Cultivation: Starting from a Fighting Cock

Chapter 98 Battle Against the Monkey Demon (Please Subscribe)
Ji Cheng was stunned for a long time, and almost spat out his water on the spot. What the hell?

Fifth-order Great Demon?

He looked around and saw that it was all people, so where did the monsters come from?

When his gaze returned to the Bull Demon Master, he quickly realized, "Bull Demon Martial Arts, Bull Demon Martial Arts..."

His face was full of disbelief. "Holy crap! This Bull Pavilion Master is actually a fifth-tier bull demon in human form?"
He quickly thought of the owner of the cattle restaurant, A Niu.

Some previous doubts were instantly resolved at this moment. Without verification, this Ah Niu should be his little friend "Xiao Hei", the second-tier bull demon who took the initiative to play with him and Da Huang.

It's not surprising that the Bull Demon King can transform into a human. He is a fifth-tier bull demon, which corresponds to the Nascent Soul stage of human cultivators, and he can perfectly transform into human form.

As for Ah Niu, he must have taken a legendary Transformation Pill.

Compared to humans, demon beasts develop intelligence later at the same age. Although Ah Niu has transformed into a human, his mental capacity is only equivalent to that of a human child of a few years old.

So Ah Niu isn't stupid; he just hasn't grown up yet.

Having figured all this out, Ji Cheng was deeply shocked and could not calm down for a long time. This must be the biggest secret in Wuzhen, right?

Who would have thought that such a remote place would actually harbor a fifth-tier demon, who even transformed into a human and opened a martial arts school?

We really made the right choice coming to the Niu Family Martial Arts School!

"what happened to you?"

Beside him, Zhao Yan gently nudged Ji Cheng, asking why he was so shocked.

Ji Cheng snapped out of his daze, composed himself, and sighed, "I was amazed by the exquisite skill of Master's boxing technique; I have benefited immensely from it!"

"is it?"

Zhao Yan glanced at him, wondering to herself, "Am I the only one who hasn't learned anything?"
The next second, she said, "I understand too! I understand more than you!"

……

That evening, at the Cui family's house.

Ji Cheng transformed into a chicken and refined the demonic energy of this fifth-tier great demon.

His aura surged continuously, rapidly breaking through to the mid-stage of the first rank. Without stopping, he finally broke through to the late-stage of the first rank demon beast.

"As expected of a wisp of demonic energy from a fifth-tier great demon, it directly helped me break through two minor realms!"

Ji Cheng was overjoyed; a mere wisp of demonic energy had brought about a dramatic change in his strength.

Besides becoming stronger in every aspect of his physical body, the most obvious change is that the demonic energy in his body has increased by nearly tenfold, and his demon core has become more solid.

He cultivated for a while longer, consolidating his state of mind.

"It's a pity that Master Niu doesn't practice martial arts often. Otherwise, if I could absorb a wisp of demonic energy from a fifth-tier demon every month, I would be able to break through to a second-tier demon beast very quickly!"

This talent, [Looking], requires the ability to absorb demonic energy and observe demonic beasts making unique movements. The Bull Master's movements were a demonstration of the Bull Demon's martial arts—if it weren't for this opportunity today, Ji Cheng wouldn't have known his demonic beast identity.

Furthermore, Ji Cheng cannot take the initiative to guide the other party to make this action.

That depends a bit on luck.

However, Master Niu is, after all, the head of a martial arts school, and he has forty or fifty disciples under his tutelage, so there are quite a few opportunities to see him demonstrate his martial arts skills.

"I have to cling to the Bull Pavilion Master's coattails! This is a powerful demon; this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!"

Ji Cheng made up his mind and decided to devote himself wholeheartedly to learning martial arts and boxing from Master Niu.

By the time he finished his cultivation, it was already midnight.

His gaze couldn't help but fall on the dark, towering monkey mountain to the west. He took flight and soared into the night sky.

"Red-haired monkey, I'm coming!"

Ji Cheng flew quickly toward Monkey Mountain, transforming into a chicken demon.

He thought to himself, "I've seen a fifth-tier demon chicken before, so I'll test what you, a third-tier monkey demon, are capable of!"
To be honest, he was getting a bit arrogant. He wasn't even a second-tier demon beast yet, but he dared to come and settle scores with that third-tier monkey demon. He was getting cocky.

