Journey to the West: Tang Monk Conquers Everything

Jiang Liu supported Gaoyang as they raced forward, but how could they outrun a Wolf Demon on all fours?

Coming up behind the two, the Wolf Demon raised its paw and aimed a heavy, forceful blow toward Gaoyang's back.

The girl, naturally, would not sit still and await death. Feeling the bone-chilling wind at her back, a cold gleam appeared between her fingers, then a Flying Dagger materialized, ready to be thrown at the Wolf Demon's throat.

To eliminate this Wolf Demon, she could only target its throat and eyes—these lethal spots.

Awoo!

However, just as Gaoyang raised her hand, the Wolf Demon suddenly let out a piercing Wolf Howl from its mouth.

The intangible soundwaves, as if tangible, slammed into the heads of Jiang Liu and Gaoyang.

Jiang Liu felt as if his head had been hammered, his consciousness blurred for a moment, followed by dizziness and the world spinning around him.

By the time Jiang Liu regained his senses, he was already lying on the ground, feeling as if he had just been hit by a train, his body seemingly falling apart.

As for Gaoyang, lying next to him, her situation was even more dire, her complexion as pale as paper with a trail of blood at the corner of her mouth.

In particular, the Health Bar above the girl's head was only about one-tenth full, perilously close to death.

"Cough, cough...", the girl coughed twice, spitting out more fresh blood, staring in horror at the Wolf Demon before her.

She hadn't expected the Wolf Demon to be able to disorient its prey with a howl.

Indeed, the battle she just had with it had been a feigned weakness, intended to lull her into complacency.

The Wolf Demon rose to its feet, sparing Jiang Liu a glance but not in a hurry to kill him.

Its one eye gleamed greedily at Gaoyang, before extending its blood-red tongue to lick its lips.

Human flesh was a great tonic for those of the Demon Clan.

"Gaoyang, can you still move? Try once more, aim for its eyes," Jiang Liu whispered to Gaoyang, even though they were both nearly immobile, the situation critical.

"No, it's no use, its Wolf Howl, it will...," Gaoyang weakly shook her head, her voice frail, obviously at the end of her strength.

"Listen to me, try it!" Seeing the Wolf Demon approaching step by step, Jiang Liu didn't have time to explain, softly urging her.

The girl didn't respond, lying on the ground breathing more out than in, seemingly at her end.

The Wolf Demon could tell Gaoyang had little strength left to resist; it was well aware of the gravity of the injuries its previous attack had caused.

Approaching Gaoyang, the Wolf Demon opened its jaws wide and viciously bit down toward her neck.

Its sharp wolf teeth could break even iron, it believed.

In that moment, Gaoyang held a Flying Dagger in her hand, marshalling her last bit of strength, she thrust it towards the Wolf Demon's remaining eye.

Although she didn't understand why Jiang Liu asked her to try, when survival was at stake, they were in the same boat—she had to trust him.

Watching Gaoyang's desperate counterattack, a mocking light flickered in the depths of the Wolf Demon's eye. To it, this was nothing but a useless struggle in the face of death.

As the Wolf Demon's mouth opened slightly and inhaled, demonic power surged, preparing to unleash a Wolf Howl.

"Silencing Zen!" At that exact moment, Jiang Liu suddenly pointed a finger at the Wolf Demon.

Instantly, the Wolf Demon found the demonic power within its body as still as dead water, unable to be summoned.

The Wolf Howl that was about to emerge simply became a plain howl, completely lacking the ability to disorient.

With a "puchi" sound, unaffected by the Wolf Howl, the girl's dagger plunged into the Wolf Demon's eye at this critical juncture. It was too late for the Wolf Demon to react; the Flying Dagger sank straight into its solitary eye, hilt deep.

That strike, likely piercing through the eye socket, may have reached the Wolf Demon's brain.

A scream of agony, blood splattering everywhere—the Wolf Demon, having only one eye to begin with, now had that pierced through, clutching its eye and howling in pain.

The Health Bar of the Wolf Demon, which had been about half-full, visibly shrank by a large margin with that fatal blow to the eye.

Even as the Wolf Demon howled in pain, its health bar was slowly diminishing...

