Chapter 51

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"Damn!" Tang Sen was drenched in sweat. "What does this woman mean? I was talking to her, but she ignored me and started talking to Li Jing, and even hung up the phone unilaterally. That's so impolite, right?"

Li Jing's face had already turned ashen. "It's over. Just a phone call, and why must I, the Heavenly King, go back to receive punishment? The Emperor's mind is really hard to fathom... Well, beat the drum, prepare to capture him..."

The sound of drums "thud, thud, thud" echoed through the clouds, and the heavenly soldiers and generals began to advance. Eight thousand heavenly soldiers and generals, all dressed in Ming dynasty-style armor, had an extraordinary presence. Ordinary people would be scared out of their wits, but Tang Sen paid no attention to the heavenly soldiers and generals. He shouted at Li Jing, "Hey, Heavenly King with the Pagoda, don't rush into battle. Call the Jade Emperor again, I need to explain..."

Li Jing, who was jumping on the cloud, shouted, "Listen up, everyone! Capturing Tang Sen can atone for your sins. If you can't capture him, we'll definitely be heavily punished by the Jade Emperor when we return. You must try your best... Don't waste time talking to him, just capture him directly."

The heavenly soldiers were sweating. "Lord Heavenly King, you were the one talking nonsense just now, we didn't say a word."

Li Jing was also sweating. "So, now no one should talk. Attack!"

Tang Sen looked up at the sky speechlessly. "What happened to humane law enforcement? Damn! Are you still going to use brute force?"

"Humane law enforcement is too dangerous." Li Jing was rolling on the cloud, holding his head. "Just a phone call and the Jade Emperor is already angry. This life is unbearable."

Tang Sen: "..."

"Master, don't be afraid! They can't take you." Zhu Ba took out the nine-toothed rake and smiled. "Back at Huaguo Mountain, Li Jing couldn't capture the demon king Sun Wukong with ten thousand heavenly soldiers and generals. This time, he only brought eight thousand, far less impressive. We have not only Sun Wukong but also me, Zhu Ba. Li Jing has no chance of winning."

Sun Wukong also laughed. "That's right. Just wait and see. I'll fly up and beat these nameless heavenly soldiers and generals with a few punches and kicks."

Tang Sen shrugged. "You sound pretty reliable, but why do I feel something is off?"

"You're right, they can't be relied on!" Li Jing laughed arrogantly in the sky. "Sun Wukong, don't forget, back at Huaguo Mountain, although we couldn't capture you, your monkey followers were all captured by the heavenly soldiers and generals... I admit you're strong and hard to catch, but it's easy to tie you up and prevent you from helping others."

Saying this, Li Jing changed his tone and shouted, "Where is Nezha?"

"Here I am!" A little girl with a mixed heaven and earth silk, golden cloud fire wheels, a purple flame snake-toothed spear, and a hundred transformations ring jumped out. She was fully equipped with magical treasures, clearly not someone to be trifled with.

Tang Sen couldn't help but frown.

Li Jing pointed at Sun Wukong and laughed. "Go and tie up Sun Wukong. Just for a moment! You don't have to win, just keep him busy."

Nezha shouted, "As you command!" She raised her spear and pounced on Sun Wukong.

Sun Wukong pouted and muttered, "Not good, this Nezha is quite a tough opponent. If I fight her, I won't be able to take care of Tang Sen. Ba, protect Tang Sen for me." She rode the cloud and met Nezha, and the two clashed in mid-air. Sun Wukong's golden hoop staff clashed with Nezha's spear, and they fought fiercely.

These two had fought 500 years ago, and the battle lasted dozens of rounds without a winner. Now, Sun Wukong still had the upper hand, and in a few moves, she had Nezha on the defensive. But Nezha wasn't so easy to bully. She made a hand sign and transformed into a three-headed, six-armed form, holding six weapons: the demon-slaying sword, the demon-cutting knife, the demon-binding rope, the demon-subduing mace, the embroidered ball, and the fire wheel...

