Great Demon Sun Wukong

Sun Wukong, who had been startled awake in his dream, originally thought that being pinned under the Five-Finger Mountain was just a dream of his own. However, upon waking, he found himself truly pinned down by something. Sun Wukong opened his eyes to find complete darkness before him, and since he was lying on his back, he couldn’t move his limbs or body since they were being pressed down.

At this moment, Sun Wukong became somewhat panicked. After all, the scene in the dream was too real, and he had memories of the painful experience of being suppressed under the Five-Finger Mountain which made him deeply aware of how painful being pinned down was.

However, although his heart was somewhat frantic, Sun Wukong did not sit and wait for death. Instead, he slowly tried to move his fingers. That’s when he discovered his fingers could move and seemed to have touched something furry.

Gradually twisting his arms, he realized that while the object suppressing him was heavy, there was no seal to imprison his movements, so he slowly twisted his body more and more.

Finally, when Sun Wukong felt that the time was right, he secretly gathered all his strength and made preparations to exert force with both arms. But just as he was gathering his strength, ready to push off what was on top of him, he suddenly felt a lightness, followed by a bright light in front of his eyes.

Catching his eyes wide open, Sun Wukong was suddenly stunned. Because standing before him was a person, Xi Zhao, holding something in his hand. Ah, it was a little fox! Seeing Xi Zhao’s barely contained laughter, Sun Wukong could easily guess what had happened!

At once, he stood up fiercely, ready to grab the little fox’s ears. But the little fox, held by Xi Zhao, stepped back two paces. "When I just woke up, I thought you had gone missing. Hahaha, then I suddenly found an extra monkey tail behind the little fox’s butt. I even thought that the little fox got hungry and ate you."

Having said that, Xi Zhao could no longer hold back, threw the little fox aside, and burst into laughter. The little fox also woke up at this moment, looking confused as if it didn’t know what it had done, and instinctively touched its belly with its front paws.

Seeing that the little fox actually used him as a mattress and still seemed rather pleased with itself, Sun Wukong was immediately furious and walked over with large strides. He then leaped towards the little fox, aiming to lie down on it. However, although the little fox had just woken up, its reflexes were extremely quick.

Sun Wukong was still in mid-air when the little fox had already darted away into the distance.

In Xi Zhao’s laughter that seemed near madness, Sun Wukong smashed into the ground.

"Monkey, hahahaha, stop it, why get angry at a fox? Plus, you know her speed, you couldn’t catch up even if I gave you a leg up!" Nôv(el)B\\jnn

The little fox in the distance seemed to hear Xi Zhao’s words, really lifted one front leg, and still ran swiftly as if flying on just three legs, making several laps. It nearly drove Sun Wukong mad with anger.

After some roughhousing, the group took a brief rest, and then Sun Wukong suddenly asked, "Xi Zhao, you seem to be in a good mood today? Have you remembered what this place is?"

"I didn’t expect you, monkey, to have such a discerning eye. Since you are so sincerely asking me, I’ll tell you. This vast plain is called the Hope Plain. Perhaps that name doesn’t mean much to you, but remember, the Hope Plain is also known as the Supreme Garden! That is to say, once we cross this plain, we can reach the Supreme Pool!"

"Ah? Really? You’re not tricking me, are you? We’ve arrived so soon?"

"Yeah, I didn’t expect it either. The direction the little fox chose to flee in was precisely towards the Supreme Pool. I’m not sure if it was intentional or not. Otherwise, just relying on the two of us, we’d probably not have made it in time!"

This news was very surprising to Sun Wukong. There was about a month left before the Supreme Pool opened. Crossing this plain would only take a few days, meaning that although they had been delayed by some matters, they would still arrive a month ahead of schedule.

Indeed, blessings and misfortunes come hand in hand. Arriving a full month early meant they had ample time to recover and carefully investigate the Supreme Pool. After all, the Supreme Pool in the Netherworld World was no ordinary place, fraught with extreme dangers.

