Chosen Evolution: I can load the protagonist template

Chapter 850 Your milk is poisoned!

"what?"

Cheng Tian leaned out from the bow of the ship, trying to see what was left of the Mad Dizang who had been crushed by the ship.

The result was naturally that nothing was seen. It's unclear whether the mad Jizo was truly crushed or, as the reviews stated, took the opportunity to escape death.

It can only be said that in Black Spirit Mountain, if you want to be a clear-headed person who is unwilling to conform to the corrupt environment, you have to pay a necessary price.

Erlang Shen suffered from the torment of his memories, which affected his personality to the point that he became a patriarch. Jin Chanzi was demoted to a mortal and reincarnated as Tang Xuanzang to become the pilgrim. Monkey King, on the other hand, paid the price with his life.

Ksitigarbha, residing within the Black Spirit Mountain system, is bound by Buddhist shackles, yet genuinely disapproves of the Buddha's exploitation of mortals. Therefore, over the years, unlike the Black Heavenly Court, he has not turned these pitiful souls into wretched ghost soldiers and generals who cannot live or die, nor has he exploited their already meager spiritual essence. On the contrary, he has consistently been in a state of deficit, even losing money.

After going insane, one is either at the end of their rope or completely exhausted, both physically and mentally. And once they collapse in this state, they truly can never get back up.

Of course, Madman Dizang was not afraid of collapsing. What he feared most was that one day he would not be able to withstand the pressure and, with the thought of "just one bite, just a small bite," he would touch the spiritual energy system of Black Spirit Mountain and be completely overwhelmed.

At that time, Hell will probably be completely reduced to a breeding ground for spiritual energy in Black Spirit Mountain...

Living means being exploited, and even in death, one cannot escape enslavement—this is the cruel reality faced by the underclass in the world of Black Myth.

The only thing that brought Mad Jizo a little comfort was that, before he was forced to face the ultimate choice between the two, the third option had unexpectedly appeared right in his face.

An being from beyond the realm, unbound by local rules, yet possessing the ability to purify evil and save the innocent.

Although it was quite irresponsible to simply shift the blame to a complete stranger he had just met, Mad Dizang had no other choice. He was too tired and desperately needed a good night's sleep.

He himself didn't know how long this sleep would last...

"What am I? A mini Yama? A mini Ksitigarbha? A Davy Jones version of Journey to the West?"

Cheng Tian rubbed his bare jawbone, producing a peculiar sound that only bones make when they rub together.

He now had a feeling that, if he wanted, the Hellfire warship beneath his feet could traverse between the two worlds at any time and plunge directly into Hell.

However, it just feels a bit off to do this with a boat full of living people and gods.

Moreover, it seems that this ability to travel through time is of a relatively general type. In theory, it can not only travel freely in the hells of the Journey to the West world, but should also be able to venture into other worlds with similar dimensions.

Is sailing in hell a form of subspace travel?

Cheng Tian's mind was filled with all sorts of random thoughts, but that didn't stop him from continuing to rampage across the battlefield.

The people on Black Spirit Mountain thought Mad Earth was reinforcements, but they were crushed in one fell swoop and Cheng Tian was permanently strengthened.

The already retreating frontal battlefield was forced into a continuous retreat.

Manjushri and Samantabhadra from Journey to the West, along with their mounts, also demonstrated formidable combat prowess on the front lines.

Especially the Green-haired Lion and the Yellow-tusked Elephant, who surprisingly displayed demonic forms from the lower realms during the battle, resembling the BOSS unit templates from "Journey to the West"—the Green Lion King and the White Elephant King. The Green Lion King wielded a pair of nine-ringed broadswords, which were not only incredibly powerful, easily splitting a Vajra Warrior in two, but also summoned homing fireballs with lion heads after its roar, disrupting the battlefield. This made it very effective against Black Spirit Mountain units, which were primarily composed of metal-based elements.

The White Elephant King wields a pair of single-edged axes, and its body can instantly split into five parts and then instantly return to one, which is very strange. Its most difficult move to defend against is actually its incredibly agile elephant trunk.

Not only does it possess dexterity comparable to a human hand, enabling it to grasp and wield various objects, but it can also accurately search for all hidden and feigning-death entities.

It's worth mentioning that during the battle, the White Elephant King would frequently glance at the warship where Cheng Tian was located, and as the warship was enchanted with Hellfire Remodeling, it was visibly concerned and nervous.

As for the source of this strange change...

That was the gleaming black war elephant, the mammoth, which was also on the warship.

Cheng Tian didn't really expect the mammoths to participate in the battle, but it was still necessary for them to experience the atmosphere of this grand expedition battlefield and keep their spirits up.

However, Cheng Tian did not expect that his own mammoth would actually take a liking to Puxian's mount!
Since following Cheng Tian, ​​the War Elephant has indeed not seen any other members of its kind. Although the Yellow-Toothed Old Elephant has seen many members of its kind, there hasn't been a decent being who has cultivated into a spirit in the elephant clan for many years.

The mammoth, with its aura of both flesh and blood and that of a metal puppet, piqued the curiosity of the old yellow-tusked elephant.

Cheng Tian didn't intend to stop it after he found out, and for some reason, Pu Xian didn't seem to prohibit the yellow-tusked elephant from contacting the war elephant mammoth.

I wonder if my own mammoth will have a chance to get anything from this fellow mammoth.

Ksitigarbha's "suicide" accelerated the collapse of the Black Spirit Mountain battlefield to some extent, but the final straw was the special ability of the Green Lion King.

This Green Lion King possesses a special ability inherited from the Journey to the West: The Legend of the Monkey King, which is similar to many other games.

Under the watchful gaze of the Blood Guanyin, who was struggling to hold on, the Green Lion King instantly transformed into the exact same form as the Blood Guanyin!
This event is also recorded in Ninja Gaiden, Captain Commando, and Pokémon.

In the game, the Green Lion King will transform into the appearance of the character controlled by the player and use the corresponding character's special moves and even the items it possesses. The Green Lion King, who transforms into the Blood Guanyin, will also inherit some of the Blood Guanyin's skills and items.

At that moment, Cheng Tian's wicked whisper arrived as expected.

Upon hearing this, the Green Lion King decisively transferred the healing power of the jade blood bottle directly to the Blood Guanyin.

Because it was a treatment, the Blood Guanyin, who was unable to defend herself normally, had one of her arms severed. This was the price of the Jade Blood Bottle's treatment.

And the arm she lost was the one that was holding the jade blood bottle!

"Hey! Give me a stick!"

Having seized the crucial opportunity, the Demon King Great Sage's golden cudgel arrived as scheduled—

It slammed heavily into the head of the Blood Guanyin!

(End of this chapter)