13 Life 13: Combat Mode

After his training was over Wukong headed off to his room to sleep as his body was aching due to his usage of his muscles numerous times breaking them and then reconstructing them.

This constant force of break and build was truly building him a physique as this process allowed the Qi within his body to more efficiently circulate without having to go through multiple veins.

But in one short journey meaning the amount of Qi he had was gradually increasing, at first he didn't know how to increase his Qi and so all he did was refine it until it became liquid like in quality meaning his average Qi was much stronger than someone who only had gaseous state Qi.

But now since he was increasing his Qi it meant the intake would be slow but it was worth it as his Qi was twice the amount of a normal person at his level.

But there was one problem that Wukong had been facing and it was troubling him to no end, to truly level up and breakthrough to the next level he needed either external resources or a life and death battle every so often.

But considering that he was living in the middle of nowhere fighting life and death battles was akin to fishes flying... Highly unlikely.

And the matter of the resources well, his Monkey King Realm had supplied him with resources yet it seems he needed more and more each level he advanced to.

And to top it all off, he was as strong as two people on the same level. Meaning if he was Level 25 his power was equal to a Level 50.

This was advantageous yet also hard as it meant he needed double the effort compared to a normal person and needed more experience in battle.

As he slowly fell into the wonderland named sleep, his body became stationary not moving and in that constant as his bodies Qi and Soul arrived in the Monkey King Realm.

Due to being stuck in the first realm he had been extensively training to level up but he needed to have a life and death battle to actually level up.

And unknowingly as if the Monkey King Realm was attached to his mind granted him his wish.

As he arrived in his domain and saw that he was in the middle of a paved path with Dragon Claws imprinted upon the grounds.

And to his left were the fields that he'd planted through blood, sweat and tears as he brought in real soil from the outside world.

As he grew and cultivated outside herbs causing them to undergo mutations due to the unfiltered Qi within this realm.

And due to this be had a steady supply of herbs to bathe in and ingest but he needed much more.

Just becoming strong would not help oneself as without skill and technique one was merely a barbarian with untapped potential but no brain.

He knew this and so he strayed from ingesting these herbs as he had yet to increase his battle experience.

Most novices would downplay the need of battle experience as they would believe strength was everything in this world which was completely wrong.

But this was the impression these young budding cultivators got from their masters and senior apprentice brothers and sisters.

But in reality one could defeat another foe leveled five more than them if the foe was lacking in martial technique as the one with skill could manipulate his opponents strength and raw power and use it to his own advantage.

E.g. If a level 30 cultivator who had great raw strength fought a level 25 cultivator who had technique and skills to use in his favour, then the level 30 would lose as his raw power is meaningless if the other party can immediately guess your moves dodge and counter.

This was the reason Battle Experience was so important, it was necessary and key to success within battle only a fool wouldn't think of this.

And Wukong by no means was a fool. No he was far from it, so far who knew of the future.

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As he gained his stance in the Monkey King Realm Wukong quickly looked around as he saw the Ling-quan (Spirit Spring) in front with no hesitation he moved to it as he slowly washed every speck of dust off of his body as his spirit was cleaned.

As his soul was cleansed as slowly his sins were washed away in this spring. As he drove off all the dirt from his body.

But unknown to him was that in the sky a small colourless portal began to open as half a figures body was soon seen.

As a red scarf covered his neck his unruly golden hair stood up to the Sage Realm. As his lean body shone in the darkness his muscles were eye-popping.

"WHOOSH!!"

As with a thought his Qi activated drying him up immediately as his brown bronze-like skin and jet black hair shone under the Realms very own Moon placed above Wukong.

As it's moonlight shone on the boy engulfing the boys body as his body automatically began absorbing the Moon's Surface's Silvery Qi.

As if an unconscious thought his mind began absorbing it as if by Instinct.

Finally he had absorbed enough as he went over to his mini farm as he checked in on his aged ginseng and fruits of special attributes.

They were all still growing and weren't ripe for the taking for so he moved from there.

But as soon as he looked up he saw a blonde waiting for him as he said with a monotone voice.

"I am the one who's going to train you... I will make you stronger!!"

"CRACK!!"

As slowly his body was revealed he seemed to have golden fur covering his hands and chest as his face was eerily similar to Wukong's very own face.

The unknown figure was holding a Bo-Staff as he took it from his back and it instantly began growing bigger as he slammed it onto the ground with absolute fury.

"BOOOM!!"

"BANG!!"

As all Wukong heard in his head was.

[Congratulations, Incarnation of the Qitian Dasheng, you've just unlocked the Second Mode of the Monkey King Realm, the first mode is the agriculture and Ling-Quan Mode, the second is called the Combat Mode.]

Hearing this Wukong was shocked as he'd heard he'd just unlocked a new realm like a child being given candy he was elated as his mind brought up the idea.

'I'm another step closer to becoming stronger just you wait King Xanxus, make sure to clean your neck for I'll be waiting for oh sweet sweet revenge, just you wait mother I am filial and I will prove it removing him from this world...'