Rebirth in Journey to the West: Sun Wukong

The inside of this Lava Sea is different from outside, with restrictions on flying. You simply can't take flight here. If you use Art of Flying to ascend more than three zhang, you'll face a hundredfold pressure, possibly being pushed into the magma pool. Earlier, Luo Bai nearly suffered, if not for Leng Xuan's quick reflexes pulling him back, his bones might have turned to ash!

Unable to fly, the only option is to honestly walk forward along the huge floating stone slabs.

Not only is flight ability restricted, but even Divine Sense is also heavily limited, unable to detect anything beyond the huge stone slabs. As soon as Divine Sense reaches the edge of a stone slab, a powerful force blocks it, preventing further extension.

And within this massive Lava Sea, huge stone slabs like the one Sun Wukong and the others are on are scattered everywhere with numerous cross paths. Taking the wrong path can lead to a dead end, requiring them to retrace their steps.

It can be said that the floating stone slabs in this Lava Sea form a gigantic maze!

"Brother Monkey, how do you know which is the correct path?"

It's always Sun Wukong leading the way, moving from one stone slab to another without stopping, even with no hesitation when encountering cross paths, leaving Luo Bai and Leng Xuan quite astonished. Luo Bai couldn't help but ask.

He was really curious how Sun Wukong knew the right path. Their Divine Sense was restricted, unable to spread out to check the surroundings!

"I don't know, I'm just following my intuition."

Sun Wukong replied promptly.

Luo Bai was stupefied: "What, intuition?"

"What else do you think? I can't detect the surroundings either, so I can only rely on intuition."

Sun Wukong shrugged, "Anyway, even if we take the wrong way, it doesn't matter, just turn back. I've already marked the way, won't walk the same path twice."

Along the way, each time a cross path was encountered, Sun Wukong would pluck a hair, create a Clone to guard the cross path. Luo Bai and Leng Xuan were initially unclear about Sun Wukong's intent in doing this, but now they understood.

Rumble!

Just as the three stepped onto the Stone Bridge connecting the third and fourth huge floating stone slabs, it suddenly vibrated violently, shocking them, and they hurriedly stabilized their stances with their internal Primordial Force, gazing into the Lava Sea below the Stone Bridge.

"What's going on?"

In the Lava Sea, huge magma bubbles surfaced, the entire sea boiling violently, shaking ceaselessly, as if something massive was rising from beneath the sea.

"Be careful, an attack is coming!"

A gleam flashed in Sun Wukong's eyes, his Divine Sense was limited, yet his Void-Breaking Moon Eyes weren't. He clearly saw a giant crab-like monster charging up from the Lava Sea, aiming straight at them!

No good intentions!

"Attack?"

Before Luo Bai and Leng Xuan's surprised words settled, a massive fiery pincer suddenly burst from the Lava Sea, clamping fiercely toward them on the Stone Bridge.

"Watch out!"

Sun Wukong shouted loudly, swiftly dodging the pincer attack, enlarging the Ruyi Golden-Hooped Rod from his ear, and smashing it down hard onto the pincer.

Bang!

A metallic clang reverberated, Sun Wukong's powerful strike directly smashing the fiery pincer back into the Lava Sea. Next moment, a monster with a crab head and fish tail lunged out, half of its fish tail still submerged, revealing a massive crab-like body over the lava, swinging its ferocious pincers and stirring fiery waves, appearing extraordinarily vicious.

"What kind of monster is this?"

The three exchanged glances, never having seen such a creature before, a crab head with a fish tail, residing in such a ferocious Lava Sea, seemingly unafraid of the high temperatures.

"What sort of monster are you? Why attack us?"

Luo Bai wielded the Purple Lightning Blue Glint Sword, shouting at the creature, but was answered by a thick Fire Column, directly guided by the monster's pincer from the Lava Sea, charging straight at him. Luckily, Luo Bai was prepared and swiftly dodged sideways.

Leng Xuan and Sun Wukong also faced fierce Fire Column attacks, not daring to parry, evading swiftly.

"Boss, this strange thing seems to have very low Spiritual Wisdom, not understanding our words at all!"

Luo Bai questioned several times, the monster offering no response, only launching continuous attacks at them. Clearly, it wasn't disdain that prevented an answer, but it simply did not understand their language. Leng Xuan tried asking with Divine Sense, but it yielded the same, the crab-bodied, fish-tailed monster showed nothing but hostility and killing intent.

"This monster seems to be a guardian raised by the palace owner here, aimed at preventing outsiders from accessing the palace's inner regions."

While dodging the attacks, Sun Wukong mused thoughtfully, "Alright, no need for politeness with this guy, finish it as fast as possible! There definitely won't be just this one monster in the Lava Sea; there must be many others. We mustn't delay here too long, or if more get attracted, it'll be difficult to escape!"

"Green Lotus Sword Art!"

"Celestial Fox Iron Claws!"

Luo Bai and Leng Xuan exchanged a glance, no longer holding back, they unleashed their true skills, bombarding the crab-bodied, fish-tailed monster, sharp Sword Qi and fierce claws striking it repeatedly, leaving scars of varying depth on its body.

"Roar~!"

It's hard to imagine such a crab-bodied monster making a sound like a lion's roar, yet it did, seemingly pained by Luo Bai and Leng Xuan's attacks, the monster roared, launching a counterattack, flinging its submerged fish tail, countless Fire Threads shooting from the Lava Sea, wrapping toward Luo Bai and Leng Xuan, leaving Sun Wukong aside.

"Damn it! It's not fair! Why only attack us? Clearly, Brother Monkey, you hit the hardest!"

Luo Bai, speechless, couldn't help but shout, in that earlier probing attack, although Sun Wukong struck the least, every hit landed solidly onto the crab-bodied monster, driving it back repeatedly, yet the monster chose not to trouble Sun Wukong?