Chosen Evolution: I can load the protagonist template

Chapter 781 The Bodhisattva's Pet Fish Died~
Anyone who has read Journey to the West knows that the Linggan King of the Tongtian River seized the old turtle's water palace and became the king of the river.

Taking advantage of being an invasive species, the goldfish spirit beat the old turtle so badly that it fled in panic. Seeing the turtle's disheveled state, the Great King of Inspiration laughed heartily.

So when he was forced to become a cowardly old turtle, the humiliation he felt was unimaginable.

But he still chose to do it because dignity was far less important than life.

Even knowing that she might not escape this calamity, the goldfish spirit still wanted to try to struggle.

However, Cheng Tian was determined to kill him and there was no possibility of him holding back.

Unlike Tang Sanzang and his companions who needed to travel to the Western Paradise to worship Buddha and seek scriptures, Cheng Tian had no connection with Guanyin Bodhisattva and did not need to give her any face. Moreover, in terms of template loading, the moment Cheng Tian selected to load the Erlang Shen template, his default faction was already bound to Erlang Shen and even the deep layers of the Heavenly Court.

The delicate relationship between the Heavenly Court and Mount Ling still sparks much discussion today, with each side holding its own opinion and neither able to convince the other.

However, Cheng Tian didn't have so many hidden agendas, nor did he understand the power struggles between these forces.

His understanding of the goldfish spirit was very clear: it was a man-eating monster that had already eaten eight pairs of boys and girls and wanted to eat a ninth pair!
If that's the case, then what else is there to think about?

"Take this!!"

With the template's blessing, the mountain-splitting axe, which was in sync with Cheng Tian's mind, transformed into a massive mountain-like form and fiercely cleaved down at the goldfish spirit that was barely clinging to life in the Heavenly Tornado!

The Heavenly Tornado is indeed an excellent protective skill. It can not only block flying swords, but also greatly weaken the effects of Cheng Tian's various spells. However, the price is that he is also effectively fixed in position within the tornado. If he wants to leave his current position, he must wait for the tornado to completely dissipate before he can move freely.

The axe granted by the template is incredibly powerful, and its attack judgment is no longer simply based on damage value.

[Mountain-Splitting Axe: Template Equipment. One-Handed Axe. Equipment Requirements: Erlang Shen Template. Durability: -/-.]

One of the eight magical artifacts in "Erlang Baojuan", it is derived from the folk myth of Erlang holding a mountain-splitting axe, splitting Kunlun Mountain, and rescuing his mother. It has the power to split mountains and shatter peaks and can be used in conjunction with the "Splitting Mountains and Shattering Peaks" skill.

Results to be determined.

【Splitting Peaks and Shattering Mountains: Template skill, active skill】

When you activate the 'Splitting Peaks and Shattering Mountains' effect, the mountain-splitting axe will grow to a gigantic size and attack the target, resulting in a dual confrontation of strength and spirit with a base probability of 75%. Each 1 point difference in attribute affects the confrontation probability by 1%.

When a single-attribute attack is successful, it will deal physical damage equal to 20 points equal to the sum of all the holder's attributes.

When the dual-attribute confrontation is successful, it will deal physical damage equal to 100 points of the holder's total attributes, and will always be accompanied by the effects of "Sever", "Limb Severing", "Crushing" and "Smash".

The mountain-splitting axe can indiscriminately destroy all minerals associated with mountains, ignoring numerical values.

[Additional comment 1: Erlang Shen is looking at you with a complicated expression as you wield the mountain-splitting axe.]

[Additional Comment 2: The Goddess of the Lake in the Multiverse has highly praised your weapon.]

With Cheng Tian's current attributes, if he passes the single-attribute assessment, he can deal 6000 points of damage to the target.

If both attributes are successfully applied simultaneously, it can deal a terrifying 3.2 damage to the target and inflict multiple additional effects. However, all high damage comes at a price: the attack animation of the Mountain-Splitting Axe is very slow. After all, there is a pre-cast animation before the attack is enlarged, as well as a delay in selecting the target and determining the landing point. Therefore, this attack is actually very easy to dodge.

As can be seen from the legends and the name of the weapon, this thing is essentially used to split mountains and is a tool for hitting fixed targets. Therefore, as long as one is slightly agile, it is not difficult to avoid the chopping of the mountain axe.

In order to counter Cheng Tian's magical turret, the goldfish spirit imprisoned itself inside a water tornado, so by the time the mountain-splitting axe fell, it was already too late.

Cheng Tian once said that entering the illusion is a very high priority. Neither the pilgrimage team nor the bosses who are obstacles in the way can easily escape the shackles of the illusion.

When the axe shattered the illusion and fell into the real world, it meant that only one living person remained in the illusion.

In utter despair, the Great King of Inspiration, maintaining his "empty-handed disarming" posture, was cleaved in two from the midline of his head by the blade of a mountain-splitting axe... just like being split open by a cleaver, ready to be used as ingredients for making chopped chili fish head.

It's as if he is dead and can't die anymore.

In Journey to the West, even though the goldfish demon, who had his own powerful backer, committed the heinous act of devouring eight pairs of boys and girls, Guanyin Bodhisattva simply told him to keep an eye on things and punish him when he returned. Apart from losing the Tongtian River Water Palace, which did not belong to him in the first place, he suffered no loss.

But here, the goldfish spirit has already paid the price with its life for its evil deeds.

With a sweep of divine sense, the complete death of the goldfish spirit was perceived by those watching the battlefield, and an almost undisguised pressure instantly descended upon Cheng Tian's head.

Even a fool could tell where the oppressive aura was coming from.

"Hmph! How outrageous!"

However, with a cold snort, the oppressive aura that enveloped Cheng Tian vanished without a trace.

Cheng Tian didn't say anything, but simply clasped his hands together and bowed towards the sky.

The tragic death of her pet fish caused even the compassionate Guanyin Bodhisattva to inadvertently break the precept against anger, and the intervention of Erlang Shen successfully awakened her.

Did she not know what the goldfish spirit had done? Of course she knew! She simply chose to indulge in it, nothing more.

Without the Bodhisattva's tacit approval, how could this goldfish spirit have been able to wreak havoc in the Tongtian River for nine whole years?
Although Cheng Tian was equipped with the Erlang Shen template, he was essentially no different from the goldfish spirit who listened to sermons, practiced Buddhism, and even took advantage of the lotus pond treasure. It was all just a clash between juniors.

Even if he really died, it can only be attributed to his inferior skills.

Guanyin could indeed use the death of her pet fish as an excuse to directly take action against Cheng Tian, ​​but if she really did the first thing, then she shouldn't blame Erlang Shen for doing the fifteenth.

"Amitabha……"

Guanyin, who was neither seated on a lotus platform nor dressed up, tossed aside the goldfish spirit's special master basket that she was almost finished weaving, muttered something to herself, and then closed her eyes, saying nothing more.

At the same time, a golden treasure chest slowly emerged from the goldfish spirit's body, which had been split in two.

(End of this chapter)