Chapter 103

  Baifu looted the Tushita Palace and flew back to his own Dragon Cave on Sound Speed Mountain in a flash of smoke. "The words I left on the wall, these guys will definitely find my cave according to this. It's just right that I take this opportunity to exercise my muscles and build relationships with the three mountain five ridge demon kings."

  Ba Fu returned to the cave, gave Jin Ma Que a general's title, and officially let this little sparrow dominate the small monsters in the cave. He himself lost a package of golden elixirs to Jin Ma Que and then retreated into the cave to sleep soundly.

  This mixture is just three or four months of peace and quiet, but in the heavenly court, one day is equivalent to a year on earth - so actually the heavenly court has reacted very quickly.

  On this day, just as the sun had risen over the southern gate of heaven, the Jade Emperor received a report that a monster from the lower realm had broken through the southern gate and entered the Tushita Palace to seize the golden elixir. This behavior was only slightly better than that of the monkey in the past, but it still shook the heavenly court! For five hundred years, there had never been such a disturbance in the heavenly court. The Jade Emperor was enraged: "What kind of monster is this? How dare it cause trouble in heaven! Does it think nothing of the dignity of my heavenly court?! Thousand-Mile Eye! Wind-Listening Ear! Investigate the details of this monster at once!"

  Qianliyan and Shunfeng'er, the two small gods, immediately took out the words "Sound Speed Mountain Dragon Cave" from Zhunti's palace and began to ask around. They couldn't find any land or mountain god in the heavenly realm that belonged to this Sound Speed Mountain, so the two guys used their divine powers to search the lower world.

  Everyone in the Ling Xiao Treasure Hall was waiting for Qianli Yan Shunfeng's report. During this time, both the literary and martial arts classes began discussing how to understand this incident. Basically, there was only one opinion: "This ignorant and arrogant demon must be sent to the executioner's platform!" The military generals waited anxiously for Qianli Yan Shunfeng's report, and after an hour, he finally came to the hall to report: "Your Majesty, the Sound Speed Mountain Dragon Cave was not originally among the mountains of the world. A few days ago, it was suddenly created by this nameless demon with extremely deep magical powers, along with 800 miles of mountains and rivers! This 800-mile Sound Speed Mountain is precisely located 300 miles west of the Lion Camel Country. This demon had no reputation whatsoever before, and its origins and length of cultivation are unknown."

  As soon as these words came out, many immortals on the court changed color. An immortal officer had already spoken: "This ability is no longer inferior to the seven great saints of the past. At least it's not much different from the Lion Camel King who moved mountains and rivers. Why don't we send someone to persuade him to surrender?"

  "This is outrageous! You're calling for surrender from both sides! Does the Heavenly Court still have any dignity left?! He's just a demon king, even if his magical powers are comparable to those of the Seven Saints, what does it matter?! Among the Seven Saints, there are many who deceive the world and steal fame, except for the Ox Demon King and that demon monkey from the Five Elements Mountain, the rest are nothing but pretenders with gold-plated faces!" Li Jing stood out first to refute the words of surrender.

  "That's right! With the Third Prince as our vanguard, we can capture that demon and bring it to justice. Why must we necessarily offer it amnesty?" The various generals chimed in, each with their own opinion.

  The Jade Emperor made a decision and said: "Li Jing, you can mobilize troops and select generals to bring that demon from the lower realm up here for punishment!"

  "Yes, sir!" Li Jing bowed and stepped back.

  Li Jing initially said that the demon was just a fake, but it was not false that he used his magical powers to create a mountain 800 miles in size. Li Jing still attached great importance to this battle and specially assembled elite soldiers and generals, including his own son Nezha, the Four Heavenly Kings, the Giant Spirit God, and thirty-six Thunder Department gods, along with the Nine Heavens' Response Thunder General and the Universal Transformation Heavenly Master, who together led 50,000 heavenly soldiers down to the Sound Speed Mountain.

  What's giving Li Jing a headache is that the Sound Speed Mountain is really too close to the Lion Camel Country. And the big roc in the Lion Camel Country itself has been repaired, what's more hateful is that its background is extremely hard. This time attacking the Sound Speed Mountain, if it provokes that big roc, it will be troublesome. Interfering with one hand is a small matter, but if it destroys the great plan of Western Journey, it will be a big trouble. In the future, who knows how many troubles will arise in the Western Heaven? It's not yet clear how much debt the Heavenly Court owes to the Western Heaven, and for thousands of years, the Western Heaven has been pressing forward with one mind, wanting to move east. If this big roc incident occurs, who knows how many excuses the Western Heaven will use, and when the time comes, Li Jing will still be the one to bear the brunt of it alone.

