Daily Intelligence: From Water Snake to Jinghe Dragon King

"The heavenly gods who descended to the mortal realm this time were all led by Li Jing, the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King, while the Buddhist reinforcements were arranged by the Dragon-Subduing Venerable and the Tiger-Taming Venerable."

"Both forces need to obey Wen Zhong's orders. Just now, when you, Master Uncle, were not here, Wen Zhong was more cautious and sent the scorpion demon captured by Buddhism to fight."

"I thought that scorpion demon's cultivation level was only at the Divine Realm, and that she was someone I could easily deal with."

"Unexpectedly, to everyone's surprise, the scorpion demon first stung Pigsy and Sandy, and now she is fighting Sun Wukong to a standstill."

"The Scorpion Demon, who was at the Divine Realm, fought Sun Wukong, who was at the Undying Realm, to a standstill, not because her combat power was stronger than Sun Wukong's."

"It's because that scorpion demon, one day, was called 'Horse-Falling Stake,' and its stinger venom was extremely potent. Those who were hit suffered excruciating pain and it was very difficult to defend against."

"Wen Zhong is now in a dilemma. He thought that by randomly selecting the Scorpion Demon as a general, he could pass the time while Master Uncle was away. Who would have thought that it would cause two of our generals, Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing, to be poisoned and injured."

"I, Old Niu, am just about to go down and replace Sun Wukong to fight that Scorpion Demon."

When the Seven Great Sages swore brotherhood, Sun Wukong was the youngest, but this was only based on age, not on combat strength.

Sun Wukong, the youngest of the seven great sages, is undoubtedly the strongest in combat, even surpassing the Mighty Bull Demon King.

The scorpion demon was originally a scorpion that attained enlightenment within the Great Thunderclap Temple. When Buddha discovered it and attempted to capture it, the scorpion demon immediately used a backstab to ambush him, even stinging Buddha who was caught off guard.

Later, the Scorpion Demon escaped from the Great Thunder Temple, occupied the Pipa Cave on Poisonous Enemy Mountain and became its queen, wielding a three-pronged steel fork and infamous for her ferocity.

Even Buddha was ambushed by this scorpion demon, and Sun Wukong, who wreaked havoc in Heaven, couldn't defeat it. Yet the Bull Demon King boasts of going to fight it, which is truly arrogant.

It wasn't that the Bull Demon King lacked self-awareness; it was simply that he was shocked by the fact that his strength had increased dramatically during the battle, and wanted to show his loyalty.

"Don't rush. Your junior brother Wukong is quite strong. Even though he is wary of the Scorpion Demon's Horse-Falling Post and can't defeat it immediately, he is not in any danger. Let's wait and see."

The Bull Demon King, the Flood Dragon Demon King, and the others nodded in agreement and stood respectfully behind Liu Qing, accompanying their Master Uncle as they looked down through the clouds.

Below the Tongguan city wall, there was a battle space of several miles, but it seemed a bit small at this moment. The cultivation levels of the two sides were as follows: Sun Wukong was at the Undying Realm, while the Scorpion Demon, although slightly weaker, still had the cultivation level of the Divine Realm.

The aftershocks of their battle were enough to affect an area of ​​hundreds of miles, but fortunately, Tongguan was protected by Wen Zhong's divine artifact, the Thunder Pool, which prevented the mortal soldiers in the city from being affected by the aftershocks.

On Li Shimin's Tang army side, after Liu Qing's main body left, his clone protected him. This clone was given a mountain-splitting axe, a spiritual treasure, by Liu Qing's main body, and its cultivation level had reached the Three Flowers Realm, which was enough to barely protect him.

This clone does not hold any divine authority; it merely serves as a substitute for Liu Qing's true self. Therefore, as Liu Qing's true self's cultivation level increases, this clone will also increase accordingly. However, it possesses only cultivation level, and its combat power is less than one percent of that of the true self.

Now that Liu Qing's main body has broken through to the Divine Realm, this clone is a little slower, and has followed suit by advancing to the Three Flowers Realm.

