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

Chapter 293 Gourd Monster Saves Gourd
At this time, the surface of the Buzhou Abyss seemed to be split into two, with white light shining on one side and purple light lingering on the other.

The Bull Demon King's surprise soldier suddenly appeared. He rode on a water-avoiding golden crystal beast, wore a steel-baring battle robe, and held a sky-supporting white jade pillar, and rushed straight towards the Kun Demon King.

Faced with the fierce attack of Bull Demon King, Demon King Kun did not dare to be careless. He used his left hand to condense the surrounding water vapor into huge "Kun water balls".

These "Kun water balls" shuttled around the Demon King Kun. Each water ball contained enough power to shake the mountains and rivers. Carrying surging water, they roared towards the Bull Demon King.

In Demon King Kun's right hand, he held the purple-gold trident as he fought against the sky-supporting white jade pillar.

This halberd is made of rare materials from the deep sea. The halberd body flashes with purple lightning and emits a heart-pounding aura.

Every collision between the sky-high white jade pillar and the purple gold trident was like thunder in the sky igniting fire on the earth, erupting with a deafening roar.

As time went by, the battle on the Buzhou Abyss became more and more intense. Huge waves surged and splashed everywhere, as if the whole world was about to be submerged in these turbulent waves.

Both of them are outstanding among the great monsters in Taiyi Realm. Their cultivation levels are almost the same and their powers are equally amazing.

Demon King Kun represented the Demon Master Palace, and Demon King Niu represented the Demon Saint Chitie. The two demons engaged in a fierce fight above the Buzhou Abyss.

For a moment, only golden light and purple light were intertwined, water balls and pillar shadows were flying, and the Buzhou Abyss, with the two monsters as the center, set off a huge wave.

The two monsters were fighting fiercely and it was hard to tell who was the winner.

the current situation.

Demon King Kun was blocked by Demon King Niu.

The Nine-headed Jin Ni, Ao Mo'ang and the Nine-headed Insect were naturally free and released, but they did not go up to besiege the Demon King Kun together.

At that time, the Demon King Jiao, the Demon King Jinjiao, and the Demon King Peng would naturally come to help the Demon King Kun.

Then it turned into a big fight between the two sides. No one had found a single gourd, and Shang Yang's side was still watching from the side.

If the Demon Saint Jiuying and the Demon Master fight each other thoroughly, it is possible that both sides will suffer losses and Shang Yang will benefit.

The Dragon Demon King and Xiao Chen naturally held the same mentality.

Right now, everyone is here to look for gourds, but before they even find a single gourd, they’ve already started fighting. There’s no point in that.

It's okay to engage in local struggles, but the time has not come for a large-scale duel between the two sides.

"Mo Lang."

Xiao Chen thought about it, called the Jiao Demon King over, and discussed:

"Based on our previous guess, the two gourds in the water are most likely the Yin Gourd and the Water Gourd."

"Leave the Yin Gourd to me. I have my own way to fish it out."

"Just keep an eye on them and watch the water hyacinth."

"Especially Ao Mo'ang. If he makes a move and really finds the water hyacinth, call me and we will go and grab it together."

Upon hearing this, the Jiao Demon King nodded and agreed:

"That's fine."

"After all, there are more of them, so the probability of finding water hyacinths will be greater."

So, the two monsters divided the work respectively. Xiao Chen went to find the Yin Hulu, and the Jiao Demon King went to keep an eye on the Nine-headed Jin Ni, Ao Mo'ang and the Nine-headed Insect monsters.

Xiao Chen took into consideration that all the demon tribes in the world have their own strengths, just like he himself is a toad tribe and has a natural love and sensitivity to yin energy.

The dragon clan's control and sensitivity to water is the same.

Although toads, dragons, crocodiles, Jiao, pythons... are all aquatic creatures and are good at water.

But, to be honest, the dragon clan is more impressive when it comes to playing with water.

In the era of the dragon, phoenix and unicorn, needless to say, the dragon clan was in charge of the four oceans and all aquatic creatures in the world respected the dragon clan.

In the ancient demon court era, the demon court's god of rain, Rain Master Ji Meng, was also once a general of the dragon clan.

