0.7

boom!
The "pen holder" was pressed down again, and another strong wind came.

There are vortexes both in the sky and on the ground, one a cloud vortex and the other a water vortex, rotating symmetrically.

The ancestral hall was packed with people, leaving no room to stand.

Stretching across the great river, shining brightly like the sun.

River dominance: 0.8

boom!
The "pen holder" is pressed three times, and the white ape is transformed back into a blood ape.

The vast marshes of the Yangtze and Huai rivers began to tremble and spread, revealing a whirlpool that stared at the sky, its receding water level being filled back into the whirlpool.

The Ironhead Fish was utterly shocked, its head circling the Dragon Palace, dust rising everywhere. In the Dragon Clan's territory, the three elders, Long E'ying, Long Binglin, Long Yanrui, and Ao Qing, split their snake bodies to repel the enemy, while simultaneously gazing at the sky, feeling the surging water under their fingertips.

Stretching across the great river, shining brightly like the sun.

River dominance: 0.9

The "pen holder" pulled back, about to press down, stirring up a fourth wave. The dragon could no longer hold back and lunged forward.

"Xiao Shui!"

"Get out of the way, let it bite!"

The venomous fangs pierced through the Vortex God Armor. In his dilemma, Umibozu wriggled his flesh to avoid the sharp teeth, and witnessed the dragon bite through the "water shell," pierce through the white ape's shoulder and neck, and spew out venom.

They tilted their heads to look at each other.

Golden eyes meet golden eyes, fierceness meets fierceness.

The broken ape canine tooth is like a snake's venomous hook tooth in the dragon's mouth.

Under divine power, the dragon's entanglement was insignificant.

It doesn't hurt or itch!
The blood ape suddenly bared its canine teeth, tore open the wound on its arm, pulled out the blood vessel, drank large gulps of dark red blood, and swallowed snake venom.

The dragon's golden eyes narrowed.

What is this guy doing?
The venom dissolved through the interior, forming a water film. The internal organs felt like they were on fire, causing unbearable pain. The gums were completely corroded, bleeding scarlet blood, leaving only loose teeth that were about to fall out.

【Water Essence +6017】

【Water Essence +6498】

【Water Essence +7123】

【Water Essence: 19867】!
A wisp of breath suddenly turned into a spirit fish.

Nine spirit fish leaped and jumped from the bottom of the cauldron.

With its belly pierced through, from the throat to the abdomen, the flesh and blood were consumed by the poison, turning into bloody water that gushed out from the hole in the flesh. The blood ape endured the excruciating pain, stretched out its head and bit the dragon, spurting out dragon blood. It ground its teeth, sucked the blood, and devoured the flesh raw, then flicked the water jet.

【Water Essence +136】

【Water Essence: 10013】

boom!
The Yangtze and Huai Rivers surge forward.

Thunder dragons and wind dragons descended from the heavens, coiling and merging with the water dragon.

The dark clouds vanished, and the world was clear and empty.

"Amitabha."

The old monk gazed out from the mountaintop, clasping his hands in prayer.

Behind them sat a group of otters, each holding a wooden fish and wearing a yellow robe, mimicking their posture.

Stretching across the great river, shining brightly like the sun.

River dominance: 1

[Can consume ten spirit fish and one point of dominance to advance the Whirlpool Palace and prematurely seize the supreme domain of the Huai Whirlpool Water Lord—the Swamp Kingdom (Pseudo) (Small)!]

"open!"

Open? Open what?
The dragon intended to disintegrate the white ape, but under the divine power, its body was weak and powerless. Apart from the deadly poison, it could not move the tough blood ape with its brute force alone.

【Water Essence: 13】

River dominance: 0

Within the Qi Sea, three celestial islands rising from the clouds suddenly emitted smoke, forming a jade-white gate from the center of the triangle.

"Looking sideways at the Heavenly Pass, the pavilion road seems even more distant. The unity of heaven and man, the connection between heaven and earth, the perfect harmony, the barrier that one must break through with all one's body and spirit, is the Heavenly Pass, the barrier that breaks the circle, the barrier that breaks the extreme."

As for what one will find when knocking on the Heavenly Gate, it varies from person to person.

The Dragon Elephant Martial Saint once opened the five heavenly gates of blood, flesh, bone, skin, and tendons, and five great demons emerged. He killed them one by one and became a saint in his physical body.

Vajra King prostrated himself before the wrathful Vajra, thus attaining the body of a Vajra King and the status of an Arhat...

"The marshland... could it be a gateway to heaven?"

A white ape stood before the Jade Gate.

The Jade Gate is unusually tall, with countless bas-reliefs on it, a chaotic mess, featuring all sorts of animal heads. To see the whole thing, one has to look up.

"What's the point of such a high-ranking position?"

Enraged, the white ape leaped up, clasped its hands together, aimed at the edge of the gate, and smashed the jade gate into the sea of ​​clouds with its cannon-like fist, burying most of it, reaching the same height as the ape.

boom!
The white ape kicked open the door and stepped into the shadows.

"Let's see what it's really like!"

"laugh!"

In the darkness, two golden eyes shone brightly.

Inside the vortex palace, the vortex water and essence water were drained out, and the water beasts were forced to huddle together. The fat catfish, whose face was bruised and swollen from being kicked and stomped on by the old toad, begged for mercy in a daze. Suddenly, it felt that the sky and earth were wide and boundless.