The clone of the Three Flowers Realm, wielding the Mountain-Splitting Axe, a rare spiritual treasure from the Later Heaven Realm, was able to barely protect Sun Wukong from the aftershocks of his battle with the Scorpion Demon.

The scorpion demon unfolded her own miniature world, which was filled with scorpions of all sizes, each carrying deadly venom. The miniature world was densely packed with scorpions, making one's scalp tingle at the sight.

Sun Wukong didn't just act recklessly. He also created his own little world, which was a mountain covered with peach and apricot trees. He plucked several tufts of monkey hair and transformed them into apes, which connected with the Scorpion Demon's little world. He then used the apes to trample on the poisonous scorpions in the Scorpion Demon's little world.

This fighting style is the ultimate method used by powerful beings at the Divine Realm level and above to fight each other by using their trump cards.

Once both sides manifest their own miniature worlds and use them to suppress each other, it means they have revealed all their trump cards and are determined to fight to the death.

Sun Wukong created a miniature world, allowing the monkeys to trample on the scorpions. The scorpion demon also created a miniature world, sending its poisonous scorpions to poison the monkeys. Each monkey that died or each scorpion that was trampled to death represented a depletion of the primordial power of both miniature worlds.

Meanwhile, the two main characters were not idle either, each wielding their weapons and magical treasures, and engaged in a fierce battle.

After watching for a while, Liu Qing said, "Your junior brother is probably going to lose."

The six guardians, including the Bull Demon King and the Flood Dragon Demon King, were all greatly shocked, their faces filled with disbelief. Although the Scorpion Demon was powerful, she only relied on her talent, the Horse-Falling Stake. Sun Wukong, on the other hand, wielded the magical golden cudgel, possessed the fighting divine power of the Heaven and Earth Transformation, the Seventy-Two Transformations, and other skills. Moreover, his cultivation level was higher than that of the Scorpion Demon, having reached the Immortal Realm.

On paper, Sun Wukong has a better chance of winning, so why did the Master say that Sun Wukong would lose?
Ignoring the doubts in the minds of the Bull Demon King and his companions, Liu Qing made a decision, exchanged with his clone, and arrived at Li Shimin's army, ready to rescue Sun Wukong at any time.

Then, the scorpion demon opened its mouth and let out a strange hiss. The venomous scorpions within its miniature world surged forward, their stingers raised, aiming at the monkeys that Sun Wukong had transformed into. Although the monkeys were strong, they were not immune to all poisons. Just as they crushed one scorpion to death, the scorpion injected its venom before dying, and the monkeys succumbed to the poison. The scorpions within the scorpion demon's miniature world numbered in the billions, far exceeding the number of monkeys opposite them. In a short time, the monkeys were surrounded and poisoned to death.

Enraged, Sun Wukong seized an opening, leaped out, and plucked several handfuls of his own hair, which he then transformed into hundreds of thousands of apes, continuing their battle with the poisonous scorpion.

But at that moment, the Scorpion Demon suddenly threw out her trident, which Sun Wukong disdainfully knocked away with his staff. He then jumped over and raised his staff to strike the Scorpion Demon on the head.

With no weapon to defend herself, the Scorpion Demon screamed in agony as Sun Wukong splattered her brains.

Seeing that he had finally killed the Scorpion Demon, Sun Wukong stopped thinking about the strange things and why the battle had gone so smoothly; he was only happy.

The next instant, a small scorpion, no bigger than a palm, suddenly stood up and fiercely stabbed at Sun Wukong's foot.

Before Sun Wukong could react, the tail hook pierced through him. Instantly, a sharp pain surged into his mind, causing him to scream in agony, clutching his foot and crying out, "This pain is killing me!"

Before our eyes, Sun Wukong's feet were swollen to the size of a washbasin, a deep purplish-red color, which was quite terrifying.

Just then, the scorpion under their feet suddenly grew larger and transformed into a scorpion demon. It turned out that the one Sun Wukong had killed with his staff was actually an incarnation.

