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

Chapter 288 All parties appear
"Is this... okay?"

When Demon King Kun heard the Golden Horned King say that he was proficient in water, land, and air, he couldn't help feeling a little surprised.

The demon race is nothing more than birds, beasts, scaled creatures, etc. Generally speaking, they all have certain specific weaknesses.

There are almost no monsters that can fly fast in the sky, run quickly on the ground, and swim freely in the water...

"Is this King of the Golden Horn boasting?"

Demon King Kun couldn't help but feel a little doubtful.

But Demon King Kun thought again:
"Or maybe this Golden Horned King is also a prehistoric alien species like my father Kunpeng?"

Demon King Kun knew that his father Kunpeng was a rare innate species among the demon clan who could possess two forms. He could switch freely between Kun and Peng and could fight in all aspects of water, land, and air.

This ability is extremely rare among the monsters, and also extremely powerful.

If this King of the Golden Horns really has similar talents to his father, then his abilities are not surprising.

However, Demon King Kun was not very clear about the background of the Golden Horned King.

So he turned and looked at the Jiao Demon King, hoping to get some answers from him.

Junior Brother Jiao has been with the Golden Horn King for many years. Although he hasn't seen him for a long time, he should have a certain understanding of the Golden Horn King's character and abilities.

The Jiao Demon King looked at the inquiring eyes of the Kun Demon King and nodded slightly, his eyes full of affirmation.

The meaning of the Jiao Demon King is very clear:

"Brother, don't worry. I can trust this brother of mine."

Although he was not very clear about Xiao Chen's current specific abilities, he knew that his brother Jinjiao was always calm and sensible in doing things, and was a trustworthy partner.

"Brother Jinjiao, then you should hide in various places and wait for the opportunity to snatch these gourds."

After receiving the affirmation from the Jiao Demon King, the Demon King Kun felt more confident.

Demon King Kun continued to smile and said to Xiao Chen:

"I'm afraid the other side has already prepared for our three demons, Kun, Jiao, and Peng."

"But you have just arrived in Northern Juluzhou. Although you have fought a battle at Lion's Roar Mountain, many monsters don't know your abilities yet. You can be a surprise force for us."

"If the gourd enters the water, you will enter the water to help me and the Dragon King."

"If the gourd rises into the air, you will fly to help Brother Peng."

"If the gourd falls to the ground..."

Demon King Kun thought about it and gave Xiao Chen some detailed instructions.

"it is good."

Xiao Chen naturally had no objection to this.

Xiao Chen understood what Demon King Kun said, and also understood his role in this battle—he, King Jinjiao, would become the "jungler" in this battle.

The so-called "jungling" means being flexible and maneuverable in battle, adjusting your position and strategy at any time according to the battlefield situation, and going wherever there is an opportunity.

Although the role of "jungler" seems free, it actually requires extremely high combat skills and judgment.

He, the King of Golden Horn, must not only be able to quickly spot opportunities on the battlefield, but also be able to react quickly and deliver a fatal blow to the enemy.

To put it bluntly, he, the Golden Horned King, is the "team battle engine" of the Jiao Demon King.

Of course, the jungler role also has some other humorous names, such as the shit stirrer, the street scoundrel, the water monster...

But these titles cannot conceal the importance of "Jungle" in battle. On the contrary, they highlight the uniqueness and flexibility of this role.

"Kun Demon King has an extremely strong body and high defense. He is known as the 'Immortal True Spirit'. He can absorb enemy damage very well and can take damage in the front row."

"The Jiao Demon King is good at fighting in the water. He will engage in a head-on confrontation with the enemy in the water and strive to win the water battle."

"The Demon King Peng is responsible for the battle in the air. His flying ability and aerial combat skills are first-rate, and he can engage in fierce battles with the enemy in the air."

"I, the Golden Horn King, am a jungler..."

Xiao Chen understood this after listening to Demon King Kun's distribution.

This time, the two sides had to fight a team battle to snatch the seven gourds. It was a battle of many against many, not a one-man fight. It required mutual cooperation.

