Chapter 52

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Tang Sen immediately found himself in a difficult situation. Although his strength had grown significantly compared to before, he was still no match for even a slightly more powerful Celestial General. He had no guarantee of victory against a Thousand-Household General, let alone a group of Celestial Soldiers and Generals surrounding him, which would leave him with no chance of winning at all.

"Give up the resistance!" Li Jing snorted. "Otherwise, the blades have no eyes, and if you resist, you might end up with broken hands and feet, which wouldn't look good."

"Rubbish talk," Tang Sen shook his head. "The Jade Empress, that nasty woman, has always wanted to kill me. If I surrender here, it would be like walking to my death. I'd rather have broken hands and feet. I, Tang Sen, may not be a big shot, but I'm just a kid from a single-parent family. I like my current life and have no intention of giving up on it."

"What can you do now?" Li Jing laughed out loud.

Tang Sen suddenly put away the Celestial Sword in its scabbard and held out his empty hands. "Don't think you're the only one with magical treasures. I have powerful treasures too. Let me show you."

"Oh? You have magical treasures too?" Li Jing was greatly surprised. Before coming, she had already read the reports from Erlang Shen, Jiling Shen, and the Nine Star Lords, knowing that Tang Sen had some abilities, but there was no mention of any magical treasures.

Tang Sen reached behind him and picked up the Hug-a-Bear.

"Ha!" Li Jing couldn't help but laugh. "This plush toy bear is your magical treasure? Come on, don't joke around. It reeks of cheapness from head to toe. It's probably a broken toy from a low-cost factory from decades ago. It might not even sell for 50 yuan now."

Tang Sen shook the toy bear. "Hey, Peanut, stop pretending to be a toy. Talk to me."

"Hey, I was doing a great job pretending to be a toy. Even the Celestial King didn't recognize me, so I could escape safely. Why do you have to expose my true identity?" the Hug-a-Bear wailed.

"Stop talking nonsense," Tang Sen lifted the Hug-a-Bear high. "Help me repel the enemies."

"Repel the enemies? Repel what enemies?" the Hug-a-Bear panicked. "There are so many of them, and they have sharp swords and spears. I'm so scared... I'm not afraid of copper hammers, sticks, or fists, but I'm really scared of swords and spears."

"Hey, is it really a good idea to tell the enemy your weaknesses?" Tang Sen was sweating.

"Ha ha ha ha ha!" Li Jing laughed, hands on her hips. "Hey, this toy is quite interesting. It seems to have developed intelligence and can speak and move. But so what? It's still a minor demon with very little demonic power. How can it help you? To call it a magical treasure is a joke."

The Celestial Generals all looked at the Hug-a-Bear with disdain. Any Celestial General with a bit of discernment could see that the Hug-a-Bear's demonic power was not strong, almost negligible. That little bit of demonic power wouldn't even be enough to deal with a Celestial Soldier with a weapon.

Tang Sen must be out of his mind to call this a magical treasure.

The Hug-a-Bear itself wasn't confident either. It curled up into a ball. "Brother Tang Sen, this is just embarrassing..."

Tang Sen's face turned serious. "Peanut, do you remember where your demonic power came from?"

The Hug-a-Bear tilted its head. "Of course, I remember. I absorbed the resentment of discarded toys on the back mountain of Guanyin Temple, which gave me this demonic power... Let me think... For example, there were plastic toy cars thrown away by little monks, computers discarded by old monks, and kites and fishing rods left by tourists... They all carried deep feelings for their owners but were thrown into the garbage. They passed their sadness and sorrow to me, giving me demonic power."

"Exactly, you remember well!" Tang Sen said seriously. "Back then, you were in a tourist spot where discarded toys were rare, so your demonic power was very weak. But now... we are in Gao Lao Village, the largest city in Wusang, with a population of over a million. Try absorbing the resentment of the toys here... quickly, the Celestial Soldiers are coming."