But it's alright to drift around occasionally. He has many tricks up his sleeve, and he flies fast. Even if he can't beat that monkey demon, it's not difficult for him to escape unscathed.

"Pah! How could I say I escaped unscathed?"

Ji Cheng shook his head. Having learned from his master Situ Ying's experience, he felt that escaping unscathed was like a flag, not a good omen.

In the past few days, Ji Cheng has gained a clearer understanding of this monkey mountain.

For the past two or three hundred years, a group of wild monkeys lived on this monkey mountain. Among them, a red-haired monkey became a demon and led the monkey troop to rule the mountain.

The relationship between the monkey troop and the villagers of Wuzhen was sometimes good and sometimes bad. When things were good, the monkeys would just come down from the mountain to steal some food, but when things were bad, they killed dozens of people in Wuzhen.

Zishui City had sent warriors to exorcise the demon many times, but all attempts had failed. The monkey demon's methods were extraordinary.

Afterwards, some kind of agreement was reached, and a balance was reached between the monkeys and the villagers of Wuzhen—the villagers would offer food to the monkeys, and the monkeys would not harm the villagers' lives, and sometimes even protect them.

However, about twenty or thirty years ago, the monkey troop suddenly disappeared.

Instead, a group of masked palm civets appeared.

These masked palm civets just like to steal chickens to eat, but since the chicken farming industry in Wuzhen is thriving, it hasn't caused any trouble.

People speculate that the monkey demon on Monkey Mountain either left on its own or was driven away, and that a fox demon now resides there.

However, no one has dared to verify this claim.

Ji Cheng knew that the monkey demon was still there, and that's why Situ Ying, Uncle Ma, and Uncle Gou had been defeated by it.

Soon, he flew to Monkey Mountain.

A group of masked palm civets lived in the forest and they all growled warningly at him.

They've stolen a lot of chickens before, but they've never seen a flying chicken before, let alone one that's so big.

Where is the monkey demon?

Ji Cheng hovered high in the sky, looking down at the mountains and forests and shouting. Coming here reminded him of the scene that night when he collected the bodies of Uncle Ma and Uncle Gou.

It would be a lie to say that he felt no emotional fluctuation whatsoever. Given the chance, he would certainly avenge his master, Uncle Ma, and Uncle Gou.

"Where did this pheasant come from? What business does it have with your grandpa Monkey?"

A monkey demon leaped onto the branch in response; it was the same third-tier monkey demon covered in red fur that Ji Cheng had seen before.

It did not recognize that the chicken was the peregrine falcon that Ji Cheng had transformed into that night.

It's not surprising that a third-tier demon beast can speak human language; it's unclear who it learned it from, but its tone is quite exaggerated. Ji Cheng said, "Some time ago, several demon hunters who perished here had some connection with me. Among them, a black hammer, a Xuanbing weapon, fell into your hands. Please return it."

Tonight, his goal is to snatch back his master's first-tier Xuanbing Black Hammer from the monkey demon.

"Hahahahaha..."

The monkey demon burst into laughter, its exaggerated movements causing the entire branch it was standing on to sway.

"You? A mere Tier 1 wild chicken? Hahahaha..."

The monkey demon was laughing hysterically. Where did this ignorant chicken demon come from? Doesn't he know what realm his grandpa monkey is at?

"Woo~"

Just then, a masked fox quickly climbed to the treetop and howled at Ji Cheng; it was Xiao Hua.

Little Flower looked at Chicken Brother's familiar figure and was so excited that tears almost welled up in her eyes. She really wanted to ask Chicken Brother, where have you been all this time?
Unexpectedly, the first thing it saw was a tense standoff between Brother Chicken and the Monkey Demon, which made it extremely anxious.

"Little Flower." Ji Cheng greeted Little Flower with a smile, "Little Flower, you should leave Monkey Mountain quickly, there is going to be a big battle here."

"Woo~" Xiao Hua responded to Ji Cheng.

“Hurry, hurry, hurry!”

Ji Cheng urged him on. He didn't know the relationship between Xiao Hua and the monkey demon, but it didn't matter anymore.

He was only close to Xiao Hua; he didn't care about the other monsters and the masked fox on Monkey Mountain.

"A major battle? Pheasant, are you serious?"

The monkey demon's smile vanished abruptly, his face turning grim and sinister.