Even in the present era of Heaven, the God of Rain in Heaven is still a member of the Dragon Clan.

It can be said that every drop of rain in the world is dropped by the dragon clan.

From the moment Pangu created the world and the dragon clan was born, the dragon clan's position as the master of the four seas has never changed.

The emperor in heaven can take turns, but the dragon clan’s rule over the four seas and all the waters in the world is as solid as iron.

Playing is playing, making noise is making noise, but the dragon clan's dominance over the waters is real.

His position as the leader of the dragon and water tribes has never been shaken.

Ao Mo'ang is already a leader among the four seas dragon clans and is known as "the number one dragon of the four seas Ao clan". Now he has become a disciple of the rain master Ji Meng, and his understanding of the way of water is not shallow.

Therefore, among the monsters searching for water hyacinth in the Buzhou Abyss, Ao Mo'ang may have a greater chance of success.

Of course, the importance of water hyacinth is far less than that of Yin gourd.

If they could get the Yin Gourd, they would be halfway to success, so naturally they had to get the Yin Gourd first.

In the Buzhou Abyss, the monsters searched for a while but still made no progress.

The situation was temporarily at a stalemate. Neither the Demon Saint Jiuying, the Demon Saint Shangyang, nor the Demon Master Palace were able to find a gourd monster.

At the same time, above Buzhou Abyss, the fierce battle was still going on.

Demon King Kun and Demon King Niu are still fighting.

The night was as dark as ink, and the moonlight sprinkled down like fine threads. The silver light penetrated the thick night and fell on the Buzhou Abyss, adding a bit of mystery and tranquility to this chaotic water area.

Xiao Chen chose a relatively hidden corner underwater and sat cross-legged.

The moonlight was like silver, penetrating the water and falling on Xiao Chen's body, giving him a faint glow.

Xiao Chen closed his eyes and concentrated, then began to practice the toad clan's unique technique of "worshiping the moon and absorbing essence."

This is a method that uses the toad's natural sensitivity to Yin energy to sense and track the flow of Yin energy by absorbing the essence of moonlight.

As Xiao Chen's breathing gradually became deep and even, his consciousness seemed to merge with the yin energy of the entire Buzhou Abyss.

At this moment, in Xiao Chen's perception, the Yin energy of Buzhou Abyss was no longer an invisible existence, but turned into a huge and complex network, tightly wrapping the water area.

Every line and every node in this network represents the flow and convergence of Yin energy.

They are intertwined together to form an intricate world of yin and yang.

The places where yin energy gathers are like chess points, falling on the map.

Xiao Chen patiently analyzed this network of Yin energy, his consciousness traveling through it, searching for the place where the heaviest Yin energy gathered.

Xiao Chen finally fixed his sights on a corner in the southwest direction.

And on this map, the yin energy in the southwest corner is relatively thick and slightly abnormal.

Not long after.

Xiao Chen's eyes suddenly opened and he chuckled:

"There is."

After all, this newly born gourd spirit is still young, so it is difficult for it to perfectly control its breath.

Wherever the Yin Gourd is, its Yin energy will naturally overflow.

The Yin energy around the Yin Gourd will also gather unconsciously, this is due to nature.

Therefore, the place where Yin energy gathers is most likely where the Yin Gourd is.

Xiao Chen did not hesitate. He decided to take an action that seemed to be aboveboard but actually contained a mystery.

Xiao Chen directly used the water escape technique and his body moved freely in the water, as if he was conducting an open search.

He knew very well that at this time, sneaky actions would only arouse suspicion and alert other monsters.

It is better to act uprightly in this way, which can make others let down their guard.

Of course, Xiao Chen did not choose to go forward in a straight line, but took a curve, sometimes turning left, sometimes circling right, as if he was searching for the gourd normally.

Some of the other monsters did not notice Xiao Chen.

Some monsters noticed Xiao Chen, but didn't care.

Xiao Chen was feeling the location of the Yin Energy. He was getting closer and closer to the Yin Gourd. He could already feel that the Yin Gourd was hiding in a cave under the water.

