
Sam and the other candidates looked to the platform excitedly. A treasure is something they do not recognize, but they know that it is valuable.
The golden statue looked at the candidates and said.
"I know right now, that bastard Indra has given you enlightenment or something before. But don't expect that from me. Okay.
I was so genius at my time that I didn't need things like enlightenment to cultivate. Before you know it, I've been strong enough to rival heaven.
So, I'm not going to give you that kind of shit. Even if you need enlightenment, it is better if you get it yourself.
As for what I will give. I have five platforms here and those statues are my representation when I am a newborn stage cultivator.
They would only do the techniques I learned when I managed to reach the nascent stage, any form of attack I learned afterwards would not be used.
So, that means, you guys are fighting, the real Sun Wukong when he was a newborn stage cultivator and that too at Level-1.
Choose a platform and beat him, you will get a reward from that platform.
If you are strong enough and there are still other platforms left, you can try and challenge them as well as long as there are no challengers on that platform.
After the five platforms are cleared, you will have to face the final exam. But for that, you have to beat at least one opponent. If you don't, there's nothing left for you here.
If you understand what I'm saying, then you can start."
Five stone statues took up a fighting position at the same time.
All five candidates saw prizes on five platforms. They don't know what they are. At least, not everyone. Sam tries his best to remember every detail of the story he heard and read about the ape king.
He had to understand what this treasure was just by looking at it.
One of them was a scroll with an eye symbol on the fire. He could guess, something that was in line with the fiery golden eyes gaze. Of course, it's not actual art. Since they were not cultivated, they only appeared for the monkey king.
Then he looked at the next one, it was a wine gourd. Maybe it was a wine.
The other is peaches. He did not know what kind of peach it was, but the peach was also encased in some kind of energy container.
The fourth one scrolls to each other. Inside was a symbol of a person sitting among the flames and there was a picture of smoke coming out from his body. Maybe the body tempering technique.
The last one is hair. There are five of them. Sam was most interested in them. She did know something related to Sun wukong's hair. It could summon the monkey king clone itself and there were a few other things as well.
But he knew that it was not real, it was because if the real monkey king came, then there was no way for this world to survive, his sneezing power would cause an apocalypse for this world. Although they might not be real, there was no way he would let her go.
He was the first to move and land on the platform with strands of hair. The other candidates were confused, they knew nothing about the things that were here. Even the chosen ones of the Beast faction, the ones chosen by the ape king himself knew nothing about them.
When Akriv saw them for some time, he went towards the peaches. As for why he didn't go into eye art, he definitely had his reasons. Sam felt that he might do it. Although the fiery Golden Eyes-Gaze was not an ability suitable for archers, it would be the only one known after he cultivated it.
After all, he wasn't too bothered. In fact, he was relieved. Of all the people, he was most worried about Akriv. This guy might be an archer. But he's still good in close range too.
Ten feet in a cultivator's battle could almost be considered a bare-handed fight, but he could still use his bow and arrows there.
And the platform allows for more than that distance.
Other candidates also moved. Especially the king of the chosen apes. He jumped towards the scroll that had the person sitting in the middle of the fire.
Sam took out his wand and got a fighting chance. The stone statue of the ape king looked at him with a natural confident expression. It was as if the entire world could not defeat him and heaven was beneath him.
In particular, when he saw the horses, even the golden statue began to stare at him.
Sam made the first move. He swung his staff from the side to hit the statue on the left side of the face, but his body bent backwards in a very unnatural angle and the statue flipped over. Then he whipped the stick towards Sam.
Sam, who is an expert in combat, felt that the first time he could not read the opponent's movements. They are unconventional. They do not have any form of rhythm.
Sam started to feel pressure. As he attacked, he started to use wind element energy with his attacks and there was a sharp tail wind blade attacking the statue.
There were some small scars that appeared on the surface of the statue.
Sam was already sweating, but after exchanging over twenty moves, the statue rolled over and smashed the stick on Sam's chest.
He was thrown and fell to the ground.
Then only he paid attention to the others, and they had already fallen even before him and were already halfway to healing their wounds.
Seeing that they were not concentrating on him, Sam began to use his light element to heal himself.he did not want to waste time digesting the pills.
He closed his eyes as he recovered and started to recall all the information he had from the previous fight.
The monkey king looked more like a monkey than a warrior when he was in the nascent stage, which is what Sam understood from the movement. It does not follow any form of establishment style. The statue behaves just like a monkey.
Unexpected is the only word that can be used to describe that fighting style.
After healing himself, he walked onto the platform once more. This time, however, there was some other reaction from his body.
Sam began to transmit all his spiritual energy to his muscle fibers.
His body was enveloped in spiritual energy. His body seemed to have been rubbed slightly and the skin under his robe stiffened.
Sam decided that this was the best time to utilize the results of body refinement.
Due to his body's cultivation, his natural strength, defense, endurance, and stamina his body increased tremendously and his physical attacks were stronger than usual, but his true body strength came, after all, when the muscles are fed with spiritual energy.
This was the best physical form of his body.
At this moment, due to his disguise, Sam was unable to use other elements and weapons, so he had to find a way to deal with it and physical attacks were the most common and easy thing to cover up.
Sam's body exuded a dangerous aura. At this moment, the spiritual energy around his body was rejected due to the power emitted by his body.
Sam did not bother to use any form of elemental power.
He took a fighting position and swung his staff straight at the statue's head. The statue's eyes turned mischievous and tilted its head to the side to avoid hitting its head and using its staff to block the punch from landing on its body.
But as soon as the two sticks collided, there was a huge burst of spiritual energy. The spiritual energy at the point of contact was blown up and cracks appeared on the ground under the statue's feet.
For the first time in the fight, the expression of the stone statue and the expression of the golden statue turned solemn.
Sam used the easiest way to counter the uncertainty of the statue. Rough strength.
With his skill, Sam was able to land at least a few blows in the first fight. So there's no way he's losing.
The exchange began and each time, the statue blocked Sam's blow, the entire body of the statue began to tremble.
Sam's movements were swift, precise, and most importantly tyrannical. Every move he made kept the spiritual power away.
After a few exchanges, the monkey king statue came back down and suddenly opened its arms and blew on it.
A lot of sand appeared in the palm out of nowhere and the view was blocked for a moment.
The statue laughed at his trick.
But Sam did not care, he held the stick in his left hand and punched it with his right hand at full force.
Half of the sand clouds were cleared with just one punch. The force of the blow was almost like an explosion.
As he struck a few times, the sand cloud disappeared and then lunged forward as he swung the staff at the statue. The statue was off guard due to the shock of the blow.
As for why Sam threw a punch instead of a stick, which was a question from the other candidates watching the scene were all wondering. They know the answer.
When Sam landed a punch on the statue's head. Even before the point of contact, they could hear cracking sounds from the staff. It could not take the energy and power from Sam's attack.
Sam didn't want to waste his staff without taking a proper hit.
And the right shot is.
Although the statue reacted in time to block with a stick, it broke and Sam's wand landed right on his left shoulder and
*EXPLOSION*