Journey to the West: Demon Emperor: Beginning as a Little Toad

Chapter 24: Thousand-foot Black Dragon
In the vast ocean, on a raft.

"Toad, what is this?"

The Monkey King watched Xiao Chen busy for a long time and finally produced a wooden plate and a lump of wood. He scratched his head and asked curiously.

"Monkey, this is Gobang. Black moves first, followed by white. Black and white take turns to move until one of them has five pieces in a row, and then they win."

Xiao Chen took out the Gobang board and introduced it with a smile.

It has been three months since Xiao Chen and the Monkey King went out to sea. I have to say that the sea in this Journey to the West world is really huge and boundless, with no end in sight.

Drifting on the sea, looking down every day to see the unchanging blue sea, and looking up to see the same blue sky, is really suffocating and boring.

So Xiao Chen chopped off a piece of wood from the raft, went into the sea to catch a cuttlefish, and used its ink to make this Gobang board.

"Come on, monkey, let me show you."

Xiao Chen demonstrated the game by playing chess with his left and right hands.

With the Monkey King's intelligence, he naturally understood it after just one look. He clapped his hands and said, "Wonderful, this thing is really wonderful!"

"Come on, Toad, play a game with me to cheer you up."

So, Xiao Chen and the Monkey King started playing chess.

At the beginning, Xiao Chen understood the rules of Gobang, so naturally he defeated the Monkey King without leaving a single piece of armor.

After a few rounds, Xiao Chen already felt a little tired.

After ten games, Xiao Chen was no match for Monkey. He lost all ten games.

"After all, he is the Spiritual Stone Monkey, with extraordinary talent and intelligence."

Xiao Chen sighed, and while the monkey was not paying attention, he secretly took a piece and then put down another piece, thus winning.

The Monkey King was so anxious that he scratched his head and cheeks, opened his eyes wide, looked left and right, and felt something was wrong. He counted the chess pieces and found that he was missing one. He couldn't help but laugh and scold:
"You toad, why are you still playing tricks on me?"

Xiao Chen spread out his five fingers, revealing the greedy chess piece, and said helplessly: "Monkey, no more, no more, you learn things too fast, I am no longer your opponent."

At this moment, the monkey suddenly bared its teeth and showed an expression of extreme pain. Xiao Chen felt strange.

The Monkey King's tail, which had sunk into the sea, suddenly swung.

I saw a two-foot-long sea fish biting the monkey king's tail, and was thrown up by the monkey king. The monkey king pressed the sea fish onto the raft, stretched out his monkey fist, punched it and knocked it unconscious, and said with a grin:

"Hey, Toad, you've been catching fish for me these past few days. Today, you can also eat the fish I caught."

"Okay, okay, monkey, I'll do as you say, you face-loving monkey."

Seeing the monkey grimacing in pain, Xiao Chen scolded with a smile.

In the Flower-Fruit Mountain, the fruits and vegetables prepared by the monkeys had been eaten up not long ago. He and the monkeys had not yet reached the stage of fasting, and now they were on the sea, which was endless and had no place to stay, so they had to rely on the sea to eat fish.

Xiao Chen's real form is a golden toad, so going into the sea to catch fish is a piece of cake for him. All the fish these days were caught by Xiao Chen.

The monkey was not good at swimming, but he didn't want to eat for free, so he thought of a way. He put his tail in the water and kept shaking it, using the tail as a worm to lure fish to eat.

Seeing this, Xiao Chen had to admire the monkey's intelligence again, and laughed in his heart: "This monkey is indeed still the competitive Monkey King, but it is engraved in his bones."

Xiao Chen exhaled a breath of Dan fire, roasted the sea fish, and shared it with the monkey. The two of them were enjoying the meal.

"Something's wrong!"

Xiao Chen looked at the sky.

The sky, which had been clear just a moment ago, suddenly became gloomy, with lightning and thunder. Dark clouds quickly gathered overhead like a group of ominous messengers.

The clouds were thick, and the color changed from gray to black, as if a huge black curtain was about to cover the entire sky. Xiao Chen even felt a familiar pressure from it. Was that divine power?

At this time, the gentle breeze gradually turned violent, the wind speed increased, the whistling sound echoed in the ears, and the sea surface was shaking faintly.

"Oh no, Toad, look!"

The Monkey King dropped the grilled fish he was eating, pointed behind Xiao Chen, his expression slightly changed, and spoke anxiously.

Xiao Chen turned his head and saw a huge whirlpool in the sea, stirring up a huge wave thousands of feet high that was coming from a distance and getting closer and closer. If the raft was hit by the wave, it would probably be turned into powder in an instant, and he and the monkey would have no place to stand.

"Monkey, hold on to this raft, or you will be washed into the sea."

Seeing the waves coming, Xiao Chen said quickly.

Hearing this, the monkey also lay obediently on the raft, holding tightly to the largest piece of wood in the raft.

Xiao Chen revealed his true form, stuck out his long tongue, and wrapped it around the monkey and the raft several times, trapping them tightly. Then, Xiao Chen dived into the water and fled into the distance.

After the wave passed, Xiao Chen floated to the surface, dragging the raft.

"Ah, Ah, Ah~"

Xiao Chen patted the monkey's back. The monkey was choked by the water and vomited several times. He also took out a small crab from his mouth.

"Mo Jiao! Do you admit your guilt?"

A thunderous sound flashed in the sky above the vortex, and its tone was extremely majestic and full of questioning.

Above the sky, countless rays of golden light sprinkled down, forming a golden battle path that extended from the sky to the sea.

The sounds of "da, da, da..." were heard.

Xiao Chen looked up and saw three majestic Pegasus pulling a silver chariot, galloping down the golden avenue.

Standing on this silver chariot is a green-faced general with silver armor, holding a long spear, looking extremely majestic.

He led hundreds of heavenly soldiers and appeared on the sea, forming a formation and locking the location of the whirlpool.

Thousands of thunders were emitted, bombarding the location of the vortex.

In the whirlpool, dozens of dragons were forced to circle out, roaring incessantly.

Leading the way was a thousand-foot-long black dragon. Its body was long and winding, covered with scales that glowed coldly. Two fierce rays of light shot out from its eyes, full of disdain, as it roared at the silver-armored, green-faced general:
"Hahaha, I know you've cursed me! What crime do you want me to confess?"

"Humph, Jiao monster, you are so stubborn!"

"Are all of you demons so stubborn before you die?"

The silver-armored, green-faced general looked down at the black dragon with a cold gaze, and asked again with a sharp look:

"Mo Jiao, in recognition of your success in cultivation, the Heavenly Court has issued an order to let you coil on the pillar of the Heavenly Gate to guard it. Do you know that this is a great gift to you?"

"How many monsters would love to have you here? Why don't you go against my orders?"

"Hahahaha, ridiculous, why shouldn't I go? I want you to come to my Mo Jiao's palace and be a watchdog, will you come?"

The thousand-foot-long black dragon sneered and said, "Why should I, the black dragon, become your slave just because of a word from you?"

“Why? You, a dragon monster, are actually asking me why? Hahahaha.”

The silver-armored, green-faced general was stunned at first, then laughed wildly and said, "This is the funniest joke I have heard this year."

"Mo Jiao, listen to me. Whoever the Heavenly Court asks to be a dog must be a dog! There is no need for a reason. This is the rule!"

(End of this chapter)