In order to prevent the Yin Gourd from escaping again, Xiao Chen suddenly accelerated and rushed towards the cave like an arrow. With lightning speed, he smashed the cave into pieces with one palm.

At the same time, Xiao Chen activated the sound-fixing function of the Soul-Enchanting Jade Pipa and shouted:
"Freeze!" As soon as the gourd monster hiding in the cave noticed Xiao Chen's movements, it was firmly fixed in place by the sudden immobilization function and could not move at all.

Xiao Chen had already prepared the "Matryoshka rope", a special rope that could quickly and firmly tie up the target.

Xiao Chen threw out the "nesting rope" without hesitation. The rope coiled up in the water like a snake and instantly tied up the two arms and body of the gourd monster.

The gourd monster struggled for a few times, but found that he could not break free from the rope at all.

Xiao Chen picked up the gourd monster and tied it around his waist.

At this time, he, the King of Golden Horn, had taken the lead among the monsters and taken a gourd.

"Wow wow wow!"

The gourd monster was tied tightly around Xiao Chen's waist, crying out in a childish and anxious voice.

The gourd monster kicked his little feet around and struggled, trying to break free from the restraints, but to no avail.

"Hey! You devil, let me go!"

The gourd monster roared, and even though his voice was a bit childish, it still revealed his unyielding will.

Xiao Chen was unmoved. He stepped on the waves and tried to use water escape to slip out of Buzhou Abyss.

However, at this moment.

The gourd monster's eyes suddenly turned red, and a strange and sinister force surged out from its body.

This power seemed to have an inexplicable attraction. The surrounding ferocious beasts and fish instantly felt the call of this power. They swam over and launched a fierce attack on Xiao Chen.

The ferocious beasts and fish would come up to bite you, or spit water arrows from their mouths, or sweep their tails across.

"Some kind of Yin-type magical power?"

Xiao Chen glanced sharply at the Yin Gourd Spirit who was tightly tied around his waist, and thought to himself.

In this mythological world, there are many monsters with outstanding backgrounds. They are born with magical powers, which is a manifestation of their extraordinary talents.

For example, the "ventilation ears" of the Monkey King.

Another example is Sun Wukong, who could "shoot golden light from his eyes to the sky" as soon as he was born. Sun Wukong also said: "My eyes can often see good and bad luck within a thousand miles in the daytime. Even within a thousand miles, I can see a dragonfly spreading its wings."

This pair of eyes is the "golden pupils that can break through illusions" that Sun Wukong was born with.

As for the "Fire Eyes and Golden Pupils", that is not a magical power but a kind of acquired eye disease. It is just a compliment to the appearance of Sun Wukong's pair of smoky eyes.

In Sun Wukong's own words: "It was just that the wind stirred up the smoke, which made his eyes red, making them look like 'old sick eyes', so they were called 'fire eyes and golden pupils'."

The clever stone monkey has many magical powers, such as "the ability to transform, knowing the weather, knowing the terrain, and moving stars and changing constellations". In fact, only the "ability to transform" has been fully developed by Sun Wukong, and the others have not been brought into play.

The Yin Gourd Spirit in front of him obviously has extraordinary magical powers.

Xiao Chen discovered that the magic spells cast by the Yin Gourd Spirit were similar to the puppet, soul-summoning, and control spells of the Great Sage Yu Monkey King, who exorcised the gods.

"Perhaps we can refine this Yin Gourd Spirit and make a magic weapon for summoning spirits or controlling them?"

Xiao Chen was secretly calculating in his mind.

At the moment, these "acquired gourds" are naturally not as good as the innate things of the "innate gourd", which can be directly transformed into innate spiritual treasures.

The acquired gourd has only acquired talent and has not reached the level of the innate gourd.

At this time, these gourd monsters can only be regarded as goblins transformed from gourds, and cannot be considered magic weapons.

In other words, these gourd monsters are excellent materials for refining weapons, but they still need to be refined and have not yet become magic weapons.

This is like the "laurel branch" of the innate laurel tree in the Moon Palace, when the laurel branch had not yet been refined into the "Thoreau's Wand" of General Juanlian.

It is just a piece of laurel branch, which is an excellent material for refining weapons. It can be refined into a good magic weapon, but it has not yet been refined into a magic weapon.

at this time.

