Taoist Myth: I am the last true immortal in the world

Chapter 736: Tiangang Formation

It is said that when the Monkey King was fighting with the Seventy-two Generals in the Disha Formation, he felt somewhat suppressed, which made him think of using the Book of Earth Escape.

Any one of these seventy-two generals taken alone would be no match for the Monkey King, who is in the late stage of the immortal realm.

Even if seventy-two people joined forces, without the Earthly Evil Formation, they would still be no match for the Monkey King and could even be easily swept away.

Now that the seventy-two generals are in the Disha Formation, the situation is different.

The seventy-two of them share a common divine power, and the power of their own laws is shared.

When the Monkey King fought against them, each of the gods assembled the strength of seventy-two men.

And there are seventy-two of them. Not to mention the doubling of strength where one plus one is greater than two, just the increase in basic strength is equivalent to the power of seventy-two divine generals becoming the power of five thousand one hundred and eighty-four divine generals.

Therefore, even though the Monkey King had used all his tricks, he still looked a little embarrassed, but this did not mean that he was not strong enough.

On the contrary, the fact that he was able to persist for so long shows how capable he is.

Chen Yun had secretly calculated before that if he did not reveal Pangu's true form, he might not be a match for the Disha Formation.

However, he is in the early stage of the Heavenly Immortal Realm, and his strength is more than ten or a hundred times stronger than that of an average person in the late stage of the Divine Immortal Realm.

After such a comparison, we can know that it is not that the Monkey King is incompetent, but that the Earthly Evil Formation is too mysterious.

Indeed, Tiangang and Disha are both divine generals. If they did not have powerful means, how could they subdue the big monsters and demons that frequently appear in the lower world?

Perhaps seeing that he had the upper hand, the Earthly Evil Star God General was invigorated. He mobilized the power of the Seven Star Sword in his hand to enhance the power of "Yin Yang Annihilation" and shouted: "You rascal, if you don't surrender now, when will you surrender?"

Di Yongxing also gained momentum and disturbed the hearts of the Monkey King's army, saying: "We think that you, the demon monkey, are the reincarnation of Wuzhiqi. Your cultivation is not easy to come by. As long as you surrender, we will forgive you. If you are stubborn, this day next year will be your death anniversary!"

"Naughty monkey..."

"Monkey Descends Quickly..."

Di Kuixing, Di Jiexing and other gods all scolded.

Although they had lost face at the hands of the Monkey King, this was not a blood feud, and in the Battle of the Gods, generally no one would be killed without a deep hatred, otherwise they would definitely not survive if they encountered a similar situation in the future.

Therefore, the seventy-two generals did not actually exert the maximum power of the Earthly Evil Formation, but only suppressed the Monkey King and persuaded him to surrender.

The Monkey King is one of the reincarnations of Wuzhiqi.

Wuzhiqi is the most powerful and influential monster in the history of Chinese mythology. He has a bad temper and is fearless, otherwise he would not have caused such trouble and was suppressed by Dayu and Yinglong in Guishan.

Although the Monkey King is just one of the reincarnations of Wuzhiqi, he inherited the most divine power and his temperament is naturally most like Wuzhiqi. He is also a man who is fearless.

If these seventy-two generals spoke nicely, the Monkey King might be able to give them some face.

Now the Seventy-two Generals even said something like "Today next year will be the anniversary of your death", which really angered the monkey.

So, before his consciousness was completely wiped out by the "Yin Yang Annihilation", the Monkey King suddenly let out a sharp cry, "Good! Good! Good! You 72 Earthly Fiends are so rampant, I, Sun Wukong, will not be a human being unless I give you a good beating!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he stretched out his hand and the Earth Escape Book immediately appeared.

The moment the local escape book appeared, thousands of brilliant rays of light of the power of laws immediately shone.

These divine lights were like fireworks. Once they rose from the Earth Escape Book, they immediately rushed into the sky.

Then they curved down one after another, like arch bridges, and suddenly suppressed the Earthly Evil Formation.

A terrifying scene emerged.

The 72 Earthly Fiends suddenly sensed the decline of their common divine power and returned to their original strength.

That would not have been all, but what frightened them even more was that the divine light from the local escape book suppressed the Earthly Demon Formation, and their respective powers of law seemed to have been suppressed as well. No matter how they tried to mobilize their immortal energy, they could no longer display it!

The Earthly Evil Star was horrified, "You bastard, what treasure did you sacrifice?"

