Rebirth in Journey to the West: Sun Wukong-Chapter 869 - 870: Beast Fighting Arena Challenge (2nd Update!)

(PS: These two days I’ve been busy preparing for the wedding, tomorrow I’ll resume normal updates.)

"Healing?"

Pangu and Zhao Jun looked at each other in surprise. After listening to Sun Wukong’s explanation, they suddenly understood and hurriedly placed their hands on it as well.

Similarly repelled by the electric current, they spat out some congealed blood. Pangu and Zhao Jun’s faces looked much better, full of joy. Their previous injuries had not been fully healed and had been aggravated by the attacks of fierce beasts. They were worried about finding a way to treat their hidden injuries.

However, despite their joy, both Pangu and Zhao Jun felt a bit apprehensive. Their hidden injuries were healed, but the gate remained closed, and the electric current on the gate had not disappeared.

If they touched it again, would they be shocked to the point of spitting out blood once more?

Previously, the hidden injuries caused them to spit out congealed blood which aided in healing, but now if they spat out blood again, it would mean they were being injured!

"Let me try it!"

Sun Wukong took a deep breath, activated the Chaos Decision, and once again placed his hand on the gate.

"Huh?"

Sun Wukong let out a soft exclamation.

"What’s wrong?"

"What happened?"

Pangu and Zhao Jun looked at Sun Wukong nervously.

"It’s nothing, the electric current is gone."

Sun Wukong turned around and grinned.

"..."

Pangu and Zhao Jun were speechless. If it’s nothing, why did you look so shocked and make us nervous for nothing!

"Heiya!"

Sun Wukong placed both hands on the palace gate and forcefully pushed it open. The three of them walked in.

"This place looks like somewhere rituals are performed."

Sun Wukong looked around at the palace’s furnishings, lost in thought.

"It does look a lot like that."

Zhao Jun looked around. Although it was called a palace, it resembled a giant circular platform, rising layer by layer towards the center. The highest platform seemed to have several statues, but the distance and the strange mist obscured Zhao Jun’s view, making it impossible to discern what the statues looked like.

But it felt like this palace was used to perform some kind of ritual, such as worship.

"It’s strange, there should be a lot of treasures left in the Ancient God Ruins, where danger and opportunity coexist. Yet, along the way, we’ve encountered many dangers but haven’t seen a trace of treasure. What’s going on?"

Zhao Jun turned around, released his Divine Sense to inspect, and said somewhat dejectedly.

He thought that after passing the nine levels of Overlapping Space and reaching the core of the Ancient God Ruins, they would find treasures. But looking at it now, there were no signs of treasure at all.

"Brother Zhao, don’t worry. There must be treasures in the Ancient God Ruins; we just haven’t encountered them yet. I think the statues on that high platform might hold some significance. Let’s go up and take a look first."

Sun Wukong also found it peculiar. The well-preserved Ancient God Ruins, with their difficult preceding levels, should have many treasures or Spirit Grass and Spiritual Medicine scattered around. Yet they hadn’t discovered anything so far.

This was very abnormal!

Unless the treasures were on the high platform!

"We’ve come this far, we have to keep moving forward. Let’s go up there and see if we can find a way out."

Pangu wasn’t as concerned about the treasures as Zhao Jun. With an axe in hand, he felt he could dominate the world. He entered the Ancient God Ruins not to find treasures but to escape those with ill intentions chasing him.

It was easy to enter, but hard to get out. Since they couldn’t turn back, they had to keep going forward.

"Elder Brother Pangu is right. It’s great if we can get the treasures, but there’s no point in forcing it if we can’t! Our main goal now is to find a way out!"

Sun Wukong nodded in agreement. He wasn’t particularly eager for treasures either. Improving his cultivation was more important for him now. With the characteristics of his Chaos Battle Body, the increase in combat power from advancing his cultivation far outweighed acquiring one or two Spiritual Treasures!

Since both Sun Wukong and Pangu had said this, Zhao Jun couldn’t complain too much. Entering the Ancient God Ruins was his choice, not something Sun Wukong forced upon him. Along the way, he was fortunate to have Sun Wukong; otherwise, he might have perished in the earlier stages, never reaching this far.

Without further ado, he nodded and followed Sun Wukong up the steps towards the high platform.

"Huh?"

After only a few steps, just as they stepped from the first round platform to the second, Sun Wukong suddenly stopped and let out another soft exclamation. Pangu and Zhao Jun were about to ask when the ground beneath them started to shake violently.

With a rumbling sound, the ground began to rise. The previously low circular platform quickly ascended to the same height as the highest central platform and continued to rise.

Not only the second circular platform where Sun Wukong and the others were but also the first circular platform behind them and the platform ahead continued to rise.

"What’s going on?"

The three of them stood back-to-back, channeling their Primordial Force, ready to face any attack. The scene before them was too strange. Had they triggered some mechanism that would introduce new challenges?

The anticipated attack did not come, and the platform’s ascent slowed down and eventually stopped. The three were astonished to find that the palace had completely changed. The originally lowest first circular platform had become the highest, and then layered downwards, with the previously highest central platform now the lowest.

The entire inside of the palace now looked like a giant circular Beast Fighting Arena!

Buzz~!

A strange fluctuation spread from the central platform, followed by a voice that echoed in the palace:

"Travelers, step onto the Beast Fighting Arena to challenge! If successful, you may light a lamp and gain access to the Heavenly Que Realm!"

"Heavenly Que Realm? What’s that?"

Sun Wukong blinked and looked toward Pangu and Zhao Jun, but both seemed equally puzzled, having never heard of it.

"Oh well, we’ll find out in time."

Sun Wukong waved his hand and pointed to the central platform. "Look, the mist has cleared. Those are the statues of fierce beasts!"

Pangu and Zhao Jun nodded. They had also noticed. Given the voice’s message in the palace, it was clear that the so-called challenge likely involved those fierce beast statues.

"Entering the platform probably activates those statues. Do we have to defeat them all?"

Sun Wukong pondered as he looked at the fierce beast statues on the platform. The more he thought about it, the more likely it seemed. A gleam appeared in his eyes.

"Heh, I’ll go first and see what this challenge is all about!"