Chapter 233: Second Ascent of Monkey Mountain

Chapter 233: Second Ascent of Monkey Mountain

“The white monkey itself isn’t particularly special, just extremely fast. Its attack methods are quite limited, mainly just scratching. It’s far less imposing than the Fear Beast we encountered before. However, we need to be careful of the mirror it carries. That mirror can emit a strange light. I have a feeling that if we’re hit by it, something bad will definitely happen,” Zhanyue explained to Yunyao as they walked, recounting his previous encounter and battle experience.

“I understand. So we just need to avoid being hit by that mirror’s light, right?” Yunyao nodded.

“Yes, but we should also be wary of any other tricks this beast might have,” Zhanyue reminded her. By now, they had entered Monkey Mountain.

Like last time, as they went deeper, the number of wild monkeys increased. They constantly threw stones and fruit cores to drive the two away.

“How noisy. Should we kill them first?” Yunyao’s face was cold as frost, her hand already gripping her sword.

Zhanyue was about to respond when his brow suddenly furrowed. “Watch out!”

The two instantly split left and right as a white figure shot between them – it was the Disaster Beast, the Mirror-Hugging Monkey. This time, however, the monkey wasn’t hugging the mirror to its chest but had it on its back.

The sound of wind, monkey cries, and heartbeats filled their ears. Their senses were heightened to the maximum as they faced the fierce-looking white monkey. Seeing Zhanyue dare to return, the white monkey was naturally furious. In a flash, it appeared behind Zhanyue, its speed like teleportation.

Before Zhanyue could turn, an exquisite long sword blocked the monkey’s path. If not for its extremely fast reaction, it would have been wounded by the sharp blade. The one who acted was, of course, Yunyao. The white monkey was fast, but so was she.

“Thanks,” Without turning, Zhanyue was aware of everything that happened behind him.

“No problem. Let me test its abilities first,” Yunyao, possessing a mysterious footwork technique, moved with fluid grace and extreme speed.

Zhanyue watched as the white monkey and Yunyao engaged in battle. When they separated, the monkey had several sword wounds, bleeding fresh blood.

“Impressive,” Zhanyue, having fought the white monkey before, naturally knew its prowess. But Yunyao had wounded it so easily.

“It’s fine. If we can’t distinguish, then we’ll kill them all,” Yunyao said expressionlessly. Then she launched her sword technique – Thousand Peaks Rising! Countless sword qi rose from the ground like mountain peaks, piercing through the entire Monkey Mountain. In one move, hundreds of white monkeys were impaled. But there was no expected bloodbath or corpses strewn everywhere. The fallen monkeys simply stood up again, unharmed, and continued their mirror attacks.

“Go!” Undeterred, Yunyao sent out her Cold Spring Feathers. They flew at extreme speed across Monkey Mountain, leaving a trail of frost wherever they passed. Countless monkeys were pierced, their bodies encased in ice.

But something even stranger happened. The corpses suddenly vanished, then reappeared. Zhanyue saw clearly that all these monkeys were transformed from monkey fur.

“It’s truly like the Monkey King!” Zhanyue’s eyes widened. This ability was identical to Sun Wukong’s trick of plucking a hair and blowing it to create thousands of clones.

Suddenly, one of the monkeys let out a fierce cry. The monkeys below stopped fighting individually and gathered together, forming circular formations. They held their mirrors high, making it impossible to see the monkeys from above – only circular formations made of mirrors.

“What’s going on? They understand formations too?” Both Zhanyue and Yunyao were shocked.

Beams of light shot skyward. This time, the attack was no longer scattered but relentless. The two had barely dodged several beams when more came, leaving them struggling. The monkeys could make countless mistakes, but they couldn’t afford even one. At this rate, getting hit was inevitable.

“Still no reaction from that divine artifact?” Zhanyue was feeling overwhelmed. They could only dodge, without even a chance to counterattack.

“No,” Yunyao frowned, thinking of a strategy.

At that moment, both felt their hair stand on end as danger approached. They looked up to see a giant mirror above them.

“Watch out!” Yunyao cried out.

The mirror’s target was clearly Zhanyue. It seemed the monkey hated him more for daring to come to Monkey Mountain twice.

Light beams fell from above, while countless more shot up from the ground. They had given up on Yunyao, focusing on eliminating Zhanyue first. Countless light beams formed a deadly cage. Unless Zhanyue could teleport, there was no escape.