With Sun Wukong's fiery eyes, how could he not distinguish the method of transformation? It's just a pity that the Scorpion Demon's method of transformation is different from ordinary people. It is an transformation refined from bloodline offspring. She doesn't use it on ordinary days and treats the offspring of the transformation as the same as ordinary scorpions.

The Fiery Eyes can distinguish between truth and falsehood, reality and illusion. However, the Scorpion Demon's incarnation is a real scorpion, which truly exists, and therefore goes undetected.

Liu Qing secretly admired her. Although the scorpion demon was not highly skilled, she was very good at fighting and had a deep mind. She always pretended to be weak to Sun Wukong, making him lower his guard, and finally succeeded in one fell swoop.

Sun Wukong's defeat was not unjust. Despite his reputation as the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, he was also an arrogant person.

After the Scorpion Demon stung Sun Wukong with the stump, the scorpion venom, though not fatal, was extremely painful, almost causing Sun Wukong to lose most of his fighting power.

The scorpion demon summoned her double-pronged fork again and viciously stabbed at Sun Wukong, who was clutching his feet and screaming in pain. At the same time, after attracting Sun Wukong's attention, a scorpion stinger quietly emerged from the void and suddenly stabbed towards Sun Wukong's heart.

Liu Qing knew she couldn't wait any longer.

Sun Wukong has already suffered a bit, and his arrogance has been curbed. Now it's time to save him, otherwise, no matter what, Sun Wukong will be unable to dodge the Scorpion Demon's attack this time, and he will inevitably be seriously injured.

Liu Qing reached out and unleashed a divine force, which swept Sun Wukong back into the rear ranks. Then, he took a step forward and stood in front of the Scorpion Demon.

Immediately, the miniature world unfolded, radiating boundless suction power, enveloping all the large and small poisonous scorpions within the scorpion demon's miniature world.

Liu Qing's Small Thousand Worlds were fused together with his Elephant Devouring Talent, thus giving his Small Thousand Worlds a powerful devouring ability.

Countless scorpions of all sizes swarmed in, and with a single pull of the devouring power of Liu Qing's Small Thousand World, they were all swallowed up.

Over there, the scorpion demon was shocked to see this. She had never seen a small world with humans before, and the power of the world had the ability to devour.

The scorpion demon attempted to repeat her previous tactic, throwing a three-pronged fork at Liu Qing. At the same time, she secretly used her innate ability, the Backstab, to send out a tail hook from behind Liu Qing and stab him hard in the back.

Liu Qing smiled contemptuously, unmoved, letting the scorpion demon's innate hook pierce his back and the trident thrown at him thrust into his chest.

Two clangs rang out, the sound of metal striking metal.

The three-pronged fork fell to the ground without any effect, while the innate horse-riding hook was knocked away. As for Liu Qing, the place where he was hit did not even leave a white mark.

Sun Wukong is said to have a body of copper and iron, but he is only equivalent to the third stage of Liu Qing's Nine Revolutions Profound Skill.

But Liu Qing's Nine Revolutions Profound Technique has now reached the fifth revolution, ignoring the attacks of any acquired mid-grade spiritual treasures. How could the scorpion demon's mere three-pronged fork and the horse-reversing hook break through his defenses?
The scorpion demon was terrified and filled with inexplicable horror. Liu Qing stretched out his palm and pressed down from afar, and the scorpion demon felt an inexplicable fear, and its body suddenly exploded.

Liu Qing scoffed. This scorpion demon was planning to use the transformation technique to hide in her offspring scorpions and then ambush her like she had ambushed Sun Wukong.
How stupid.

I have already demonstrated my physical strength and defense, but this scorpion demon has no memory and wants to do it again.
Suddenly, a scorpion the size of a palm appeared beneath her feet, halting its momentum as it was being swept away by the devouring force. It abruptly raised its stinger and lunged at Liu Qing's foot. (End of Chapter)