Journey to the West: Demon Emperor: Beginning as a Little Toad

Chapter 271: Lion King vs. Nine-Headed Insect

On Jiushou Mountain.

As Princess Halloween left the stage, the air on the battlefield froze for a moment.

But this silence did not last long. Soon, it was replaced by an even more turbulent tension and eagerness, which rolled in like a wave and submerged the entire battlefield.

All the monsters knew that the duel between Princess Halloween and General Yatun, although exciting, was only an appetizer for today's competition.

The real highlight, the real highlight - the showdown between the great monsters in the Taiyi Realm, is about to begin.

"Hey! Hey! Hey!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

The demon race is naturally warlike, and even a small demon has a dream of becoming a demon king.

The little demons on both sides seemed to be driven by an invisible force. They beat drums to cheer each other, and their shouts rose one after another, shaking the earth.

Their enthusiasm was like a ignited flame, burning fiercely, pushing the atmosphere of the entire battlefield to a climax.

Big demons like the Bull Demon King, the Monkey King, the Nine-headed Golden Rainbow, the Nine-headed Green Jade, and others were also concentrating and paying attention to the upcoming battle.

To the west of Jiushou Peak, the sky was covered by thick clouds and was gloomy, as if foreshadowing that the upcoming battle would be an unprecedentedly fierce contest.

In this gloomy situation, a black shadow cut through the sky like lightning. It was the nine-headed monster - the Hydra.

He appeared on the stage with an indomitable aura and a crescent shovel in hand.

The nine-headed insect's wings vibrated, and its body drew a strange arc in the air. Its nine heads turned, and its eyes showed ferocious light, as if it was a demon walking out of the depths of hell, which was chilling.

"ugly!"

Xiao Chen glanced at the nine-headed insect and gave a very pertinent comment.

The ghost chariot is an ancient evil beast. According to rumors, the appearance of the ghost chariot is often accompanied by misfortune and disaster.

In Chinese mythology, the ghost chariot is often seen as a symbol of death, bad luck and disaster.

It really looked ferocious, no wonder even Zhu Bajie was amazed: "Brother! I have never seen such a vicious creature since I was a human!"

The nine-headed insect flew in the sky, overlooking the entire battlefield from above.

His nine heads seemed to have nine independent wills, each turning around independently, with arrogance and unruliness revealed in his eyes, as if he was the only supreme being in the world.

His gaze swept across the three demons, the Bull Demon King, the Golden Horned King, and the Monkey King, and finally stopped on the Lion King.

The Nine-Headed Insect raised a sneer at the corner of his mouth, and his voice was as deafening as thunder, resounding throughout the battlefield, and he shouted in a challenge:
"Little Lion Camel, the last battle ended in a draw. Today we will fight again and we must see who is better!"

"Let's see who is the grandfather and who is the grandson!"

As the Nine-Headed Insect's challenge to fight came, the atmosphere on the entire battlefield was pushed to an unprecedented climax, and all eyes were focused on him and the Lion King.

As the saying goes: "King versus king, general versus general."

In front of the group of little demons and demon kings, the battle between the Nine-Headed Insect and the Lion King is undoubtedly eye-catching.

Injustice has its head, and debt has its owner.

The incident was caused by two monsters. The grudges and entanglements have been entangled for a long time. Now, it is time to put an end to it.

Faced with the provocation of the Nine-Headed Insect, the Lion King naturally refused to be outdone.

The Lion King tightly grasped the large sword, and his whole body exuded a great fighting spirit, as if he was a lion about to break free from its restraints and burst out.

The Lion King walked forward with steady steps, and every step seemed to be stepping on a war drum, shaking the ground slightly, as if playing the prelude to the upcoming battle.

The Lion King walked onto the battlefield, looked at the Nine-Headed Insect, and sneered. His voice was as deafening as thunder, resounding throughout the Nine-Headed Mountain Range:

"Nine-headed grandson, don't just dodge later. Fight with me, your grandfather."

"As a grown man, you always act like a little girl and dodge around. What kind of ability is that?"

The Lion King's words were full of provocation and contempt, trying to anger the Hydra.

The Lion King's provocative words were like sparks splashing into an oil pan, and the Nine-Headed Insect's anger was instantly ignited.

The Nine-Headed Insect sneered repeatedly, his voice revealing unquestionable anger:
"Haha, you little lion, stop trying to be so good at talking! Watch out for the shovel!"

Before he could finish his words, the Nine-Headed Insect suddenly jumped up like an arrow, holding a crescent shovel and chopped at the Lion King on the head.