In just a few minutes, the howls of the Wolf Demon grew weaker until, eventually, it lay on the ground, its limbs twitching unconsciously a few times before it stopped moving altogether.

Although after transmigrating Jiang Liu had acquired a game system's abilities, and battling demons seemed like playing a game, this was, after all, the real world. If one's head was chopped off or throat cut in a fatal injury, one would still die.

Notification: Gained Experience Points 2800, acquired 1 tael of silver.

As the Wolf Demon perished, a notification promptly arrived, and at almost the same moment, several cool breezes passed through Jiang Liu's body, instantly healing all wounds and fatigue.

Jiang Liu stood up, full of vim and vigor, showing no signs of injury whatsoever.

Glancing down at himself, he could see changes in his character panel. His level, which had been 1, had now reached 4. Was it possible that by killing the Wolf Demon, which was of a higher level, he had actually jumped three levels at once?

"Could it really be the game system? A character's level up usually comes with a full restoration of health and mana bars, so this setting has come along as well?"

With the level up, his injuries instantly healed, and Jiang Liu understood what was happening.

You're alright?" Gaoyang, standing by the side, watched as the Wolf Demon was killed. Though she had just breathed a sigh of relief, seeing Jiang Liu instantly sprightly and full of life left her completely dumbfounded, her face a picture of bewilderment.

"How are you feeling? Your injuries looked serious," Jiang Liu went over to Gaoyang's side and helped her to sit up.

Her health bar was only about ten percent full; such injuries were naturally very severe.

"I'm fine, I'm just going to rest a bit," the young girl, having narrowly escaped death and seriously wounded, let go of her tightly wound nerves and fell into a deep sleep.

Watching the girl fall asleep, Jiang Liu hesitated. Her injuries were serious. The Wolf Demon's claws had left several horrific wounds, and she was bleeding profusely. Falling asleep like that, could she die from excessive blood loss?

After a brief hesitation, and getting no response from the girl when he nudged her, Jiang Liu silently uttered "Amitabha Buddha," and carefully extended his hand, trembling slightly as he tore her clothes into several strips to dress her wounds.

After a moment's busy work, the dressing was decidedly unsightly, but it seemed to have stopped a lot of the bleeding. Wiping the sweat from his brow, it seemed this was more tiring than fighting demons.

Not daring to look again at the disheveled girl, Jiang Liu thought for a moment and went over to the Wolf Demon's corpse, moving it aside with effort.

Indeed, there was something underneath the Wolf Demon's body.

A silver ingot, weighing a full tael, which Jiang Liu gleefully pocketed.

The purchasing power of a tael of silver was considerable. Just looking at how the monks from Jinshan Temple, like Xuanwu, would happily leave the mountain to perform rituals for a pay of one tael and two coins of silver made it clear.

Besides that, Jiang Liu also spotted two red potion bottles, one blue potion bottle, and also, two skill books, a white ring as pure as jade, and a string of Buddha beads.

The two red potion bottles were Blood Bottles, which could replenish Health Points, or in other words, heal injuries.

The blue potion bottle was for replenishing mana, in other words, restoring strength.

Both types of potions were quite common in games.

As for the two skill books, Jiang Liu picked them up for a look. One was a Swordsman class skill called "Flowing Clouds and Streaming Water".

The other was a skill book he could use, Monk's level 5 skill "Vajra Mantra".

He was now just one step away from reaching level 5.

Jiang Liu then turned his attention to the other two pieces of equipment.

White Jade Ring (Normal Quality): Attack Power +10, Durability 10/10.

Sandalwood Buddha Beads (Fine Quality): Buffs from skills increased by 15%, comes with the skill "Starry Sky Spread": Shoot all 108 beads at once, repelling targets within a fan-shaped area, Cooldown Time 1 day, Durability 10/10.

"So it's true then? Whether in the game or the real world, only defeating enemies above one's level is the way to wealth and prosperity..."

Having killed the Wolf Demon, his level shot up to 4 in an instant, and he had gained such an array of great loot, which made Jiang Liu overjoyed.

This was the only major loot Jiang Liu had obtained since his transmigration.

It was not just potions and skill books, but also equipment...