After deciding on the division of labor and strategy for the team battle, Demon King Kun gave a brief introduction to the two characters who might appear on the Yingzhao Demon Saint and Shangyang Demon Saint's side.

Demon Saint Yingzhao and Demon Saint Shangyang are both top-notch warriors among the demon clan. Their attitudes are unclear now, and they have not yet decided whether to send their disciples to participate in this gambling fight.

This will undoubtedly add more variables and challenges to this battle.

After a detailed exchange.

Demon King Kun raised his glass and said with a smile:

"Brother Jiao, Brother Peng, Brother Jinjiao, then I wish us a successful start."

"Okay! I will definitely take the gourd for Master."

The Dragon Demon King laughed.

"me too."

Demon King Peng followed Demon King Jiao and spoke. Although his voice was a little childish, it was firm and powerful.

"I, Jinjiao, will do my best."

Xiao Chen raised his glass and smiled.

The four demons drank it all in one gulp.

Demon King Kun looked at Xiao Chen and said with a smile:

"Brother Jinjiao, when the matter is done, I will host a banquet for you in the Demon Master Palace."

Xiao Chen responded with a smile:
"It's impossible."

So, after the four demons drank for a while, they went to rest.

Day two.

Demon King Kun also went to find General Yatun to learn some techniques of "Dang Kang Dance" for practice.

There is something good in everything.

The demon who seeks the truth, the one who has achieved it is his teacher.

Although Demon King Kun is the heir of the Demon Master Palace and possesses a noble status and powerful demonic powers, he is not arrogant.

At this time, Demon King Kun was humbly asking General Yatun for advice on the techniques of the "Dang Kang Dance" in order to improve the heaviness of "Kun's body" and better display his strength in the subsequent battle for the gourd.

"King Kun, if you want to learn this Dang Kang dance, you can make your heavy body more flexible."

“This kind of ball is a must.”

As he spoke, General Yatun took out a coconut ball from his side and handed it to Demon King Kun.

"ball?"

Demon King Kun took the coconut ball and looked at General Yatun with some confusion.

Kun is Kunpeng's eldest son and the heir to the Demon Master Palace. He has been practicing diligently since he was young, and his demonic power and martial arts have reached an extremely high level.

However, Kun rarely comes into contact with these seemingly simple toys.

"Yes, the ball."

There was a hint of smile in General Yatun's tone.

As he spoke, General Yatun imitated the way ancient villagers picked fruits. He used his slightly clumsy but childlike front paws to scratch, arch and flip the coconut ball on the ground.

Although General Yatun's movements seem simple, they contain an indescribable rhythm and power.

General Yatun explained seriously while tossing the coconut ball:
“Mature fruits are mostly spherical.”

“The roundness of the ball is a symbol of the ripeness of the fruit and contains the joy of a good harvest.”

"In the year of prosperity, in the year of prosperity, the world will be prosperous."

"The Dangkang Dance of our Dangkang tribe was learned during the process of picking ripe fruits."

"If, with our bulky and huge bodies, we can easily control this small coconut ball without any magical power."

"Then you can achieve the state of 'taking advantage of stupidity', and your body's coordination and flexibility will be greatly improved."

"The bulky body will also become very flexible."

"ball?"

Demon King Kun listened to General Yatun's explanation and nodded as if he understood something:

"I see……"

Demon King Kun took the ball and left.

"This Kun..." Xiao Chen stood aside, watching Kun leaving with the ball, and couldn't help feeling a little surprised.

He didn't expect that Demon King Kun, the noble heir of the Demon Master Palace, would be so humbly willing to ask for advice from an ordinary General Yatun.

However, after thinking about it carefully, Xiao Chen felt that all this seemed to be natural and should be so.

And then the days.

Demon King Kun went to the Buzhou Abyss to continue tempering his body.

The Jiao Demon King and the Peng Demon King stayed in Lion's Roar Mountain.