The crescent shovel drew a dazzling silver light in the air, and its force was as strong as a rainbow, as if it was going to tear the space apart, demonstrating the Nine-Headed Insect's amazing speed and strength.

Facing the fierce attack of the Nine-Headed Insect, the Lion King did not show any weakness. He roared angrily, without dodging or evading, and his body stood still as a mountain.

The huge sword in the Lion King's hand was swung like a tornado, forming an impenetrable barrier, and collided violently with the crescent shovel of the Nine-headed Insect in the air.

"clang!"

"clang!"

"clang!"

……

The two weapons kept colliding, making a deafening sound, like thunder exploding in the sky.

At the moment of collision, sparks flew like falling stars, illuminating the entire dim battlefield and burning the surrounding air hot.

There has been a long-standing grudge between the two monsters. Today's battle is not only a competition of strength between the two sides, but also a settlement of past grudges.

At this moment, they each used their magical powers, half-transformed into demon bodies, revealing a more hideous and terrifying appearance, and their strength also surged. As soon as they met, they fought to the death, without mercy.

The figures of the Lion King and the Nine-Headed Insect quickly shuttled across the battlefield, sometimes fighting, sometimes avoiding each other. Each collision was accompanied by earth-shaking sounds and dazzling light, as if two lightning bolts intertwined in the night sky.

The little demons retreated one after another, fearing that they would be affected by the battle, while the demon kings concentrated their attention, keeping their eyes fixed on the two big demons, not wanting to miss any details.

As the two champions of the ring competition, the battle between the Nine-Headed Insect and the Lion King is undoubtedly a decisive battle.

Xiao Chen stood aside, observing intently the fierce battle between the Nine-Headed Insect and the Lion King.

The Nine-Headed Insect is by no means an ordinary person. He is also a famous demon king on the journey to the West.

In terms of comprehensiveness, the Hydra should be one of the best among all monsters.

In terms of water battles, Jiu Tou Chong, as the nine-headed prince consort of Bibotan, can "call the wind and rain" and "control the waves", so his water battle skills are naturally amazing.

In terms of air combat, the speed of the Hydra is as fast as lightning, enough to compete with the Dapeng.

It is comprehensive in naval warfare, land warfare, and air combat, and has no obvious weaknesses.

The strength of the Lion King is naturally not weak. As the fourth of the Seven Great Sages of the Flower-Fruit Mountain, he is known as the "Great Sage Who Moves Mountains". The fact that he is willing to let the proud Sun Wukong call him "brother" is enough to prove his strength.

It would be very beneficial for him to observe the battle between the two monsters.

The battle between the Lion King and the Nine-Headed Insect entered a white-hot stage from the very beginning. The two monsters came into direct contact and engaged in the most violent collision.

Every time they clashed, the entire Nine Heads Mountain Range shook, and the aftermath of the battle seemed to tear the world apart.

The two monsters fought back and forth for forty or fifty rounds, but there was still no winner. The scene was extremely intense.

The Lion King's big sword was powerful and heavy, opening and closing violently, and each strike was as heavy as a mountain, bringing great pressure to the Nine-Headed Insect.

The Nine-Headed Insect was not to be outdone. He swung the crescent shovel in his hand with all his might, and it collided violently with the Lion King's huge sword in the air, sparks flying everywhere.

However, after several violent collisions, the crescent shovel in the Nine-headed Insect's hand began to seem a little weak, unable to withstand the fierce attack of the Lion King, and seemed somewhat overwhelmed.

Upon seeing this, the Nine-Headed Insect flapped its wings and quickly moved away, while making a strange cry.

The ghost car belongs to the flying family, and birds are good at singing.

The Ghost Car Clan is even able to emit sharp and piercing sonic attacks, which can act on the soul level and cause serious damage to the enemy.

"Gulu, Gulu, Gulu..."

The nine-headed insect's voice was high-pitched and shrill, like the sound of a wheel rolling on a rough road, sharp and piercing, and it spread throughout the battlefield in an instant.

The sound seemed to carry some kind of magic, making the little demons present feel extremely uncomfortable. They covered their heads and ran away, trying to escape from the range of the harsh sound waves.

Even some demon generals with higher cultivation could not help but frown, obviously finding the sound unbearable. Seeing this, the Monkey King quickly waved his hand to summon a wind wall, which was like a substance, blocking the harsh sound waves for the little demons of the Lion King, allowing them to temporarily relieve their discomfort.

"Ok?"