Sun Wukong laughed. "Here we go again?" She also transformed into a three-headed, six-armed form, and her golden hoop staff split into three. With six hands holding three staffs, she fought Nezha to a standstill.

The little girl swung three staffs at once! It was insane! Tang Sen covered his face, unable to watch.

Taking advantage of Sun Wukong being tied up by Nezha, Li Jing waved the command flag. The heavenly soldiers and generals surged forward, led by a general. From his attire, he wasn't a famous general, maybe just a minor official like a thousand-household. He rushed forward and met Zhu Ba. The thousand-household raised his long sword to strike, but Zhu Ba kicked him in the face.

"Ouch..." The thousand-household screamed and flew backward, knocking over a dozen heavenly soldiers.

Zhu Ba laughed and swung the nine-toothed rake wildly, and no heavenly soldier or general could get close to her.

The heavenly soldiers and generals split around Zhu Ba and attacked Tang Sen behind her. Zhu Ba rallied her spirit and swung the nine-toothed rake so fast it was a blur, and all the heavenly soldiers and generals who tried to bypass her were sent flying.

Tang Sen then realized that Zhu Ba was actually quite reliable! Of course, only when she wasn't acting like a perverted uncle.

A dozen heavenly soldiers crawled on the ground and finally broke through Zhu Ba's defense, jumping up and thrusting their heavenly spears at Tang Sen.

Tang Sen laughed and drew the heavenly sword from his waist. If it were a few days ago, when he had just received the title of Guardian of Otaku, he would have been flustered by the attack of a dozen heavenly soldiers. But after this journey, he had continuously solved problems for otakus, expanded his followers, and helped Gao Cuilan in Gao Lao Village, which greatly increased his reputation and divine power. He had also learned three moves of the Dragon Play in the Sea sword technique from Bai Long Ma, which compensated for his lack of skill. Facing a dozen heavenly soldiers was no longer a problem.

A flash of sword light, and Tang Sen plunged into the formation of heavenly soldiers. In no time, the dozen heavenly soldiers were all struck down and vanished in a golden light.

Li Jing, the Heavenly King with the Pagoda, watched the battle from the sky. Zhu Ba was holding off the heavenly soldiers and generals in front, while Tang Sen was picking off stragglers behind. The two were working well together. Despite the overwhelming numbers of the heavenly soldiers and generals, they couldn't do anything to these two, not even breaking a single hair on Tang Sen's head, let alone capturing him.

Li Jing glanced at the battle between Nezha and Sun Wukong. Nezha was struggling under the attack of Sun Wukong's three golden hoop staffs, just like 500 years ago, and would likely be defeated in dozens of rounds. Once Sun Wukong was free, his side would surely collapse. No, he had to capture Tang Sen before that.

Li Jing shouted, "Everyone, step back, I'm going to use my magical treasure."

At this shout, the heavenly soldiers and generals cheered and retreated like a tide. Li Jing raised his left hand, and the exquisite pagoda in his palm emitted a blinding golden light.

Zhu Ba was shocked and shouted, "Not good!"

Sun Wukong, in the midst of the battle, turned to look and also shouted, "Not good!"

Li Jing laughed and threw the pagoda from the sky. The pagoda grew rapidly, from a small size that could fit in his palm to a giant tower several meters high, descending from the sky. Tang Sen was startled and rolled on the ground to avoid it... but he realized the pagoda wasn't aimed at him, but at Zhu Ba.

Zhu Ba tried to avoid it, but the pagoda, controlled by Li Jing's divine power, turned in mid-air and still covered her with a loud boom.

Li Jing, while continuously pouring divine power into the pagoda to maintain control, laughed and said, "Trapped in my pagoda, even if she is the Marshal of Heaven, she can't easily escape. Now, no one is protecting Tang Sen. Capture him quickly!"

Tang Sen rubbed his face. On the left, Sun Wukong was still tied up by Nezha and couldn't break free. On the right, Zhu Ba was trapped in the pagoda, her fate unknown. Thousands of heavenly soldiers and generals were closing in, grinning maniacally... This was bad.