It is said to contain naturally spawned Soul Beasts, and the Cosmic Creative Energy in the pool is even stronger, much like spatial turbulence raging inside the Supreme Pool.

If someone unprepared were hit by the Power of Creation, they would be burst open by that immense force. Therefore, proper preparation beforehand was absolutely necessary. The two had been very worried about not having enough time to prepare before entering the Supreme Pool, but now, all these concerns were no longer an issue.

After a brief rest, the two travelers and the fox continued on their way, with their target being the Great River that Sun Wukong had spotted with his fiery, golden eyes—a river that spanned the entire Hope Plain. By crossing that Great River and walking for another three to four days, they would arrive at Supreme City.

Supreme City was also one of the top ten Inner Cities and ranked among the top three in terms of strength.

What set Supreme City apart from other Inner Cities was that it was under the direct jurisdiction of the Netherworld World, unlike the other Inner Cities, which were mostly populated by people from the Great Divine Nations and High Level worlds. Furthermore, Supreme City was extremely mysterious, only appearing when the Supreme Pool opened for its selection process.

It was said that everyone within Supreme City was a Seven Patterns Supreme or higher, powerful beings except, of course, those outsiders who came to enter the Supreme Pool. Moreover, the master of Supreme City was enigmatic, with a level of mystery not far behind that of the Netherworld World’s Guardians. Everyone knew that the master was a woman, but nobody knew her appearance, age, or abilities.

Even the masters of the other top Inner Cities knew nothing about her! Although this year, the responsibility to open the Supreme Pool was controlled by a city from the High Level world, Transforming Thunder Ancestral Realm called Transforming Thunder City, Supreme City still opened as scheduled.

Those not belonging to Transforming Thunder Ancestral Realm were flocking to Supreme City, either to rest or to make their final preparations.

The Supreme Pool opened once every ten years, and each time, two great Inner Cities took charge, one as the main and the other as auxiliary. The number of people allowed in was also limited—only three thousand!

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Even so, the three thousand slots were indeed too scarce. For the Netherworld World, which had a population in the hundreds of billions, three thousand was far too few.

Therefore, ten days before the opening of the Supreme Pool, a selection would take place among all those who reached there, and finally, three thousand would be chosen to enter the Supreme Pool on the day it opened. The rest would have to turn back, although if they chose to stay, no one would stop them.

The selection process was known to be quite atrocious.

Yet, this did not deter the multitudes who came every year. However, arrivals as late as Sun Wukong and Xi Zhao were indeed rare, but not unprecedented. For at this moment, Sun Wukong and Xi Zhao had just encountered a person—or rather, a young girl.

The girl was first noticed by the little fox while Sun Wukong and Xi Zhao were chatting and laughing along the way, and the fox was chasing butterflies behind them. When the little fox came back from chasing butterflies, it came with a young girl on its back. The girl appeared to be about eight or nine years old, wearing a pink dress and her cheeks as delicate as carved jade, incredibly adorable.

When the little fox first dashed in front of Sun Wukong and Xi Zhao with the young girl on its back, both men thought they were seeing things—after all, how could a little girl appear in the vast Hope Plain?

However, when the little fox ran past them a second time, the two men exchanged glances and then simultaneously called the fox to a halt. The obedient fox tiptoed over to them with the smiling girl still on its back, holding a large butterfly in her hands.

"Little fox, do you know you have someone on your back?" That was asked by Xi Zhao.

The little fox nodded excitedly!

"Um, where did this person come from?"

The little fox looked up as if pondering and then shook its head vigorously.

"Hey, Uncle, you could’ve just asked me directly. I can talk, you know. My name is Strawberry and I’m headed to the Supreme Pool. Since we’ve run into each other, it’s perfect—we’re on the same path!"

With a pat on the little fox’s head, the fox, brimming with excitement, carried the girl named Strawberry off into the distance, leaving Sun Wukong and Xi Zhao looking at each other in bewilderment!