When Fei Ni on the opposite side saw the Monkey King's ventilation skill, his face showed surprise and interest. He also summoned a wind wall to block the harsh sound waves for his little demon.

The Lion King was the first to bear the brunt of the sonic attack from the Nine-Headed Insect.

"Roar!"

Just as the Hydra's sonic attack was about to sweep over, the Lion King also let out a deafening lion's roar.

The lion's roar was earth-shaking, rolling in like thunder, and directly hit the nine-headed insect.

The lion's roar and the strange cry of the nine-headed insect met in the air. The two collided violently, instantly forming a powerful sound wave shock, as if to tear the surrounding space apart.

Lions are animals that are extremely good at controlling sound waves, and this is vividly demonstrated in the Lion King.

The roar of an ordinary lion can be heard seven or eight kilometers away, let alone the Lion King.

The lion's roar of the Nine Spirits Primordial Saint was even praised as: "When he roars, it reaches the three saints above and the nine springs below!"

As a great demon in the Taiyi realm, although the lion roar of the Lion King cannot shock the three realms like that of the Nine-Spirited Saint, it is also a great achievement.

When the two sound waves intertwined and collided in the air, they produced strange ripples, as if even the space was distorted at this moment. The power of the sound waves was so strong that the trees on Jiushou Mountain fell down one after another.

In the end, the lion roar of the Lion King was more powerful. The roar swept over like a storm, making the Nine-Headed Insect freeze for a moment, as if it would shake his soul apart.

The Lion King raised his big knife and waited for an opportunity to chop at the Nine-headed Insect.

However, this nine-headed insect is, after all, a descendant of the ancient alien ghost chariot. It has excellent bloodline and extremely high magic resistance.

Under the impact of the Lion King's lion roar, the Nine-Headed Insect was stunned for only a moment, then it quickly reacted and regained consciousness.

The Nine-Headed Insect flapped its wings and dodged the powerful sword of the Lion King as quickly as a ghost. At the same time, it drew a graceful arc in the air and avoided the fatal blow of the Lion King.

Right in the middle of this electric light.

Suddenly, a strange "tick, tick, tick..." sound was heard in the sky above Jiushou Mountain, breaking the intense rhythm of the battle.

Then, the sky seemed to be dyed with an eerie red. Drops of blood-colored rain fell from the sky, gradually connecting into lines and forming a curtain, like a blood-colored waterfall falling from the sky.

The poisonous rain, carrying a suffocating smell of blood, fell from the sky like a natural disaster befalling Jiushou Mountain.

This rain was not ordinary water, but the "summoning wind and rain" technique that the Nine-Headed Insect had just displayed. He used his magic power to summon bloody poisonous rain to attack the Lion King.

"Gulu, Gulu, Gulu..."

The Nine-Headed Insect made the sharp and piercing sound of the Guiche clan.

In an instant, the bloody poisonous rain seemed to respond to his will and turned into sharp water columns, like swords falling from the sky, pouring down towards the Lion King with deadly toxicity and whistling wind.

When the Lion King saw this, his expression remained unchanged.

The Lion King waved his hand casually, drawing on the power from deep within the veins of the Nine Heads Mountain, and instantly summoned a thick rock shield, which steadily blocked his head.

The poisonous rain hit the rock shield violently, making a "pa pa" sound, but it was like hitting cotton and could not penetrate the rock-solid defense.

Seeing this, the Nine-Headed Insect refused to give up.

He roared, raised his sharp crescent shovel, jumped up, and slashed at the rock shield. There was a loud "bang", and the rock shield shattered, turning into countless pieces of gravel that scattered all over the ground.

The Nine-Headed Insect flashed its wings, and a strong wind dispersed the dense smoke. He was ready to launch another fierce attack.

However, when the Nine-Headed Insect was about to attack again, he found that the Lion King was no longer there.

It turned out that when the Nine-Headed Insect was attacking the rock shield with all its might, the Lion King had quietly performed the "Earth Escape Technique" and, with the help of the power of the earth, quietly crossed to the top of the Nine-Headed Peak.

The Lion King looked down from above, his eyes as sharp as torches, and he exuded a domineering aura that should not be underestimated. He held a large sword in his hand, and with an unstoppable force, he pounced straight at the Nine-Headed Insect.

However, the Hydra has nine heads and eighteen pairs of eyes, which allows it to observe multiple directions at the same time during battle, making it impossible for it to be attacked by surprise.

Facing the fierce attack of the Lion King, the Nine-Headed Insect flashed its wings, and its body became as agile as a ghost, completing an incredible dodge in an instant.

