Chapter 53

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The battle had reached a point where there was no need to continue. Li Jing, the Heavenly King with the Pagoda, knew that this time she had failed. She crouched on the cloud, performing a standard despondent forward bend: "Heaven, how could... someone use a Hug Bear like this? This is simply a terrifying magical treasure."

"Calling me a magical treasure is really impolite, I'm a toy," the Hug Bear retorted.

"Don't act like being a toy is better than being a magical treasure!" Li Jing and Tang Sen couldn't help but retort simultaneously.

Tang Sen smiled at the sky: "In a new era, there will be new types of monsters. You've never seen a Hug Bear like this before, right? Ha! Li Jing, you haven't been active for 500 years, spending all your time watching old crime dramas in Heaven. You're probably out of touch with the times."

"Not... not out of touch at all," Li Jing said angrily: "I'm super fashionable. I use Chanel perfume, wear Only clothes, and carry Levi's bags. Call me the fashionista of Heaven."

"Alright, fashionista lady, but I don't see any of those things. All I see is you wearing a set of Ming dynasty armor from 500 years ago, which is really outdated," Tang Sen shook his head.

"That's because I have to go to war and can only wear this outdated armor. Actually, I'm wearing a brand name underneath," Li Jing was furious. To prove herself, she didn't care about anything else and suddenly lifted her skirt armor, revealing her underwear, and said, "Look, this underwear is Triumph..."

Her snow-white legs were very slender and straight. Following the legs upward, the mysterious triangular area was covered by a pink, low-waist, sexy pair of underwear... it really seemed to be Triumph.

Tang Sen couldn't help but cover his eyes: "Hey, showing your underwear to the enemy, what are you trying to do? Although... it does look quite nice."

"Ah?" Li Jing came to her senses, blushing with embarrassment. She quickly put down her skirt armor, sweating profusely. Just now, to prove she was fashionable, she had revealed her underwear in a moment of anger. Now, thinking about it, she felt she couldn't live with the shame.

"Alright, let's focus. Do we need to keep fighting?" Tang Sen pointed at her and laughed: "You're almost a lone commander now. If we keep fighting, you won't have a good outcome."

"Pfft! Even if I'm a lone commander, I can still take you down," Li Jing looked around. She saw that Zhu Baie was still trapped in the Linglong Pagoda and couldn't break free in the short term, and Nezha was already struggling under Sun Wukong's continuous attacks but could still hold out for another ten or so moves.

If she could take down Tang Sen in these ten moves, she would still win. Li Jing stretched out her hands, and suddenly a golden trident appeared in the air, landing in her hands. She raised the trident, swung it to create two trident flowers, and then leaped off the cloud, slashing toward Tang Sen.

"Huh? This guy can actually engage in close combat?" Tang Sen was slightly surprised, thinking that as a commander, the Heavenly King wouldn't personally join the battle. But this guy really did charge forward.

The golden trident came down with a powerful wind, the sound was deafening and the momentum was astonishing. Tang Sen thought to himself: This guy is the Heavenly King with the Pagoda, though a bit unreliable, his reputation is very high. In modern society, people's faith in deities is generally lacking, and most deities are in decline, but the Heavenly King with the Pagoda's reputation remains strong. Her followers can't be fewer than my own as the guardian of otaku, so her divine power must be very abundant. Her moves can't be met head-on.

Thinking this, Tang Sen quickly retracted the heavenly sword he had raised halfway, sidestepped, and the golden trident hit the ground, splitting the earth with a huge crack. Tang Sen narrowly avoided being hit, breaking out in a cold sweat. Li Jing then swung the trident horizontally, slashing again. Tang Sen quickly leaped high, the trident tip grazing his feet, tearing off his shoe soles and revealing his bare feet. If it had been just a bit higher, Tang Sen's feet would have been cut off.

"Damn, this guy's close combat ability is not weak, contrary to her unreliable appearance."

"Ha ha ha, know my power now?" Li Jing placed her hands on her hips and laughed: "This isn't even my full strength. I'm using 90% of my divine power to maintain the Linglong Pagoda, and only 10% to deal with you."

"Um, you are indeed powerful, but if you had continued attacking instead of stopping to laugh," Tang Sen took advantage of her triumphant laughter to catch his breath and refocus on his opponent.

This guy said she was using 90% of her divine power to control the Linglong Pagoda, which was probably not a lie. The Linglong Pagoda was trapping the Heavenly Marshal Tianpeng, who was not an easy opponent. Li Jing would need a lot of divine power to maintain the pagoda's operation to keep Zhu Baie trapped for a long time. In other words, she was only using a very small part of her power against him.