In front of Xiao Chen, ferocious beasts and fish came like a tide. They were controlled by the Yin Gourd Spirit and seemed to have their own will, attacking Xiao Chen.

But with his strength as the King of Golden Horn, he naturally didn't care about the ferocious beasts and fish controlled by the Yin Gourd Spirit, and he smashed them all to pieces with ease.

At this moment, Xiao Chen moved forward with the Yin Gourd Spirit tied to his waist, and fled straight to the shore of Buzhou Abyss.

According to the rules of the gambling fight, once outside the Buzhou Abyss, the Yin Gourd Spirit will be in the pocket of King Jinjiao.

However, the Yin Gourd Spirit did not give up struggling. It seemed to sense its impending fate, and its heart was filled with fear and unwillingness.

"I will bite you to death, you devil!"

The Yin Gourd Spirit was trapped and had no way out. He could only scream and try to resist with his last bit of strength.

The Yin Gourd Spirit bit Xiao Chen's arm with such a ferocious look as if it wanted to tear Xiao Chen into pieces.

However, Xiao Chen's magic weapon was so hard that the little gourd spirit bit it, but not only did it fail to cause any harm to Xiao Chen, but because of the excessive force, several of its own milk teeth were broken.

But the gourd is still small, so for the little gourd monster, it is just like changing teeth.

Looking at the painful and helpless expression of the little gourd spirit, Xiao Chen couldn't help but laugh in his heart.

At the same time, Xiao Chen still had some worries.

Of course, Xiao Chen’s worry was not out of sympathy for the little gourd spirit.

What Xiao Chen was worried about was that this little gourd spirit would hurt himself. If he was missing an arm or a leg, he would be incomplete.

If such a good refining material has a gap, it will not be perfect.

then.

Xiao Chen patted the Yin Gourd Spirit gently, and said in a soothing tone:
"You little gourd, stop making trouble."

"Just be a good boy and become my magic weapon, King Golden Horn."

"My Tiger Power Refiner is very fast, I guarantee you will leave without any pain."

However, these words were like a bolt from the blue to the ears of the Yin Gourd Spirit.

"Wow wow wow!"

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

The Yin Gourd Spirit was so frightened that he actually started to cry, his voice full of despair and helplessness.

At this time, Xiao Chen acted as if he had heard nothing. He was happily carrying his "weapon-refining materials" and quickening his pace to escape to the shore.

The noise of Xiao Chen grabbing the gourd had naturally already alarmed the Buzhou Mountain monsters including the Nine-Headed Jin Ni, Ao Mo'ang and the Nine-Headed Insect.

This action was like dropping a huge rock into a calm lake, instantly creating huge waves.

Although Bull Demon King was also fighting with Kun Demon King, he also caught a glimpse of this scene out of the corner of his eye.

The Bull Demon King ignored Xiao Chen and continued to fight with the Kun Demon King.

The three demons, Nine-headed Jin Ni, Ao Mo'ang and Nine-headed Insect, raised their weapons without hesitation and rushed towards Xiao Chen together.

They were agile and moved as fast as lightning, and it was obvious that they wanted to besiege Xiao Chen and take away the Yin Gourd Spirit.

Perhaps because of the “seven gourds on one vine”, there is a deep bond between these seven gourd monsters.

The seven gourds are connected to each other, so they naturally have a good relationship.

When Xiao Chen caught the Yin Gourd Spirit, the two gourd spirits hiding in Buzhou Abyss and Buzhou Island could no longer hide.

They sensed their sister's danger and were extremely anxious. They could no longer hide and jumped out one after another, ready to rescue their sister.

The two gourd monsters jumped out one by one.

The first gourd monster jumped out from the southeast side of the Buzhou Abyss. He transformed into a long water hyacinth vine, with angry fire flashing in his eyes, and shouted:

"That demon, let my sister go!"

Xiao Chen didn't expect that after he caught this gourd monster, the other gourd monsters would jump out one by one so quickly.

It is exactly "the gourd monster saves the gourds, and delivers them one by one."

For an instant.

Buzhou Yuan was completely furious.

(End of this chapter)