The Nine-Headed Insect, holding a crescent shovel, went behind the Lion King at lightning speed, ready to give him a fatal blow.

However, the Lion King and the Hydra have fought many times and have long been familiar with each other's moves, and can even predict each other's next move.

Just when the Nine-Headed Insect thought he was about to succeed, the Lion King gave a sly smile.

The skill of "backstab" that he had secretly practiced finally came in handy at this moment.

The body of the Lion King seemed to be unconstrained by space. He made a big turn, and the big sword flexibly passed through his armpit and stabbed the Nine-Headed Insect at an almost impossible angle.

The speed was so fast, like lightning across the night sky, which was astonishing. It was obvious that the Lion King had been secretly practicing this move for a long time.

Although the Nine-Headed Insect reacted quickly, it was still a step slow and was slashed on the left arm by the Lion King. Blood immediately gushed out and the wound was so deep that the bone was visible. The Lion King almost cut off one of its heads.

A strange sound of "gurgle, gurgle, gurgle..." was heard.

That was the strange sound made by the Nine-Headed Insect because of the severe pain. His nine heads twisted at the same time, looking extremely hideous.

The Nine-Headed Insect suffered a great loss, and let out a strange cry. It flapped its wings and quickly flew to a height of thousands feet like a black lightning, completely distancing itself from the Lion King.

"Why didn't you stab this guy to death with one knife?"

The Lion King cursed in his heart, and a hint of regret flashed in his eyes.

However, facing the Nine-headed Insect that had already flown away, the Lion King was helpless. If he ran to a height of thousands of feet to chase the Nine-headed Insect, he would lose the advantage of geographical location and fall into a passive position.

The Nine-Headed Insect stood thousands of feet in the sky with its wings spread. Its nine heads all looked down at the Lion King below. Its eyes were cold and cruel, revealing a strong murderous intent.

The Lion King stood still on the ground like a towering mountain. He held the big sword tightly, his muscles tensed, exuding a strong fighting spirit.

The two monsters faced each other from a distance.

The air around seemed to be frozen, filled with tension and depression.

The little demons retreated one after another, not daring to approach the battlefield, for fear of being dragged into this life-and-death battle.

“It’s not easy…”

Xiao Chen watched the battle for a long time with a frown on his face, and had already noticed some clues.

He saw the predicament of the Lion King. The problem now was that it was not easy for the Lion King to defeat the Nine-Headed Insect.

This nine-headed monster is actually very difficult to fight. It is very fast and very good at flying, comparable to the great roc.

And, most importantly, this guy has nine heads and eighteen eyes, which means he has a 360-degree field of vision without blind spots, allowing him to stay alert in any direction.

Dapeng has blind spots in his vision, but Jiutou Chong does not.

The combination of the two results in the Hydra's agility and "dodge ability" reaching almost the extreme, and any direct attack can be easily avoided by him.

If caught off guard, the Nine-Headed Insect could even dodge Erlang Shen's "Golden Bow and Silver Bullet".

You know, in Erlang Shen's hands, the golden bow and silver bullets can be said to be as easy as a finger, and they can hit the target every time, and can shoot all kinds of birds. It is even praised as "wearing a slingshot on his waist in the shape of a crescent moon, and shooting at two phoenixes in brown silk."

Even the phoenix, the king of flying birds, could be shot by Erlang Shen, but the Nine-headed Insect was able to dodge it, which shows how strong the Nine-headed Insect's dodging ability is.

Now, with the Hydra flying in the air, he is invincible.

Although the Lion King is invincible on the ground, he will be helpless once the Nine-headed Insect spreads its wings and flies high. It is impossible for him to fly up and fight with the Nine-headed Insect in the air.

In this situation, not only was the Lion King unable to attack effectively, he was also constantly facing raids from the air by the Nine-Headed Insect.

In the battle at Luanshi Mountain and Bibotan Lake, Sun Wukong, Erlang Shen and others took advantage of the surprise attack of Roaring Sky Dog to bite the Nine-headed Insect.

Roaring Sky Dog has extremely strong stealth capabilities. He appears and disappears without a trace, making it difficult for the enemy to guard against him. He is an expert in sneak attacks.

Even Sun Wukong was bitten by Roaring Sky Dog, fell down and suffered a great loss, which shows how powerful Roaring Sky Dog's sneak attack is.

But now, there is neither Erlang Shen nor Roaring Sky Dog by the side of the Lion King.

On this battlefield, there is only him, the Great Sage Who Moves Mountains, the Lion King, a demon.

(End of this chapter)