  Fortunately, Li Jing was an old official after all. At this time, two Bodhisattvas' mounts happened to descend to the mortal world from Lion Camel Ridge. After discussing with the two Bodhisattvas, Li Jing ultimately used his connections with Qing Shi, Bai Xiang and Da Peng to make Da Peng decide to turn a blind eye. As for human emotions - anyway, Heaven owed many, one more wouldn't matter.

  Fifty thousand heavenly soldiers and generals arrived at the Dragon Empty Cave with a mighty roar, setting up eighteen layers of heavenly nets and earthly traps, and erecting a mirror to reflect demons. The soldiers and generals surrounded the cave in a tight circle. The Giant Spirit God stepped forward and shouted: "You, that miscellaneous hairy monster from the lower realm! Your time is up! If you surrender obediently, you can still be executed by beheading. But if you stubbornly resist, three thousand six hundred knives on the Demon-Slaying Platform await you!"

  There was originally a little demon guarding the gate, who saw many heavenly soldiers and generals coming to kill him from the sky. He was so frightened that his soul flew away. Rolling and crawling, he ran into the cave and shouted loudly: "Disaster! Disaster! Your Majesty! There are people in heaven who want to punish you!"

  Jin Wofei jumped out and kicked the little demon with one foot: "This rubbish! The king is still sleeping! Chirping and chirping, what kind of discipline is this? You'd better tell me about this matter slowly and in detail!"

  The little demon began to describe the situation outside the door, and in the meantime, he spoke extremely of the mighty power of the heavenly army. The more Jin Ma Que heard, the angrier he became, and with a wave of his hand and a slash of his knife, he chopped the little demon to death. "What trash! Disturbing my army's morale!" He cursed loudly as he led his troops out of the cave to fight against the heavenly army.

  Jin Wofu wasn't a fool either, and he secretly called out to a female demon: "You go to the main cave and call out the Great King. Tell him that heavenly soldiers are coming to capture him. As the General-in-Chief, I've already gone out to fight." The female demon hastily ran off towards the back cave. Only then did Jin Wofu let out a loud roar and lead the demons in preparing to go out.

  Jū Líng Shén called out the formation and didn't say much, directly going up to use his large hammer to smash the door. Jū Líng Shén and his troops directly killed their way into the Dragon Empty Cave, meeting Jīn Wò Fū halfway. Both sides engaged in a fierce battle, but seeing that the cave was too narrow for him to fully utilize his abilities, Jū Líng Shén slightly retreated to outside the cave entrance to fight on even ground.

  Jin Woff, a sparrow spirit, held two large hammers in his hands... As soon as he rushed out of the cave, he let out a loud roar and raised the hammer to smash towards the giant spirit. The little demon behind him also plucked up the courage to raise his knife and spear to fight against the heavenly soldiers.

  Jin Wufu and Juling Shen were evenly matched, with Jin Wufu's cultivation being slightly higher. However, Juling Shen had more physical strength. The two of them clashed in a fierce battle, causing the mountains to shake and the earth to tremble. It was truly a spectacular sight. As for the smaller demons behind them, they were no match for the heavenly soldiers and generals, and were killed instantly. In the sky above, Li Jing, San Taizi, and the Lei Department gods were all watching with amusement: "The subordinates of this demon king are completely inexperienced in battle, and the only one who can fight is Juling Shen, who is only at that level."

  Li Jing gave the order: "The Thunder Department's generals advance, using the divine power of thunder to aid in battle. With one drumbeat, take down this group of demons!"

  "Alright!" Lei Bu charged forward, and countless divine thunderbolts descended from the sky, slashing chaotically in all directions. The heavenly soldiers who were engaged in battle on the ground grew more spirited, using the power of the thunder to slaughter the demonic creatures until they were utterly defeated. Jin Wo Fu, however, was incredibly bold, not at all like his true form as a sparrow. He continued to shout and fight fiercely alongside the giant spirit god. But his subordinates were retreating in defeat, with most of them either kneeling on the ground in surrender or fleeing in all directions, clearly on the verge of collapse.

  In the midst of the battle, nearly 40,000 monsters in the Longkong Cave were almost completely wiped out. Most of them were captured by the heavenly soldiers, while a small number were killed. Only one, Jin Wofu, was about to be caught when two young generals from the Tooth Gate came to assist the Giant Spirit God. Everyone else was watching from the sidelines... Meanwhile, Lei Ting continued to bombard the Longkong Cave itself, preparing to destroy it in one fell swoop.

  Just as the heavenly generals were about to achieve their goal, a loud yawn sounded, a flash of light flashed and disappeared, the sky was clear and the wind was gentle, and all the divine thunders had vanished without a trace.

  Li Jing and all the other generals changed color.

  "What's all the commotion about? Who's making such a racket in front of my cave?" A voice rang out, and a figure slowly emerged from the cave.