Chosen Evolution: I can load the protagonist template

Chapter 843 It's Black Spirit Mountain's Turn

Black Myth, the Outer Heavenly Court.

The more exhilarating it is to smash things, the more exhausting it is to clean up the mess.

In this powerful invasion, the Peach Garden and the Lingxiao Palace were the two areas that suffered the most severe damage.

Especially in the Lingxiao Palace, the two Great Sages really didn't hold back at all.

But it's fine, let's just start all over again.

The soldiers and deities who were subsequently brought in from the Floating Pagoda also seamlessly moved into the Outer Heavenly Court, and began to carry out comprehensive cleanup of the entire area.

Meanwhile, the allied forces set off again without stopping, heading straight for the location of Black Spirit Mountain.

Although the three allied forces were quite exhausted, the gifts from Heaven and the all-round invigoration brought about by clear thinking still allowed the entire allied forces to maintain a strong fighting spirit and combat effectiveness.

Furthermore, the Great Sage's transformation into the Demon King Great Sage from his remaining body was nearing its end. After a brief discussion, the Heavenly Court lent out the Tianpeng warship to escort the Lingshan Army, led by Manjushri and Samantabhadra.

The previous agreement between the two sides was that the Heavenly Court army would take the lead in attacking the Black Heavenly Court, while the Ling Mountain army would provide support. Now that the attack is on Black Ling Mountain, the positions have naturally been reversed.

Here we must mention the importance of Cheng Tian's existence as a third party.

It is precisely because of his de facto supervisory role as a third party that the Heavenly Court and Mount Ling appear to be cooperating wholeheartedly because they are "unable to refuse each other." Otherwise, it would be almost impossible for the two sides to fight side by side back to back.

The most likely scenario is that from the moment the Pagoda of Floating Pagoda appears, the two factions will fight independently, each heading towards their designated targets. At that time, the battle lines will inevitably be stretched out, and the number of units involved will be far greater than imagined. If the Black Heavenly Court and Black Spirit Mountain were to collude again, the problems that the Heavenly Court and Spirit Mountain would face would be on a completely different level.

The successful destruction of the Black Heavenly Court was partly due to the Jade Emperor's greed for spiritual energy and longevity, which led to his cowardice. However, the three-way allied forces also acted swiftly, or rather, successfully exploited an information gap, launching a full-scale attack before the Black Heavenly Court and Black Spirit Mountain could even figure out what was going on.

Black Spirit Mountain couldn't possibly be unaware of the principle of mutual dependence; logically, given the scale of the invasion against the Black Heavenly Court, Black Spirit Mountain should have taken some action.

However, the information gap made them a step too late. By the time they wanted to take action, the Black Heavenly Court had already changed hands.

"What do you all think? Will these fugitives who have given up their life in the heavens choose to go to Black Spirit Mountain?"

Inside the Tianpeng warship, the Arcade Monkey King, feeling quite pleased with himself for smashing the Lingxiao Palace, asked the crowd.

"If the Black Heavenly Court were still around, it would be possible, but given the current situation, if they really dare to go, Black Spirit Mountain might also dare to refine them as well."

After a moment's thought, Erlang Shen, the male deity, continued, "If the process of a mortal generating spiritual essence is like a bee swarm making honey—long and yielding little—then a deity is a large prey, a treasure trove from head to toe. Wandering aimlessly in this cannibalistic world will inevitably attract all sorts of malicious gazes."

You have power and connections, so we don't dare to mess with you. But once you lose your power and connections, don't blame us for taking advantage of you completely!
This principle applies to any world, but it is made even more bloody and naked in Black Myth.

Erlang Shen's response reminded the Great Sage Evil of his past.

In his memory, the refining methods of Black Spirit Mountain were obviously not as bloody and direct as the alchemy of the Black Heavenly Court and the Peach Garden. They preferred to extract the essence slowly and gradually, and to brainwash the target unit through Buddhism, turning it into their own unit, and then exploiting it for a long time.

The Great Sage, the Demon King, has more right to speak on this matter than anyone else.

Because back then, he was suppressed under the Five Elements Mountain by the Buddha, and it wasn't just that he was forced to eat copper juice and iron pills for five hundred years, unable to cultivate at all. He also had his spiritual essence absorbed for five hundred years by the "Six-Syllable Mantra" that the Buddha had pasted on the mountaintop!
As a naturally born spiritual monkey, the Great Sage is one of the few beings in the world who can generate spiritual essence simply by absorbing the essence of heaven and earth without needing to obtain it from the outside. However, it is precisely because of the special nature of this body that the Great Sage was subjected to the treatment of having his alchemy refined and his absorption suppressed.

The experience described here is not fictional, but rather comes from the background setting of "Dou Zhan Shen".

It's true that the Great Sage harbored hatred and resentment towards the Black Heavenly Court, which had slashed him with swords and axes, struck him with lightning, and roasted him with fire. But in a sense, this was simply a matter of being outmatched. Even though he was ambushed by the Vajra Bracelet and suffered a defeat, it was ultimately due to his lack of strength.

However, the actions taken by the Buddha, including but not limited to pressing the Monkey King under the Five Finger Mountain, the journey to the West, and the attainment of Buddhahood, are essentially forcing the Monkey King to kneel down and kowtow to the Buddha!
How could the Monkey King possibly pretend he didn't exist?!
Therefore, the destruction of the Black Heavenly Court will only make Monkey King's desire to overthrow Buddha even stronger.

Normally, Cheng Tian's Hundred Demons Night Parade should have ended by now, the Great Sage would have returned to his broken body, and the Demon King template would have returned to data as well. However, Heaven gave him what he wanted most, which was to greatly extend the duration of the Hundred Demons Night Parade effect.

It's just an extension, not a permanent one, but it should be enough to fight on Black Spirit Mountain.

Cheng Tian simply listened quietly from the sidelines, without directly joining the NPCs' discussion.

On one hand, the extermination of the remnants of the Black Heavenly Court has obviously become an optional mission in the subsequent free map dungeon. On the other hand, he took advantage of the movement to conduct a comprehensive review of the gains made by the Blazing Sun Legion in this operation.

It's not just about attacking the Black Heavenly Court, but also a comprehensive sweep of the six major maps.

Thanks to the professional gathering teams of hunters, not only were various medicinal herbs scattered around the world acquired in large quantities, but the mountain spirits that blocked the way were also transformed into all sorts of materials such as claws, teeth, bones, and fur, which quickly became materials for the processing workshop.

Take Little Western Paradise as an example. After they died, not only were their essence and spiritual energy drained by Cheng Tian, ​​but their bodies were also completely decomposed into materials. These little demons have become the prefixes for the names of new equipment in the workshop.

The Greatsword of the Monk, the Charge Blade of the Falcon Hermit, the Insect Glaive of the Lamp Bearer, and so on, have all been separated into a separate "Black Myth equipment crafting system".

But Cheng Tian soon noticed that a new member named "Cannot" had appeared in the list of NPC members of the Blazing Sun Legion.

(End of this chapter)