Journey to the West: Starting by becoming an apprentice of Emperor Donghua

This flame was the Great Fire that Ji Sheng had stored in the Fire Gourd, which gave the monkey demon a thorough beating.

With a roar, the monkey demon, in the instant it was surrounded by flames, suddenly turned around and appeared more than ten feet away the next moment.

"You cunning brat, you dare to trick me? I'll kill you!"

The monkey demon's fur was charred black, and his face was as red as his buttocks. He was furious.

Ji Shengzao put away the fire gourd and shouted at the fire tiger:

"If you don't want to die, you'd better come in yourself!"

Without further hesitation, Huo Hu activated Ji Sheng's magic technique and threw himself directly into the gourd.

Because this fire tiger was highly intelligent and extremely cooperative with Ji Sheng's refining process.

So the moment Ji Sheng entered the gourd, he felt a special connection with it.

This fire tiger, now officially like the three fire crows, has become Ji Sheng's fire beast.

"You control the fire gourd, and we'll fight him together!"

Ji Sheng spoke to the fire beast inside the gourd. Then he directly relinquished control, letting the fire tiger manipulate the gourd.

The gourd disappeared with a whoosh.

At that moment, a crimson broadsword came slashing down. Ji Sheng dodged it, opened his mouth, and spat out flames once more.

The flames, aided by magma, are even more powerful.

However, the monkey was extremely agile and had already become alert. It darted away from the flames, then attacked from the other side.

The two exchanged blows in the blink of an eye, and neither could gain the upper hand.

The monkey demon's skills were originally superior to Ji Sheng's, but the fire gourd kept setting fires around him and causing trouble.

He didn't dare to attack Ji Sheng with all his might, and for a moment they were deadlocked.

However, he was not in a hurry, since Ji Sheng had always fought with magic, while he relied on martial arts.

Spells consume mana, while martial arts only consume physical strength. If this stalemate continues, Ji Sheng will undoubtedly become increasingly disadvantaged.

Once Ji Sheng's magical power is exhausted, he will be at Ji Sheng's mercy.

However, after fighting for quite a while, Ji Sheng's magical power showed no signs of weakening.

The monkey demon was stunned for a moment before realizing what was happening. They were now at the bottom of the Crimson Fire Ridge lava, the very center of the entire fire vein.

The surrounding area was almost entirely filled with restless fire elemental power. When Ji Sheng used these abilities, he only needed to mobilize the surrounding天地元气 (heaven and earth energy) and did not consume any of his own magical power.

The monkey demon was furious. Since that was the case, he would no longer hide.

"Take this!"

The monkey demon was also a fire-elemental demon. As the monkey demon cast its spell, the lava immediately pressed towards Ji Sheng.

Although Ji Sheng tried his best to escape the space, the lava around him, which was being manipulated by the monkey demon, kept increasing until he had nowhere to hide.

Seeing Ji Sheng restrained, the monkey demon excitedly scratched its ears:

"Let's see where you can run now. I'll peel all your skin off right now and use it as padding under my ass so you can eat my farts every day!"

The monkey demon raised his broadsword and slashed it down at Ji Sheng's forehead.

Ji Sheng opened his mouth and spat out another breath. The monkey demon thought Ji Sheng wanted to breathe fire, so he just sneered and a fire shield appeared in front of him.

Ji Sheng's flames vanished without a trace when they hit the fire shield, not even burning a single hair on the monkey demon.

"Using such trivial tricks repeatedly, aren't you running out of ideas?"

Just as the monkey demon was feeling smug, a streak of green light suddenly flashed from the flames.

The green light, carrying a wisp of red glow, pierced directly through the fire shield and rushed towards the monkey demon's face.

This sudden change terrified the monkey demon so much that he almost lost his mind and hurriedly grabbed his knife to block it.

With a clang, the crimson broadsword in his hand was instantly cleaved in two.

With a tilt of his head, the green light grazed his scalp, shaving off a large chunk of it.

A whooshing sound came from behind, and the moment the huge tiger paw landed on the monkey demon, the monkey demon's figure disappeared and reappeared in another place.

This was clearly a supernatural power similar to shrinking the distance to an inch. The monkey demon dodged two attacks in succession, and his red face turned pale with fright.

He truly hadn't expected that Ji Sheng would be able to activate the Wood Element Flying Sword within this magma.

