Rebirth in Journey to the West: Sun Wukong-Chapter 857 - 858: Can’t Win, Run Quickly (First Update!)

"Hey! There’s no way I’ll believe that! As if I’ve never faced Domain Marshal-level experts before. You don’t know if you can win or not until you actually fight!"

Sun Wukong’s stubbornness flared up instantly as he channeled all his strength into his Ruyi Golden-Hooped Rod. With a quick flash, he narrowly dodged the earth-yellow light sphere from the Earth Qilin and swung his rod fiercely at it.

"Buzz!"

A layer of earth-yellow hemispherical protective shield rose from the Earth Qilin, blocking the Ruyi Golden-Hooped Rod. Sun Wukong’s full-force strike didn’t even graze half of Earth Qilin’s scale armor.

"What an insanely strong defense!"

Sun Wukong was shocked and tongue-tied. No wonder Tian Lin had told him to run instead of fighting. With such strong defense from the Earth Qilin, his attacks couldn’t even break its protective shield. There’s no way he could harm it, so why fight at all?

"Let’s try again! Chaos Fire!"

Unwilling to retreat just like that, Sun Wukong unleashed Chaos Fire, using the power of the Ruyi Golden-Hooped Rod to strike the Earth Qilin’s protective shield.

This time, there was a slight effect as the Chaos Fire began to erode the shield, creating a small opening.

However, that was the limit. The tiny opening was the most he could achieve. To harm the Earth Qilin inside the shield, his power and Chaos Fire were still insufficient!

"Can’t beat it, gotta run!"

If there was even a sliver of hope for victory, Sun Wukong would never choose to flee, but he realized that his current cultivation strength couldn’t completely break the Earth Qilin’s defense, meaning he couldn’t harm it. If he kept fighting, he’d only waste energy and eventually be killed by the Earth Qilin!

Knowing he couldn’t win meant continuing to fight would be foolish, not brave. Instantly, Sun Wukong turned without a second thought, riding his Somersault Cloud and began to flee.

"Roar~!"

Of course, the Earth Qilin wouldn’t just let Sun Wukong escape. With a roar, it started chasing after him with all its strength, keeping up with the Somersault Cloud, continuously spitting earth-yellow light spheres at Sun Wukong.

"Damn! Did I dig up your ancestors’ graves or something? Why are you chasing me so relentlessly?"

While escaping on his cloud, Sun Wukong constantly dodged the earth-yellow light spheres shot from behind him, looking quite embarrassed. Fortunately, although the Earth Qilin’s defense was overwhelmingly strong, its attack power wasn’t exceptional, and the light spheres weren’t fast, allowing Sun Wukong to dodge them.

He recalled being relentlessly pursued without the ability to fight back, only when his cultivation was low back in the Three Realms. Since arriving in the Yuan Realm, his once unparalleled cultivation strength in the Three Realms had become mediocre, with experts surpassing him everywhere.

In the Ancient God Ruins, it was even worse. Being chased by an Earth Qilin, he felt aggrieved beyond measure!

But there was nothing he could do, as Sun Wukong’s current strength couldn’t compete with these beings.

Can’t beat it, gotta run! This six-character mantra was extremely useful in such situations!

While fleeing, Sun Wukong headed in the direction of the most abundant Primordial Qi. As he escaped, this desolate area set by a Beast Spirit Sect’s ancient expert revealed only this powerful Earth Qilin divine beast chasing him relentlessly, growing angrier and fiercer.

No need to guess, Sun Wukong knew he was moving in the right direction. Ahead was either the exit or the core of this space, which made the Earth Qilin keep chasing him so vehemently.

"Huh, is that... Brother Zhao?"

Maintaining the chase and escape dynamic, Sun Wukong had been fleeing for nearly half a day, with the Earth Qilin in pursuit for the same duration. The surrounding Primordial Qi became increasingly dense when Sun Wukong suddenly spotted two figures to his left-front, also in a chase-and-escape state. Behind them was an Earth Attribute Divine Dragon, while Zhao Jun was fleeing ahead!

"Brother Zhao!"

"Wukong?"

Sun Wukong’s shout caught Zhao Jun’s attention, who then veered towards him.

"Brother Zhao, you’re being chased too?"

The Earth Attribute Divine Dragon chasing Zhao Jun was also of Domain Marshal cultivation, and Sun Wukong immediately knew that Zhao Jun, like him, couldn’t win and had to run.

"Looks like you’re the same, Wukong!"

Zhao Jun forced a bitter smile, glancing helplessly at the Earth Attribute Divine Dragon, "Those Beast Spirit Sect guys are insane, finding Earth Dragons and other Earth Attribute Divine Beasts, letting them roam this space. Their bodies are incredibly hard, with defenses freakishly strong. My Dragon Spear can’t break their defenses; I can only run!"

"Same here, Brother Zhao. The Earth Qilin chasing me has a defense so strong it’s like scratching an itch with my attacks."

Sun Wukong shrugged while dodging another earth-yellow light sphere, pointing forward, "The Primordial Qi is dense ahead. It’s definitely this space’s core. Let’s quickly move there and find a way out; otherwise, being chased like this is no solution!"

Zhao Jun nodded while dodging a fire column from the Earth Dragon, feeling equally aggrieved but knowing they had to flee due to their lower strength.

Far ahead, nine towering Heaven-Piercing Pillars came into view from the desert, extending from the ground to the clouds, dispersing dense Primordial Qi.

"That’s it!"

Sun Wukong’s eyes lit up as he used Shrinking Earth into Inches Divine Skill, merging with his Somersault Cloud into Streaming Light Escape, greatly increasing his flight speed.

"So fast!"

Zhao Jun’s vision blurred as Sun Wukong sped ahead towards the nine pillars. Admiring in secret, Zhao Jun didn’t hold back either, activating his Dharma Decree, turning into silver light attached to the Dragon Spear, speeding after him.

"Roar~!"

"Ang~!"

Seeing Sun Wukong and Zhao Jun speeding up to escape, the Earth Qilin and Earth Dragon roared angrily, but despite their unnaturally strong defenses, their attack power and speed were far behind. They could only roar in anger, barely increasing their chase speed as Sun Wukong and Zhao Jun flew into the nine pillars.

As if wary of something, the Earth Qilin and Earth Dragon stopped sharply at the nine-pillar boundary, circling the outskirts, unwilling to chase further.