Di Yongxing was also dumbfounded and asked: "Why do I feel that the Earth Demon Formation is no longer usable?"

Di Kuixing, Di Yongxing, Di Jiaoxing and other gods all looked horrified.

The 72 Earthly Fiends could sense the sudden decline of their common divine power, so how could the Monkey King, who was fighting against them, not sense it?
Because the Book of Earth Escape suppressed the Earth Evil Formation, the power of the "Yin and Yang Annihilation" law that the Earth Evil Star had previously displayed was instantly shattered and could no longer trap the Monkey King.

He escaped very easily, and when he swung his stick to parry, he felt that the strength of Dishaxing and others was not as strong as before, and he immediately realized that the Earth Escape Book was effective.

The Monkey King had been suppressed so badly just now that he was really filled with rage.

As soon as he escaped, his eyes turned red and he shouted angrily: "None of you 72 generals, stay away! Take this stick from me, Sun!"

The Monkey King once again pulled away the iron rod, swung it, and attacked the seventy-two generals.

The seventy-two generals were able to hold on previously thanks to their shared divine powers.

Now that the divine power has declined, how dare they step forward to resist?
For a moment, the seventy-two gods were chased by the divine monkey and fled in panic.

The Monkey King was not willing to stop and just chased after the group of people and beat them up.

What a great sage! So majestic!
You see, as he is chasing, there is a cold wind and a strange fog.

Over there, the seventy-two generals threw away their armor and weapons, while over here, the iron rod of the Monkey King shone brightly.

The Great Sage swung his iron rod back and forth like a killing god, making the seventy-two generals cry for their parents and frightened them. It can be said that when he held the rod, the world shook, and when he swung it, the yin and yang were confused.

There was a series of earth-shattering loud noises, and the mighty power shook the earth.

In less than an incense stick of time, the seventy-two generals were beaten by the Monkey King to the point of spewing fire from their mouths and their seven orifices were red. They were in a very miserable state.

The seventy-two generals originally wanted to hold on and see if they could find an opportunity to turn defeat into victory.

Unexpectedly, in just a stick of incense's time, they were beaten to exhaustion, dragging their weapons backwards and running away in defeat.

The Earthly Evil Star turned into a stream of light and fled, shouting in fear: "Great Sage! I won't fight anymore! I admit defeat! We admit defeat!"

The Earthly Kuixing also turned into a stream of light and fled, and his name changed from the Naughty Monkey to the Great Sage, "Great Sage! You and I each serve our own master, and we have no hatred. You must not take my life!"

"Admit defeat! Admit defeat!"

"No more fighting! Great Sage, we won't fight anymore!"

The remaining generals were beaten so hard that they wailed continuously, and they no longer had their previous arrogance.

Indeed, before they kept calling him "naughty monkey" and "demon monkey", but now they call him "Great Sage". Everyone knows that they have been beaten and scared.

They have to be timid. Although the seventy-two generals have the cultivation level of the late immortal realm and seem to be at the same realm as the Monkey King, in fact, they are the same as the sixty Jiazi gods. They were all deified after death and cannot be compared with people who have cultivated to the late immortal realm normally.

Not to mention that the Monkey King was a leader among the late immortals. It was Erlang Shen who subdued him in the first place.

Before, they had the Disha Formation, where one person was equal to seventy-two generals, and seventy-two generals were equal to five thousand one hundred and eighty-four divine generals. Naturally, they had the capital to be arrogant.

Now that he has been beaten back to his original form, if he doesn’t beg for mercy, he will be beaten into a pig’s head.

Even though the Earthly Demon Generals could recover as before as long as their divinity was intact even if their bodies and souls were destroyed, they would still feel pain when the iron rod hit them.

The most crucial point is that the Monkey King seems to know the characteristics of the gods. Each of his attacks is very powerful, but he won’t kill anyone. It’s obvious that he wants to torture the gods.

The seventy-two generals are not fools. Why would they endure the physical pain when they know they cannot win?
The Monkey King saw how quickly the expressions of the 72 generals changed and called them by honorific titles one by one. Suddenly he felt refreshed and his anger subsided.

He put away his three-headed, six-armed form, casually grasped the iron rod and floated it, grinning and saying, "You guys are sensible. Anyway, I am not an unreasonable person. Since you admit defeat, then retreat."

After saying that, he stretched out his hand and the Earth Escape Book immediately flew back to his palm.