The four demons, the Jiao Demon King, the Peng Demon King, the Lion King and the Golden Horned King, apart from practicing, would also gather together to perform juggling and play, and exchange their martial arts experiences, which was quite enjoyable.

Demon King Peng is very responsible because he is responsible for the task of aerial reconnaissance.

The Demon King Peng would fly to Buzhou Island on time every morning to carefully investigate the maturity of the seven gourds and the dynamics of the enemy forces.

Two years passed in the blink of an eye, such peaceful and fulfilling days.

On this day, Demon King Peng flew back in a hurry and brought the latest information.

"Brother Jiao, Brother Jinjiao."

Demon King Peng's expression was somewhat solemn. He said:
"I think those seven gourds are not ripe yet."

"But the Nine-Headed Qingjun, Nine-Headed Jinni, Fei Ni, and Nine-Headed Guiyu have already set up camp in a mountain range more than 2,000 miles north of the Buzhou Abyss."

Demon King Peng continued:
"The demon saint Fei Lian Shan Feng probably took his magic weapon, the 'Innate Miasma-avoiding Shroud' and used it."

"In addition, they seem to have two more demon kings. One demon king is wearing golden armor with a dragon head and a human body. He must be Ao Mo'ang, the eldest prince of the West Sea Dragon Palace."

"The other demon king is rather vicious and ferocious, and looks frightening."

Demon King Peng thought for a moment and described:

"This demon king has a dark purple face, fangs and a huge mouth, a body covered with black scales, and a crocodile head. He must be a crocodile that has transformed into a spirit."

"Crocodile spirit?"

Upon hearing this, the Jiao Demon King looked at Xiao Chen with a hint of surprise on his face.
This Ao Mo'ang was within their expectations and was not surprising.

Why is there another crocodile spirit here?

"It must be Ao Mo'ang's cousin, the little crocodile."

After Xiao Chen pondered for a moment, he spoke.

In fact, don’t think that just because Ao Mo’ang defeated the little crocodile in the battle of Blackwater River, the two sides are no longer close.

In fact, the little crocodile and his uncle, the Dragon King of the West Sea, have a very close relationship and are a real family.

The little crocodile came directly to the Black Water River during the high tide via the "Western Sea", then injured the Black Water River God and many aquatic creatures in the Black Water River, and took advantage of the situation to seize the Black Water River God's Palace in Hengyang Valley.

The Black Water River God suffered a loss and went straight to the mainland to complain to him. The Dragon King of the West Sea did not accept the Black Water River God's complaint and told the Black Water River God to move to another place to live and not to be ungrateful.

The bias here is self-evident.

When the little crocodile captured Tang Seng and Zhu Bajie, the first thing he did was to prepare an invitation to his uncle, the Dragon King of the West Sea, to a banquet to celebrate his birthday.

To put it bluntly, the Battle of Blackwater River was about the older cousin beating the younger cousin, and in the end the older cousin took the younger cousin back to see his uncle.

Although Ao Moang said: "Although the Great Sage has spared his death, my father will never spare his life and will definitely punish him accordingly!"

But, what crime can this uncle accuse his nephew of...

What's more, the little crocodile is a filial nephew.

"Oh, Brother Jinjiao, you actually know about this crocodile spirit?"

"How strong is it?"

The Jiao Demon King asked Xiao Chen.

"This crocodile spirit is of average strength, so there is nothing to be afraid of."

Xiao Chen smiled.

The little crocodile's strength is equivalent to that of Zhu Bajie or Sha Seng.

His abilities are average, but he is also a local demon king after all, the kind of person who can create momentum even with just his fart.

"Ah."

Upon hearing this, the Dragon Demon King nodded and didn't take it to heart.

Another year passed.

Another year passed, and Peng Demon King once again brought important information:
"Shang Qingyu from the lineage of Shangyang Demon Saint is here too, but she didn't join forces with Jiushou Qingjun, Feini and the others. Instead, she built another mountain near Buzhou Abyss."