[Vortex Palace Advancement to Swamp Kingdom (Pseudo) (Small)]

Huang Liang is a dream.

Open your eyes, and you'll see the dragon horns again.

歘!
With a surge of energy, the blood ape, which had been bound and restrained by the dragon's body, vanished without a trace.

how is this possible.

The dragon's golden eyes twitched.

It was absolutely certain that its divine favor was far greater than that of the white ape, at least three times greater. In the Jianghuai region, it could completely suppress its ability to move around, and there was absolutely no way it could escape. Moreover, what was that rising momentum?
Sudden.

I feel something in my heart.

The dragon raised its head to look at the sky.

With a clear sky and a gentle breeze, today would be an excellent day for fishing, judging by the weather alone—if you ignored the plume of water overhead.

The sun shone unhindered on the Jianghuai region, but the Blood Ape blocked the sunlight. It crawled out from the middle of the water column, stretched out its arms and hugged the column, casting a cross-shaped shadow on the dragon's head. The Sea Monk wriggled its flesh and blood to fill and repair its throat, which had been completely corroded by the venom.

The sunlight was blinding, and the shadows were dim.

The only one with a clear and bright appearance is the gold-plated metal.

"Dragon! I'll fuck you first, you snake!"

Wow!
The clouds parted, drawing back the curtain.

The water vapor in the marsh was compressed, condensing into white mist that rolled away along the curves on both sides of the water column.

With a roar, spewing out fragments of internal organs, the white ape took a lunge step, bracing itself with both hands against the water dragon pillar. Power surged from the ground, flowing through its shoulders and back, like a javelin, aimed at the dragon's head…

It crashed straight down!

The dragon, attempting to maneuver and leap, was shocked to discover that the demon, unable to wield its supernatural powers and move freely, had become itself.

The river wind howled, and the turbid current surged into the sky.

Vacuum silence.

There's no way to escape, no matter which way you turn.

The dragon neither dodged nor evaded, but roared to the heavens and charged straight at them.

Boom!
The water column did not reach the large marshland.

A silver mirror floats again in the sky and on the ground, fitting together perfectly.

A circle of transparent ripples spread across the vast water, extending endlessly in all directions. The earth trembled, silt swirled, and broken water plants flew everywhere.

The blood ape reached out, its muscles bulging, and with a few leaps it climbed, flashing to the end of the Heavenly Pillar. Its muscles bulged, and it pushed out with tremendous force.

dong dong dong.

The pillar reaching to the sky was cut off inch by inch.

In the center of the swamp, the roar was deafening, and wave after wave of torrents splashed out.

Sunlight poured down, and the sky cleared instantly over Pingyang Prefecture, the capital of Southern Zhili, Chizhou, Lanzhou, Xihe Prefecture...

"die!!"

boom!
The pillar in his hand trembled violently, the immense force numbing his palm and nearly knocking the blood ape over. Liang Qu steadied himself and applied pressure to pin the dragon down. Suddenly, two points of golden light appeared and continued to grow larger.

Flood dragon!

The dragon broke through the water column and swam upstream!

Grasping the pillar to heaven, with its golden eyes blazing, the blood ape unleashed its supernatural powers, sending out ten thousand water dragons to pounce and tear at the dragon's head.

Facing the Blood Ape's golden eyes, a strong wave of weakness washed over him. The dragon circled the water column, but in a moment of carelessness, it was bitten by the water dragon. A thousand others seized the opportunity to follow, dragging the dragon to the bottom of the water, where it continued to be crushed by the water column.

"Come again!"

The water column shook again, and the blood ape threw it. A completely different black dragon cut through space, rippling outwards, and squeezed into the water column, mingling with the white dragons.

The dragon's pupils dilated as it tried to dodge, but unexpectedly, waves of light flashed from all directions around it, trapping it in a predicament from which it could not move.

The black lines trembled, and blood splattered.

"Little Water, you've hurt it!" Umibozu exclaimed in surprise.

Broken dragon scales mixed with dragon blood floated and drifted, and the dragon felt an unprecedented surge of rage. With a thud, it broke free from the thousands of white dragons.

"Xiao Shui!"

"I know."

The golden eyes in the water rapidly magnified, and just as they were about to touch the white ape's face, the dragon was startled to realize that a pale gray "mist" was emanating from the white ape's body, spreading rapidly and polluting the environment.

Water mist?

How can water mist be generated in water?
Before the dragon could figure it out, the blood ape leaped out of the water mist, its fist swirling with gray fluid, as if wrapped in a layer of gauze, drifting and swirling.

Where the gray mist spread, the dragon's control over the external environment completely disappeared.

How is this possible?

The white ape's realm is far inferior to itss, and it is not as favored by heaven and earth. Why can't it control the surrounding water environment, let alone suppress the white ape's teleportation ability?
boom!
The heavy blow to its forehead sent the dragon's mind blank, and it flew backward.

It curled up its dragon body, huddled together in defense, preparing to face the blood ape's raging storm, and pondered whether to summon its clone from the southern border back to use the time difference to eliminate its opponent.

Unexpectedly, with a single punch, the blood ape repelled the dragon, then used the force to somersault and disappear into the water, vanishing from the swamp.

reappear.

The dragon's expression changed drastically.

"Ironhead fish!"

(End of this chapter)