Chapter 87

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After a few rounds of fighting, Zhubaizhe felt something was off. Fighting underwater didn't allow her to show off her skills. How could the girls not see my heroic demon-slaying posture? She turned and ran, dragging her rake behind her.

The demon shadow was taken aback and hurriedly chased after her.

Zhubaizhe floated to the surface, exposing half of her body. The demon shadow also surfaced, exposing half of its body. However, the girls on the shore only saw Zhubaizhe, swinging her rake as if fighting the air, making loud clanging sounds, but they couldn't see the demon at all.

Cai Xinzi quickly shouted, "Quick, get the camera and record... then we can see."

Her words woke the girls from their daze, and they all took out their smartphones, aiming the cameras at the river. As Xiaolong had said, the demon's presence was very weak, so people couldn't see or hear it clearly.

But these were just sensory issues. The female demon was objectively there, and the machines could capture her presence. The LCD screen clearly showed the demon's face... just like the video the Prince showed everyone. The demon was quite beautiful, slender, probably only 45 kilograms, with black hair flowing as she fought fiercely.

"Why would such a beautiful woman become a demon?" the students couldn't help but speculate.

"Maybe she drowned accidentally?"

"Perhaps she jumped into the river out of love and became a demon, causing trouble."

"No, no, someone as beautiful as her couldn't be heartbroken. I think she was raped and killed, then thrown into the river, so she harbors deep resentment towards humans and causes trouble..."

The students' speculations were increasingly unreliable, and Tang Sen listened with a bitter smile.

At this moment, Tang Sen heard Sun Wukong's voice in his ear: "That demon has some skills, able to fight evenly with Baizhe. They've already gone through thirty rounds, and she still hasn't shown any signs of losing. I need to help her."

"Okay, go ahead." Tang Sen nodded, feeling his phone lighten as the big-mouthed monkey charm disappeared.

By now, Zhubaizhe and the demon shadow had fought for thirty-six rounds, still evenly matched. Zhubaizhe grew anxious. In front of so many girls, if I don't perform well, how can I win their hearts? How can I marry a student? She shouted and added more force to her rake, aiming for the demon's head.

The demon shadow dodged to the side, narrowly avoiding it...

At that moment, a loud voice rang out in the sky: "Hey! Take a hit from your grandpa Sun!" Sun Wukong appeared above the Flowing Sand River, wielding a staff as thick as a bowl, and struck down.

The demon shadow was terrified and quickly dove underwater. Zhubaizhe pressed her rake down, chasing into the water. Normally, this move would be impossible to avoid, but the demon's presence was so weak that Zhubaizhe, despite using divine power to sense her general location, couldn't see her details clearly.

The rake missed by a few centimeters, and the demon twisted her body, slipping past the rake and diving deeper, disappearing.

Zhubaizhe angrily retracted her rake: "Wukong, you're too careless. You should have aimed better before striking. And shouting 'Take a hit from your grandpa Sun' before attacking doesn't help with a surprise attack."

Sun Wukong shrugged: "Your grandpa Sun is upright and doesn't like sneak attacks. It's only right to shout before attacking."

"But the demon escaped. The Flowing Sand River is 800 miles wide. Where do we find her?"

The two grumbled as they returned to the riverbank. The students, seeing a suddenly appearing lolita, looked at Sun Wukong curiously.

Sun Wukong could only laugh dryly: "What are you looking at? Haven't you seen a cool girl before? I am a demon..."

Before she could say "Demon King Sun Wukong," Tang Sen quickly interrupted: "This is the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, Sun Wukong, personally appointed by the Jade Emperor. A renowned heavenly general... thank you both for your hard work in subduing the demon."

Pretending to be a heavenly general? Unacceptable! Sun Wukong almost jumped up, but after looking at Tang Sen's and Zhang Muxue's expressions, she suppressed her anger. They were clearly warning her not to scare their classmates.

The kind-hearted Sun Wukong didn't like scaring people, so she shrugged: "That's right, I am the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, Sun Wukong, appointed by the Jade Emperor 500 years ago by the hand of Laozi."

"Unfortunately, the demon escaped!" Zhubaizhe sighed. "She won't come out today. We'll have to wait until tomorrow to challenge her again."

"Hold on!" Tang Sen suddenly called out. "What's hanging on your rake?"

Zhubaizhe brought the rake to her face and saw a shiny gold medal hanging from three of the teeth, with a broken waist cord.

Zhubaizhe smiled: "This must have been from the last strike, which almost hit the demon. It must be something she was wearing close to her body."

Tang Sen saw words engraved on the medal and took it to examine it. On the back were large characters: "Golden Pavilion Cloud Palace." On the front were smaller characters: "Imperial Guard... Curtain-Rolling General... Sha Wujing."

"What is this?" Tang Sen asked curiously.

Zhubaizhe smiled: "I recognize this. It's from the Heavenly Court. The 'Golden Pavilion Cloud Palace' on the back indicates that this medal is a pass for the 'Golden Pavilion Cloud Palace.' With this medal, one can serve in the 'Golden Pavilion Cloud Palace'... and the 'Golden Pavilion Cloud Palace' is the Jade Emperor's palace."

Tang Sen understood and continued: "The front says 'Imperial Guard... Curtain-Rolling General,' which is her position. She is one of the Jade Emperor's personal guards, responsible for rolling the curtains, named Sha Wujing."

Sun Wukong's eyes quickly scanned Zhang Muxue, who was also drawn to the medal. She sneered: "What is the Jade Emperor up to? Sending his personal guard, the Curtain-Rolling General, to the human world as a demon. Humph, truly poor management."

Zhang Muxue looked embarrassed and stepped back, but she clearly didn't want to argue with Sun Wukong. She remained silent, but Sun Wukong could see the confusion in her eyes, clearly not knowing why the Jade Emperor's Curtain-Rolling General was here.

Tang Sen thought, this can't be left uninvestigated. It might be another attempt by the Heavenly Court to kill me, involving my classmates. If someone gets hurt, I'll feel guilty for life.

Tang Sen took a megaphone from the Prince and shouted at the river: "Hey, Curtain-Rolling General Sha Wujing, I know who you are. Pretending to be a demon won't work... now that I have your medal, why don't you come out and talk?"

The river parted, and the students' phone cameras focused on the demon. Tang Sen also took out his phone, and the LCD screen clearly showed her face. She was clearly speaking, but her voice was too weak to be heard.

The Prince brought over a strange megaphone and smiled: "This is a sound sample collector. It can capture very faint sounds from far away and amplify them electronically, allowing us to communicate with the demon."

Tang Sen was delighted: "This will make things much easier."

So, everyone watched the LCD screen and listened to the sound sample collector. The female demon said: "Human technology is amazing, able to amplify my presence like this... hahaha, so happy, finally able to communicate normally. Yes, my name is Sha Wujing, a personal guard of the Jade Emperor, and the Curtain-Rolling General..."