"And the 'Flying Bat' from the lineage of the Demon Saint Fei Dan has also come and joined forces with 'Shang Qingyu'. I guess the two sides have formed an alliance."

"Shangyang, Feidan..."

Xiao Chen pondered for a moment, and the information about Shang Yang and Fei Dan flashed through his mind.

Shangyang is originally a mythical bird from ancient times and belongs to the category of innate spiritual birds.

It has green feathers, only one leg, and an extremely beautiful appearance.

Shang Yang was good at predicting good and bad fortune, so he avoided disasters many times. However, Shang Yang could not escape Donghuang Taiyi who possessed the Chaos Bell. Under Donghuang Taiyi's coercion and inducement, Shang Yang was forced to join the demon clan and became one of the ten demon saints.

Fei Dan, whose original form is a barefooted rat with wings, is extremely ugly in appearance, but extremely powerful. Fei Dan has the cultivation level of a quasi-saint, and after being recruited by Donghuang Taiyi, he also became one of the ten great demon saints.

Feidan can release a very toxic toxin, even a Daluo Jinxian will die instantly if contaminated by it.

Therefore, Fei Dan always exists as a vanguard general, and his group attack damage is very sufficient. In the war between witches and liches, he was targeted by the ancestor witch "Tian Wu" because he killed too many witches, and was eventually killed.

To put it simply, this Feidan is a strange beast with wings, the ability to release poison, and looks a bit like a mouse.

Feidan is almost the same as a flying blood-red bat, and it is the first blood-red bat in the world.

It can be regarded as the ancestor of all bats in the world.

"Now among the five great demon saints, Bai Ze, Ying Zhao, Shang Yang, Ji Meng, and Fei Lian."

"Bai Ze is the initiator of this matter, which is equivalent to the referee. Although he also supports Jiuying's resurrection, it is naturally not easy for him to personally participate in the gambling fight."

The Demon King Jiao analyzed the current situation one by one:
"Ji Meng and Fei Lian clearly support the resurrection of Jiuying, and have already sent their disciples to support Jiushou Jinni and Jiushou Qingjun."

"The Demon Saint Shang Yang has remained neutral on this matter. I thought he might not participate in this fight."

"But the people from the lineage of Demon Saint Shang Yang are here after all."

The Jiao Demon King frowned slightly, obviously confused by the Shangyang lineage's position:

"But since the Shangyang lineage has not merged with the Jiuying lineage, they are not allies."

"Then they must also want to seize one or two gourds so that they can negotiate terms with the Jiuying lineage."

"Or maybe they are actually here to help the Nine Infants lineage, and they are just throwing smokescreens to confuse us."

"Or maybe..."

Xiao Chen was listening and thinking to himself.

In fact, all kinds of open and covert struggles had already begun in the preparation stage of this gambling battle before it even started.

"Is Shang Yang a speculator, trying to profit from this?"

"still……"

Xiao Chen didn't know what this demon saint Shang Yang was thinking.

"In short, they are enemies, not friends. We must be careful and watch out for the Shangyang lineage."

“Don’t let them stab you in the back.”

The Jiao Demon King frowned.

Here come the descendants of Demon Saint Shang Yang and Demon Saint Fei Dan. Although we don't know what their stance is, it has doubled the pressure on the Jiao Demon King.

After all, there is only one demon master, but there are ten demon saints.

Two fists are no match for four hands.

"Those representing the Nine Infants: Nine-headed Golden Rainbow, Nine-headed Green Jade, Flying Lion, Nine-headed Insect, Prince Moang, Little Crocodile Dragon..."

"Representing Shangyang: Shang Qingyu, Fei Fu..."

"On our side: Demon King Kun, Demon King Peng, Demon King Jiao..."

Xiao Chen considered each of the possible opponents and thought to himself that this gambling fight was becoming more and more exciting.

Except for the little crocodile, none of these opponents are weak.

It is not an easy task for King Golden Horn to snatch the gourd from so many opponents.

(End of this chapter)