……

On the top of the mountain.

Chen Yun, Ge Tianshi, Xu Tianshi, Lu Dongbin and others already knew the situation.

Guan Erye laughed and said, "As expected, he is the Monkey King who dared to steal Laojun's elixir. He is really amazing."

The Nine-Headed Bull Demon King nodded in agreement, "I think the Great Sage's cultivation is not inferior to mine." Guan Ping asked curiously, "I heard that the Great Sage Equaling Heaven was subdued by the King of Chicheng. How powerful was the King of Chicheng?"

Hearing this, the Golden Eyed Hundred-Eyed Ghost and the Nine-Headed Bull Demon King exchanged a glance, then said with a wry smile: "We were also subdued by the Red City King before. He really has a magical power that can reach the sky and the earth."

The Great Sage Equaling Heaven, the Iron-Colored Macaque, Shuaishua Sanlang, the Iron-Colored Macaque and other demons also showed fear when they heard this.

Obviously, the method Erlang Shen used to subdue them was terrible, which made them still feel frightened.

Wang E, who was standing by, sighed sincerely, "When I first saw that the King of Chicheng's cultivation was on par with mine, I thought I could easily defeat him. But I never thought that after he escaped into the void, he would subdue him in just three or five moves. This King of Chicheng is indeed extremely brave and cannot be matched by people of the same realm."

Several demons sighed.

Master Guan suddenly changed the subject, "The King of Chicheng cannot be defeated by someone of the same level, and the same is true for Mr. Chen. Who do you think is more powerful?"

Lu Dongbin blinked and said, "It's hard to say since they haven't done it before."

Tieguai Li said with a smile: "We are all family, why should we care about who is more powerful? But having said that, this Earthly Fiend Formation does have some mystical aspects. The Monkey King was much stronger than the 72 Earthly Fiends and yet he almost got into trouble. If it weren't for Master Chen's Earthly Escape Book, he would have been subdued."

Lord Ma was slightly amazed and asked, "What kind of treasure is this Earth Escape Book that can even suppress the power of the Earth Demon Formation?"

Chen Yun stood there without saying anything.

Although the Monkey King broke the Disha Formation, there is still the Tiangang Formation.

There is no doubt that the Tiangang Formation is more powerful than the Disha Formation.

Not to mention anything else, the Monkey King had clearly stated before that he could easily defeat the Seventy-two Generals, but was nearly trapped by the Thirty-six Heavenly Generals and unable to escape. This shows that the Thirty-six Heavenly Generals are far stronger than the Seventy-two Divine Generals.

Furthermore, the "divine nature" of Tiangang itself is above that of Disha, so the power of the Tiangang formation formed will surely be several levels higher.

Chen Yun was thinking that it would be easy for him to break the Tiangang Formation since he had the Tiandun Book, but who could defeat the combined forces of the thirty-six Tiangang generals?

In fact, it is easy to know who can defeat the opponent.

We just need to test the combat effectiveness of the Thirty-Six Heavenly Beings.

But if I do this, I will need to "sacrifice" one of my combat forces to serve as a "measurer".

There are many default rules in the Battle of the Gods.

For example, in the same battle, those who have been defeated cannot continue to fight.

Take Guan Ping for example, he just went to test the condition of the Disha Formation but was defeated.

Then, no matter when the next Luancheng attack and defense battle occurs, he will not be allowed to fight.

The same is true for the 72 Earthly Generals.

This is the default rule, just like playing chess.

If your chess piece is eaten by someone else, can you still appear on the stage?
Definitely not.

Of course, if you don’t want to follow this default rule, you will be despised if you spread it out.

In the future, when others face you, they will also be unsportsmanlike and even do worse than you.

Therefore, Chen Yun definitely could not let Guan Ping test the Tiangang Formation again.

Besides, Guan Ping has only reached the initial stage of the Immortal Realm, and he has obtained his divine power with the help of incense. Even if he goes to test the Tiangang Formation, it seems that he will not be able to use the combat effectiveness of the Thirty-Six Generals of the Tiangang.

"It seems that we have to sacrifice a relatively good fighter in order to find out the strength of the thirty-six generals."

Chen Yun was thinking secretly.

The Monkey King came back riding on a cloud.

"Great Sage, well done."

"Haha, this time we should give credit to the Great Sage."

"Yes, that's right. The seventy-two generals are also quite famous in the Heavenly Court. The Great Sage really showed his might today."