The fight here was not a random act, but part of the monkey demon's plan.

He already knew that Ji Sheng had two wooden flying swords, and he also knew how powerful Ji Sheng's swordsmanship was.

The reason they dared to attack Ji Sheng so recklessly was because they thought Ji Sheng couldn't activate his flying sword in the magma.

However, he did not expect that Ji Sheng had been taught by Lü Dongbin before he arrived and had learned the method of burning leaves.

Not only can one freely wield a flying sword in the fire, but its power even increases.

The situation had greatly exceeded his expectations, and the monkey demon was still hesitating whether to leave immediately.

A streak of green light shot out like lightning, slashing horizontally, about to cut him in two at the waist.

A white light flashed across his body, actually blocking the sword strike. Clearly, he had used some powerful protective magic weapon.

The monkey demon dared not hesitate any longer, and after several flashes, it disappeared from Ji Sheng's sight.

"You just wait, I'll be back sooner or later, and this tiger will be mine!"

Ji Sheng put the gourd away, ignoring the other party's shouts, and did not chase after them.

This monkey demon's skills were clearly all in escaping. Although Ji Sheng also possessed the ability to shrink distances, he couldn't use it as freely as the monkey demon.

Fortunately, his combat strength wasn't very strong, and he misjudged that he couldn't use a flying sword, which allowed Ji Sheng to defeat his opponent.

The skills that Lü Dongbin taught him immediately proved useful.

Was this calamity something he had foreseen?

"You really repelled him?"

Fire Tiger emerged from the gourd, his eyes filled with shock as he looked at Ji Sheng.

The monkey demon that easily injured it back then was driven away so easily?

"What? You didn't just repel him, you made him retreat with your words?"

Upon hearing this, Huo Hu couldn't help but compare Ji Sheng to Yang Jun from back then.

Even though Yang Jun was a demon king at the time, he still didn't have complete confidence in defeating the monkey demon.

And now this guy at the Demon General realm actually…

Thinking of this, it suddenly turned its attention to Ji Sheng's flying sword.

Putting aside the two flying swords, the swordsmanship alone is far from ordinary. It is a skill that only a famous immortal in the world could possess, and it is probably even more powerful than the Three Qi Controlling Fire True Technique.

A skill even more powerful than the Star Lord's True Method, could it be...?

Fire Tiger felt a surge of excitement. It had thought that a princess had married a poor boy, but it turned out that a maid had snagged a rich young master!

I've made the right choice in choosing this master!

Just as Ji Sheng was about to leave, Huo Hu said:

"Master, don't go! There are many treasures underground. Please follow me!"

Fire Tiger carried Ji Sheng back to the bottom of the lava, its claws flying, and soon it had dug a large hole in the hard rock.

Beneath the large pit lay more than a dozen bright, glowing beads.

Ji Sheng recognized it clearly; wasn't this the Earth Fire Pearl?

However, judging from its quality, it is better than the ones I had before.

Ji Sheng counted them; there were thirteen in total. Huo Hu said:

"Some of these were hidden here by Yang Jun before, and some were generated by the fire vein in recent days. I put them all here."

As it spoke, its face was full of anticipation, as if it was waiting for Ji Sheng to praise it.

Ji Sheng tossed two beads to him and laughed:

"Very well, I'll accept this bead. If I ever acquire any useful treasures in the future, I won't forget you."

These Earth Fire Pearls and Fire Tigers could have kept them secretly, but they gave them to Ji Sheng, which shows that they were quite loyal to him.

The matter of its hesitation when Ji Sheng subdued it is now left unresolved.

After collecting the Earth Fire Pearl, Ji Sheng had the Fire Tiger return to the gourd, fly out of the volcano, and return to Golden Rooster Mountain.

On this day, inside the Lingxiao Palace of the Golden Palace, the Supreme Sage of Heaven, the Great Compassionate Jade Emperor, the Supreme God of the Mysterious Vault, sat in the hall, reviewing memorials.

Suddenly, Celestial Master Zhang Daoling entered from outside the Tongming Hall and reported:

"Your Majesty, the Mountain God of Luanshi Ridge in the lower realm has submitted a memorial, saying that Ji Sheng of Jinji Mountain in Xiniu Hezhou is allowing his demons to slaughter mortals. Please take a look, Jade Emperor."