Chosen Evolution: I can load the protagonist template

Chapter 802 To Break Through the Heavens, You Don't Necessarily Have to Do It Yourself
Cheng Tian is merely a special incarnation of Erlang Shen, and Monkey King is a local monkey whose supernatural powers have been largely restricted.

As for the most crucial aspect of the five elements' mutual generation and restraint, since both are related by the element of fire, there is no restraining relationship between them. In other words, which one is stronger or weaker depends entirely on their strength!

With a flash of light, Cheng Tian effortlessly placed the three-pointed double-edged sword, representing Erlang Shen, on the ground.

With a single hand, Monkey King pulled out the classic gold and red Ruyi Jingu Bang from his ear.

Both sides were well aware that this battle was, in a sense, a continuation of that great war.

However, what Sun Wukong didn't know was that the source of the person in front of him was far more complicated than he had imagined.

"The Great Sage."

Cheng Tian spoke first, attracting Monkey's attention.

"Regardless of who wins or loses this contest, I have something to give you."

"Oh? Then I, Old Sun, will see what you're really up to!"

The Ruyi Jingu Bang, which suddenly grew longer and thicker but felt as light as a feather in Sun Wukong's hands, smashed directly towards Cheng Tian with overwhelming power.

It was less a battle of magic and more a full-scale brawl; the fight between Cheng Tian and Sun Wukong was not limited to a mere clash of spells.

Faced with such a powerful strike, Cheng Tian's three-pointed double-edged sword also underwent the same change, its sides lengthening and thickening, and he swung it roughly at the golden cudgel—

The new template skill is "Divine Weapon at Will".

The description of this skill is quite simple: all the weapons that fall into Cheng Tian's hands can be freely changed in size according to his needs, and given corresponding weight and kinetic energy. At the same time, the impact of the changed weapon on his own use is greatly reduced, but it requires the consumption of some of his strength and the weapon's durability.

Simply put, even if Cheng Tian were to increase the size of his three-pointed double-edged sword to ten times its original size, it wouldn't affect his ability to hold and wield it normally. The range in which it could grow larger or smaller depends on the strength of the weapon itself. For ordinary, gray, dilapidated weapons, they would probably break on their own if they were to expand to one-fold size.

The clanging of the knife and the stick made the heads of those around them buzz.

This was actually something Cheng Tian did intentionally. He wanted to know how much of the Monkey King's abilities were sealed, how much was retained, and how many new abilities were added under the Journey to the West template.

Due to the game's own mechanics, Sun Wukong was not able to overwhelm Cheng Tian in one fell swoop. Of course, it's also possible that Sun Wukong held back, knowing that Cheng Tian was an avatar rather than his true self, so he didn't go all out in the fight.

After several powerful exchanges, an orange-gold humanoid figure burst out from Cheng Tian's body and punched Monkey King's bronze head.

In response, Monkey King, who had withdrawn his staff, merely smiled slightly. He then took a deep breath, puffed out his chest, and opened his chest wide. The next second, a gigantic soul ape, even larger than the one in his Stand world, with bulging muscles and a completely blue body, burst forth from his form—

Astral projection!

Everyone in the pilgrimage team mastered their own ability to astral projection, and Sun Wukong's briefly separated spirit manifested as an exceptionally fierce large stone ape.

Perhaps influenced by the template, Cheng Tian actually saw a familiar stone ape shadow in Monkey King's primordial spirit.

The world and the Monkey King's primordial spirit's fist collided heavily, and a shockwave, invisible to the naked eye but powerful enough to blow away clothes and hair, immediately spread outwards.

Because Cheng Tian's raw strength was 59 points, he actually gained an actual strength of 118 points in the world. However, he did not gain the upper hand in the fight between Monkey King's primordial spirit!
When the world's fists had turned into a giant wooden screen, Monkey King's spirit also performed a near-perfect fist exchange, with both power and speed at an A level.

Monkey King's primordial spirit gave Cheng Tian a feeling similar to Star Platinum. Its strength and speed were comparable to the world, but its range of action was very short, almost limited to the range of Monkey King's arm span, and it could not move around freely like Cheng Tian's alien world.

With the world's constraints in place, Cheng Tian's third eye between his eyebrows entered a high-brightness state, and the third eye ray was ready.

At the same time, Monkey King also floated directly in mid-air without touching the ground, his magical power surging. Energy could be clearly seen gathering in his palms, and as Cheng Tian fired the Heavenly Eye Ray, he released a considerable long-range shockwave—

Hunyuan Gong.

However, in Cheng Tian's opinion, Monkey King's Hunyuan Gong felt more like Akuma's Aerial Wave Fist, with a very high degree of similarity.

Wave upon wave, annihilation in mid-air. "Sword Sweeps Across Mountains and Rivers!"

As soon as the light from the Heavenly Eye faded, Cheng Tian immediately summoned a cluster of 262 flying swords, some real and some illusory, causing countless people around, even those who had only seen it once, to gasp in astonishment.

Seeing Cheng Tian summon such a number of flying swords, Monkey King's eyes also revealed a hint of admiration.

However, there was only admiration, not the slightest panic.

Faced with the sudden attack of the flying swords, Monkey King retracted his staff, clasped his hands together, and at the same time, a strong surge of Five Elements Fire energy rose from his body.

"Heavenly Fire!!!"

As one of his portable Fire Spirit Orbs was consumed, an extremely hot whirlwind of flames suddenly erupted, centered on Monkey King himself.

Each of the five members of the pilgrimage team has their own unique Five Elements magic, but only Monkey King's Five Elements magic is biased towards the system.

Faced with the pure fire attribute of "Tiangang Fire", Cheng Tian's "Sword Sweeping Mountains and Rivers", which belongs to the metal attribute of the five elements, was like icicles thrown into a furnace, instantly evaporated and melted.

In Journey to the West: The Legend of the Monkey King, one must follow the rules of mutual generation and restraint. It was within Cheng Tian's expectations that his magic would be countered, but...

Suddenly, a black spatial particle erupted from the Phantom Sword that had struck the Heavenly Fire—

The Soul of Orochi, Black Particles.

Sensing the intense penetrating power of the black particles, Monkey King almost instinctively abandoned the Heavenly Fire, his body suddenly shrinking to almost the size of a palm, barely avoiding them—

Get smaller!

But just as Monkey King changed his move and shrank, his body entered a brief moment of stiffness, Cheng Tian's third eye suddenly emitted an extremely strange, peculiar halo of light, interwoven with black and white, which converged into a line and pierced into Monkey King's forehead in a flash!

Oh no! We've fallen for his trick!
Although he didn't know what Cheng Tian had done, Monkey King almost instinctively decided to clear himself of the impurities by leaving his body. But at that moment, a voice suddenly popped into his head.

"Buddha! I've heard people say that this demon is related to you!"

But what Monkey King found most incomprehensible was that this sudden voice... was actually his own voice!

Before Monkey King could react further, one sentence after another, seemingly his own words, began to echo in his mind.

"I, Old Sun, am a thousand times greater than that throne!"

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"Buddha, please be gracious and recite this mantra to loosen the golden headband. Remove this headband, return it to Buddha, and let me return to secular life!"

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"They are probably not monsters from the mortal world, but rather spirits from heaven."

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"Alright, alright! Everyone, let's call it a day!"

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"Open your dog eyes, I'm taking it off right now... for you to see!!!"

(End of this chapter)