The crowd praised generously.

The Monkey King was flattered by the praise, but he did not forget why he won.

He smiled and waved his hands, saying, "The reason I was able to break the Earthly Evil Formation today was not because of my personal bravery, but because of the magic of Mr. Chen's Earth Escape Book, which suppressed the power of the Earthly Evil Formation. Otherwise, I really would not be his opponent."

He did not flatter at all, but truly felt the pressure in the Disha Formation.

As he said that, the Monkey King took out the Book of Earth Escape and handed it back to Chen Yun.

Putting away the Earth Escape Book, Chen Yun looked at everyone and said, "The Earth Evil Formation has been broken, who will take over the Heavenly Gang Formation?"

Master Ge said: "Although the Tiangang and Disha are often linked together, their respective methods are very different. The Tiangang formation is easy to break. As long as Master Chen takes out the Tiandun Book to suppress the formation, the question is, who among you has the confidence to defeat the Tiangang Thirty-Six Generals?"

The Nine-Headed Bull Demon King saw the Monkey King's achievements and thought that his strength was not inferior to that of the Monkey King, so he took the initiative to challenge him and said, "How about I go and meet the Thirty-Six Heavenly Generals?"

Chen Yun frowned and said, "Just now, the Great Sage Equaling Heaven said that he was almost trapped by the Thirty-Six Generals of the Heavenly Gang. King Niu, you are on par with the Great Sage. Do you really have the confidence to win this battle?"

The Nine-Headed Bull Demon Luo spoke truthfully: "I have never fought before, so I really don't know if I can win."

The Monkey King said bluntly, "Old Bull, I'm not looking down on you, but if you were to challenge the Thirty-Six Heavenly Generals alone, none of them would be your opponent. If the thirty-six of them joined forces, not to mention you, even if you and I joined forces, we might not be able to defeat them. In my opinion, it would be best for you to go with someone a little stronger. If that doesn't work, then my elder brother, you, and King Jin, the four of us, will go together to meet those Heavenly Generals."

It's not impossible for four people to go together.

After all, the other party only talked about breaking the formation and defeating the enemy, but did not say how many people Chen Yun should send.

You, the 72 Earthly Generals and the 36 Heavenly Generals can be dispatched together, but can't more people on my side join forces to break the formation?

It would be fine if they win together, as they can still fight next time. But if they lose, they will directly lose four combat forces.

Chen Yun considered everything comprehensively and did not want to sacrifice so much combat power at once.

His idea was still to find someone to test it out.

Then send the corresponding people who have the ability to decide the outcome.

Obviously, neither the Nine-Headed Bull Demon King nor the Monkey King seems to be the best choice at the moment.

Chen Yun thought about it seriously and took the initiative to say, "There is no need for four people to go. Let King Niu go and try first. If he really can't break the Tiangang Formation, we can think of other ways."

Master Xu hummed and said, "That's fine. Let King Niu go and see if he can break the formation. If he can't, we can talk about other things."

The nine-headed Bull Demon King was overjoyed, "The old bull must have broken this formation!"

Chen Yun took out the Heavenly Escape Book and handed it to the other party, and warned: "King Niu, remember, don't be too aggressive. If you feel that you can't win, you must escape back as soon as possible."

Master Ge added: "Especially the Heavenly Escape Book cannot be lost, it is the key to breaking the Heavenly Gang Formation."

The Nine-Headed Bull Demon King said solemnly: "Even if the old bull is beaten to death, the Heavenly Escape Book will be returned."

"Hey, there's no need to make it so serious." Master Xu took the initiative to speak: "Before, when General Guan went to break the formation, Master Ge cast a spell on him. Now that you, King Niu, are going to break the formation, I will also cast a spell on you to keep you safe. How about that?"

The nine-headed Bull Demon Luo hurriedly said, "Thank you, Heavenly Master."

Chen Yun nodded slightly. He felt more at ease with Master Xu casting the spell. Even if the Nine-Headed Bull Demon King was defeated, he would be able to bring back the Heavenly Escape Book smoothly, so he would not become passive afterwards.

Now it all depends on how the Nine-Headed Bull Demon King performs next.

It would be good if we could break the formation.

If not, I also hope to test how strong the thirty-six Tiangang generals can be when they join forces.

Once the strength of the Thirty-Six Generals of Tiangang is tested, it will become easy to decide who to send to break the formation.

(End of this chapter)