The Hug-a-Bear closed its eyes... no, its eyes were two black organic glass beads, so it couldn't really close them. It just closed its "spiritual eyes"...

The Hug-a-Bear shut down all its senses and focused entirely on sensing the resentment of the toys in the city!

Indeed, there was a lot of resentment! Countless toys in every corner of the city were crying in sorrow.

In the garbage pile, a toy robot was crying, "My owner threw me away..."

In a corner of a warehouse, a plush rabbit was wailing, "My owner hasn't hugged me in two years..."

A dusty wind chime hung from a forgotten eave, making a tinkling sound, as if saying, "What about me? What about me? What about me?"

In a city of a million people, how many toys were abandoned? How much demonic power was spreading? It was far beyond what could be absorbed in the back mountain of Guanyin Temple.

The dramatic changes in the human world also brought unprecedented new sources of demonic power to demons, and these sources, due to explosive population growth, were endless.

The Hug-a-Bear raised its short, plump hands, and the endless resentment of the toys poured into its body. The demonic power of millions of toys in the city converged, forming a massive vortex with the Hug-a-Bear at the center. The clouds in the sky were stirred, and the Celestial Soldiers and Generals standing on the clouds were blown around.

"What? What's happening?" Li Jing was suddenly startled.

"It's demonic power..."

"Such terrifying demonic power..."

"The demonic power of that toy bear is rising rapidly... Ah, even my cloud is being blown away..."

Li Jing quickly shouted, "We can't delay any longer. All Celestial Soldiers, charge and break that Hug-a-Bear!"

Thousands of Celestial Soldiers and Generals rushed towards the Hug-a-Bear!

Tang Sen shouted in the Hug-a-Bear's ear, "Peanut, gather all that demonic power into a ball. Imagine condensing it into an energy ball and throw it out... like a finishing move."

"Ah? A finishing move? It should have a name, right?" the Hug-a-Bear said.

"Damn, focus on the important part. Don't worry about the name now, just throw it! They're coming!"

"No way, I'm a toy with a playful heart. I won't use a finishing move without a name!"

Tang Sen covered his face. "Then call it... Bear Spiral Energy Ball! Throw it!"

"Yay, it has a name!" The Hug-a-Bear cheered, bending its right foot forward and extending its left foot backward. It pushed its short, plump bear paws forward, just like the "↓↘→ Heavy Punch" in Street Fighter, and shouted, "Ultimate Secret Move — Bear Spiral Energy Ball!"

All the resentment of the toys in the city was gathered and condensed into a massive energy ball. The immense demonic power was terrifying, condensed into a physical form visible to the naked eye. As the Hug-a-Bear pushed its paws forward, the energy ball flew out and landed in the formation of the Celestial Soldiers and Generals.

"Oh, my God!"

"Get out of the way!"

"Help!"

The Celestial Soldiers and Generals cried out, trying to get as far away from the Bear Spiral Energy Ball as possible...

A few seconds later...

"Boom!"

The energy ball exploded, and the demonic power that had just been condensed spread in all directions, like a missile explosion. Ordinary missiles, no matter how powerful, couldn't harm the Celestial Soldiers and Generals, but a missile made of demonic power was exceptionally damaging to them.

A blinding white light from the explosion quickly faded, and countless Celestial Soldiers and Generals were blown far away. A mushroom cloud rose from the center of the explosion...

Li Jing stood far away, untouched by the explosion. She was dumbfounded as she watched 8,000 Celestial Soldiers and Generals turn into golden light and disappear. When the scene quieted down, she realized that the entire army had vanished without a trace. Only a few lucky Celestial Soldiers survived, but they were terrified, lying on the ground, too scared to move.

The Hug-a-Bear's demonic power was completely drained by this attack. It turned back into a harmless, cute bear and flopped into Tang Sen's arms. "Ouch, all the demonic power is gone..."

Tang Sen quickly put it on his back and smiled. "Good job!"

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