Tang Sen knew his limits. If Li Jing, a Heavenly King of this level, used her full power, he wouldn't last three moves before being obliterated. But since she was only using 10% of her divine power against him, there might still be a chance.

"Pfft, take another hit from my trident." Li Jing swung the trident again.

Tang Sen barely blocked a few moves, feeling the immense pressure. Even with only 10% of her divine power, a Heavenly King-level deity was still incredibly powerful. Tang Sen felt he had no chance of winning. In a life-or-death situation, he couldn't afford to care about his dignity. He rolled a few times to avoid a trident strike, turned around, and shouted to the White Dragon: "White Dragon, help me!"

"Ah? I... I'm not good at fighting."

"You don't need to fight, just blow... create a strong wind..."

As long as it was a dragon, they knew how to summon wind and rain. The White Dragon, of course, was no exception. She looked confused: "Why create a strong wind?"

Tang Sen narrowly avoided another trident strike and shouted: "Blow her skirt armor! When a woman's clothes are disheveled, her combat ability is severely reduced... just make her skirt flutter, and she won't be able to fight."

The White Dragon was sweating: "Really... use such a low-down tactic?"

Li Jing was also sweating: "Hey, do you act like this?"

Tang Sen wiped his sweat: "Do you think I want to? But in a life-or-death situation, I can't afford to care about dignity. White Dragon, blow the wind!"

The White Dragon hesitated for two seconds, but ultimately decided that life was more important than dignity. After all, the one losing dignity was Li Jing, not her. It didn't violate the principles of a well-bred lady. If it were her, she would rather die than expose her underwear to others.

The White Dragon leaped into the air, instantly transforming into dragon form, and blew with all her might. A strong wind immediately swept through the sky, swirling and rushing toward Li Jing's skirt armor.

Li Jing screamed, letting go of the trident with her left hand and pressing it on her skirt. The strong wind came, lifting the edges of her skirt armor, but she managed to hold it down with her hand, preventing it from flipping up and exposing her Triumph underwear.

"Low-down, shameless, no face," Li Jing shouted at Tang Sen.

"Pfft, you already showed it to me earlier, now you're pretending to be innocent?"

"Earlier, I was just momentarily confused, I don't really like showing it to others!"

"Pfft, who knows? Maybe you have an exhibitionist fetish."

Tang Sen knew his actions were wrong and felt bad for the lady, but he couldn't admit it now. In a life-or-death situation, he couldn't afford to care about dignity. Taking advantage of Li Jing having to use one hand to hold down her skirt, he swung his heavenly sword, using the Dragon Play in the Sea sword technique, and attacked Li Jing.

The strong wind continued to blow, and Li Jing still couldn't let go of her skirt with her left hand. With her right hand, she swung the trident, but it was far from as flexible. Tang Sen's sword techniques were already in front of her, and she frantically swung the trident. However, Tang Sen's sword light circled around her.

Even with only one hand, Li Jing was still incredibly powerful. Tang Sen felt the immense divine power from the trident, but divine power and skill were two different things. A trident is a weapon for two hands, and using it with one hand left a huge gap on her left side. Tang Sen followed his sword, fiercely attacking Li Jing's left side.

Li Jing gritted her teeth, struggling to hold on, but her left side was not as flexible. Using a trident with one hand couldn't protect her completely. After a few moves, she was in a panic and at a disadvantage...

"Clang!"

A clear ringing sound was heard as Tang Sen's sword tip pierced Li Jing's left shoulder armor. Although it was a magical armor, the divine power concentrated on the sword tip still penetrated it, causing a sharp pain in her left shoulder. Li Jing grunted and retreated several feet, feeling angry.

Li Jing took a hair tie from her head, shouted, "Extend," and the hair tie, which was originally only long enough to tie her hair, became longer than a belt. She tightly wrapped it around her skirt armor to prevent it from being blown up by the wind, then gripped the trident with both hands and said angrily: "Shameless scoundrel, this time I'll see what tricks you can pull."

Tang Sen shrugged: "Unfortunately, we won't have the chance to fight anymore!"

"What?" Li Jing was startled by Tang Sen's confident look.

A dull thud was heard from the side as Nezha fell beside her. Sun Wukong had kicked her over. Clearly, Nezha couldn't hold out any longer. Sun Wukong, the demon king who caused chaos in Heaven 500 years ago, was not someone Nezha could handle alone. She had reached her limit and was now defeated.