Little Flower was very anxious and cried out. It was worried that Brother Chicken was no match for the Monkey Demon, after all, it was a huge difference in their cultivation levels, with one level fighting against three.

"Little Flower, you know my methods..."

As soon as Ji Cheng opened his mouth, the monkey demon attacked violently. Before he could even see how it moved, it rushed in front of him.

The monkey demon roared and punched Ji Cheng.

Ji Cheng's pupils contracted slightly as he condensed a feather blade to defend himself, but he was still sent flying by a punch.

Immediately afterwards, the monkey demon flew straight at him, but fortunately Ji Cheng dodged it and at the same time spat out Samadhi Fire at the monkey demon.

The monkey demon landed on the ground and was not burned by the Samadhi Fire.

"What's wrong with this monkey? It's so fast, can it fly?"

Ji Cheng was slightly surprised. This monkey demon had no martial ethics and had ambushed him with a punch, and the speed of the punch was so fast that he had no time to react.

Fortunately, he was light and constantly using the wind-controlling ability of the [Wind Chicken]. When he was hit by the fist, he used the force to fly away and blocked most of the demonic power with his feather blades, so he only suffered minor injuries.

“Sigh!”

The monkey demon crouched on a rock, its eyes fixed on Ji Cheng in the sky. With a fierce roar, it suddenly exerted force with its legs.

The rock shattered instantly, and the monkey demon charged straight at Ji Cheng at an incredible speed, like a cannonball.

Ji Cheng understood. So this was a rocket with super jumping ability, capable of leaping hundreds of feet high.

Swish!Swish!
Ji Cheng shot out two feather blades at it, and at the same time flapped his wings and stepped on the "Cloud-Treading Flowing Wind Step" to move horizontally for 10 feet in the air, easily dodging the attack.

But as the monkey demon passed by Ji Cheng, it immediately gathered demonic power beneath its feet, leaped up again, changed direction, and charged straight at him.

Ji Cheng flapped his wings continuously, and in the blink of an eye, he had created a distance of more than a hundred feet.

His agility was so great that the monkey demon could hardly catch him. Although the monkey demon could change direction and launch himself again in mid-air, his trajectory was always a straight line.

And it couldn't launch multiple times in the air; it has already landed on the ground.

It stared at Ji Cheng, scratching its head in frustration, and cursed, "You pheasant, you're quite good at dodging!"

Ji Cheng remained calm, continuing to observe and analyze the monkey demon's innate abilities.

A third-tier monkey demon should awaken three kinds of talents.

Firstly, it possesses an exceptional jumping ability, giving it the capacity to pounce on flying objects.

This ability can also be used for surprise attacks, striking so fast that opponents cannot react in time.

What are the other two types of talents?

Before figuring things out, Ji Cheng dared not reveal all his methods.

"You're not bad either, you little rocket! It's a pity your brain is too straight; you can't think outside the box!"

Ji Cheng responded by deliberately flying around in the air and making several turns, making it difficult for the monkey demon to catch him.

The monkey demon bared its teeth, and in just a few rounds, the chicken saw through its ability to launch itself into a flying pounce.

It was incredibly annoyed; why was this pheasant so clever?

Indeed, its jumping ability makes it seem as if it has the ability to fly, and it can leap up and catch birds that are hundreds of feet high in the sky.

However, its trajectory is only straight, and it will bounce twice more in the air before falling to the ground.

The pheasant only needs to move a few feet to the side to easily dodge its pounce, making it look like a monkey.

In the sky, Ji Cheng said again, "Your jumping speed is fast, but the pre-jump is too obvious."

Before each leap, the monkey demon would squat down with its legs, making it very obvious. With this forward sway, Ji Cheng only needed to concentrate to dodge it.

In his view, the monkey demon's talent was quite strong, but its flaws were also very obvious.

In the forest, the monkey demon picked up a few pebbles from the ground.

It bent over like a bow, its long arms also bent backward with force, and suddenly threw it at the pheasant in the sky!

These pebbles, enveloped in demonic power, soared through the air; there were seven or eight of them, covering a considerable area.

So fast!

Ji Cheng flapped his wings to dodge, while simultaneously unleashing five feather blades.

The feather blades collided with the stones imbued with demonic power, both shattering into pieces and unleashing a considerable explosive force in the air.

(End of this chapter)